Why do Pros TILT their keyboard?

#shorts #esports #keyboard
There are pros out there - or sick freaks, as we like to call them - who tilt their keyboards to a degree that is, quite frankly, unacceptable.
To a more untrained eye, this looks ridiculous and painful.
But, apparently, some people swear by tilted keyboard setups.
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[@cameron2538]

The thing about symphuny’s upside down keyboard is that there is no advantage of saving space or reaching keys easier, it’s just a fun way to break your wrist.

[@jordsn_l]

nah bro he's just trying to be different

[@cameron2538]

@@jordsn_l nothin but the truth

[@chikeneu131]

@@jordsn_l trying too hard begging for attention is what he is doing

[@Neighbour1]

Technically nothing is better than the other since the distance between the keys are still the same it might be placebo

[@blysh]

@@Neighbour1 nah it’s not placebo, it genuinely makes it easier to press other keys with your thumb, plus u get more mouse room

[@1jovsby]

Real ones have their keyboard on the floor playing it with their feet

[@haky6737]

hahahahahah

[@cinn8678]

One guy actually beat Minecraft while doing that lmfao💀💀

[@AislingLER]

I usually use my feet to control my keyboard, that way I have the whole desk to work with

[@mauriiruam3034]

Dude same

[@twocheezitz9182]

I use both so I have 20 keys at a moments notice

[@erixIsOffline]

Im using voice commands ,so i dont need even keys to play

[@Anon-zl7zw]

Some Starcraft 2 player actually played against one guy on live stream with his feet and actually won.

[@madzid9634]

Same hahahahahaha

[@tokin4213]

One of them acted like tilting the keyboard would shrink it

[@yousifgamer0073]

The last one left me hanging 😂 It got me dead 💀 * ba dum tss *

[@FearTheIndoorHorseRancher]

If only it did for real

[@M4DM4N]

That ain't tilt anymore, that's complete rotation. 💀

[@DylanMcManus-r2s]

I have my keyboard slanted like 40-60 degrees but upside down is criminal

[@redextop4826]

Dude is gonna freak out when he will discover that some ppl put their monitors right in their face

[@mango2538]

I tilt my keyboard around 30 degrees, mostly just so I can extend my arm.

[@outrageous-alex]

If you can reach it when it's tilted you can reach it when not.

[@seif_elgabbas]

Vertical IS weird in my opinion but tilting it a little bit like 45° or 30° is good (when playing) because its gonna be kinda like ergonomic keyboards which makes it a little more comfortable for people using only WASD side of characters

[@isaacwalsh5335]

Rotate, perpendicular and rotated 360⁰. Tilt, verticle and upside down, mean completely different things

[@ohhSaiko]

I personally use my keyboard in a 70 degree angle but that doesn't give me any advantage, i just don't have enough space on my desk

[@Spcemarne]

Ok I play with like about 40-45° tilt when I play fps games but a full vertical tilt is wild ASF

[@johno8760]

I tilt my keyboard at a 45 degree angle so my arm rests more naturally to use the keyboard

[@yoinkerthenoob]

Reminds me of those freaks who write with their left hands AND they tilt their notebook

[@TTN-Opy]

It’s a great way to play when you get use to it

[@Garfield-y4d]

60% keyboard:

[@justse7963]

I can confirm that once you tilt ur keyboard there is no going back 😭😭

[@feelbadinc.710]

THEY TILT THERE KEYBOARD TO FIT THERE MONSTER ENERGY DRINKS

[@arzuagapr]

Naw, vertically is cool, but upside down?! That’s wild.😵

[@user-so8pf2gl5v]

Am I the only one that rotates my keyboard the other way? About minus 30 degrees is the sweet spot, and pushed to the back of my desk it opens up mousepad space underneath.

[@youvsanoob]

im an un-trained eye and i play like that.

[@NutFPS]

personally, i do it because i can reach more buttons and it gives more space

[@FishySOaP69]

Tilting it is way more comfortable. That's the thing

[@johnnyll91]

I tilted it vertically and swapped around keybinds Because back in the day offline cs 1.6 events often lacked space so if the keyboard take less space i have more space for the mousepad❤😂

[@em4six348]

"reach keys easily" does bro's fingers lengthen when he's using kb vertically? 💀

[@TheSonoranSniper]

human hands have more length than width

[@DaggerOnRLSS]

It feels more comfortable

[@Raskalaz]

Tilt keyboard is for hand rest. You have more room for hand to have comfort.

