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There are some other highly important factors you should consider when adjusting your mouse. These items might not seem that important until one day you try it out. Then you find that you cannot play without it. More importantly having an understanding of these settings allow you change your mouse to exactly the same settings on a different computer as the one you have at home (minus the overclocking on the USB port (aka Polling)).
- A note before these suggestions. The suggestions, while are important, you must remember that your computer Frame Rate in SCII is more important. If you cannot achieve a decent frame rate and the game skips these suggestions will not be very beneficial and you should probably buy a new PC and or Upgrade your old one. Remember that a computer runs as fast as its slowest part and that these suggestions are solid if and only if you are getting a good amount of frames.
- Fiddling with your hardware is extremely beneficial for most people ...but... do not change your settings every few days thinking it will help you. Change your settings to how you want it "ONCE", that has a good feel and work with it. If after a few weeks you are still dissatisfied then adjust some more. Too many people constantly change there settings trying to find the perfect response and it ends up hurting them because they never get adjusted to the new settings. When you make adjustments, based upon my experience, it takes about 3 days to feel comfortable and about two weeks to a month to get a solid feel. The longer you run with identical settings the better your precision, accuracy, and hand speed will develop.
These changes will not make you a better gamer. However they can improve your game play dramatically once you become adjusted to the settings. I am currently between 2000-2100 on the ladder, as I am not exactly the top of the ladder I am quickly reaching there. Without these settings however I would literally lose my mind trying to use my mouse. I have friends that come over and once in a while use my computer and my mouse feels like it is floating on air but at the same time is perfectly responsive and extremely precise.
One other note. These are the accumulation of little things that was shown to me and or discovered over the last 10 years of playing Starcraft. I have ordered these in importance and will constantly be updating the suggestions to provide more information and/or add new ones.
1. Remove Mouse Acceleration. Mouse Acceleration is turned on by default from windows. While you can adjust your mouse settings in control panel and remove mouse acceleration from your mouse program settings, mouse acceleration might possibly still exist.
This is by far the most important of the suggestions. Mouse acceleration is inherently random (may not feel like it but I promise you it is). Because of the randomness you cannot achieve proper precision. Changing this will improve your precision dramatically.
I will grab some more information about how to find out if you have mouse acceleration and remove it in a few hours.
2. Cleanliness. No doubt you have heard the expression Cleanliness is next to godliness. Everything listed above is useless if you do not clean your gear. Gunk builds up overtime underneath your mouse as well as becomes ingrained into the groves of your mouse pad no matter how smooth it may be.
If you play every day I would recommend cleaning your Mouse Pad 2 to 3 times a week (Even by simply rubbing your hand rapidly over your mouse pad can remove build up) and clean your mouse once every two weeks (Unless you have greasy fingers). Wash your hands before you use your mouse and keyboard and if you sit down for a few hours and your hands sweat then wash them later on as well. We all know that Starcraft gamers are never as clean as they should be.
Watch some of the matches during the GSL (Boxer Ro 64) you will see some gamers cleaning their gear before they start.
The Mouse Pad Cleaning assumes you are using either a hard surface or glass mouse pad. If you are using a Cloth Mouse Pad ignore the cleaning of mouse pad.
3. Reducing your resolution in Starcraft 2 to achieve more hertz. 120 hz > 75 hz > 60 hz. I reduced my resolution down to get 75hz from my monitor, (Was tired of getting headaches) this made my mini-map larger and more viewable as well as my mouse becoming 3x-4x more responsive. My frames were still above 60 in both settings.
I will explain in more detail about why this is so important later. Note that some monitors do not support above 60 hz.
4. Mouse Pad. Your Mouse Pad is just as if not more important than your mouse. Many people still do not realize this fact. The mouse pad creates a relatively frictionless surface or a consistent throughout friction surface. Which allows your mouse hand to eventually intuitively know where to move with 100% accuracy every time.
5. Overclocking your USB port between 250-1000hz. "The reason that you want to do this is so that your mouse movements are much more fluid, and this is extremely important for gaming. The default polling rate for a USB mouse is 125 hz. USB Mouserate Switcher is a utility for Windows XP/2k3 (an older beta version works in Windows 2000) that enables the USB port to poll at 250, 500, or 1000 hz. This makes a difference for high-end optical mice such as the Logitech MX series and the Razor Diamondback. There are of course draw backs, I killed a Logitech webcam using this so be careful and think about what you have attached prior to doing this. Am I 100% positive this killed it? No, but it worked prior to increasing the polling rate, not afterwards, you do the math." Quoted
http://www.overclock.net/faqs/73418-how-improve-mouse-response-accuracy-changing.html <-- Links inside no longer work will fix this later.
