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Valhalla18444 Posts
THE WINNERS ARE CHOSEN: kefkalives, Hammy, -orb- ~ Congrats dudes!
Yeah, those bad boys right there.
I've got three to give away, and the premise is simple: Post here telling me what your favourite gaming peripheral is and why - note that this doesn't necessarily have to be a Razer product. Feedback from gaming communities is the basis for decisions Razer makes, so what is essentially free market research for us certainly warrants some free swag.
A bigger contest will be coming later, for now, get to postin'. Contest closes 11:59PM GST March 2nd 2009, winners will be announced on the 5th. Note that the more detail you go into, the more likely you are to win a Moray.
Help out the sponsor of TSL, win free stuff. It's win-win, baby! Aren't you all glad I work for this company?
Information on the Moray itself is HERE. Yes, they seriously have noise-isolation.
Lovingly yours, FakeSteve
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My arcade stick, because without it, I wouldn't be able to play Street Fighter 4 =)
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I'm slightly confused. A peripheral would technically just be something other then the CPU itself, so that would include your headset (if you use one), mouse & keyboard. If you were to write about your headset for example, would you be writing about headsets in general or your specific headset?
I am assuming you would write why you chose the headset you have and why you choose to keep using that headset instead of purchasing another one. Am I correct here? Thanks.
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On February 19 2009 16:58 Salv wrote: I'm slightly confused. A peripheral would technically just be something other then the CPU itself, so that would include your headset (if you use one), mouse & keyboard. If you were to write about your headset for example, would you be writing about headsets in general or your specific headset?
I am assuming you would write why you chose the headset you have and why you choose to keep using that headset instead of purchasing another one. Am I correct here? Thanks.
Your favourite peripheral, whatever YOUR favourite peripheral is. Mouse, keyboard, headphones, mousepad, whatever. Tell me what it is and why it's your favourite.
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I really need new earbuds, so here goes.
Currently, my setup is a Logitech G15 (Blue), Razer Diamondback 3G, Steelpad QcK and Beyerdynamic DT234 Pros. Out of these peripherals, I love my Diamondback the most.
When I went to buy my Diamondback with my brother as a reward for good marks (yeh, sounds very cheesy), I was anxious. I previously had a Logitech MX310, while decent at first, was annoying to use as I progressed through my mouses life cycle. The buttons became harder to click, the mouse sometimes slid roughly on my pad. I had enough.
I was initially looking for a Krait at first, but going through 3 stores, I could not find one Razer product. Then I went to Harvey Norman, where I found 3 Red Diamondback 3G's on sale. I was excited.
With a hefty $80 AU price tag on the Diamondback, both my brother and I were skeptic that the price wouldn't justify the quality of the mouse. I was definitely wrong.
The mouse suited my grip style perfectly, the rubber edges as well as the grooves on the bottom perfect to rest my thumbs upon.
The Diamondback's flat-shape allows me to rest my palm on the top of the mouse with my smallish hands, while another 'gaming-level' mouse, say, a Logitech G5, requires me to raise my hand somewhat to grip onto the mouse.
Also, the unique design of the mouse buttons allow my fingers to rest and 'mold' into them. This allows me to comfortably make my clicks without having to 'bang' my fingers on the button. I can just tap and presto, I get a button click.
Finally, I love the rubber wheel. As I use the internet a whole damn lot, the scroll wheel on Diamondback is very comfortable to use, unlike with other mouses, where the rubber makes your finger annoyingly itchy after a while.
The mouse has convinced me that Razer is definitely superior over other brands, and that the cost justifies the superb build quality. As a frequent gamer, I will look to Razer before any other brand, whether it would be keyboard, mouse pad, mouse or headphones.
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my favorite is the razer diamondback 3g. i've had the first gen diamondback since launch day, then bought this a month ago. definitely, its uniqueness never ceases to amaze me. and also the only mouse that perfectly fits my hand :D
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If I could, I'd say that my laptop was my favorite gaming peripheral. Unfortunately, since I don't think it's really a peripheral, I'll have to say that my favorite is my Razer Copperhead. It was cheap (I got it used), and it works great. If you consider the fact that my previous mouse was an Apple Mighty Mouse (The only thing about them that I liked was the fact that they had a scroll ball, and you could scroll any which way). Admittedly, I can't use all of the copperhead's functionality, but that's because there's no native support for OSX. That's okay, there's a third-party program (USB Overdrive X I think) that lets me use it, just with far less customization. That's okay, I don't really like binding macros to mouse keys anyway. In fact, I haven't even assigned actions to all the keys that I do have. Anyway, I was pretty happy to get it. I'm not really a leet gamer. I'm awful at starcraft, even though I visit this website a lot. Basically, I like my mouse because it works, it's cool looking, and it's glowy.
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Of all time, it'd be my old Logitech Mouseman Optical (the blue one.) Not only did it have the best precision at the time, but no mouse has ever been as comfortable to me. I've gone through a MX518 and MSIE3.0 since then and they're good, but still not as comfortable. The feet on it were also solid too. Logitech has always had great feet for hard and soft pads, but definitely not so much for Microsoft. + Show Spoiler + I would kill for a modern version of that thing with all the updated features (optical sensor, built in memory/dpi adjustment, braided cord, 5+ buttons)
A close second would be my mTw pad because it was so hard to get in the US, and my ksharp signed mousepad. :D
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I love my Razor Copperhead mouse the most to be honest. When i first bought it 3 years ago i hated it haha, it felt so diffrent from what i was used to from my older mouses. But i grow into it after alittle hating, and the hating turned into lovin. I'll probably be nob for life but the gaming is more fun now. P.S. its same mouse i first bought and it still going strong D.S.
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Believe it or not, my favorite gaming peripheral is the oft-poorly-reviewed Razer Lachesis. Most feedback I've read on the mouse says its asymmetrical design makes it difficult to use for gaming, but I couldn't disagree more. After using it, I can't see myself ever going back to a traditionally designed mouse for anything other than casual web browsing. I just find the Lachesis exceptionally comfortable.
Beyond the comfort, the mouse's adjustable DPI is absolutely pimp. Its so nice being able to load up a game of Starcraft and adjust my mouse sensitivity with one touch of a button. Speaking of buttons, the Lachesis has an abundance of them. My time at the computer is primarily spent playing Starcraft, but on more than one occasion I've booted up Counter Strike and been delighted at the fact that I can bind commands to one of like 7 buttons on the mouse. That, coupled with the mouse's ridiculously huuge DPI range, and its silky smooth movement across my mousepad, and I'm left with the best mouse I've ever used for gaming.
Aside from its great functionality, the Lachesis has one more great thing going for it. The little bastard just plain looks bad-ass.
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I really love this mouse, and genuinely hope that Razer continues making something similar to it should I ever feel the need to upgrade.
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My favourite gaming peripheral is probably my headset, if you can count them as one. I never play without them, because this helps me isolate myself from the surrounding, hear the game better and this way I don't bother people around me with the noises the game makes. I also use a lot of VoIP programs(never play with friends without one) so the integrated microphone is a must.
Initially I was looking for a headset that I could wear outside too (you know, with a detachable mic and decent looks), but all the headsets in the market are hideous, so I had to do with a Fatal1ty headset (which has a detachable mic, but god damn the headset is ugly). I am looking at you Razer, make a headset that I can wear outside without feeling huge amounts of shame!
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The thing that is the most essential for me and makes a big difference as to the quality and what not is my mouse pad. Due to recommendations from a friend I managed to pick up an out of production ice mat. If I don't have a proper mouse pad I can't play, at all. Sure with crap headphones, mouse, speakers, keyboard, I can get by easily. But if that mouse movement isnt smooth and comfortable I can't stand it.
I've had loads of mouse pads in the past and it's just so annoying when they're rough on your hand or your mouse. Or uncomfortable in anyway. I mean the hardcore nerds out there need to be using these things for hours on end, so even a little annoyance or uncomfort can turn into a huge thing when it compounds.If they're the kind of material that hinders mouse movement they're just no good, can't keep picking it up and shaking it around in the middle of a game. Or the kind that can stain, or trap in anything. Nothing worse than looking at a gross old mouse pad, I like something that can stay virtually nice forever.
It also of course needs to be able to you know actually work with any mouse, it's annoying when it bugs out even just a little bit. Makes a big difference for everything. I love a nice sleek, smooth mousepad. Everything I've tried on it works fantastic be it; ball/optic/laser or anysize of mouse it works fine.
Alot of times on my desks I don't have alot of room and I don't want to take up alot of room for something like a mouse pad. It's not like I need to be moving alot anyways, so comfortable and size efficient is really essential for me. Plus that makes it easier for transportation for LANs and everything.
Its cool graphics are really nice too. They don't add anything per say to the pad itself but nothing is better than something looking cool, making you feel like a bad ass, and boosting your e-ego. After all appearance is a huge part in making a sale.
The bottom part of the pad also adheres nicely to the desk. I know I've previously had pads that actually can slip or move around, or not move at all whenever I want to adjust it. That can be a bit of a problem.
It was also very affordable. That's the thing about products. I like things to be cheap, but if they're too cheap then it becomes suspicious, so products need to be able to hit that magic sweet spot for what they can deliver what you need for what you have. I picked this one up for 30 dollars and was blown away.
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My favourite gaming (SC-gaming) peripheral is my logitech keyboard.
Many of you might be surprised why I choose such a simplistic piece of hardware as my favourite, but that's exactly the reason: it's simplicity. This keyboard offers exactly what I need for Starcraft -- nothing more, and nothing less. It has a very sturdy body and durable keys. Additionally, it is extremely cheap and therefore replaceable should anything happen to it.
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w/e, I really like my replaceable logitech keyboard, and I think ppl coughing out 30+$ for the DT35 are really stupid
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My favorite is the Evoluent Vertical Mouse, simply because it saved my wrist. When I used to play WoW my arms started aching, and I got worried about carpal tunnel. Once I got this all my problems went away. To be honest it's probably too heavy for real high level gaming, but I would recommend it to anyone with wrist pain.
(The Microsoft Natural Keyboard saved my left wrist, too.)
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My favourite gaming peripheral is my Game pad for Windows, or more specifically the Xbox 360 gamepad for Windows. I've had a GameTap account for a year or so now and buying a gamepad was the one of the best purchases I've made. It's very nostalgic to boot up some classic Geneis or Super Nintendo games and just re-live the games you grew up playing.
The reason I value my game pad over any other peripheral I have (which are many), is because I really couldn't do without it. For those who have tried to played classic games on your PC, simply using the keyboard & mouse for controls can be a nightmare. A lot of the classic games just don't translate well to PC controls and honestly, it doesn't feel right when you're playing Sonic and are not playing with a controller in your hands. In particular, I've found that platformers, like Mario, are painfully difficult and simply not enjoyable when you are trying to use the ASDW or arrow keys. I even prefer to play shooters with the game pad, although I can see where some might be fine with the mouse & keyboard setup.
The reason I chose the Xbox 360 controller over other USB controllers I could have bought, was because of the comfort. The Xbox controller has a lot of buttons; so there is never a problem mapping all the controls or finding a comfortable spot to assign a command. It's also wireless, which is not necessary, but I have enough wires coming out of my PC tower; I don't need more. Most importantly though, it's just a very comfortable controller. I think that Microsoft really nailed the button layout and size perfectly.
What I don't like is the poor D-pad of the controller. It's too small and rotates on an odd pivot; it's simply not ideal for extensive use. When the input it controls is minimal, like surfing through menus, it's not a problem. However, as anyone who has used this controller will tell you, it's a real hassle when trying to play fighting games, which are games that require precision out of the D-pad. It's not uncommon to develop a blister from the finicky way it moves and it's just uncomfortable to use.
As far as I can tell, Razer doesn't have any game pads or controllers for purchase. I am not sure if this is because they tailor their products only towards keyboards & mice, but I like all of the other products Razer has, so I can envision them making a great game pad; one that I would buy at least.
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My favorite gaming peripheral is my guinnes mouse pad, altough guinness by it self is mighty good, it cannot match with the taste of victory. The mouse pad it designed like a typical pub served guinness. It is about 40 cm high and 10 cm wide, this often causes my friends to miss the mouse pad when playing vs me at my home. Victory ^ ^.
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My mouse, Razor Salmosa.
Basically it appears to be designed perfectly with RTS in mind. It's small and light, the mouse buttons are easy to press and extend up the mouse very far, there's no software to install making it perfect for bringing to LANs.
The DPI switch could be handy, the teflon feet are cute, and the fact it's designed for left and right-handed people and yet feels easy to hold/grip is nice (I wasn't expecting to like it as I was moving from a right-handed only mouse to the Salmosa)
My Salmosa came in a box with a WC3 pro on the front and I was all like damn eSports I love you!
This concludes why I <3 Razor.
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Oh my god not the Razer Morays. Are you serious? That's some serious stuff. And all I gotta do is tell you about my gaming peripheral preferences?
I better done tell you my favorite gaming peripheral. It's my Logitech Mini Optical. It's much better than any Razer product I've tried. In my opinion they tend to break and make me perform worse at Starcraft. I'm not sure why, but myself and my friends all have this experience. So Logitech's mice are my faves. I tried to use the Razer mousepad but it gave me carnal tunnel.
It's win-win baby! I'll stay tuned for that bigger contest coming up! I can hardly wait.
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My favorite gaming peripheral is the Mouse Bungee. I would always have a hard time with the mouse cord getting in the way during high apm requiring games such as StarCraft and FPS games, but this little miracle made all those problems disappear.
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I love my Razor Diamondback mouse. The sleek mouse wheel feels really good on my finger tip as I roll it up and down (slowly at first, then faster as I need it.) The soft glow of the red light illuminates as I softly caress the top of it's smooth black "skin". I just love how it fits my hand just right and how precise it is in doing any task I appoint it. My mouse makes each moment I spend at my computer that much more enjoyable.
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Nice giveaway Steve.
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I'm going to have to go with my Saitek Eclipse 2 Keyboard.
What's sweet about it is how easy the keys are to press,yet they are still plastic,not that gummy rubber such as on the lycosa which I found just annoying if I had to move my fingers really fast from one key to another because there was too much friction with the rubber (I don't own a lycosa, I just tested one out at a store). Another cool thing about the Eclipse 2 is the ability to adjust the height with the pull out mini-legs on the back. There isn't just one leg that can be pulled out, but two different legs allowing for the most comfortable height. Also the look of it is just sweet, especially the back lights. There are three different colors for the back lights: red, blue, and purple. Whenever I play Terran, I put it to blue, red for Zerg, and purple for Protoss, which is just kinda nifty.
However, it's not perfect. Sometimes, let's say in a game, I press 1a2a3a4a with protoss, sometimes it will not catch that I pressed 2, so it will be stuck on one. I look back at my army only to find half of it sitting back, while the other half is attacking. I realized that I was just pressing 1a2a3a4a too fast, and the keyboard wasn't picking it up, so that could definitely be fixed. Also it's a little bit long, a bit shorter would be nicer because having the keys closer for macro cycles would be a bit of a help. Also, I didn't find the wrist-rest add-on very comfortable, it was just plastic and I don't use it (it is not included in the picture).
Overall, it's just a cool keyboard ^^
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i love my headphones the most, they are very comfortable compared to others i've tried, theyre also very durable so when i trip on the wire again and again they still work! this is also an exception from the others i've owned. The mic can be taken off and reattached which is also a great plus. when i buy new headphones i will definetely look for something with these features. EDIT: i also think it's great that u're being completely open with what u're doing here and that this is not a free give-away but rather an opportunity for razer to get some ideas. since theyre the sponsors of TSL i have no problem supporting this company.
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Does the coating on the keys of your Saitek II gets rubbed off very easily?
On February 19 2009 18:27 Resonance wrote:I'm going to have to go with my Saitek Eclipse 2 Keyboard. What's sweet about it is how easy the keys are to press,yet they are still plastic,not that gummy rubber such as on the lycosa which I found just annoying if I had to move my fingers really fast from one key to another because there was too much friction with the rubber (I don't own a lycosa, I just tested one out at a store). Another cool thing about the Eclipse 2 is the ability to adjust the height with the pull out mini-legs on the back. There isn't just one leg that can be pulled out, but two different legs allowing for the most comfortable height. Also the look of it is just sweet, especially the back lights. There are three different colors for the back lights: red, blue, and purple. Whenever I play Terran, I put it to blue, red for Zerg, and purple for Protoss, which is just kinda nifty. However, it's not perfect. Sometimes, let's say in a game, I press 1a2a3a4a with protoss, sometimes it will not catch that I pressed 2, so it will be stuck on one. I look back at my army only to find half of it sitting back, while the other half is attacking. I realized that I was just pressing 1a2a3a4a too fast, and the keyboard wasn't picking it up, so that could definitely be fixed. Also it's a little bit long, a bit shorter would be nicer because having the keys closer for macro cycles would be a bit of a help. Also, I didn't find the wrist-rest add-on very comfortable, it was just plastic and I don't use it (it is not included in the picture). Overall, it's just a cool keyboard ^^
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i don't feel like sucking up to razer to get free hardware.
my least favorite headphones were phillips inear buds that look just like the ones on the op post (phillips 5920) and almost made me deaf because they gave me an heavy ear infection. it took me 6 months to get rid of the infection and i still suffer from the consequences.
the favorite would be logitech mx510, the mouse that works for 6 years now, has a shape that fits a large hand perfectly, solid buttons, a nice design, 0 installing or usage issues and feels great on all surfaces.
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On February 19 2009 18:30 Eminencia wrote:Does the coating on the keys of your Saitek II gets rubbed off very easily? Show nested quote +On February 19 2009 18:27 Resonance wrote:I'm going to have to go with my Saitek Eclipse 2 Keyboard. What's sweet about it is how easy the keys are to press,yet they are still plastic,not that gummy rubber such as on the lycosa which I found just annoying if I had to move my fingers really fast from one key to another because there was too much friction with the rubber (I don't own a lycosa, I just tested one out at a store). Another cool thing about the Eclipse 2 is the ability to adjust the height with the pull out mini-legs on the back. There isn't just one leg that can be pulled out, but two different legs allowing for the most comfortable height. Also the look of it is just sweet, especially the back lights. There are three different colors for the back lights: red, blue, and purple. Whenever I play Terran, I put it to blue, red for Zerg, and purple for Protoss, which is just kinda nifty. However, it's not perfect. Sometimes, let's say in a game, I press 1a2a3a4a with protoss, sometimes it will not catch that I pressed 2, so it will be stuck on one. I look back at my army only to find half of it sitting back, while the other half is attacking. I realized that I was just pressing 1a2a3a4a too fast, and the keyboard wasn't picking it up, so that could definitely be fixed. Also it's a little bit long, a bit shorter would be nicer because having the keys closer for macro cycles would be a bit of a help. Also, I didn't find the wrist-rest add-on very comfortable, it was just plastic and I don't use it (it is not included in the picture). Overall, it's just a cool keyboard ^^
Coating? Well the keys are just plastic basically, maybe you are referring to the coating of the letters? If so, they are ingrained into the plastic. I am not sure what coating you are talking about. Nothing comes off the keys, they are in pretty well in just as good shape as I originally got them.
Btw also forgot to mention that the surface of the keys themselves aren't perfectly smooth, they are just ever so slightly bumpy allowing for just enough friction.
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I love the mouse. The other stuff (keyboards, sound equipment) doesn't make a huge difference, but the difference between a good mouse and a bad one makes a world's difference.
I'm currently using a Razer Diamondback 3G. I like it, but don't love it. I've been thinking about trying out the DeathAdder, but it's just simply not in my budget right now.
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ive not owned a single razer product.
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Astro A40 headphones with mixamp.
I use them mostly with my xbox 360, but they work just as well with computers so I'm including it. The sound quality is great, I really do hear things that I had never heard before with just a basic 2.1 speaker setup. It even has an external mic-out that you can hook directly to your xbox controller. I play mostly Halo 3, and I can make callouts on where the other team is just because I can hear them so well. A BR through any other audio output just doesn't quite compare.
A bit pricey tho; more frugal Halo players tend to buy Sennheisers.
My first thoughts when I first set them up:
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Well. I'll try!
Ode to a Microsoft Keyboard.
Oh Microsoft internet keyboard. You were the center of my starcraft universe Bold, fat and plastic, with keys that would only ever irritate;
Like that sleep button i pressed while playing on abyss, What the fuck was that about?
Who designed that piece of shit, making me dead my computer whilst in tense one on one action.
And yet i nurtured you. Ofcourse, in sadistic fashion i shaped you after my own motives Carving your surface with knife Throwing keys away so that i may play better.
So many fond memories are tied to what you let me have The friends i met and typed to, You, and you alone were the messenger.
You would always remind me of the past My rat would crawl about on you, shedding hair into your depths and even urinating Yet i still loved you like i loved that rat.
And the hair that i would clean out of my microsoft keyboard Years after that rat had died, would bring me another reminder that he was alive.
