The best mousepads you can get - Artisan buyers guide @ViscoseOCE

Viscose Over the last 4 years I've tried a lot of different mousepads from a wide range of companies, but even as I swapped between different aiming styles and fps games something from artisan's lineup has remained my go to thanks to the variety of surfaces they offer. But that variety presents a bit of an issue, how do you know what to choose?

Information about a potential shidenkai v3 or similar: postimg.cc/XXL66xn3
Some alternatives to artisan pads: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WiBTsiHD41gpSdjPhJB4dtndrCcl2cZE-w4CsyPtu20/edit?gid=0#gid=0
(Massive thanks to pinguefy for making this!)
My mousepad friction sheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ix0RN4WDgRIn9uSUMy2smG_vWR3FTnZHgNpumChfHM0/edit?gid=0#gid=0

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:46 - Stitched edges
1:17 - Durability
1:31 - Base quality and firmness options
3:40 - Zero
7:05 - Type 99
11:09 - Raiden
15:09 - Hien
18:32 - Otsu
21:59 - Key83
25:34 - Shidenkai
30:14 - Value and alternate options

My socials
twitter.com/ViscoseOCE
twitch.tv/viscoseoce
patreon.com/Viscose
youtube.com/@dumbasslaura - Second channel
youtube.com/@rawinputpodcast1 - Raw input podcast w Pinguefy and Misscolourz
discord.com/invite/sKWYAtGdKd - My personal discord server
discord.com/invite/qAhv6tT4Au - Raw Input podcast discord server

My Peripherals/Settings, all links support the channel❤️
Mouse: OP1 8k - amzn.to/4g1Q44p
Mousepad: Artisan Zero Soft, Artisan Key83 Soft
Keyboard: Wooting 80HE - https://wooting.io/our-products?partn...
Headset: AKG 702
Microphone: Beyerdynamic M160
Sensitivity: About 34cm but I change often
Resolution: 2560x1440 in everything but cs, 1920x1440 for cs

There will be custom subtitles/4k/song list soon! I want to go to bed now but ill add the songs in the morning and yt should process 4k and the subtitles over the next couple hours

updated 1 year ago

The best mousepads you can get - Artisan buyers guide

Viscose 2025-01-05 | Over the last 4 years I've tried a lot of different mousepads from a wide range of companies, but even as I swapped between different aiming styles and fps games something from artisan's lineup has remained my go to thanks to the variety of surfaces they offer. But that variety presents a bit of an issue, how do you know what to choose?

Information about a potential shidenkai v3 or similar: postimg.cc/XXL66xn3
Some alternatives to artisan pads: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WiBTsiHD41gpSdjPhJB4dtndrCcl2cZE-w4CsyPtu20/edit?gid=0#gid=0
(Massive thanks to pinguefy for making this!)
My mousepad friction sheet: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Ix0RN4WDgRIn9uSUMy2smG_vWR3FTnZHgNpumChfHM0/edit?gid=0#gid=0

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:46 - Stitched edges
1:17 - Durability
1:31 - Base quality and firmness options
3:40 - Zero
7:05 - Type 99
11:09 - Raiden
15:09 - Hien
18:32 - Otsu
21:59 - Key83
25:34 - Shidenkai
30:14 - Value and alternate options

My socials
twitter.com/ViscoseOCE
twitch.tv/viscoseoce
patreon.com/Viscose
youtube.com/@dumbasslaura - Second channel
youtube.com/@rawinputpodcast1 - Raw input podcast w Pinguefy and Misscolourz
discord.com/invite/sKWYAtGdKd - My personal discord server
discord.com/invite/qAhv6tT4Au - Raw Input podcast discord server

My Peripherals/Settings, all links support the channel❤️
Mouse: OP1 8k - amzn.to/4g1Q44p
Mousepad: Artisan Zero Soft, Artisan Key83 Soft
Keyboard: Wooting 80HE - https://wooting.io/our-products?partn...
Headset: AKG 702
Microphone: Beyerdynamic M160
Sensitivity: About 34cm but I change often
Resolution: 2560x1440 in everything but cs, 1920x1440 for cs

There will be custom subtitles/4k/song list soon! I want to go to bed now but ill add the songs in the morning and yt should process 4k and the subtitles over the next couple hours

My Kovaaks Settings, Explained

Viscose 2025-04-08 | Crosshairs, Visuals and Sounds Download:
dropbox.com/scl/fo/11yz3wgflidwtaztc41na/ADL4QKdyEMZ1drYJuOMx3_4?rlkey=ufmv4pbkk1r30jxxo4eeaszgg&st=t5iybga8&dl=0

Tutorial: Haven't got around to posting this yet but it'll be up on my second channel soon and linked here when it is!

For now though, to install them:
Navigate to your Kovaaks folder, you can either do this through right clicking on the game on steam, going into properties and hitting browse or navigating to this (or similar) file path
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\FPSAimTrainer
The locations for each of the three are
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\FPSAimTrainer\FPSAimTrainer\Saved\SaveGames\Themes
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\FPSAimTrainer\FPSAimTrainer\crosshairs
C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\FPSAimTrainer\FPSAimTrainer\sounds
And you can just drag and drop the files you downloaded into their respective folders!

