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Actually many mousepads are made like this on purpose.

 

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Originally Posted by the1freeMan

Actually many mousepads are made like this on purpose.

I can't find the reason behind it. Care to name any which are not made this way?

 

sorry, if you cant handle this slight variation in a cloth mousepad, which is normal, i dont really see how you could call yourself a competetive gamer.

But if you really want a mousepad without variations, you need to look for hard plastic maths. Like 9HD from Steelseries.

 

Puretrak Talent here. The "weft" of the pad does have a difference along the x and y axis- but only to a finger's touch. My G502 with pretty new skids moves the same distance with the same force applied across both axis.

 

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Originally Posted by Kitzstyle

sorry, if you cant handle this slight variation in a cloth mousepad, which is normal, i dont really see how you could call yourself a competetive gamer.

But if you really want a mousepad without variations, you need to look for hard plastic maths. Like 9HD from Steelseries.

What im saying is that it's not optimal (for me at least). I play CS:GO as Global Elite and have also played CS:Source with top pros. Any inconsistency in muscle memory is bad in my opinion.

 

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Originally Posted by EvenR

What im saying is that it's not optimal (for me at least). I play CS:GO as Global Elite and have also played CS:Source with top pros. Any inconsistency in muscle memory is bad in my opinion.

Your muscle memory is more than capable of adapting to slight variations in pad friction from axis to axis.

 

As someone who played professionally, this is not a real issue. You realize that a lot of sponsored players just use whatever they are told to. Also I dont think any cloth pad will have a consistent X and Y friction because of how they are woven, you would need to buy a mousepad of another material, like plastic, to achieve even friction.

 

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Originally Posted by EvenR

I can't find the reason behind it. Care to name any which are not made this way?

I'd say one reason at least is that most mouse feet are longer sideways than they are vertically.
An other one would be to aid horizontal pans for head shots on strafing enemies.

 

would i be wrong to say that
1. all cloth is faster/smoother in one direction anyway
2. for mousepads it would only make sense to align that direction horizontally or vertically; otherwise moving the mouse "northeast" would be different from moving the mouse "northwest".
3. in general horizontal movement happens more than vertical movement
4. thus for most cloth pads the fast direction of the cloth is aligned horizontally
?

 

Certainly there's a difference moving the mouse from left to right, moving it up-left or down right, and moving it up and down.

The more vertical the movement the more resistance. The more horizontal the movement the smoother/faster it is. It's annoying!

So yes, it's the horizontal direction that is faster and i'd guess it's the same on other mouse mats that have varying resistance.

Why should it be impossible to find a mouse mat that has a weave/pattern which is evenly smooth vertical and horizontal?

 

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Originally Posted by qsxcv

would i be wrong to say that
1. all cloth is faster/smoother in one direction anyway

There are ways around it, heat treatment for example.

 

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Originally Posted by EvenR

Certainly there's a difference moving the mouse from left to right, moving it up-left or down right, and moving it up and down.

The more vertical the movement the more resistance. The more horizontal the movement the smoother/faster it is. It's annoying!

So yes, it's the horizontal direction that is faster and i'd guess it's the same on other mouse mats that have varying resistance.

Why should it be impossible to find a mouse mat that has a weave/pattern which is evenly smooth vertical and horizontal?

It is impossible because any sort of cloth that would be used for this doesn't work that way. $10k racing bikes, made of carbon fiber, have to use multiple "sheets" to accommodate the directional differences in the material. For a $5 manuf. cost mousepad, there really won't be another technique.

Your muscle memory is more accommodating than you think- slight bio mechanical differences in moving your wrist a certain way would make much more of a difference in the perceived force required to move the mouse.

 

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Originally Posted by Citius117

Your muscle memory is more accommodating than you think- slight bio mechanical differences in moving your wrist a certain way would make much more of a difference in the perceived force required to move the mouse.

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