silver in static what am i doing wrong

[waxen pilot]

In silver you really want to focus on fundamentals and being accurate. The targets are fairly large so just focus on clean as straight as possible flick, micro correction if off target, then shooting. You really dont want to be at 80% accuracy (ever) but especially in the novice benchmarks, hyper focus on accuracy and grinding out the technique.

In static you really want to aim for 95% accuracy or higher.

[mystic tartan]

Could you give me some examples of what I can improve friend

[waxen pilot]

Focus on not missing targets more. Don’t click until you’re sure you are on target. Don’t rush shots and aim for 95% accuracy or higher

[mystic tartan]

are my flicks an issue should they be faster ?

[waxen pilot]

Your flicks can always be faster, but you don't need crazy fast flicks to get out of hte novice benchmarks. You can just focus on doing the technique right and the speed will come. The most important thing though, is accuracy right now. you cannot have an accuracy at 85% for static scenarios.

LIke if you understand what the bardoz static technique is, I would focus on getting the technique down and as you master it you can push the speed but you have to keep the accuracy high.

[mystic tartan]

been trying what you told me still not seeing any improvements

[waxen pilot]

Recording?

[mystic tartan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fBo4skx7_w&ab_channel=ChiefKh

static is really hard for me

im really inconsistent i get 950-1050

i always have 90 plus accuracy

[waxen pilot]

This is good, better than the last vod. You still want to aim for 95% accuracy but as far as technique here's some more tips:

Make sure your flick lines are clean and as straight as possible;
Try to control your flicks so that you are underflicking more than over flicking, overflicks take up a lot of energy and require you to stop then micro back to the target while underflicking allows you to use your momentum to continue into a micro;
Dont' double back on a miss, whenever you shoot a target you should already have the next target you're aiming for in mind and be moving towards it before you can even realize you missed;
Lastly, when the targets are closer together, i.e. a "cluster" you want to speed up the flick, shoot process. This might be too much right now, but it's something to aim for as you play.

[mystic tartan]

got it the underflick part is hard for me

[waxen pilot]

You have to be concious of it while learning, its better to learn this now and have "slower" progress than to rush the technique and have to unlearn really bad habits later on when you're pushing for higher scores on the intermediate, into advanced playlists.

Now is the best time to really establish good habits, imo.

[mystic tartan]

Will try all this This week

Hopefully I see improvement

[waxen pilot]

good luck

[mystic tartan]

Might need help on some other scenarios

[waxen pilot]

Post em

[mystic tartan]

Will Ty for the help friend

[lime rain]

unrelated but have you considered changing your crosshair?

if you change it to red might help target confirmation so you dont pause as long between flicks

[mystic tartan]

Does VT Frogtagon Novice S5 and floating head require tracking or should I be just waiting and clicking

[waxen pilot]

they do require tracking, and leading your target before you click

[lime rain]

not tracking per se, but being able to lead your target and accurately time clicks

[mystic tartan]

https://youtu.be/wZnQHh4Nfnc

this is hard for me also

[mystic tartan]

this one

[waxen pilot]

you kind of want to track as a replacemnet for micro correctiohn

[mystic tartan]

check my vod what am i doing wrong

[sudden birch]

you want to do both

you need to account for target direction and speed, whilst still continously microing to not get complacent with the pacing

[waxen pilot]

Just from what i'm seeing here, while in linear clicking you do need to lead it's still a clicking scenario. Make sure you keep your lines clean and straight like in static. You want to flick to the target, and then confirm you are on target and click. If you aren't on target, you will micro track to get back on target. Do not wait for the target to move into your crosshair, you have to be proactive in clicking it.

[mystic tartan]

So I flick on to it and shoot track a little if I need to

[waxen pilot]

yes thats the general idea

[mystic tartan]

so why do i need to put my crosshair infront it

i seee ppl doing it on youtube will show you

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bs6FfhKzKU&ab_channel=rogue

[waxen pilot]

you aim to be slightly ahead of the targets here because, unlike in static, they are moving and if you under aim or if you aim for the center and the perspective is off, by time you recognize you're on target you can miss because the target moved out of your crosshair.