***Always read completely before attempting this. If you restart and your mouse does not work simply plug your mouse into a different USB port and reread the tutorial to make sure you did not do anything wrong, then try again***
Windows 7 requires some additional things to overclock will reedit later with more information but I do remember you need a Driver Signer.
6. Keyboard Ghosting. Will edit later (It becomes important when cycling through your hotkeys)
-edit- Going to make some updates on this post as I grab some more information.
Considering to expand this to a general guideline of how to setup your computer/mouse/keyboard to achieve proper responsiveness in all areas.
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Seems a bit over the top tbh.
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On November 02 2010 23:33 Widar wrote:
Seems a bit over the top tbh.
It may seem like it at first but once you have done this for the first time you can never go back. Any Pro-Gamer from CS or other FPS always do this.
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What exactly did you lower your res to?
I have lag when I stream with windowed mode so I would like to find ways to change that...
And mouse acceleration is a given. I make sure my IRL friends NEVER have it on. That's a carry-over from SC1.
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On November 02 2010 23:36 Sanasante wrote:It may seem like it at first but once you have done this for the first time you can never go back. Any Pro-Gamer from CS or other FPS always do this.
just to let you know some mice simply cannot handle 1000hz. popular cs mice such as IME 3.0 will only go to -500- hz otherwise you risk damaging your mouse
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How do you Overclock a USB port? And what exactly does that do?
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Let me grab more information so I can get some detailed tutorials on how to do this. I do not want anyone breaking their mouse. I have all the programs on my computer because i've been doing it for years.
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On November 02 2010 23:42 Sanasante wrote:
Let me grab more information so I can get some detailed tutorials on how to do this. I do not want anyone breaking their mouse. I have all the programs on my computer because i've been doing it for years.
there's programs like usbrate.. but it's gonna differ depending on OS. i know windows 7 has a special way of changing your USB polling rate
also the difference between 500hz and 1000hz is really negligible (1ms). most pro CS players use 500hz simply because it is more consistent whereas 1000hz will fluctuate & reduce the lifetime of your mouse.
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I have the feeling that some people try to blame problems in their gameplay on the hardware they are using.
All those changes might increase your APM by roughly... 1-2 actions per minute, mostly because you misclicked somewhere and moved your army to the enemy instead of focus-fired the unit you wanted to hit and then struggle to undo the damage.
It might be good for FPS games, but you know what... SC2 is no FPS, precision is far more important than speed.
If you really, really want to do this, well, do it, but it won't make you a better player (and i highly recommend _not_ fiddling with hardware and overclock anything...)
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Get a mouse bungee. They're awesome.
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If only I had a nickel for everytime I've lost a game and thought to myself "Man, if only I overclocked my USB ports I would have HAD that one!"
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On November 02 2010 23:46 Morfildur wrote:
I have the feeling that some people try to blame problems in their gameplay on the hardware they are using.
All those changes might increase your APM by roughly... 1-2 actions per minute, mostly because you misclicked somewhere and moved your army to the enemy instead of focus-fired the unit you wanted to hit and then struggle to undo the damage.
It might be good for FPS games, but you know what... SC2 is no FPS, precision is far more important than speed.
If you really, really want to do this, well, do it, but it won't make you a better player (and i highly recommend _not_ fiddling with hardware and overclock anything...)
These are specifically for precision. Still, SC2 requires a lot less of it than an FPS game so I don't think overclocking a mouse will matter much.
Dropping the resolution is just good practice for any game you're thinking of playing competitively. Much better FPS and the more you can dumb things down, the easier visual cues are to process.
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On November 02 2010 23:49 Tenks wrote:
If only I had a nickel for everytime I've lost a game and thought to myself "Man, if only I overclocked my USB ports I would have HAD that one!"
Then you would still be broke? 
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This will not make the difference between winning and losing. However adjusting to and then playing with a mouse that is more responsive will overtime show a APM increase as well as much better micro and overall will make your game play more enjoyable.
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On November 02 2010 23:49 Tenks wrote:
If only I had a nickel for everytime I've lost a game and thought to myself "Man, if only I overclocked my USB ports I would have HAD that one!"
