Broken By Concept Ep : 099 - How Many Games A Week To Improve? - Stop Caring About What Others Think

[@BrokenByConcept]

Episode 100 live stream event - kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpfLloB3eKunf5Y

[@vondoplays1630]

Hit 350 lp today 😳 to think I was hitting D4 and then smurfing my life away. Thanks again bbc and guys the process works stick with it you’re more capable than you think. Excited for the new comers to the community!

[@jungkim689]

4:40 "we're gonna try a livestream..." *Mott Mentality kicks in* "not trying, DOING, executing perfectly no flaws"

[@fortcolors9887]

19:00 the term is inflection point (where the curvature of the graph changes)

[@kevinmoy4001]

I thought that too for a second but I think he was more referring to an asymptote. He was referring to an "invisible limit" so to speak, where a certain number of games past 15 games would help you greatly but up to a point where you'd make no more gains no matter how much more you played.

[@fortcolors9887]

@@kevinmoy4001 I'm not sure it's an asymptote. A horizontal asymptote would imply that as you play more games, you get less and less out of each but you're still approaching an invisible limit of peak progress with each game played. However, I think after a certain point playing more actually decreases your efficacy. Playing 24 games a day is not going to be marginally better than playing 15 games a day, but I suspect it'd be much worse.

[@nasko235679]

This podcast is a cheatcode into gaming mentality and proper learning habits. So happy you guys have stuck to it and keep producing fantastic content weekly. Thank you

[@onsetaugust]

Dang Nathan's lookin kinda jacked. Big improvement from the WOW lookin' fellow from episode 1

[@chenteaching3195]

Probably this was just what I needed. Remember Nathan was pushing in early season for that top Challenger and he demoted all the way down because he was spamming too many games? It is exactly what happened to me this week. I have been following the process with great results from the end of last season, 3-blocks and reviewing. This season too. My peak is D4 and I am struggling to get it back, ended last season in P1 promos to Dia and lost them. Well, tightly tied to last week’s episode when Curtis said smth like “it takes a lot to get back your gameplay and feels from the end of last season, playing at your very best”. I got back to P1 95 LP and demoted to P2 just because I ignored the 3-blocks and spammed too many games thinking I could make it. I am playing well, tho, but I cannot win due to spamming many games and bad streak hitting both me and my mental. Anyway, if anyone is reading, thanks. I just needed to unwind and share my experiences. You guys are my relief from soloQ’s struggles. For the rest of BBCers, do not think you guys are alone there. We can do it, stick to the process and do not fuck it up just like I did once again 😵‍💫

[@lakshyapatil4372]

Hey I’m a new viewer/listener, really like all the advice!

[@VigilTheProtogen]

Funny, my friend and I had a conversation about optimal games a week a few days ago. I said 15 and he’s like what that’s absurd! I agree to some extent but I do feel like playing more than one game a session is more effective and playing one session a day is ideal to build and keep muscle memory. Obviously it’s not a schedule for everyone but my friend says like 5 a week is fine and that’s less than 300 games a year…

[@axiatrix]

I know this is an older episode, but when it comes to the whole area of like depression, anxiety, etc I have a different standpoint on it. I personally have been diagnosed with bipolar and at one point in time I had thought those would help me. They did for a little and then I went manic and had a bad episode that lasted just short of a month. I cannot recall two of those weeks at all and the only thing that helps me is my medication. The reason why I bring this up is because I have found a similar thing with league. I can play ranked and grind and see improvement of the game with the three blocks. I got to the point where I just couldnt take ranked anymore and sort of blacked out in a sense. I would still do my three blocks but was lacking all passion for the game and improvement. Thats when I started to play more arams than I had before. Now I play 6-8 arams a day and 3 ranked games a day and have found my passion again. PS. I am unemployed currently as I have not been able to work with my mental health stuff. I want to but am unable to at this point in time.

[@fortcolors9887]

Speaking of challenges, I think there's a couple ones that could be really valuable for people to look at and work towards. I think challenges such as "lethal efficiency" (kill 80 lane minions within 10 minutes) and "target selection" (score takedowns on enemy junglers near a damaged epic monster) could be very good for rewarding / tracking good decisions in the game. Other good ones include Unkillable Demon King (win without dying), ward hunter (or any of the other ward/ward-clearing challenges), clean clears (70 cs from camps at 10min), soul sweep (4-0 dragons), and more.