[@Dosor72]

He secretlly likes the accordion

[@PuppetMastazZ]

Used to do this at a time I was playing a lot of LAN tournaments on CS. Back then we often had very little room on tables and to avoid bumping into team-mates we had to optimise space ahah

[@sarinataylor3518]

I believe it's a left hand thing. I do this with everything especially when I write

[@krejziks3398]

I don't turn it upside down, but i do tilt it to around 45 degrees...

[@mingggxd]

I usually have my keyboard at around 30 - 45 degrees because its like how i write my book in the same degree its just inexplicably comfortable

[@moosemeriley]

30° is the perfect angle

[@CoalBlockGMD]

That's called skill issue

[@Rumeery]

I play nearly completely vertical so I’m indeed a freak, to be specific 85 degrees instead of 90 degrees

[@jroe6232]

I do it because I came up on M&K with fortnite. I was a slightly lower sense player so I needed much more room on my desk. My thumb is also wayyyyyy more useful with a vertical keyboard. I recommend everyone tries it tbh. It just takes some time. Since I switched to valorant a few years ago I tried to switch to horizontal but it felt like I was limited with the keys I could use

[@ki4rnyy]

Symphunny hugging his keyboard

[@DeathDome_]

i tilt alot bc it feels better, but also to avoid hitting it with my mouse(no numpad), hell on gears 5, ow2, cod etc i play half controller half mouse

[@prashanttudu8788]

Even u tilt my keyboard to play.

[@cowourt]

I tilt my keyboard and to me it just feel the most comfortable to me

[@616laj]

I use my keyboard like that since I remember using a computer

[@Marleigh_san]

If you have problem long keyboards buy a smaller keyboard. There has to be smaller gaming keyboard

[@nicknick_nick]

Someone should write a program where you can do more on you mouse with less travel

[@CSGOPieter]

I only play like a little tilted

[@a_catfish5180]

I play with it at a maybe 20-45 degree angle

[@KxrzoneRLR]

This may be my only opinion but I tilt my keyboard to an insane angle and I feel likes its comfortable

[@Alexis-z4f]

"My gyatt dude"

[@miloz5558]

My Keyboard is tilted by like 30 degrees more than that and less than like 25 makes my wrist hurt

[@EinusHoltus]

I have my keyboard at 30 degree angle

[@MV_vOzz]

I play with mine backwards

[@BussinessjOe]

I tilt my Lenore’s slightly not like a full 180 degrees

[@Death66636]

I put my keyboard At 11 to 5 (clock) full on straight up is insane

[@awokenday8045]

I can confirm that the vertical keyboard idea works best on laptop

[@footywap]

Lmao

[@ishlight3772]

with a TN panel display💀

[@joeghaoui1229]

@@ishlight3772 ud be playing on a black screen💀💀💀

[@ZayoFPS]

Upside down would be best just like sym

[@MisterMayhem17]

Hey thanks. Just got a 20 bomb on apex because of this.

[@Ineedtosleepnow]

Man's gonna freak out when he hears about 60% keyboards.

[@dusannestorovic5699]

my thoughts watching this video lmao i have a 60% and I have all the space in the world

[@nathoj8213]

my friend had a 65% keyboard and he still does this 💀, he said it just felt more comfortable when he's going on competitive lobbies. as for me, im just a casual rpg game player so i've never tried those stuff.

[@thespaniard2792]

I have a 60% keyboard and I tilt it at 75 degrees😂😂

[@kreizeeboi]

what's wrong with tilting? especially on tac shooters when you need to crouch or walk more often. it's literally way easier to press shiftl or ctrl.

[@hexaltheninjawow9531]

@@shepherdrm8486 just use Keyboard layers????

[@heaven5280]

I remove my whole setup entirely so i have as much room as possible

[@JerrysEdits]

Omg good idea

[@sturdystubs]

Many pros tilt their keyboard because back in the old days in LANs there wasn't as much desk space and they needed to adapt.

[@B0ne0ne]

only real OG´s know!

[@osnofa__]

None of the dudes shown in this video are old enough to have gone to a lan party

[@evnatus]

​@@osnofa__they are old enough, most of the pros shown in the video were in LANs.

