It's the end of the day, you get back from school or work, and after a few household chores you can play in peace. You start up your computer, and of course there are a few favourite games installed, plus a whole lot of titles nesting in the so-called "pile of shame". You launch a game and have a great time: an idyll at its finest.
Choose your gaming.
To play you need a mouse, a keyboard and some audio gear. It could be speakers (but then bear in mind others at home may hear the game sounds in the next room) or headphones (then you're completely cut off from the world). Of course, it's worth choosing the gear that best suits your style of play. On top of all that, a nice mouse pad will come in handy. We've pointed out which gear to choose and what for in, among others, the blog post "Choose yourself a Gateron". There we described which switch to choose and why. But whatever you choose, whether a full-size keyboard like the Volcano Hammer 2 or a nice TKL (without a number pad) like the Volcano Lanparty RGB, plus, say, a Volcano Shinobi 3327 mouse, Volcano Prometheus headphones and a mouse pad, what matters most is that you have a great time.
Super-duper gear versus having fun.
Products in the Volcano Gaming line are above all well priced and made for playing any game genre, from shooters to strategy. If you follow the CS:GO scene, you'll know that the player known as "S1mple" was a key player and helped his team win the PGL Major Stockholm 2021. Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev finished the tournament with 72 kills to his name. You don't have to search long to find what he plays on: a PLN 499 mouse and a PLN 849 keyboard. But some things need looking at from another perspective. So ask yourself whether you want to be like S1mple, or whether you just want to play without stressing about frags and stats. Because if you want to be "pro", go right ahead. Spend several thousand zloty on PC accessories and play one game for about 10 hours a day to improve your skills. If you think gear alone guarantees a win and significantly improves your results, you may be disappointed. Of course, the better the gear, the better your chance of winning, but it's all in your hands: without skill you won't get a good result. It's the same in sport. You can buy the best (read: most expensive) football boots and some super-duper kit that improves your aerodynamics, but without skill you'll be outplayed by a first-division player in sandals. Don't get us wrong: we wish you could be even better than "S1mple" (if you want to), just as we keep our fingers crossed for as many great ski jumpers with the talent of Adam Małysz or footballers like Robert Lewandowski as possible. But there aren't many talents like that. And if at some point you discover another calling (you want to become an IT specialist or a lawyer), then treat games simply as rest and fun.
Chill out and just play.
So choose gear that makes you feel good while gaming, don't overpay for it if you don't need certain functions, and you'll have a great time without any stress. We work hard to make sure Volcano Gaming products offer as many useful functions as possible for players thinking about a professional eSports career too. The Volcano Lanparty BT keyboard (compact, Gateron switches with a fast response time) or the Volcano Shinobi 3360 mouse (a great sensor for FPS games) can serve that purpose brilliantly. But when we make gaming products, we think above all about having fun. We make the gear we'd like to have ourselves. You don't need to rack up the most frags and be "pro". Having fun isn't about proving something to someone.
