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What’s Your Favorite Music to Play While Gaming? – EsportsEdition’s Picks

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So, if you’re an avid viewer of certain Dota 2 streamers, you’ll know that a lot of them are known for their on-stream music. For example, EternalEnvy is a self-admitted weaboo and frequently has various anime songs playing behind his games. Arteezy plays a variety of music, frequently rap. Or you can check out “Mango Bay” which popped up seemingly overnight (good luck getting it out of your head). Music selection is a big part of streamers’ ‘branding.’

Soundtracks to video games are often carefully arranged, as the music is designed to keep you motivated and focused without interfering with gameplay.

Pro Tip: next time you have to complete a project for work or school, find a game soundtrack on YouTube and play it on low volume while you work. It will cover up some distracting noises and help you focus better. I wrote a large portion of my Masters’ thesis with the Half-Life 2 soundtrack playing in the lab.

But what do you like to listen to when you get bored of the in-game music? I asked other EsportsEdition writers to weigh in on their favorite background music for gaming:

Andrey (Hearthstone):  “…something electronic with a pulse (Kubbi (artist), Professor Kliq (artist), Chiptune (genre)) for action games (or games with a lot of action, such as Starcraft, League) or some jazz for calmer games (puzzle, Hearthstone, indies).”

Chris (Heroes of The Storm): Everything DnB is amazing for playing imo. “Ghost Assassin” by Maduk is one of my favorites, plus it’s StarCraft-related.” 

Greg (Operations):

Jamie (League): When I played sc2 I could only listen to Nujabes.” [Writer’s note: Nujabes is awesome.]

Joshua (CS:GO): I only listen to music in CSGO when I’m practicing/warming up, because of how important sound is when you’re actually in a game… Before games in my CEVO league, we listen to “Lose Yourself” by Eminem (I know). I also know all of the words to “Fat Lip” by Sum 41, so sometimes I play that and make my long suffering teammates listen to me sing along to it. I listen to trance music when I’m doing aim training in CS — this is one of my go-to songs.”

Here are some of my music picks!

I try to switch up the electronica with some different genres sometimes. If you have a little bit of a rage problem or need to focus on your last hitting, try one of these playlists:

Chill & Upbeat

Future Bass

If that’s way too chill, try a “modern blues” playlist.

If all else fails, here are some tried and true classics:

1 Hour Dubstep Mix

NCS Mix November 2015

What are some of your favorite gaming playlists? Or is external music too distracting –  in-game sounds only?

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Kara Jacobacci

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Kara has been following professional DotA2 since the TI4 qualifiers. When not watching matches on Twitch, she can be found working (or attempting to find work) as a geologist and enjoying nature.

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