Now the keyboard sits under my desk, replaced by shiny new plastic keyboarding experiences. But the fun i had painting, defacing and modifying you Will always be buried in my mind Like that poor rat i had to bury in the yard.
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My Sony headphones lol, they are big and i like them =), but the right side is not working sometimes and i dont have money to buy =(.
Now give a chilean guy some love.
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My favourite gaming peripheral is the HORI Arcade Stick for PS3 - you NEED an arcade stck to play fighting games...
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On February 19 2009 19:37 Raithed wrote: ive not owned a single razer product.
Did you somehow miss the part where I said this doesn't have to involve a Razer product?
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My favourite gaming peripheral is my razer diamondback 3G complete with fakesteve skin (custom designed with painstaking effort). I like it because it sits well in my small nest of fakesteve memorabilia, by which I can remember this fantastic man, and indeed the fine company for which he works. It takes pride of place in between the fakesteve lawnmower, the fakesteve 'my first oven', and of course the fakesteve anal douche.
It is a joy to play, no less because of the fact that every time I caress its hard, yet soft back; I know my hand is closer to fakesteve than roughly 3 billion women have ever been.
Unfortunately my cam is bust or I would post pics, my cam is in for repairs and will be ready oh um around 12:00AM GST March 2nd 2009
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come on dude, there's no way i've fondled 500 million girls
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On an outward glance it may appear like my 24" monitor is the only redeemable feature of my dust clogged apparatus, but not to me. People call me mad, Some really question my sanity when i set up my gear at a Lan. But throughout all my years, i've used the same mouse and Keyboard. The original dell factory Model (The stickers and brand have long since worn off, and the matching Ball mouse. I don't care that i have to clean it out every 3 days. To me it's a bonding experience. On any other keyboard my fingers find their way in-between the cracks and grossly overshoot the hotkeys. These peripherals are my life and soul of gaming. And thus my faviourites.
Scroll lock doesn't work, neither does print screen, but deep down it's all worth it even if i can't see 4,7 or 9 clearly. Everytime i fold out the sticktaped supports the feeling of nostalgia is overwhelming.
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I need headphones for the gym and for the computer. Here's my attempt.
If I had to pick one piece of gaming peripheral is the G5 Logitech mouse. It's a mouse which perfectly fits directly into my the palm of my hand and comes with weights to help adjust the speed of the mouse. It also has 3 DPI features, which I have mine always set to 800 dpi.
When I play games such as Counter Strike 1.6, Warcraft III, Quake Live, and Starcraft I will never place blame on the G5. It's movements are as precise, clean, and beautiful. It is my sword when owning noobs. I've had my G5 for about 3 years and can't use another computer mouse at all.
Everything that belongs to me thats computer related is Dell, or a brand that no one knows about. With the logitech I feel like I'm in a eSports fan club. This is why the G5 is my favorite gaming peripheral.
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My mouse pad is far and away my favorite peripheral. It's a beastly 15" X 17" Razer Mantis Speed. I originally got it to handle my 30cm/360 in Quake. It was the biggest I could find at the time. Now only a 4" X 4" space on it is used for SC, the center is faded, the edges are peeling, and its dusty as hell. Despite these signs of wear and tear, its surface is still as smooth as a baby's ass and I would never think to replace it.
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On February 19 2009 20:38 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote: come on dude, there's no way i've fondled 500 million girls comon steve there's no need for modesty
plus it's about how many girls have fondled YOU. 500 million seems like a conservative estimate for a man who cuts such a fine figure as you; with a sort of regal, kingly expression radiating from your face like 1000 megatons of hot.
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My Razer Copperhead and Razer ExactMat. Prior to this I always used crappy mice and pads (if at all). Now I can't go back to using crap, even though I'm really not doing anything to justify such a high end mouse/pad.
I like the sensitivity, the feel, and how smooth the mouse feels gliding over the surface.
And since I got it free at WCG 2005 when I was doing my docu, it brings back very fond memories.
My only complaint is that it's a little hard to clean without rubbing off the glowing logo. Other than that, it's great. When this one breaks down, I'm definitely going back to Razer.
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People get all hyped up when they want a new mouse. I know a bunch of people who bought a copperhead or a diamondback for two reasons: it's razer and it shines (but of course they won't say that ). And nowadays, what says you're a real gamer more than a Razer mouse?
Well i'm the kind of guy who likes to buy stuff based exclusively on how much my needs correspond to the specs. Don't get me wrong, I think razer makes awesome mice, but I do feel they are slightly overpriced and just have too many things I know i'd never use.
So when I was shopping for a mouse what was I looking for? -A small mouse (I'm used to a Fingerstyle Grip on my mouse) -A comfortable mouse (As in, a mouse I'M comfortable with) -A mouse with at least 1200dpi sensitivity (With 800dpi I already had my mouse on max speed on windows and I wanted it to be faster) -At least three buttons and a scroll -A wired mouse (Faster response apparently, and it's just a hassle to change batteries) -Not too expensive (I wouldn't spend 100Euro on a mouse)
Now the price wasn't such a big issue, but what I don't like about more expensive gear is that they tend to toss in gadgets which i'm just not interested in (like mouse memory, dynamic dpi switching, 7 buttons, cable holders, gold plated usb ports etc...). It's not that these additions can't be useful, it's just that I haven't got any use for them. So basically when I buy a more expensive mouse I get stuff I don't even want.
I guess you're all thinking: this guy needs a G1 or a Logitech mini-optical. Well I considered going for one of those, but I really wanted a more sensitive mouse (they're both at 800dpi) so I decided they were out.
Now you must be getting bored so i'll spare the details, but i tried out a bunch of mice, some good but overpriced, some just overpriced, and some great but didn't exactly fit my needs (too large or low dpi etc...).
In the end (I might be flamed to hell here) I settled for a Genius mouse! In the past I hadn't had the best experience with this brand but I just couldn't "not" try this mouse out. It was a perfect fit. I'm talking about the Genius Ergo300 Mini Wired Mouse. http://www.elive.co.nz/genius-ergo300-wiredmouse-dv0683.php
This mouse is equipped with 1200 dpi optical lens technology, it's small, comfortable and light. I had tried out some cheaper laser technologies and those were just terrible. They kept on skipping pixels and stuff. With this optical mouse the tracking is good and smooth. Basically this mouse had everything I needed. The only additionnal gadget (they all have one...) is the horizontal scrolling, which I don't use, but whatever, it's not like that gadget made the price skyrocket anyways.
So to sum up, I needed a simple, relatively sensitive mouse so I got just that, and nothing more, and i'm really happy they still make simple mice for users who don't need a 4000dpi, gold plated, LED lit, titanium reinforced mouse
I'd say the razer mouse I hesitated most to buy is the salmosa but I just wasn't sure what more it could bring compared to the mouse i have now. And it was over double the price, so I decided pretty quickly. I think that razer should consider more mice for the fingerstyle gamers out there, and we sure are plenty.
In case this thread turns into a "What mouse should I buy?" I should mention that since I've only had this mouse for a few months I can't really comment on how sturdy it is. If it ever breaks down I'll be sure to edit this post.
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Hmm, the Razer Copperhead is a definite contender for my favorite gaming peripheral. I've used may, many different mouses before getting one. Including a Fata1ity 110 or something like that. That mouse was crap, broke in about a week, and as it turns out from what I've read most people have the same problem with it.
I've had the copperhead for about a year now and have been loving it. I really like the ability to swap between sensitivities at the touch of a button and to store different configurations. The Copperhead, unfortunately, isn't my favorite piece of computer gear. That spot is reserved for my speaker system. I have a Creative 5.1 surround system. I absolutely love the subwoofer. Actually FEELING the blast from a siege tank, the explosion from a stray frag in Call of Duty, the intensity of a multi-rocket spiral in Unreal Tournament, the ferocity of a M249 SAW in Armyops, and of course the splat of a head in any FPS. Yup, this baby really enhances the gaming experience in many, many ways.
It simply isn't the same watching a movie, playing a game, or listening to music without a subwoofer of some kind. The bass is enormous. It was such an easy purchase, but it's added so much depth to everything I do on my PC. I do live with roomates though, so shaking the house at 4 in the morning in late-night ICCup sessions does have disadvantages .
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Steve I assume this contest was conceived to possibly help razor with future design decisions.. I have some things to say about my current mouse(salmosa) as well as my current keyboard.
I have a ton of good things to say about both and also several things I would change, can the format of my submission be altered to my liking so that I can best express myself without being disqualified?
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My favorite peripheral right now would be the razer salmosa. I used the death adder for a while but after witching over i cant go back. The salmosa is rather simple, no glowing lights or extra buttons, but its so light and small... coupled with the mouse bungee its a beast that cannot be stopped... unless your a c- protoss :'(
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Mine would have to be the mouse. Although i'm not too picky when it comes to this, i like my Razer Deathadder. It's smooth and fast. Together with a steel mousepad it allows my apm to peak over 80^^.
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Germany2762 Posts
my vote goes to my corepad magna. i got it about 4 years ago when i was part of the crew at sogamed.com. there was a survey with hardware prizes sponsored by corepad and they had a few in spare. so i got one too the pad is made of teflon-coated glass and it lays on a thin foam-mat. so it doesn't slip on the table but the friction between pad and mouse is minimized to an ideal scale. the size is in a perfect balance between big and not-using-all-space-on-the-table.
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My favorite is my trackpad because it always messes me up, I always misclick, it always scrolls too much or too little, it always makes me off by a few cm in a FPS, it can never scroll straight, and you feel the friction while trying to move fast which slows you down.
Yep. I can see perfectly why I'm so good at StarCraft and FPS games.
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My favourite gaming peripheral is my headset. Before this device, how could I berate other players mercilessly? They would never know what I thought of their mothers, nor the details of the tender moments we shared the night before. Before the headset, I could not share my music with the entire server. I can only imagine their anguish in not knowing the joys of Rick Astley played in a continuous loop.
I humbly submit for consideration the Logitech USB Supra-aural premium notebook headset, without which sharing the joy of gaming with my fellow players would be so much more difficult.
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My firefly lanyard that says "Browncoat Brigade" on one side and "You can't take the Sky from me" on the other. XD
It's application? To show off at work. I'm a geek.
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My favorite gaming peripheral would definitely be my Razer Mantis Speed mouse pad. My Diamondback took so little effort to move - it would easily glide over the surface which allowed precise responses to be natural. My Diamondback is broken(lasted for the longest any mouse has for me, I'm like some kind of brutal mouse mass murderer), but even heavier mice have no problem sweeping across this thing. And there's so much ROOM! To start creating an efficient setup, a large quality mouse pad would be my first thing to look for.
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ok, I hope I don't get banned for this but I can tell you what's NOT my favourite gaming peripheral: Razer mice
I bought a copperhead back when it came out, first of all it was ridiculously expensive, but hey that's ok, as long as the product is as good as they advertise it to be. Problem is, the drivers sucked so much it's not even funny. At first the Razer software wouldn't even recognize the mouse, I had to plug it out and in several times, try several different usb slots until it finally worked (using WinXP). I also tried another PC and had the same issue. So then the mouse worked, but whenever I rebooted the PC it was just random luck if the mouse worked or not. Sometimes even unplugging and replugging the mouse didn't work and I had to reboot again and hope it'd work this time. Another thing that annoyed me to hell was the rubber stuff on the left and right of the mouse for better grip. It wore off really fast and got kind of sticky and just uncomfortable and ugly after some time. Another big complaint I had with the mouse was that I had a super laggy mouse pointer when doing fast movements with the mouse. It was a known bug and after some time there was a firmware update which fixed this, but until then it was basically impossible to play FPS games which was the main purpose I bought the mouse for. At that point I decided that I would never buy Razer products again and stick with Logitech mice, because they just work and I have never had any problems with a Logitech mouse. Been using the G3 now for ages and it's easily my favorite mouse of all time.
I'm sure Razer has improved on their drivers and plug and play compatibility by now, but it just kinda destroyed my trust in the company.
On the pro side, I really liked the Razer Mantis mousepad which I used for a long time but had to can it because I spilled coffee on it.
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I have these headphones and I have to say that I love them. Solid bass (unlike another set of earphones I have from icemat) and really does block out a good chunk of external noise. My only qualm would be that the place where the earbuds split from the main line ripped but that's probably due to me flinging it around and hitting people with the buds. Yes, it does make a nice weapon. Mega durable and the case is sick (fits 2 usb drives and has a handy SD-card sized compartment as well). Well worth it.
So yeah, I need a new one of these (mine still work but the ripping split is annoying me) so that's my pitch for "best product".
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Got to go with my logitech G5 mouse. I loved it from the time I first touched it. It fit into my hand perfectly, and had a very nice feel to it. Also five customizable DPI options you can switch on the fly. I really like it, because whenever I want to play starcraft or counterstrike I need to adjust my mouse sensitivity, and now I can do it just one click. Also, there's a bunch of buttons, which is nice. You can really customize stuff with the software you get too, but im not hardcore enough for that.
Basically, its the feel of the mouse. I dont really care how many buttons it has or whatever, those are kinda like bonuses. What I love about G5 is the way it somehow STICKS to my hand, and simply feels so accurate and natural. No other mouse has even come close to this feel for 2 years since I've bought it. I'll continue to use it until it breaks down (no sign of that yet, despite all the mashing and smashing I've done... Especially the scroll wheel, I spin it like non-stop whenever I play counter-strike) , and probably buy another one then .
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Logitech MX510
I'm sure the 518 is better. Simply put it is the greatest mouse ever designed. Unfortunately for Razer, their models do not come close. Comfort and functionality.
Out of all the gaming peripherals this one was chosen because if I had to compete with generic hardware except for one peripheral of my choosing. I would have to choose my mouse, everything else can be dealt with.
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My favorite is the black Samsung SEM DT-35. I just love this keyboard. It has the perfect size, is neither too flat or to high and the keys are the right size for my fingers. The DT-35 is very durable. I'm using it for around 2 years and I never had a problem with it. Also it has the english key layout, so it's much better for writing in English or other foreign languages (Korean/Japanese) because I have the correct layout visable. It might not be the most flashy keyboard but one can still show off with it.:D But the best thing is the sound that the keys make when you push them. I just love the "clack, clack, clack" when I'm writing. Never had a better keyboard and I will buy another SEM DT-35 when my one breaks. ^^ But then I'll go with the white one and exchange keys to get a white/black color :D
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I love my headphones. They are massive, black, and loud. Makes for good gaming.
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My custom Joystick is my baby. Joysticks are the only peripheral I think is still perfect at what it does other than the mouse and keyboard. In competitive gaming, playing any 2d fighter worth its salt with a pad is exactly the same as playing a professional first person shooter like Quake 3 or Team Fortress 2 with an XBox pad. Indeed, the stick is a peripheral that has withstood the test of time.
Equipped with a Seimitsu LS-32 stick and PS-14 clear buttons, this thing screams style while being the most responsive parts on the market. I don't care about aesthetics, but the scary Mexican gangster I won it off of in a money match did.
Having a custom stick is as important as being good at a fighting game itself. Of course it makes things a little easier, but the personal touch and flair it adds to your game can't be replicated by a mass produced product. Just looking at the art on the stick is enough to hype up your game.
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Korea (South)11558 Posts
the monitor? how else would you watch your porn?
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I use since 2003-2004 only Logitech! Why? For that moment there was a war between Microsoft and Logitech, the second sompany won due to the prices for the goods and innovations in design and quality of a product! It was fashionable to have an abrupt mousy! Yes-yes a mousy - it always was and remains the important factor in love to the game company. With output Intelli Explorer 4 - it is connected to many noise: yes - design super! Ergonomics-too! Characteristics - a sediment! And in fact Microsoft and the Internet shops untwisted through can this mouse promising space results =)... People was disappointed!
Here also there was a qualitative mouse from Logitech МХ510! - Bright appearance, excellent characteristics! Manufacturers of other devices were in flight. It is necessary to note the important thing - distribution on the world! And?!!! The GUARANTEE!!! Running beforehand - at Logitech 3 years!!! Whether there are at Razer such characteristics and service centers??? - is not present!! Razer - it is focused on dear" the buyer.
Logitech has proved superquality! For many RaZoR looks childly!
As to keyboards: Sven (3235), Logitech (Internet), Mitsumi - the keyboard soft + brushes do not get tired Hands. To people to prove, that the keyboard can change or improve somehow quality of game - hard! And here again Logitech shows all world - we the first! G11, G15 have simply crushed all!!! From the experience has found out a number of defects of this keyboard (especially for not English-speaking versions - in illumination), but this MIRACLE the-keyboard! Razer.... ehhhh, like also has made where better the keyboard, but there was no desire and properties in its purchase! The important factor have left both videoclips and photos about a Starcraft of festivals in which showed a Starcraft 2!!! The Best advertising of devices!
Mousy logitech g3, mx300, mx518 - rather convenient, qualitative!!! Steelpad steelseries - pud with a good covering!
Many players have got used to old mouses. On reliability the best had appeared Microsoft intelli explorer 3.0 and Logitech mx300. Any like in a choice of keyboards is not present - the main thing that there were soft buttons. I shall notice, that at Logitech left Shift short is "-"
The choice of my friends is Razer - quality and it is convenient! If to take mousy Razer that I choose model Guildwars for very conveniently under a hand quality the mouse and already long does not give failure + the newest models!
Carpet from fUnC ind. Gives a heat!!! Simply all nice! Similar models from RaZer concede in a practicality!
I shall notice, that very much carpets use a great demand rag! Legs for moses have high wear resistance to friction on a fabric. The fabric gives softness and simplicity in service - washing =).
I like the form mouse by Razer, it sympathizes with me rather than mx518, but ON and buttons onside - horror =) more.
From other devices I wish to note the Leader - G25 - super a rudder... Mechanics wonderful. Excellent characteristics in all (except for the price =))) and gamepuds from all the same Logitech!
Headphones - KOSS (quality), SteeL (design), Razer (design), Logitech (the price, quality)
so, it would be desirable. That company RaZer me has enticed =) That it can make?
1) To solve the problem with service or that I even did not ask such question, and knew that RaZer - quality always and for a long time!
2) Has solved the problem with silly buttons onside and switching dpi as on mx518
3) Carpets were more practical (to let out budgetary models of fabric carpets - A4tech X7 while in this sense is in the lead) to change packing for mice of the big size.
4) to allow know quality - and it only toutch though to something them Razer.
5) I should have such feeling at purchase, that buying RaZer even if the price of a mousy more than 50 $, that it is exact not shit, RaZer cannot be bad!
6) Servicing! Sale Сопуствующих of the goods!!! (would be abruptly if spare legs were issued as does Steel), budgetary models set (bluetooth for mobile and PC)
Much still would be desirable said to all, here only my English leaves much to be desired =)
I am glad, that there is such communication with a society! =)
In the summer I shall think what to choose =) Logitech or RaZer
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is awesome32246 Posts
I really really liked my Logitech mx300.
I used to play a lot of Counter Strike on net cafes, so back then I could try every mouse available from people who I played with. I didn't own a "gaming mouse", so before buying one, I tried every mouse I could: Logitech minis, genius mouses (ew), Microsoft 1.0 1.1a 1.1b 2.0 3.0, etc.
...but the moment I tried the mx300 I decided and went to buy it the following day.
It was the only mouse which was more or less heavy back then. All of the other mice felt like grabbing a carcass of thin plastic. The mx300 was really solid, had anti grip surface and simple buy comfortable design.
Buttons everywhere and rocket like designs are things I usually avoid in mice, cause 99% of the time turns to make them pretty but uncomfortable.
I never understood why logitech never made another "mx300-looking" mice... all the models they made after it were elephant looking mice mx500, mx510, mx310, 700, etc. All seemed ugly and the ones I tried a lot (mx510, mx500) had a weird shape I didn't like. Until the G1 and the G3 were released I could never find something similar in any brand...
Sadly, my mx300 broke a long time before the G1 and G3 were announced, and when they were, it took them a long time to come out and I couldn't wait.
I guess if I had to critique something about the mx300 is the button durability. I used to play a lot back then, but the left button died pretty soon for a gaming mouse. All the rest of the mouse still looks as good as new though! Another pro the mouse had was that it wasn't too expensive. More expensive than say... the generic Microsoft mice, but still worth every penny.
mini rant:
I know designing a mouse has a lot of factors revolving around it and it's not as simple as one may think, but I always wonder why 90%+ of the mice that come out have weird shape, buttons everywhere and all this fancy features but then they forget about the most important things in a mouse. For example, cord length, adapters when needed, good driver support, durability and good skates. I have tried some very good looking mice, with good features that came with awful skates. It's like having an amazing mp3 player with generic bad quality earphones...
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My favorite gaming peripheral is the nintendo DS stylus.
its sleek, efficient, and gives me the freedom to do whatever i want on the DS. I never have to refill with ink, and it'll have a lifetime of effectiveness. Not only that, but I can play brainage and stuff without ever having to worry about plugging things in.
