 mahnini United States. July 12 2009 13:43. Posts 4383 | Profile Blog |
Computers are outdated even before they hit the shelves. There will always be louder speakers or bigger monitors to replace the old ones. Keyboards come and go. The only thing you will miss when it's gone is your mouse.
The mouse that you play StarCraft with is the mouse you want to use till you die. It feels perfect. Perfect size, perfect weight, perfect everything. You become so accustomed to it, it becomes an extension of yourself. I want to click there. Thoughtless. Effortless.
A few weeks ago my 6 year old ball mouse died. It came with my Dell computer and I've used it since the day I hooked it up, even when I built a new computer I refused to give it up. All the DPI in the world could suck it, my mouse kicked ass. Then one day, a few weeks ago, it just started skipping over to the sides of the screen and getting stuck. I'd move slowly hoping it would track. Nothing. Come on, you can do it. Nothing.
"It won't be so bad", I told myself, "I finally have an excuse to get a new one", but I didn't want a new one, I wanted my old mouse back.
For a couple weeks now I've been using my laptop mouse, which I loath, while weighing my options for a new mouse. I've also been putting together a computer for my sister because her's up and died. Today, we headed over to the local Fry's to pick up a case because shipping for those things are a bitch. While we were there I considered looking at the mouse section but quickly dismissed the idea, I don't know why. During those few seconds, however, I managed to think aloud, "I need a new mouse". God I missed my old mouse.
Wait a second, my sister's old computer was also a Dell and I've never seen her use her Dell mouse before.
"Wait, do you still have your old mouse...?"
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Left: New-old mouse still in wrapping. Middle: Old-old mouse. Right: Stupid laptop mouse.
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Left: Old-old. Right: New-old.
All the DPI in the world can suck it, my mouse kicks ass.
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 Cheeseball Australia. July 12 2009 13:50. Posts 101 | Profile |
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 inReacH Canada. July 12 2009 13:51. Posts 1081 | Profile Blog |
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| Chef Canada. July 12 2009 13:53. Posts 4712 | Profile Blog |
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 FragKrag United States. July 12 2009 13:53. Posts 4680 | Profile Blog |
hey inReacH, Tolarian Academy > all
I also had a ball mouse, but I didn't like it at all. I love my HP mouse though. It's not fast and it doesn't have great DPI, but it works. |
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 G0dly United States. July 12 2009 13:54. Posts 266 | Profile Blog |
| lol I think I have the exact same one, though the logo isn't as worn down as yours. I've been through a lot with it nonetheless though |
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 adiyo011 Canada. July 12 2009 13:55. Posts 24 | Profile |
Did you end up marrying it?
However, you're absolutely right. It becomes an extension of your body and part of your will. I'm using a Lachesis right now but since I'm visiting my cousin for an extended period of time, I carried my laptop with SC on it (of course) with my old Logitech MX518 which stood by me for my competitive Counter Strike years. It felt great using it. (Someone is going to make a dirty joke for sure, prove me wrong.) |
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 Phyre United States. July 12 2009 14:04. Posts 935 | Profile Blog |
| Yeah, I like my MX500 a lot so I'm hoping to get my hands on an MX518 when I eventually upgrade. Been using it since 2002 and still works fine. |
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| GhostKorean Korea (South). July 12 2009 14:05. Posts 550 | Profile Blog |
| Damn those are the mice they have at my school. Doesn't work for Starcraft at all (at least not for me :l) |
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 Hurricane United States. July 12 2009 14:21. Posts 1816 | Profile Blog |
I used that mouse forever too. It was so awesome  |
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 Pokebunny United States. July 12 2009 14:37. Posts 1893 | Profile Blog |
On July 12 2009 14:21 omninmo wrote:
but that mouse is crap
how insightful
some people don't prefer "good" mice... |
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| KawaiiRice United States. July 12 2009 14:42. Posts 609 | Profile Blog |
How funny, I had the same situation almost
Same ball mouse
Same logitech mouse! |
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| Guilty Canada. July 12 2009 14:43. Posts 188 | Profile Blog |
| nice, i respect the old mouse. I've been usin the same mouse for the longest time and i thank all the gods that it hasnt died yet lol. |
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 Fontong United States. July 12 2009 14:48. Posts 4805 | Profile Blog |
It's all about the microsoft intellimouse explorer
My gaming mouse since the advent of optical mice |
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| JDizz6688 United States. July 12 2009 14:49. Posts 90 | Profile Blog |
On July 12 2009 13:50 Cheeseball wrote:
When I saw the title, I immediately thought "their hand"
i thought the same thing ROFL |
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| mahnini United States. July 12 2009 14:52. Posts 4383 | Profile Blog |
On July 12 2009 14:42 KawaiiRice wrote:
How funny, I had the same situation almost
Same ball mouse
Same logitech mouse!
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interestingly, my old-old mouse is labeled logitech on the bottom while my new-old mouse is labeled dell. so i guess at some point dell just bought the rights to the logitech mouse and started producing it themselves. hopefully it is just as reliable. |
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 EvilTeletubby Baltimore, USA. July 12 2009 15:28. Posts 12645 | Profile Blog |
On July 12 2009 13:50 Cheeseball wrote:
When I saw the title, I immediately thought "their hand"
I immediately thought of "alcohol" |
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 MamiyaOtaru United States. July 12 2009 16:01. Posts 605 | Profile Blog |
On July 12 2009 14:48 Fontong wrote:
It's all about the microsoft intellimouse explorer
My gaming mouse since the advent of optical mice
I've still got my original Intellimouse Explorer. I've had to fix the cable twice now, but it still runs. When I got a Razer (thanks for sponsoring TSL) I got a Deathadder, cause the shape is similar, but the Intellimouse is still my day to day work/surf mouse. Love |
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