When something becomes habitual, it frees up the cognitive load for you to think about other things. I assume parent has played so much starcraft, that many of

When something becomes habitual, it frees up the cognitive load for you to think about other things. I assume parent has played so much starcraft, that many of the routine aspects of the game such as bootstrapping a base, farming resources, and building a military has become engrained. Especially in 4v4's the risk of an enemy trying to pull an early cheese is so low, that the beginning of the game is basically almost always the same. When I was playing Diablo II, I used to be able to complete the Secret Cow Level runs with a nova sorc almost by rote. I would often be thinking about other things, chatting with friends, calling into internet radio shows while doing this