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I love my mouse, it's a Logitech Mx-510. A great all-around mouse (perfect response and sensitivity - even on far from perfect surfaces - for games, while your hand does not grow tired from it even from excessive use), with great looks. It's quite big and heavy, but very ergonomic. It's irregular shape adds to the comfort, but makes it only suitable for right-handed people. Lots of buttons (7+ pressable wheel), but each is easy to reach while not too sensitive/in the way of movement to avoid misclicks. The two main buttons are not seperate pieces of plastic, they are just flexible ends of the cover, looks very cool and still, clicking is not clumsy at all. I've been told its too big and too heavy, but it fits my hands perfectly, and after you get used to the weight, it actually gives stability and precision. It's probably in its 4th year now (at least), under heavy duty, and there are clear visual signs of abrasion and dirt, but it works just as fine as new.
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My favorite gaming peripheral is my Kensington wireless desktop set. (Kensington K64373).
THE CONS This is what truly makes this peripheral incredible; the fact that there are so many things wrong with it, yet to this day it is my favorite.
It's old school, about 3-4 years old now I believe.
The mouse runs out of batteries (two triple A batteries) in about two to three weeks of rigorous use. This is of course only if you leave the batteries in the mouse when you don't use it. This technology is dated, so there is no "idle" mode for the mouse. Well, there is, but it still wastes a lot of battery.
This is normal for keyboards nowadays, but the letters on the WASDEIORT keys are completely faded and now have a glossy smooth surface to them instead of the usual kinda-granular texture. My mom gets pissed about this all the time when I switch keyboards to use this, because she has to look at the keys to type and well that won't fly with this baby. The keyboard is more bulky than is normally acceptable by most standards, and is on a slight incline which kind of makes it the "missing link" between laptop keyboards and old-school pop-up button keyboards (in my opinion).
The wireless transmitter is fucking HUGE. It is like a hotdog, cut in half, and then the two halves tied together side-to-side and laid down on the table, ready to transmit signals yo. The big button on the top of it ensures that you have to keep it upright, otherwise the button pushes down on itself, and disconnects both the keyboard and mouse simultaneously, and then you have to press the "connect" button on both. This isn't your cute little wireless transmitter plugged into the side of your laptop; to make an analogy -
K64373 monster receiver : your cute little USB shit is the same as 1980's suitcase cell-phone : your cute little Chocolate shit
THE PROS So, what the fuck is good about this piece of shit, you might ask? Well look no further, this is what makes this ancient dumpster stuffer anything BUT a dumpster stuffer.
I don't give a fuck about the batteries running out, it's simple; just buy a 20 pack of them and keep them next to your computer and the problem is solved. Now let's get to the awesome parts of this mouse. I know that mouse quality is largely subjective, so this is a weak argument, but this mouse is perfect. It is the right weight (leaning on the heavy side, helps me be more precise, however is not an elephant because they are only triple-A batteries and overall it is light plastic with a hollow body). It is the right texture - the sides are made of a thin rubbery material which makes for an awesome grip (I have a claw grip), the other surfaces are a mostly smooth but slightly grainy plastic, which feels good to my hands and isn't like those sweatshop style super-sleek mice which make my hand feel like a swamp on top of and ice skating rink. There aren't many buttons - left click, right click, a small button in between them for Mouse3 options, and a roller wheel. However that mouse3 is useful for going back pages in internet browsing. The wheel rolls with ridges, so I can always gauge how far to scroll while reading. The wheel also can be pressed down for a Mouse4 command, and nudged left and right too. The way this mouse glides on most surfaces is superb - I have played on wooden desks, glass tables, my bed sheets, my girlfriend's bed sheets, notebook, recycled wood desks at school, and on mouse pads of course, and it works miraculously well everywhere. Sensitivity can be altered of course, and I enjoy the high precision of this mouse. The shape is perfect for my grip style, and so is the size - large and curved outwards, not like those shitty flat mice you see nowadays. This mouse means business. It doesn't have those indents on the left and right click buttons, because fuck that, I can control a mouse without that and I am sick of having finger tip irritation from riding up and down that groove. Fuck that. This mouse owns.
The keyboard is a multi-media masterpiece. The amount of programmable buttons on the top make your mouse almost obsolete in many programs. Although this is common for laptops now too, and I guess some keyboards, but I have yet to see THIS many options on a single keyboard that isn't specifically made for gaming or some shit. And yes I actually use the buttons, because fuck going to start -> shut down -> sleep, ARE YOU SURE?!, YES I'M SURE MOTHERFUCKER, you just press the little moon on the keyboard and wham you are sleep mode. Also I will note that it is almost impossible to press this button by accident unless you have some sort of serious disorder, in which case you need to get yourself a much larger keyboard with some huge-ass keys to make up for your crackmonkey hands. Also, I like the incline of the keys, it is nice and I am used to it. It makes my hands have a less forced lean down to it. The keys are sensitive and have yet to break, ever, unlike my laptop which is ass-busted right now in the keyboard department. There is ample room between the keys, the arrow keys, and the numpad. This makes games like FFR and StepMania easy and comfortable, and makes scrolling in SC easy too, since I can clearly identify which direction is which without looking, unlike on certain new edgy keyboards and on laptops where the direction keys are mixed in with normal keys in some sort of Protoss simcity build so I have to look down and guess and shit. Same concept applies to the F# / # keys - no more fuckups in Diablo II, motherfucker. I like the smoothness that the keys have now, it makes typing a fluid and fast experience. This keyboard is the shit.
The wireless shit. Hard to find anything good about it. But wait, I just did. This thing connects both a laptop AND a mouse, so I take this shit with me if I ever need to get my game on and my laptop keys are fucked up as they are now (o key fell off, i key is almost there). Just connect it via USB and you're good to go. On top of that you have the PS/2 option, in case you want to go old school, semi-permanent in your set up, or attach it to an old-ass computer or something. It's flexible. And, I kind of like the fact that it's big. I will never lose this thing. I have left so many of those little USB things at people's houses or at home during a trip, god I hate that it makes everything so FUCKING useless. I hate touchpads. Jesus Christ. This thing prevents all that. Also, the connection button isn't all that bad, it is easy to have the thing upright, I just bitched about it because it happens once a year in the middle of a game and only because I was too lazy to set it up conveniently.
HOPE YOU LIKE MY WRITE-UP ON MAH PERIPHERAL~
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My favorite gaming peripheral is my logitech g15 keyboard. Convenient g15 keys an LCD screen compatible with almost every game that displays the time, what music you're playing or even stats in the game. Also the ability to play/pause my music right on the keyboard is quite nice as well as an easy toggle of the windows key much easier than editing the registry. The keys are perfect size for me and the lighting, which is also adjustable is perfect as well. Overall its a very well-rounded keyboard with perks for whatever you like to do on your computer.
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My favorite gaming peripheral is my Sennheiser PC161 Gaming Headset.
I bought the headset for the mic. for gaming with friends. The PC161 has a very good mic. with noise cancellation. The mic. is adjustable and can easily be lifted out of the way when not in use and conversely can be back in position quickly. However, the sound quality needed to be good as well. I have good speakers and I didn't want to be deterred from using my headset by poor sound quality. Sennheiser generally has good audio quality and this headset is no exception.
The price of the headset wasn't exorbant. It's regular $100 but I spent $50 when it was on sale. I think that $50-$70 is a reasonable amount to spend on a good headset because as a gamer the audio quality doesn't need to exceptional. If I want to watch a movie or listen to music while doing something else on my computer, I'll use my surround sound speakers.
The headset has a long cord. It's always irritating to have a cord that's too short. Sure, a cordless headset would be better, but it's not worth spending an extra $200 on.
The headset also has a volume control and mic. toggle built into the cord. When you're gaming, you don't want to alt tab to change your sound. The mic. toggle is very useful if you like voice activated voice chat when gaming. If you need to say something to a roommate/family member; you can turn off the mic. easily without stopping your game and without telling it to all your friends .
The headset is a simple sleek black/grey colours scheme. No hardcore gamer wants to wear a headset that clashes with their case.
As awesome as this headset is, it would be nice to have some earbuds to bring to LANs when I don't need a mic.
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Logitech G5..... the smooth grip of it after hour of an extreme gaming session ..... the rustic copper view of its layout......... the options to switch between dpi ..... the overall feel... smoothness...... the wheel is amazing.......... the option to change the weight within the mouse....... omg... best money I've ever spent on a mouse has a non-tangle chord which obviously helps to prevent tangle
I dunno if there was one word to describe the sheer amazingness of this mouse
it would be
Joygasm.....
now the moment you've all been waiting for
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My gaming rig consists of the following:
Macbook Pro (running XP before you yell "macs can't play games!") -2.2 GHz Core 2 Duo CPU -4 GB RAM -200 GB Hard drive (currently 75 GB in the windows partition) Razer DeathAdder mouse Razer Destructor mousepad Shure SE110 earbuds Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 speakers Belkin n52te gamepad (made by razer, but branded belkin)
It's pretty comprehensive, but I'm still missing a few things. I'd really like to get my hands on a mouse bungee. A proper keyboard would be wonderful, as well as a real headset (currently using my onboard mic). As soon as I get the money, I plan on building a real gaming rig, which will kick ass. Despite that, my Macbook Pro holds up very well, able to play Left 4 Dead at 1440X900 very smoothly. loading times are a bit slow, but that's the hard drive being only 5000 rpm (I opted for a larger, slower drive when i bought the machine; I have a lot of music. now I use an external, and wish I had the faster drive).
My least favorite peripheral that I own is the n52te. I don't really have room for it on my desk, and because of that it mostly sits off on my dresser unused. When I do use it, I've noticed that the row of keys that should be 1-5 are non-existant, making weapon changing in L4D and TF2 more difficult.
My favorite peripheral... it's a tough choice. I'm going to have to go with the combination DeathAdder/Destructor. My desktop is made of clear glass, so no mouse can track on it by itself. I was using a piece of printer paper and a magazine as a mousepad before buying the Destructor. People will debate whether using a mousepad will actually increase your accuracy of your mouse. There is one aspect of the Destructor that is not debatable, however; put any Razer mouse on it, and it moves like greased lighting. The coefficient of friction between the Destructor and the DeathAdder is lower than anything else i've ever come across. Anyone who's used my mouse and mousepad immediately comment about how effortlessly my mouse moves. The DeathAdder itself is a very respectable mouse; perhaps it doesn't have the DPI that the Lachesis does, but the 1200 DPI infrared sensor is still much higher than most other mouses that I know of. The ergonomics of the DeathAdder took a little getting used to, and I've changed the way i held it more than once since i got it, but now that I'm used to it, it fits like it was custom-made.
There was a guy who posted earlier who said his friends bought Razer mouses because they were Razer and they were shiny. I bought Razer because they were highly recommended to me by a friend who had an old Diamondback. When I bought my DeathAdder, I was still using Mac OS X only, and the DeathAdder was the only Razer mouse with Mac drivers, making it an easy choice. I am a bit of a quality freak; I am willing to pay more money if it means better quality. This is very much reflected in many of my peripherals. Macs are often considered more expensive than their PC equivalents, but Macs are generally more reliable than other brands. Klipsch, Shure, and Sennheiser are all world-renowed audio companies. While you might think I'm crazy for spending $70 on my SE-110 when you might settle for those $5 skullcandy earbuds, the difference in quality is more than worth the price for me.
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My favorite gaming gear at the moment is my Shure SCL4 earbuds. The best thing about those is they isolate outside noise really really well. They come with 10 different type and size of foam so you can can create a seal inside of ear no matter how small/big your ear canals are. Once I put those in, I am 100% focused on the game, nothing short of people actually bumping or poking me can actually distract me away from the distraction.
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My favorite peripheral is my original manufactured products of Keyboard+Mouse mainly because you dont have to spend money, or buy high priced company products to be good at a game. It takes dedication and patience to develop skill with any product you use, solely because you have to get used too it. So why would you want to spend $100 on a mouse, or $75 on a keyboard (averaging prices here) to make yourself believe it'll make you a better gamer, when truly its just a mind-game. What you spend that money on isnt skill, its just spending money on a product that'll boost your ego and give yourself the idea that it will make you an overall better player. Sure it may last you longer, or it may give you better specs overall. But when in-fact any product is as good as the other when you compare it with your time of dedication and patience.
This is why, I have played with the manufacturers products that came in with the original desktop/laptop for the past 9 years of my Starcraft career. Ive taken both a HP Mouse+Keyboard and a Compaq Mouse+Keyboard to LAN Events, to Korea in 2006 to compete in Courage which I got to the 3rd round, and for everyday competition on online leagues.
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If I win, I'm sure my favorite of all my gaming peripherals will undoubtedly be the Razer Moray... pl0x?
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My favorite gaming peripheral is my Razer Lachesis. It has more buttons than my keyboard, and they're all programmable. It's comfortable, super precise, and has on-the-fly profile/dpi changing capabilities. It's the next step down from having my mouse play the game for me.
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The qualitative game mouse - pleasure not the cheapest. But it is far not everyone it is ready to give pair hundreds for advertised electronic "animal". At the same time concerning inexpensive and simultaneously qualitative game models in the market it is not enough. On such background mouse series Х7 from A4Tech looks as the present lifebuoy ring, especially, if to consider applications of the manufacturer for " infinite opportunities " these devices of input (certainly false on 500 dpi)
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My Logitech G5 has lasted me for at least 3 years and has survived falls, travels in my backpack and basically constant use. And i have never seen any decay in performance, also, the mouse buttons have no dark unremovable stains of 'grease' or whatever that form in time pressing them for so long, unlike my laptop for example.
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logitech g5 best mouse you can ever buy, just got a new one less than a month ago
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The keyboards grinded under gamers, in the market it is possible to count on fingers. Similar, this kind of devices of input only starts to punch to itself road, and behind its development still will have to watch. But already today the true fan or the pro can please itself with purchase of the game keyboard. The choice uneasy will make Only. The similar periphery at different manufacturers so differs from each other, both on appearance, and on functionality, that in the beginning to the buyer will have to be defined, what exactly it wishes to receive, that is to be defined with the concept.
There is no such player who does not know even by hearsay about company Razer, an engaged development of the various game accessories directed on use not only fans, but also professionals. Game mice Razer for a long time became an alive legend among true players. It is necessary to carry high quality of assembly, stylish design, greater functionality, huge opportunities to pluss Razer Tarantula on recustomizing keys, excellent and in many respects unique characteristics, an opportunity of installation of a regular lamp of illumination. There are also minuses: instantly there are traces from fingers on the case, greater dimensions, a non-standard allocation of some keys of the right part. But, here in pluss at SteelSeries SteelKeys 6G - high technical equipment, ideal tactile feedback of keys, a habitual standard allocation, very high quality of materials and manufacturing (among minuses - very small functionality consisting absence of additional buttons and drivers). Manipulators Genius are not correct for comparing to more dear production of companies Logitech, Microsoft and some other manufacturers - nevertheless, it absolutely other price category.
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Out of all the gaming peripherals I've owned, my favorite has to be my current headphones. The Sennheiser HD555
These headphones are my favorite simply because they excel in all the desired aspects. It's not just me, I get similar sentiments from anyone who has tried one or owns one. I would consider myself somewhat of an audiophile.
If you've never seen one before, this headphones doesn't mess around. It's a full-sized, open-ear, circumaural set. Full-sized is self explanatory. Open ear means that instead of what the majority are used to, these cans allow sound to flow in and out of the headphones. So yes, this means I can hear things in my environment if they are a moderate volume. It also means if someone was in the room, they could probably hear a really soft version of what I'm listening to. To some this might seem like a disadvantage or undesirable, but the fact is if you want high quality the vast majority of higher-end headphones are open ear. I feel the balance is perfect. Outside noise isn't so distracting that it bothers me or prevents me from hearing what I want from my computer but at the same time I'll be able to hear something like say, a doorbell or a fire alarm, even at a loud volume. You can also hear your teammates at a LAN [ herro razer ]
Perhaps the #1 important aspect of headphones are their comfort. No matter how well a set of cans produces sound, it won't matter if you can't stand to wear it. The framework of the headphones is strong, with a one-sided headband hinge connection. It also helps that the cable is only on one side, which helps to tidy up wires and just generally looks better imo. The look of the headphones attracted me as well. It's black mesh metal wire on the side goes nicely with the rest of my setup which is mostly black as well. I love the fact that the cord is like 10 feet long so I can move around my room if I need to throw something away or open my window. The headphone band also stretches a lot, meaning if I had a huge head this thing would be no problem. The band, and the rest of the headphone itself is durable as hell. Even if you break anything, every part is replaceable by Sennheiser. It's also easy to take apart which is a big plus if you're into that sort of thing. I actually opened mine up when I first got them to look at the drivers. I read on Sennheiser's website that the drivers are angled backwards so the sound is directed directly into your ear. This really attracted me. What a difference.
I've worn a lot of headphones in my day and I just wanna stress how comfortable these things are. I've worn everything from shitty 1990 sony walkman's to maple oak $3,000 custom Grados and nothing I've ever worn is as effortless as the HD555. I wanna stress that the majority of people that I've interacted with are unsatisfied in some way about the comfort of their headphone, whether it be the frame, or the cable or just how it hurts your ears or puts pressure on your head. With the HD555 there is none of that. I probably wear these things 60 hours a week and half the time I can't even tell they're there, especially when I play games or watch a movie.
I *guess* it doesn't hurt that these things are a monster of a bargain for the quality they give. I bought my pair for $160 off NewEgg a few years ago.
Like I mentioned earlier, I've worn a lot of headphones....a lot of good ones at that, and I'm not claiming the HD555's are the best. But they are definitely in the top 5. Of course sound quality is subjective but I'll let you know how I feel about it anyway. The treble is incredibly clear but not overbearing, the mid-range has no sharp tones and is generally mild, while the bass hits at just the right spots. In games like counter-strike [ source or 1.6 I played both ] listening for footsteps made me feel like I was cheating the first time I wore the HD555s. Of course that effect wears off cuz you get used to it, but you get the point.
The HD555's have 120ohm impedance. Without getting too much into it, the higher the ohm it means the less you have to raise your volume unit in your amp or cd-player whatever. This is probably the only thing I'd improve about it for other people. I actually have an amp for my headphones so everything is pretty baller in that respect.
At the time of my purchase, there was no better deal and I'm pretty confident to say that even though that was 2 years ago it still stands. I tend to keep up on these things since like I said I'm a bit of an audiophile. The research I did to buy these came from forums, friends who are very knowledgeable about this kind of thing [ Many djs ], and various brand websites to compare and contrast. Even audiophile forums tend to recommend these headphones to this day for anyone in this budget range. Some say that your monitor is what you should spend the most on, since you're staring at it all day and I find that's true for the most part. Following the same logic, I see no reason why you shouldn't spend a decent amount on a soundcard and a good speaker system or in my case a headset.
I fucking love my HD555s.
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I have a standard logitech keyboard and a Razer Krait. Both simple, without extra buttons i dont need for anything. But my favorite is, a bottle of scotch. When I just want to sit inn and play one evening, nothing beats my a glass of scotch on the side. (pref. singlemalt from Skye ^^ )
I really need some new headphones. Mine is sooooo bad Kind of silly, since I have a neat soundboard.
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My favorite gaming peripheral is actually a set of Isolation headphones made by Vic Firth (the drum company). I bought them back when I started playing drums to plug in to my metronome, but I've been using them for Brood War for quite some time. Not only does it block out external noise, but I also feel more and more like Lee Young Ho every time I put them on!
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My favourite gaming peripheral would be my Speedlink medusa 5.1 headset. It was a tough choise between my headset and my logitech G1 mouse, but all in all I'd say that a mouse is very easy to replace if you just know what you're looking for, while a headset which provides absolute comfort isn't easy to find at all.
I spent a week looking for the best headset for me which also had a reasonable price and which I could receive rather soon instead of a month. I knew exactly what I was looking for; it needed to be well adjustable headset which has earcups that cover my whole ear. This alone made it a tiresome search. I would have had a lot of options if I had settled for a headset which doesn't cover the whole ear, but from my experience those don't feel as stable in the head, and often they may press your ears and making them hurt after several hours of use. I knew beforehand of these things, so I knew instantly what options to ignore and what to choose. Of course I would have found suitable earphones quickly and which would be rather cheap, but I wanted a microphone as well as I talk a lot on ventrilo, so many headphones were out of the question.
Eventually after a tiring search I found speedlink medusa 5.1 headset, a comfortable headset which covered my whole ear, which was easily adjustable and had a microphone. The especially good thing about this is, that it feels stable in your head, yet it's soft padding etc make it ideal for several hours of gaming. Unlike speakers or low quality headsets, I have no trouble hearing where my overlords or units are, or where I'm under attack. The microphone is high quality as well, providing crystal clear voice for those listening to me, making it also ideal when doing commentaries.