Lol my thoughts exactly. But I guess to some people, this will be useful so thanks a lot for the effort, OP!
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Lowering your resolution on anything but a CRT is counter productive because of the loss of visual clarity from straying away from a native resolution. A boost in refresh rate is always good but 75hz from 60hz would have little difference compared to the 120hz most competitive gamers play at. It is more likely your mouse became more responsive due to the fps boost of lowering your resolution?
As far as mouse accel goes you can get rid of it in XP by turning off the enhanced pointer precision. In counter strike this wouldn't remove it completely which is why people tell each other to get the CPL fix, turn it off in setpoint, or change the registry. In CS:S there are also commands like -noaccel to turn it off.
It sounds like op should get a samsung/viewsonic 120hz monitor or get a CRT, after that you won't need to overclock usb ports, lower your resolution, or worry about mouse responsiveness or ghosting.
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The links to the software in your link are dead 
I'd like to try this.
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jeez everyones such a downer xD don't tell me you have NEVER tried to improve hardware or gear for any sport or really anything for that matter. Even when I was young I would study harder if I got a new pen or pencil (yes I'm a nerd ^^). Or when you get a new racket, club, or shoes. It's more of a psychological thing. Obviously, PRACTICING is a given and OP never said these things will make you a pro, I think it's a neat way to optimize everything and give you a little nice confidence boost and drive you more to practicing. It's fun (and nerdy) to talk about things like this ^^ seriously does every single post here revolutionize your game? No, it's just fun browsing threads like this and having nerdy conversations everyone can enjoy and comment on ^^
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I have the feeling that many of the naysayers do so simply because they are not used to tweaks like these. I mean, hell. If disabling mouse acceleration is considered 'fiddling' I find it hard to believe you've ever changed *any* setting on a PC.
Let me put it this way. If these tweaks, 5 minutes of effort at most, save you one game where you otherwise would have had a fatal misclick or micro screwup, they were worth it. The mousepad and disabling acceleration are even worth it anyway, because of the increased level of comfort you can play at (and all the strain injury that can prevent).
All the stories about these tweaks making you an instant pro are, ironically, only uttered and subsequently shot down by those opposing these tweaks, not the ones actually using them.
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On November 02 2010 23:46 Morfildur wrote:
I have the feeling that some people try to blame problems in their gameplay on the hardware they are using.
All those changes might increase your APM by roughly... 1-2 actions per minute, mostly because you misclicked somewhere and moved your army to the enemy instead of focus-fired the unit you wanted to hit and then struggle to undo the damage.
It might be good for FPS games, but you know what... SC2 is no FPS, precision is far more important than speed.
If you really, really want to do this, well, do it, but it won't make you a better player (and i highly recommend _not_ fiddling with hardware and overclock anything...)
I agree man. Some people saying things like playing with mouse acceleration means you can never be pro or stuff like this seem ridiculous. Maybe this can be applied to some extend for FPS games but not here.
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while i agree with everyone who says that a mouse doesn't make a difference between winning and losing, i don't think you should just use a crappy mouse because it makes no difference. get a nice mouse because it's comfortable. don't expect it to win you any games, but do expect to be more comfortable. i upgraded from my old intellimouse to a razer salmosa for that reason.
1000 hz is overkill. a human couldn't be accurate enough to notice the difference between 500hz and 1000hz. i know razer likes to tell us that we need 5600dpi and 2000hz polling speed, but that's just far beyond any speed or accuracy that a human could control.
having spent the greater majority of my life playing quake, i completely agree with turning down settings to reduce visual clutter.
the only thing here that i think is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, though, is turning off mouse accel. that actually has a huge effect on your play. it's so hard to micro with a completely inconsistent sensitivity.
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Lowering ur resolution only makes ur mouse move faster... DPI, less pixels, faster movement, i'ts not "more responsive". The only way you can increase 'responsiveness' is by polling rate (addressed by your first point).
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SlayerS_BoxeR still plays with a ball mouse...
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Tiri -> no longer according to tastosis during todays GSL
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On November 03 2010 00:30 Tiri wrote:
SlayerS_BoxeR still plays with a ball mouse...
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Lowering your resolution is not recommended as it actually decreases the amount of visible area you have. Well actually thats if you change the aspect ratio from 16: 9. So if you were to decrease it to 1280x720 you would keep the same aspect ratio, and that would be OK. But don't go to 1280x1024 or anything like that or you will lose visibility.
