Why Does Tapping in osu! Make My Table Shake? Causes and Solutions

You ever been tappin’ away on your table, playin’ one of them osu! games, and all of a sudden, your whole table starts shakin’? I ain’t talkin’ about no big ol’ earthquake, but just a little tremor that makes your pen or pencil roll right off the table! Well, let me tell ya, it’s a real thing, and a lot of people, especially the ones that play them fast maps, deal with it.

Now, I been usin’ a tablet for a while now, and I ain’t talkin’ about the kind you read books on, no, I mean one of them fancy ones you tap on to play games like osu!. It all started when I noticed my old tablet, the Huion H640P, just wasn’t keepin’ up no more. It had all kinds of delay, and made it hard to keep my accuracy up on them harder maps. So, I went and got me a new one, a Gaomon S620, back in January, hopin’ it’d fix the problem. And you know what? It did help some, but it ain’t solved everything.

The biggest issue I been runnin’ into is, when I tap too hard, even just a little bit, my whole desk starts to shake. And it’s not just a little wiggle, neither. That shake makes everything on my desk move, even the things I don’t want movin’. I’ll be tappin’ away, tryin’ to get a good score, and next thing I know, my aim is all off because my pen’s slidin’ around, or my tablet’s shifting a bit. It’s enough to make a person want to throw the whole thing out the window!

But here’s the thing: It ain’t just me that’s been dealin’ with this. I seen some folks talkin’ about it on forums and in some of them chat rooms. Some said it’s just the way the tablet reacts to the force of the tap. I reckon it’s like how some folks tap their foot when they’re nervous, and the whole chair shakes. Well, this is the same thing, only it’s happenin’ to your whole desk when you’re playin’.

Some people said they don’t have this problem if they tap softer, but I ain’t got that kind of self-control. When I’m playin’ osu!, I get all worked up, and next thing I know, I’m slammin’ down on the tablet like I’m choppin’ wood. But even if you try not to tap too hard, the problem still happens sometimes. It’s like the way my fingers are movin’ just can’t keep up with how fast the game wants ’em to move, and that makes everything wiggle on the table.

But there’s a few tricks I’ve heard of to deal with it. Some folks say that liftin’ your tapping hand off the table instead of restin’ it on the desk helps a bit. Now, I ain’t too sure how or why that works, but they swear by it. Maybe it’s because when your hand’s up in the air, it ain’t puttin’ no extra pressure on the tablet or the desk, so everything stays still. It’s worth a try, I reckon. And then there’s the whole thing with raw input. I tried that too, and let me tell ya, it made my tablet act all funny. The cursor would glitch out every time I tapped, and that wasn’t no good either.

One thing that helped me a bit is I started focusin’ more on light taps instead of hard ones. Sure, it ain’t as satisfying, but it cuts down on the shake. It’s like, the softer I tap, the less the desk shakes, and the more control I have over my aim. I ain’t sayin’ it’s perfect, but it’s a bit better than what I was dealin’ with before.

And don’t get me started on the input delay. Now, that’s a whole other can of worms. I thought gettin’ a new tablet would fix it, but it still shows up from time to time. Every once in a while, I’ll be tappin’ away, and my tablet’ll just freeze for a second, or the game won’t register my tap fast enough. That throws me off more than any desk shake ever could.

So, what’s the bottom line? Well, if you’re tappin’ away and your table starts shakin’, don’t think you’re the only one. It happens to a lot of folks, especially when you’re playin’ fast maps. But there’s ways to deal with it. Try liftin’ your hand, tap lighter, or maybe even fiddle with some of them input settings. Ain’t no perfect fix, but you might find something that helps.

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