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SlyinZ
Profile Joined August 2010
France199 Posts
September 09 2010 14:38 GMT
#1
Hi everyone.
So i started to ask myself which type of holding my mouse will be better.
This [image loading]
or this [image loading]
In clear words : Do you put your middle finger on the wheel or on the right click.
Thanks . (and i apologize for my poor english)
IPS.ZeRo
Profile Joined April 2003
Germany1142 Posts
September 09 2010 14:43 GMT
#2
I always have the middle finger on the right click
aka DTF-ZeRo
Misanthrope
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States924 Posts
September 09 2010 14:44 GMT
#3
Claw grip. No reason to use the wheel. I'd likely remove mine if it wouldn't void the warranty.
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snowbird
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Germany2044 Posts
September 09 2010 14:44 GMT
#4
Middle finger on the right button of course.

Does anyone actually put the middle finger on the mouse wheel and ring finger on right click?

Ugh that feels so weird.
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Black Gun
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Germany4482 Posts
September 09 2010 14:48 GMT
#5
palm grip, middle finger on right button.
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LoveSponge
Profile Joined August 2010
Australia237 Posts
September 09 2010 14:57 GMT
#6
Claw, tried palm for a while but it just seems weird.
MisterD
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Germany1338 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-09 15:07:06
September 09 2010 15:03 GMT
#7
middle finger on mouse wheel, need to access right click and mouse wheel at the same time for my browsers mouse guesture control and using the index finger for scroll wheel in that case feels just ugly oO thumb for thumb keys (got two of those)

funny enough if i use my left hand (i sometimes switch just out of boredom) i only use middle and index finger, and don't have a finger on my scroll wheel except when i need it. then i use either one, depending on which mouse button i need to use it with. my ring finger becomes my thumb keys finger in that case, quite funny.
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tofucake
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Hyrule19054 Posts
September 09 2010 15:04 GMT
#8
Claw, index left, middle right. I use middle on middle when I need to use it, since there's no reason to have a dedicated finger for the wheel.
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SilentCrono
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States1420 Posts
September 09 2010 15:16 GMT
#9
why is this in tech support?
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blitzkrieger
Profile Joined September 2010
United States512 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-09-09 15:50:04
September 09 2010 15:46 GMT
#10
I used an mx600 logitech PoS mouse for wow but just got an abyssus and I knew I was a finger tip grip user the whole time, I just didn't feel it mattered till I started playing SC2 (from wow arena which requires no accuracy in mouse use). But I still have the same solution for mouse wheel scroll/buttons.

Just use ur right side of ur index finger to move the mousewheel. You don't need to dedicate a finger to it. I bound 6 actions to my mouse wheel up/down/left/right and button and I would just use my index finger on it if I needed any of those actions for WoW. I was a 2100+ (2400 in 2's) Arena Hunter and Priest and I have like 50+ keybinds for hunter and 40+ for priest with shift,alt, ctrl modifiers on most of those. This might not be optimal if you play super high level FPS since you need instant L click but it works for all everything besides that.
AeonStrife
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States918 Posts
September 09 2010 17:02 GMT
#11
On September 10 2010 00:16 SilentCrono wrote:
why is this in tech support?



Yeah...Anyways I claw mine.
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darmousseh
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States3437 Posts
September 09 2010 17:44 GMT
#12
Claw grip. I took piano lesson for 10 years and hand posture was very important.
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Deadlyfish
Profile Joined August 2010
Denmark1980 Posts
September 09 2010 19:34 GMT
#13
I get tired of doing the claw for too long so i use the palm grip

But sometimes i switch between them. If i am moving the mouse really fast i might switch to claw grip for the duration.
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Gabeski
Profile Joined August 2010
42 Posts
September 09 2010 19:42 GMT
#14
i do a mix. i used be into competitive FPS's like cs 1.6 and cod2 (back when cal was around) and a palm or slight palm grip was better for shooters. it forces you to use more of your actual arm when aiming, which can help with consistency and smoothness when aiming. now that i play mostly league of legends and SC2, i've moved towards looser palm grip simply because its more comftorable
sl0w
Profile Joined July 2010
United States447 Posts
September 09 2010 20:37 GMT
#15
On September 10 2010 04:42 Gabeski wrote:
i do a mix. i used be into competitive FPS's like cs 1.6 and cod2 (back when cal was around) and a palm or slight palm grip was better for shooters. it forces you to use more of your actual arm when aiming, which can help with consistency and smoothness when aiming. now that i play mostly league of legends and SC2, i've moved towards looser palm grip simply because its more comftorable


Same here. I used a claw grip for 1.6 back when cal and cevo were around but switched to a palm grip for SC2. Like seriously, claw grip is kinda painful after a while for RTS imo.
Kinky
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States4126 Posts
September 09 2010 20:43 GMT
#16
I have my middle finger on the right click most of the time. I use my ring finger for gripping/stabilizing the mouse.
Chaos
Profile Joined July 2009
United States772 Posts
September 09 2010 20:55 GMT
#17
I use a complete fingertip grip. It's like claw but your palm just has no contact with the mouse whatsoever. I also use a small mouse (Logitech Mini Op).
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Najda
Profile Joined June 2010
United States3765 Posts
September 09 2010 21:42 GMT
#18
On September 10 2010 05:55 Chaos wrote:
I use a complete fingertip grip. It's like claw but your palm just has no contact with the mouse whatsoever. I also use a small mouse (Logitech Mini Op).


I use the same grip. While playing FPS I keep my middle finger on the wheel because wheel up changes to my rail gun and wheel down is shotgun (Quake Live) but while playing SC2 my middle finger is on right click.
Carnac
Profile Blog Joined December 2003
Germany / USA16648 Posts
September 09 2010 21:53 GMT
#19
we've had more than 1 thread about this already
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