The stable, comfortable feeling that this headset provides along with a great microphone makes it a top quality gaming equipment, but as a cream on top I must also remind you that unlike many other wireless headsets this is also quite light. Some headsets, and especially wireless headsets can be annoying since you have to charge them occasionally and since they're heavier you will always notice that they're there. However, when you wear Speedlink medusa 5.1 headsets, during intense concentration while playing you will hardly notice them at all, making them even more ideal for myself, and gamers who have tried them!
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My favourite gaming peripheral has always been the Logitech Optical USB Mini Mouse
I haven't really found many cons to it over the years, and it gave my greatest satisfactions in Starcraft as no other did.
PROS
-Price: I have never had money to spare, and this mouse costed me about 2 meals at a normal restaurant at the moment I bought it. -Longevity: It has been working flawlessly for years. My friends complain about their mouses because after 1 year the buttons stop working, never happened to me, not even casually. -Accuracy: It proved to be as accurate as other gaming mice I've tried, such as G5, Copperhead, at least I couldn't tell the difference except I felt more confortable with mine. -Hype: When I've found out it was (and still is) the most used mouse in the Starcraft Progamer Scene, and furthermore the mouse choice for my idols (Savior and July), I felt hyped and distinguished and even started doing better. -Confort: I have small hands, so this mouse goes perfectly with me, most other mouses are far bigger, and I like to be able to grab the hole mouse because it gives me a sensation of control. Also, being curved on the sides and smaller overall implies less contact with the pad surface, another thing I like. The cable never touched the surface of the pad, and it wasn't rigid to the point of messing with the sesitivity, I say this because I had this problem with other mouses, even using the cord clip from the func pad. -Quality overall: Over the time I've used it I haven't had a single noticeable problem, meaning the mouse NEVER WENT OPTICAL ON ME (moving randomly), not a single time I recall. Never stopped working for a second, never a misclick (due to physical malfunction, not my clumsiness).
CONS
-The mouse worked like a charm for about 4 years, but then it just stopped working. I figure it broke when I was travelling, I did that a lot at the end. -The buttons got greasy and needed to be cleaned every day, even though I've always cared about having my hands clean when using it. -Nearing the end, somehow the back tag (with the serial number) gave me some trouble with the pad, I think something happened to it (the tag) because it couldn't reach the pad surface normally.
PERSPECTIVE
I'm not rich, I'm not a progamer, I don't play more than 4 hours a day even when I'm hardcore gaming. I just needed a mouse which was accurate enough to have me forget about the mouse issue, in the sense that I was able to worry about my game decisions and not the position of the damn arrow. To my outmost satisfaction I achieved this for the cheapest price and with the added advantage of feeling the hype of having Savior's mouse. Note that the hype did not came from fancy stylish curving, fluorescent unnatural colors, extravagant materials or epic names (for the mouse), but for the fact that a guy who knows what he does and I admire chose an unexpensive unit, oddly enough, and that says more than any publicity.
Here's a list of progamers using this mouse: Reach, July, Iris, Midas, Anytime, Nada, Sea, Bisu, Savior, Hoejja
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My favorite peripheral is the MX518 because it fits my hand perfectly unlike any razor mice. Although the deathadder is really nice, I also like the MX518 because I can change the sensitivity on the fly easier than a razor mouse by just pressing one button instead of of two.It also doesn't cramp my hands like a razor mouse, and the mouse buttons are better because it doesn't click like a razor mouse. You know what I'm talking about? When you click a diamondback, it feels funny. It's like the button is cushioned and just feels weird.
Anyway, is this a random drawing for the earbuds?
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My favorite peripheral is oddly enough this cheap 20$ Plantronics Headset I bought at Best Buy 5+ years ago. I'm not the one who puts extra money into gaming equipment so it worked perfect for me. Never once have I been annoyed with it, if I go on ventrilo the mic works and have had 0 issues with sound. That's all I really look for in anything I need for the computer is mainly will it last and does it do it's job. I don't need any luxuries above that. And thanks to Razer's outdated mice being sold so cheap and with free shipping I finally got to replace my basic Microsoft mouse that had a half working right click with a new Razer Viper
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Of course I would have to choose my mouse, which is Microsoft Comfort Optical Mouse 1000. I'll call it Microsoft COM1(Comfort Optical Mouse 1000) for easy references. It's simplicity at its best. It's a standard mouse with a right click, left click, and a scroll wheel. No extra buttons on the side. No volume button; nothing extra. It's just a simple yet effective mouse. I've discovered that I don't need all those extra buttons on the side. I find them unattractive and simply annoying.
1. Weight/Shape- It's basically the perfect weight for me. It's light enough to move at high rates (basically for high APM for when I play SC) and it's not too light for when I play fps's (mainly Counter-Strike). I tend to be on the computer for a long number of hours. This mouse is light enough so that I don't have any problems with my wrist (I've used my friend's Razer Copperhead but had wrist problems from long usage). The shape of the mouse also fit's my hand perfectly. I own a G5 but placed it to my family computer because of it's shape. If you didn't notice, I'm a very picky person when it comes to computers. But besides that, the Microsoft COM1 is a versatile mouse for a wide array of games, and that's why I love it.
2. Cost/Hardware - This mouse is only $20 retail. I've never had the money to spend on fancy things, so I had to deal with the "normal" items. But this is well worth the money. The hardware that came with the mouse is also very useful. I found it very user-friendly, and it also helps me create more precision and control over my mouse.
In my opinion, the mouse is the most essential part of a gaming set-up. I find it to be the most important part of my computer. Without precision, we wouldn't be able to exceed over the rest of the crowd (although talent does have it's role ). This mouse has been through a lot. There are wear marks from heavy usage but it still has yet to fail me.
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My favourite gaming peripheral is my SpongeBob mousepad.
Not only does it significantly increase the accuracy of my mouse, and eliminate the unwanted noise of plastic sliding over wood, it also helps me find my mouse because of its bright yellow colour that contrasts excellently with my brown desk. In addition to this, it also feels like I have a friend just watching me play, encouraging me to win with his happy grinning face. He never abandons me and is always right where I need him, due to his lack of legs (or any moving parts, as he is a solid state mouse pad). When I win games, he's always around to laugh with me at the fool I just destroyed, and when I lose, he always cheers me up with that goofy smile that reminds me it's just a game. If I'm ever ranting about a loss, thinking out a strategy, or just pondering what to write for an assignment, his eyes are always wide open and awake, hanging on my every word like the excellent listener he is. Even when I consider purchasing a new mousepad, and perhaps make him feel unwanted, he is very forgiving and always takes me back if I want him. Truly, I would feel dirty playing video games without him, and that is why he is my favourite.
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On February 20 2009 04:59 Chef wrote:My favourite gaming peripheral is my SpongeBob mousepad. Not only does it significantly increase the accuracy of my mouse, and eliminate the unwanted noise of plastic sliding over wood, it also helps me find my mouse because of its bright yellow colour that contrasts excellently with my brown desk. In addition to this, it also feels like I have a friend just watching me play, encouraging me to win with his happy grinning face. He never abandons me and is always right where I need him, due to his lack of legs (or any moving parts, as he is a solid state mouse pad). When I win games, he's always around to laugh with me at the fool I just destroyed, and when I lose, he always cheers me up with that goofy smile that reminds me it's just a game. If I'm ever ranting about a loss, thinking out a strategy, or just pondering what to write for an assignment, his eyes are always wide open and awake, hanging on my every word like the excellent listener he is. Even when I consider purchasing a new mousepad, and perhaps make him feel unwanted, he is very forgiving and always takes me back if I want him. Truly, I would feel dirty playing video games without him, and that is why he is my favourite. Win.
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My favorite gaming peripheral would be my old Logitech MX518. The mouse came with my laptop, and was the first real gaming mouse that I had, but last year my laptop and my mouse got jacked...
Although it was a bit bulky for some people, I found it to be very natural for my hand, and never had any problems with it at all. I found that it had just the right amount of buttons at 5, whereas I think anymore is just overkill, but any less means a lot less convenience when just browsing the internet. Furthermore, the mouse ran smoothly across every surface, which I cannot say about the replacements that I've found. The only qualm I have is that sometimes some dirt and junk would get on the mouse from time to time, but that has nothing to do with the actual functionality of the mouse.
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My favorite gaming peripheral would simply be the Logitech Optical Mouse (Wire) My only reason is because its so simple. Lately these days, gaming has gotten complex and so chaotic, I really cant learn that quickly But with this mouse, I feel calm again in my spirits, and its just has an amazing touch to it.
That is all. Good luck to all contesters
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Keyboards.
If you don't have a mouse - you can keyboard. If you don't have a game pad, you can keyboard, if you don't have a life - too bad.
But seriously, keyboards are a godsend. You can type alphanumeric, play games, use the comp, shortcut commands, emergency mouse (not so much for games ofc), bash people like in Wanted, pretty much a load of stuff all in one. It's mainly because I'm a PC gamer and not a console gamer I guess.
I'm just waiting for a touchscreen-type keyboard you know, where it's flat and you can totally reconfigure position and size of buttons, among other load of customizations. Kinda like an iPhone-ish keyboard. Mmmmmmmm. That or a keyboard that you can fit everything to be accessible with one hand if you get what I mean.
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On February 20 2009 05:49 Ziel wrote: Keyboards.
If you don't have a mouse - you can keyboard. If you don't have a game pad, you can keyboard, if you don't have a life - too bad.
But seriously, keyboards are a godsend. You can type alphanumeric, play games, use the comp, shortcut commands, emergency mouse (not so much for games ofc), bash people like in Wanted, pretty much a load of stuff all in one. It's mainly because I'm a PC gamer and not a console gamer I guess.
I'm just waiting for a touchscreen-type keyboard you know, where it's flat and you can totally reconfigure position and size of buttons, among other load of customizations. Kinda like an iPhone-ish keyboard. Mmmmmmmm. That or a keyboard that you can fit everything to be accessible with one hand if you get what I mean. A touch screen keyboard... but then you'd have to keep your fingers hovering above it the whole time... I see a flaw in your dream.
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My favorite gaming peripheral is my Razer Tarantula. You see, many people on the teamliquid forums have debates on what the best keyboard for starcraft is. Many people seem to think the infamous Korean DT-35 is the best simply because almost all the professionals use it. Some people think that any generic cheap keyboard is good.
Personally, I much prefer the Tarantula. Before I had the Tarantula, I had tried a number of other gaming keyboards, such as the Saitek Eclipse II, the Logitech G15, and a couple of less well known ones. None of these compare to the Tarantula. The Tarantula is the perfect simple keyboard. Sure, it doesn't have a fancy LCD screen, but I have dual monitors, so there's really no need for that anyways. It has a large number of features that are very important to me. The layout, for example, is much more intuitive than most regular keyboards. When I first got the Tarantula I was a bit confused and it took a little while to get used to, but once I did I much prefer it. The F keys are slim, which makes it very easy to distinguish them with your fingers from the number keys when you are moving your hand quickly. The Delete key is double-sized, with a very nice layout above the arrow keys, which moves the Insert key over by the scroll lock, print screen, and pause/break key. The lack of a completely useless context menu key next to the right control moves the right control to the left, which allows the arrow keys to be moved to the left, which locks the layout together and makes the keyboard smaller than it would be otherwise.
Also, the wide array of non-standard keys on the sides of the keyboard make a lot of things way easier. On the right side are various media keys. One to open your favorite (customizable) music program, the general playback keys (play, stop, next and previous track), a shuffle toggle key, a volume up/down key, and even a mute key. These keys are so unbelievably useful because they work even when you are not in the music program. This means that when I'm listening to music while playing starcraft, I can skip a track, lower the volume, stop the music, etc. On the left side of the keyboard are a couple more useful keys. There is a home key, a snooze key, and some picture-based media keys: a rotate button (very useful when dealing with photos that could be sideways), a zoom in/out button, and a 100% button to bring a picture to its full size. I do a lot of graphic design so this is pretty helpful to me.
Another additional feature is the macro keys. While I can not use the macro keys for games like starcraft, they are very useful in a game like World of Warcraft. I also like using them to type out various things I get tired of typing out over and over, such as a username I use everywhere, or some command in a game like executing my config files in counter-strike source. One of the great things about the Tarantula is that every single key is customizable. You can change any individual key however you want, not just the macro keys.
I love my Razer Tarantula. One of the most important parts of it is the way the keys move. Unlike cheap keyboards with tall keys, the Tarantula keys are relatively slim and low to the keyboard, and when you press them they are very easy to press and move in a very smooth motion, but they are not too light as to accidentally hit a key you do not want to hit.
My Razer Tarantula is perfect in every way I can think of. I even penned over the PROFILE button so that my keyboard is constantly reminding me of how PRO I am.
My Razer Tarantula is easly my favorite peripheral. Thank you Razer, for making such an absolutely amazing product.
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i luv razr lachesis so much i make post short as possible cuz want click post button with razr lachesis
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My Razer Deathadder mouse is easily my favorite gaming peripheral. I used to have a regular wireless mouse that would always freak out on me during SC. I picked up a Deathadder and the difference was night and day. More responsive and precise, plus the ergonomics were great and fit my hand like a charm. I guess the only problem is that I miss the wireless, but it's so good I don't even notice =)
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If I can lead off with a bit of a backstory:
When I was growing up my family never really had a computer powerful enough to run computer games. As such, besides Starcraft early on, I was mostly a console gamer. As such I never really had any experience with gaming peripherals as the only controllers you could buy for consoles that were any good were made by the console manufacture. That all changed two summers ago when I bought my first computer that was capable of running games. Around this time I began getting into Starcraft ladder play on ICCup and started to realize that there was not only training that a player had to do with the softeware, a good gamer also has to be able to handle their hardware. That Christmas I received from my brother my first gaming mouse: the Razer Lachesis. My next six months of gaming were spent taming the Lachesis and its 4000 DPI. Now, fourteen months later I can play SC on 4000 DPI, 1000 Hertz Polling rate, and with Enhanced Pointer Precision turned off. And yet my Razer mouse is different from most other gaming peripherals. Rather than attempt to make my gaming easier with macro buttons and adding twenty different options for how I assign all of my moves to my mouse so that I can play WoW without getting out of bed the Lachesis moves to improve my ability to play a game by improving the abilities of my hardware. This is a revolutionary idea: rather than have the peripherals be a crutch for gamers lets improve the skill ceiling of the hardware. No matter what I'm doing, navigating through web pages, doing work, or playing video games my mouse always has me working to improve my hand control. Now when I play I'm thinking not only how I can improve my skill at playing the game I am also working on improving my ability to use the hardware. The Lachesis provides me exactly what I need: a device that makes me more skilled, not a device that makes the game easier. Of course some day I will meet someone who has the same skill level as me and the fact that I don't have to move my hand as far to produce actions will win me the game. Until then, I'll keep working at it.
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my fav = razer copperhead.
I used to blame my starcraft skills on my equipment, played on a computer that would sometimes skip frames, "teleporting" my mouse cursor frequently. Not to mention that I would start the game one or two seconds behind everyone else because of the slow load time. Going on to my peripherals, I played with wireless keyboards and wireless mouse I got for free when buying the computer several years ago. People would ask me why my psi storms are so late. Well, that's because that particular mouse had a delay period in responding, with teleportation abilities.
That's when I was stuck at B- for 3 seasons in a row. Of course, I told myself I'd be at the level of Mondragon if I had the right equipment. I ordered a new mouse, the razer copperhead. Perhaps it was removing all the trojans and malwares that made the compute run starcraft much more smoothly, or maybe it was the arrival of copperhead fixing all my problems. Next season I got to B, then the next? B+, then finally hit A rank on iccup. It was all about the mouse. maybe it was just the mentality thing, or I just simply improved over time, but to me, the copperhead helped me a lot.
Then along came TSL, and unfortunately my mouse broke... my left click wouldnt click often, and sometimes it would double click when I wanted single click. I played regardless, and got 0-5'ed by mondragon in ladder stage. If only if I had my copperhead.... it would be the other way around :D
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A gamer has it's weapons, and my weapon of choce it's my mouse.
Since gaming started, gamers have been trying to find that "special" point, where they have the edge, when it comes to movement and feel of their gaming gear, and I have reached mine. It all began when I purchased my Razer Copperhead Blue Edition, 2 years and a half ago. The moment I got to my house, I was so excited I just plug it in, installed the drivers and mass gamed for an entire week. Non stop!.
As time went on, I keep on gaming more and more, and the thing that gives me the edge it's my mouse, it's so comfortable yet so amazing to control. It's easy on the hand, and allows me to make abrupt movements without having to worry about it skipping or doing the wrong thing. It's smooth and accurate as it can be. It really feels like I have a copperhead in my hand, just waiting for my signal to go and take that deadly shot.
It has no difference between the games I play, whether it's Starcraft, Counter-Strike, Quake Live, anything and anywhere, my Copperhead always delivers.
That's why I choose my mouse, as my favorite gaming peripheral.
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pioneer SE 205 headphones
These headphones are from the 70s. My father had them like forever and they were always part of his music hobbie. When i grew up i always had those micro headphones with my walkman and never even cared about those big mammoth headphones he had until one day i tried them for starcraft. OMG my life changed since that day and my apm grew like +100. The sound is incredible theres no way to describe it, they are pretty much unbreakable, they fit even the biggest head in earth (not mine ) and the design is perfect because its not just flexible in the middle but also have those metalic arcs that help the phones fit perfectly to your ears without pressing your head. They are light enough to use for a long period of time, and again the finish covers different things like the quilt and the leather like material. The last thing is the wire cord, thick and large (like 1.5 meters) that makes them almost inmortal. Yeah i love these babys.
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my absolute favorite peripheral are my Sennheiser HD555 headphones, first of all they're so fucking comfortable that I sometimes wear them without having any sound on, instead of that gloomy surface that's on cheaper headphones (and gets sweaty in like 5 milliseconds) these don't make me sweat at all, and that has been a problem with other headphones I've had in the past; they make me sweat ALOT.
what I don't like about them is that they aren't optimized for gaming. the cord is like 2 meters long and the part you plug into your computer is atleast 10 centimeters, and that's far from optimal when you've got a laptop like I do.
also, as they're designed for music, they don't have a microphone which goes on the minus side.
that's my addition, now send me those earbuds so I can test them!
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My favourite gaming peripheral would have to be my speakers. Which might seem weird to everybody else, but I have a fairly large head (Zerg could infest it and turn it into their home planet), and I also have glasses. Whenever I wear a headset it starts hurting after an hour or so and thus I am forced to take them off and use my speakers. I've been looking for earbuds but to be quite honest I'm not sure they can bring the same experience as headphones or speakers. I've tried a couple of sennheiser earbuds but they failed miserably (CX-300 I think). It's noise-isolation was just awful. I could hear a butterfly fart despite having it on it's loudest settings.
So yeah.. Seeing a couple of these other posts I'm quite sure I wont win. Some are so long they can only be measured in biblical terms. But I hope I have a shot anyways lol.
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what's that thing left of the earbuds?
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Mine is the Bose Noise Reducing headset. Wearing that during gaming really helps you concentrate because you are completely "in the zone".
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At first, I always thought gaming mousepads were pointless and a waste of money. But when my friend gave me one for free (I dunno the brand), it made a world of difference (it was so freakin smooth, lol). I cannot play at my best without it, now.
But if a specific brand is needed, my Logitech Mini Optical mouse is pretty awesome
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My headphones had recently broke, the cheap wal-mart brand that you spent 20$ on to make yourself seem happy for a month while you get your shit together kind, and i needed a new pair.
Luckily for me my wallet was sporting a good 40 or so never been used need a life dollars. So with that i went on a search for a decent pair of headphones. What do you know i found Creatives website and my life changed for the recently spent time with sound in both ears instead of a blinking, yes blinking, sound in my left ear and none in my right. The Fatal1ty headset, yes it does look ugly with Fatal1ty logos all over it but it is great for doing anything but throwing contests. I can hear bass great, its comfortable, and if i leave it on for more than 3 hour my ears do not swell up to the size of a walrus. This could be because of my gamer-type of ears but its very nice to have a good headset around.
So far I have used it for many things from listening to great booming enjoyable music which if it wants to be surrounding my head as though the band was dancing around me like a bunch of giddy teenage girls then it could. Although the main purpose was of course gaming, yes gaming, the activity that never loses its charm unless you cant hear what the hell your doing. But these headphones oh the glory they give my ears is like not eating for four days and realizing your check is in and you want to buy groceries and make something nice but there is a Mcshit around the corner that is two hours earlier so you say to hell with it and digest the Delectable Mouth watering pile of putrid waste matter. Yes my ears were happy enough to thank me but my brain thanked me more. Nevermore was i confused as to which side the enemy was coming from or to what they might be doing. Everything was so clear and refreshing that i had to stop gaming, take off my headphones and just say wow. It was one of the greatest experiences of my fake life that I just had to soak it in.
Thus concludes why the Fatal1ty headset is by far one of the best headsets for 40 dollars you can get, hell it even came in a nice box which i got to destroy because of the bad logos.
