shielding

[beserk]

when ur shieldin ur self do u picture yourself 3rd person or 1st person or what?

[slifar]

I usually picturemyself in first person, but sometimes I'll snap to third. As long as you get the energy formed right and tell it what to do, aka program it, then you should be fine. Might take a bit to get though. It took me about five days to be able to make even a weak shield, and then it fell apart after a few hours.
Basically, use whatever works for ya. ;D

P.S. Wrong forum

[TC]

I don't really understand what you're asking. I have never thought of any methods in terms of what person I'm thinking in.

It's hard to understand you because you're using too many abbreviations. Try to use proper grammar. Thanks.

slifar's right, this is the wrong forum. However, shields are constructs, so I guess it could pass here depending on the context of the question.

[confuded]

TC, he is asking that when you visualize yourself making a shield around you, do you visualize yourself as a first person or from the side, third person. He is using a visualization technique. Please correct me if I got that wrong.

beserk, I think it doesn't really matter that much. What ever you feel is better for you and your shields.

P.S. I am not telling you that you posted in a wrong place or a bad place, just I would personally post this question in the "Newbie area", no offense or anything. But let's wait till the MODS come, I don;t want that sign up again on my head .

[TC]

Thanks for the clarification Confuded. I understand now. I see. Yeah, then I would say for visualization, it's whatever works for you, like others already explained. I might work better visualizing in the first person, whereas you might find the 3rd person more effective. Thanks again for the clarification Confuded.

[wolfdancer]

My guess is that it was posted in "constructs and programming" because it is a programming question, however the more appropriate location would be "Shielding." It is an advanced enough question that I would not relegate it to the newbies board.

I second the comment on grammar. We expect the same standards on the forums as we do in the chat, if not higher (though some of that hasn't quite made it on to the PAP yet).

Now to your question: I am usually visualizing from first person when I shield because that is the perspective that I will be 'viewing' the shield from. I am more likely to scan my shields from third person (by choice) than to program them that way. However, like has been stated it can be done either way. I hope some of this is helpful to you.

~Wolfd@ncer~

[confuded]

Oh, forgot to tell you what I do (if that makes any difference... since I am a newb) , I visualize from first person. Without closing eyes or anything, just visualize with my eye that I am making a shield around me.

TC, your welcome .

[beserk]

sorry about that.


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[gumby]

I visualize everything in first person, unless I'm not using visualization.

[Cullen]

I tend to use both. When I am first creating a new idea for a shield, I will tend to visualize it in the third person; however, when I create shields I tend to use first person and form the shield around myself.

Still, to each his/her own.

~Cullen

[wolfdancer]

*nods* Yeah, now that I think about it, I tend to see new shield ideas from both perspectives. I just am more likely to create it from a first person visualization.

~Wolfd@ncer~

[The Devil's Advocate]

I also view shields from both perspectives, though for me once I have the concept/structure of the shield in my mind there is no more visualization, simply action. I have discovered my shields are more effective when I develop the concept from an 'all around' kind of perspective. This includes an almost ‘no person’ perspective. I develop it from outside the shield, inside (the fully shielded perspective) and from truly ‘inside’ the shield that is the internal structure of the shield itself as observed from within that structure and being a part of that structure instead of an observer. As if the shield WAS the person. Each ‘angle’ gives different insight and has an impact on the final result of the shield. I have discovered that especially with the more complicated structures the ‘shield’s perspective’ makes my own shields much, much more effective. It gives me a level of conceptual understanding that makes it much easier to put the complicated concepts together in a cohesive whole. I do the same when I ‘matrix’ my shields.

A side note: I've met no one who actually completely does away with 'visualization'. Concept programming actually uses it very extensively. A shield that reflects energy back on the attacker and uses the 'concept' of a mirror (or any other reflective surface) has used a visualization. Also visualization does not have to take long. I have constructed a shield from scratch complete with visualizations and new concept in under 5 seconds. (The time to actually put up the shield was negligible.)

~The Devil's Advocate