[mystic tartan]

hmm got it ty for explaining

so the video that sent this guys doing it wrong hes waiting

[waxen pilot]

Waiting isn't bad, its better to wait than to miss and have to re-adjust, but you dont want to spend the entire time waiting, and you definitely dont want to be waiting for 2-3 seconds for the target.

but ideally, once you get good enough, the amount of time spent "waiting" on the target should be very low

[mystic tartan]

got it

i did it

ty brother for explaining i think i was waiting too much needed the flick to be closer

ty

[waxen pilot]

CONGRATULATIONS

happy to help

[mystic tartan]

im on intermediate ty brother

[waxen pilot]

it only gets more granular from here

[mystic tartan]

what rank are you

[lime rain]

jade complete presumably

[waxen pilot]

^ yea I’m jade complete

[mystic tartan]

you guys are too good man

[waxen pilot]

Just intentional practice and being very curious

[mystic tartan]

the plat might be too hard for me

[sudden birch]

you need to be alot more intentional with reading the next few targets. it looks like we are almost surprised when we try to go to the next target.

[waxen pilot]

it always seems too hard till you get it

if you haven't, look up vdim season 5

[mystic tartan]

yeah i was doing that its hard

my tracking on this rank sucks

[waxen pilot]

yea its just reps at that point and getting used to the new scenarios

[mystic tartan]

ok im gonna do it for a week ill see what happens

reactive is just so hard

man when the bot is doing short strafes thats harsd

[waxen pilot]

yea gotta get used to it for sure

[mystic tartan]

any secret to tracking

[waxen pilot]

not really since it depends on waht you're tracking and the scenario

https://youtu.be/-Fypcu1lZ-0?si=rxAgyP4178qaBYZn

i'd watch something like this

and grind out the scenarios for a bit and go from there

[mystic tartan]

not looking good

[lime rain]

meh, same no worries

pretty sure gold -> plat is a way larger jump than bronze -> gold either way

[waxen pilot]

yes

its going to be harder going from novice to intermediate, just be patient

[mystic tartan]

will do just wanna see some sort improvement

[waxen pilot]

progress isn't measured by a number anyway

just keep grinding and the scores will come along with you

[sick saffron]

maybe try push pgt to plat

[lime rain]

not good by any means but I’m almost at plat after a few weeks

at first it seemed out of reach but as long as I kept grinding i noticed my flicks getting faster automatically

just test your limit on how fast you can go and try to raise tempo while still staying reasonably accurate

[waxen pilot]

yea progress isn't linear, sometimes it feels like man I'm not improving anything and then next thing you know you hit the bench.

[mystic tartan]

Got pgt to plat

[waxen pilot]

Ayyy congratulations

[mystic tartan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SiI3TQ_U74&ab_channel=ChiefKh what can i do to improve ?

my scores are kinda bipolar

[mystic tartan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1avNypmpE4&ab_channel=ChiefKh and this one

[waxen pilot]

your ability to speed match is off cause, from what I can tell, you are "too" prepared for the bot to change directions

because of this, you're unstable and unable to follow the bot even when its doing long, predictable strafes, cause you're overreacting to the potential of it changing direction

with tracking you are always aware that the bot can change direction, but you do not overreact, you believe the bot will continue moving in the direction its going till it doesn't and when it does then you react to the change of direction adequately

[waxen pilot]

I also should add on further review, that it looks like you’re using the wrong muscle groups to track the movements. Generally, the smaller the movement of the bot the smaller muscle group you want to use.

[mystic tartan]

Can you explain this

Damn I got a lot to work on

[waxen pilot]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNK1LFBBZP8

this video probalby explains it better than i could in text

[mystic tartan]

I kinda get it can you explain it in text

Also my sens is really slow

40.749 cm/360 this my sens

[waxen pilot]

41 cm not really all that slow

if you check some of the high scores for snake track you'll see some peole ran like 56cm

imn not exadtly sure waht else is there to really explain if you watched the vid

essentially its a physics thing essentially, if for example you only aim with your arm the smaller the bot moves, the more "difficult" it is to stay on target

this is important to learn, but overall tracking is a full arm process

if your wrist tracking is weak, you will see it when the bot transitiosn from a longer strafe to a shorter strafe, and etc etc.

and what makes tracking clean and "smooth" is the ability to transition between finger wrist arm and so forth w/ ease

[mystic tartan]

Ahh I think I get it

Which video or both was I using the wrong group muscle

[mystic tartan]

im gonna try to work on one thing at a time any advice on how to not overreact

[waxen pilot]

Just be very intentional and believe the bot will continue in one direction and track as such. You only change direction when the bot does

