May 26, 2022 5:23 PM
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LavaAxe
Many gaming screens can enable a crosshairs on the display like this
BeerandCats
Used to tape a piece of acrylic sheet over my CRT back in the day for games that didn't have crosshairs or I didn't want to scope in
DaveSamsonite
Or a piece of regular office tape…
kitenkatt
No wonder they wanna ban CRT /s
Frogasmol
I used to cut out a small crosshair from the sticky part of a post-it
ImSorryImgurImNotAPerfectSpellerPleaseDontHateMeForever
Same but for halo with skulls on.
MaadMaanMaatt
That’s exactly what I did in Gears of War series because ether hip for didn’t hit middle it was just off.
Icedpryo
You know you can turn on a reticle for the awp in the console right?
SlowerSloth81
Wait I want to see more malamute and or hear his ideas on this!
ShadowValley
This was used all the way back in the 90's, I still remember we had lan parties and there was always 1 guy that did that on his CRT.
Blackfinity
Give that doggo a treat for suggesting this to you.
DaneBrass
I did that when playing Day of Defeat back in the day, I got kicked out for "hacking" quite often.
Dagordae
That reaction delay though. Was he playing in Silver 1 or something?
Cmbyrd0001
I... uh... always put the X on scotch tape, but whatever works I guess?
OlemGolem
Why didn't he use a bit of sticky-note so he could remove it when doing other things? Now he has a permanent cross on his laptop during other work.
KingMCG
If it’s stupid but it works, it’s not stupid.
Cyclicus
LOL, Sharpie hack
JoeT85
Yeah, might not want to do that
Atomic2
Sharpie comes right off of glass. Back in the day of CRT monitors I did it all the time.
M4Firefly
some gaming monitors let you overlay a crosshair over the display, this is the cheaper way
jridley
I think I'd use a dry erase, not a Sharpie.
kodiak931155
I used a piece of scotch tape then ultra fune sharpie
Imgerruinedimger
Use a fine tip sharpie. Use isopropyl alcohol and it comes right off.
jonlememe
Probably all the people sucks at counterstrike - cos he is on a MacBook Pro!
Trelis
Guess we can let the poor macbook player cheat a bit, must suck to use apple laptop for gaming.
SelloxSmuggler
Geees never heard of a sticker before. We did this 20 years ago. Lowest resolution, pixel shooting
Narfwak
we used to do this with a little piece of scotch tape for scouts n knivez in CS 1.6
JAPONfan
I would argue that using in game crosshair is easier.
MyHuskyAteMySandwichAgain
Until the game has visual recoil or "gun shake".
bannedfornudity
You need to zoom in to get a crosshairs with the awp in this game.
RoninOni
There’s 3rd party “hacks” that add digital center dot & doesn’t trip any hack detection because it doesn’t modify anything. Just an overlay
Grenateh
This trick is literally older than the person recording and everything else in the video combined.
SirJimmothy
Legendary
spiceass9000
Bro people have been doing this for decades. Most games fix this by having a spread when at hipfire. Which can usually be overridden 1/2
By “quickscoping” just the act of aiming in for even a millisecond usually removes the spread
SaturnineCult
So, are those games made in the way that the first hit is always in the middle and next ones are spread, or how does this work?
Same games don’t do spread with snipers. If it’s in the middle you hit them. Others realized it was being exploited and adapted by adding it
Their flaw though is the simple premise that zooming in removes the spread. Allowing you to click the zoom in button right before firing
And removing the spread
NarratorDurden
My screen has an option for 3 different colors of dots centered, built in reticle.
All you guys with your fancy monitors living in the 22nd century
PlankTableGo
Hellstorm99
Sub-urban - Cradles. It isn't a bad song, just didn't need to be attached to this video.
TheDudeanator
I've seen a magnifying glass setup done like that for overwatch
sweetnaivety
Oh yeah wasn't that some top Mcree player or something?
I don't recall
KaraokeLemur
My Asus monitors have a similar feature built in. I wonder if people are actually using it.
Magus25
I think it only works if the in game reticle is dead center. Some games place them slightly above or below the mid line.