Techless video about V-Sync, G-Sync and PC Latency: youtube.com/watch?v=5mWMP96UdGU

Visuals Per Category:
Static Clicking - clover-alternate-oled or clover-static-3
Dynamic Clicking - clover-alternate or aech-new
Linear Clicking - clover-alternate or aech-new
Reactive Tracking - clover-alternate
Controlled Tracking - clover-alternate
Precise Tracking - clover-alternate
Speed Switching - emopalace edit, snowi-clarity or qwqxskyfix
Evasive Switching - emopalace edit or snowi-clarity
Stability Switching - emopalace edit or clover-alternate

I made clover-alternate-oled to make the auto brightness changes less noticable, clover-alternate is just better unless you are on an OLED monitor

If you'd like more to choose from I also highly recommend Matty's visuals spreadsheet
docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1T3SErnsYZqQpZ8HKDPRB41hqcEtL6SAc9GoA4YAtiSU/edit?gid=0#gid=0

Crosshairs Per Category:
Static Clicking - ZeeqPlus2, rarely ZeeqPlus1
Dynamic Clicking - clover-ascended, ZeeqPlus2
Linear Clicking - clover-ascended, lmbPlusSmol
Reactive Tracking - lmbPlusSmol
Controlled Tracking - lmbPlusSmol
Precise Tracking - lmbPlusSmol
Speed Switching - clover-ascended, lmbPlusSmol
Evasive Switching - clover-ascended
Stability Switching - clover-ascended, lmbPlusSmol

Crosshair Colour Hex Codes:
Static Clicking - FF0000
Dynamic Clicking - FF0000 or FFDE00
Linear Clicking - FF0000 or FFDE00
Reactive Tracking - FFDE00
Controlled Tracking - FFDE00
Precise Tracking - FFDE00 or 00FF00
Speed Switching - 000000
Evasive Switching - FF0000
Stability Switching - FFDE00 or FF0000

Non Default UI Hex Codes:
Background Colour: 36323B79
Floating Enemy Health: 6D0029FF or 000000FF
HUD MBS Bar Good: 00FF5CFF
HUD MBS Bar Okay: 00FF5CFF
HUD MBS Bar Bad: 00FF5C00
(These three make the PB bar only show if you are below your session best, making it a lot more forgiving than default. It's what I use when do use this setting.)

Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:53 - Visuals
1:40 - Crosshairs
2:49 - Crosshair Colours
3:04 - Sensitivity
3:22 - Should you change your sensitivity?
4:31 - Sensitivity and Mentality + What I use
5:35 - What is cm/360?
6:16 - Sensitivity and FOV
6:34 - Why you might want to change FOV
7:18 - Zoom and Invert Mouse
7:31 - Game and Menu Max FPS
7:56 - Countdown Before Challenge Start
8:18 - Sounds
9:11 - Video Settings
10:56 - Visuals Tab
11:22 - Weapons Tab
11:53 - UI and HUD
13:11 - Outro

Music:
Windy - Purrple Cat
Peace - Purrple Cat
Flying - Purrple Cat
Bliss - Purrple Cat

My socials
twitter.com/ViscoseOCE
twitch.tv/viscoseoce
patreon.com/Viscose
youtube.com/@dumbasslaura Second channel
youtube.com/@rawinputpodcast1 Raw input podcast w Pinguefy and Misscolourz
discord.com/invite/sKWYAtGdKd My personal discord server
discord.com/invite/qAhv6tT4Au Raw Input podcast discord server

My Peripherals/Settings, all links support the channel❤️
Mouse: OP1 8k - amzn.to/4g1Q44p
Mousepad: Artisan Zero Soft, Artisan Key83 Soft
Keyboard: Wooting 80HE - https://wooting.io/our-products?partn...
Headset: AKG 702
Microphone: Beyerdynamic M160
Sensitivity: About 34cm but I change often
Resolution: 2560x1440 in everything but cs, 1920x1440 for cs

How to react faster in any game.

Viscose 2025-02-09 | Reaction time is something I've seen referenced over and over as this insurmountable wall that separates the pros from the average players. They are supposedly just faster than any normal person could ever be, but what if I told you that not only is the reaction speed of a pro very achievable for anyone, you don't even need to get faster reaction times to achieve it?

Sorry for the delay between uploads, I put a lot more effort into the editing and pacing of this one c: I hope it was worth the wait and you all enjoy

Thanks for all the support recently, it means a lot to me ❤️

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:50 - Prediction
1:17 - Reaction
1:52 - The missing component
2:34 - Soulslikes
3:04 - Movement Reading
5:26 - When should you predict?
7:13 - Acceleration Reading
9:03 - How to improve at movement reading
11:53 - Does reaction time matter?

