Do you play using W,A,S,D, or do you use arrows Up, Down, Left, Right?

[Cyan]

In my clanning days I actually knew a couple players that used a trackball rather than a mouse; I was always amazed that their control looked indistinguishable from any other mouse user. Rocket jumps, flick shots, high precision aim, etc. They also served as cautionary tales of the danger with falling in love with a non-standard input device -- sooner or later your one-of-a-kind gizmo is going to get discontinued and, unlike mice, keyboards, or console controllers, when it breaks you're screwed. If your trackball of choice was one of those marble-sized ones that you used with your index finger, then a golf ball-sized one you used with your thumb wasn't exactly a drop-in replacement in terms of your muscle memory. You basically had to relearn how to play FPS from scratch. Anyone that ever put the time into mastering a Steam controller and whatever that SLR camera-looking monstrosity is, is going to have a sad time when they inevitably have to replace it.

so many things have changed since then. Even a search engine like Google isn't like it was -it was more free now, searching was more accurate, but now it's more about politics and stuff-. Same with certain gadgets, there were lots of experimental ideas.

We used gamepads that were connected to the MIDI port, but it was a PITA. Some games might not recognize them, other times you didn't have enough buttons, or calibration was very hard...

As for the Steam Controller, it looks like a good idea, in modern times. Afaik many people created profiles for some games, and you can create pretty complex control schemes with it.

Not that you can't achieve that with a mouse featuring enough programmable buttons, and even create very complex macros -I think some people used those to beat fighting games like Street Fighter 2 with 1CC without losing a round performing ShoRyuKens all the time...), but the Steam controller can be still cool.

 

[Cyan]

Today I received an email indicating that the Zelotes C-18 has passed customs.

I've never experienced sharp pain in the wrist of my fingers wihen using regular mice. My fingers hurt a bit sometimes, but that's it. Still, I am very curious to know if with a vertical mouse even the most palatable pain doesn't even exist, 'cos it'd be very positive in the long run. If I like the mouse enough I might make n initial quick review but I'd lik to make a review after say.. 2 years of use, if things go well.

 

[Cyan]

well, I've been playing with the MMO mouse, the E-YOOSO X-33, with 12 side buttons and 16 programmable buttons in total for a while now.

The EASIER way to program a mouse like that is simple, just bind the most regular keys of the entire keyboard used for gaming to the different buttons, When you play it feels natural, you press a key and something might happen.

At first it is not particularly easy to handle but now I get used to it better and better and above all and above all I do not have to use the keyboard too much.

My keyboard use is restricted to ESC when needed, directional keys and not WASD, Right Ctrl for jumping, and Shift Right for running or similar actions.

And that in games with quite a few possibilities. It's easy for me to play anything like that because I have everything at hand in almost one hand.

I also tried the vertical mouse. I'll keep it, to give to someone perhaps, because I don't get used to it yet. The MMO-style mouse suits me better for my way of playing.

On the buttons closest to where you usually naturally place your thumb I usually have some of the actions that require more immediacy, and in the rest I have map, inventory, diary, etc etc etc functions etc etc.

I am currently playing Ninja Gaiden 2 Black with kb+m and doing fine though the gamepad is better for jumping.