Racealistic
My asus monitor has it too never used it. How hardcore can you get
I considered using it while playing Sea of Thieves but couldn't be arsed to use the seconds it would take to set it up.
Exactly my feelings about it. Shame you can't macro it or i could use it more often.
Tell me about it...
colopctech
maybe its just me, but wouldnt a dry erase marker be a better choice?
ThefluteCaptainPicardplayedfirstinhisimaginationtheninreallife
that sounds like quitter talk to me
TheGreatAtomsk
eh, it's just a macbook.
ForceAwakenWasLame
How dare you
MTsumi
A simple crosshair program works and is not detectable as a hack.
Enigmastick
Blu-tack works pretty well.
MithridateEupator
We used to use a ripped off piece of sticky note
girlfartjapan
Could use a piece of plastic film covering the screen. Then you don’t directly interact with the screen surface
Sharpie’s fine on a screen like this. Don’t try it on a matte laptop screen though
DrSleepyPhZzz
Any screen name of polycarbonate will partially dissolve in acetone (a solvent to remove permanent marker). I have, um, made this mistake.
navyjeff
Use alcohol next time. Isopropyl or ethanol works.
*made of
CaptainThePirate
But pro tip: if you get sharpie on something, you can just write over it with dry erase and then wipe off the dry erase. Not kidding.
Colopty
The better choice would be using crosshair overlay software.
Enol13
Great way to get banned
WeylandYutaniCorp
Or, hear me out, clear plastic sheet over the monitor.
necrojoe
Don't some online services/games try to detect those?
SerialChickenLover
You could also use the corner of a post-it note or duct tape if you’re really worried about damaging your screen.
Fuzzbob
Can you get banned for life hax?
OkButWhyWereTheyFilming
Yes and who are you calling Hax???
OddlyPacific
Only by your parents
nanamonster
No, that's called abortion
r4nt
somf
RhamnusiaThePaladin
just use clear tape with the x on it
Gravevoid
RealRaceRiotsAreAboutGettingBlueshelledInMarioKart
Path of exile bans you if you so much as use a popsicle stick to press several buttons at once
NorthSideSoldier
Lol really?
Tisbutafleshwound
Soft ban but yes. I did it for a league anyway and I was fine. I think that it is hard to prove.
HsuDoNihm
Some? My cheapass monitor has this and it's 6 years old.
I'm sorry, I lied. 4 years old.
jimmyman999000
Liar liar pants on fire!
They keep me warm.
corbor4
I wish. Sadly, I've been celibate for some time. That last gf... oof.
anyofmany
only on LAN
SmHELLboy89
Yus
HiddenSanity
My brothers friend got temp banned and then investigated for this way back in the early days of online gaming.
user3827492
Don't tell anyone
mikeatike
It was probably 20 years ago, so its ok to tell us now.
Well, it was that and timing his lag by firing before going around the corner if so he'd shoot people before they could react.
MrZev
But that wouldn't work because his movement is delayed too.
Nah, because the next second or w/e of movement is input and the shot will happen in a second as well.
My favorite strat is shooting before going around the corner. If you know where they are, they can't react with high dps weapons
E.G. That sniper spot someone is always in
amp99
Fun fact: this doesn't work very well because the unscoped accuracy of the AWP is quite bad at anything but close range. The Scout's... 1/x
unscoped accuracy is significantly better than the AWP's, for example. 2/2
BitchButcher
CS 1.5 4ever!
MostlyDinosaurs
I havent played this, so you cant turn on crosshairs in that game?
Lichelf
The game is called Counter Strike, most guns have crosshairs (customizable ones too) but not snipers.
alaest0r
When not scoped in, RNG inaccuracy (weapon spread) is super high. Those shots are luck. Sharpie is dumb and useless
Eniff
Counter Strike has predictable shot spread patterns and the first shot with the AWP is dead on target I believe.