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My favorite gaming peripheral is my headphones from a company called Coby. Little did I know of how important hearing/sound was in games; I took for granted the sounds each unit and buildings made. However, it all changed one day when my computer was rebooted and all the programs, including Starcraft was gone. I did manage to get it back, but for some reason, the sound didn't work and slowly, I was beginning to miss everything about what I used to hear while playing Starcraft; it was difficult for me to see the mini map for everything as I was deaf to the Terran moderator (not the right word, the robot-like human that has a red dot on her forehead) telling me that I was under attack. Later on, after asking a friend, he was able to update my computer and I got my sound. It was one of the most happy days of my life!
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Baa?21242 Posts
I like my keyboard best, because to me, nothing can match the amount of functions that a keyboard can perform, and with proper hand movements, the speed of the functions being performed.
A keyboard that's responsive without being overtly sensitive is, in my opinion, a must for any PC game you're playing.
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My favorite is my Razer Death Adder mouse <3 Although its a bit big for my hand, it's extremely awsome and looks cool
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my logitech mic i bought off newegg for like $20. i use it to yell at nintu.
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My favorite gaming peripheral is actually a pretty hard choice to make. I have had tons of mice and headphones and mousepads etc. Right now I'm using a Razer Viper optical & a G3 logitech laser with a razer exactmat.
So far the viper has been the best lightweight and small mouse with very good dpi for gaming I have ever owned. But on the other hand the G3 is laser and the accuracy is uncanny. The only problem is the g3 is heavier and has the extra buttons which are awesome for browsing but just get in the way and add weight/size when gaming.
The exact mat Is the best mousepad I have ever had, easy to clean big (although I don't like the weird shape) and good tracking. Mine is kinda bent in the middle and the feet don't hold it down to the table but I think that was from my own fault (non gaming related). I also don't like the fact that there is the metal on the outside because it gets cold at night (as funny as that sounds, but it's true). Maybe I should try one of those new mats that razer has. Basically, its good, but can use some improvements.
Still, after these 3 great products, I think my favorite and most important one is my Sennheisser HD 280Pro headphones. They have awesome sound quality, nice thick coiled cable with long range, Comfy ear cushins, and good outer sound blocking/noise cancelling. I like to listen to music and game loud, and this puts me right in the game. All outer distractions are muted.
Headphones are important especially in SC/RTS where the sound comes locally (if a DT is swiping hits at your 9 o clock main and your macroing at your 3 o clock expo, you can hear it in the left ear). I am a bit of an audiophile as well with over 40gigs of albums and another few gigs of loose tracks. And to a casual person who knows nothing of computer hardware and peripherals, they can always always appreciate the headphones.
Previously, I would buy the 20-40 dollar headphones from Sony, AIWA, and other brands but they were discontinued and would break every 12 months or so. I've had my Sennheisers for over a year now and they are still like new. I love these headphones and am glad I took the risk a year ago of spending 50$ over my budget for this 100$ pair.
PS- I really need some earbuds for my ipod because mine broke and i bought some cheapo replacement ones that totally suck. And I would love to try out Razer's sound products, I didn't even know they made any.
PICS: + Show Spoiler +Viper & Exactmat (not my pic) I use mine sideways (opposite of this pic because my desk won't fit it longways and I like having vertical distance over width anyways).
And for some bonus feedback for razer: I am wary of many 'gaming' products because I assume they are just commercialized hype that sucks. I know that the razer stuff that I have does not fall into this category but I didn't even try it out for years (and missed out) because there are no stores that have them on displays or testing areas or even offer all the products. I mean I'll see 1 or maybe 3 total razer products (usually old products too) at a Fry's electronics or something and they don't have a a computer hooked up to them (like some microsoft and logi mice have) to test them on.
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My favorite gaming peripheral is my mouse. Why? Because it has stayed with me for 4 years, helped me win a ton of games in StarCraft, and it looks so badass.
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Artosis
United States2135 Posts
The best gaming peripheral I've ever had was my old Logitech keyboard. I bought it in 2003, and it lasted in top condition till about 2007-2008ish, when the most used buttons finally started to putter out. This is not exactly it, but the closest thing on the logitech website right now. http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/keyboards/keyboard/devices/2996&cl=us,en#
Now there are a few reasons why I REALLY loved this keyboard.
1. It was VERY flat. Yes, it had stands in the back. but the keyboard itself was amazingly flat. I really liked that I could choose which to use, and I've never met a flatter keyboard that could be used for gaming. I started out for the first 4 years or so using the back legs out to raise it up some, but eventually switched to having it completely flat. After playing more SC than almost anyone else in the world, I still have no wrist problems or injuries. Is it because of my keyboard? I don't know, but I was always comfortable with the various positions I could put it in.
2. The buttons depressed well. Hard to describe exactly, and I'm sure each player has their own preference, but the amount of pressure needed for the keys to be activated was very comfortable.
3. Now this is by FAR the most important reason why I really loved my keyboard. The Multi Media keys. Not the "Shopping" or "Internet" buttons. The volume control and Play/Stop Forward//Backwards buttons were CRUCIAL in my life. The vast, vast majority of my waking time in the ~5 years I had this keyboard was spent on my computer, most of that in StarCraft games. When you practice StarCraft for up to 14 hours per day, it doesn't matter how much you love it, it gets a bit boring (especially when you are doing really repetitive things, like practicing specific build orders in the beginning of the game). Using Alt-Tab to minimize StarCraft, and toggle music is really out of the question. It causes latency changes, and throws off rhythm. Also, if you don't find your correct song right away, you might miss getting back into the game at the proper time. It just isn't doable. With my logitech keyboard, I could turn on a folder of music with Windows Media Player before the game, and toggle everything while playing. I would simple hit the forward and backward buttons in game to move through my play list. As the game got more complex, I would simply press the stop button to end the music. Also, during long and tedious games, I would hit the Play button to start my music. All the while, I could use the volume control on the keyboard to adjust how loud the game was. This was really helpful at times. Sometimes when the mind wanders during countless hours of play, a boost in sound level helps, other times when your mom is yelling at you, dropping the sound level down helps.
4. The keyboard was USB, and it worked very well in windows. At LAN events, the volume control helped me quite a bit as well. Also the fact that I didn't have to restart LAN computers (always a hassle) gave me more warm up time than players with PS2 keyboards.
Since moving to Korea, I purchased the DT-35, the keyboard used by 90% of progamers in Korea. It is a good keyboard, but I can say without a doubt, that for SC2, I will certainly buy a new keyboard with the multi-media keys on it.
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United Arab Emirates5090 Posts
haha cool why not =D
for me it's my headphones Sony MDR V-700. these are my second pair since my first pair i used nearly everyday for like 2 years and they got old and messed up. then i decided to get another cuz i was so happy with them and satisfied. the bass is really nice and thick so those arclite cannons really thunder down and just really brings the gaming experience up a notch compared to earphones that just dont offer that bassy fuller sound.
i mainly use them for listening to music and of course for djing back when i was busy with that, but now i use it for gaming when i want the audio nice and high but dont want to annoy my neighbours. also you can quickly hear if an attack is coming from the left or right, far away or close etc.
for SC it's really good to listen for the "base is under attack" cuz then i can immediately 11 and then come back and see what's happening, be it reav drop or something. it also lets you hear the siege tanks sieging or unsieging without moving your screen to your obs and you can spend that time positioning your army in a flank (im toss player) and when you hear the tanks unsieging its 1a2a3a time. (yea i know sorry the joke is oooverplayed but here it applies)
when i play cs it's such a big boost you can really hear the footsteps through the walls and can estimate how many people are rushing you etc and their positions. many times have i heard a gunshot go off left or right and then jump turned and managed to shoot back.
sound is a big big step up for your gaming imo and should never be overlooked. if you're serious dont listen to music while playing -__-)a
second would be my G3 logitech mouse. i bought it along with my laptop and got a nice deal like 50% off or something.
i've had lots of mice before but nothing serious just stuff that came with my computers etc. there would always be the problem of moving it too quickly and the cursor just stays there doing nothing.
but this G3 im really happy with. didnt get a G5 because of money issues =P but it's served me well thus far. smooth action. clicking on units and macroing just got a little bit faster.
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My favorite gaming peripheral would have to be headphone/earphones. Being able to hear the subtleties in orchestrated scores, or the throbbing bass in intense moments, greatly adds to the gaming and listening experience. This is so important because music can make or break the atmosphere in a game, whether it is an adventurous RPG, a suspenseful FPS, or background music for an RTS (like Starcraft!); and of course because music is the love of my life!
I used to have Bose In-Ear Headphones that had amazing sound quality for its price. Sadly, I lost them less than two weeks after receiving them as a gift from my sister, who is financially in debt herself. I feel really bad about that =/ but I will repay her soon enough!
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MY favorite gaming peripheral is my Zero mousepad. Before I just used my moms shitty beatles mousepad (Even though the beatles win), when I bought a Razer krait (which is also excellent although the rubber pads sometimes get stuck), my friend bought me a mousepad which was a very nice surprise.
It wasn't like any mousepad I had ever seen before, and I was impressed by the ergonomics and feel of it before I even began to use it. The only foreseeable issue with the mousepad was it's large size and I needed to clear my desk a bit before it would fit, but I made room and it was very worth it.
This is the mousepad:
It's great because it's two sided (speed and precision) and I use speed for my TvZ and TvP, and precision in TvT (because it's a lower APM matchup).
I have REALLY big hands and wrists, the mousepad is really roomy so it's excellent for my huge features. I also tend to play with lower sensitivity, I like jerking my mouse around, so the room is also a plus in this respect. The rubber on the plastic ends (that jut out like a boomerang) keep it steady, and it's super easy to clean.
The speed side is really fast too, so it's a plus. I think it improved my gaming ability more than the actual Razer mouse (although I know the krait isn't the top of the line mouse). My mousepad was really holding me back before. My APM went up about 50 when I got the mousepad, no joke.
I think what makes the mousepad such a great gaming peripheral (and what makes a good gaming peripheral in general) is the:
1) Ease of use/accessibility. Obviously a mousepad is going to be easy to take out of the box and begin using, but it is important that a gaming accessory has a simple and easy installation and as far as my Razer Krait, the easy configuration and installation was a HUGE plus, but it can always be improved. 2) Quality of make. The mousepad is easy to clean, strong material, very practical. I have a small issue with the rubber pads on the bottom of the Razer krait, and while using a gaming product I should never stop to think about any design flaws. It's distracting while playing the game. 3) Aesthetics. I like the look of my mousepad and that makes a big difference. Razer usually does an excellent job of making cool looking products, and that is significant.
Why not my Krait?
While the Krait is an excellent mouse, I find that there are a few design flaws that really hold it back.
1. The length of the mouse/countour of the buttons. The way the buttons curve up at the end makes it sometimes difficult to press especially since I have long fingers. If my finger tips are a bit off the button, I can't press in, I have to press down. Then I have to consciously move my fingers back. The mouse is long and takes up more space on the mouse pad than it needs to. 2.The rubber "gliding" pads. The pads sometimes snag on the mousepad and need to be cleaned to prevent this. My wireless mouse without the rubber pads never snags. It just seems like it could be omitted.
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I love my Razer Copperhead. Originally bought it because my old mouse's right click button was sticking. And because it looked cool and it was made by Razer. Turns out it was the best gaming related buy that I have done. The mouse fits my long fingers perfectly. I also love the side buttons and the nice grip.
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My favorite peripheral is my Dell keyboard. Why? It's functional, solid, and works. Other bells and whistles keyboard don't always fit my hand the way I want and have macro keys that get in the way of regular keys, like the left-most control key.
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Logitech G5, very good mouse, precise also on extremely fast movements (i like low sens), good ergonomical shape, lots of buttons (could be some more because i use my mouse for all browsing stuff (next/previous tab, scroll, last/next page, close tab, open new tab, etc...), but 9 is ok), nice gliding porperties, interesting "stiff" cable thats not as annoying as other cables are. Only drawback is that its a little heavy, i like low sens as i said, and for fast movements a lighter mouse is better. If it was completely black and a little lighter it would be perfect.
Sharkoon 1337 gaming mat. Very flat, very good gliding properties, very precise (although that is more dependant on the mouse i think).
Cherry standard keyboard, black, flat keys (like on a notebook, but thats just personal prefereance, the "normal" ones do just as good) with ripped out windows/shiftlock keys and that stupid key that does "right click". It also has multimedia buttons to increase/decrease volume or turn off sound which is really neat.
22 inch Samsung (Syncmaster T220) flatscreen with 2ms reaction time, 300cd/m² brightness, 1:20.000 dynamic contrast (which were the reasons why i bought it + it was cheap and Samsung sponsored WCG).
Stereo+Subwoofer standard sound system by creative. Nothing special here.
Those are my favorite gaming peripherals because they are mostly simple (no useless features like that G15 keyboard, strange mousepads with 10 sides for precision/speed whatever that don't make any difference at all), yet effective and also they look great on my desk. They are all i need for the games i play (SC, DotA, CS, Q3). Only could use some new earbuds so i don't have to bother my neighbours with siege tanks shooting through the whole house :p
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Mouse + Show Spoiler + Now I won't win because Razer contests are biased towards Razer products :o
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My favorite peripheral goes on more walks than my dog. I use an old microsoft wired optical usb mouse and I take it around with me everywhere. Thanks to the way the server is set up at my school, I can play SC/WC wherever there's two computers and an opponent. Because sometimes you just wanna 5 pool fools at the library to break up long study sessions.
My mouse somehow even survived me playing Diablo II AND SC for a couple years...this thing is a trooper.
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My Razer Diamondback 3G mouse.
It's the first customizable mouse I've ever used, and thus why I enjoy it so much. Previously, I either used a mouse that came with a computer, or whatever cheap $5-10 mouse that was laying around the house when my previous one went dead.
I've had the Diamondback for just over a year now (was what I spent Christmas money on last year; along with a Logitech G11, which has been a massive let down). I was absolutely blown away by the performance it offered me.
Going from a crappy standard mouse to the Diamondback was a massive change. I had to adjust the sensitivity level to the lowest setting of 1, and it still blazed across the screen at a rate faster than anything I'd ever seen. It threw me off more than a little at first, but now I don't think I could live without it.
The two side buttons (really four, but it's difficult to utilize both sides at the same time, and I'm guessing it was more of a left hander/right hander thing) have been a massive help. At the risk of a forum ban, I'm a WoW nerd. I actively play several toons, and the side buttons have been great. I'm currently using them as modifiers, instantly increasing the amount of keybinds available to me by 6 or so.
On the last and least important, though still important to me, aspect of it all. The mouse is very easy on the eyes. Sleek and sexy. Have mine in Frost Blue, which works out really well, as it matches the custom lighting in my computer tower.
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My favorite gaming peripherals would have to be my Razer Krait and Razer Mantis Control edition.
I've no need for fancy mice with three or four more extra buttons/extra weight/etc.. I'm primarily an RTS gamer (WC3, DotA and SC:BW of course) so the addition of extra buttons is nothing to me. What I needed was a light, fast and accurate mouse for the movements I needed when playing those games. Before I bought my Krait, I was using a Logitech optical. It was a good mouse by my standards, only the cord would always get in my way(it would always roll up a little in the middle, so it felt like it was fighting with me) and sometimes it wouldn't grip properly with my mousepad.
So when I bought the Krait, it just felt... right. The no-tangle cord eliminated my primary problem with the Logitech Optical, and the Krait just glided over my old pad. I don't think I'd game anywhere without my Krait.
A couple weeks later, I bought my Razer Mantis. The extra large surface is perfect for my sweeping movements, plus sometimes it feels like I'm not using a mousepad at all. The precision the Control brings together with my Krait makes me a happy RTS gamer.
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On February 19 2009 16:50 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote:<center> </center> Yeah, those bad boys right there. I've got three to give away, and the premise is simple: Post here telling me what your favourite gaming peripheral is and why - note that this doesn't necessarily have to be a Razer product. Feedback from gaming communities is the basis for decisions Razer makes, so what is essentially free market research for us certainly warrants some free swag. A bigger contest will be coming later, for now, get to postin'. Contest closes 11:59PM GST March 2nd 2009, winners will be announced on the 5th. Note that the more detail you go into, the more likely you are to win a Moray. Help out the sponsor of TSL, win free stuff. It's win-win, baby! Aren't you all glad I work for this company? Information on the Moray itself is HERE. Yes, they seriously have noise-isolation. Lovingly yours, FakeSteve
So you're the asshole the kept me from getting these at Yesterdays Woot-off..... for shame......... FOR SHAME!
P.S. Did you get any Buhdunkudunk Ovary Cattle?
damn refresh button
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I know that this probably isn't the best way to get the price but I want to be honest:
My favourite gaming peripheral was, is and will forever be the good old Logitech mx300 mouse, its memory will last forever in my right hand and in my mind.
I tried many mice in my awesome (lol) gaming carreer, but i will never forget the sensation I felt at first when I tried mx300, it was like i had been using it for ages, really, it took me no time to get used to it. Unluckily that mouse is no more with us, since in a year or something more one of its buttons was broken.
After the mx300, which was my first experience with an optical mouse, I tried out:
Logitech mx510: the worst mouse i've ever had, too big, I never became confident and accurate with it, and I tried hard to modify settings and stuffs.
Razer Diamondback: that mouse was pretty good, a different phylosophy from logitech mice, the aesthetic is way better, but it was also an efficient mouse, really, it's not just about good look, I had to train my feeling with it anyway, it took me some time, and I don't think i ever reached the level of accuracy and speed I had with mx300, but I don't think i'll ever reach it.
Logitech G3: Look at this mouse, how standard it looks! You wouldn't give it a cent, you would be wrong! This mouse is a really professional one in my honest opinion, its design is simple, maybe too little "user friendly" , same goes with the comfort with the hand, I often had to rest my wrist after a long gaming session. But I have to admit its accuracy is something notable, again, it took me some time to get used to it, but less time than with the Razer Diamondback, actually this mouse is the most similar thing I found to the mx300, but again, not good like that mouse.
All my experience is based merely on SC/BW, I never played anything else for 8 years, so I really suggest Razer, if they are going to make an RTS-specific mouse, to study closely the mx300. I refer to it as the gold standard, there's only 1 thing I could ask more from a mouse, a good design, you know, also the eyes wants their part, and I'm pretty sure Razer would have no problem in creating a beautiful mouse, given how good other Razer mice are.
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I like my mouse (the IE 3.0) cause it makes me cool I keep whippin it to pwn while the girls drool See me flash that sensitivity up and down Im the talk, the L337 of the gamer town
Don't mess with me you eff-pee-ess newbies cause I got the skillz to pay my billz all you have to do is fly by my breeze this mouse dont stutter, never the stillz.
Ok I'm not the best poet around that's for sure. For many of my quake 3 days I have used the IE 3.0 which has served me really well without skipping.. always aimwhoring and pwning them rest. IT would be awesome to finally have a razer product that I can use, but good luck to all those that entered..
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Keyboards:
Logitech G11:
+ Show Spoiler +Estimation "well"
+ Adjustable illumination (3 modes: the disconnected illumination, dim illumination and bright) + not so loud sound by pressing keys + Pleasant design
- "Shift" it is cut off (you get used in due course, first time you get on a key - Are not necessary G keys in general. - USB 1.1 - The big lack at a rate of very greater it and solid weight is longer USUAL keyboard ON 10 sm and wider on 3.5-4. - Russian letters are not highlighted.
Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard Amber:
+ Show Spoiler + Logitech very much I respect, as manufacturer of high-quality components of the personal computer. KeyB with red illumination. The basic moments: on the back party 2USB, keys of management of multimedia, 3 levels of illumination, macros, the LCD-display, 6 programming keys, an opportunity of switching-off of button " WINDOWS ". Minuses: - The price does not indulge - There is no output on headphones - A course of keys not precise (differences with the usual keyboard from GENIUS it is not a lot of) - Illumination non-uniform, soft - notnormal a structure of keys (f*** China) - The utility in the complete set does not hold adjustment of the LCD-display after restart (Windows Vista) - From flexibility of adjustment of macroowls expected greater Pluss: + the LCD-display is very convenient. It is possible instantly will be switched between various modes (hours, productivity, the timer, etc.). + USB on the back party (you want Flash-USB, you want a mousy connect) + whatever one may do, but illumination keys Actually in keyB it is more than lacks. If to be even more exact KeyB it is full of frank defects and dampness of drivers. Whether there is it to purchase? Well.. Now I precisely know - was not present. Simply keyB with useless fa-fa and %) which you, most likely, if will use it is very rare.
At g11 illumination is better, + keyB on idea supports different games - > wow. There on a screen info sream, and so with RU WoW this function is not supported. Only in ENG ver. (and macros work through time for some reason)
Razer Tarantula Gaming Keyboard
+ Show Spoiler + At Tarantulas are all that is necessary for me - convenient management of a player, class appearance pleasant sensations from work on it. Certainly well if illumination was for all keys, and all is not visible motes)) - is tired to wipe luster! For brushes of hands I would make the basis rubber as at Logitech Wave.