Music:
untitledmellowbreakcore by vervid!
Main Theme by Ben Prunty, FTL OST
Byzantium by HOME
After Image - Clark Aboud, Slay the Spire OST
Midnight by Vervid!
Civil (Explore) by Ben Prunty, FTL OST
Mainframe by HOME
Track 1 by Matthew Brown, Hexcells OST
Undertale by Toby Fox, Undertale OST

My socials
twitter.com/ViscoseOCE
twitch.tv/viscoseoce
patreon.com/Viscose
youtube.com/@dumbasslaura Second channel
youtube.com/@rawinputpodcast1 Raw input podcast w Pinguefy and Misscolourz
discord.com/invite/sKWYAtGdKd My personal discord server
discord.com/invite/qAhv6tT4Au Raw Input podcast discord server

My Peripherals/Settings, all links support the channel❤️
Mouse: OP1 8k - amzn.to/4g1Q44p
Mousepad: Artisan Zero Soft, Artisan Key83 Soft
Keyboard: Wooting 80HE - https://wooting.io/our-products?partn...
Headset: AKG 702
Microphone: Beyerdynamic M160
Sensitivity: About 34cm but I change often
Resolution: 2560x1440 in everything but cs, 1920x1440 for cs

Aiming accurately in every game

Viscose 2024-12-10 | best of 2024 :D
thanks for all the support this year, it really means the world to me ❤️

song - Is It Really You? By Loathe

all the games included:
battlefield v
the finals
delta force
fragpunk
xdefiant
cod bo6
cod mw3
apex

My Peripherals/Settings, all links support the channel❤️
(since some of these clips r rly old some are on stuff not included here)
Mouse: OP1 8k - amzn.to/4g1Q44p
Mousepad: Artisan Zero Soft, Artisan Key83 Soft
Keyboard: Wooting 80HE - https://wooting.io/our-products?partn...
Headset: AKG 702
Microphone: Rode Procaster
Sensitivity: About 34cm but I change often
Resolution: 2560x1440 in everything but cs, 1920x1440 for cs

480hz OLED is amazing, but you probably shouldnt buy it yet....

Viscose 2024-12-01 | This is the best monitor money can buy right now, but I can't recommend it to everyone just yet.

If you're interested in getting this monitor or an alternative high hz OLED monitor, doing so through any of the links below will support the channel ❤️

Asus PG27AQDP 480hz OLED - geni.us/8THKVap

360hz 1440p OLEDs
Samsung G6 - geni.us/aP1SFW
MSI MPG 271QRX - geni.us/FPBp6u6

240hz 1440p OLEDs
ASUS PG27AQDM - geni.us/xDcka0B
LG 27GS95QE - geni.us/dcZNAoA
AOC AGON AG276QZD2 - geni.us/Z8by7

Also massive thanks to @pinguefy for the help with the irl camera shots, wouldn't have been possible without u c:

My socials
twitter.com/ViscoseOCE
twitch.tv/viscoseoce
patreon.com/Viscose
youtube.com/@dumbasslaura
discord.com/invite/sKWYAtGdKd

My Peripherals/Settings, all links support the channel❤️
Mouse: OP1 8k - amzn.to/4g1Q44p
Mousepad: Artisan Zero Soft
Keyboard: Wooting 80HE - wooting.io/our-products?partner_id=Viscose
Headset: AKG 702
Microphone: Rode Procaster
Sensitivity: About 34cm but I change often
Resolution: 2560x1440 in everything but cs, 1920x1440 for cs

The most underrated aiming skill in valorant

Viscose 2024-10-04 | Are clicking focused tasks actually the best way to train for valorant?

Hi! This is the first episode of a new series I'm starting called scenario spotlight, where I talk about lesser known or underutilised scenarios in aim trainers and how to best incorporate them into your training, if anyone has any suggestions for other categories lesser known uses you'd like to see me cover let me know!

My socials
twitter.com/ViscoseOCE
twitch.tv/viscoseoce
patreon.com/Viscose
youtube.com/@dumbasslaura
discord.com/invite/sKWYAtGdKd

Music
frost waltz - kevin macleod
windy - purrple cat
arrival - dryhope

Chapters
0:00 - Intro
0:50 - The benefits of tracking
1:26 - Controlsphere
2:24 - Adjusttrack
3:17 - Cloverrawcontrol
4:24 - Air Angelic
5:27 - Outro

My Peripherals/Settings, all links support the channel❤️
Mouse: OP1 8k - amzn.to/4g1Q44p
Mousepad: Artisan Zero Soft/Artisan Shidenkai xSoft
Keyboard: Wooting 80HE - wooting.io/our-products?partner_id=Viscose
Headset: AKG 702
Microphone: Rode Procaster
Sensitivity: About 34cm but I change often
Resolution: 1920x1080 in everything but cs, 1440x1080 for cs

Why I went back to wired - OP1 8k review

Viscose 2024-08-31 | I think I've kept up with modern peripherals fairly well, but I've had dozens of people in the comments of my videos trying to inform me of a new innovation that I'd somehow completely missed: wireless mice. As fun as it would be to claim that wired mice somehow make your aim better, the truth is just that I think going wired lets companies do something that is impossible while being wireless - achieve perfection for under half the price of it's competitors. I've been using the endgamegear OP1 8k for 9 months now and it is exactly that.

Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
0:28 - The OP18k
0:51 - Shape
3:02 - The OP1we's issues
3:55 - Could I go back to wired?
4:32 - Performance
5:05 - Other benefits of wired
5:53 - Value
7:03 - Conclusion
7:55 - Outro

ty to @pinguefy for help with the thumbnail and intro, appreciate u heaps ❤️

My socials
twitter.com/ViscoseOCE
twitch.tv/viscoseoce
patreon.com/Viscose
youtube.com/channel/UCSFK0-WNoj3JfLZ46LpQKkA
discord.com/invite/sKWYAtGdKd

Music
You are Not Part of the Control Group - Portal 2
windy - purrple cat
peace - purrple cat
space cruiser - FTL OST

My Peripherals/Settings, all links support the channel❤️
Mouse: OP1 8k - amzn.to/4g1Q44p
Mousepad: Artisan Zero Soft/Artisan Shidenkai xSoft
Keyboard: Wooting 60HE Modded - wooting.io/our-products?partner_id=Viscose
Headset: AKG 702
Microphone: Rode Procaster
Sensitivity: About 34cm but I change often
Resolution: 1920x1080 in everything but cs, 1440x1080 for cs

Answering your aiming questions!

Viscose 2024-08-09 | Hi! Sorry for the gap between uploads, I wasn't able to record audio for ages and was still a little sick during some of the takes for this vid so sry if I sound a little off at points and thanks for your patience❤️

Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
0:20 - What sensitivity should I use?
0:58 - Should I use a different sensitivity in different games?
1:21 - Which FOV is the best?
2:18 - Should I focus on the crosshair or my target?
3:30 - Should I aim with my arm or my wrist?
4:19 - Do I have to use all three muscle groups when aiming?
5:02 - What counts as warmup vs practice?
5:48 - Should I focus on my aim when playing?
6:33 - Does hardware matter?
7:21 - Do mice affect aim?
8:14 - Do mousepads affect aim?
9:05 - Do keyboards matter for performance in fps games?
9:37 - My thoughts on SOCD
10:25 - Conclusion
11:31 - Outro

My socials
twitter.com/ViscoseOCE
twitch.tv/viscoseoce
patreon.com/Viscose
youtube.com/@dumbasslaura
discord.com/invite/sKWYAtGdKd

Music
unravel - fatb
windy - purrple cat
aurora boreale - fatb x mell-ø
sugar coat - purrple cat
dittany - fatb x flitz&suppe

My Peripherals/Settings
Mouse: OP1 8k
Mousepad: Artisan Zero Soft/Artisan Shidenkai xSoft
Keyboard: Wooting 60HE Modded
Headset: AKG 702
Microphone: Rode Procaster
Sensitivity: About 34cm but I change often
Resolution: 1920x1080 in everything but cs, 1440x1080 for cs

Celestial Complete Voltaic Season 3 - All Vods

Viscose 2024-06-19 | I don't even know what to say, even a couple months back I didn't think this was possible for me. So so proud of how far I've come, planning to make a vid about everything I've learned on the way here soon c:

Settings for each scenario:
Pasu Voltaic
46cm/360
105 hfov

B180 Voltaic
43cm/360
103 hfov

Popcorn Voltaic
50cm/360
103 hfov

ww3t Voltaic
55cm/360
105 hfov

1w4ts Voltaic
60cm/360
105 hfov

6 Sphere Hipfire Voltaic
like 75cm i think LOL
103 hfov

Smoothbot Voltaic
39cm/360
105 hfov

Air Angelic 4 Voltaic
34cm/360
105 hfov

PGTI Voltaic
36cm/360
105 hfov

FuglaaXYZ Voltaic
32cm/360
105 hfov

Ground Plaza Voltaic
36cm/360
105 hfov

Air Voltaic
33cm/360
105 hfov

patTS Voltaic
31cm/360
123 hfov

psalmTS Voltaic
28cm/360
114 hfov

voxTS Voltaic
39cm/360
112 hfov

kinTS Voltaic
32cm/360
118 hfov

B180T Voltaic
38cm/360
105 hfov

Smoothbot Voltaic
36cm/360
110hfov

these are from memory, its been a while for some of these scores

Tracklist:
Pasu - such/a/shame by Static Dress
B180 - its you by sodistilled
Popcorn - Off/On by Ben Beal
ww3t - SleepMode by Bones
1w4ts - IAmCertainlyNotWorthYourTime by Bones
6 Sphere - Eternal Blue by Spiritbox
Smoothbot - Second Sequence by Memorist
Air Angelic - メトロノーム by toe
PGTI - gogo by potsu
Fuglaa - I Don't Care by Violent Vira
Ground Plaza - Obsession by Thornhill
Air - Spy Dolphin by Delta Sleep
PatTS - 17 by Home
PsalmTS - Before the Night by Home
VoxTS - TortureInsideMyAmygdala
KinTS - Human by Thornhill
B180T - X51 by Modern Color
Smoothbot TS - The Air Up Here by Origami Angel

also dont ask abt the thumbnail

vods without resample, feel free to use in vids n stuff w credit ^^
youtu.be/gs2a9eOX6rk

Chapters
0:00 - Pasu Voltaic
1:05 - B180 Voltaic
2:08 - Popcorn Voltaic
3:09 - ww3t Voltaic
4:11 - 1w4ts Voltaic
5:15 - 6 Sphere Hipfire Voltaic
6:18 - Smoothbot Voltaic
7:20 - Air Angelic 4 Voltaic
8:27 - PGTI Voltaic
9:30 - FuglaaXYZ Voltaic
10:33 - Ground Plaza Voltaic
12:14 - Air Voltaic
14:01 - patTS Voltaic
15:04 - psalmTS Voltaic
16:08 - voxTS Voltaic
17:11 - kinTS Voltaic
18:14 - B180T Voltaic
19:17 - Smoothbot TS Voltaic

My Peripherals/Settings
Mouse: OP1 8k, 1600dpi
Mousepad: Artisan Zero Soft/Artisan Shidenkai xSoft
Keyboard: Wooting 60HE Modded
Headset: AKG 702
Microphone: Rode Procaster
Sensitivity: About 34cm but I change often
Resolution: 1920x1080 in everything but cs, 1440x1080 for cs

The fastest way to improve your aim.

