OK I have been playing a lot but I also did previously play spamclick RTS games. And my arm is killing me!!! Seriously though I think the spy menu is not very ergonomic. Late game you can have massive drop down menu with a tiny box and few entries per box. I think it is not really nicely presented, holding there and scrolling the mouse wheel up and down for so long. I'm not complaining of a sore elbow, that's in jest, but does anyone else think the spy menus need to be more user friendly? Just some minor issue, this game is amazing now for me.
I think I'm getting GnK elbow
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Aaron90495
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That's a bit weird. I've never cramped playing Civ (including G&K), and I played 12 hours of G&K (about 9 straight) when it came out. I have problems playing a game like Street Fighter for a few hours straight, but I've never heard of someone having problems with a TBS game.
Maybe your arm was already injured? Because I highly doubt Civ is the ONLY cause of it.
Maybe your arm was already injured? Because I highly doubt Civ is the ONLY cause of it.
Well I rarely got some wrist problems so bad. Actually it's very likely that my games have been so intense for me I am forgetting posture and just being too tense. Now this game really got me hooked. There are also so many things in the expansion there is more clicking to do. I did definitely notice that the spy screens are difficult to navigate and maybe that apparently new "a unit needs orders" popping up all the time takes extra clicks.
CivCube
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Three stretches that can help:
- Hold your arm out in front and pull back on your fingers slowly.
- Hold your arms out to the side and move the palms up.
- Stand up and push your chin down to your chest. You should feel a tension in your spinal cord. Look up at the ceiling to untense. Repeat a couple times.
- Hold your arm out in front and pull back on your fingers slowly.
- Hold your arms out to the side and move the palms up.
- Stand up and push your chin down to your chest. You should feel a tension in your spinal cord. Look up at the ceiling to untense. Repeat a couple times.
greenday_234
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I'm truly not making fun of anyone here, as I too can go on marathon sessions but, did anyone else get the feeling that this problem is a bad sign for the human race 
i_imperator
Imperator
Every now and then take a break and do some vigorous exercise with your wrist, that's what I do haha
<This is a good solution to the above problem.
Maybe its the way your holding the mouse aswel? If your an rts player then you should watch day [9]daily #252 where he talks about hot-keys apm and mouse movement, he has some useful tips on how to hold your mouse properly when gaming. I'm a star-craft player (and an ex piano player) and this has helped my wrists aswel.Here is the link for the vod http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUohpQKVf_A
