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I'd expect gamers to be serious about their setup and adjust it to fit their body at best: mouse size, weight, buttons arrangement etc. same for the keyboard. A

I'd expect gamers to be serious about their setup and adjust it to fit their body at best: mouse size, weight, buttons arrangement etc. same for the keyboard. Also gaming gear is usually better in almost every dimension. On a different note, it's interesting to look at the pricier XBox/PS/Switch controllers through time, their goal being to fit as naturally as possible. And then we get round mouse pucks and straight edge phones from Apple.

hhh 4y ago
It’s more about consistency. Whatever is comfortable comes first, and should be done at the same time as finding what works (i.e. is good hardware: good sensors, keyboards (and with newer custom boards some have strange firmware latencies likely related to denouncing(see the gmmk pro.)) Once you have something comfortable and good enough, the hard part is building the muscle memory and moving layers of the game into unconscious domains. Aim should fall below thought, and with time, understanding the state of the game and the potential space of options of (for example) positions of an enemy based on the state of the game and what information you have. These start to fall outside of what you may call conscious thought. These are much more important than the gear you have, because the reality is there are millions of options for hardware and most of them are fine. The tool does not make the craftsman. They can be tools, for example, I have a separate desk for gaming and for work. If you mix the two, the space becomes less meaningful and does not have a single dedicated use. This is also why I use separate keyboards, separate machines, separate monitors, etc for compartmentalization within my mind, so that I can get away from work or get away from gaming. I also do the same with clothes. Work clothes have textures I associate with work, and use texture differences in clothing to get into home mode or work mode. Showers help for creating a state change. :)
formerly_proven 4y ago
Stock console controllers are an ergonomic nightmare because they are designed for a particular grip which is not used by people trying hard to be good at these games.

hhh 4y ago

It’s more about consistency. Whatever is comfortable comes first, and should be done at the same time as finding what works (i.e. is good hardware: good sensors, keyboards (and with newer custom boards some have strange firmware latencies likely related to denouncing(see the gmmk pro.)) Once you have something comfortable and good enough, the hard part is building the muscle memory and moving layers of the game into unconscious domains. Aim should fall below thought, and with time, understanding the state of the game and the potential space of options of (for example) positions of an enemy based on the state of the game and what information you have. These start to fall outside of what you may call conscious thought. These are much more important than the gear you have, because the reality is there are millions of options for hardware and most of them are fine. The tool does not make the craftsman. They can be tools, for example, I have a separate desk for gaming and for work. If you mix the two, the space becomes less meaningful and does not have a single dedicated use. This is also why I use separate keyboards, separate machines, separate monitors, etc for compartmentalization within my mind, so that I can get away from work or get away from gaming. I also do the same with clothes. Work clothes have textures I associate with work, and use texture differences in clothing to get into home mode or work mode. Showers help for creating a state change. :)

formerly_proven 4y ago

Stock console controllers are an ergonomic nightmare because they are designed for a particular grip which is not used by people trying hard to be good at these games.