Why do Pros TILT their keyboard?

#shorts #esports #keyboard

There are pros out there - or sick freaks, as we like to call them - who tilt their keyboards to a degree that is, quite frankly, unacceptable.

To a more untrained eye, this looks ridiculous and painful.

But, apparently, some people swear by tilted keyboard setups.

Written by: Alina Sotula
Hosted by: Devin Coull
Edited by: Patrick Weiers
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[cameron]

The thing about symphuny’s upside down keyboard is that there is no advantage of saving space or reaching keys easier, it’s just a fun way to break your wrist.

[awokenday]

I can confirm that the vertical keyboard idea works best on laptop

[ironleeFPS]

That’s nothing. I play with my keyboard glued to my ceiling while I stand on a ladder.

[sturdystubs]

Many pros tilt their keyboard because back in the old days in LANs there wasn't as much desk space and they needed to adapt.

[darkrose]

Back in the olden days, when you wanted to go to LAN parties, you had to bring your pc and monitor, where you had to play in a limited table space. That meant that you had to make as much mouse space as possible by turning your keyboard vertical.

[Ineedtosleepnow]

Man's gonna freak out when he hears about 60% keyboards.

[PDXPro]

A 45 degree tilt is right on the sweet spot

[jovsby]

Real ones have their keyboard on the floor playing it with their feet

[heaven]

I remove my whole setup entirely so i have as much room as possible

[ariel_chess]

It's people that haven't been loved as child, so they unconsciously hug their keyboard as a trauma response 🤪

[definitelynotmeti]

Simple answer to that is when you play like that your whole arm is at rest since it's all in the table and for that it gives the sensation of perfect gameplay due to arm relaxation

[Kaarup_editz]

My setup: my monitor is 5 cm from my face, my keyboard is tiltes to 90 degrees

[AislingLER]

I usually use my feet to control my keyboard, that way I have the whole desk to work with

[savageboi]

I do tilt my keyboard a little bit but completely vertical is crazy 💀

[yousifgamer]

The last one left me hanging 😂
It got me dead 💀
* ba dum tss *

[tokin]

One of them acted like tilting the keyboard would shrink it

[EliteFreeman]

i like it when keys are facing the table and not the ceiling

[qzeze]

Vertical keyboards originate from the deep ends of the internet cafe when there is a little barrier between you and the other players near you and the monitor is barely not falling from the table

[aarinnnn]

Yo, the last guy rotated his keyboard 180 degree lol

[JorunnO]

I actually turn my keyboard 45 degrees, because it's a more ergonomic position for my hand to be in when gaming using WASD. When I have it horizontal my wrist has to be bent to use WASD, but when I turn my keyboard a bit, it's in a relaxed position where my wrist is in line with the rest of my arm.