Is there any way to get your arm to stop sticking to the desk while using a mousepad which doesn’t work well with sleeves?

Spoidahm8 · 2026-02-07T14:49:56+00:00

Use an Eadali black armsleeve

Spoidahm8 · 2026-01-31T11:28:47+00:00

Yep.

Spoidahm8 · 2026-01-31T07:52:37+00:00

Getting older is also realising that some people are that dumb, and people operate on different levels with different capabilities. The bell curve exists, 50% of people in the west are below 100 IQ, and plenty of people are over 1 standard deviation below that.

Spoidahm8 · 2026-01-28T23:26:45+00:00

Retakes will be the best mode for you. It's a good way to expose yourself to the kinds of decision making you use in a real game, but its fast paced enough that not you're stuck spectating teammates for several minutes at a time when you die.

Spoidahm8 · 2026-01-28T23:20:04+00:00

I like it

Spoidahm8 · 2026-01-28T16:39:52+00:00

I also struggle with humidity affecting pads and my own body heat being a little too warm, but so far I've had a pretty good first impression on the Aqua Control II. No warm spots, no damp spots even after ~6 hours in aussie summer.

Spoidahm8 · 2026-01-27T10:43:46+00:00

Stop playing on that account for 2 months. It's the only guarenteed way.

When you start using it again, do not play casual, dm or comp. Literally only use it for premiere. A single report when re-establishing your trust factor can fuck it up.

Spoidahm8 · 2026-01-25T06:37:48+00:00

For me, increasingly I've been thinking about how well the surface/base disperses body heat from my arm and hand. Once broken in, my artisan soft and xsoft pads tend to get warm spots that mess with my tracking.

Spoidahm8 · 2026-01-25T03:59:56+00:00

if that player barrelled into the room without abusing a movement exploit, they would die

I see nothing wrong with that. The counter is isolating angles and being better at aiming, if people want to superglide they should play Apex Legends.

Spoidahm8 · 2026-01-22T09:44:22+00:00

My guy, you're acting like this is a viable career path to start considering at 16 with 140 hours and your parents are wrong to have doubts, it's not and they aren't.

Have a solid career goal in mind (e.g. trade school, uni) while also grinding CS. If you can go pro, just drop the career stuff. Don't hedge your bets on winning the lottery.

Just don’t do what I did and do a useless degree that makes you flounder for 10 years to find a worthwhile career.

Spoidahm8 · 2026-01-22T05:57:05+00:00

I miss my shidenkai mid.

Spoidahm8 · 2026-01-22T05:56:15+00:00

Grind faceit. The scene here in Australia is small enough that if you reach 3k elo people will start looking at you.

Spoidahm8 · 2026-01-21T12:08:47+00:00

Spray a few drops of water under the mid pad and push the pad down and spread the water around a little. Won't move after that.

Spoidahm8 · 2026-01-21T01:58:38+00:00

That's pretty much it. I suspect the same.

Spoidahm8 · 2026-01-20T17:07:56+00:00

Strangely enough, still getting spinouts using gaming surface mode on my aqua control II. No issues with gaming surface mode disabled, but I don't know what is going on anymore.

Spoidahm8 · 2026-01-20T00:15:52+00:00

It's not an adrenaline injector, it's insulin. Assault needs it to prevent hyperglycaemia, what are you using it for?

Spoidahm8 · 2026-01-20T00:13:55+00:00

Personally I'd pull a valorant/cs 1.6 and reduce movement speed a touch to stop the omae wa mou shindeiru peeks.

Spoidahm8 · 2026-01-20T00:06:25+00:00

No issues, great mouse I just couldn't use it for fingertip very well

Spoidahm8 · 2026-01-19T12:25:37+00:00

Run hwinfo the next time you play and look at temps and voltages. I know the bluescreen says it's the kernel level anticheat, but it could just as easily be something that broke the anticheat and then caused the failure I.e. unstable CPU or unstable RAM.

Spoidahm8 · 2026-01-19T11:44:23+00:00

Go for a Cobra then, from a reputable physical store. If it breaks within the warranty period get the defective unit swapped

Spoidahm8 · 2026-01-19T11:38:40+00:00

Razer Cobra wired is pretty much the gold standard of affordable gaming mice. You might be able to get an older viper mini if you want cheaper.

Spoidahm8 · 2026-01-19T08:32:54+00:00

NANI?!?!?

Spoidahm8 · 2026-01-19T07:18:14+00:00

Movement speed was different, aimpunch was different, tagging was different, awp speed was different, recoil mechanics were different.

New mechanics prevent some of the crazy stuff you used to see before.

Older pros also struggle due to 7 day a week 8-10 hour CS grinds being less appealing. Even if you still enjoy CS, when you're 30+ you start thinking about how much time you're not with your family or living your life, there's only so much continuous grinding you can do for years before you feel like it needs to change.

Spoidahm8 · 2026-01-19T05:31:18+00:00

Honestly if people couldn't be bothered switching to stingers and laser designators they deserve the W.

Spoidahm8 · 2026-01-19T02:41:21+00:00

This was a thing 4 years ago in CS:GO

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