Do drugs make you a better player?

[chriswareham]

On 10/09/2024 at 18:19, BigRedX said:

 

As I said before are there actually any performance enhancing drugs that will make you a better player form a technical PoV?

 

Amphetamines maybe. A fair bit of research has gone into using them for military applications, ever since they were first produced in laboratory conditions just over a hundred years ago. They were used extensively in World War II, particularly for air force personnel by the Axis and Allied forces, as they increased endurance and attentiveness. Studies show they can improve reflex responses and awareness of stimuli, although at the cost of increasing levels of paranoia and eventual fatigue when usage increases beyond certain thresholds. An interesting case is the Finnish soldier Aimo Koivunen who accidentally took a massive dose of German supplied Pervitin while on a mission behind Soviet lines - it resulted in a week long period where he evaded capture while frankly off his tits. Didn't seem to do any serious damage as he went on to live into his seventies, but he did father nine children so I guess it may have impacted his libido 🙂

[Bluewine]

I got into this because I like being in control. For me, if I'm impaired I've lost that control.

 

Daryl

[MrDaveTheBass]

11 hours ago, chriswareham said:

 

Amphetamines maybe.

Ask Lemmy. 😉