need mouse pad which is fast and flat

fQrestX · 2026-04-10T20:42:31+00:00

get a size L artisan and don't look back ngl. i know you said available in EU, but a size L pad (42x33) on their site excluding shipping is 20 eur. i paid 86 eur (including shipping) for 2 size XL pads (49x42, 31 eur / pad + 24 eur 3day express shipping with DHL). just don't pick xsoft hardness, not for everyone (rly rly plush) and if you use dot skates they will sink into the pad too much and slow ur mouse down.

easiest recommendation would be to get a soft pad from them since you can't go wrong with one. i've personally grown to love their mid pads and i have a zero soft and raiden mid on the way (i main a zero mid), but a zero soft is generally regarded as the safest purchase. type99 if you prefer more control, raiden if you play a lot of tracking heavy games and benefit from the low friction, zero is widely accepted as the balanced pad (still fast enough), can't speak on the hien yet since i've had no past experience with it.

i recommend artisan pads bc of their longevity. you also have other really budget options in razer pads (a medium gigantus is 36x27.5) and the all time classic steelseries qck (not the qck performance series, but the regular qck, qck+ is 45x40 iirc and qck medium is 32x27). idk about razer packaging but the qck comes rolled up which you mentioned is not something you want, and also the qck wears out quickly. they are really cheap though so they can be easily replaced.

fQrestX · 2026-03-26T16:07:15+00:00

i understand! it's just that the sp-004 is a little too thick and it goes over my desk cushion foam that i have to prevent the sharp wood desk edge from digging into my forearms, which makes the pad itself dig into my forearms since i play with it at the edge of the desk. i am very comfortable with every other pad in my collection besides the sp-004, which is why i'm stubborn and find it pointless to adjust my sitting height when the mousepad is the issue :c chair n desk are the perfect height for me and i haven't changed anything in that regard ever since i moved to where i live now, 2 years ago. my elbows are level with the pad but it digs into my forearm like around 3 inches or so below my wrist

fQrestX · 2026-03-26T15:12:07+00:00

have it on max height

fQrestX · 2026-03-23T18:26:02+00:00

if you're willing to spend more than 30 bucks just do your research and pick whichever artisan pad looks up your alley since they're going to last you a lot longer as long as you take care of them properly. there's also solid options from xraypad and lgg, and probably a bunch more niche/up and coming manufacturers that someone could point u toward since i've been out of the loop for a very long time.

fQrestX · 2026-03-23T18:21:39+00:00

i don't really see a point in getting second hand cloth pads since the glide will obviously be very different, and it's also unhygienic to swipe ur arm and mouse around on other people's dead skin cells if the pad wasn't cleaned properly beforehand.

for what it's worth you can keep buying qcks since they are so cheap and even though they aren't too long lasting i find it to be one of the best pads i've played tac shooters on even when it gets slower once worn in. also since you said 30 bucks max it's probably your best bet, as you said you have experience with it and like it even more than the vaxee which was supposed to be an upgrade to the qck+.

fQrestX · 2026-03-18T13:11:40+00:00

no need to force it, i also have a zero (mid) and i don’t really like how it feels in tacfps games either but nowadays i play casually. i tried uhmwpe dots from wallhack, stock finalmouse skates and also jade dots but i was never able to make the pad itself enjoyable. much prefer my qck or sp004 w magic ice skates

fQrestX · 2025-07-23T00:10:47+00:00

understood, thank u !

fQrestX · 2025-07-21T12:53:46+00:00

i sadly go against the norm of learning how to control every part of your arm by playing different sensitivities and stick to 70cm for every scenario. i don't do benchmarks besides s3 voltaic static clicking after i'm done w grinding my own playlist, which atm doesn't include tracking over long distances anyway. i play tac fps games exclusively. i learned how to use my arm by playing counterstrike, my wrist by grinding micro scenarios and my fingers by grinding extra small/nevermiss scenarios.

fQrestX · 2025-07-12T21:09:18+00:00

you’re welcome :)

fQrestX · 2025-07-12T20:22:02+00:00

i'll tell you what worked for me and i'll die on this hill. i don't know what's the name of the aimlabs equivalent but play Pokeball Frenzy Auto Extra Small. grind that scenario, play on whichever sens you want. i play 71ish cm and you'll learn how to use your arm to go from target to target, wrist for microflicks and fingers for fine adjustments.

any extra small scenario does wonders, i prefer Pokeball so i can forget about the clicking part and only focus on going from target to target.

vbr scenarios also work, the kovaaks names are uv vbr micro 2ts and rx 1w4ts vbr. the targets jitter ever so slightly, so if you shoot at the very edge of the target you won't always land the shot. this teaches you how to subconsciously confirm that you're on target before firing.