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my humble apologies.
Anyway my point is still that I find it difficult to believe that the gsl allows the players to overclock the usb port on their PCs in the studio .
Otherwise just make yourself comfortable with the equipment but don't break your head over such things you can't adjust in 10 minutes on any PC.
2 cent
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Will these changes make you better? probably not...
Will they make you worse? probably not...
I personally feel like the higher rez is more helpful in RTS, the minimap is the least of most peoples problems. I'd rather be able to see more going on at once than a blown up mini map.
I'm a competitive fast paced FPS player (quake/unreal) and I feel there is no downside to having the mouse settings in RTS either. Does it help me? not much... but having the same mouse responsiveness through all games I play helps. If all you play is SC2 it won't make a big difference but it also won't hurt you.
The refresh rate can help, but you're better getting a monitor to run higher refresh at high rez than setting your resolution down in RTS. I play all competitive FPS at 800x600 as many "pros" do, but RTS the advantage gained by seeing more is helpful.
The mouse feeling more responsive is nothing more than lowering resolution changes sensitivity in game.
I'm not going to open up my opinion on mouse settings in windows/drivers/fixes/games as that is too much to discuss and will of course have 50 of the next 60 posters give their opinion instead.
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I would say setting the settings on your mouse to something that is comfortable is the best step. Overclocking a USB port is the extreme. I have a "RTS" mouse and a regular mouse I use for everything else. They both have independent settings so the RTS mouse suits my style more for RTS games while the other mouse is just setup for comfort in webbrowsing and stuff.
Each to their own though.
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good luck trying to overclock a usb on a tournament machine
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On November 03 2010 00:56 aka_star wrote:
good luck trying to overclock a usb on a tournament machine
Good thing currently most tournaments allow you to bring your own computer. Some of the tournament machines already have these things adjusted as well as some mice come pre-programmed to increase the polling speed to 500hz.
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On November 02 2010 23:29 Sanasante wrote:
1. Overclocking your USB port
Seriously?
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On November 02 2010 23:33 Widar wrote:
Seems a bit over the top tbh.
Not really a simple glitch in a control during a game can cost you money in these large tourneys why take the risk, when it takes you 30 seconds to prepare your stuff for optimal use in a pro match setting
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On November 03 2010 00:38 Tiri wrote:my humble apologies. Anyway my point is still that I find it difficult to believe that the gsl allows the players to overclock the usb port on their PCs in the studio . Otherwise just make yourself comfortable with the equipment but don't break your head over such things you can't adjust in 10 minutes on any PC. 2 cent cu
they have techs that do it for them in these large tournaments trust me if they play the game with specific settings they will sit down in a booth and GET those exact settings/drivers etc before their game starts.... there is no reason not to allow this and i would laugh at some ones face if they told me im not allowed to set up my settings before i play a tourny with money on the line.. i would be like should i just bring my own computer then? so i can play at 100% instead of 95%?
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I would assume native resolution is best for the majority of LCD users. Otherwise ur screen becomes blurry or rather out of focus which, atleast to me, is straining for the eyes.
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On November 03 2010 00:17 universalwill wrote:
while i agree with everyone who says that a mouse doesn't make a difference between winning and losing, i don't think you should just use a crappy mouse because it makes no difference. get a nice mouse because it's comfortable. don't expect it to win you any games, but do expect to be more comfortable. i upgraded from my old intellimouse to a razer salmosa for that reason.
1000 hz is overkill. a human couldn't be accurate enough to notice the difference between 500hz and 1000hz. i know razer likes to tell us that we need 5600dpi and 2000hz polling speed, but that's just far beyond any speed or accuracy that a human could control.
having spent the greater majority of my life playing quake, i completely agree with turning down settings to reduce visual clutter.
the only thing here that i think is ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY, though, is turning off mouse accel. that actually has a huge effect on your play. it's so hard to micro with a completely inconsistent sensitivity.
I remember when I was first starting to learn SC:BW, and this dude I looked up to who was pretty good told me I needed to have 'fast mouse,' so I jacked it up to max in windows and turned on accel 
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So in pro StarCraft booths do they allow you to overclock your mouse and turn off pointer acelleration?
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Wow, some of you guys havent turned off mouse acceleration? Wtf... How do you play like that? In RTS, that severely hurts accuracy.
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On November 03 2010 03:00 SovSov wrote:
So in pro StarCraft booths do they allow you to overclock your mouse and turn off pointer acelleration?
