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By: Flobulon

Flobulon — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:59:59 +0000

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By: Guido

Guido — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:43:55 +0000

(The first paragraph of that last comment of mine was quoting Dennis, added for clarity.)

In short: It does make a difference, and how.

By: Guido

Guido — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:41:53 +0000

“To sum up: No, it doesn’t make the slightest difference and yes, it is all rather tacky and embarrassing. What I would like to see, just for fun, is a writeup of actual direct competition between players using old and new gewgaws, playing a game like Quake 3, or one of those strange RTS things.”
Well, I did try to play Quake Live at the office, with the standard issue optical mouse and the wireless keyboard that we use here.

I stopped trying after being constantly fragged for a couple minutes. The input (delays on keys, no smooth mouse movements, occasional mouse hiccups) is just too erratic for somebody used to high-end built-for-games equipment like me.

People (me included) were able to play back then, but the sole reason why we didn’t care that our mice occasionally hiccuped was because there were no mice that didn’t. Nowadays, there are, so everything except using them is silly.

By: Crispy

Crispy — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:08:05 +0000

As a left-hander I use an ambidextrous Razer Diamondback as the best option at the moment. When hardware manufacturers learn that flipping over the mould means you can give ergonimic design to the left handers as well (shock! horror!), I might consider buying Logitech.

I picked up a new mousemat and headphones recently made by CyberSnipa. Other than the name having a repulsive l33t sound to it, the anodised aluminium pad is spacious, grippy on the bottom and low-profile; and the heaphone/mic combo give pretty decent performance and comfort (the mic ‘stem’ can contort into any position desired).

Overall I’m very happy with my peripherals setup, and it’s well worth the almost £100 I spent on it in the last 2-3 years.

By: D

Tue, 20 Jan 2009 03:32:00 +0000

G9 mouse for christmas has done wonders for me in Red Orchestra, where putting pixels (center of scope) on pixels (mans top of head) is important.

Sometimes I feel it must be a little unfair that with the flick of a button press, I can now maneuver my pointer much much slower than would be useful in any other situation. But it helps the killcount.

Recommended for RO. But neigh noticable in TF2, L4D, CoH etc.

By: fodigg

fodigg — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:03:38 +0000

I love my G9 mouse. Far more than my gaming keyboard, a Wolfpaw something or other.

Outside of gaming, being able to unlock the mouse wheel and “spin free” is surprisingly useful for scrolling large amounts of data.

By: Iain

Iain — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:29:24 +0000

My Logitech G15 keyboard doesn’t make me a better gamer, but it does glow in the dark, which makes it a whole lot easier to find keys with the lights off.

As for mice, I’ve always used Microsoft mice – the Intellimouse Explorer 2.0 being my favourite, several of which I’ve used to destruction. Currently my mouse of choice is the Comfort Optical Mouse 3000 – not a hi-tech, hi-res thing by any means, but a good all rounder, for everything from office work to FPS games and everything inbetween. It’s also a (mostly) ambidextrous design (bar the thumb button) which is great, given that I’m left-handed and swap the mouse between hands pretty much at will.

By: Shifter

Shifter — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:43:17 +0000

I have a Razer Diamondback and an old, generic, Dell keyboard. I got the Diamondback soon after it was first released on some dodgey website for £21 delivered which was a safe deal because everyother site had it at £35-40.

I use all the buttons I can actually reach (the 2 on the right side of the mouse are pointless) for the use of grenades/melee in games or push-to-talk in VOIP. I would definatly like a keyboard with volume control and some other media keys but I cant warrent spending the money on it anymore.

Having used my Diamondback with increasing frequency since I got it, I have never had any trouble with RSI. At work I currently use my mouse all day, it is a Dell basic mouse and as I have been using it I have noticed more and more pain in my right arm that I assume to be RSI. I am getting quite worried to be honest but dont know what I can do.

By: rhizo

rhizo — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:20:26 +0000

I used to doubt the usefulness of gaming mice as well. I was using a random wireless MS mouse for FPSs and in my own opinion was doing just fine. A mate recommended MX510 and I decided to try it out. It totally transformed my aim and movement. I went through 3 MX510s and one MX518 in a couple of years. After that I decided to try something other than a Logitech mouse because the buttons were breaking left and right. Bought a Razer Copperhead, a decision I still regret. It cost quite a lot at the time and despite trying, I never really got used to it. After I quit competitive gaming, I decided to stick with what I had and actually replaced the separated wire of the Copperhead with a spare from one of the broken MX510s. Recently though, I got a new keyboard and decided to get the G5 as well. So far the best mouse I’ve tried, the only problem is that the side scrolling makes the third button quite clumsy to use.

By: bio

bio — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 03:25:54 +0000

I have a Logitech G9 and like it a lot. The only downside being that I can’t really stand to use anything else because it’s invariably inferior, and so I end up bringing it places with me.

By: Talorc

Talorc — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:47:12 +0000

Cant you just buy some new rechargeable batteries for the mouse you already have? :-)