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Aim Journal #1: 1000+ days straight of Kovaaks My name is Stefan(STE-FON). It's been nearly 4 years since I switched to MnK. I have achieved Grandmaster and my first Nova score from Voltaic's OG benchmarks. All after starting with an Apex KDA of 0.04, a 20 point 1wall6targets score in the bottom 1% of players, a 230-280 ms reaction time, joint mobility loss/pain resulting in an arthritis diagnosis at 21, a head injury that reset my benchmarks from Master back to Silver during my military service, and other priorities of life such as 10-16hr military shifts and my children. Much like yourself, when I started I assumed there was probably an upper limit to the skill it was possible FOR ME to achieve. However, the limits I placed on myself have long since been surpassed. If I can reach Nova, anyone can. Bad genetics may affect your rate of growth. However, your current peak is forever undefined and you will not reach it in this lifetime. We truly have no limits. Those 200hrs your spent hardstuck Gold only meant your training and understnaing of aim needed polishing. I hope to help. After nearly 3000 hrs of aim trainers, I feel that... I might be kinda decent, and my opinions might be worth something. So, I intend to share my musings through this series of Aim Journaling on various topics that come to me over time. I hope to both cement what I am learning, and provide guidance and optimized improvement for those that come after me. Whether you are considering starting aim training or you feel stuck below the advanced ranks, I hope to make this an excellent place to increase your aim knowledge. If you're ahead or beside me in the journey, please share your thoughts. I'll feed off of them. Retweet to help another go beyond their limits.

@artemis0h_ It is enjoyable, and it doesn’t play like Overwatch at all. It plays more like Apex Legends.

@sStriveFPS Is highguard actually enjoyable at least? I've only read headlines talking about how it's another overwatch clone, but I haven't even seen a clip, a gameplay, nor have I played the game

Not just low player counts, but irrational toxicity. Reasonable people don’t seek to interact with what they dislike, however Highguard haters are flooding Highguard communities with overly harsh negativity towards both the devs and anyone who enjoys the game.

@CalamariSteven @LemonadeUpgrade @PlayHighguard lol I wasn’t farming. I was fighting for my life. Game went all the way down to the wire.

@sStriveFPS @LemonadeUpgrade @PlayHighguard Farming kills in an L oof

This patch is live!

@LemonadeUpgrade @CalamariSteven @PlayHighguard Respectfully, I enjoy 5v5, and I’m not much of a bot.

@CalamariSteven @PlayHighguard 5v5 is so much worse and all the people who wanted it didnt stick around. clearly it just doesnt work with more players. 3v3 is the PERFECT mode for highguard and people who say otherwise are just bots, I get plenty of kills/dmg each game

What a terrible time to have eyes and ears.

i have a mental illness that makes me think people can change their minds if i present the correct arguments with the appropriate facts and data

The Foundations of Mouse Tracking in 1 Tweet Tracking Categories and What they Teach - Smoothness - Introduction to form use, tension application, and speed matching. Precision - Forces improvement of speed matching via gentle acceleration reading. Introduction to strafe reading with infrequent correction. Control - Moderate acceleration reading with increased demand for strafe reading and correction. Reactive - Heavy acceleration reading with frequent correction for strafes. Tension (simplest application) - Demand for proper tension budgeting/use grows as targets become more reactive. High Tension - Small/far/fast target Low Tension - Big/close/predictable target Form Use - Shoulder - Initiates motion, matches acceleration, pivot point Elbow/Forearm - Sweeps in long motions, helps to match speed Wrist - Flexes for short correction. Tightens in long motion/arm speed matching. Fingers - Flex for micros, press for stability/control Tension within your form - Shoulder - Tension for speed matching and correcting for acceleration Arm - Tension for stability. Notice how pressure into the sides of your mouse creates tension in top of forearm (tight wrist) For flexing/relaxed Wrist - Pressure into the mouse via index finger and/or other top finger(s) (notice tension on the inside of your forearm/elbow, up into your bicep) Fingers - Squeeze sides for speed matching, push down for stability and control (Don't forget your thumb and right side fingers can push down while they squeeze)

@moomeronthemoon The tutorial is way too long and dry, and the optimization bug SUCKED, so most people are hopping on the hate train. However, I love HIGHGUARD!