Pointer accel you can play with all you want. As far as overclocking USB port, i do not know.
On November 03 2010 03:03 Mohdoo wrote:
Wow, some of you guys havent turned off mouse acceleration? Wtf... How do you play like that? In RTS, that severely hurts accuracy.
I use to play with it on before switching, I didn't feel it was that bad at the time as I was used to it. But it was definately better once i got used to it being off.
Good guide for people who care though. USB port might be a bit over the top, and reducing screen res might be personal preference, but the rest is solid advice for a newbie.
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Great post OP. I'm not a great player (mid diamond, yup, pretty newb). For me, in any multiplayer game, how the controls feel determines how much fun I am having. If they feel sluggish, have any kind of delay, are inaccurate, or anything just feels a little off, I get very frustrated. This goes for ANY kind of multiplayer game (FPS, RTS, RPG, anything). Do I buy expensive "gamer" products to compensate for this? Nope, but I make sure I have at least half-decent hardware and even more importantly, that my computer is configured correctly.
Currently, I am using a logitech MX518 (got it for $35 on Amazon) and a hard rectangle of plastic for my mouse pad. I have a cheap ($14) Logitech K120 keyboard. I'd love to get a mechanical keyboard, fancy mouse pad, etc etc, but with my current setup I don't feel inhibited, so am very happy with what I have.
The tips provided by the original poster are definitely helpful to ensure that your current setup isn't causing you any problems. Overclocking the USB is probably more than most people are interested in doing, but that doesn't make it, or the rest of the post something to simply dismiss.
If you feel like you can't micro or macro effectively; it seems like you know what you want to do, but can't do it well; or just have this vague feeling that you aren't performing in game as well as you think you can; then I strongly recommend you play with your Windows settings and in game settings before playing anymore games. Having mouse settings so that you can accurately and precisely do what you want is so very important.
The graphics settings are definitely a key part of this, because as they game slows down, your mouse updates on the screen less frequently, and as such will be harder to track.
Anyways, just my thoughts on this issue, I tend to carry on sometimes
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While many of these things might actually help, they'll probably only do so if you have nothing else left to work at. If your micro, macro, decision making and strategy execution are on a korean level, then you might worry about your USB ports not being overclocked - and I'm pretty sure that even then, it won't matter.
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On November 03 2010 03:53 Shockk wrote:
While many of these things might actually help, they'll probably only do so if you have nothing else left to work at. If your micro, macro, decision making and strategy execution are on a korean level, then you might worry about your USB ports not being overclocked - and I'm pretty sure that even then, it won't matter.
Actually, I think every tip, except the USB overclock should be implemented by anyone who plays SCII. I don't care if you only play the singleplayer campaign... every single game is made better by have a well tuned human-to-computer interface (and for PC gaming that usually means a mouse and keyboard).
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Don't forget mouse bungee. I got one and can't believe I didn't earlier. So much more fluid and less resistance using it.
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I bind my mouse thumb button to "A" for attack moving, and my pinky button to "7" for my main army. Increasing your USB port speed really isnt going to make a diff in your gameplay if your micro, macro, and mechanics aren't rock solid.
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On November 03 2010 00:09 Jimmy Raynor wrote:Show nested quote +On November 02 2010 23:46 Morfildur wrote:
I have the feeling that some people try to blame problems in their gameplay on the hardware they are using.
All those changes might increase your APM by roughly... 1-2 actions per minute, mostly because you misclicked somewhere and moved your army to the enemy instead of focus-fired the unit you wanted to hit and then struggle to undo the damage.
It might be good for FPS games, but you know what... SC2 is no FPS, precision is far more important than speed.
If you really, really want to do this, well, do it, but it won't make you a better player (and i highly recommend _not_ fiddling with hardware and overclock anything...) I agree man. Some people saying things like playing with mouse acceleration means you can never be pro or stuff like this seem ridiculous. Maybe this can be applied to some extend for FPS games but not here.
It's about being more accurate, which is kind of a big deal.
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Added some more updates along with some adjustment of format. Will continue to edit throughout the day and tomorrow. Should be a solid start for anyone to read now.
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On November 03 2010 04:07 Loophole wrote:Show nested quote +On November 03 2010 00:09 Jimmy Raynor wrote:On November 02 2010 23:46 Morfildur wrote:
I have the feeling that some people try to blame problems in their gameplay on the hardware they are using.
