Today, I want to talk about messing around with my crosshair in CSGO, specifically trying to copy that pro player, TenZ. I heard his setup is pretty sick, so I figured, why not give it a shot?
First off, I had to do a bit of digging to find out what his settings actually are. Turns out, this guy TenZ is some hotshot who used to play CSGO professionally but now plays Valorant. Whatever, his CSGO settings are still out there. I found some website that listed everything, including his mouse settings, monitor setup, the whole nine yards. Apparently, he uses a Finalmouse Starlight-12 Medium and has his DPI set to 800, with a polling rate of 1000Hz. He also plays with “raw input” on, which I guess helps with accuracy.
So, I plugged those settings into my own setup, but my mouse is nothing like his, so it felt a little weird at first. I kept his monitor settings, though, which is a stretched resolution of 1280960 on a ZOWIE XL2546 with a 240Hz refresh rate. I matched that because why not? It felt pretty different, to say the least.
Next up was the crosshair. I copied his settings exactly. Honestly, after doing all this, I jumped into a game and immediately started playing like him. This was a little better than I’m used to, but I’ve been playing for a while, so it’s not like I was suddenly a god or anything.
- Adjusting Mouse Settings: First, I went into my mouse settings. I changed my DPI to 800 and the polling rate to 1000Hz. I also enabled raw input. It felt a little odd since I’m used to different settings, but I wanted to get the full TenZ experience.
- Changing Monitor Setup: I changed my in-game resolution to 1280960 and set the scaling to stretched. My monitor isn’t a ZOWIE, but I do have a 240Hz, so I figured that was close enough.
- Inputting TenZ’s Crosshair: This was the main part. I carefully input all the specific crosshair settings I found online into the game.
- Testing It Out: I jumped into a game to see how it felt.
Did it improve my gameplay?
Well, not drastically. It is supposed to help with accuracy, especially when zooming in on targets far away. It definitely felt different, and maybe a bit easier to aim, but it’s not like I was suddenly hitting every shot. It probably takes some getting used to.
Overall, it was a fun little experiment. I don’t think copying a pro’s settings will magically make you a better player, but it’s interesting to see how they play and try to understand why they choose those settings. I might keep messing around with them for a bit, see if it grows on me. Or maybe I’ll just go back to my old settings, who knows? It’s all about what feels right for you, I guess.
