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JohnBall
Profile Joined December 2008
Brazil1272 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-14 09:50:10
January 14 2010 09:40 GMT
#21
Fingertip.
Zerg user, C-, 150 apm.

As far as I can see, there is no clear relation between rank and mouse grip.

Edit: Watching the MSL today, they showed Kwanro's mouse grip and it is a fingertip too. So you can count Kwanro on your research.
Kwanro: Fingertip, zerg user, progammer, above 300 apm.
perfecting the art of five pool forever
DanceCommander
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States1808 Posts
January 14 2010 09:41 GMT
#22
palm
C 4050~
Fenneth
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Australia354 Posts
January 14 2010 09:42 GMT
#23
Claw grip
D+
meegrean
Profile Joined May 2008
Thailand7699 Posts
January 14 2010 09:42 GMT
#24
wow, i never really put much thought into my grip style.

Claw Grip
D+ ~2500
Brood War loyalist
R4ptur3d
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Canada206 Posts
January 14 2010 09:44 GMT
#25
Claw Grip
D+
Toxic
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Canada233 Posts
January 14 2010 09:45 GMT
#26
Palm B- 6300~
Yes.
Glaucus
Profile Joined June 2009
479 Posts
January 14 2010 09:45 GMT
#27
Why is many fingertip? Isn't that a very odd way to play? Are people misunderstanding? Or are only people who use something else than palm grip responding?

Pretty sure 99% of normal people rest their palm on the mouse and pretty sure that for SC people will just switch more into claw grip during intense moments.
MrMoose
Profile Joined June 2009
Canada176 Posts
January 14 2010 09:49 GMT
#28
Fingertip Grip
D ~1800

Although my mouse is so small that using the palm grip would result in my fingers feeling up my desk...
When in doubt, lubricate!
R4ptur3d
Profile Blog Joined November 2009
Canada206 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-14 09:50:02
January 14 2010 09:49 GMT
#29
On January 14 2010 18:45 Glaucus wrote:
Why is many fingertip? Isn't that a very odd way to play? Are people misunderstanding? Or are only people who use something else than palm grip responding?

Pretty sure 99% of normal people rest their palm on the mouse and pretty sure that for SC people will just switch more into claw grip during intense moments.



it kind of depends on what kind of games people grew up on, I played alot of games at high sensitivity so for the first time sitting down palm gripping was uncomfortable and sluggish because my fingers would drag on the ground so eventually I developed the so called claw grip.

But in my opinion anyone who uses palm grip is totally lazy
FabledIntegral
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States9232 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-14 10:22:26
January 14 2010 09:51 GMT
#30
EDIT: Haha just realized I use claw.

C
~4300
djcube
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States985 Posts
January 14 2010 09:51 GMT
#31
Claw
around 4200
KrAzYfoOL
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
Australia3037 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-14 15:54:28
January 14 2010 09:51 GMT
#32
edit: Claw grip

250-290apm

B- 6250~
It's better to burn out than to fade away
lmaonnaise
Profile Joined October 2006
Canada153 Posts
January 14 2010 09:53 GMT
#33
fingertip
B-/B 7000ish
ZerGuy
Profile Joined June 2008
Poland204 Posts
January 14 2010 09:53 GMT
#34
On January 14 2010 18:45 Glaucus wrote:
Why is many fingertip? Isn't that a very odd way to play? Are people misunderstanding? Or are only people who use something else than palm grip responding?

Pretty sure 99% of normal people rest their palm on the mouse and pretty sure that for SC people will just switch more into claw grip during intense moments.


It's commonly known that for SC you'd rather use a small mouse, and those naturally shift you to fingertip

Fingertip, C- 3200, but many seasons ago, when I was still playing.
Someday ill be pro
Koley89
Profile Joined June 2009
Hungary14 Posts
January 14 2010 09:53 GMT
#35
Claw Grip
C
I'm sorry guys, but i don't good speak english.
Glaucus
Profile Joined June 2009
479 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-14 10:02:16
January 14 2010 09:56 GMT
#36
Your fingers drag on the ground if you use palm grip? All normal mice are designed solely for palm grip. How do your fingers drag on the table? Palm grip doesn't mean you don't use the fingers. It means you rest some of the weight of your hand on the mouse. With claw grip you arc your fingers differently to move the mouse more with your fingers and as a result you don't put much weight on your mouse anymore.

You can't really see the difference between palm and claw grip since it's more about how you transfer force rather than how you position your hand. But finger grip should be very clear to see. So can someone find a video of a progamer that uses finger grip?
AttackZerg
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States7465 Posts
January 14 2010 10:09 GMT
#37
On January 14 2010 18:45 Glaucus wrote:
Why is many fingertip? Isn't that a very odd way to play? Are people misunderstanding? Or are only people who use something else than palm grip responding?

Pretty sure 99% of normal people rest their palm on the mouse and pretty sure that for SC people will just switch more into claw grip during intense moments.



Also palm grip will lead to your wrist hurting after long sessions while fingergrip and claw won't (due to less weight being pressed from wrist-> mouse.)
Zilver
Profile Joined December 2008
Finland282 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-01-14 10:10:49
January 14 2010 10:09 GMT
#38
Fingertip
C-, 3800
1a2a3a iWin
Deleted User 37864
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
780 Posts
January 14 2010 10:10 GMT
#39
Palm Grip
C ~ 4200ish?

There are a LOT of fingertip replies. O_O
It feels really weird to me. I am using the Logitech Mini Optical like every Korean Pro.. and this mouse is SMALL.
So that might be why I am using Palm. With a bigger mouse, my hand might not be able to palm it lol. Claw is just weird.
sashkata
Profile Joined September 2008
Bulgaria3241 Posts
January 14 2010 10:10 GMT
#40
Palm
C 4700
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