what is the most consistent way to flick?

is there such a thing as a perfect flick technique? we analyzed the most popular ways people perform flicks and tried to find the very best way to do it…

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» chapters:
0:00 intro
0:26 the most popular way to flick, is it good?
1:44 pushing the mouse into the pad
3:04 using your fingers as mouse skates
3:42 lifting your mouse to stop the sensor from tracking
4:51 what does an ideal flick technique even look like?
5:43 introducing: the tension release
6:59 what’s the point of overthinking technique like this?

» script by @pinguefy and @ViscoseOCE
» edited by @TheLetterDex and @pinguefy

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Deadly Premonition OST - In a Jazzy Mood
Hara Noda - Five Leaves
Magnus Ludvigsson - Postcard from June
J.R. Productions - Exhibit A
FTL Multiverse OST - Duskbringer Explore
Thorn to Liver - Arrhythmia (please listen to @trevorhilton1143 he’s so good!!)
Hexcells OST - Track 9
Celeste OST - Exhale

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what's the best way to flick in FPS games?

[crabelol]

Voltaic discord gang is first to the party 🙏

[naimakka]

lifting up the mouse to stop the flick just blew my mind😭

[YanniTheGoat]

I love how clear and concise this video is. I've never really thought about how I flicked until now. Truly another voltaic banger.

[levuthaison]

I feel like the technique that you are recommending (tension release) got explained the least, while all other techniques got explained better. Can you make another video that dives deeper into tension release and how to transition to this technique?

[MikeGrauhr]

i love how respectful you treat every opinion.
high tension flick techs also have other disadvantages regarding endurance and health.
imo esports should still focus at learning a lot from other sports and music for the next decade! we humans have already put hundreds and sometimes thousands of years into perfecting those techs.

[saint]

this video honestly deserves more support i basically already have flicking down and the video helped make sure of that but this would help alot of people

[abhishekak]

being relaxed on purpose while still maintaining accuracy and speed is the purest form of skill. making your arm tighter will get you your new highscore now. you choose.

[MrVirtuezzz]

would love more videos discussing correct or good technique/form when aiming

[WowzackElite]

Where do you keep your eyes focused while tracking and flicking in games? Does focusing too intently on the target you are tracking cause too much tunnel vision? When flicking, the center image of your screen changes immediately to the location you flicked to, how do you sync your eyes to quickly adjust to this sudden change in order to refocus? (How does this impact the action of micro-adjusting?)

[oshi]

Banger vid. Im usually pretty skeptical with videos like these and was ready to click off multiple times but you were quick to the point. That and bringing awareness to all aiming styles to encourage more critical thinking was pretty cool

[demseCS]

this is why i am subbed to this channel. absolute masterpiece of a video!

[KaylonR]

"You might be fucking wrong" lmfao

[iptis]

omg that music edit with the aiming footage at 5:00, was amazing. got goosebumps. after checking the description for the music i was amazed how underrated the artist was. today i listened to the whole album while running and gotta say it was a blast. thank you for the music recommendation!!

[Cedric_]

A big component people won’t realize thats very important for release tension flicking (I’ve always heard it called burst since all your power comes at the start and your hand ends up calm at the end) is mouse weight. People will naturally develop a flick that works for them, and very possibly, their current system is reasonable. If your mouse is too light, it straight up won’t work without adjustment. Try flicking with nothing in your hand. For my hand size, I must apply a counter force at some point.

Theres also a noticeable difference for large flicks going left vs right. The muscles you’re using arent exactly mirrored. You’re also holding your mouse a certain way. For right handers, left flicks tend to be better for example.

Frequency and sensitivty also will very much change tour method. Compare a counterstrike player to a overwatch tracer main. I wouldnt be suprised if tracer’s sensitivty was literally 20x higher. Longer flicks, and especially turning, will now use different mechanics of the body. Tracer probably wants to be only using finger/wrist to aim and elbow to 180, cs players tend to incorporate shoulder significantly more to turn around and elbow to aim. Watch players right shoulders when playing.

[TheRodoeht]

For flicks and in general I really think the finger skate technique struth uses is very interesting. With it you always have the mouse lifted of the pad by having your fingers pinched under the mouse. This way you always need to control your friction by control the pressure you apply to the pad and you can always use the technique to stop a flick by lifting the sensor with minimal downtime because you're always riding the line of the lift of distance anyway.

However I imagine it takes a lot of practice to learn this unique technique and you might sacrifice other parts of your aim.

[unclesam]

7:22 shoutouts for using a jay clip, though the way most team fortress 2 players aim would have aim trainers puzzled xd

[ghoSt-]

Best thing its free knowledge thank you Voltaic keep up with it.

[Thunderballlp]

good video, very informative and good line of explanation

[cian]

your voice and narration are incredible pinguefy, good video!

[MikeEdwardsOG]

I've been playing mnk since Unreal in 1998 and wow...I imagine this must be what it felt like to go from watching black and white television to color.