As to lacks of other keyboards from Razer is that the buttons covered by a rubber covering, are quickly erased + the glossy surface is strongly spoiled!
I would add in BOX a cover for the keyboard.
And so such keyboards gaming only that on them of different unnecessary bulbs and fa-fa up to one place. Ideal KeyB for games (and in general for ABOUT gaming) - this such where ANYTHING superfluous is not present where all is optimized for domination in fight. And KeyB (from all gamers that I touch - and it believe much) which I am valid I can named - KeyB OPTIMIZED FOR games is Steel 6G and now also 7G have left. Here it KeyB so KeyB + mechanics it forever!
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My favorite gaming peripheral is my Razer Lachesis mouse. This mouse has 4000 dpi, which while ridiculously high for a game like starcraft (ABSOLUTELY UNCONTROLLABLE SPEED) for other games in which I can put the resolution up past 1680(especially widescreen on my 24'' monitor) 2000 dpi just doesn't cut it at max speed. Basically, if you use a 1600 dpi mouse at full speed on starcraft and want the same speed outside its the best product to do so.
Only downside is that this mouse doesnt respond well to surface mousepads and the like. If anyone at razer reads these fix this please I want my exact mat back :X.
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My favorite gaming peripheral of all time would have to be my old MX 300 mouse. I've replaced it now with a Diamondback 3G, but to me my mx300 will always be synonymous with Starcraft
I had that mouse for ten years and still remember how excited I was when I got it. Before my MX300, I was on an iMac using a single button mouse and was forced to basically hold down control during 75% of any game of Starcraft (the only gamed I played).
I think the MX300 was the first mouse I ever owned that I could right click with and I was insanely excited to play BW with it. When it arrived I went on a BW marathon for the next week. It was actually awkward to right-click at first :s
Later on, I discovered what was probably my favorite thing about it: I could open it and remove the weights inside I miss how insanely small and light that mouse was.
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My favorite gaming device has got to be my mousepad with the gel wristpad thingy on it. Usually my wrist would be subject to the hard, cold, and unforgiving wooden desk which leaves me with a sore and utterly stiff and unhappy wrist however with the gelpad in place I feel like I could push 8000 apm with minimal risk of being diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome. It simply feels like my entire arm is resting on a cloud of love that molds to and supports my wrist. It also allows for optimal performance under any conditions and is truly the backbone of my awesome skills.
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Logitech G15 keyboard. The programmable key bank on the left is very nice, and the LCD screen + media player controls are great for choosing a song without looking at foobar.
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STEELSERIES GLASS MOUSEPAD IS DA SHIZ
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My favorite gaming peripheral is my mouse/mouse pad combo. Until last summer I just used random mice that came with computers and crappy cloth mouse pads. But, I was getting more into Starcraft and thought it would be fun and maybe a little helpful to get my first real gaming gear. So as a birthday gift my Dad got me a Razer Diamondback 3G and a Razer eXactMat. I’ve slowly worked my way up to using its full sensitivity. The on-the-fly adjustment is awesome so that other people can actually use my computer, and also so I can easily lower the sensitivity when gaming for better accuracy. The feet on the Diamondback are amazing. My room is dusty as all hell but the mouse feet never collect it like all other ones seem to. They slide so easily on the eXactMat, control or speed side (which I still can’t quite decide between). I never really use the side buttons, but the main two offer just the right amount of resistance. My only real complaint is about the scroll wheel. It’s kind of clunky. I prefer a smoother roll, the ones that you can spin with one quick swipe of the finger to race to the bottom of a page or whatever...
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My favorite gaming peripheral:
The Logitech G3.
What makes me love this mouse?
1. Simplicity. + Show Spoiler +It doesn't have a really amazing design. It's straight to the point (No pun intended?), and does what it was made for.
2. Form factor. + Show Spoiler +(According to the Razer ergonomics guide) I'm a fingertip grip user, and this mouse is nearly the perfect size for me. It doesn't have a thumb groove (hate those), and it fits very nicely within my hand. IMO this is the best form factor I've ever used for a fingertip user.
I also like the form factor, because my previous mouse was the Logitech MX300, which used the exact same chasi. So I basically just upgraded technology and gained some extra buttons. No need to re-learn how to play with a new form factor.
3. Weight. + Show Spoiler + It's very light. I removed the metal weight put inside the MX300 to make it lighter. The G3 has no need for this. It glides very nicely even after 4+ years of use. It makes it very easy for me to control fine movements at high sensitivity settings.
4. Extra buttons. + Show Spoiler + I'm an RTS player at heart, so I really don't need the extra buttons for gaming, but my friends like FPS, and the extra buttons are just nice to have for every day stuff. I use them for FPS games, sure, but I also get lots of use from them outside games. Push to talk for Ventrilo, control+tab navigation of browsers and tabbed chat windows.
Right now I'm considering buying a mouse from Razer. The Salmosa sounds almost perfect for me. The only problem is the lack of extra buttons. I would have bought the mouse weeks ago if it had only two extra buttons (one on each side) like the G3. Since it doesn't sport the extra luxury, I'm going back and forth between the Salmosa and the Lachesis, however, I'm afraid the Lachesis is just too big for my style. Extra buttons are always nice. If you don't like them, don't use them. IMO it's a luxury that is easy enough to add to any mouse, and I'm left confused as to why the Salmosa and Krait (Would have bought this years ago had it been designed with extra buttons) have no extra side buttons.
Compared to other mice:
Logitech G5/mx518 + Show Spoiler +The G5 and MX518 both have a horrible form factor that only allows for palm users. This might be good for your average gamer, but I am someone who needs better control over his mouse. The form factor alone made this mouse a no-no in my eyes.
Logitech G9 + Show Spoiler +The G9 also has an unfavorable form factor. Logitech likes the huge thumb grooves for whatever reason. IMO it's a design flaw. It limits buyers or forces logitech to produce mice for users with various dominant hands. Form Factor again ruins this mouse for me.
Microsoft mice + Show Spoiler +Microsoft mice are good for doing simple every day things, but when it comes to competitive gaming hardware, microsoft seems to fail. The SideWinder and SideWinder X5 + Show Spoiler +These mice might look advanced (microsoft even saying they have the first ever LCD display on a mouse), but are incredibly uncomfortable to utilize. The asymmetric design doesn't allow for ambidextrious users, and is rather difficult to deal with. The LCD display is very bulky and adds too much width to the mouse. The Habu + Show Spoiler +IMO this is a rip-off from razer's Krait. And if buying this mouse, I'd much rather have the better value for the price of the Krait. (Although the Habu does have extra buttons).
Let's compare to some razer mice...
Diamond Back + Show Spoiler +A much nicer form factor, great precision, extra buttons. So what makes the G3 better? The G3 is significantly shorter (not height, rather distance from front to back of mouse) and has smaller mouse buttons. The extra length on the Diamond back (and most other razer mice) are a significant drawback to me. I feel it has a trade off. I can other move my hand forward on the mouse, but have the back end of the mouse touching my palm (therefore restricting movement), or I can try to use my fingertip style with this mouse, but my fingers will be somewhat far back on the mouse buttons and will then require extra force for me to press them.
Krait + Show Spoiler +I really really really wanted to buy this mouse when it first came out, but there are no extra buttons... I realize that it's designed specifically for RTS and RPG players (I even like the extra buttons for RPG's (weapon swapping on D2 anyone?)), but most gamers, even some serious ones, play a couple different games and like to have fun every now and then. I'm an RTS player, but all my friends play FPS. So just having the extra buttons so I at least have the option of using them is tremendously nice.
Lachesis + Show Spoiler +The Lachesis is awesome. A couple of my friends use it, and they all really like it. I'm seriously considering buying this mouse at the moment, my only worry is that it will be too big. I need to go to Fry's to test it out on display before I make my final decision. However(!), the only reason I'm even considering this mouse is the Salmosa has no extra buttons.
Salmosa + Show Spoiler +This mouse looks just beautiful, and sounds even better. I'd have this mouse on my desk right now if it weren't for the fact that there are zero extra buttons. 3 programmable buttons are just fine (I assume these are the left/right main mouse buttons, as well as the scroll wheel) for RTS and RPG's, but I like to play FPS every now and then, so the extra side buttons (even just 1 on each side) can make or break a mouse for me, as it has with the salmosa and krait.
In Conclusion The G3 has everything I can ask for in a mouse. Great form factor, great weight, extra buttons, good accuracy.
All of the razer mice come very close to being the best mouse for me, but are lacking in just 1-2 areas.
My friends have been trying to convert me to razer for years, but I just love my G3 too much, and I won't let it go for something just as good. I need to see something that is clearly going to be a better mouse for me.
+ Show Spoiler +On February 21 2009 02:57 Tsagacity wrote:My favorite gaming peripheral of all time would have to be my old MX 300 mouse. I've replaced it now with a Diamondback 3G, but to me my mx300 will always be synonymous with Starcraft I had that mouse for ten years and still remember how excited I was when I got it. Before my MX300, I was on an iMac using a single button mouse and was forced to basically hold down control during 75% of any game of Starcraft (the only gamed I played). I think the MX300 was the first mouse I ever owned that I could right click with and I was insanely excited to play BW with it. When it arrived I went on a BW marathon for the next week. It was actually awkward to right-click at first :s Later on, I discovered what was probably my favorite thing about it: I could open it and remove the weights inside I miss how insanely small and light that mouse was. I love you. Haha, I've never seen anyone with a passion similar to mine for the MX300. The MX300 was my favorite mouse until my sister broke it, and I replaced with the Logitech G3 (exact same form factor with +2 buttons) And I can't stop using it. (I read your post after making mine, so it seems we both liked being able to remove the weight) You are awesome.
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Mine would be my razer diamondback 3g because of the size of the mouse itself and its buttons. My hands are pretty small so it allows me to do a comfortable palm grip on the mouse and since the buttons are so big i can also do a claw grip. I really like the on-the-fly sensitivity thing too. Helps when i am sniping or running and gunning.
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I read reviews from Google to see if this was even worth entering for. Turns out that those Razer Moray phones aren't the worst things in the world, and when I read that these were soft buds, I felt compelled to start writing this. Why? Because in high school, I would always dig my hard buds in extra deep just to feel the bass more (which in the end really wasn't too worth it), and now, because of that, my left and right canals fit differently.
Anyway, FS said to pick ONE peripheral and describe what likes we had for it, so I'm stuck between these Sony headphones my dad bought for me at Target a while back and a Razer Diamondback 3G.
~ Choosing the 3G because, well, I broke those headphones a while back.
I'm sitting in the library right now with this mouse going between tabs and browsing pages and such. When my family moved to a new house in 2000, all we had was a laptop and this mouse. It's 2009, guys, and this mouse is still kicking. This was the mouse I started playing Starcraft on (I think), the mouse I had an epic TvZ on some map (Challenger?) against a cpu with that ended with my GGing because neither of us could cross the river in the middle and kill each other. This was the mouse I learned to play DotA on, which was perfectly fine considering my resolution is and was only 1280x800 when I started. It's survived backpack travel, drops on the floor, pressure from me trying to crush it in my hand, more drops on the floor, and even one or two accidental tosses at the wall. This mouse is durable, reliable, and smooth, and the only fault I've had with it is that the click wheel now goes up AND down when I try to scroll up (a result of my negligence, no doubt).
Some time last year, my friend the Stegosaurus introduced me to a site with incredible deals on it, Woot. I check it every day now, hoping to God that some Sennheiser HD555s and such gadgets relevant to my interests end up on there. Anyway, one day he tells me they're selling 3G mice for $35. $35?! REALLY? A massive price cut from the $70 I remember them being listed as at the time. I got him to buy my a mouse while he got one for himself as well. A few weeks later (because it took near forever for me to go to his house and pick the damned thing up), I got my mouse.
Got it. Tried it out after installing the drivers. Oh shit, this thing was sensitive. I tried to play SC and it was just unbearable (1800: 4/10 speed). DotA was just as bad as one twitch would result in my screen flying off to look at the pretty woods next to where I was dead upon regaining vision. It took some getting used to, but now I rape face in pubs (don't play anything higher as I'm too lazy to go through the various registration requirements). And, for a while, I had to use BOTH the 3G and the mini-mouse on the same pad AT THE SAME TIME just to avoid pissing myself off overshooting links, tabs, and windows while browsing.
Back to the point. When I popped the baby out of the box and started using it (at the time on my wood table with no pad), I came buckets and shat bricks. This 3G is the smoothest mouse I've ever had the pleasure of touching. An MX518 on a mouse pad doesn't compare to how amazing this felt. When I bought a $2 mouse pad from Fry's for the sake of having one, the experience only got better. The scroll wheel on my Microsoft laptop mouse was at first smooth. Felt like a hairy buttcheek in comparison.
I have no particular interest in how the mouse looks as, first, it's just a mouse and, second, your hand is stuck above it and blocking it from view most of the time. The LED lights are fairly superfluous considering no one's going to be looking at it in the first place, but when it's really dark in my room I can see the light coming up from the scroll wheel on my wall. It's a pretty little light to stare at while I'm waiting for my death timer to finally hit zero. The feel of the mouse in my hand is nice, too. I generally tend to use a claw grip but end up clicking the left and right buttons on different areas. Clicking up toward where the spring is (or whatever, right around where it separates into the actual clicker from the body) on the right feels different compared to the left. It's... weird to say the least.
The 3G's speed and sensitivity are beyond reason. I browse at 1800dpi 10/10 sensitivity and still do a bit of overshooting (the friend who bought the mouse for me asked once how the hell I could stand it); when I play DotA, I have it set to 7/10 and do a whole damn lot of bad clicking (Laguna Blade on a creep; shooting Impale a hundred-fifty degrees in the wrong direction...). Despite all that, my last-hitting and denying have exponentially increased in pub-level awesomeness thanks to the 3G.
Lastly, this thing comes with 7 buttons. SEVEN. Well, it's more like 6 and a scroll click, but that's beside the point. The possibility of setting up key macros for SC and WC ladder opened to me for the first time, but I instead left them in their default configurations. It's so convenient being able to hit a button to go back and another to go forward when before I had to either move sluggishly all the way to the back button in the top left or drag my hand off my mouse completely to slam the backspace key. The last key, the lower-right-side key not preset to on-the-fly sensitivity adjustment, goes unused. I can understand designing the mouse to be ambidextrous, but that last stupid button has got to be in the most awkward place I can imagine. Having a palm-clicked button would probably be more useful than leaving that 7th key.
All in all, I spent $35 for a Godsend of a mouse. I haven't so much as let it touch wood since I bought that mouse pad, let alone dropped it or anything. Greatest experience I've ever had with a computer short of porn, anime, and music.
+ Show Spoiler +This sounds more like a review than anything, but you can't have likes without dislikes, so ya.
If a tl;dr is necessary, here: PROS: - Smooth. - Sleek design that rests nicely in my hand - Extra buttons for people who need it. - Doesn't randomly skip to different places - Doesn't scroll down when I scroll up CONS: - LED light isn't really bright enough to be epic and make my hand glow kryptonite-style. - Awkward pinky button.
I don't think I would pay $70 for ANY mouse. The $35 was beyond great, but 70... I'd just get a shitty mouse and buy me some nice headphones. Oh wait...
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My favorite gaming peripheral:
My Logitech Mini Optical mouse. Many here will recognize this as "the mouse that all the progamers use." Well I will not deny, that is the reason I originally bought it. When I first got into StarCraft, I went out and bought a Logitech Mx 518, because I thought "if want to be a serious gamer, I need serious equipment!" Of course I did not think this financial transaction through all that well.
Anyhow, I was reasonably satisfied with it, but my major complaint was that it was very large. I sucked at StarCraft a lot more than I even do now, and I just felt like my mouse was limiting me. It probably wasn't, but being a cyclist, where EVERYONE stresses over equipment to the n-th degree, I was paranoid. So I did some research and found out the Mini Optical is "the mouse that all the progamers use."
I was very satisfied with how light and fast it felt, even though the old optical sensor was not as accurate as on my Mx 518. I read a thread on Teamliquid where someone mentioned how to remove the weight from a Mini Optical, which I did. And behold, it was even lighter than before. I loved it so much!
But then, the incredibly loud clicky scroll wheel annoyed me and I felt it bothered my roommates / random people in the library. So I again took it apart took out the "scroll wheel clicker." And now it's silky smooth...
I also lost a mouse foot randomly, so it sat unevenly on my gaming surface. So what did I do? I bought ultra-high grade replacement low friction feet ($2.99 for four) and an extra set for the future.
I've had this mouse for a long time now, and I've spent a lot of time trying to make it perfect (it took me like an hour to put it back together after disassembling the scroll wheel, I am not the mechanical type). One time, it even just stopped working. I was ready to replace it, but as a last ditch effort (after banging it on things hoping it would work), I took it apart, messed with stuff, and put it back together. And it came back to life, and soldiered on!
I've used it so much that the finish is wearing off the buttons. It doesn't feel like I control StarCraft with a mouse anymore - my hand knows it so well that it feels like my hand controls the game directly without any device in between. And I yank it so much, that my hand is basically one with my junk, so it's as if I play StarCraft with my junk. And being a male, my junk is very close to my heart, so it feels like I'm playing StarCraft with my heart. And heart and soul are one to form a human being, so thanks to this mouse and its history, it seems as if I play StarCraft with my soul...
All things in life are temporal. Like cats for example, mine has cancer. The end is always painful when you know it's coming. I've cried and lamented, and just wished a breakthrough cure would be discovered for cat-cancer, it's so young. Fate claims everything though, and we've had great times ^.^
And although my mouse is not as important as a living being, it too will wear out eventually, and it's all the more painful because of the trouble I've had with it, and how I know it's time will come. Time is the fire in which everything burns, to paraphrase Malcolm MacDowell's quote for Star Trek: Generations. The mouse is great, and it's not really produced anymore. I've thought than when it fails for the last time while browsing TL or Facebook Stalking or Pwning noobs, I intend to replace it with a similar, more technologically advanced substitute ... the Salmosa
Razer's commitment to the gaming community is incredible, sponsoring the highest prize-money non Korean StarLeague ever. I would proudly sport Razer earbuds in the library while studying and listening to trance music, or any LAN / gathering, and while on my biycle killing 150 kilometers also listening to trance music.
As you said in the op Steve, Razer wants feedback .. and I'm certain all their products are top quality, but also the image of using a company's product whose commitment to the community is absolute is a good feeling. I'm glad they're holding this promotion too, so personable!
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if razor built a keyboard that isn't terribly expensive (I'm willing to pay about 50-60 €), and easy to CLEAN, I'd SO buy it. I don't need macro keys, or media player keys or any of that shit, I just need something durable that works well and will serve me for a couple of years. Also please design it so that I can rest my hands on it (how do you call those things that you attach to the keyboard?), and make the click of the keys so that you notice the point where it does something. and make it considerably quiet. that'd be all. the most important thing is that you can clean it without taking the risk of breaking it.
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my favourite pheriphel is this dual function headset. Its both wired and wireless.
The wireless features stinks.... ohwell
the wired feature.. has never failed me yet (only when i lose the wire). It sounds so great..a lot better than the static from my speakers. I dont know the company who made it but i dont care.. its way too cool. I plug in my school computers and it works fine. There are these sponge coverings to surround my ear, the wave lengths are seemlessly transported to my ear drums.
When I play SC (wat else?) against my friends, the Zealots crying "MY LIFE FOR AIUR!" and the Templars asking me if I think as they do are so clear.
These headsets help me immerse myself into the world I am observing...
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On February 21 2009 12:35 distant_voice wrote: if razor built a keyboard that isn't terribly expensive (I'm willing to pay about 50-60 €), and easy to CLEAN, I'd SO buy it. I don't need macro keys, or media player keys or any of that shit, I just need something durable that works well and will serve me for a couple of years. Also please design it so that I can rest my hands on it (how do you call those things that you attach to the keyboard?), and make the click of the keys so that you notice the point where it does something. and make it considerably quiet. that'd be all. the most important thing is that you can clean it without taking the risk of breaking it.
I would love to see a company (Razer) make a simple Keyboard which isn't overpriced as fuck (Steelseries).
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My favorite would have to be my keyboard it's just a plain wireless HP keyboard that came with my computer I've had it for awhile and I play many different types of games FPS, RTS, MMO's, and many others and it suites me just fine. It's taken a beating fallen off my computer desk many times I've even hit it a few times while nerd raging after losing in a game. The only special keys it has are for volume and for pausing, stopping, and switching songs for being a crummy HP keyboard it's pretty decent I like simple things and this keyboard is perfect.
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May favorite is may Logitech MX510 mouse because it fits so well in my hand and it looks great in shiny blue
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Logitech MX Revolution Mouse. I just love the comfort of it. Makes my wrist feel that everything is smoothed out and "streamlined" whether if its with gaming or with any other work. Kind have a frictionless scroll wheel to fly to add more comfort and whatnot.
