you shouldn't be feeling sharp pain... change your posture

my sitting posture somewhat similar to this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40WagK31Tbw&a...8D449F74AA

the problem is i push the buttons very hard and have a bad habit of squeezing my mouse against my wrist

you shouldn't be feeling sharp pain... change your posture

RSI or ganglion, place your bets.

it depends on your style. I used to play russian style, I felt really uncomfortable without my arm and elbow on a table. once I started to not take things so seriously I switched to a normal position of wrist and hand on the table and nothing else (no arm wrests either). yeah at first it sucked but after a while you get used to it and you don't really think about it

the high aimers all sit differently. look at the way strenx sits vs cypher, stermy vs av3k. some have just a hand on the table, some have some arm, some have their whole arm

toxic had three fingers on the top of his wmo, where some only have two.

you also learn that you might not be the best aimer, but in the right position you can hit good percentages.

you also have to consider things like sensitivity, accel, and crosshairs. strenx zooms lg a lot (iirc) and has a low sens. stermy has a med sens, both use not accel. but cypher sits completely differently and uses accel, yet can hit the same percentages

rapha used a high sens and accel too, 5.5 sens with accel, I saw some configs at .1 and some at .55. regardless, try playing some games with a higher sens. you realize quickly how important items and positioning are, because if you can't hit shit, what else are you going to do? it helped me play smarter a bit, to play on a sens higher than usual so you can't rely on aim like you could before.

my only good accuracies was rail, and i contribute that to playing without accel, the crosshair i use, and the fact that i focused a lot on rail back when i played when i was younger. i wanted to be good so i played instagib FFA for months. i tried accel and different crosshairs, but it just wasn't the same. but you can take another player and he can be 100% opposite what I do, yet hit the same.

i worried about this kind of shit for too long. i wish i would of spent my time practicing instead of looking at different mice, configs, sensitivities, all that stuff. i wish i would of focused on being a smarter playing instead of being a better aimer.

just my thoughts though

edit: if you do change the way you sit or something, play a lot for a week, or at least try to. i remember changing a mouse or the way i say and thought about how uncomfortable it was the first few days, but as i played i got used to it and adapted. after day 1 it might suck, but after day 7 it might be completely comfortable and okay

Strenx used accel when he played with mx518. When he used Kinzu v1 he had accel 0 cuz of build in Kinzu accel

nah he didn't use accel with mx518

Yes he did, look for an old config, or Q3 config.

sens 2 0.1 accel when he used mx518

If you are flicking rail gun constantly, then you might need to change something (if you are missing)

Railgun techniques:
1) Line up shot, wait for enemy to move into crosshair and click. (cypher style)

2) Move crosshair onto enemy in a smooth movement, stop on them and click at the same time (strenx style)

3) Flick crosshair swiftly onto enemy and click the same time crosshair passes them, crosshair might go further than enemy model, but you time the shot for when crosshair is on them. (k1llsen style)

Pick a style or use all the styles for different situations. I personally use style 1 and 3. I don't have that much control anymore to use style 2. (my tendons are a bit fucked up)

I use style 3 (but with zoom) but i have a hard time doing it using the palm grip. what's style 2 btw?

Which one of these 3 is Cypher?

all 3 depending on what he's trying to shoot, however he usually uses #1 style the most. You can notice him stop strafing and then fire his rail, for total dedication to a rail shot.

Shoot the green aliens

those arent aliens, they're fuckin' bears. silly green bears. i hate them. fuckin' keel and his fat green legs, how he walks around and the way he looks up or down. fuckin' silly bears
that's why i play quake. to shoot them

talkin about bears...



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you are overthinking everything

How many times do you change your cfg after every game

Just play comfortably and hit mouse1 when your crosshair goes over the green man. If you miss just blame something other than yourself (hit detection, ping, routing, nudge ect...).

