A few of the topics I am about to mention have showed up before. I not necessarily looking for a yes/no answer, though feel free to chine in, rather I want to see if the situations described below have merit or are all in your head (Limiting Belief).

Sober vs Non-Sober: I believe few people will deny if you are completely obliterated running game becomes more difficult, although is there any advantage of a good buzz/not sloppy drunk over being sober or vice versa. What I have come to realize is the sober vs non-sober question seems to be more of a mind game. Sometimes when you are sober you running good game and seem to attribute it to your clear mindedness, other times you blame poor game on not being loose and giving up inhibitions. Likewise with being inebriated. When your game is going good you attribute it to liquid courage, when it is going bad you seem to think you're too fucked up. It seems to me it may be the case that good vs bad game is attributed to the state of sobriety or non-sobriety, as a way of escaping judging solely yourself. Basically you mid fuck yourself by not attributing success or failure solely to yourself.

Masturbation(having sex) vs No Masturbation: obviously if your beating your meat all day every day, you may lack motivation, but does going a week or so without masturbating(Having sex) vs a day or two make a difference. There have been nights were I was aggressively on the prowl after having sex or masturbating the previous night. On the other hand there have been nights where I have gone a week without sex or masturbation and still lack motivation. Does the masturbation(having sex) vs no masturbation distinction have any merit, or is our level of motivation more related to other factors. I feel motivation is more related to perceived chances of success. It seems to me when I am running good game and having fun, my motivation goes up regardless of the M vs No-M distinction.

It really all depends on what you think about it... So I'd say yes, it's all in your head.

If you feel like you want to drink to talk to girls, by all means go ahead. Do your thing.

But if you really want to take advantage of maintaining relationships... you're going to eventually have to talk to this girl when you're sober. Right? Are you gonna be the same person or scare her off?

And booze is bad for you. And expensive as fuck. I don't know where you are from, but you can easily drop $25 on a drink at most of the places I go to... That adds up REAL quick if you go out alot. Plus DUIs... There really isn't much good about drinking.

Same thing kinda goes for jerking off. If you wanna do it.. Be my guest. Splash that lotion all up in that key board. But if it makes you lazy or whatever, don't do it. What I've noticed is people say that they have a hard time getting it up when they masturbate alot. Sex is way different than masturbating. It's a completely different type of release. When you have physical contact with a real woman that you are attracted to vs. an image that is flashing infront of your face... Way different chemical release going on there.. Once you have sex that is raw, organic, and just like lions fucking in the jungle.... You'll never want to masturbate again.

Hope that helps you out

It really all depends on what you think about it... So I'd say yes, it's all in your head.

If you feel like you want to drink to talk to girls, by all means go ahead. Do your thing.

But if you really want to take advantage of maintaining relationships... you're going to eventually have to talk to this girl when you're sober. Right? Are you gonna be the same person or scare her off?

And booze is bad for you. And expensive as fuck. I don't know where you are from, but you can easily drop $25 on a drink at most of the places I go to... That adds up REAL quick if you go out alot. Plus DUIs... There really isn't much good about drinking.

Same thing kinda goes for jerking off. If you wanna do it.. Be my guest. Splash that lotion all up in that key board. But if it makes you lazy or whatever, don't do it. What I've noticed is people say that they have a hard time getting it up when they masturbate alot. Sex is way different than masturbating. It's a completely different type of release. When you have physical contact with a real woman that you are attracted to vs. an image that is flashing infront of your face... Way different chemical release going on there.. Once you have sex that is raw, organic, and just like lions fucking in the jungle.... You'll never want to masturbate again.

Hope that helps you out

With sober vs non-sober I think it is partly in your head but also the biological effects of drinking alcohol do play a part. The more you drink, the more your senses become impaired (blurred vision, hearing difficulty etc), your reaction time slows (so much for that incredibly witty comeback to a joke), short-term memory loss, vomiting or general nausea, balance impairment and all the other wonderful prizes found at the bottom of the bottle. All of these things will make gaming more difficult; however you do get the increase of self-confidence, lowered inhibitions and things like that which can up your game.
When sober there are none of the issues and just your base confidence level, so why not work on increasing that base confidence level, to the point that drinking doesn't increase it anymore, because it's already so high? There is an argument to be said for drinking a little bit, for example recently when going out, I've set a maximum of 3 drinks limit. Why not just not drink at all? Because I like to drink, just generally, I like the taste and the sociability of having a chat with my mates over a pint; but I also know that I can have 3 beers and it doesn't noticeably affect my senses, reaction time, speech etc, any more than 3 and those things start cropping up one by one. I think that for your game to truly get to its 'peak', the beer has to be put down.

When gaming drunk and it doesn't go well, I think it will certainly be down to the drink to an extent, when sober there is no excuse, you have just gamed poorly and are able to recognise this, then learn from it.

As for the 'To fap or not to fap' debate, this is something I think is largely in the head. There's no doubting the logic behind no fapping, increased testosterone levels and all that; but ultimately it's something to lay blame on when things don't work out "I got blown out of that 2-set, not because I ran poor game, it's because I jacked it this morning and they could sense this."
Ejaculating though is important for the health of your prostate, at the moment I'm reducing my FPW count (faps per week ) but that's just a personal preference thing, rather than because I believe it'll cause me to have mad game at the end of the week. One thing it does do for me though, is increases my determination to get laid and slightly increases my general libido.

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^agree with a lot that is being said above. I messing around with frequencies of inebriation, and masturbation. (A week of abstaining from both, and doing both most days of the week).

-As far as game goes, the fapping aspect does not seem to play too big of a role. I was talking to some friends about this as well. (people good at game, and those that are not). There does not seem to be a direct connection. All things aside there are other benefits to not masturbating, that may perhaps indirectly influence your game. I like the increase in testosterone for the gym and general well being. (I seem more driven). Also you gain extra time and self control via abstaining.

-The inebriation part presents more variables. From personal experiences there appears to be a separation for me between drunk and sober game. About a month back: the combination of increased free time, joyous/favorable circumstances for myself/social club, st. patty's, and spring break led to a bought of excessive drinking. (14 days in a row at one point). Given the social SPAM and excessive inebriation, my game naturally progressed in that direction. I became quite successful at gaming while shit-faced or with a strong buzz, so much so that since I have severely limited my drinking, running game has become awkward with sober or slightly inebriated. The interesting thing is about a year ago when I drank significantly less, inebriated game was awkward. I suppose the point is that a lack of variety and constancy may hinder your game if you stray too far from a certain pattern.

Perhaps the best practice is too always run inebriated/party game with sober/casual game side by side. Interchange the two for a unified front. The other big take away is too drink moderately. Drunk game is incredibly fun, but takes it toll on you.