[@HOURLYSNIPES]

Desk weren't ready for this work💪🏽

[@Nitagnelifs]

​@@evnatusYea, doubt it

[@darkrose8328]

Back in the olden days, when you wanted to go to LAN parties, you had to bring your pc and monitor, where you had to play in a limited table space. That meant that you had to make as much mouse space as possible by turning your keyboard vertical.

[@Yobbyyyy]

what this dude said 👌

[@hashen_chamal]

Yep. Was searching for this exact comment.

[@cCoke]

as u said. monitors were huge back in the days and you couldnt fit ur keyboard horizontaly if you wanted to sit close (been to over 15 different dreamhack LAN's 🥲)

[@exile4474]

How was this not mentioned in the video??

[@darkrose8328]

@@exile4474 my child, you must know something. TheScoreEsports likes to use clickbait and not answering questions, because it generates views, it creates drama, it leads to money.

[@PDXPro7]

A 45 degree tilt is right on the sweet spot

[@fatalmb1470]

Yes

[@nathanportelli2466]

Faxx

[@Josephweinerr]

I like in the middle of 45 and 90 about 67.5 -70 degree tilt

[@wet0wl]

I’m more of a subtle 15° kinda guy

[@hattrickasher1277]

@@wet0wlrespectable

[@ariel_chess]

It's people that haven't been loved as child, so they unconsciously hug their keyboard as a trauma response 🤪

[@iforsakengt6958]

they still make more money and still play better and more relevant than you tho

[@ariel_chess]

@@iforsakengt6958 I cannot deny

[@iforsakengt6958]

@@ariel_chess dont worry we're all in the same boat

[@joshuaadams7091]

Subconsciously

[@ariel_chess]

@@joshuaadams7091 Sorry, english is not my first language. Is it grammar error or a spelling mistake?

[@BigGuyBingo]

Get these guys 60% keyboards 🗣️

[@DjPaw1991]

Thats what i did

[@BigGuyBingo]

@@bredsandwich yeah, but it would still be better

[@zeyy84]

@@bredsandwich that’s the point. 60% is more compact

[@sleebees]

I still tilt my 60%. Absolutely not 90 degrees though, more like 45, I just got small hands man

[@BigGuyBingo]

@@sleebees yeah, that’s what I do when I play shooter games

[@savageboi248]

I do tilt my keyboard a little bit but completely vertical is crazy 💀

[@akaaoniii]

Lemme explain so my keyboard sits at about 11o clock I broke my hand a couple times so I have no tendons in my finger fr so they can stretch I can hit every key perfectly that way up until like g I use every key to the left of g

[@anu7599]

​@@akaaoniiiwho asked/cares

[@jeleppi]

@@anu7599I care

[@stubefi]

@@anu7599I care

[@dragon.x4]

Frr

[@ironleeFPS]

That’s nothing. I play with my keyboard glued to my ceiling while I stand on a ladder.

[@DaPotatoMan123]

Crazy af

[@DaPotatoMan123]

Mines a toilet seat

[@aaditscorner5053]

Me too

[@ButWhatIfIAteYourAppl]

amateur i have my keyboard in the basement and my mouse on the roof

[@Khromee..]

i play w my keyboard standing horizontally

[@EliteFreeman]

i like it when keys are facing the table and not the ceiling

[@dridontcare]

lol

[@axsuriaa]

that makes no sense bud

[@JonS554]

@@axsuriaaupside down? It’s a joke

[@axsuriaa]

@@JonS554 unfunniest joke wtf

[@arctictropic1147]

​@@axsuriaa jeez, no one hurt you, relax

[@upcominggamestrailers]

pro tip : it's 200% more efficient with a laptop

[@sbenhaba]

🥺 my wrists broke

[@SeprexOG]

😂😂

[@Vscojen]

Lmao

[@catfood9707]

I have my keyboard at a 45 degree angle. It's more of comfort than anything. I broke my wrist when I was younger and screws up the tendons in my hand

[@colenazor2034]

i do the same thing (for different reasons) but i turn it the opposite direction than i usually see people doing it

[@idgaf4184]

I do the same thing too but I didn’t messed up my hands or anything. Just felt more natural that way

[@pedrogarciarobleto]

I'd say 30 to 45 degrees is ideal, matter of fact, it's anatomically more adequate, less strain for your wrist.

