hey man, good to see you again!

it works fine for me! I'll upload the file again and if you can try again that would be good!

It's uploaded again!

it's all good! I put together this league more for you guys and knowing full well that I would miss games due to the time diff!  I want you guys rock big scores so that I can embarrass the TiW league players...lol.  It also leaves us the option of having a cross league battle every now and then!

Lets make it 8pm EST and as long as my daughter doesn't get me up at some crazy hour on Sunday morning I'll be there for a few of the games!

coherent? me...never!

Mac, what version are you using...1.2?  I tried logging on last night when the thread said the server was online and I had no luck.

Pi, do you have anything on in the evening of the 15th?  Cos if you are free, what about 7pm EST? (I now you've sometimes got stuff on?)

That means we got 7pm EST, 6pm CST, 5pm MST and 4pm PST
which i think sounds reasonable for everyone, not too early not to late!

dont know if this is of any use:

http://www.thisiswar.co.uk/temp/Star_Wa ... t_Tutl.chm

edit by buckler:  Link is broken. If anyone has this file let me know.



The tutorial I used when first learning

OK, Class is in Session:

Everything we do apparently 'without thinking' involves a certain amount of muscle memory.  Coordination between a keyboard hand and a mouse hand is not due to muscle memory. All muscle memory is, is training certain muscles or groups of muscles to easily perform function. Like muscle memory would allow to locate keys without thinking about the actual movement as you have trained your index finger to hi 'R' to reload for instance!

With regards to you turning round and popping a cap in a dudes head:

The physical action of moving your mouse a certain distance to perform a 180 turn is most certainly muscle memory. You prob have performed a 180 hundreds if not thousands of times and have trained the muscles that deal with that movement to enable them to make this maneuver very easily.  This is also the case for the aim of your shot, your muscles are used to turning while keeping the crosshair at a certain height so that takes care of your aim.  Knowing when to hit shoot is reaction (your brain processing info and reacting accordingly), the physical act of shooting will be using muscle memory to do it as quick as possible!

A lot of folks think that muscle memory is independent of cognitive thought processes, this is wrong...your brain thinks it and your muscles do it! If the muscles do something on their own this is a spasm and isn't very good (especially if you punch yourself in the goolies)! Muscle memory just allows the muscles to do what the brain tells them easily and efficiently (and quickly in some circumstances...like your example).

I am fully aware of how much muscle memory is used in gaming cos I use a wolfking keypad ( http://www.wolfkingusa.com/index.php?op ... 9&Itemid=7 ) and even although it is all the same keys as the regular keyboard because the layout of WASD is not staggered as it is on a regular qwerty keyboard and the layout of the spacebar and various other keys is different I really struggle using a regular keyboard when playing games as my hand is trained to use the layout of they keypad.

Try this little test:  Think about what kind of shooter you are in Battlefront? Do you hold the mouse button down or do you repeatedly tap it?
Whatever one you do try doing the other and see how you get on, eventually you will prob revert back to what your muscles are used to without noticing.  If you don't revert back naturally your probably thinking about firing much more than you usually would, using your brain to overcome the muscle memory! This is the reason why learning a new physical movement can be mentally exhausting and why doing what your muscles know how to do is so easy as you don't need to strain your brain!

Wow, sometimes it's hard for me to stop when I get started! lol

are you guys all talking the same timezone here?
Zorba you are PST yeah?

I say we kick things off with the first match on the 15th.  That way I can post the sign up thread with the time and who is hosting this weekend.

All we need do now is set up a time to kick things off.

you guys have had way more experience dealing with the time diffs and what usually suits so I am bowing down to you're experience and hoping someone steps up and decides on a suitable time!

Done, Good you have you on board SchTicK!

Edit: I have added a little intro movie for this league (see the league table page or the draw history page).  I have also added a forum section just for your league.  All we need now is a day and time and I'll get the sign up thread done for the first match.  We also need a map pool. I suggest using the one that is there for now.  What the TiW folk do is the first 3 folk to sign up get to pick a map to be added to the pool.  If someone doesn't pick the choice moves to the next person and so on.

MacGenius: is you want included you need to get signing up at www.thisiswar.co.uk so I can add you to the table!

what timezone are you in?

I've seriously been thinking of buying it.  I figure I should own both of them before the 3rd comes out....assuming it ever will!

Yeah, it's open to anyone and everyone. just sign up at the site and I'll add you to the table!

Mac: there isn't much to see...just your names and a pile of zeros as there have been no games played! Once you guys decide on a day and time and who will host the first match I'll put up a sign up thread so we know who to include in the draw!

OK, We got 4 players..I reckon that is enough to start with!  The league table is up and I'll make a little coming soon movie for the league.
You guys need to decide on a day and time to play the matches and we're good to go!.  I'll maybe join when i see what time you guys wanna play...damn time difference! lol