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CBD and gaming: Can CBD improve your esports performance?
The world of esports is highly competitive and stressful at the top level; professional gamers are often under intense pressure and need to remain focused throughout the entire match.
Given that CBD has beneficial effects for managing stress and improving concentration, is it advisable for professional gamers to use CBD?
Esports: a highly demanding environment
Although they play ‘simple video games’, professional gamers operate in a highly stressful and, above all, highly competitive environment.
Whether it be sports games, first-person shooters or management games, unwavering discipline is required to rank among the world’s best players.
Competition in the world of video games is therefore ultimately comparable to the world of chess or other sporting competitions.
Players who have spent years of intense training to reach the highest level of competition are therefore subject (like athletes) to intense pressure and stress.
Another essential requirement of high-level video gaming is the level of concentration needed to be maintained throughout the game. Some games last only a few minutes with regular breaks (such as the FPS Counter-Strike, for example), but others require players to remain focused for hours on end without a break (such as the strategy game Starcraft).
Aside from top-level players, casual gamers can also be subjected to intense stress during their gaming sessions. Indeed, recent video games are highly immersive, and the community surrounding certain competitive online games can sometimes be toxic (the LoL community is known for this)...
This environment, which is both stressful and immersive, makes games even more thrilling and lively.
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CBD to the rescue for gamers
Recent scientific studies show that CBD has various effects that can help gamers:
- - Improved concentration: CBD is a neuroprotective agent, meaning that the molecule acts on neurons to prevent their deterioration. Regular consumption of CBD would therefore prevent brain degeneration and help prevent a decline in performance after the age of 30. (Source)
- - Stress reduction: Thanks to its anxiolytic properties, CBD helps combat stress effectively. Whether it’s everyday stress or stress linked to a particularly important event, CBD can help you relax at the crucial moment. (Source)
- - Relief from chronic pain: After spending hours sitting in a chair playing online, gamers sometimes develop pain in their back, arm or hand due to poor posture. CBD can help combat these recurring aches and pains.
It therefore seems that CBD is a powerful ally for gamers who are stressed before a match or who suffer from chronic pain.
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The ESL bans CBD
Despite its properties that could be so beneficial to gamers, the Electronic Sports League (or ESL) has banned the use of CBD during its competitions.
It is still possible to use CBD during training and in competitions outside the ESL circuit. However, you will need to allow for a CBD-free period before ESL competitions if you want to ensure that all CBD is eliminated from your system (generally allow 7 days).
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