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When playing mouse, do you aim from your wrist or aim from your elbow

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When playing mouse, do you aim from your wrist or aim from your elbow

I aim from my wrist (I only move my wrist)
27
54.00%
I aim from my elbow (I only move my elbow)
4
8.00%
I aim from both (I move both my wrist and my elbow)
13
26.00%
Take me to the results!
6
12.00%
Total votes: 50
kaedori
319 posts
Joined September 2018
Topic Starter
kaedori
I heard that aiming from your elbow is better but I'm not exactly sure how/why. Would be nice to see people's opinions on this.

I guess you could also aim from your elbow when playing tablet, but that'd be extremely hard.
okkayowoyakko
okkayowoyakko
Depends, I personally play just by moving my wrist since my mousepad shakes alot since I play on my bed. Playing with your elbow would be better especially with lower sens but that's mainly because lower sens is smoother.
At the end of the day you play osu best when your arm is comfy, so play however you like as long as it feels right to you.
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anaxii
15,000 posts
Joined December 2022
anaxii
I've never used my elbow to play osu. It's just not comfortable.

edit: Oh wait I just realized that I use it to put my mouse in the right place but apart from that I only aim with my wrist.
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Stomiks
9,043 posts
Joined March 2021
Stomiks
Aiming from your elbow is pretty good to reduce mouse drift. Unfortunately most mouse players aim from the wrist since aiming from the elbow is quite a learning curve and can be difficult to get accustomed to.
RedKing
58 posts
Joined June 2013
RedKing
I think a lot of how you aim depends on your mouse sens settings. Mine is pretty low so I aim with my whole arm, and use a tiny bit of wrist when aiming corners of the screen. Only benefit I see to aiming with arm is hand health, aiming wrist can cause pain when overdoing it but with arm it's very hard to get injured.
AccountWontWork
2,023 posts
Joined March 2021
AccountWontWork
I aim only with my fingers
[darkness]
367 posts
Joined November 2020
[darkness]
i use MrBooM method
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anaxii
15,000 posts
Joined December 2022
anaxii

[darkness] wrote:

i use MrBooM method
...
Stomiks
9,043 posts
Joined March 2021
Stomiks

[darkness] wrote:

i use MrBooM method
What's that
anaxii
15,000 posts
Joined December 2022
anaxii

Stomiks wrote:

[darkness] wrote:

i use MrBooM method
What's that
Do not click on the dots
Aizuuya
391 posts
Joined September 2020
Aizuuya
Lower sensitivity, elbow will reduce mouse drift and make you consistent but is hard to learn. Higher sensitivity, use the wrist and make precise movements. Personally my sensitivity is in the middle and I use both depending on how far apart notes may be.
Stomiks
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Joined March 2021
Stomiks

I AM VERY SMART wrote:

Stomiks wrote:

[darkness] wrote:

i use MrBooM method
What's that
Do not click on the dots
Dots? You mean the notes?
anaxii
15,000 posts
Joined December 2022
anaxii

Stomiks wrote:

I AM VERY SMART wrote:

Stomiks wrote:

[darkness] wrote:

i use MrBooM method
What's that
Do not click on the dots
Dots? You mean the notes?
Nah the dots here

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kaedori
319 posts
Joined September 2018
Topic Starter
kaedori
when i made this post i didnt expect it to devolve into postfarming npc behaviour sob
Aizuuya
391 posts
Joined September 2020
Aizuuya

haxyie bf wrote:

when i made this post i didnt expect it to devolve into postfarming npc behaviour sob
That's what you get for being on osu forums I guess!
anaxii
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Joined December 2022
anaxii

haxyie bf wrote:

when i made this post i didnt expect it to devolve into postfarming npc behaviour sob
Welcome to osu forum!
Fxjlk
1,207 posts
Joined July 2014
Fxjlk
Its technically better to aim with more of your arm rather than just your wrist. Most pros agree with this

It spreads the tension to more of your arm reducing the risk of RSI.

It gives you better control since different parts of your arm control micro and macro movements.

Aim speed isn't reduced because lower DPIs give larger leeway for error and so you can move the mouse quicker without having to stabilize as much.

Shroud himself says pure wrist aim is wrong and you need to stop. Its in the video below:

Stomiks
9,043 posts
Joined March 2021
Stomiks

I AM VERY SMART wrote:

haxyie bf wrote:

when i made this post i didnt expect it to devolve into postfarming npc behaviour sob
Welcome to osu forum!
Everyone's gonna leave because of us
anaxii
15,000 posts
Joined December 2022
anaxii

Stomiks wrote:

I AM VERY SMART wrote:

haxyie bf wrote:

when i made this post i didnt expect it to devolve into postfarming npc behaviour sob
Welcome to osu forum!
Everyone's gonna leave because of us
Don't worry, as long as we're nice, everything will be okay!
Stomiks
9,043 posts
Joined March 2021
Stomiks

I AM VERY SMART wrote:

Stomiks wrote:

I AM VERY SMART wrote:

haxyie bf wrote:

when i made this post i didnt expect it to devolve into postfarming npc behaviour sob
Welcome to osu forum!
Everyone's gonna leave because of us
Don't worry, as long as we're nice, everything will be okay!
You're naive if you think that being nice will solve the problem
AccountWontWork
2,023 posts
Joined March 2021
AccountWontWork

Fxjlk wrote:

Its technically better to aim with more of your arm rather than just your wrist. Most pros agree with this

It spreads the tension to more of your arm reducing the risk of RSI.

It gives you better control since different parts of your arm control micro and macro movements.

Aim speed isn't reduced because lower DPIs give larger leeway for error and so you can move the mouse quicker without having to stabilize as much.

Shroud himself says pure wrist aim is wrong and you need to stop. Its in the video below:

hmm would definitely agree very much, having lower dpi/bigger area doesnt really mean that you get less speed. I've experienced this first hand playing both low dpi and a big area.
anaxii
15,000 posts
Joined December 2022
anaxii

Stomiks wrote:

I AM VERY SMART wrote:

Stomiks wrote:

I AM VERY SMART wrote:

haxyie bf wrote:

when i made this post i didnt expect it to devolve into postfarming npc behaviour sob
Welcome to osu forum!
Everyone's gonna leave because of us
Don't worry, as long as we're nice, everything will be okay!
You're naive if you think that being nice will solve the problem
Ok
ANGELF708
43 posts
Joined April 2023
ANGELF708

Fxjlk wrote:

What's described in this video is basically impossible for me, because my chair has armrests. Good to know my posture is shit though. /gen
AccountWontWork
2,023 posts
Joined March 2021
AccountWontWork
I've pretty much given up trying to get a proper posture for playing, I just do what feels most comfortable at the current moment when playing, when im fcing something I usually do the gurbzy posture as it feels easy to concentrate with
anaxii
15,000 posts
Joined December 2022
anaxii

AccountWontWork wrote:

I've pretty much given up trying to get a proper posture for playing, I just do what feels most comfortable at the current moment when playing, when im fcing something I usually do the gurbzy posture as it feels easy to concentrate with
I like the fact that Shrimp posture is called the Gurbzy posture here lol
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Stomiks
9,043 posts
Joined March 2021
Stomiks

AccountWontWork wrote:

I've pretty much given up trying to get a proper posture for playing, I just do what feels most comfortable at the current moment when playing, when im fcing something I usually do the gurbzy posture as it feels easy to concentrate with
tbh a good proper posture is the one where you're occasionally switching between comfortable positions. Doing one good posture all the time is nice and all but eventually you'll get stiff and feel pain.
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