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Smooth Meter 2017 -- GUIDE

• Dneirf 438 Posts

  Fri, May 12 2017 2:19 AM

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• DonCaron 5,502 Posts

  Fri, May 12 2017 3:47 AM

  Thank You. A game Mouse does make a big difference

• DocFox54 302 Posts

  Fri, May 12 2017 6:29 AM

  alanti:

  AgentBrown123:

  I'm done helping.

  It has been a while since I looked at the forum, and as I am on a break from playing, thought I would kill a few minutes at lunch.

  The OP is certainly respected in my eyes, he has proven he is one of the top players with the success to back that up.

  I am only an average player, using a cheap mouse, so I borrowed a gaming mouse........and did it make a difference? YES, an unequivocal yes.

  Is it a game changer for me? Probably not as I only play for fun, but the mouse did make a noticeable difference, however this was not the only advice AB game.

  All too often in the forums we see some users tearing apart every word of advice someone offers (and this is not aimed specifically at anyone) but when a top player offers advice.......is it not worth listening too?

  Respect is earned, and AB has that in spades from me.

  So I hope you continue to offer tips and advice, so players can improve their game if they choose. Often there are several paths that lead to the same destination......some may take longer than others, but does not make one route necessarily better than another. AB gave an option or path that may help.

   

   +1

  Okay...  it ALL might be in my head ::roll eyes::  (but does that make a difference?  NO!)

  ...but the OP IS one of the premier players on WGT and he DOES know what the heck he is talking about (his avg. and result in major tournaments prove him out).

  IRL I spent the time to listen to better players and invest in my game by buying an oversized driver.  The result was that my score dropped.  In WGT I've. listened to a better player and invested in my game by buying a better mouse and monitor.  The result is that my score dropped AND I AM ENJOYING THE GAME MORE!

  BTW, with all this talk about  whatever-seconds, what hasn't been mentioned is that most better gaming mice are much more ergonomic (read fit your hand better and move more consistently) and have better (read shorter) movements than cheap mice.

  Anyways, THANK YOU AgentBrown123  you are doing many of us a great service by sharing you knowledge and experience.  It is VERY appreciated.

• Dneirf 438 Posts

  Fri, May 12 2017 1:50 PM

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• Dneirf 438 Posts

  Fri, May 12 2017 3:29 PM

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• 1,866 Posts

  Sat, May 13 2017 12:01 AM

  AB, while I agree that the speed of the mouse is important, it's nowhere near the top, from my personal experience. 

  There are many other things that affect this. For me, it's how a mouse sits in my hand and how I'm positioned (how high I'm sitting compared to the table). Funny, how little things like that changes the timing one has. It also makes a difference in how fast one clicks. For me, a smaller and flatter mouse works best. 

  I've had the same mouse (5eur, I think) for my first 4 years, by the end it was held together with duct tape, with wires hanging out. It was, but when it finally kicked the bucket, I bought a similar design (and price) and got used to it very quickly.

  Getting to my point now, I took that 1st mouse around everywhere I played. At home, at work and at my sister's house. The performance was not the same. The main differencce (imo) came from different OS. I've always had the smoothest meter and best timing (by a country mile), when playing on Windows XP. That's because it has the least delay, when working with flash. 

  The other big thing is CPU usage. When my PC (an ancient machine with 0,5 gig RAM and W XP, but the best for this game out of anything I played on) broke last fall and I had to switch to a laptop with Win 7, the meter was terrible. Jerky and stopped whenever it felt like it. It improved to 100 great when I turned off Windows update, so it doesn't even searh for one any more. Then I only had to adjust my timing and muscle memory to the bigger flash delay on Win7  and after a few months I'm fairly confident with my timing. And the meter is reasonably smooth, not as good as it was on the old crappy PC, but better than I ever hoped for. Needless to say, everything else needs to be turned off ;-)

  As for browsers, I never tried anything other than W IE, FF and Chrome. Everything work great and the same on XP, but only Chrome and FF work well on Win7. Btw, I now have Win10 at work and the game is unplayable on it, you click and the meter stops a day later. Tried it with the same mouse I play with from home, it made zero difference.

  But, what you wrote obviously works for you, so there's no doubt it can work for many more people. Just not for all ;-)

• sp820 1 Posts

  Sat, May 13 2017 12:36 AM

  Good wired mouse has nothing to do with jerky meter.  Only helps prevent that occasional slide by passed ding that sends your shot 40 feet to the right. Wireless mouse good  9 out of 10 shots.  Rather go wired and be good 10 out of 10.  Just my humble opinion.

   

• joemt825 124 Posts

  Sat, May 13 2017 12:51 AM

  Forum heroes here will argue the hind leg off a mule AB.  Better to not even try to help.  Their wisdom will ground you down to a nub.  : (

• 1,866 Posts

  Sat, May 13 2017 1:21 AM

  joemt825:

  Forum heroes here will argue the hind leg off a mule AB.  Better to not even try to help.  Their wisdom will ground you down to a nub.  : (

  Not sure I fully understand this. The majority of comments have been either supportive or constructive accounts of other seasoned players, sharing their own experiences. With a few silly comments in between.

  Then there's our backwards friend with his usual verbal masturbation, who is his own biggest fan. But I don't think any sane person takes the dude seriously. Or amusing, for that matter.

  I respect AB, his game and his efforts to improve other people's experience. I just wanted to share my experience from my years of playing. Nobody denies that a better mouse will better one's game. won't make the meter any smoother (as per the thread title, lol), but a quicker reaction time is always better.

  It's just that the same fix will never work the same on every computer. Same as with browsers, some work great on your computer, some don't. Other people may have the exact opposite experience.

  When it comes to the meter, the only thing that's a pure fact and goes for every machine and person, is that the internet connection speed has zero affect on your meter. everything else is different for different circumstances.