Those gel wrist rests are actually pretty conducive to carpal tunnel iirc. Ideally, you want to have a good enough posture where you don't place any pressure on your wrists in the first place. I think something like having your keyboard/mouse 3-5 inches above your knee when you're sitting up straight and having proper armrests.

TelecoM

United States10675 Posts

April 07 2015 07:12 GMT

#22

I thought the gel rests are supposed to prevent carpal tunnel? I guess while playing BW it would be different? ?_?

idegelchik

Russian Federation382 Posts

April 07 2015 09:41 GMT

#23

i made b+ on iccup ppc ez with logitech g100s

with old mouse i made only 7001.
p.s. im protoss170-180apm

Piste

6179 Posts

April 07 2015 10:45 GMT

#24

On April 07 2015 15:08 GGzerG wrote:

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Wow, I need one of those gel wrist wrests....10+ years playing StarCraft and never had one....no wonder I have terrible callas on my wrist >_<

I've tried to use one several times, but I always feel like it makes my mouse hand slower..

Filco

France154 Posts

April 07 2015 11:18 GMT

#25

My only advice would be a small mouse. Palm grip and fast movements are quite required for brood war I'd say. I bought a Roccat Kone Pure, which is absolutely perfect and the drivers allow you to have the perfect DPI settings and a large variety of profiles that you can switch in game. Also the mouse will remember your settings even if you play on a friend's computer since it has a memory inside. Quite expensive though, but very high quality gaming mouse. I just don't see better. The ergonomy is perfect, the materials are solid unlike cheap plastic razers, the size and weight are perfect and the number of possibilities that the drivers offer are huge.

KameZerg

Sweden1767 Posts

April 07 2015 11:20 GMT

#26

I was D+ max until i realized i had to buy a new mouse to get better, i easily beat bakuryu 50 times with the new mouse i bought, his mouse was no match for mine.

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sabas123

Netherlands3122 Posts

April 07 2015 12:12 GMT

#27

the mouse you use is litteraly 100% not important, aslong as your mouse does not skip like ~3000 pixels a second it does NOT affect your rank at all.

Filco

France154 Posts

April 07 2015 12:29 GMT

#28

You would be surprised to learn that most of the brood war pros used to/ still play with a membrane keyboard and a very basc mouse anyway

Oystein

Norway1602 Posts

April 07 2015 12:40 GMT

#29

I always used a big mouse, Diamondback and deathadder I think most of the time, with superhigh sens and acceleration on and it never affected me. Probably not ideal for maximum precision, but I much prefered having to only move my hand hand a bit, compared to moving your entire arm 10 inches to cross the screen. As others have said, as long as you are used to the mouse and its actually working as it should, it shouldnt hold you back much.

fruity.

England1711 Posts

April 07 2015 13:19 GMT

#30

Other than the shape and weight of the mouse being suitable for your grip style, check the sensor, and make sure it's a decent one. Avago 3310 is at the top end. Steelseries Rival is one such mouse.

EndingLife

United States1594 Posts

April 07 2015 13:39 GMT

#31

On April 07 2015 06:07 duke91 wrote:

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I know a guy who's C on iccup (B 2v2) using a Trackball. For years I've begged him to do an FPVOD

B+ with a ball mouse here, bam!!!

Cyro

United Kingdom20309 Posts

April 07 2015 14:07 GMT

#32

On April 07 2015 16:12 GGzerG wrote:
I thought the gel rests are supposed to prevent carpal tunnel? I guess while playing BW it would be different? ?_?

Those rests are only usable with high sensitivities and limit your movement style a little bit. I was about to post that you shouldn't use them because of wrist issues with intensive mouse uses.

Generally with those sensitivities, people move VERY heavily with the wrist and sometimes (very bad) tense wrist

fruity.

England1711 Posts

April 07 2015 14:09 GMT

#33

On April 07 2015 23:07 Cyro wrote:
..stuff..

Happy birthday!

Cyro

United Kingdom20309 Posts

April 07 2015 14:25 GMT

#34

ty :D

amazingxkcd

GRAND OLD AMERICA16375 Posts

April 07 2015 14:42 GMT

#35

I use this sexy bad boy for playing bw

Cyro

United Kingdom20309 Posts

April 07 2015 14:42 GMT

#36

Basically any mouse that suits you and does 400dpi well.

1:1 sens and no fuckery with acceleration and such from OS

NubbleST

United States86 Posts

April 07 2015 16:53 GMT

#37

On April 07 2015 16:12 GGzerG wrote:
I thought the gel rests are supposed to prevent carpal tunnel? I guess while playing BW it would be different? ?_?

I'd need to find a source, but iirc it's better than pressing your wrist against your desk, but you'd ideally have good enough postures where you don't put pressure on your CT at all.

Cyro

United Kingdom20309 Posts

April 07 2015 17:45 GMT

#38

On April 08 2015 01:53 NubbleST wrote:

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I'd need to find a source, but iirc it's better than pressing your wrist against your desk, but you'd ideally have good enough postures where you don't put pressure on your CT at all.

Best thing to do is to have proper posture (arm naturally being slightly above desk) and use a mouse sensitivity and grip that allows you to control the cursor well without tensing wrist at all, with a focus on fingertip and arm movement as opposed to the worst thing you can do (high sens, tight grip and wrist pivot everywhere)