Viscose 2024-06-01 | There are a lot of red herrings when looking for information about getting better aim, so called instant improvement methods that just don't work. So, what actually is the best way to get better? How can we optimise our time to improve quickly and how in depth can we get with our practice?

This is the first video I've made on premiere after swapping from vegas, sorry if there are any editing mistakes or anything like that haha. I was definitely learning as I went but I think it turned out pretty well! I hope u all enjoy and the info is useful ❤️

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:31 - Which aimtrainer should you use?
2:01 - Visuals and settings
2:23 - Where to start
3:09 - Where to find the benchmarks
3:34 - How often should you benchmark?
4:08 - Routines and flexibility
4:38 - How to balance your time aimtraining
6:31 - What is good technique?
9:22 - How to deal with plateaus and self directed training
11:33 - Identifying weaknesses and vod reviewing
13:27 - Finding useful scenarios
14:33 - How to know what scenarios actually train
17:02 - Outro

My socials
twitter.com/ViscoseOCE
twitch.tv/viscoseoce
patreon.com/Viscose
youtube.com/@dumbasslaura
discord.com/invite/sKWYAtGdKd

Voltaic - discord.gg/voltaic
Aimlabs Benchmarks - voltaic.gg
Kovaaks Benchmarks - bit.ly/VTxKvKsprogressS4
Auto Update Tool - github.com/VoltaicHQ/Progress-Sheet-Updater
Aimlabs Recommended Scenarios - app.voltaic.gg/scenarios
Kovaaks Recommended Scenarios - http://bit.ly/vtscenariosheet

Matty's Aimtrainer Settings
Aimlabs - youtu.be/tQZAJnFsl9A?si=F-srlSODnAZlCi9X
Kovaaks - youtu.be/QY0HD9ExKrI?si=uKXqPRZppf7tmJDA

Playlists
Voltaic Aimlabs Fundamentals - bit.ly/VTxALfundamentals
Voltaic Kovaaks Fundamentals - http://bit.ly/VTfundamentals2
My finals playlists - https://x.com/ViscoseOCE/status/1746900749186166853
My apex playlist - https://x.com/ViscoseOCE/status/1625834015478648832
Minigod's Demon1 Routine - steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3039378337
Valorant RAMP Warmup - bit.ly/ValorantRamp
VDIM Routines Aimlab - bit.ly/VDIMdoc
VDIM Routines Kovaaks - bit.ly/LG56VDIM
Voltaic Weakness Routines Aimlab - bit.ly/WeaknessAL
Voltaic Weakness Routines Kovaaks - bit.ly/vtissueroutines

Music:
Purrple Cat - Feelin' Fresh
Dryhope x fatb - Unravel
fatb - Cianite
fatb - Aurora Boreale
fatb - Bloom
Purrple Cat - Wild Strawberry
Purrple Cat - Caramellow

My Peripherals/Settings
Mouse: OP1 8k
Mousepad: Artisan Zero Soft/Artisan Shidenkai xSoft
Keyboard: Wooting 60HE Modded
Headset: AKG 702
Microphone: Rode Procaster
Sensitivity: About 34cm but I change often
Resolution: 1920x1080 in everything but cs, 1440x1080 for cs

Is your mouse grip holding you back?

Viscose 2024-05-13 | How you should hold your mouse is something I see discussed a lot online, with countless people claiming to have found the objective answer to the question by looking at the changes in aim each grip causes. So, how can mouse grip not matter if the one you use does have an objective impact on how you aim?

I hope this vid is helpful to anyone who's struggled with overthinking mouse grip, copying pro player's grips is something I did for ages to try and find what was the best for aim. It's not strictly harmful to try stuff out but trying to force my hand into positions that weren't comfortable was super bad for my wrist health in the long run and I was much better off both mechanically and health wise just letting my hand rest how it wants to naturally. I hope this vid saves someone from going through the hand injury I went through.

If you are having hand pains, I recommend checking out @1HP They make great resources and wrist exercises that address issues caused by gaming and they've helped a lot for me and others I know :D

Also, no hate to any of the youtubers shown in those panning shots of the youtube search I used. The videos chosen were just what showed up on the search results and I get why ppl use titles like that, it gets views, I just think it's important to address these misconceptions when they pop up.

