EPTPoll: Do you have a progamer callus?
Yes (143)
53%
No (126)
47%
269 total votes
No (126)
269 total votes
Your vote: Do you have a progamer callus?
I'm referring to a callus on the inside of your wrist (right hand or left hand).
Do you have a progamer callus?
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Loser777
1931 Posts
I'm referring to a callus on the inside of your wrist (right hand or left hand). | ||
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Waffles
Romania605 Posts
I would think that it is something like your fingers that would have this callus since there is actually friction. My wrists stay in place when i play o.o | ||
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Loser777
1931 Posts
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Meta
United States6225 Posts
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Grobyc
Canada18410 Posts
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Sfydjklm
United States9218 Posts
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Ilikestarcraft
Korea (South)17726 Posts
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ragnasaur
United States804 Posts
I dont have it anymore, it must have been that ultra-super-low sensitivity for counter strike i played, causing my hand to dart across the mousepad! | ||
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Probe.
United States877 Posts
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cgrinker
United States3824 Posts
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faction123
Australia949 Posts
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CCGaunt
United States417 Posts
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thopol
Japan4560 Posts
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J1.au
Australia3596 Posts
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NeoLearner
Belgium1847 Posts
I do have RSI in the index finger of my left hand though. I'm an electrical engineer doing IC design, so I have to use a mouse all day to make schematics and stuff. Coming home and turning on SC2 is really NOT helping | ||
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Sfydjklm
United States9218 Posts
On June 15 2010 15:51 Probe. wrote: Explain to me how you get a callus on your wrist? Do you rest your wrist on the table while moving the mouse? Your wrists should be raised. good luck with that^^ | ||
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snotboogie
Australia3550 Posts
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TelecoM
United States10668 Posts
edit : on my write wrist , seems like its just healing i guess but its from resting on mousepad t_T | ||
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numLoCK
Canada1416 Posts
Used to compete with my buddies, it was something to be proud of | ||
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Loser777
1931 Posts
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BaltA
Norway849 Posts
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Dead9
United States4725 Posts
![[image loading]](http://img256.imageshack.us/img256/5589/12950704.jpg) For those confused Yeah I have a faint one, but it was a lot more noticeable when I played BW semi-seriously | ||
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Khul Sadukar
Australia1735 Posts
Using a pc 95% of ur awake hrs doesnt help with these things. Edit: ah there it is. Right hand pinky side right on the bone joint. Damn u exacmat! | ||
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meegrean
Thailand7699 Posts
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krndandaman
Mozambique16569 Posts
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maneatingshoe
Canada484 Posts
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Magicbox
Denmark73 Posts
![[image loading]](http://img228.imageshack.us/i/lolfzo.jpg/) (strong paint skills) My 'setup' now is like the left picture. My whole underam is resting on the table so when I grab the mouse my wrist is slightly highered away from the table. I don't have any callusses from this. However, I used to have a 'setup' like the right picture when I was a kid. If you have your hand close to the edge of the table, the wrist will rest entirely on the table thus you are more likely to get callusses. This is further supported by the fact that I had that callus you're talking about when I was a kid. (And I played ~ an equal amount of what I do today). | ||
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faction123
Australia949 Posts
On June 15 2010 16:53 Dead9 wrote: For those confused Yeah I have a faint one, but it was a lot more noticeable when I played BW semi-seriously that's what I have. I don't think it's a callus though, a callus is alot more raised and white. | ||
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speedphlux
Bulgaria962 Posts
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MrCeeJ
United Kingdom57 Posts
I am at a desk at work from 7am till 5pm, and then at home gaming till ~11pm so I get about as much pc time as is possible so I guess it is just the correct positioning of kb/mouse/chair/monitor that has prevented my body collapsing | ||
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Craton
United States17239 Posts
On June 15 2010 21:00 MrCeeJ wrote: I am at a desk at work from 7am till 5pm, and then at home gaming till ~11pm so I get about as much pc time as is possible so I guess it is just the correct positioning of kb/mouse/chair/monitor that has prevented my body collapsing I've got the same hours and I use the callous-inducing position, but I don't have one. Don't think I ever have. | ||
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Sephy90
United States1785 Posts
yeah ahaha, there's a lot of things that you SHOULD do but this probably won't happen | ||
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waffling1
599 Posts
clean the mousepad, and maybe even use a slight bit of footpowder (or whatever powder). moisture (sweat) is what causes movement to induce calluses (calli o.O?). i've actually always thot raising the wrist was good, but that contact is so vital for control. im trying to find one of those mousepads with a wristpad on it. | ||
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Warrior Madness
Canada3791 Posts
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Wi)nD
Canada719 Posts
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Foreplay
United States1154 Posts
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Malgrif
Canada1095 Posts
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Craton
United States17239 Posts
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XazXio
United States356 Posts
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kzn
United States1218 Posts
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Randomaccount#77123
United States5003 Posts
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Zlasher
United States9129 Posts
