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Also, they're normally very goal-oriented, making you motivated to "do" things after playing.
I've noticed something similar. Playing strategy games (like Age of Empires) works great for me during downtime. They require your 100% full attention if you want to win, so they're very effective at wiping away whatever you were working on. Also, they're normally very goal-oriented, making you motivated to "do" things after playing.
That said, it does require your entire focus.
I haven't played bughouse in over a decade, so I've got to ask: what's with the openings in this video? Is bughouse strategy so different that there's a whole new opening book, are there some openings I'm completely ignorant of, or am I just overthinking things?
That said, the openings played in the video are not traditional Bughouse openings.
I haven't played bughouse in over a decade, so I've got to ask: what's with the openings in this video? Is bughouse strategy so different that there's a whole new opening book, are there some openings I'm completely ignorant of, or am I just overthinking things?
And trash talking anybody who dared castle.
Bullet chess (where each side has only 1 minute on their clocks) is also a great head clearer and adrenalin booster. Video: http://socialcam.com/v/kBzSWTQk?autostart=true
I've noticed something similar. Playing strategy games (like Age of Empires) works great for me during downtime. They require your 100% full attention if you want to win, so they're very effective at wiping away whatever you were working on. Also, they're normally very goal-oriented, making you motivated to "do" things after playing.
I'm not sure they're that relaxing though; e.g. laddering in StarCraft is more of a stress-creator than a stress-reducer. That said, it does require your entire focus.
I tend to play a few games of Go throughout the day for the same reason. A great game of go is like a street fight, it gets you totally amped up for everything else. Rengo is fun too, it gives you sort of the feeling of being a crazy artistic genius. Extremely inspiring, but it's a pain to get four people to play it.
It's a card game called SET - here are the rules: http://www.setgame.com/set/rules_set.htm
It's for 2+ players, and it's all about how quickly you can find the set in 12 cards on the table. Finding set is not so easy, read about it in the rules.