Also also, I am SO sorry if this vid looks bad, I was stuck in a loop of rendering and crashing for like 8 hours and ended up having to export the vid in 9 parts and stitch them all together which is why there might be more visual bugs and weird artifacting than usual, sry abt that but I didn't want to spend any longer sitting there trying to get vegas to work 😭

Discord - discord.com/invite/sKWYAtGdKd

Chapters
0:00 - Intro
0:22 - Grip styles
1:27 - Is fingertip the best grip?
2:27 - The tradeoffs of claw grip
3:37 - How can mouse grip not matter?
4:35 - How mouse impacts grip choice
5:15 - The importance of comfort
6:18 - Other times you should change grip
7:04 - Conclusion

Music
Arrival - dryhope
Obscurity - Chris Mazuera
somewhere else - dryhope

Peripherals/Settings
Mouse: OP1 8k
Mousepad: Artisan Zero Soft/Artisan Shidenkai xSoft
Keyboard: Wooting 60HE Modded
Headset: AKG 702
Microphone: Rode Procaster
Sensitivity: About 37cm but I change often
Resolution: 1920x1080 in everything but cs, 1440x1080 for cs

Did being top 10 in an aimtrainer help me in FPS games?

Viscose 2024-02-20 | If you've been in aimtraining communities for a while, I'm sure you've heard something about there being a limit to its effectiveness. That at a high enough level, your improvement in scores in aimtrainers won't be reflected in game. This is something I used to believe myself, but I wanted to truly put the idea to the test, if I got into the top 10 worldwide in an aimtrainer, would I get better in fps games?

This is by far the most amount of time and effort I've ever put into a single video, even disregarding how long it took to actually get the scores this took ages to edit and script, I hope you all enjoy ❤️

The gameshow style fps I was playing at a few points throughout this vid is called the finals, its free on steam and the most fun I've had in an FPS in years, I highly recommend it ^^
The benchmarks I use are the season 3 voltaic kovaaks benchmarks, I chose them since I think they translate better to in game performance than the newer season 4 benchmarks or the aimlab benchmarks. If you'd like them yourself, go into the link below, click on file, make a copy and add your scores!
bit.ly/VTkvksprogressS3

Discord - discord.com/invite/sKWYAtGdKd

Chapters
0:00 - Intro
1:00 - My introduction to aimtraining
2:18 - Dimishing returns
3:00 - Why I stopped aimtraining
3:48 - Returning to aimtraining
5:46 - The grind for top 10
7:14 - Did it help?
7:45 - What I did differently
10:46 - Mouse control vs in game aim
12:04 - Closing thoughts

Music
Home - Half Moon
Home - Oddysey
Home - Byzantium
Home - Before the Night
Home - I will Forget
Home - Headcase
Home - Atlas

Peripherals/Settings
Mouse: OP1 8k
Mousepad: Artisan Shidenkai Xsoft
Keyboard: Wooting 60HE Modded
Headset: AKG 702
Microphone: Rode Procaster
Sensitivity: About 34cm but I change often
Resolution: 1920x1080 in everything but cs, 1280x960 for cs

Muscle memory is a myth (kinda)

Viscose 2024-01-30 | We've all heard it before, stick to one sensitivity to get good aim and if you change it you'll ruin your muscle memory. If this is true though, how can the best players change their sens all the time and still aim well?

The game I'm playing at a few points that isn't valorant or apex is called the finals, its free on steam and rly fun c:

To regular viewers, sry if this vid rehashes a lot of things u already know, ik this topic is a bit done to death with things like the VT article and how often its said in the discord but there aren't really any self contained videos about it so I thought I'd make one myself! Especially after all the comments I got on my accel vid telling me that I was wrong actually because accel ruins muscle memory. I hope the writing/editing make it an interesting watch if u already know everything here at least ^^

Study: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4747782/#R12
Discord - discord.gg/sKWYAtGdKd

0:00 - What is muscle memory?
1:05 - Consistency in your setup is impossible
1:45 - Why not just play the same sens anyway?
3:02 - John Hopkins Motor Skills Study
3:54 - Why do people aim worse after changing sens?
5:10 - Changing sens for isolated practice
5:50 - When you shouldn't change your sens
6:38 - Tenz's thoughts

Footage credits
Kabe - youtube.com/c/fpskabe
Matty - youtube.com/channel/UCqd4X68XQkoyCfuengTBmXw
Florescent - youtube.com/@florescenteve
Sarah - youtube.com/@sarah_frags
TenZ - youtube.com/channel/UCckPYr9b_iVucz8ID1Q67sw

Songs:
Lukrembo - Wine
Purrple Cat - Calm Waters
Lubrembo - Biscuit

Peripherals/Settings
Mouse: OP1we w Weight Mod and Lighter Switch Pack
Mousepad: Artisan Shidenkai xSoft/Artisan Zero Soft
Keyboard: Wooting 60HE Modded
Headset: AKG 702
Microphone: Rode Procaster
Sensitivity: Around 33cm/360 in most games and 0.18@1600 in val but I change a lot
Resolution: 1920x1080 in everything but cs, 1280x960 for cs

The recoil trick that made everyone think I was cheating - Recoil smoothing explained

Viscose 2024-01-01 | Hi! I've recently gotten a few comments on my videos about how I seemingly have no recoil when shooting so I thought I'd make a vid explaining this technique ^^ This is just my current understanding of how things work in the game, I don't have any insider info or anything, this is just what I've gathered from my own testing. I hope it's helpful :D

ALSO I DONT USE S TO STRAFE RIGHT I USE AN ALT LAYOUT I JUST FORGOT TO CHANGE IT FOR THE FOOTAGE LOL

Discord - discord.gg/sKWYAtGdKd

Music:
Untitledmellowbreakcore - vervid!
Midnight - vervid!

