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I just experienced this recently: waiting at the arcade for about an hour in line, then when it's my turn I find I'm so tired that I'm 3 to 4 seconds behind my best times.

How do you guys deal with fatigue--especially if you're coming straight from school or work and find that there's a queue at the cabs? Do you do weights to build your endurance, or Rubik's cube at the end of the day to hone your concentration, or something like that?

Funny enough IDAS isnt popular ( as in its gathering dust in timezone. ) around G4, So I almost never have to wait.

As for fatigue, sacrifice some play money for a nice cold fruit smoothie. That usually does the trick for me.

Same. Souyu Family Amusement here in Takasaki City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan isnt that packed most of the time. Initial D cabinets are usually not used. Most of the people who played ID are grown up and driving real cars through the real mountain passes here The younger generation are more into Wangan Midnight

Ah well, it just means i dont have to wait, nor do i have to content with super low TA times.

Well you cant beat my situation. I come straight from work. Which means I was awake already 2am, work for 9 hours then straight to arcade. If I have to wait, sleep will overcome me.

What I do is that I make use of the runs of the guy who is playing. Meaning if he's running in Akina for example, even if he's a noob, I try to imagine I'M the one playing. Trying to see what I'll do in this turn here, what my speed should be in that turn there.

This type of technique has been what I've been doing for 2 years since version 3. And it has never failed me. By the time I sitting at the seat, I'm raring to try things I visualized while watching the others play.

And DIGIBUNNY, you from the Philippines too? Whats your card name? Have I battled you before? Hmm...

when i was still active, if i have to wait for quite awhile before my turn, i would just observe the players... or being the impatient person that i am, i would politely ask how long would it take for them to finish...

depending on their answer, i would either just stand there watching and waiting... or leave and just return when i have more time and patience to wait...

as far as fatigue is concerned, i used to play only if i had nothing else more important to deal with... and i used to think that it's all just in the mind, screw fatigue out the window as long as i'm waiting for my turn (whether IDv3 or ID4) to play...

Very interesting replies, like that IDAS4 is hardly played in your area, and you can go anytime. I guess it was just bad luck that day

And it's getting psychological too:

brian_infinispirit

DamienWolf

Now that's taking pre-race visualisation further than before.

Thanks guys!