[@jekster]

Really interesting conversation and I like the point on being introspective about your games. I'm currently at the stage where I'm rebuilding skills I've lost as a result of not having the time to play during the week due to long work days. That is also good to hear as I didn't think about skills deteriorating at such a rate due to not playing as many games consistently.

[@butterflyfx57]

The guy who hates junglers should play some jungle on a smurf. He'll find out real quick that the role isn't elo inflated and that his demands are unreasonable.

[@jennifer8208]

Mind blowing concept that sweating is not a bad thing. IMO just means high intensity game play.

[@mlawebbervods6301]

the champion mastery studio? idk xD

[@mlawebbervods6301]

cant believe they actually used my idea 🥰🥰🥰

[@Tendenciess]

Much love guys

[@afteraffect]

Normally I agree with you guys on almost everything but the depression/anxiety stuff I dont think I do. If you have literally 0 motivation b/c of a chemical imbalance in your brain how can you expect someone to get up work out and do things?

[@someoneelse2263]

I didn't watch the joe rogan episode, but the quote stated was simply about how you need to make sure you are keeping good habits first. Once you have covered the basics: diet, exercise, sleep, then you turn to more specialized care or processes. No one said that if you are taking good care of yourself you are problem free. But you should start with good self care and see where it takes you. If it's not enough, it's not enough and there are further steps to take. The issue was about the basics of self care being ignored. I think there is a bit of nuance in that if you are mentally ill it is difficult to just 'fix your habits' and see how you level out, but the intention of the statement was simply to try to fix your lifestyle first before claiming mental illness.

[@afteraffect]

@@someoneelse2263 For a lot of people you cant just get the energy or motivation to do the "basic" things. I agree you should be doing those things but the best results are often doing both at once getting the help you need then working on day to day things

[@MicmanInTexas]

@@afteraffect And I'm assuming by "getting the help you need" you mean talking pills, to fix your "chemical imbalance." Good luck with that

[@afteraffect]

@@MicmanInTexas You are literally arguing against the entire field of psychiatry. Im talking about DSM-5 chronic depression not someone just saying they have it.

[@afteraffect]

@@MicmanInTexas You wouldn't tell a schizophrenic person to only exercise and diet to solve the underlying problem and if you would then you are just straight up denying the entire medical field.

[@miroslavstoyanov4462]

ep 100 will be in 5am for me, it will be the ideal time for me to wake up 😎

[@anniekujo]

I hate Nathan's mailbag, every time I hear the jingle I know that the podcast is gonna be over soon. Really depressing, I could listen to you both guys talk for ever. (I don't really hate Nathan's mailbag, I love the jingle and I like that you guys answer questions of viewers)

[@jaimieann3554]

Following from Canada 🇨🇦💕

[@Sanspepins]

I don't think I even did 20 games a week at the peak of my addiction.

[@vansserafim]

Having personal name as your in game name is actually prohibited by Riot

[@Jake-vv2wh]

Question for Curtis, Nathan or anyone really: when 3-blocking should I continue the block even if I am mega tilted after a game, take a short break (15-20 mins), or stop the block altogether?

[@glockdookie5231]

Cum

[@Tendenciess]

Wow I'm excited for the new era of BBC! can I suggest a new transition for Mailbag though? I honestly never liked the one you guys currently use..

[@fortcolors9887]

it definitely feels more like a meme than anything else they do, it kinda feels off-brand

[@asetofnumbers]

I absolutely adore their mailbag jingle, personally.

[@vondoplays1630]

Bro I have subs in my car and I was listening with windows down at a stop light and it started playing the people next to me looked at me weird and rolled their windows up 😂

[@miroslavstoyanov4462]

hey guys, I wrote an email to you a while back titled "Mentality towards soloq teammates" I wonder was it not included because it was too long?

[@danielhughes3758]

They probably get a lot of emails and they go through a few per week. I highly doubt it was personally against you to not include it yet

[@herohalv4543]

damn rip the casting couch

[@willbeceoofabank]

0:00 Curtis sussy baka venting?

[@txperience1915]

Im playing 15 games a day lol

[@angusburg3r]

Glad I quit league tbh best thing ever

[@randEveScrub]

Are you thinking of the logistic function? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logistic_function