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Mine is my Deck Legend keyboard. Bog standard layout, but with mechanical keyswitches rated for 50 million keystrokes, with each key backlit by its own long life LED, with the lettering being areas of the key that are without dye, so the characters will never wear off. It's nice to know this thing is going to be around.
But my favourite bit is the ability to press every key at once, and have them all register (provided one is using the ps/2 version). I can play any chord in frets on fire, can steer left while giving gas and brake, lean left while walking forward/right and crouching and zooming, whatever I want. n-key rollover (not some half assed anti-ghosting) is unbeatable.
Swappable keycaps with fun/useful symbols add a little flair. Also, having mods covered under warranty is sweet, should I choose to go that route.
I also love my Deathadder, but the Legend is awesome!
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my favorite peripheral has got to be my krait mouse. The grip i get from this mouse is unmatched. I also have a deathadder and logitech 310 both of which fail in comparison. Originally, i was hesitant to buy a krait since it lacks side buttons but after several weeks it became clear that no other mouse would do. The lack of side buttons only increases the fluidity and response from this sleek and sexy handpiece. It also makes me faster with my gestures since i cant rely on the buttons like i used to for dota games. The krait was recommended to me by a top war3 progamer in beijing a few months ago and i must say he wasnt messing around. Just thinking about clicking the krait as it slithers around on my desk fills me with ergonomic delight. On the fly sensitivity is also killer. This feature of most razer mice allows the user to control mouse sensitivity anytime, anywhere by depressing the mousewheel and scrolling. Its crucial for changing sensitivity in-game. I love the krait and so will you! Try it. You will be very pleased.
ps razer please release a mechanical keyboard. Your keyboards have lots of fancy abilities and lights but the essential element, the keys and input board, are lackluster. I returned my anaconda in favor of a simple cherry keyboard.
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my favorite peripheral has got to be my krait mouse. The grip i get from this mouse is unmatched. I also have a deathadder and logitech 310 both of which fail in comparison. Originally, i was hesitant to buy a krait since it lacks side buttons but after several weeks it became clear that no other mouse would do. The lack of side buttons only increases the fluidity and response from this sleek and sexy handpiece. It also makes me faster with my gestures since i cant rely on the buttons like i used to for dota games. The krait was recommended to me by a top war3 progamer in beijing a few months ago and i must say he wasnt messing around. Just thinking about clicking the krait as it slithers around on my desk fills me with ergonomic delight. On the fly sensitivity is also killer. This feature of most razer mice allows the user to control mouse sensitivity anytime, anywhere by depressing the mousewheel and scrolling. Its crucial for changing sensitivity in-game. I love the krait and so will you! Try it. You will be very pleased.
ps razer please release a mechanical keyboard. Your keyboards have lots of fancy abilities and lights but the essential element, the keys and input board, are lackluster. I returned my anaconda in favor of a simple cherry keyboard.
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Funny, the guy above me put the Krait too!
I bought the Krait since it was supposedly designed for RTS games and it has worked great. It fits my hand, grips my cheap mouse pad well and it's 1600DPI was a must when I recently upgraded to a 22" LCD screen. It's my favorite mouse I've used so far, and it was also pretty cheap too. Like $30 if I remember correctly.
edit: btw those earphone things looks sweet, I'd like a pair
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Damn, I never realized how many people owned razer stuff. I guess they grew a lot over the past few years.
I'll be damned if I can find any of them in brick and mortar stores around here though. And this is the one thing you can't buy on the net based on reviews. So, no razer for me.
Sticking with my oldschool mx revolution (damn love the weight and stability on this, perfect for FPS, and yet glides so well that it manages to be a godsend for RTS as well. Oh and the continuous scroll wheel on this thing is awesome. I dunno if that's a standard feature in new mice now, but if not, it certainly should be. Too bad for lefties I suppose though), 10$ logitech headset (lots of noise leakage but it's extremely comfortable and gets the job done), and my awesome laptop keyboard. Desktop keyboards click too loud
Good luck to whoever wins this (having skimmed the thread I think I know who they will be )
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Logitech Mini Optical because the koreans use it and it makes me all warm inside to know that I'm touching the same mouse as they are .. oh NaDa.. huhu
My "Trust Windows 98 Power Keyboard" is a close second, just because I've gotten used to it so well I would never be able to change to another one.
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I have a Logitech G5 Mouse. Easily the best gaming mouse I have ever owned, if it dies (which it never will as it is made like a beast) I would merely buy another!
I can't really explain the atmosphere of this mouse, but if you lift it off the mouse pad and place it back down, it owns the mouse pad, it sits there with such grace and prowess while my Razer diamondback before its sensor stopped functioning for no reason would feel cheap and flimsy as if a gust of wind would take it, it held no presence or authority.
I just love the single function key placed above the thumb, ergonomically amazing to reach, great for Vent and Teamspeak. The scroll wheel is also a favorite of mine, after almost 3 years of use, it still functions as eloquently as the day I bought it.
Can't say I have ever really used the quick dpi switch buttons though, but its good to have the option.
And who ever made the cord on this thing is a man after my own heart, I'm convinced I could hold the mouse by the cord and swing it around my head and nothing would happen, it is synthetically coated and has no tangle issues.
I'm a pretty harsh critic, its a shame that I had a dud razer, but unfortunately the one bad experience has turned me off their mice.
My G5 does however live on a Razer ExactMat - Control Side which is a fabulous piece of work.
My keyboard is an EverGlide T-1000. I use it for a couple of reasons. Simple and slim. It has it's own headphone/microphone and USB jack. I love those. T-1000 + Show Spoiler + (Are you kidding me? Awesome!)
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Logitech MX Revolution Mouse and my mousepad exactMatXspeed.
Solid products for not too much money.
I do not need any fancy extras so those products are perfect for me.
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I play a lot of online pictionary (and draw a lot during my free time), so the Wacom Bamboo Tablet (small) is by far my favorite peripheral. not the archetypal gaming peripheral, but it sure comes in handy when playing flash games / msn games with friends where you can doodle distracting images in the dialogue box.
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My favorite peripheral is the DT35, although it has been regarded as a "bandwagon" since practically every progamer uses it, I've never purchased a better, cheaper keyboard like this one. I never had the money to purchase the Tarantula or the $80 G15s. So I decided to jump on the wagon to see what the hype was all about for this keyboard. I was surprised at how comfortable typing and gaming could be. During Starcraft, I don't use any multimedia keys anyways, so bringing something like the size of the G15 would be a hassle,. plus the drivers (if needed for the keys). The design is just plain and simple, Because of the DT35, I can never go back to any other keyboard but the DT35
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i love my damn H&H 00 keyboard because it's so long-living and my normal keyboards die just after a few months under my hands 8[
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Logitech MX Revolution Mouse as well,
It's ergonomic design makes it feel natural in you hand. The buttons are placed in an intuitive fashion, but do not intrude upon regular use. The additional buttons, lower left scroll-wheel, and toggled scroll wheel makes the Logitech MX revolution one of the most customizable peripherals on the market.
It doesn't try to revolutionize the mouse, necessarily, but rather it pushes the standard mouse design to its limits, with extremely satisfying results. Which makes it my top pick.
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My favourite is easily my mousepad, it was a christmas present from my best friend Jason a few years ago. He has always been artistically inclined and made an amazing Eskimo and Igloo motif on my mousepad! It is incredible, and is easily one of the best presents I have ever recieved, even though the colours are fading now, and I have lost the bottom part of the mousepad, I will still use it until it has broken in half, its special to me.
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My favouite is my fucked up mouse. It's a Logitech MX518 and its fucked up. its my 3rd mx518 and i had 3 mx510's before, but its still my favourite. As a FPS player, my mouse is really important to me cause it allows me to have perfect control ingame. The shape is just pefect, fitting my right palm like it was made for me, the size is perfect. The buttons on the mouse are huge for me (as i use all 5 of them all the time) and i dont only shoot with my mouse i also move with my mouse. Aim / strafe / control , being able to turn 180° with no problem -> Perfection. And altough its sensor can be fucked up a bit sometimes and it makes me really angry i wouldnt trade it for anything. i played a lot of great and intense matches with this mouse and thats why im so connected to it. even if someone gave me a deathadder i'd still play with this mouse cause this 1 has a lot of my sweat on it (sweat = skill).
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Easily my Razer Krait. The minute I ordered this online, I knew I wouldn't regret it. It's been almost 2 years now and I'm still using it along with my eXactmaT =]. As soon as I installed it, the speed of the mouse increased dramatically and was practically impossible for me to control, but as an SC:BW (RTS) player, I got used to it pretty easily and my skills and love for the game also increased. Everyone else around me I've seen getting a diamondback or some high tech logitech mouse which as features that probably aren't going to get used anyway, which is why I stuck with my Krait - simple, elegant and effective.
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Favorite gaming peripheral: TeamLiquid.net Without it there would be no foreign SC:BW scene. +1
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My favorite peripheral is my mouse pad, and perhaps one of my most essential as well. It seems nowadays people blow big bucks on a mouse when the really don't have to. A good mouse pad, which is comfortable, and the right size can dramatically change performance in game. Ive owned multiple mousepads, used them all for a fair amount of time, and found nothing beats a strong, durable, smooth pad. The perfect mousepad however, also comes at a fair price, I have played on "High end gaming surfaces" and your standard mouspad that costs 8 dollars, and found little difference in texture, and play. Its easy to see that tons of people are duped, when in reality, they are paying for a "cool logo". By no regards is any mouspad perfect, but I look forward to encountering the best pad possible (a quest still continue). I have used the Mantis playing surface, and the Goliathus surface (both speed and control) by Razer, and didn't feel like I was getting my moneys worth, I understand it is a business, but I found little difference in the mantis and another "lower end" pad I used. That being said, good luck with your ( what I assume) research on gaming products.
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I think that Razer could make a great competitor to go against the Belkin N52te. The Belkin N52 was pretty good but has now been replaced by the abysmal N52te. The N52te would be nearly the perfect peripheral for hardcore MMO users, but the drivers are just terrible. Somehow, no more than one key can be assigned to each button, including the diagonals of the directional pad, so the directional pad cannot be assigned to WASD. This has led users to unwieldy workarounds that often misfire. Razer should make an MMO pad similar to the Belkin N52te, but with better drivers and better listening to the community (which I know Razer, as generous sponsors of the TSL, can do). Also, if you replaced the directional pad with a good analog stick, it could probably be used for many more genres of games and have broader appeal.
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As someone before me stated already I think my mousepad is the most essential think to perform well, well maybe besides a ball/optical mouse switch. I use the Everglide Titan with the fnatic design (+ Show Spoiler +). I just went to my next hardware shop to buy some big clothpad and the fnatic one was the only one they had, but I sure like the design. I don't really need such a big mousepad 2/3 of it would be enough but now I use it on end and my right arm lies on comfortable cloth instead of my wooden desk . I just can't use any mousepad that is not made out of cloth. If I use a cheap mousepad out of plastic it always slips over my table because it does not have enough grip and my mouse movement feels sketchy. I once played on my friends pc and he had some hard plastic mousepad with silicon spray on it and some mouse skates on it and wtf I don't want my mouse to slip 3 m away if I just touch on it.
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On February 19 2009 16:50 FakeSteve[TPR] wrote: winners will be announced on the 5th.
March 5th is my bday btw. Just something to think about!
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Nothing to do with the contest but can someone recommend a light mouse with 5 mouse buttons?
Razer Salmosa and Logitech Mini Optical only have three buttons and this won't be enough for SC2.
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my Logitech G-1 Gaming Desktop combo....
its my favorite because:
1.its cheap - got it for only 20$ 2.comfort - its very easy to use.. its very light.... it glides like i want it and i can mass game without the tired feeling in my hands/wrists 3.durability - it doesnt flinch even after almost 2 years of extreme usage.. its still in perfect working condition...
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My Microsoft intellimouse explorer 3.0.
This mouse has been a dream come true ever since I bought the original version like 8 years ago. The way it fits in the hand is unlike any other mouse I've ever layed my hands on. It actually fits my hand, perfectly. These other companies just didn't hit it, not by a long shot.
It doesn't have too many buttons, 5, is perfect for me. 2 thumb, LR, mouse wheel button. Simple, easy, standard placement of the wheel, L and R buttons. The thumb buttons, deserve special attention, because they are positioned perfectly as well. My thumb naturally rests on the large thumb button, and the little, upper one, is literally about 1/4th of an inch movement to hit it. So they're quick, easy, fast reaction buttons used for the quickest reaction abilities I need. (When I played SC, this would be Comstat sweeps. What, DT? 1 swipe, bam bitch, comstat in your face instantly(before com, it'd just be the CC, for quick SCV building). I just couldn't use a mouse without these two thumb buttons anymore. I'd never buy one without them.
The original mouse wheel, on the original version was better. This new version's wheel is more jerky, but it's still okay. The button in the wheel itself is easy to press, not too hard to use quickly, but naturally, not too easy to hit by accident, again perfect balance. The grip on the mouse wheel is good too, rubber, with small grip lines. Some mice have a smooth wheel which can cause slips, or too bumpy which is just irritating. Another thing I like, is that it's only an up and down mouse scroll. I've seen some of these mice with the side to side shit that is just bulky and retarded looking, not to mention, probably never used ever. Seriously, how many times do you scroll left and right? Once in the past year, maybe?
The mouse itself is pretty light as well, easy to move quick. I don't think it has 10,000dpi or whatever, maybe it does, but I've never, ever had any problems with targetting in SC, CS:S, WoW, or any other game I've ever played, so I really don't see how that can be improved upon. The colors are good too, dark gray / black with the red light in the back..sleek man, sleek.
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Not going for the prize here; I don't really have time to write any novels.
That said, I use pretty standard / non specialized stuff. I had a Razer Coppperhead but it stopped working (same happened to another guy I know... c'mon Razer...) so I use a Logitech VX revolution. Stock keyboard on my Asus Eee 1000H. Gotta say my favourite is my headphones. Sony SA5000's with a high end DIY amplifier. Amazing for music, and gives nice pinpoint imaging in FPS games. For Starcraft... well as I said they're amazing for music
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Razer Krait
Back before I'd gotten my Krait, I'd struggled with mice. The only brand I used was Logitech, but I had several problems with them. I must have gone through about 5 Logitech mice within about 2 years. The first was called the Wheel Mouse, an old model that did not have a very good feel to the clicking or the wheel. Later I'd gotten the MX310 that was I think my favorite out of all the Logitech mice, but the button got worn out and started to pickup dirt/oil from fingers constantly and had to be cleaned very often. It also had some strange, somewhat rare issue where the pointer would not pickup some of my mouse movement, very annoying. So I replaced it with an MX510 that was my most hated mouse, and the most expensive out of them all. It was large, did not like the shape, too heavy, and had huge buttons that reached to the bottom of the large mouse that really had a bad clicky feel. Plus the materal of the buttons was this glossy material that not only did not feel right but also picked up dirt really easily. So after that terrible mouse I got 2 more that were either MX310's or something similar, but the first one did not work for very long and I exchanged it for another one that worked for several months before it started to have issues with the laser.
So finally I got smart and went and got my first Razer mouse after hearing so many good things about it and being fed up with Logitech. I chose the Krait since it seemed to have all I wanted and I didn't need the extra buttons. Plus despite being a brand for gaming, it's actually very affordable so that I really like. That was back in early 2007, and I've had it ever since. The buttons still work great, and I really like the feel of the click and the sensitivity of the click. The shape is my favorite kind of mouse shape so far, nice and small. And finally after playing Quake Live beta with it, I've noticed it reads my quick movements well. None of my Logitech mice have come close to being this good. It's so nice to have found a mouse that I'm happy with.
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I have a Razer DiamondBack mouse. I really love that mouse, but I hate additional buttons. I'm that sort of people who love simple and classic things. Anyway, if it hadn't had the buttons, it would be so good, but it's still fine.
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steelpad ss + logitech mx 518 = gg
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Sennheiser HD555
It’s my favorite piece of gaming equipment because I’ve never really had a great pair of headphones till I got these and they lasted me three years until a few weeks ago I snapped them in nerd rage mode T_T. The sound quality was really good which helped when I played CSS (used to play heaps and got pretty good) and they were really comfortable, like super comfortable. Other headphones that are big always make my ears hurt after taking them off but these never did, they had foam covered in smooth cloth they were really nice.
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my Logitech G5 mouse. It's my first gaming product and I have been using it for... 2 years now I think? I have good memories with it, and in my opinion it's more important than keyboard or headphones.
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Currently, my favorite gaming peripheral is the Razer Krait.
I've had many mice over the years, but Razer mice (and the Krait especially) have the one feature I need most of all. Many mouse developers seem to overlook this feature, but it makes it completely unplayable if it isn't designed right. I refer to the very bottom edges of the mouse, on either side. You see, I don't "lift" the mouse like most people do - instead, most of the positioning I do is controlled by pressing my pinky tip up against the side of the mouse and the mouse pad in order to control speed. However, when going for the classic "lift," I instead simply tilt the mouse to the side and slide it along the edge. (always tilt to the right, no matter which direction I'm moving the mouse) Several mice have a rough or sharp edge here, making the mouse simply impossible to move.
I spent $100 buying the Logitech G9 as I absolutely LOVED the shape, but when I got home, I couldn't move the mouse. I returned it, and went through about 4 other mice (including the Logitech G3 which I really wanted to work out) but by the end of the week, I was back to using my trusty Krait again. I think the only thing that could replace the Krait is a Salmosa, but I have yet to try it.
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My favorite piece of gaming peripheral is my Logitech 518 mouse. It's an old mouse with a lot of wear and tear from my older brother who gave it to me. It's a big clunky mouse, but it fit's my hand right and it's way better then my older mouse that still had a ball instead of an optical laser. I don't own much gaming equipment, my keyboard came with my computer, so really it's just my mouse, but it doesn't mean it wins by default. This mouse helped me win so many games where my last mouse would spaz up sometimes. It's tough to find equipment that works and helps me. So this mouse is almost like inheriting a sword or shield that led a knight to victory, and I wouldn't know if I would even be playing games still without it.
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My favorite gaming peripheral would have to be my Logitech G3 mouse. I like it because it has a minimalistic design that is an affirmation that its not about the product, so much as the gamer. Its small sleek and black, and perfectly rounded to dexterously fit in my hand. When I feel like adding special hot keys, the software that supports it gives me a wealth of options. I love it so much that I clean it weekly, and make sure it sits pretty without having that dirt buildup that happens so often with mouses. The reason I bought it was because I'm a fan of buying something expensive, which usually means its of higher quality, and so lasts longer; for this reason I wanted to buy a mouse that I would never get bored with, and am wholly satisfied with. The G3 mouse has not disappointed me yet.
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Sullen, from the expense of a new computer, the budget had to skimp on speakers, to save every penny, new peripherals where a no go to, an old mouse here, a dirt encrusted keyboard there, and in time I managed to replace all these old items, a shiny new g15, as a present from me to me, new keyboard with lots of superfluous buttons for Christmas(g11), and big new 20 inch screen.
However, for a long while, one thing resisted my merciless upgrading, a pair of standard Ipod headphones that had stood long and hard as a faithful servant to my ears, delivering me the sounds of SCVs expiring, informing me that I had just lost another TvZ.
But the headphones where already showing their age, as a relic from my oft used Ipod re-purposed, the trim was all but gone, wires where showing, and plastic had started fraying, leaving my Ipod lying useless.
I had used them in conjunction with a cheap 20 quid headset, and that it was more than time for a single unified solution for both.
I scanned the reviews on the internet, where words like “awesome” and “great” where splashed around like ships in the Atlantic. I decided on one, a sennheiser PC 161, a man in a review said that after I had listened to I for 5 minutes, I would have wanted a pair years ago, and I pretty much went solely on this recommendation alone.
They arrived just in time for my birthday, one of my few presents, I had not asked for much, I also knew the price was 50 pounds or there about.
I plugged them in almost the moment I received them, I wasn't expecting much, just a replacement for an awkward combination of 2 different peripherals to fulfil one role.
That moment, when I first listened to music with them, was a moment of epiphany, what the man had said was right, I'd wish I'd known, known that I could have had this moment of bliss so much before this time. Kurt Vonnegurt said, “The only proof he needed for the existence of god was music” I think started to know what he meant.
I spent the rest of that day with a simile from ear to ear, I was changed, no longer was I an ordinary man, I was an ambassador for noise and sound in all its forms, on that day I converted, I am no longer the man that was.
I am an audiophile.
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my AWESOME G5 gaming grade mouse by Logitech Logitech G5 though my rust colored one looks better this one's ok too
Pros The contours of the mouse fits very well with my hand.
