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How to make your pen less slippery for $1/€1

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[ Fix3d ]

iFix3d wrote:

READ ME: First of all I have to warn english isn't my native language and you may see a lot of typos here, but I'll do my best...
Is your pen slippery AF? Does your fingers sweat a lot? This makes your pen slip away from your fingers in the middle of an 800pp play? Do you drag and your fingers constantly slip down the pen? Well, let me say you're at the right place. I had all this problems and I solved them for only $1 and here I tell you how I did it.
Before starting with the tutorial let's check the pros and cons of this method
Pros:
• Your pen won't slip away from your fingers again, never. Guaranteed.
• You shouldn't have to adapt your playstyle with this method.
• It only costs $1/€1 or so.
Cons:
• Your pen will be a bit heavier and thicker, just a bit. Maybe you won't even going to notice it, I promise.
• Your pen buttons will be unusable, unless you take a cutter and cut its outline.
• You have to lift up your as* from the chair and stop farming pp to do this.

What do you need?
• A pair of scissors
• Your pen (duh)
• Want to do it
And... the reason of this tutorial, the most hidden secret:
• A tennis racket overgrip

Wait... what?!?! Tennis racket overgrip? WTF???
Indeed my dear friend, tennis racket overgrip. Here's an amazon offer as example. As you can see, the price (at the moment when I do this tutorial) is 3 USD, but I bought one to 20 ARS [argentine pesos] (equivalent to 1,32 USD/1,18 EUR at the moment when I do this tutorial, Argentina's economy isn't well known for being stable) at my local sports shop and I think you can too, give me some feedback.

Why this in particular?
Easy, it's cheap, it's light, it's thin, it's made to don't let your fingers slip from it even if you sweat and it's easy to apply (you don't have to do anything special).

Let's begin with the tutorial
Step 1
Buy the stupid thing. You don't have to buy the most expensive, premium, ultra comfortable, extra durable, highly absorbent edition, just buy the cheaper one. Be sure you're buying an overgrip and not a grip, they aren't the same and what we need this time is an overgrip.
Step 2
Remove the adhesive tape which is around the overgrip and reserve it, we'll use it later. Take the overgrip nib, remove the paper that is protecting the adhesive part and stick it to the bottom of your pen, just after the end of the pen nib's cone.
Step 3
Start spinning the pen and/or the overgrip making the surface of the pen as uniform as possible. While doing this you have to be removing the plastic film that protects the surface of the overgrip. It's important to keep the overgrip tense to don't make your pen undesirably thick. If you want to undo and do this again don't be afraid and do it, if this takes two or three tries don't worry.
Step 4
Make a complete rotation where you want the overgrip to end and cut it. Take the adhesive tape we reserved at the Step 2 and stick it around the center of the complete rotation we made.
Step 5
Enjoy a free "pen slipping from my fingers" osu! experience. ლ(>_<ლ)

Hey! Wait a second... it has left plenty.
Yes, of course, what did you expect? This is made for tennis rackets, no tablet pens, duh.

Why don't you just put some rubber bands around your pen?
Many people do this, e.g Rohulk, and I tryed too. It's fine but meh. I found this is a lot better, comfortable and useful for me.

I hope you have been able to undestand the shi* I wrote here, my english is really mediocre. Also I hope you found this useful and decided to give it a try. If you did, give me some feedback, I'll be glad to answer any questions.

iFix3d wrote:

~Pls enjoy game ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )
Troll Face
Or get a thick pen and take the rubber grip off that ;)
AbsurdDive

Kizmah wrote:

Or get a thick pen and take the rubber grip off that ;)

That might work, but it depends on the size of the pen your getting the rubber grip from (I have a 490w, and the pen is quite slim compared to most pens that have that rubber thing)

I personally use masking tape and / or some rubber bands ^^


>reads the thread

Only AR$20 ?! holy s** i'm trying this one out! (when i read "tennis racket over grip" i intermediately thought it was gonna cost at least AR$100) :lol:

Nice guide man :)

Cons:
• You have to lift up your as* from the chair and stop farming pp to do this.
KEK
KyoouN
they are way more expensive on amazon.de - or did someone find one at a "reasonable" price?

otherwise i'll search for one on monday locally.
Topic Starter
[ Fix3d ]

n1nj4 wrote:

I personally use masking tape and / or some rubber bands ^^
I was doing the same, using masking tape and /or some rubber bads before trying this stuff and it worked amazingly well for me. Thanks for comment :)

TheCoon324 wrote:

they are way more expensive on amazon.de - or did someone find one at a "reasonable" price?
Thanks for comment! :) I found this website where you may find reasonable prices, but I think they don't sell overgrips by unit, only 3-Packs, which obviously increases the price, leaving aside the shipping cost too. So I think search on your local sports shop is the best option.
royteneij
Have I been blessed with a next level pen or some shit cause mine never slips
AbsurdDive

royteneij wrote:

Have I been blessed with a next level pen or some shit cause mine never slips

Some people don't have issues with the wacom Draw's (CTL490w) pen.

In my case, I suffer the same problem as Rohulk (greasy hands, but to some extent) and the bloody pen becomes slippery as a wet soap.

(Even if I clean my hands and dry them completely + clean the pen, the problem persists)

so yeah .. haha

now if you have a ctl 480 it's kinda complicated to have a grip problem if you don't have the problem I mentioned above..
I mean, the pen *has* a rubber grip (or how ever you call that thing) :lol:
Gemz
Hopefully, this works for me
Dexyl
I use cloth bandage
KeikiEnjoyer
I put rubber on my pen, noslip4life
mexicoball
1.5 usd? thats like 30-40 mexican pesos, if i ever get i tablet im gonna try this 100% guaranteed
Manishh
I just put my mousepad on tablet
Ez
Its work as a tablet cover
-- Waffle --
lol even tho i play tennis competitively i never thought of this ty for the idea.
Simon12
👌👌👌
Manishh

manishmathur wrote:

I just put my mousepad on tablet
Ez
Its work as a tablet cover
I just realized that its about pen not tablet
PP Tenshi
I think this counts as cheating.

You shouldn't modify your equipment (keyboard, mouse, tablet, etc)
Manishh

PP Tenshi wrote:

I think this counts as cheating.

You shouldn't modify your equipment (keyboard, mouse, tablet, etc)
If someone have a thing that no one have thats mean its not allowed.
But if everyone has it then its allowed
IryN

PP Tenshi wrote:

I think this counts as cheating.

You shouldn't modify your equipment (keyboard, mouse, tablet, etc)
vaxei and btmc both use griptape lol
[darkness]

PP Tenshi wrote:

I think this counts as cheating.

You shouldn't modify your equipment (keyboard, mouse, tablet, etc)
I agree. Everyone should also use the same dpi/area and everyone use the same switch type, otherwise its just not fair at all. While we're at it lets ban all monitors higher than 60hz and have everyone use the same skin, we can't have all these cheaters modifying the game to their liking!!!
NoelleSilva

PP Tenshi wrote:

I think this counts as cheating.

You shouldn't modify your equipment (keyboard, mouse, tablet, etc)
joke ?
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