[@xenajin6827]

Mine hovers between 45 and 60 degrees.

[@atvarmy2]

Mines about 15-20 degree angle because it allows me to just hit the b button while also hitting weapons

[@JorunnO]

I actually turn my keyboard 45 degrees, because it's a more ergonomic position for my hand to be in when gaming using WASD. When I have it horizontal my wrist has to be bent to use WASD, but when I turn my keyboard a bit, it's in a relaxed position where my wrist is in line with the rest of my arm.

[@eulala1952]

Yass this I agree

[@muhtasimfuad1945]

45 is where the limit, not 90

[@johncenashi5117]

Yepp. Do this all the time

[@mukti5896]

30-45 seems fine anything but 90

[@Remu-]

Mine's at about a 5 degree angle to the opposite direction and I hold the keyboard right at the edge of the table. I have an arm rest as an anchor point and I use kind of a lounge sitting position like the CS:GO pro JDM.

[@definitelynotmeti3604]

Simple answer to that is when you play like that your whole arm is at rest since it's all in the table and for that it gives the sensation of perfect gameplay due to arm relaxation

[@Atomic184]

I usually tilt my keyboard around 45 degrees, works really well

[@Robert.M1205]

720 degrees diff

[@Tomas-zc4nk]

​@@Robert.M1205 1440 meta >

[@ライ麦rye]

I normally play vertically completely

[@agent_97x69]

same it's so good to have my wrist that way

[@Hallo_20]

​@@Tomas-zc4nk nahh. Your keys face down is meta

[@mizukiatsushimi6651]

Imagine getting mopped by a random player in warzone with an upside down keyboard. I'd feel depressed.

[@NYConfidential]

Practice makes better. 🎉

[@ChessDownUnder]

People always miss the main point of why pros do this. The single main reason why pros do this is because, the most important thing is how close the monitor is to their eyes. Professional FPS players such as CSGO - tend to have the monitor very close, some players have it a matter of inches away from their face. This is important in games like CSGO where spotting a matter of pixels from an opponent through a smoke can be the difference of winning a round or not. In most pro lan tournament the supplied monitors have bulky bases - and are not attached to extendable arms. So if you have a monitor very close to you, and the monitor has a base - you literally have nowhere to put the keyboard other than to the side of the monitor base, in a slanted manner. That is the main reason. Pros arent like “I want to slant my keyboard because I like it” and that’s the only reason. It’s first and foremost to have the monitor at the optimal distance away from their face. They do this at home to make sure they are used to this setup when they go to pro LANs where they can’t control what the monitor base situation will be like.

[@aidenmassman8330]

This is the common and conventional solution to having no desk room; my childhood bad habit-forming fix was to increase my mouse sensitivity to an obscene level and now I can’t change

[@Sujay95]

Same. My eDPI is 3000 or 4000 which I brought down from 6000. 🤣

[@kyel_25]

4000+ dpi gang

[@Mzz_401]

My LG G hero 502 goes up to 24,600 dpi which is bananas😂😂 I normally have it between 1000 and 4000 with 6000 being the max for fast paced games

[@Jomega1212]

Dpi high, sensitivity low.

[@Sac-chan]

@@Jomega1212 Exactly!!! depending on the game's sense measurements, in some games i have like, 20.5 sens which in other games it would be converted to 5.5 sens, i play with 1600 dpi tho

[@qgameguy8308]

I use mine at around 45 degree angle, just cause i feel more comfortable due to the fact that i can place my elbows wider making it just so much easier to play and relax at the same moment.

[@dochudson9257]

same

[@EnchongM-x5v]

Yo same

[@ashenblood]

45 is fine but straight up 90 is just ridiculous

[@qgameguy8308]

@@ashenblood agreed

[@willisurvive5896]

Tilting or Turing your keyboard allows more room and adds comfort but the main reason is you can use keys like f and g without much movement

[@MonsieurMoai]

A horizontal keyboard takes a lot of movement to reach F and G? They’re right next to D

[@Schmidteren]

When I had a full-sized keyboard I used to do this. But it started to hurt my wrist. So I bought a tenkeyless and use it normally. No more wrist pain, and still enough room for my mouse.

[@NavidMasud]

For your what??

