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1345 points philosopher1234 | 1 comments | 02 Feb 23 16:00 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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MuffinFlavored ◴[02 Feb 23 16:19 UTC] No.34628720[source]▶
Met what ended up being a great friend in real life somewhere in some random IRC room looking for a 5th member to join my friend's group

He had a special CRT monitor to get the best refresh rate to be as competitive as possible for the game

Feels like a lifetime ago

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Zurrrrr ◴[02 Feb 23 16:48 UTC] No.34629194[source]▶
"He had a special CRT monitor to get the best refresh rate to be as competitive as possible for the game"

People like that always trying to compensate for a lack of skill

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ackatz ◴[02 Feb 23 16:51 UTC] No.34629275[source]▶
Meanwhile all of the best players in the world are using 240hz monitors…
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kcb ◴[02 Feb 23 18:14 UTC] No.34630732[source]▶
Most of them purposely gimp themselves by running in 4:3. I've watched major tournament losses due to pro players not being able to spot someone they would if they were running widescreen.
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deadbunny ◴[02 Feb 23 19:49 UTC] No.34632042[source]▶
The reason they run 4:3 on 16:9 monitors is to stretch the horizontal and make their targets effectively larger on their screen.

Obviously that comes with downsides as you mention.

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1. mywittyname ◴[02 Feb 23 21:48 UTC] No.34633646[source]▶
i'm kind of surprised this isn't considered cheating. It's effectively zooming in.