That's exactly how to play the game. Praise skill for success. Blame external forces for failure.

i do that because i get bored

maybe, but i just don't want to experience wrist pain and hard as rock shoulders after playing, hope you understand where i'm coming from here :)

i have rsi in my wrists from playing quake. I know where you're coming from. at the end of the day just find something "comfortable" sens wise and cfg wise and then just play. play and play and play and dont change a fuckin thing. sooner or later you'll start playing better even if you don't notice it initially

aim at green robot feets with your rockets

fucking science, i know

thanks for the tips all, going to make a reply tom, english isn't really my 1st language :P

Get rid off offset and you will hit flicks)

Tightening up while aiming is bad, although there's nothing you can do about it other than practice and learning to control your nerves.

Turn off accel) it's all about relaxing though, and having your dodge synced with the mouse movements. Practice, practice, practice (c) fatal1ty

40% LG with 0 accel, 800 dpi, 1.5 sensitivity
NEO grip kinzu

use more shotgam and grenade

shotgam best for spoonfregs

granuhde*

bind w +back

forget about lg

put crosshair on entrance/exit points

FIRE

wow 2000 elo. thanks denmark!

this goes all to high tier players who can equally hit VERY high percentages in RL,RG,LG..

you should stop your obsession with very high percentages. The most important thing is the damage you do with these weapons. So even if it's 30-35% LG as long as you did more damages than your opponent, it's all good ;)

guys like evil don't hit 40%+ very often but their damages outputs are almost everytime higher than their opponent(s)

Dude it's high tier players. Please don't obfuscate the true answers with your spam!

Most players have different styles of holding the mouse, I don't think changing your grip will affect anything.

4 sens is pretty high for 800dpi, especially with accel. Of course i don't really know what your settings are, but you probably want to be over 22cm/360 (with accel off)

Personally I palm grip my mouse and rest my wrist on the mousepad. I play pretty low sens with low accel.

I grip tightly when I lg, and based my entire sens off of this. I can rail and shoot rockets on any sens, I can't hit 50% lg on any sens.

General tips for aim:
http://www.esreality.com/index.php?a=post&id=1768284

However, it's a bit out of date, the guide is only good for team modes and low skill duel. Been wanting to write another for duel, but haven't had the time.

"I grip tightly when I lg, and based my entire sens off of this. I can rail and shoot rockets on any sens, I can't hit 50% lg on any sens."

wait your shoulders doesn't get rock solid after a game? because that's what i'm trying to prevent right now, any tips would be nice :)

I belive that griping the mouse is ok if you only use your wrist, but if you have a low sens then it can make you stutter a bit. I try to relax when aiming and when I remember to do it then I usually get good results.
Ever done some hard work and then go play quake right after, when your hands are numb?)) awesome lg then :D

My shoulder will maybe get sore after like 9 hours of play, but i rest my arm on the edge of the table.

So like, my mousepad lies over the edge and then i rest my wrist on that edge. I move my wrist quite a lot, but ultimately it takes most of the weight.

Also the gripping tightly only occurs in my hand, not my whole arm.

If you hold your hand and muscles easy youor aim will be more smooth. Good for lg. Most aiming errors is over predicting, you can solve this by putting your aim in lazy mode and play like your hand is drunk.

I recently found that the moment I "hold" my aim gets really shaky and I also start to increase the strain on my limb, so I need to keep my muscles as relaxed as I can, at least in my wrist and arm(though loosening my hand a bit helps loosen my wrist a lot and my arm a bit), to keep my aim smooth and stop myself from feeling too much strain.

Yes but actually being relaxed is key to everything, even when you fight (for real.. IRL..), or when you drive (racing... cars or motorcycles), if you keep your "muscles" loose (lol) it will be a lot better.

Yeah, this was something I didn't have to think about as much before because I used a lower sens and had +attack bound to space(I have an urge to go back), where I would never have to tense my hand and in-turn my wrist and arm while aiming, and the lower sens meant that I needed to do bigger movements which is hard if you're constantly tensing your muscles.