No; inaccuracy spread is random, spray patterns are predictable. Unless something changed since i played competitively. (link ->)
https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/65jy6c/awp_noscope_accuracy/
Treequux
There are quite a few gaming monitors that have a crosshair that you put on screen. It's in the settings for the monitor itself.
cheeseguy3412
Yep, there's tons of this stuff. Asus's Sonic Radar software shows enemy positions from audio data. Shit comes standard these days.
kuriosly
Yep mine does.
Deathpunkin
so. Monitor companies are now giving out what is essentially... a cheat.. lovely
They have been for a long time. First time I saw it was over 10 years ago.
cbmech7
I accidentally pressed a button on my monitor and I discovered it had that, I was clueless what is was for.
Br0doSwaggins
Dumb question, is there a significant difference between using a standard computer monitor and a gaming monitor?
mardukkur
THE FRAMES!
Higher refresh rate, lower latency. Good features to have, though available on monitors that don't advertise as "gamer", for cheaper.
FussyZeus
Higher refresh rates, lower response times, and fancy toys like frame counters and crosshairs. I have a ROG 40" 4K at 120hz. Fuckin love it.
AleksStark
Cause I can't find a gpu I only go 2k -_-
SteelTech
Look at the specs. You can get a greater pixel density, higher refresh rate, lower response time. There are other higher end monitors...
that are focused on photography/film. Where color quality is more important than other features.
Filanwizard
Depends on your use case, for gaming yes. For production I would go by reviews. Some gaming monitors have good color accuracy some don’t.
If you only do production stuff like video I’d get a monitor angled to that of course
AnythingMuchShorter
That really depends on the specs, gaming monitor just implies things like higher framerate, lower lag.
Jonsse
Higher FPS helps you see movement and details better. the 4ms vs 2ms vs 1ms response time also can make a difference.
Kind of, but not really. Gaming monitors tend to have higher refresh rates than most other monitors, and features like the crosshair.
LavaAxe
Many gaming screens can enable a crosshairs on the display like this
BeerandCats
Used to tape a piece of acrylic sheet over my CRT back in the day for games that didn't have crosshairs or I didn't want to scope in
DaveSamsonite
Or a piece of regular office tape…
kitenkatt
No wonder they wanna ban CRT /s
Frogasmol
I used to cut out a small crosshair from the sticky part of a post-it
ImSorryImgurImNotAPerfectSpellerPleaseDontHateMeForever
Same but for halo with skulls on.
MaadMaanMaatt
That’s exactly what I did in Gears of War series because ether hip for didn’t hit middle it was just off.
Icedpryo
You know you can turn on a reticle for the awp in the console right?
SlowerSloth81
Wait I want to see more malamute and or hear his ideas on this!
ShadowValley
This was used all the way back in the 90's, I still remember we had lan parties and there was always 1 guy that did that on his CRT.
Blackfinity
Give that doggo a treat for suggesting this to you.
DaneBrass
I did that when playing Day of Defeat back in the day, I got kicked out for "hacking" quite often.
Dagordae
That reaction delay though. Was he playing in Silver 1 or something?
Cmbyrd0001
I... uh... always put the X on scotch tape, but whatever works I guess?
OlemGolem
Why didn't he use a bit of sticky-note so he could remove it when doing other things? Now he has a permanent cross on his laptop during other work.
KingMCG
If it’s stupid but it works, it’s not stupid.
Cyclicus
LOL, Sharpie hack
JoeT85
Yeah, might not want to do that
Atomic2
Sharpie comes right off of glass. Back in the day of CRT monitors I did it all the time.
M4Firefly
some gaming monitors let you overlay a crosshair over the display, this is the cheaper way
jridley
I think I'd use a dry erase, not a Sharpie.
kodiak931155
I used a piece of scotch tape then ultra fune sharpie
Imgerruinedimger
Use a fine tip sharpie. Use isopropyl alcohol and it comes right off.
jonlememe
Probably all the people sucks at counterstrike - cos he is on a MacBook Pro!
Trelis
Guess we can let the poor macbook player cheat a bit, must suck to use apple laptop for gaming.
SelloxSmuggler
Geees never heard of a sticker before. We did this 20 years ago. Lowest resolution, pixel shooting
Narfwak
we used to do this with a little piece of scotch tape for scouts n knivez in CS 1.6
JAPONfan
I would argue that using in game crosshair is easier.