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faction123
Australia949 Posts
On June 16 2010 14:59 Barrin wrote: Underneath my right wrist has been shining for years. SC2 BETA BABY I R WoW PvP Beast 2004-2009 [Top 100 Warlocks In The World (2700+ 2v2 (Ele/Destro. You heard me.) -- 2600+ 3v3 (HolyPal/Ele/Destro "Wizard Cleave") -- 2350+ 5v5 Oct-Dec 2008 according to Arena JunkiesW] when 13,000,000+ people were subscribed to WoW, don't even get me started on how incredibly unheard-of and utterly unorthodox Ele/Destro was for my time :D Nobody doubted that I had impressive skill at 1v1, even though WoW 1v1 is nowhere near balanced and thus meant nothing (working as intended). I totally remember watching so many videos of "amazing" warlocks rated even higher than me and just laughing at how inferior 95% of them were. I will admit the best of the best of the best was better than me though :D] 1999-2004, 2009 BW: Expert UMS Mapmaker (Understood 97+% of what everyone else knew about the editor combined before EUD triggers (which is an assload considering how clever you can get with triggers and how I was just 11-16 :D, EUD trigs are just barely after my time), but only publishing 1 private map), mediocre Melee'er ("C"ish at very best) 1997-2004, 2009 Ultima Online: Best Mage PvP'er on a 56k modem you ever saw. I could also design some of the best PvP houses, and right around the time houses came out I went to private servers and became a World Builder. I built many castles and structures and arenas etc from the ground up :D. D1 - D2... I forget... I played D1 since before WC2 B.net Played D2/D2x til a few months into patch 1.11, Legit PvP'er. 2002-2003? EverQuest. May God please kill this game. 1992-2010 (I was born in 1988 o.O). Many. Many. Many games that I have not mentioned. From Super Mario and Jan of the fucking Jungle to SC2 BETA. FPS's, RTS's, RPG's, Action RPG's, MMO's, Puzzles. I just finished my first year and college, and a year ago I really wanted to be a game designer. I decided against it ^^ my major is Physics. Oh yeah so my point is that even though I'm kind of a badass at computer games, I'm going into SC2 as the underdog, and nobody knows me. But I guarantee you everyone who loads up SC2 will have to scroll over one of my maps! I'm not going to neglect trying to become a beast in 1v1 this time either! ROAR! YOU MAY NOT KNOW ME BUT I'VE GOT THIS *HOLDS UP SHINY WRIST* WHAT NOW ah, i forgot this was the internet gaming resume thread, thank you | ||
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Subversion
South Africa3627 Posts
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TriniMasta
United States1323 Posts
Instead of the standard form: where both hands are straight + Show Spoiler + ![[image loading]](http://actua3cm.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/computer20keyboard20w20hands1.jpg) you type it in a position where the fingers are in a position like / \, towards each other and wrists pointing outwards. (sorry cant get a pic). | ||
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Kalpman
Sweden406 Posts
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semantics
10040 Posts
On June 15 2010 15:51 cgrinker wrote: Really sensitive mouse so no rubbing I only move my fingers so impossible for me to develop a callus. Let's see saving my wrist from carpool tunnel and lame callus or getting that extra 1% so i can feel like king of the hill amongst my friends, Fuck if i'm fucking myself up i need to be pro making money. | ||
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zergnewb
United States816 Posts
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waffling1
599 Posts
it will go away naturally over time. what caused it in the first place? stop "fueling" it is the key concept. reduce the friction and the moisture between your palm and the mousepad. that's what caused it, that is what will sustain it. if u dont use ur mouse it will go away. so if u can still use ur mouse but elimiate the specific cause, then ur good. u don't need to "get rid" of it more so than figure out how to eliminate the continual cause for the long run. ur not likely going to quit using ur mouse right? find a way to "live" with your mouse without causing the callus. it's simple as reducing friction and moisture. | ||
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-ReMeDy-
United States46 Posts
The hand towel I used to great effect in Counter-Strike: Source, which is a must-have, since the hyper sensitivity and reaction time puts a sweat on your wrist. Nothing will get you killed quicker than trying to drag your mouse while your wrist is sticking. | ||
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St3MoR
Spain3256 Posts
thanks logitech mouse! FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU | ||
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RA
Latvia791 Posts
And to the guy who said about masturbation, weird thing, I guess it works both ways but it would rather be a skin on the penis to have it not the hand, because skin there is much more sensitive. | ||
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T0fuuu
Australia2275 Posts
i used to get shiny spots when i was still using the icemat (: | ||
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Shiladie
Canada1631 Posts
I kind of have on on my left wrist, but it is significantly less visible. | ||
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Slayer91
Ireland23335 Posts
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OPSavioR
Sweden1465 Posts
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PhiliBiRD
United States2643 Posts
yay :-D | ||
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AlgeriaT
Sweden2195 Posts
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Maedi
United States477 Posts
.... If you get this from playing WoW, it's only because you play 8 hours a day, slouching. Arena isn't hard once you learn the fundamentals. (Been there, FML.) | ||
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ghermination
United States2851 Posts
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ghermination
United States2851 Posts
On June 16 2010 15:12 ZlaSHeR wrote: If you have a terrible mouse grip, terrible posture and terrible desk/chair height, then you'd get this. I play a semi claw/fingertip hybrid grip so actually my forearm rests on the edge of my desk, where i have a cushion so my forearm isn't pressed against the corner of my desk, and my wrist doesn't touch the mousepad Enjoy your carpal tunnel. If your wrist is standing unsupported, you're going to permanently damage it. It needs to be resting on something and held at a flat or downward sloped position. | ||
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Chaoz
United States507 Posts
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Ndugu
United States1078 Posts
Got a huge cloth mousepad now, so I think thats what changed. | ||
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