Peripherals/Settings
Mouse: OP1we w Weight Mod and Lighter Switch Pack
Mousepad: Artisan Shidenkai xSoft/Artisan Zero Soft
Keyboard: Wooting 60HE Modded
Headset: AKG 702
Microphone: Rode Procaster
Sensitivity: 18 in game, 1600dpi, 85% ads with focal length scaling off
Resolution: 1920x1080 in everything but cs, 1280x960 for cs

How important is shape? - OP1we Review

Viscose 2023-12-14 | Over the past two months the OP1we has easily taken the title of my favourite mouse, even though it's worse on paper compared to the majority of the mice I own. I wanted to go over why and talk about how much shape actually matters, and what EndGameGear did to make the OP1's shape stand out.

Discord - discord.gg/sKWYAtGdKd

Music:
Biscuit - Lukrembo
Windy - Purrple Cat

Peripherals/Settings
Mouse: OP1we w Weight Mod and Lighter Switch Pack
Mousepad: Artisan Shidenkai xSoft/Artisan Zero Soft
Keyboard: Wooting 60HE Modded
Headset: AKG 702
Microphone: Rode Procaster
Sensitivity: About 34cm but I change often
Resolution: 1920x1080 in everything but cs, 1280x960 for cs

best of 2023 :D

Viscose 2023-12-08 | this year was a bit of a rough one mechanically for me, I was busy with school n health stuff and just didnt feel very sharp, hence the shorter vid, but my performance in games rly picked up towards the end and I'm proud of how I've progressed c:

Peripherals/Settings
Mouse: OP1we w Weight Mod and Lighter Switch Pack
Mousepad: Artisan Shidenkai xSoft/Artisan Zero Soft
Keyboard: Wooting 60HE Modded
Headset: AKG 702
Microphone: Rode Procaster
Sensitivity: About 34cm but I change often
Resolution: 1920x1080 in everything but cs, 1280x960 for cs

Is mouse accel actually an aiming cheat code?

Viscose 2023-11-21 | Hi! If what I said at the end of the video sounds appealing to you, you can download rawaccel here - github.com/a1xd/rawaccel/releases

If you feel like this vid looks a bit familiar, that's probably for two reasons. I've made a video on accel in the past, but I didn't completely agree with the conclusion I came to and thought I set out my arguments rather poorly, so I decided to remake it! I'm also working on remaking the upscaling tutorial video and the one I made explaining my speed sheet, so if you're wondering where those went, they should be back up in a better form soon :D

The next reason this video might look familiar is that the entire vibe of the thumbnail is stolen from pinguefy's accel video LOL this isn't a callout or anything like that, pingu and I are besties and actually agree almost entirely about mouse accel now, they also gave feedback on my writing and helped me choose the music for this! The thumbnail is just a nice homage to a vid I appreciate a lot ^^

Also, sorry about the delay between vids. Between finishing school, being forced to scrap a video and working on other projects I didn't have too much time to make a vid that I was proud of. I'm done with school now tho so it shouldn't happen again c:

Discord - discord.gg/sKWYAtGdKd

Chapters
0:00 - Intro
0:29 - What is mouse accel and why do people use it?
1:50 - My struggles on accel
3:32 - Did turning off accel help me break my plateau?
4:15 - How accel can limit your improvement and the flaws with accel conceptually
6:29 - Should you try accel?

Peripherals/Settings
Mouse: OP1we w Weight Mod and Lighter Switch Pack
Mousepad: Artisan Zero Soft
Keyboard: Wooting 60HE Modded
Headset: AKG 702
Microphone: Rode Procaster
Sensitivity: About 34cm but I change often
Resolution: 1920x1080 in everything but cs, 1280x960 for cs

Viscose Live Stream

Viscose 2023-07-31 | ...

ads tracking in apex legends

Viscose 2023-04-08 | Bit of a lazy vid while I work on better projects, hope u still enjoy it tho :D

Preipherals/Settings
Sensitivity: 0.8@1600dpi hipfire, 1.1 ads
Mouse: HTX 4k/HTS+ 4k
Mousepad: Artisan Zero Soft/Artisan Raiden xSoft
Keyboard: Wooting 60HE
Headset: AKG 702
Microphone: AT2020
Resolution: 1920x1080

Song: soundcloud.com/xdividedx/green-eyes?si=72625c7abaad4c1a9a1a17c7c20db512&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

the best spray transfer youll see today

Viscose 2023-04-03 | 0.8@1600dpi

best of 2022 :D

Viscose 2022-12-18 | final vid of the year, thanks so much to everyone whos supported me
i got some exciting stuff planned for 2023 so keep an eye out ❤️

fragging to bars

Viscose 2022-11-24 | 0.6@1600
bars - atlas

tribute to wAFF

on & on

Viscose 2022-11-13 | 2.45@1600
starlight 12 + artisan raiden xsoft

last ow vid for a bit now i promise lol

song: youtu.be/AVRZXmg_iFE

soldier one trick

Viscose 2022-11-07 | starlight 12/hts+4k
artisan raiden xsoft/locus.gg sakura

song - youtu.be/LeBf0wh9n0E

overwatch 2 in 1000fps...

