To revive this thread t/368008&start=0
To start here, I want to say that everyone has different likings and what matches one person most likely wont match another person. This thread is for those people that just cant make their mind up to what grip to use. I have switched grips and playstyles many times, getting to the point of frustration to almost quitting the game. So enjoy this thread and find a grip you like
If I say Full Area it means either Full Screen Full Area or Windowed Small Area. Same for Small Area.
The three groups are:
Pencil
Calligraphy
And some others (Friends, forum or just some miscellaneous stuff)
Pencil is the most common grip, and many use it already for writing.
The next section is for calligraphy grips. This section contains my most used grip, usually used for smaller areas.
This section is just for some random grips my friends/ top players use.
What Omgforz
said about grips.
And remember, only use something that is comfortable to YOU
To start here, I want to say that everyone has different likings and what matches one person most likely wont match another person. This thread is for those people that just cant make their mind up to what grip to use. I have switched grips and playstyles many times, getting to the point of frustration to almost quitting the game. So enjoy this thread and find a grip you like
If I say Full Area it means either Full Screen Full Area or Windowed Small Area. Same for Small Area.
The three groups are:
Pencil
Calligraphy
And some others (Friends, forum or just some miscellaneous stuff)
Pencil is the most common grip, and many use it already for writing.
SPOILER
Pencil high usually for full areas http://i.imgur.com/DbQFm9q.jpg
Pencil medium for medium areas http://i.imgur.com/JgK3Z5z.jpg
Pencil low for small areas http://i.imgur.com/bbGwEac.jpg]
Pencil medium for medium areas http://i.imgur.com/JgK3Z5z.jpg
Pencil low for small areas http://i.imgur.com/bbGwEac.jpg]
The next section is for calligraphy grips. This section contains my most used grip, usually used for smaller areas.
SPOILER
Calligraphy grip is similar to what hvick225 uses, and is the grip I use the most http://i.imgur.com/EI0iww2.jpg
Calligraphy 2nd is another common variation of calligraphy grips http://i.imgur.com/eHOBjMS.jpg
Calligraphy 2nd is another common variation of calligraphy grips http://i.imgur.com/eHOBjMS.jpg
This section is just for some random grips my friends/ top players use.
SPOILER
Rohulk grip is pretty straight forward and should fit to most players http://i.imgur.com/Dxdbmus.jpg
Happystick grip is pretty normal too, this was one of the grips I used before http://i.imgur.com/2oqUAN1.jpg
Kynan grip is a bit weird but playable http://i.imgur.com/J0NPLaK.jpg
Cookiezi grip for fanboys http://i.imgur.com/lsHO1re.jpg
Rrtyui grip similar to Rohulks http://i.imgur.com/lwuSGlA.jpg
Some grip I found from youtube http://i.imgur.com/LO0U45q.jpg
And lastly, my friends grip http://i.imgur.com/qZK6pPe.jpg]
Happystick grip is pretty normal too, this was one of the grips I used before http://i.imgur.com/2oqUAN1.jpg
Kynan grip is a bit weird but playable http://i.imgur.com/J0NPLaK.jpg
Cookiezi grip for fanboys http://i.imgur.com/lsHO1re.jpg
Rrtyui grip similar to Rohulks http://i.imgur.com/lwuSGlA.jpg
Some grip I found from youtube http://i.imgur.com/LO0U45q.jpg
And lastly, my friends grip http://i.imgur.com/qZK6pPe.jpg]
What Omgforz
said about grips.
SPOILER
I have switched grips numerous times, due to always analyzing what I'm doing and how I might improve on it. This way I experimented a lot, but I never went too extreme into a direction. (like going with a really small area, or going fullscreen fullarea) Always staying at full area and just changing the window size in case I had any problems adapting at first. So I can't say anything about really small tablet areas or grips which resemble writing on a sheet of paper.
What I have experienced is, that those vertical grips allow you more freedom in any direction. Your grip on the other hand probably has problems when going with full area and extending your fingers to a far end corner, you'll most likely loose posture, and thus need to readjust.
Giving more freedom, allows you to tweak other things, which suddenly might seem a lot more important, once you have this "base" of a grip. How your wrist is angled, is your wrist in front of the tablet, or is it on it? If it's in front, can your fingers reach the corners? Do you need to grip higher? These are quite important factors which influence you greatly, almost as important as gripping the thing itself.
