Gaming pains; do you get them?!

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Any pains I used to get that were associated with gaming went away forever when I switched from pad to stick. The pad puts you at risk for tendon damage and blisters, whereas the stick is more ergonomically efficient.

If you’re on a stick and you still get pain in your hands/forearms, practice smoothly and economically executing the movements.

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i don’t think people should get pain at all if they play on sanwa stick and sanwa buttons… maybe slight fatigue in the left wrist if you continuously play for maaaany hours

meanwhile, american sticks rape both your hands

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Orka av is legit,

Anyway no i dont get pains, since I play stick. On pad i got blistrers and stuff. Really no one should be getting pains playing japanese stick.

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truth

ive been practicing on my american happ stick to get ready for MWC and it feels like i got carpal tunnel

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Practicing kara-demons for hours on end is not very fun.

Unless you actually do them consistently, of course.

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Same here.

Now that I’ve been animating full time for a year, I notice my thumb is really getting crushed by squeezing the pencil. My thumbnail is actually bent now.
So at the end of the day, charging on a pad doesn’t feel good.

My new stick is coming in either today or tomorrow though. Yay!

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I have Bal top and a stiff ass stick when I play Marvel. (Bat tops would feel weird for me, I can’t stop Imagining that Im playing with nuts instead of a joystick)

I get wrist and The top arm of my muscles hurt.

I’m 14, That shouldn’t be a good sign…

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nah no pain, but I feel some muscles twiching in my right arm sometimes.

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Your knuckles? O.o

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I feel ya, my fingers always ache when playing Rog

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I sometimes get pain in my left forearm, but that’s due to me using my whole arm instead of my wrist to do motions. I started on a Happ stick, so I got used to having to force everything.

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for some reason there was a time where I would constantly get severe wrist/arm pains from playing marvel…

lately it hasn’t happened though, even with practicing up for MWC and actually playing in MWC (4 days of marvel)

so I guess no more problems.

sometimes my fingers hurt too…mostly when I cut my nails too short…

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I don’t know what you’re talking about dude, jerkin’ it isn’t a wrist/fingers workout for me, it’s a shoulder and back exercise.

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Only when I play IIDX.
I’m sure most people would agree.