MyHuskyAteMySandwichAgain
Until the game has visual recoil or "gun shake".
bannedfornudity
You need to zoom in to get a crosshairs with the awp in this game.
RoninOni
There’s 3rd party “hacks” that add digital center dot & doesn’t trip any hack detection because it doesn’t modify anything. Just an overlay
Grenateh
This trick is literally older than the person recording and everything else in the video combined.
SirJimmothy
ADegenFromUpcountry
Legendary
spiceass9000
Bro people have been doing this for decades. Most games fix this by having a spread when at hipfire. Which can usually be overridden 1/2
spiceass9000
By “quickscoping” just the act of aiming in for even a millisecond usually removes the spread
SaturnineCult
So, are those games made in the way that the first hit is always in the middle and next ones are spread, or how does this work?
spiceass9000
Same games don’t do spread with snipers. If it’s in the middle you hit them. Others realized it was being exploited and adapted by adding it
spiceass9000
Their flaw though is the simple premise that zooming in removes the spread. Allowing you to click the zoom in button right before firing
spiceass9000
And removing the spread
NarratorDurden
My screen has an option for 3 different colors of dots centered, built in reticle.
ADegenFromUpcountry
All you guys with your fancy monitors living in the 22nd century
PlankTableGo
Hellstorm99
Sub-urban - Cradles. It isn't a bad song, just didn't need to be attached to this video.
TheDudeanator
I've seen a magnifying glass setup done like that for overwatch
sweetnaivety
Oh yeah wasn't that some top Mcree player or something?
TheDudeanator
I don't recall
KaraokeLemur
My Asus monitors have a similar feature built in. I wonder if people are actually using it.
Magus25
I think it only works if the in game reticle is dead center. Some games place them slightly above or below the mid line.
Racealistic
My asus monitor has it too never used it. How hardcore can you get
KaraokeLemur
I considered using it while playing Sea of Thieves but couldn't be arsed to use the seconds it would take to set it up.
Racealistic
Exactly my feelings about it. Shame you can't macro it or i could use it more often.
KaraokeLemur
Tell me about it...
colopctech
maybe its just me, but wouldnt a dry erase marker be a better choice?
ThefluteCaptainPicardplayedfirstinhisimaginationtheninreallife
that sounds like quitter talk to me
TheGreatAtomsk
eh, it's just a macbook.
ForceAwakenWasLame
How dare you
MTsumi
A simple crosshair program works and is not detectable as a hack.
Enigmastick
Blu-tack works pretty well.
MithridateEupator
We used to use a ripped off piece of sticky note
girlfartjapan
Could use a piece of plastic film covering the screen. Then you don’t directly interact with the screen surface
ADegenFromUpcountry
Sharpie’s fine on a screen like this. Don’t try it on a matte laptop screen though
DrSleepyPhZzz
Any screen name of polycarbonate will partially dissolve in acetone (a solvent to remove permanent marker). I have, um, made this mistake.
navyjeff
Use alcohol next time. Isopropyl or ethanol works.
DrSleepyPhZzz
*made of
CaptainThePirate
But pro tip: if you get sharpie on something, you can just write over it with dry erase and then wipe off the dry erase. Not kidding.
Colopty
The better choice would be using crosshair overlay software.
Enol13
Great way to get banned
WeylandYutaniCorp
Or, hear me out, clear plastic sheet over the monitor.
necrojoe
Don't some online services/games try to detect those?
SerialChickenLover
You could also use the corner of a post-it note or duct tape if you’re really worried about damaging your screen.
Fuzzbob
Can you get banned for life hax?
OkButWhyWereTheyFilming
Yes and who are you calling Hax???
OddlyPacific
Only by your parents
nanamonster
No, that's called abortion
r4nt
somf
RhamnusiaThePaladin
just use clear tape with the x on it
Gravevoid
RealRaceRiotsAreAboutGettingBlueshelledInMarioKart
Path of exile bans you if you so much as use a popsicle stick to press several buttons at once
NorthSideSoldier
Lol really?