[mystic tartan]

Ok gonna try this week

Will send vod later Ty for the hello

Help

[mystic tartan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaXICdjXOrU&ab_channel=ChiefKh am i still predicting

[waxen pilot]

looks better, though the third bot really messed up your run

[mystic tartan]

yeah hes hard to track for me always

[waxen pilot]

I think in the case of the third bot, when the bot changes direction and you’re forced to flick on target you want to make sure it’s not a hard flick

Because if you use a max tension flick where there’s no deceleration ts going to be harder to follow what the bit does after you flick

A lot of times you hard flick, stop, and the bot already changed direction

You want to flick so to less tension so you can smoothly go from flick to tracking

[mystic tartan]

got it will try it

[mystic tartan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZGr0EZizKQ&ab_channel=ChiefKh still struggling on this one

[waxen pilot]

What sensitivity are you using here?

[mystic tartan]

same 41

[waxen pilot]

if youre doing vdim, can you record yourself doing the precise variant?

[mystic tartan]

there's too many can you give me a specific scenario

[waxen pilot]

vt snake track intermediate s5 precision focus

are you doing Voltaic Daily Improvement Method (VDIM)?

[waxen pilot]

As for this it seems like you’re not paying attention to the acceleration of the bit, and you’re not transitioning from using your arm to speed match, to your wrist to your fingers and vice verse

[mystic tartan]

Is there any scenario that could help that

Yeah I’m doing vdim

[waxen pilot]

You can train each muscle group individually but to get used to transitioning between the three you just have to play more snake track like scenarios

The precision scenarios are good at that

Can also look for some of the slower variants online like snake track 80%

[mystic tartan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbwxSobmmmw&ab_channel=ChiefKh here it is

[waxen pilot]

It really looks like you’re only aiming with one muscle group and your control doesn’t seem solid because you’re not adapting to the group for the right movement? I’m not sure

Also your speed matching is off and you aren’t really responding to the bot slowing down correctly

evxl.app give some of the viscose tracking benchmarks a look here and see if that might help?

[mystic tartan]

This one

[waxen pilot]

No viscose benchmarks is the name

[mystic tartan]

This one

[waxen pilot]

yea

those are pretty useful for isolating muscle groups

i think yo uwould also need to play some more centering

to get used to speed matching

[mystic tartan]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xd4lvvEG2xE&ab_channel=ChiefKh its working only did 5 mins of centering

getting close to plat

[waxen pilot]

nice

have you considered trying a slower sen? like 48cm intead of the 41 you're on?

[mystic tartan]

nah do you think thats whats holding me back ?

i been using this sens for years

[mystic tartan]

tried the sens got plat this might be the holy sens

[waxen pilot]

You can do it at that Sen but you need finer control, I think you probably just don’t have the other muscle groups developed enough for that Sen on that scenario

[waxen pilot]

Generally if I’m pushing a benchmark I tend to just scroll to the top of the leaderboards and copy whatever Sen the top players tend to use

Then as I get more practice I just default to some other scenes I think for the scenarios

[mystic tartan]

should i use this sens im beating most of my records

its feels good the other sens i got it from a friend years ago im not to sure how ur meant to find ur own sens

[waxen pilot]

Well you can use whatever you feel comfortable with

Typically whatever seen you want to run is fine, I typically change my seen based on what the primary function in trying to do. Like off is static clicking I run something slower and if it’s tracking I run something faster

[mystic tartan]

Ima use this for a week or two

[mystic tartan]

is there a way on the vt ground to do only the last bot hes really messing me up

[waxen pilot]

In vdim there should be a vt ground intermediate s5 bot 3

I would also go to the online scenarios tab and search for that bot and make a playlist with various variants for it

For example I made this for Arther bot 2

[mystic tartan]

I’m also struggling on aether and controll

[waxen pilot]

Pretty hard scenarios relatively

[mystic tartan]

i did vt snake track agaiin im getting 2500 plat 2800 is this normal

ive beeen doing vdim for 2-3 weeks ivwe only 2 plat so far im not to sure what i should do

[waxen pilot]

Everyone progresses differently so it’s not really worth comparing how far or slow you progress to someone else isn’t beneficial. If your goal is pushing the benchmarks, you can start making your own benchmark specific playlists but I think the issue would still be the same if you are just grinding without questioning what’s happening

[mystic tartan]

Yeah you right I need lock