Mouse's weight is very very well balanced and spread out
The laser - no skipping or jumping to random places (unless surface is HORRIBLE even in which case it doesn't do anything unless the mouse moves - max of 2000 dpi and 5 different speed settings you can customize (400 dpi being lowest) - always set it on max and NONE of my friends can ever use my mouse rite away kekeke
Side button that can be hotkey-ed to most things for convience - i put mine to ctrl so that i can select multiple files while doing work and crouch during fps games, i assigned it f10 for starcraft, haha
Modifiable weight cartridge (one of the coolest feature out there) - i used to make it heavy for fps because sometimes when i get nervous my hands get stiff - basically gives u 2 setting in taht u either have the weight or don't
The braided cord - at first I did not realize why the mouse had cord that was covered w/ braided cloth but quickly realized it gives a lot less friction (not just ground but the back side of the desk and the hole the cord goes through in the desk, etc.) - really neat idea
The scroll - Left, right tilt (lil buggy but pretty awesome, esp w/ hotkeys assigned) and up and down scrolling (pretty standard click scroll)
Three yr warranty - covered even if the warranty stuff/receipt is lost
Finally the feet - FRIGGIN TEFLON FEET - it's like those nonstick pans (rofl) - there's only three (top, bottom, and left <- right over ur thumb), this is a really smart way to save money because instead of putting one more at the right they've realized that ppl put most weight of their hands to the left side of the mouse (towards your thumb) thus a teflon feet won't be necessary on the right side - works awesome w/ an icemat (icemat or steelmat as they call it now)
Cons/Suggestions for razor - the spd button is in the middle and that nvr worked out that great (suppose to use middle finger but is pretty uncomfortable so end up using index instead), it would be better if the buttons were rite above the side button (where ur thumb can reach it)
- the left, right tilt of scroll wheel is pretty buggy (middle clicking may make it tilt and such)
that's it gl and hf y'all
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Ok. For sure my favorite gaming peripheral is the Logitech MX 518 mouse.
Some background on me: I'm a college student without a mousepad, and all I play are SC and DotA. I don't need any super high dpi mice for fine control, I just need a mouse that'll perform well with my slowass APM while being comfortable for hours on end. However, in the off-chance that I -do- want to play, say, CS or something, the 1600 native dpi on the mouse is very useful. I also want a durable, consistent mouse that'll also be good as just a general use mouse for everyday use. I want a mouse that doesn't go overboard with features, but has enough functionality to be useful. Finally, I also want a mouse that just looks cool
I hold my mouse with the base of my wrist resting on my desk, and control it from there. The way I hold my mouse really works with the shape of the MX 518 - everything seems just to settle into place naturally and fluidly, with no awkward parts of the mouse jutting out or anything. I don't like moving my wrist while using my mouse, and I can just rotate my wrist or extend my hand to reach every corner of my 1440x900 pixel laptop screen with minimal effort. I can use this mouse for hours on end, just because of how comfortable and natural-feeling it is.
I really like the features that the MX 518 has without going overboard. First of all, the back/foward buttons on the left side are so easy to use and just feel "right". Instead of needing my left hand to go hit the backspace key or something, I can just slightly move my right thumb, keeping it on the mouse with basically no movement, and hit one of the back/forward buttons (for the internet). You can also reprogram these buttons for use during gaming, but since I mainly play SC, I don't use them during gaming (and they have no effect, so it's not like hitting the windows key). I think incorporating "useful" buttons like these for both laypeople and gamers is very useful. Normal users will appreciate the functionality (without seeming too gimmicky, because honestly, it's very natural), while gamers will appreciate the customizable buttons in a very convenient location.
Also, two buttons which I especially appreciate while playing SC (or any game, really) are the two buttons surrounding the scroll wheel. First, the scroll wheel is very good, being at just the right "gliding" amount for easy scrolling. The scroll wheel isn't too hard to click down, which is an annoying feature found in many other mice, but isn't super easy so that any slight pressure clicks it. Very good weight on it. Anyway, the two buttons surrounding it change the dpi on the mouse, with the "visual" effect on screen of changing the mouse sensitivity. This is one of my favorite features of this mouse. You can pretty much change the sensitivity without going through any menus or control panel stuff, you can do it right on the mouse. Granted, I know it's just changing dpi settings on the mouse, but it's instant, and has the effect of adjusting sensitivity. It's this feature that is the "clincher" for me. It's just amazing.
The mouse is also very smooth and glidey, even though I don't even use a mousepad, but instead rest it on my wooden desktop. There are literally NO jerky movements at all, and everything is just very smooth and fluid when using the mouse, and it's extremely accurate. I've never had any troubles with the mouse not going where I wanted it to go, which is a problem with some other optical mice I've used. The buttons are also wonderful - I tend to click on mice with my second knuckle joint instead of my fingertips (as a consequence of my mouse-holding position with the low wrist profile), and the fact that the buttons have a very large clickable space makes it very natural for me to use this mouse. Again, the buttons aren't so flimsy so as to click when you don't want, but aren't so heavy that it's a chore. I could click this mouse for hours without feeling any fatigue at all.
One of the other things I love about the mouse is the software it comes with. Often times, manufacturers neglect this critical piece of bundling with the mouse, and you get clunky, unintuitive software for changing mouse settings. The software that comes with the MX 518 is very user-friendly, with a great GUI that lets you know exactly what you're doing. It's also very powerful, with customizable options for anything you could ever dream of.
The build quality is also excellent. This is one of the most important factors. The weight is just right, and distributed very nicely throughout the mouse so no part feels imbalanced. The quality of construction is very high, and lasts for years, even through the heaviest abuse. It's never failed in any aspect, and I've consistently used it for everything. I know this mouse is targeted towards heavy FPS gamers what with the instant dpi switching, but even for a more casual user, it's excellent and just has that unique feel that fits perfectly.
Oh, and the mouse looks totally badass. The visual effect of the "cratered" mouse is metallic and shiny, and gives an illusion-esque depth of perception that's juts amazing. People who don't know what this mouse is (like at a Starbucks or something) actually come up and compliment on how cool my mouse looks. Just icing on the cake
Summary: I like this mouse because of its dependability, natural and smooth movements, perfect fit in my hand, and variety of well-thought out features.
I hope this is useful to Razer!
(P.S.: I really need some earbuds ...hehe)
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I use the original mouse that comes with a dell pc. and a piece of paper for a mousepad which i have to continuously have to replace due to wear and tear. This homeless combo is my favorite gaming peripheral
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On February 28 2009 02:51 D4EMON wrote:My favorite gaming peripheral would have to be my Logitech G3 mouse. I like it because it has a minimalistic design that is an affirmation that its not about the product, so much as the gamer. Its small sleek and black, and perfectly rounded to dexterously fit in my hand. When I feel like adding special hot keys, the software that supports it gives me a wealth of options. I love it so much that I clean it weekly, and make sure it sits pretty without having that dirt buildup that happens so often with mouses. The reason I bought it was because I'm a fan of buying something expensive, which usually means its of higher quality, and so lasts longer; for this reason I wanted to buy a mouse that I would never get bored with, and am wholly satisfied with. The G3 mouse has not disappointed me yet.
espensive? This mouse was 20 bucks. Unless you bought it like 3 years ago?
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Well I see a lot of gaming keyboards, gaming mice, etc in this thread but tbh I could never see them as a favourite gaming periphal - in StarCraft I imagine so much of their functions to be redundant, the pretty lights to be eye candy that gets boring after what, a week with it? I guess for new games a lot of their abilities could come into use, but not for SC.
So this is my keyboard - awesome. Nothing stylish, but it's brilliant for competitive gaming, the keys press down perfectly so you know when they've been pressed by the noise without looking, and the same with depressing. The fact it's not riddled with LED lights gives it a professional, slick style, oh and of course the keys pop off easily so if you hate hitting the windows key, easy cure. I really do wish I could go in detail about how much of an efficient monster this keyboard is, but truth is its simplicity is what makes just a great thing. I've had the thing for 8 damn years, since I was playing Populous:3 (legendary god RTS game), old school..!
Maybe I'd be in with a better chance if I owned some awesome gaming equipment so I could rag on about its endless features, but I don't
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My favorite peripheral device: Battlefield 2142 Logitech G5 Edition
How I got the mouse: It was DigitalLife 2006, and EA had an exhibit with Battlefield 2142 which allowed people to play test the game before the release. There were prizes given for winning a match once every hour, which were a copy of Battlefield 2142, a T-Shirt and a Battlefield 2142 Logitech G5 Edition . My friends and I were playing Battlefield 2 at the time and thought that we would snatch up the prizes easily. We were trying our hardest to win, and I won one of these matches. The next day, all my friends won these prizes, so we were playing the game on one server that EA had released before the game came out.
Experience with the mouse: I was using a generic Microsoft mouse at the time, with just two buttons and a wheel, and it was uncomfortable using it. When I got home, I unwrapped the G5 out of the box, and plugged it into the computer. The contours of the mouse fit my hand perfectly, as I have big hands, and the mouse buttons were just at the tip of my fingers. The mouse was so smooth that I did not need to use a mouse pad; the mouse surface was my desk. The first thing I tested with my G5 mouse was the game BF2142, and the experience was one that I never had before. The option to change sensitivity is important, and this allowed me to change the turning rate, which allowed me to kill opponents more accurately.
The next thing I tested the mouse with is Starcraft: Brood War, and I noticed my improvement slightly, because of the change in sensitivity. This allowed me to move my mouse much more quickly to 1200dpi, instead of the default 800dpi that was in my old mouse; I didn't feel like changing my mouse settings in the game, as my sister used to yell at me for changing the settings, and having me to change it back each time we were playing was annoying.
For general usage, the ability to change add/subtract weights is very important because I tend to add more weights for web browsing, and take it off during gaming. The addition of weights allowed me to relax, and move slowly, thus adding to the experience of surfing the internet. The back button was perfectly placed between the contours and the palm; I tend to use my thumb whenever possible. The scrolling wheel was smoother than my old mouse, and the wheel could go left and right, which allowed me to not use the arrow keys.
Playing around with the software allowed customization of settings that were critical. Changing the sensitivity settings to three other options allowed my gaming to be much more efficient. Binding the back button to Ventrilo instead of using the keyboard provided a way to speak to my teammates instead of using two hands. The interface for the software was clean and efficient, thus there were no challenges into changing the settings.
There were no problems with my mouse, since the quality of my mouse was very high. My baby cousin kept dropping the mouse because he didn't know what he was doing, but there were no defects.
Currently, I use a cheap Labtec mouse because I left my G5 at home. The quality of this mouse is very different, as I despise the Labtec because it has uncomfortable buttons, the contours and the feelings of the thumb area are terrible and the mouse is small, having to change my mouse grips. This mouse sometimes moves on its own, and this gets annoying at times.
Everytime I go back home, the first thing I do is turn on my computer, go check TeamLiquid to see if there were any matches played/results, check box scores for sports, and sometimes play Starcraft with my G5.
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My favorite peripheral is definitely my Lycosa keyboard. I started with a Deathadder, which is definitely my second favorite peripheral. Naturally in order to maintain stylistic unity, I had to get a Lycosa.
While other gaming companies think that style means throwing some LEDs and "sleek" styling in, they end up looking geekier than they do elegant. However, the Lycosa with its trademark razor thin profile and glossy finish is the very definition of elegance. The backlighting is uniform, bright enough to see, subtle enough not to blind.
Where other keyboard makers think that gaming means adding some macro buttons to their standard keyboard, the Lycosa knows that the true measure of quality is the little touches. The smooth rubber titillates the fingers and insures that they stay right where you need them in the heat of the moment.
The real quality is in the buttons. The Lycosa's keys respond with a light touch and a firm click. They strike a perfect balance. They are easy enough to press when you need to, saving your wrists a lot of strain in the long run. However the satisfying tactile response means that you won't press a lot of keys you don't need to.
Perhaps most importantly it works. Its an understated quality but one that I appreciate.
I used to think a keyboard was a keyboard. Now I know the difference.
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Valhalla18444 Posts
Contest is now closed! Thanks to everyone who participated in this, you guys put some swell effort here in exchange for the chance at some swag. Really appreciate it
Winners will be announced March 5th!
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My favorite gaming peripheral is the Logitech Playstation 2 USB headset even though it's been at least two years since I last touched my PS2, that headset remains with me. After playing Socom 1&2 for about 5 hours a day (sometimes marathons would last 12-15 hours) for about 4 years straight, you can probably guess that I'm pretty accustumed to my headset. Well, that would be an understatement. Since I am an avid Skype and Ventrilo user, a headset is absolutely necessary. After my first headset broke, my friend convinced me to get a headset that was similar to his. It was big, bulky, covered both ears, and I would actually strain on my neck after a long gaming session. I immediately returned them and went back to my bread and butter: the Logitech PS2 headset.
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On March 02 2009 22:43 AtlaS wrote: My favorite gaming peripheral is the Logitech Playstation 2 USB headset even though it's been at least two years since I last touched my PS2, that headset remains with me. After playing Socom 1&2 for about 5 hours a day (sometimes marathons would last 12-15 hours) for about 4 years straight, you can probably guess that I'm pretty accustumed to my headset. Well, that would be an understatement. Since I am an avid Skype and Ventrilo user, a headset is absolutely necessary. After my first headset broke, my friend convinced me to get a headset that was similar to his. It was big, bulky, covered both ears, and I would actually strain on my neck after a long gaming session. I immediately returned them and went back to my bread and butter: the Logitech PS2 headset. Owned by the bell
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Valhalla18444 Posts
Update: The winners have been chosen! I've been asked to gather contact & shipping information from the following people:
kefkalives + Show Spoiler +On February 19 2009 19:44 kefkalives wrote:Well. I'll try! Ode to a Microsoft Keyboard.Oh Microsoft internet keyboard. You were the center of my starcraft universe Bold, fat and plastic, with keys that would only ever irritate; Like that sleep button i pressed while playing on abyss, What the fuck was that about? Who designed that piece of shit, making me dead my computer whilst in tense one on one action. And yet i nurtured you. Ofcourse, in sadistic fashion i shaped you after my own motives Carving your surface with knife Throwing keys away so that i may play better. So many fond memories are tied to what you let me have The friends i met and typed to, You, and you alone were the messenger. You would always remind me of the past My rat would crawl about on you, shedding hair into your depths and even urinating Yet i still loved you like i loved that rat. And the hair that i would clean out of my microsoft keyboard Years after that rat had died, would bring me another reminder that he was alive. Now the keyboard sits under my desk, replaced by shiny new plastic keyboarding experiences. But the fun i had painting, defacing and modifying you Will always be buried in my mind Like that poor rat i had to bury in the yard.
Hammy + Show Spoiler +On February 19 2009 21:18 Hammy wrote:People get all hyped up when they want a new mouse. I know a bunch of people who bought a copperhead or a diamondback for two reasons: it's razer and it shines (but of course they won't say that ). And nowadays, what says you're a real gamer more than a Razer mouse? Well i'm the kind of guy who likes to buy stuff based exclusively on how much my needs correspond to the specs. Don't get me wrong, I think razer makes awesome mice, but I do feel they are slightly overpriced and just have too many things I know i'd never use. So when I was shopping for a mouse what was I looking for? -A small mouse (I'm used to a Fingerstyle Grip on my mouse) -A comfortable mouse (As in, a mouse I'M comfortable with) -A mouse with at least 1200dpi sensitivity (With 800dpi I already had my mouse on max speed on windows and I wanted it to be faster) -At least three buttons and a scroll -A wired mouse (Faster response apparently, and it's just a hassle to change batteries) -Not too expensive (I wouldn't spend 100Euro on a mouse) Now the price wasn't such a big issue, but what I don't like about more expensive gear is that they tend to toss in gadgets which i'm just not interested in (like mouse memory, dynamic dpi switching, 7 buttons, cable holders, gold plated usb ports etc...). It's not that these additions can't be useful, it's just that I haven't got any use for them. So basically when I buy a more expensive mouse I get stuff I don't even want. I guess you're all thinking: this guy needs a G1 or a Logitech mini-optical. Well I considered going for one of those, but I really wanted a more sensitive mouse (they're both at 800dpi) so I decided they were out. Now you must be getting bored so i'll spare the details, but i tried out a bunch of mice, some good but overpriced, some just overpriced, and some great but didn't exactly fit my needs (too large or low dpi etc...). In the end (I might be flamed to hell here) I settled for a Genius mouse! In the past I hadn't had the best experience with this brand but I just couldn't "not" try this mouse out. It was a perfect fit. I'm talking about the Genius Ergo300 Mini Wired Mouse. http://www.elive.co.nz/genius-ergo300-wiredmouse-dv0683.phpThis mouse is equipped with 1200 dpi optical lens technology, it's small, comfortable and light. I had tried out some cheaper laser technologies and those were just terrible. They kept on skipping pixels and stuff. With this optical mouse the tracking is good and smooth. Basically this mouse had everything I needed. The only additionnal gadget (they all have one...) is the horizontal scrolling, which I don't use, but whatever, it's not like that gadget made the price skyrocket anyways. So to sum up, I needed a simple, relatively sensitive mouse so I got just that, and nothing more, and i'm really happy they still make simple mice for users who don't need a 4000dpi, gold plated, LED lit, titanium reinforced mouse I'd say the razer mouse I hesitated most to buy is the salmosa but I just wasn't sure what more it could bring compared to the mouse i have now. And it was over double the price, so I decided pretty quickly. I think that razer should consider more mice for the fingerstyle gamers out there, and we sure are plenty. In case this thread turns into a "What mouse should I buy?" I should mention that since I've only had this mouse for a few months I can't really comment on how sturdy it is. If it ever breaks down I'll be sure to edit this post.
-orb + Show Spoiler +On February 20 2009 05:56 -orb- wrote: My favorite gaming peripheral is my Razer Tarantula. You see, many people on the teamliquid forums have debates on what the best keyboard for starcraft is. Many people seem to think the infamous Korean DT-35 is the best simply because almost all the professionals use it. Some people think that any generic cheap keyboard is good.
Personally, I much prefer the Tarantula. Before I had the Tarantula, I had tried a number of other gaming keyboards, such as the Saitek Eclipse II, the Logitech G15, and a couple of less well known ones. None of these compare to the Tarantula. The Tarantula is the perfect simple keyboard. Sure, it doesn't have a fancy LCD screen, but I have dual monitors, so there's really no need for that anyways. It has a large number of features that are very important to me. The layout, for example, is much more intuitive than most regular keyboards. When I first got the Tarantula I was a bit confused and it took a little while to get used to, but once I did I much prefer it. The F keys are slim, which makes it very easy to distinguish them with your fingers from the number keys when you are moving your hand quickly. The Delete key is double-sized, with a very nice layout above the arrow keys, which moves the Insert key over by the scroll lock, print screen, and pause/break key. The lack of a completely useless context menu key next to the right control moves the right control to the left, which allows the arrow keys to be moved to the left, which locks the layout together and makes the keyboard smaller than it would be otherwise.
Also, the wide array of non-standard keys on the sides of the keyboard make a lot of things way easier. On the right side are various media keys. One to open your favorite (customizable) music program, the general playback keys (play, stop, next and previous track), a shuffle toggle key, a volume up/down key, and even a mute key. These keys are so unbelievably useful because they work even when you are not in the music program. This means that when I'm listening to music while playing starcraft, I can skip a track, lower the volume, stop the music, etc. On the left side of the keyboard are a couple more useful keys. There is a home key, a snooze key, and some picture-based media keys: a rotate button (very useful when dealing with photos that could be sideways), a zoom in/out button, and a 100% button to bring a picture to its full size. I do a lot of graphic design so this is pretty helpful to me.
Another additional feature is the macro keys. While I can not use the macro keys for games like starcraft, they are very useful in a game like World of Warcraft. I also like using them to type out various things I get tired of typing out over and over, such as a username I use everywhere, or some command in a game like executing my config files in counter-strike source. One of the great things about the Tarantula is that every single key is customizable. You can change any individual key however you want, not just the macro keys.
I love my Razer Tarantula. One of the most important parts of it is the way the keys move. Unlike cheap keyboards with tall keys, the Tarantula keys are relatively slim and low to the keyboard, and when you press them they are very easy to press and move in a very smooth motion, but they are not too light as to accidentally hit a key you do not want to hit.
My Razer Tarantula is perfect in every way I can think of. I even penned over the PROFILE button so that my keyboard is constantly reminding me of how PRO I am.
My Razer Tarantula is easly my favorite peripheral. Thank you Razer, for making such an absolutely amazing product.
Congrats to the chosen winners, and thanks to everyone who participated. Market research is an immensely important part of figuring out exactly how Razer can make products that actually suit the gamer's needs, instead of telling gamers what they need like some other companies
Another contest will be coming pretty soon with a bigger pool of prizes, updates on that when I get 'em.
You know FakeSteve was gonna hook TL up with swag
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Congrats to the guys who won.
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Very nice. Congrats to the winners, and thanks for the contest Fakesteve.
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Great! They look sweet! Thanks for the free contest, this is really cool.
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Congrats to the winners, gw fakesteve
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Congrats and thanks for the opportunity
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congrats to those who won!
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ooh damn kefkalives one is the best lol
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