Viscose 2022-10-25 | the vid was recorded at a base fps of 120 and upscaled to 960 using smoothie. not quite 1k fps but close enough haha, hope it looks nice :D

for info abt smoothie check out discord.gg/CTT

2.45@1600dpi
either hts+ or starlight 12
raiden/otsu xsoft
song: soundcloud.com/ssilcia/couldnt-say

also all clips are quick play or customs cause i havent unlocked comp yet LOL

aiming accurately in apex #5

Viscose 2022-10-21 | 0.8@1600dpi

mouse: hts+4k, starlight 12 small
mousepad: otsu xsoft, spyre kamek

song: soundcloud.com/atlas/red?

the locket

Viscose 2022-09-29 | 5%@1600
80% ads sens

song is the locket by atlas
hts+ 4k and spyre kamek
ty 4 watch

target switching 360 static 20226 WR

Viscose 2022-09-03 | scores rly old but i never posted for some reason
hati s + hayate otsu
around 20cm i think? dont remember

target switching on a skypad

Viscose 2022-07-30 | i am now partnered with skypad! its a great mousepad and is rly fun to use, you can use my code Viscose at checkout for 10% off skypad-gaming.com/viscose. i get a small cut of every order so i really appreciate everyone who uses my code :D

pulsar xlite v2 mini and skypad 3.0
song is satin black by jake hill

ghosts

Viscose 2022-06-27 | 0.9@1600
pulsefire haste and spyre kamek
song: youtu.be/vJyR2QpHGvc

green eyes

Viscose 2022-06-24 | a lot of these clips r rly old but i didnt know what else to do with them lol, enjoy :D

mousepad and mouse changes a bunch, atm im on pulsefire haste and spyre kamek

aiming accurately in apex #4

Viscose 2022-06-09 | 0.85@1600dpi

song: soundcloud.com/atlas/cruisecontrol
pulsefire haste and spyre kamek

0:12 isnt a frame cut, obs just dropped a frame at the worst time :/ imgur.com/a/0PTnrfB

dumbass plays bad business

Viscose 2022-05-25 | 250 ping gamer

song: kllo - walls to build (mall grab remix)

sry for rushed vid i just wanna get something out before i go to dallas, better vids coming soon :D

also thanks to bee for letting me use her account so i dont have to level everything, love u btich ❤️

high strung

Viscose 2022-04-16 | pulsefire haste and spyre kamek
0.66@1600
song is high strung by atwood

aiming accurately in apex #3

Viscose 2022-04-10 | pulsefire haste and spyre kamek
0.85@1600

song: open.spotify.com/track/3n0Spg5IPvb2aXjEkn4exO?si=9f8acc0348e041ca

dumbass plays csgo

Viscose 2022-03-29 | 39cm/360, 0.66@1600
pulsefire haste and spyre kamek

song - youtu.be/A0Ws3rB5eg0

aiming accurately in apex #2

Viscose 2022-03-14 | pulsefire haste and spyre kamek
0.85@1600
windmills - atlas

chill cs frags

Viscose 2022-03-03 | been playing a bit more again, mayb more vids soon :D

0.67@1600
1728x1080 or 1280x960
pulsefire haste + spyre kamek

pattargetswitch easy 10950 #1

Viscose 2022-03-02 | old score, i privated at first cause i thought i would beat it but i never did lol

25cm
125ow
choked :

aiming accurately in apex

Viscose 2022-02-19 | 0.9@1600
gamesense radar and pulsefire haste
song is creed by chester watson

aim training in cod vanguard

Viscose 2022-02-09 | 18cm/360
pulsefire haste
gamesense radar

bf4 locker frags

Viscose 2022-01-15 | 6% hipfire 123% ads 1600dpi
mouse and pad change a lot
song: soundcloud.com/tragicherorecords/strawberry-girls-spanish-bay

switching targets in bfv #2

Viscose 2022-01-11 | all clips from today lol, i played out of my mind

6% 1600dpi 79% ads sens
vancer gretxa and gamesense radar
song is grey by atlas

tac fps clips

Viscose 2022-01-02 | im rly bad at r6 and val and the cs clips are all pretty old so this isnt my best vid, hope u still like it tho :D

song is wordsmith by atlas
mouse and pad changes like every clip

vanguard clips #2

Viscose 2021-12-24 | improved a lot at this game since my last vid, hope u enjoy :D

bunch of different mice + hayate otsu soft
4.4@1600 in game

autumn

Viscose 2021-12-17 | 0.9@1600
vancer gretxa + hayate otsu soft
soundcloud.com/atlas/autumn

best of 2021 :D

Viscose 2021-12-08 | ...

so i tried high sens...

Viscose 2021-11-17 | 17cm

flicking quickly in csgo

Viscose 2021-11-12 | ...

altitude

Viscose 2021-11-11 | 28cm/360
gretxa + hayate otsu

really happy with this vid :D

song: youtube.com/watch?v=iSakxpnnsBk