[@020halo]

@@NavidMasud his mouse

[@AABoeing737MAX]

Saw some people explain it in these comments but this started because of confined table space at LANs. I remember back in CS:S when I went to LANs they always had like 2 plastic beer pong tables per team so people had super limited space and had to tilt their keyboard to give their teammates their space and leave room for their mousepads.

[@0xgreyhound]

depends also to get monitor closer

[@artte88]

​@@0xgreyhound never sat an inch away only. Sure to those few who had their nose pressed against the monitor maybe but with 10 inches away from monitor, never saw a kb that fat you couldn't be close enough an monitor stand/foot against kb wasn't enough. But I give you that if you had to lean forward arm position would get bad and wasd too close, hence it's a valid thing but iirc it was more side to side with the guy next being too close. Sitting pretty much shoulder to shoulder is rough. This is on a non professional level and my youth.

[@mevorix6557]

I have desk room for horizontal but i find it more ergonomic and comfortable to have it at around a 30-50 degree angle since i sit relatively close to the monitor

[@BlueWhales_]

does your mum still cut up your food for you?

[@justaweeb5052]

I mean sure at least it isnt 90 degrees or anything

[@Joeyratatouille]

This. Even though I learned with plenty of room (or at least enough to not have to tilt it too much) I sit xantares close when I'm playing cs and almost as close in most other games. It just lets me place my hand more naturally. If it's 90 degrees I have to bend my wrist in an unnatural way.

[@theders8590]

I just do a slight tilt. It makes it more ergonomic to press control and some other keys. Probably 30 degrees or a bit more.

[@chutemi216]

“I see it as a disadvantage to have my keyboard horizontal” 🤓

[@ShupyGT]

Xd agreed you dont use the whole keyboard there is almost no game that require you to use wasd and p.l.o.k etc keys that is on right side of the keyboard most of them use all the keys on left side so no need

[@Teimo]

yea he just likes it that way it ain't that deep lol

[@anothernobody5396]

This is straight up just “EZ Carpel Tunnel”

[@ther8371]

When you tilt it vertically the distance from each key is still the same, so you arent reaching the keys easier, but you are feeling like you reached them easier. This can also cause a lot of wrist damage over time as it puts strain on muscles near the radius.

[@s1ighted]

45° slant makes it easier to reach everything for me,I have pretty small hands so it helps out

[@S3rkist]

It does make the keys easier to reach. The wrist position is different when tilting keyboard allowing for your thumbs to reach buttons further. It does not cause wrist problems, its the opposite, it keeps the wrist stable, playing normal keyboard is bad for wrist because there is more burden on the wrist when reaching further keys and creates instability. Tilted keyboard keeps yours wrist more stable and arm position locked which gives off less exertion.

[@GrandMaMaYT]

been looking for this comment

[@PeberErawan]

From my Experience. I used to play in net cafe and having a small desk to play. So turning my keeb vertical will give me more space to flick the mouse. And if you're those who like to look very closely to the monitor. The body posture you made when playing like this will feel more comfort than playing with normal horizontal keyboard.

[@iitstre_4550]

Sym’s upside down keyboard is jjst one of many things to add to the list of “How… in the entire shit?! Did he land BeookeAB?” 😂😂😂

[@masteroogway1930]

Unspoken Rizz

[@JerryCrow]

I got my keyboard on my lap. I get their jig. Gotta have real estate for the mouse and beers

[@trickcion8997]

QWERTY keyboards are actually designed to slow people down primarily because of its history with typewriters

[@mkv2718]

this isn’t correct. it wasn’t to slow people down, it was to space the ink bars of the most commonly used keys apart so they wouldn’t get jammed up. yes, this happened in an alphabetical layout from typing too fast, but people clearly learned to type just as fast with the qwerty layout, if not faster than before, because they no longer had to worry about their keys getting jammed up. so saying the qwerty design was made to “slow people down” is misleading. edit: that being said, keyboards were clearly not designed with gaming in mind.

[@GameFuMaster]

but it doesn't matter in the context of video gaming, because you're not "typing", you're just pressing keys that are assigned to certain movements/executions. You can literally just rebind them.

[@trickcion8997]

​@@GameFuMasterwhich is why controllers are made

[@trickcion8997]

​@@mkv2718forgot about the jamming 😂. thanks for the correction.

[@crowned_user]

I play with mine at about a 35-40 degree angle. It feels natural for my hand. Its worth giving a shot.

