• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EST 19:11
CET 01:11
KST 09:11
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
ByuL: The Forgotten Master of ZvT29Behind the Blue - Team Liquid History Book19Clem wins HomeStory Cup 289HomeStory Cup 28 - Info & Preview13Rongyi Cup S3 - Preview & Info8
Community News
Team Liquid Map Contest - Preparation Notice6Weekly Cups (Feb 23-Mar 1): herO doubles, 2v2 bonanza1Weekly Cups (Feb 16-22): MaxPax doubles0Weekly Cups (Feb 9-15): herO doubles up2ACS replaced by "ASL Season Open" - Starts 21/0258
StarCraft 2
General
Vitality disbanding their sc2-team How do you think the 5.0.15 balance patch (Oct 2025) for StarCraft II has affected the game? Team Liquid Map Contest - Preparation Notice ByuL: The Forgotten Master of ZvT Nexon's StarCraft game could be FPS, led by UMS maker
Tourneys
RSL Season 4 announced for March-April Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament $5,000 WardiTV Winter Championship 2026 Sea Duckling Open (Global, Bronze-Diamond) PIG STY FESTIVAL 7.0! (19 Feb - 1 Mar)
Strategy
Custom Maps
Publishing has been re-enabled! [Feb 24th 2026] Map Editor closed ?
External Content
The PondCast: SC2 News & Results Mutation # 515 Together Forever Mutation # 514 Ulnar New Year Mutation # 513 Attrition Warfare
Brood War
General
BSL 22 Map Contest — Submissions OPEN to March 10 battle.net problems Are you ready for ASL 21? Hype VIDEO BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ Flash's ASL S21 & Future Plans Announcement
Tourneys
[Megathread] Daily Proleagues ASL Season 21 Qualifiers March 7-8 BWCL Season 64 Announcement [BSL22] Open Qualifier #1 - Sunday 21:00 CET
Strategy
Soma's 9 hatch build from ASL Game 2 Fighting Spirit mining rates Simple Questions, Simple Answers Zealot bombing is no longer popular?
Other Games
General Games
No Man's Sky (PS4 and PC) Path of Exile PC Games Sales Thread Nintendo Switch Thread Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion The Story of Wings Gaming
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
Mafia Game Mode Feedback/Ideas Vanilla Mini Mafia TL Mafia Community Thread
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Mexico's Drug War Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine YouTube Thread
Fan Clubs
The IdrA Fan Club
Media & Entertainment
[Manga] One Piece [Req][Books] Good Fantasy/SciFi books Anime Discussion Thread
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion TL MMA Pick'em Pool 2013
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Laptop capable of using Photoshop Lightroom?
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
FS++
Kraekkling
Shocked by a laser…
Spydermine0240
Gaming-Related Deaths
TrAiDoS
ONE GREAT AMERICAN MARINE…
XenOsky
Unintentional protectionism…
Uldridge
ASL S21 English Commentary…
namkraft
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 1556 users

getting used to new computer and mouse

Blogs > OMin
Post a Reply
OMin
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States545 Posts
September 09 2009 03:00 GMT
#1
hey guys

since im in college now i am only on a laptop now. its been 1-2 weeks since ive been playing on it, and its just driving me nuts. i play 30 apm lower on this, because im not used to the computer, and im really really not used to the mouse i have. im not gonna go out and buy a new mouse or anything... so what tips do you guys have for getting used to this new setup? its so frustrating cuz im 30 apm lower than i am on my old computer, and i cant do anything micro oriented cuz my clicks are so inaccurate with this mouse

*
DeathByMonkeys
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States742 Posts
September 09 2009 03:03 GMT
#2
I'm in the same situation you are, just takes time and repetition to get used to your new setup bro.
cgrinker
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States3824 Posts
September 09 2009 03:05 GMT
#3
You could work on creating a whole bunch of threads on TL. That way you would get to practice and talk to pplz. Don't worry about content, you won't need that.
OMin
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States545 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-09-09 03:09:27
September 09 2009 03:08 GMT
#4
On September 09 2009 12:05 cgrinker wrote:
You could work on creating a whole bunch of threads on TL. That way you would get to practice and talk to pplz. Don't worry about content, you won't need that.

i dont understand

is this post not a legitimate question? im sure there are people here who have had to go through the same thing, so im trying hear from their experiences.... i really do hate people who are rude without reason
blabber
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States4448 Posts
September 09 2009 03:09 GMT
#5
use the keyboard and mouse you normally use
blabberrrrr
cgrinker
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States3824 Posts
September 09 2009 03:14 GMT
#6
On September 09 2009 12:08 OMin wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 09 2009 12:05 cgrinker wrote:
You could work on creating a whole bunch of threads on TL. That way you would get to practice and talk to pplz. Don't worry about content, you won't need that.

i dont understand

is this post not a legitimate question? im sure there are people here who have had to go through the same thing, so im trying hear from their experiences.... i really do hate people who are rude without reason




Oh no it is. I'm saying you might as well do something that's not frustrating while you get your dexterity back.