Experimenting is key. Every time I switched grips (not from copying other players, but just feeling this new way of trying to aim, and rolling with it for a few weeks, gave me an idea of the advantages and disadvantages or sheer differences compared to other grips. Sometimes you just feel more comfortable, sometimes you feel like dying, but you weirdly enough have better precision. Analyzing what is giving you this precision, and what is actually causing you discomfort is really important, going with the things which ultimately help you, and getting rid of things which discomfort you is going to lead you to your ideal grip.
The general idea I learned from grip to grip, is that finger control is absolutely important. Once you have somewhat of a comfortable grip, and you're used to it, most of the aiming is going to take place in your head. Feeling the movement before you even execute it, that's what you have to get down to be quite consistent. (it's basically building up muscle memory and concentrating enough, with some analyzing here and there)
Things I learned when switching grips
1) Using fingers as much as you can grants the most consistency when doing absurd jumps
2) Because of 1), finger control is really important, being able to flick quickly and controlled without losing posture.
3) playing around with how you angle your wrist is quite important, sometimes you feel like you have an off-day, and one of the possibilities why, is that you have your wrist angled a bit different than usual
4) playing around with how high you grip your pen is important too, I always thought the lower you go, the better, because you have more control, but the higher I gripped the pen, the more consistent I got and the more comfortable I felt. (also required me to use my fingers more than my wrist) (this is my experience, don't think it'll be the same for you, just experiment!)
5) the more finger control you have, the less need you have to tense up I actually noticed that I tense up because I feel insecure about my aim, feeling as if I wouldn't tense up that much I would perhaps even miss. I still tense up, but that's on 3 minute long fullscreen jumps which I do not practice at all. (I'm looking at you, guitar vs piano aqo training maps!)
Here's another link to something I wrote some time ago which might help you http://ask.fm/Omgfzor/answer/114475915778 (I'm too lazy to rewrite all that)
What I have experienced is, that those vertical grips allow you more freedom in any direction. Your grip on the other hand probably has problems when going with full area and extending your fingers to a far end corner, you'll most likely loose posture, and thus need to readjust.
Giving more freedom, allows you to tweak other things, which suddenly might seem a lot more important, once you have this "base" of a grip. How your wrist is angled, is your wrist in front of the tablet, or is it on it? If it's in front, can your fingers reach the corners? Do you need to grip higher? These are quite important factors which influence you greatly, almost as important as gripping the thing itself.
Experimenting is key. Every time I switched grips (not from copying other players, but just feeling this new way of trying to aim, and rolling with it for a few weeks, gave me an idea of the advantages and disadvantages or sheer differences compared to other grips. Sometimes you just feel more comfortable, sometimes you feel like dying, but you weirdly enough have better precision. Analyzing what is giving you this precision, and what is actually causing you discomfort is really important, going with the things which ultimately help you, and getting rid of things which discomfort you is going to lead you to your ideal grip.
The general idea I learned from grip to grip, is that finger control is absolutely important. Once you have somewhat of a comfortable grip, and you're used to it, most of the aiming is going to take place in your head. Feeling the movement before you even execute it, that's what you have to get down to be quite consistent. (it's basically building up muscle memory and concentrating enough, with some analyzing here and there)
Things I learned when switching grips
1) Using fingers as much as you can grants the most consistency when doing absurd jumps
2) Because of 1), finger control is really important, being able to flick quickly and controlled without losing posture.
3) playing around with how you angle your wrist is quite important, sometimes you feel like you have an off-day, and one of the possibilities why, is that you have your wrist angled a bit different than usual
4) playing around with how high you grip your pen is important too, I always thought the lower you go, the better, because you have more control, but the higher I gripped the pen, the more consistent I got and the more comfortable I felt. (also required me to use my fingers more than my wrist) (this is my experience, don't think it'll be the same for you, just experiment!)
5) the more finger control you have, the less need you have to tense up I actually noticed that I tense up because I feel insecure about my aim, feeling as if I wouldn't tense up that much I would perhaps even miss. I still tense up, but that's on 3 minute long fullscreen jumps which I do not practice at all. (I'm looking at you, guitar vs piano aqo training maps!)
Here's another link to something I wrote some time ago which might help you http://ask.fm/Omgfzor/answer/114475915778 (I'm too lazy to rewrite all that)
And remember, only use something that is comfortable to YOU