[@superkdog888]

Same bro it is so much nicer idk how people play with a horizontal rotation tbh

[@crowned_user]

@@superkdog888 yea horizontal just flat out feels weird. personally over time it makes my wrist hurt.

[@superkdog888]

@@crowned_user yeah 100% saw someone play like that so I did for a little bit it was terrible. Also being an controller main reaching for keys already feels weird so horizontal makes it even worse

[@crowned_user]

@@superkdog888 ive been a k&m main for 3 years now. ive always played angled. but there is a fine line to whats ok when it come to keyboard angle. anything over 60 degrees just isnt ok.

[@Kaarup_editz]

My setup: my monitor is 5 cm from my face, my keyboard is tiltes to 90 degrees

[@MorellesTV]

This only happens when you feel a need to be different when you're young. By that you eventually train yourself to make it work but make no mistake. There's no advantage

[@rawevoli]

Lmao spoken like a true 12000 dpi bot 😂😂😂😂😂

[@antonrheaume]

I am horrible with playing games that involve a keyboard and mouth because I’m always gonna be pressing the wrong button on the keyboard

[@ryanriaz]

As soon as you think outside the box and society gets crazy

[@ouzounicus6126]

About 20 degrees is perfect for reaching all the keys needed and feels better then playing horizontally

[@Bear10]

i play at about mabye 25 or 30

[@countdookie6987]

I like to think of it the same way you would hold a guitar when playing. There's the one you'd originally do, which is put it on your right lap to play, while there's classical stance used in classical guitar playing. You're pretty much cradling the guitar between your thighs, tilting the fretboard diagonally. What this does is it allows you to reach further than usual and is relatively easier on the fingers.

[@Anonymous.Watcher]

Don’t tell anyone that I use all my keyboards by turning it 360 degrees :)

[@JustinLessig]

The 2 main reasons are ergonomics, your wrist doesn’t wasn’t to sit straight and you will have a lot of issues down the line without ANY tilt on your keyboard. The second is space, primarily in old LAN settings when people shared a single table for 3-5 setups you HAD to tilt your keyboard to make sure every player had space.

[@aterriblesliceoftoast]

The only reason you would ‘suffer’ in general from that situation would be the same regardless of your keyboard position. It’s called *Not Coming Off The Computer* .

[@oscarpetersson5324]

@@aterriblesliceoftoast I disagree. If I'm comfortable enough and take short breaks, I can spend like 10 hours and feel fine. If I'm not confortable, I will have wrist pain or back pain after just 1.5-2 hours.

[@JustinLessig]

@@Schmuly in what ways? your arm rests much more natural at ~45 degree angle as opposed to straight. It isn't a significant improvement if you are gaming constantly but it is a help for sure.

[@JustinLessig]

@@aterriblesliceoftoast ofc constantly gaming would make it fairly moot, but a ~45 degree turn can actually relieve a lot of fatigue and joint pain in your wrists from gaming.

[@brosauce2814]

The real reason people do this is because in the old days LAN events didn’t have enough desk space so the pro players would tilt their keyboards to save space. Viewers saw the best players in the world playing this way and thought it was advantageous.

[@HarryofIberia]

Yes, I remembered it when I was watching the events back then, I noticed something and my God the amount of space left for mouse movement is baffling

[@blackstarlittle7908]

The true reason is dexterity. Keeps your fingers from straining as it’s a more natural resting position for your hand and fingers

[@EtopiaCA]

Turning your wrist 90 degrees is not it's natural resting position.

[@sp1feg_alt]

my keyboard not tilted liked that but as an pro player i tilt my keyboard a litle bit, like just vertical is just CRAZY not even office dude's need to tilt keyboard a litle please tell me i correct not crazy😭😭🙏

[@DefffYT]

I've played at about 45 degrees for over 10 yrs now. Since counter strike on a membrane office keyboard as a kid on mom's computer. 45-90 degrees is meta.

[@Siko7000]

The argument that you can reach more keys is complete bogus lmao, literally all you do is tilt the keyboard and your hand with it, so the position of the hand relative to the keyboard doesnt even change and thus you cant reach any further. You may be able to have a bit more movement in your elbow but that can also easily be achieved by tilting it in a ~45 degree angle. 90 degrees is way too much tho. Its just hella unnecessary and uncomfortable.