Don't hate me
Polar_Nada
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States1548 Posts
September 09 2009 03:18 GMT
#7
took me like a month to get use to it. recovered my apms yaaaahhhh.
[ReD]NaDa and fnaticMSI.SEn fighting~! ::POlar @ UC Irvine::
uglymoose89
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States671 Posts
September 09 2009 03:21 GMT
#8
you can buy a cheap keyboard. i got an inland keyboard for ~$6 and get some sort of wired mouse. Then you can play and get used to it without destroying your keyboard.
infinity21 *
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada6683 Posts
September 09 2009 03:22 GMT
#9
lol it depends on the equipment too
when i switched from diamondback plasma to logitech g9, i was able to play at 100% (actually, even better I'd say) right away. You'd think it would take a while since the shapes are completely different but *shrug*
Official Entusman #21
hellokitty[hk]
Profile Joined June 2009
United States1309 Posts
September 09 2009 03:37 GMT
#10
Disable acceleration!
Learn that desktop > laptop .
People are imbeciles, lucky thing god made cats.
infinity21 *
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada6683 Posts
September 09 2009 03:40 GMT
#11
On September 09 2009 12:37 hellokitty[hk] wrote:
Disable acceleration!
Learn that desktop > laptop .

laptop keyboards are fine as long as you get used to it. Very few keyboards have layout that is terrible for sc. It's the mouse that matters
Official Entusman #21
OMin
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
United States545 Posts
September 09 2009 05:56 GMT
#12
On September 09 2009 12:14 cgrinker wrote:
Show nested quote +
On September 09 2009 12:08 OMin wrote:
On September 09 2009 12:05 cgrinker wrote:
You could work on creating a whole bunch of threads on TL. That way you would get to practice and talk to pplz. Don't worry about content, you won't need that.

i dont understand

is this post not a legitimate question? im sure there are people here who have had to go through the same thing, so im trying hear from their experiences.... i really do hate people who are rude without reason




Oh no it is. I'm saying you might as well do something that's not frustrating while you get your dexterity back.

Don't hate me

sorry dude, thats not the inference i got from what you said... my bad

maybe i should just buy a normal keyboard, but the keyboard isnt the problem... my mouse sucks balls. my dad forced me to get a wireless, even though i told him id just use the touchpad in lectures... i dont want to drop 20 bucks for a mouse when i alrady have one.... this really sucks lol
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Replay Cast
00:00
LiuLi Cup Grand Finals Playoff
CranKy Ducklings21
LiquipediaDiscussion
Patches Events
23:00
Open cup capped at 5400 MMR
Liquipedia
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
PiGStarcraft463
ProTech129
Nathanias 96
StarCraft: Brood War
Sea 4528
Bisu 734
Shuttle 659
NaDa 21
Dota 2
monkeys_forever317
League of Legends
JimRising 435
Counter-Strike
pashabiceps2613
Super Smash Bros
hungrybox306
Mew2King57
Heroes of the Storm
Khaldor203
Other Games
summit1g8731
FrodaN3686
KnowMe359
C9.Mang0186
ToD172
ViBE67
Organizations
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 21 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• Hupsaiya 188
• davetesta183
• musti20045 48
• HeavenSC 17
• mYiSmile16
• Adnapsc2 5
• Migwel
• sooper7s
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
StarCraft: Brood War
• blackmanpl 53
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
• BSLYoutube
Dota 2
• masondota2520
League of Legends
• Doublelift6780
Other Games
• imaqtpie1223
• Scarra608
Upcoming Events
Sparkling Tuna Cup
9h 50m
RSL Revival
9h 50m
Classic vs TriGGeR
Cure vs Cham
WardiTV Winter Champion…
11h 50m
OSC
12h 20m
BSL
19h 50m
Replay Cast
23h 50m
Replay Cast
1d 8h
Monday Night Weeklies
1d 16h
OSC
1d 23h
Replay Cast
3 days
[ Show More ]
The PondCast
4 days
Replay Cast
4 days
Replay Cast
5 days
CranKy Ducklings
6 days
Replay Cast
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

ASL Season 21: Qualifier #1
PiG Sty Festival 7.0
Underdog Cup #3

Ongoing

KCM Race Survival 2026 Season 1
Jeongseon Sooper Cup
Spring Cup 2026
ASL Season 21: Qualifier #2
RSL Revival: Season 4
WardiTV Winter 2026
Nations Cup 2026
ESL Pro League S23 Stage 1&2
PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026
IEM Kraków 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter Qual

Upcoming

ASL Season 21
Acropolis #4 - TS6
Acropolis #4
IPSL Spring 2026
CSLAN 4
HSC XXIX
uThermal 2v2 2026 Main Event
Bellum Gens Elite Stara Zagora 2026
NationLESS Cup
CS Asia Championships 2026
IEM Atlanta 2026
Asian Champions League 2026
PGL Astana 2026
BLAST Rivals Spring 2026
CCT Season 3 Global Finals
IEM Rio 2026
PGL Bucharest 2026
Stake Ranked Episode 1
BLAST Open Spring 2026
ESL Pro League S23 Finals
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2026 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.