Finally tried Highguard for the first time yesterday and why is this shii kinda fun

@Yin_NGMI You talking about a game you like makes sense, but how much sense does it make to obsess over a game you dislike?

Haters: "Why don't you play instead of posting about Highguard if you enjoy it so much!?" Me: Streaming Highuard two days in a row. Come and hate on me for playing a dead game. 👇

@Stitchs_CS @RitalinCitizen @PlayHighguard The recoil makes the bullets go away from the center of your screen. You can tell if you have an on-screen dot for your monitor.

@RitalinCitizen @sStriveFPS @PlayHighguard uh the guns have spray patterns it doesn't move in anyway apart from where the spray goes theres no bloom in this game unless u are midair

@ethangach The game is fun. Needs some polish, but I’m geniunely enjoying myself.

Still out here playing

@AvaBl0om The people that need to understand this most will miss the message completely and attempt to justify their actions further by doing more of the same: inputting themselves to not only bash the game or harass devs, but to harass strangers online in communities that do enjoy it.

Quand je défends Highguard JE SAIS que c'est pas le fps de la décennie, que quoi qu'il arrive y'aurait jamais eu 100k joueurs. 10-15k sont suffisants pour faire vivre ce jeu. Mais vous vous rendez compte de l'image qui est envoyé aux développeurs indépendants? 1/?

If Highguard has a million fans, then I am one of them. If Highguard has ten fans, then I am one of them. If Highguard has only one fan then that is me. If the world is against Highguard, then I am against the world.

@DropHazard @Dexerto There is no resource prioritization meta. Kill the enemies. Take space, hold space, kill the enemies… raid their base. You don’t have to touch the resources unless there is something you want from the shop specifically.

so what your saying is.. highguard dev.... People took one look at the game & said, this is going to be bad. DESPITE THAT 14k people still played the game, tried it out, & decided.. Yep, it's bad, and/or worse than i thought. Personally, it took 1 round & "this game isn't for me" Start of round 2 I can see the gameplay loop, I can see the resource prioritization meta, im bored af already. DESPITE THAT, I played out the match & who would've guessed, I was right about the loop & I was right about the resource prioritization, won the match, uninstalled. Same old shit, different pattern, nothing new. DESPITE THAT! I'll likely reinstall and give the game another shot in a couple months... because.... I WANT THE GAME TO SUCCEED 😊 o7

A former Highguard developer blames “gamer culture” for the downfall of the game “Within minutes, it was decided: This game was dead on arrival ... at launch, we received over 14k review bombs from users with less than an hour of playtime”

@Rell11246661 @TheOldestGreg @RealRaegus @Dexerto That’s RNG. All of the weapons from the practice range are in the game, you just have to find them. Have 4-5 weapons you like and you’ll find 2. If you’re only looking for one particular weapon, you’ll find it if you COMM “Someone ping the Longhorn with Repeater for me.”

@TheOldestGreg @RealRaegus @Dexerto Then on top of that the gold weapons that are in training aren’t even in the main game. For example the hand cannon is fully automatic in the training mode but the online match it’s burst with shitty bullet velocity.

@RitalinCitizen @PlayHighguard I think guns moving away from the center of the screen during recoil is intentional.

@PlayHighguard Still not addressing mnk getting AA by plugging in a controller is a crazy or the center of the screen not properly tracking the recoil is a major L these should be high priority issues, maybe less so for the recoil but 100% mnk AA

How to immediately shut down someone who's rude or disrespectful:

@Joshiepoo25 Good game. Haters are just too loud.

@tsun_vt I geniunely thought this was an apex clip for a moment lol

HELLO THIS CHARACTER IS TOO COOL WHAT #Highguard

@AmmreR6 If they were twisted enough to start, then they’ll likely just keep going until they get caught. I believe that. I think there is a reasonable amount of punishment for any given crime, depending on the severity and scope of the actions, and maybe we just disagree here.