All those changes might increase your APM by roughly... 1-2 actions per minute, mostly because you misclicked somewhere and moved your army to the enemy instead of focus-fired the unit you wanted to hit and then struggle to undo the damage.
It might be good for FPS games, but you know what... SC2 is no FPS, precision is far more important than speed.
If you really, really want to do this, well, do it, but it won't make you a better player (and i highly recommend _not_ fiddling with hardware and overclock anything...) I agree man. Some people saying things like playing with mouse acceleration means you can never be pro or stuff like this seem ridiculous. Maybe this can be applied to some extend for FPS games but not here. It's about being more accurate, which is kind of a big deal.
We're not in some FPS, we're in a RTS which is also a big deal. Sometimes you want to get fast, sometimes you want to get precise, which is why acceleration is here for. I used both. And to be honest they're both good. I've played a lot of sc1 lans, and trust me when i saw one of the fastest french player with a very good accuracy turned out to have acceleration on. Either way both is fine really. Don't be over dramatic when saying that acceleration isn't for pro T_T
I'd suggest you to toy with acceleration for like 100 games before you get your mind. I've no acceleration but if i ever see another guy with it i won't comment about his gameplay at all because of this.
Other than that agree with everything except overcloking the usb. Like most of us mentionned, it's exagerated.
Clean ur mouse/mousepad regularly but 2 times a week ? I'd guess it depends of ppl. For me once a month or 2 is good. But that may be because i'm always washing my hands before playing, even betwen long sessions of games because i really hate to have dirty hands.
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On November 03 2010 03:57 MangoTango wrote:
Don't forget mouse bungee. I got one and can't believe I didn't earlier. So much more fluid and less resistance using it.
Logitech G7 wireless > mouse bungies :D
That said, other then the usb OCing, the tips are solid for any gamer and should honestly be habit. I can't begin to guess how many gamers I have seen over the years with extremely dirty gaming areas and they wonder why their performance is bad. Granted keeping everything clean is not going to turn you into some kind of uber gamer, but having a dirty area, dirty mouse and a bad mousing surface will indeed negatively impact your performance at all levels.
Keeping it clean!
This little device is invaluable for a few reasons.
1) It pays for itself in canned air very quickly.
2) Has a constant air output that is stonger then canned air and doesn't wimp out after a few seconds.
3) Can be used for your case, keyboard, mouse or pretty much anything.
Downsides?
You can't huff it and claim you dust your pc really often to get your parents to buy more.
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Sadly, I've never had the pleasure of using a wireless mouse that didn't seem to have a small input lag to it. Now, I've never had the chance to use a G7 wireless, so maybe that'll do it
I don't have a mouse bungy or anything, but I find with a big, open table, the mouse cord doesn't run into anything and slides smoothly over the surface, so I don't have any resistance from that.
Concerning mouse acceleration here's an interesting little test for you. Try rapidly making perfect circles with a diameter of about 3/4 the height of your screen. By perfect I mean, they are always in the same location, aren't oval-ish (width > height or height < width), and aren't misformed at all. Personally, I've never EVER been able to do this with mouse acceleration (enhanced pointer precision) turned on. The circle tends to drift across the screen or become oval shaped for me. No matter how hard I try, I can correct for this. As soon as I turn off mouse acceleration, perfect circles every time.
The point? Well, it's not JUST about moving the mouse to a single point on the screen very quickly, but sometimes you need to make your units move in arcs, or other fancy shapes, and do this accurately.
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Nice job putting in the time to write it all down and summarize. Looking forward to whatever info you might input at a later time. Kudos
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On November 02 2010 23:29 Sanasante wrote:
3. Reducing your resolution in Starcraft 2 to achieve more hertz. 120 hz > 75 hz > 60 hz. I reduced my resolution down to get 75hz from my monitor, (Was tired of getting headaches) this made my mini-map larger and more viewable as well as my mouse becoming 3x-4x more responsive. My frames were still above 60 in both settings.
This is plain wrong "advice". Your minimap ALWAYS have the same size no matter which aspect your monitor is (16 : 9 // 4 : 3 // etc.) and no matter which resolution you run, NOTHING will make it bigger. Period! Test it out for yourself, put a yellow sticker over the minimap and change resolution all you want. It will still be exactly covered by the yellow sticker.
Basically the height of SC2 (the main game area and the interface) is constant, the resolution decides how many pixels are used to display that height, this is different from most other 3D games.
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