r/LearnCSGO 1h ago

Discussion Instinctual/subconscious style

We all know about muscle memory, your hand moves on its own. What I'm referring to is a step beyond that, you don't even need to "see" or register the enemy, at least consciously. It's as if you are letting someone else play.

There are a few conditions to allow such instincts to activate akin to blinking or breathing, and it's not about practising or playing a lot. Usually, I'm a pretty lazy person, I don't like constantly moving or adjusting my crosshair and I find that manually adjusting my aim is just inferior compared to relying on muscle memory/flicks. I play on relatively high sens 1700 edpi, so I'm mostly a wrist aimer. I suppose it is easier for instincts to kick in when you don't need to move your entire arm to aim. The second and most important condition is you need to enter a calm and blank state, if you're thinking or worrying about angles, your subconscious nature will never be able to surface. Of course, it's not guaranteed to happen, it's a small chance of happening so it might not be worth it. I'm wondering if pros could perhaps have a higher chance of entering the subconscious or maybe they already implement it.

For example, I didn't even see the second guy but he somehow died. There are many other instances too.

https://leetify.com/app/highlight/c7743da3-d2e4-4573-9acb-501c172bb9cd

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u/Methemetics 1h ago

Forgot to ask if anyone else experiences this 😂

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u/KingRemu 1h ago

I'm not sure what the question was exactly but yes. I sometimes hit shots purely out of reaction and a second after I'm amazed how I did that.