I noticed in the video that he taps 1 -5 with 1 and 4 he taps a lot with his first two fingers. I tried doing that but my first two fingers can't easily tap two buttons with 2 buttons inbetween.
Being able to tap 1-6 with 2 fingers I saw that his ability to have his ring finger always rest on A or surrounding buttons even when he's tapping or in battle. I was kind of curious if his hand size gives him a slight edge over smaller handed people like myself?
one thing that you haven't said is that i think he has rebound his left click to right click, and vice versa. If u want proof, there is one part of this video (cant remember where) where he is only spamming the mouse left click for like 10 seconds as fast as he can while in the middle of a big battle. The only explanation of this is that he is targeting the broodlords with his units as you need to spam click to target them as the broodlings mess with the AI.
Yeah so thats another interesting thing about his setup. As for big hands, yes i imagine that does help and also for me as someone who plays the piano that also helped as it enables me to stretch further and move my fingers faster.
I would guess that his main macro cycle is 4,5,6. So he keeps his little finger on 1 to quickly jump to his main army.
As for left and right mouse buttons being switched, it doesn't seem so to me. It seems like he's on attack command and spamming left mouse button. Probably uses attack command to focus fire instead of right click so that he doesn't move his army on accident if he misses (if Flash ever misses his clicks).
On September 26 2012 00:23 Shikada wrote: I would guess that his main macro cycle is 4,5,6. So he keeps his little finger on 1 to quickly jump to his main army.
As for left and right mouse buttons being switched, it doesn't seem so to me. It seems like he's on attack command and spamming left mouse button. Probably uses attack command to focus fire instead of right click so that he doesn't move his army on accident if he misses (if Flash ever misses his clicks).
His first and middle finger cover all his control groups without ever having to move his ring finger from A. So he's able to use all his control groups with the first and second finger. Most people have to use the ring finger at some point I think.
On September 26 2012 00:23 Shikada wrote: I would guess that his main macro cycle is 4,5,6. So he keeps his little finger on 1 to quickly jump to his main army.
As for left and right mouse buttons being switched, it doesn't seem so to me. It seems like he's on attack command and spamming left mouse button. Probably uses attack command to focus fire instead of right click so that he doesn't move his army on accident if he misses (if Flash ever misses his clicks).
His first and middle finger cover all his control groups without ever having to move his ring finger from A. So he's able to use all his control groups with the first and second finger. Most people have to use the ring finger at some point I think.
Whops, I meant ring finger in my post, not little finger (which he almost doesn't use). But yeah, you're right! You can see him press 1 and 2 with his middle finger while keeping the ring finger on A. That pretty uncomfortable for me. I guess it takes getting used to, although I don't see any particular benefits. Seems like his personal preference.
On September 26 2012 00:23 Shikada wrote: I would guess that his main macro cycle is 4,5,6. So he keeps his little finger on 1 to quickly jump to his main army.
As for left and right mouse buttons being switched, it doesn't seem so to me. It seems like he's on attack command and spamming left mouse button. Probably uses attack command to focus fire instead of right click so that he doesn't move his army on accident if he misses (if Flash ever misses his clicks).
His first and middle finger cover all his control groups without ever having to move his ring finger from A. So he's able to use all his control groups with the first and second finger. Most people have to use the ring finger at some point I think.
Whops, I meant ring finger in my post, not little finger (which he almost doesn't use). But yeah, you're right! You can see him press 1 and 2 with his middle finger while keeping the ring finger on A. That pretty uncomfortable for me. I guess it takes getting used to, although I don't see any particular benefits. Seems like his personal preference.
I would presume it would be easier to macro if a finger was dedicated to never move up to the control groups. That, and hand posture so less shifing hand one column over and back. Totally guessing though.
On September 26 2012 00:09 RustySpork wrote: one thing that you haven't said is that i think he has rebound his left click to right click, and vice versa. If u want proof, there is one part of this video (cant remember where) where he is only spamming the mouse left click for like 10 seconds as fast as he can while in the middle of a big battle. The only explanation of this is that he is targeting the broodlords with his units as you need to spam click to target them as the broodlings mess with the AI.
Yeah so thats another interesting thing about his setup. As for big hands, yes i imagine that does help and also for me as someone who plays the piano that also helped as it enables me to stretch further and move my fingers faster.
No.. If you watch closely you can see he's spamming both mouse clicks when he has his tanks selected. My guess for the left click spamming is for tactile sensation/response. You can see his tank shots hitting roaches at the north. And how do tanks hit broodlords?
he still uses broodwarish keys. grid-based custom is way more efficient as you don't have to move fingers that far .. anyway impressive but improvable.
On September 26 2012 05:54 Schnullerbacke13 wrote: he still uses broodwarish keys. grid-based custom is way more efficient as you don't have to move fingers that far .. anyway impressive but improvable.
Moving your hand isn't very important when it comes to hotkey efficiency.
On September 26 2012 05:54 Schnullerbacke13 wrote: he still uses broodwarish keys. grid-based custom is way more efficient as you don't have to move fingers that far .. anyway impressive but improvable.
Moving your hand isn't very important when it comes to hotkey efficiency.
ofc at 250+ apm it is. it's pretty similar to playing a music instrument, and high level musicians spend a loit of time optimizing the amount of movement. less movement = faster and more precise play.
All I saw was a Flash Starcraft version of how a typist has asdf jkl; as their resting position. The whole point is that each finger has a designated key to press, and that when his hand moves around the keyboard the resting position means he's never 'lost' when moving the left hand over the keyboard to hit all those spread about keys.
On September 26 2012 06:09 antz0r wrote: All I saw was a Flash Starcraft version of how a typist has asdf jkl; as their resting position. The whole point is that each finger has a designated key to press, and that when his hand moves around the keyboard the resting position means he's never 'lost' when moving the left hand over the keyboard to hit all those spread about keys.
hitting k takes ~3 times as long from resting position as hitting a. that matters at high apm levels
Also, I tried out his hand positioning in that photo and it takes the full extension of my hand to be able to hit the keys like that. Its also crazy how every finger on his left hand is so well coordinated.
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