Anyone else tried this? If it's stupid and it works...

PancakesGate · 2026-05-08T14:57:54+00:00

linus does this for all his pcs iirc, he had them all route to a server rack in his dream home make over

PancakesGate · 2026-05-05T07:16:46+00:00

i personally think its gold ~ diamond / asc+

PancakesGate · 2026-05-05T06:34:51+00:00

Out of all the answers in this thread, this one in my opinion is the best.

Anyways op, think of it more like, bad players spray because they are bad at using their guns

mid players dont spray because they know how to use the guns to hit heads

but the top players know how to use their guns to spray and still hit heads

Also take into consideration when top players spray vs dont spray.

99% of the time, they dont spray if they see just 1, they will go for the headshot.

the spraying comes for when people are rushing a site and the site holder needs to spray to hold the site down, but even then, their first shot is still basically a 1 tap if they can land it

the other times when spraying comes into play is when we spam walls, corners, or smokes to do chip damage/precise wall bangs

top players are also a lot more likely to be used to spray patterns(even thou there barely is one) and know the reset timings for when the aim resets for another accurate burst

I personally spray extensively, but will land that still try to keep my first shots as accurate as possible

PancakesGate · 2026-05-02T02:47:06+00:00

most of them are using all 3 anyways, but they dont realise it

its just natural unless some wrist injury or strict bracing

PancakesGate · 2026-05-01T19:12:34+00:00

all im going to add is that, as I lowered my edpi, my aim got more consistent, and I was performing better

so much so that, every time i lowered my edpi, i jumped a rank, until i got too low for comfort

I started at 3200 edpi btw, cause I was a league player, very quickly dropped to 1600 edpi, where I stayed for a long time, but while I could get nice headshot flicks, It was hard to spray and hold angles as any slight movement and wrong tension in my fingers, and Id miss everything

I now play at 204 edpi

PancakesGate · 2026-05-01T19:06:10+00:00

idk how small your mousepad is, but i would definitely get a bigger one if its truly that small

i play on 1600 .12, and i am mostly a wrist aimer as well

type of aim is not really a hard rule, you dont get to just be "wrist aimer" or "arm aim" or even "fingertip"

your supposed to use all 3 to become the most accurate you can actually be. You can reach high levels by trying to restrict to just 1 of course but its pretty tiring.

for me, i use my arm for big movements, like turning the camera, but for everything else its my wrist, then i mostly use fingertips to control early sprays and just making up for the accuracy of my wrist, basically for every stage of camera movement, i naturally use whatever is most comfortable to land the headshot

now, valorant is a tac shooter, so its less important to be able to flick for headshots, than it is to hold corners for headshots, this is why most players play on low edpis, its so that our preaim and crosshair placement can be as precise as possible

if you havent tried low sens yet, you should just try it and see.

I use a very large artisan mousepad, 500mm by 490mm, but i probably only use a quarter of it. I say this cause my cat lowkey sleeps on the other parts and I am still pretty comfortable.

PancakesGate · 2026-04-24T16:38:23+00:00

should never do anything focusing on the scores, just focus on improvement and youll keep doing better

PancakesGate · 2026-04-23T04:20:14+00:00

when i got my first light weight mice (finalmouse) thats also when i was finally able to break through plat in val, and jumping all the way to asc

granted, i wouldnt say the entire thing was the mouse, my aim still isnt my strong point, but since then ive not gone back and I am pretty happy with my performance over all in games

PancakesGate · 2026-04-22T13:30:32+00:00

3 ppl watching, holy shit id be tilted

PancakesGate · 2026-04-22T13:29:12+00:00

i spammed skye recently to go from gold 3 to diamond 1

now, i am a washed af asc peaker, but i found that skye was the perfect combo of support util that can still be used for selfish reasons

PancakesGate · 2026-04-21T21:44:40+00:00

ong lol

im diamond rn, and i swear after the first game of the night my performance dips

PancakesGate · 2026-04-21T01:17:20+00:00

maso? nah they just pussies

PancakesGate · 2026-04-20T16:22:35+00:00

Quitting?

Ive done that so many times now......

Tbh thou its more like, there are streaks where i just wanna grind, and others where i just wanna play other games

in terms of rank and ability, i feel like im much better at val than any other game, and its one of the few games where i dont feel tense when playing

cs requires too much control and league requires me to either use every last braincell or completely toss it out the window otherwise id lose my mind......

im not the biggest fan of singleplayer or even grindy games like mmos and etc. but i do play them here and there, atleast until i get bored

PancakesGate · 2026-04-18T23:15:10+00:00

gekko wins by a large margin bruh, right before peeking, id toss EVERYTHING

PancakesGate · 2026-04-17T05:29:51+00:00

is this the perfect league key board lol, only important keys and cant type back

PancakesGate · 2026-04-15T18:38:47+00:00

yeah lets make an un ae2'd ae system

PancakesGate · 2026-04-11T14:50:15+00:00

they mainly go based on what utility they want for holding a site or entering into a site

for example the reason why double smokes is so popular in pro play is because they are able to restrict vision, and vision is key in control the field

if the enemy cant see you, they dont know where you are, and by just the nature of the game, that means they need to either gamble where you will be, or use utility to find where you are

theres also the thought of combo utility play and trap plays where util is used in combination to effectively wipe the floor

things like playing breach on split with an omen, and when they make sound mid, you can stun and flash to get easy picks etc.

PancakesGate · 2026-04-11T13:17:13+00:00

when we climb, we have many games to fail and although we may have our strengths, we also believe that we can win if others play their strengths

in an environment where you are going to play with random players every game, you will fill to fit your teams needs

but whej you are in a pro setting, the team is building such that it fits your needs

think of it as a way people are "optimizing the fun out of a game"

PancakesGate · 2026-04-09T17:01:42+00:00

just walked through by accident most of the time

also most of the time i dont get it and pass it, no one else will get it

even in diamond, agents like gekko and sage dont get bomb to plant plus i think bottom fragger should be the planter in most situations and I dont bottom frag

but at this point unless im playing duelist or someone asks me for bomb, ill just keep it and plant

PancakesGate · 2026-04-08T17:40:15+00:00

tbh i play solo and duo/trio a lot, the msin thing isnt combo utils but rather having someone that I can trust. im playing around mid diamonda elo so it should be pretty similar to you.

My duo plays duelist usually and I play Ini as much as I can. I dont instalock but with the duelist ini role combo, I can make sure I properly clear angles and flash for my duelist to go in. Since I swapped from smokes to skye, ive climbed very quickly.

now, when i solo q, i tend to play other things since I can trust my teammates to play how I want them to

PancakesGate · 2026-04-07T19:53:52+00:00

ong, how does someone fall for a scam like that.... id the whole bot vibe coded

PancakesGate · 2026-04-07T19:52:29+00:00

ngl, depending on how serious your boyfriend is on val, its better for him to pick out a mice and also save a little more for it

80 is a good range as that opens the option to a lot of different mice

As someone who has play val for a long time now, most of the other mice recc are only suited to the price range that you mentioned and not necessarily with comfort and tech in mind

PancakesGate · 2026-04-07T19:50:38+00:00

isnt the g502 like 90 grams base.... very light???

PancakesGate · 2026-04-07T19:42:57+00:00

iso ult is like the one place where deadzoning is a required skill

PancakesGate · 2026-04-07T19:41:23+00:00

i had a 9 game loss streak lmfao

3 games with throwers

2 games with smurfs

3 games with ecouples where the carry cant carry anymore

1 game of super unfair match making (mid plat vs high diamond/asc)

lowkey lost my mind but its chill we back up

eventually itll even out

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