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> Your mouse sensitivity should be very low.

> Use your elbow and shoulder only for aiming.

What in the WHAT?!? As a fellow 40+ year old gamer, who's played more Q3A and UT4 AND Counter-Strike than I'd care to admit, I've never heard or scene this strategy. You must be very entertaining to watch with all the ...flailing about!

UPDATE: I watched some YT videos of competition and while there's no "flailing" there's definitely increased arm movement. TIL thanks guys!

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You've never heard about using low sens and arm aiming? That's basically every counter strike player I've ever met or pro I know about (plus every other tactical shooter with low slow enough movement).

No, and I've been playing CS since Beta 3 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

You can see something somewhat similar here, though I don't think many people use high acceleration anymore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEamcaYyoa0

In the handful of CS:GO/Apex competition videos I watched, none featured such extreme arm movements. I also asked my hardcore gaming teen nephew if he "arm aims" and he was not familiar at all. His exact reply was "you mean aim with your whole arm lol?"

That clip is definitely an extreme example, something like below as a hybrid example diving into arm aim and wrist aim is more typical. trouble is having your sensitivity low enough for fine motions, while still being able to do large movements like a 180 fairly easily/without having to lift and recenter, both of which depend on personal preference. Depends a bit on the game too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLO_y8CLOyU

I do a lot of work in pro level eSports, and while that video is a little extreme, full arm movement for aiming (especially for awpers/snipers) is normal.

I can confirm that this is common for players above a certain skill level (not me).

it's the way to go, small keyboard, big mouse pad.

It's also very handy if you want to draw a nice looking circle. Much more accurate.

Arm aiming is the way.

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