I definitely am an advocate of a 'claw' type grip and I find that both my Copperhead and my Lachesis are insanely comfortable and easy to maneuver. I feel like the Ikari would feel pretty similar to a Logitech mouse, which in the way I use mice might be a bit clunky. Anywho, to each his own I suppose, I don't expect anyone to walk up to my Lachesis and feel it is anything but awkward in their hands. That mousepad looks pretty nice though, I need me a nice mousepad, I feel terrible using 80$ mice on bare desk surface.
Originally Posted by Cadillac Ferd I definitely am an advocate of a 'claw' type grip and I find that both my Copperhead and my Lachesis are insanely comfortable and easy to maneuver. I feel like the Ikari would feel pretty similar to a Logitech mouse, which in the way I use mice might be a bit clunky. Anywho, to each his own I suppose, I don't expect anyone to walk up to my Lachesis and feel it is anything but awkward in their hands. That mousepad looks pretty nice though, I need me a nice mousepad, I feel terrible using 80$ mice on bare desk surface.
Ah, thanks guys.
My hand hurts from using Logitech's 'seashell' shape of their mice because the buttons are too high for a claw grip (and the G7 is too heavy to whip around at the fingertips). I'll certainly take a look at Razers mice, then. In the past, I was skeptical about Razer mice because their side walls seemed too low/thin to hold firmly.
The problem is that mouses for pro gamers aren't really made for other people. A real mouse used by people doing competition must work at very low sensitivity. If you go to a competition you will see how these peeps have low sensitivity on their mouse and make big moves with their arm literally to turn around.
For them it is very important that the mouse stay precise at high speeds (this is where most of the so-called gaming mouses fail)
Originally Posted by BlueTrin The problem is that mouses for pro gamers aren't really made for other people. A real mouse used by people doing competition must work at very low sensitivity. If you go to a competition you will see how these peeps have low sensitivity on their mouse and make big moves with their arm literally to turn around.
For them it is very important that the mouse stay precise at high speeds (this is where most of the so-called gaming mouses fail)
? At competitions I see high-sensitivity players ussually, making small movements with less hand travel to translate into quicker on-screen movements...
Originally Posted by CardJoe ? At competitions I see high-sensitivity players ussually, making small movements with less hand travel to translate into quicker on-screen movements...
In his defense, it depends on how the mouse interprets movement. Razer mice are (probably) truer and more accurate at given resolutions since they don't seem to interpolate the hardware resolution (say, 2000 counts per inch) to the user-defined software 1200 or whatnot.
Originally Posted by CardJoe ? At competitions I see high-sensitivity players ussually, making small movements with less hand travel to translate into quicker on-screen movements...
That's not what I saw in many FPS competitions, especially CS and CSS where I saw mostly people who had to make quite large moves to do a 180.
I guess it would depend on how the game favors precision. And the people I knew were from aAa CS team ...
Anyway if you play low sensitivity, Infrared > Optical > Lazer, and DPIs are irrelevant then (you only need more than 1000)
Originally Posted by CardJoe At work, I use the Deathadder or the Ikari (now).
Would you compare those? I have always felt the G5 laser to be less precise than my 518 and am curious to know if it tracks as good/better than the DA/518.
Originally Posted by CardJoe ? At competitions I see high-sensitivity players ussually, making small movements with less hand travel to translate into quicker on-screen movements...
most of the high caliber players I know (well, they are CAL-i, which is pretty respectable) do play with low sensivity
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My hand hurts from using Logitech's 'seashell' shape of their mice because the buttons are too high for a claw grip (and the G7 is too heavy to whip around at the fingertips). I'll certainly take a look at Razers mice, then. In the past, I was skeptical about Razer mice because their side walls seemed too low/thin to hold firmly.
Thanks again
**edit: Here is a photo of my grip and the amount of empty space underneath the hand because of it. Mouse is a G7.
http://img266.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dsc00080xi3.jpg
For them it is very important that the mouse stay precise at high speeds (this is where most of the so-called gaming mouses fail)
? At competitions I see high-sensitivity players ussually, making small movements with less hand travel to translate into quicker on-screen movements...
That's not what I saw in many FPS competitions, especially CS and CSS where I saw mostly people who had to make quite large moves to do a 180.
I guess it would depend on how the game favors precision. And the people I knew were from aAa CS team ...
Anyway if you play low sensitivity, Infrared > Optical > Lazer, and DPIs are irrelevant then (you only need more than 1000)
thanks!
most of the high caliber players I know (well, they are CAL-i, which is pretty respectable) do play with low sensivity
and guess what I use ... :D
I actually ordered the optical, then switched the laser. Guess we'll find out!