Tisbutafleshwound
Soft ban but yes. I did it for a league anyway and I was fine. I think that it is hard to prove.
M4Firefly
some gaming monitors let you overlay a crosshair over the display, this is the cheaper way
HsuDoNihm
Some? My cheapass monitor has this and it's 6 years old.
HsuDoNihm
I'm sorry, I lied. 4 years old.
jimmyman999000
Liar liar pants on fire!
HsuDoNihm
They keep me warm.
corbor4
HsuDoNihm
I wish. Sadly, I've been celibate for some time. That last gf... oof.
anyofmany
only on LAN
SmHELLboy89
Yus
HiddenSanity
My brothers friend got temp banned and then investigated for this way back in the early days of online gaming.
user3827492
Don't tell anyone
mikeatike
It was probably 20 years ago, so its ok to tell us now.
HiddenSanity
Well, it was that and timing his lag by firing before going around the corner if so he'd shoot people before they could react.
MrZev
But that wouldn't work because his movement is delayed too.
HiddenSanity
Nah, because the next second or w/e of movement is input and the shot will happen in a second as well.
user3827492
My favorite strat is shooting before going around the corner. If you know where they are, they can't react with high dps weapons
HiddenSanity
E.G. That sniper spot someone is always in
amp99
Fun fact: this doesn't work very well because the unscoped accuracy of the AWP is quite bad at anything but close range. The Scout's... 1/x
amp99
unscoped accuracy is significantly better than the AWP's, for example. 2/2
BitchButcher
CS 1.5 4ever!
MostlyDinosaurs
I havent played this, so you cant turn on crosshairs in that game?
Lichelf
The game is called Counter Strike, most guns have crosshairs (customizable ones too) but not snipers.
MostlyDinosaurs
alaest0r
When not scoped in, RNG inaccuracy (weapon spread) is super high. Those shots are luck. Sharpie is dumb and useless
Eniff
Counter Strike has predictable shot spread patterns and the first shot with the AWP is dead on target I believe.
alaest0r
No; inaccuracy spread is random, spray patterns are predictable. Unless something changed since i played competitively. (link ->)
alaest0r
https://www.reddit.com/r/GlobalOffensive/comments/65jy6c/awp_noscope_accuracy/
Treequux
There are quite a few gaming monitors that have a crosshair that you put on screen. It's in the settings for the monitor itself.
cheeseguy3412
Yep, there's tons of this stuff. Asus's Sonic Radar software shows enemy positions from audio data. Shit comes standard these days.
kuriosly
Yep mine does.
Deathpunkin
so. Monitor companies are now giving out what is essentially... a cheat.. lovely
Treequux
They have been for a long time. First time I saw it was over 10 years ago.
cbmech7
I accidentally pressed a button on my monitor and I discovered it had that, I was clueless what is was for.
Br0doSwaggins
Dumb question, is there a significant difference between using a standard computer monitor and a gaming monitor?
mardukkur
THE FRAMES!
Colopty
Higher refresh rate, lower latency. Good features to have, though available on monitors that don't advertise as "gamer", for cheaper.
FussyZeus
Higher refresh rates, lower response times, and fancy toys like frame counters and crosshairs. I have a ROG 40" 4K at 120hz. Fuckin love it.
AleksStark
Cause I can't find a gpu I only go 2k -_-
SteelTech
Look at the specs. You can get a greater pixel density, higher refresh rate, lower response time. There are other higher end monitors...
SteelTech
that are focused on photography/film. Where color quality is more important than other features.
Filanwizard
Depends on your use case, for gaming yes. For production I would go by reviews. Some gaming monitors have good color accuracy some don’t.
Filanwizard
If you only do production stuff like video I’d get a monitor angled to that of course
AnythingMuchShorter
That really depends on the specs, gaming monitor just implies things like higher framerate, lower lag.
Jonsse
Higher FPS helps you see movement and details better. the 4ms vs 2ms vs 1ms response time also can make a difference.
Treequux
Kind of, but not really. Gaming monitors tend to have higher refresh rates than most other monitors, and features like the crosshair.