My thumbs are too slow for Quick Time Events.

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c03n3nj0 said:

Khuutra said:

c03n3nj0 said:

Khuutra said:
I tend to press with my wrist and forearm, rather than my thumb. Give it a try; place your thumb on your controller, but keep it rigid, and move it using your whole arm.

Oh yeah, I've tried that; the only problem is that my wrist/palm is too big. I more often than not end up pressing more then one button. Especially on a PS2 controller since I have to evade the right analog stick so I hit both circle and triangle or circle and x. On a GC controller that worked wonders, though. The big green A was big enough for my hands. Like badgenome I just rely on my index fingers. 

Now I'm just wondering, do you have small wrists? 

No, no. You press with your htumb, but the motion is in your wrist/forearm.

Oh god

Yeah, that makes sense. Well, either way we've established that pressing with your wrist/palm also doesn't work... hehe. 

I came in here to suggest what Khuutra did. You don't smash by moving your thumb muscles fast, you keep your thumb straight and hard and you twitch your wrist so it spasms back and forth really fast.

Works like a charm. =)

 

PS If you think that's hard, try beating the Canary Mary race with the clockwork mouse in Banjo-Tooie... I still have nightmares over that.