Any smoothbot tips?

[royal steppe]

grind a bigger smoothsphere for a bit

or the 20 second one

to try to get the pace down

[granite finch]

Thanks, im guessing the stutter/ rubber band sort of falling behind the target I do is to do with bot pacing too? aside from general skill level

[tacit orbit]

yes

idk if I saw wrong but it looked towards like 0:40 to 0:51 that you made small microadjustments in the opposite direction to correct for the pacing difference
between your cursor and the ball

When I was observing your hand movement vs what I saw on the screen

[royal steppe]

i think its called smoothsphere pure

for these id reccomend to try to always keep the mouse moving even if its super micro

helped me with my stutters

[granite finch]

I'll bear it in mind when training my tracking, thanks

[granite finch]

I'm not quite sure what you mean? as in im stopping in prediction to the target changing direction or something else? sorry

[tacit orbit]

yeah exactly

Like I said it may just be that I'm seeing things, but I was paying attention really closely to your hand and wrist

it was a really minute thing so it may not be that important - but it looked like stopping/counteracting the mouse

I guess the question is if you pay attetion to it, do you notice that at all or is it something else?

[granite finch]

I kinda see it too, I'm not sure if its just camera to vod latency or not. I'll try implement less prediction into practise incase its a thing. Thanks for pointing it out! I appreciate it

[tacit orbit]

How much do you press down on your mouse when you move it along your screen btw?

[granite finch]

i just hold mouse button 1. Im not sure about actual pushing into the pad but I'd say like twice through a run im thinking about mouse tension consciously

[tacit orbit]

Yeah it's worth looking into

Personally I use an arm sleeve in order to reduce friction, I'm curious how much the friction of your wrist/hand plays a role in the overshooting

Since friction is going to add inertia where you need to add a certain amount of force from your hand moving in order to
begin moving the mouse

And that inertia could make it so you move your mouse harder than it needs to in order to aim at the target

[granite finch]

I'm looking into getting a smaller mouse too, I currently have the g pro wireless and it feels a little too tall and long. so sometimes that's something i notice, as well as the 80g weight being hard to get moving compared to other mice i've used

[tacit orbit]

Lower mouse sens can sort of counteract this because it gets easier to move your mouse faster without it overshooting if
you are using a controlpad as a mousepad, for example

[granite finch]

I have the hyperx fury s until the artisan zero mid and type 99 soft I ordered arrive. Which shouldnt be long from now

[tacit orbit]

Yeah for sure, going for lighter mice is a huge quality of life improvement

It's not automatically gonna make you aim better, but it is going to make it far easier
to aim because you are reducing the impact of other variables aside from your skill

I would say a good way to reduce the amount that friction plays a role

Is slightly hovering your arm/hand above the mousepad

[granite finch]

I do think it may be a part of this, mouse weight included, and the instability a relatively fast pad gives. Becuase I have scores ive hit with other mice and pads that feel untouchable now

[tacit orbit]

yep, I would say that plays a significant role in that

it also explains the movements I saw on screen

You just gotta find a way to make the environment as consistent as possible so its just you and the aimtraining and nothing else
that plays a role in your results

I use an arm sleeve + glove that cancels out any stickiness from sweat and or friction from the pad

and it feels so much better than going without them