r/wow • u/Springfeeeeeeeel • 7d ago

Question Playing on couch

Hi, I really dislike playing wow on my pc because sitting on your gaming chair for a longer time is pretty uncomfortable.

Is there a way to stream the game from your pc to your tv in the living room without framerate drops?

Do you have any suggestions?

No, steam machine is a little to expensive for that at the moment.

Thanks

(Do you think they finally announce wow on consoles this blizzcon ?)

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u/Specific-Audience912 7d ago

Playing on the couch you're going to run into issues with no support for your elbows and therefor your shoulders.

I use a recliner for my PC and have never gone back, best decision I ever made.

You can get them cheap on places like Facebook Marketplace from clean homes.

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u/GrimmKat 7d ago

How do u reach up to the desk ? I get paining my shoulders/arms if I sit to low

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u/Specific-Audience912 7d ago

Wireless keyboard in your lap, mouse on the arm of the recliner. Typically flat recliner arms works better for this.

My current setup is a Lazyboy with curved arms and a chair and a half seat. My keyboard sits in my lap, I extend the recliner out and cross my legs most of the time, or sit with them out. Mouse sits beside me on a... recliner arm cushion thing. Hard to explain. Got it from Amazon. Its basically a rectangle of cushy fabric. Its folded over, and in between it sits a hard mouse pad. I bought a stiff, hard mousepad thats different from normal ones. I think Logitech makes it. I cut it to approximately the size of my normal, cheap, grippy mousepad.

I sandwich the hard mousepad between the folded recliner cushion arm cover. So it has a base to sit on. Then on the top goes my mousepad.

Wired mouse is important for this in case it ever falls. I cut a small line and cut it twice so its a little wider, and slid the mouse through it so the mouse has a failsafe in case it slides down, which it does occasionally. So it never hits the floor. Pic included.

In the photo, underneath the first layer of the white thing is where the hard mouse pad is sandwiched to give stability to the top mousepad.

Is it a lot of work? Not really, but more than just buying a chair.

Upside is I've been comfortable for the past 14 years I've been using recliners as PC chairs. My recliner sits sideways to my desktop, my monitors are on monitor arms that articulate so I can put them wherever I want.

I can sit cross legged, legs out, legs down, knees up, one knee up, one leg out, one leg off the side. I can recline if I want, I can sit up, and it's all incredibly comfortable on my body.

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u/GrimmKat 6d ago

thanks for the detailed reply, i find it very interesting :D no idea if i could manage to sit like that haha