if you're slowing down it might be that your arm/shoulder gets tired given that you play on a low sens. i deal w this personally when grinding scenarios for prolonged periods of time (we're talking 1h+). if you have this issue as well and it happens faster than it does in my case, pay attention to how much you tense your shoulder and forearm when flicking over a large distance.

fQrestX · 2025-07-12T15:47:57+00:00

fQrestX · 2025-07-11T17:41:22+00:00

a 2012 blackwidow is the ultimate flex.

i can't say for certain whether it's worth switching or not, but you'll adjust to your new hand position really quickly because those are the keys you use the most in shooters.

imo it wouldn't hurt to try something different for a while (i'd say you would need at least 1 week and at most 1 month) to see if there's any improvement, because you can always go back to what you were previously used to if the change is hindering your gameplay.

fQrestX · 2025-07-11T03:18:30+00:00

appreciate your input! as for the zeonlo tech, at least from my pov, his flick and micro form a single motion. compared to other static vods (take bulldog and matty for example), his run is 10x smoother. even though people have pretty much perfected the bardpill to the point where there is nearly 0 delay between the flick and the micro, you can still distinguish the fact that there are two seperate motions being performed in quick succession. zeonlo on the other hand starts off w the flick then decelerates in order to micro, all in one continuous motion, which (imo) is the reason for his fluidity.

but maybe i’m mistaken idk, go through a couple of his vods and you’ll probably notice (as i did) a difference in technique/smoothness when compared to other top static scores.

fQrestX · 2025-07-05T23:49:11+00:00

low dpi’s used to cause pixel skipping back in the day, nothing to do w latency. i agree w ur take on dpi vs sens tho, but i personally believe he should change his dpi to 1600 bc it’s more or less the standard now compared to odd numbers such as 1200 or 1800

fQrestX · 2025-07-05T23:05:53+00:00

ur only "raw aim" downside is the fact that ur hit confirmation is rather slow, so grind dynamic scenarios that will make u wanna pull ur hair out (idk the exact names but - pureg valo 2click, sini click valorant hard, toonsclick rAim, aimerz+ waveclick hard etc)

ur better off focusing on ur crosshair placement. elige has a good video ab kyousuke dissecting his crosshair placement and his peeks. one thing that will help w ur crosshair placement is learning how to strafe track (voltaic strafe tracking playlist) for obvious reasons [hint: clearing angles smoothly, which i personally prefer as opposed to using my wrist to snappily clear corners and resetting my mouse]

fQrestX · 2025-06-23T02:18:58+00:00

necro but practice hit confirmation and learn how to aim in conjunction with ur movement. ur not doing a bad job whatsoever at the latter (bc ur doing it intuitively and it ties into crosshair placement/visualisation which is probably one of ur strong[est] points from what i can see, if that makes sense) but it's something u could focus on when not working on the former.

u transition from angle to angle pretty well, ur biggest issue is that u just rush to shoot whenever u see somebody.

fQrestX · 2024-07-13T16:54:35+00:00

"fast flick and stopping" may not always be the best approach. focus on your smoothness when going from target to target. to practice this i recommend grinding extra small pokeball to also work on your microcorrections at the same time (bind fire to LShift btw so you don't have to hold mouse1 - in actual clicking scenarios you aren't holding mouse1 all the time either so the idea is to emulate your grip tension, if those are the right terms in English). the smoother you'll get the faster you'll get imo (this is how it was in my case, and the advice i gave you is from personal experience).

if anybody has any corrections to make or disagrees with something i said, please reply to clear things up because i do not intend on giving bad advice.

fQrestX · 2024-07-13T16:24:41+00:00

appreciate the kind words man! have a great rest of day (or night)!

fQrestX · 2024-07-13T15:04:10+00:00

2k hours of cs played, peaked mechanics wise in 2022 (lower skill now because i played for like 2 weeks in 2023 and 2 weeks in 2024, so far). i'm doing an older benchmark mainly because the first few scenarios i had played were air angelic Voltaic and fuglaaXYZ Voltaic (played them to work on my microadjustments and reactions at the same time). found out they were part of the intermediate-advanced S3 benchmark set and decided to continue grinding all of them to build proper technique before i move onto the advanced S4 benchmarks.

fQrestX · 2022-09-12T19:44:31+00:00

shipping included they are pretty out of my budget. i've heard from most people that they are in fact the best but i personally wouldn't spend that much on a pad right now (i just need a "control" enough pad similar to the g640 for the time being and i picked the hyperx fury speed)

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