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HollowLord
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States3862 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-02 05:57:45
January 02 2011 05:34 GMT
#1
After 9 long years of service, my faithful steed is falling. She trudged me through years of Planetside and Brood War but now my most loyal companion is starting to get sluggy. The sensitivity is wack and sometimes I have to plug it in and out a few times before it works. I always have to blow on the underside because there's century old dust in there. She just doesn't work like she used to.

Look how old this thing is:
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That's how much I've used it, I actually wore off the part where my finger goes. I probably should have washed my hands before taking those though. =/

This thing is so old that underneath it it says "PS2 Compatible." I've been using this thing for so long that using any other mouse just feels weird to me.

*****
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puppykiller
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States3137 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-02 05:39:04
January 02 2011 05:36 GMT
#2
well it's to late to get one for christmas

edit: Damn those close ups are disgusting!
Why would I play sctoo when I can play BW?
djcube
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States985 Posts
January 02 2011 05:45 GMT
#3
lol damn 9 years? Is that a ball-mouse? I don't even want to imagine how dirty it must be.
HollowLord
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States3862 Posts
January 02 2011 05:46 GMT
#4
On January 02 2011 14:45 djcube wrote:
lol damn 9 years? Is that a ball-mouse? I don't even want to imagine how dirty it must be.


Nah it's optical. I got it right when optical came out, it was like "WHOA LAZERS"
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nttea
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Sweden4353 Posts
January 02 2011 05:49 GMT
#5
Kinda looks like intellimouse explorer 3.0?? If so i understand why you didn't change yet! that is a noble mouse indeed, i went through two of them before i got my current salmosa, which i also really like (but it squeaks sometimes! beware)
HollowLord
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States3862 Posts
January 02 2011 05:50 GMT
#6
On January 02 2011 14:49 nttea wrote:
Kinda looks like intellimouse explorer 3.0??


Hot DAMN you're good! Yeah it is, I got this like the first day it came out.
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writer22816
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States5775 Posts
January 02 2011 05:55 GMT
#7
You are a baller for sticking with that mouse for so long!
8/4/12 never forget, never forgive.
Laerties
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States361 Posts
January 02 2011 06:16 GMT
#8
that is the most disgusting mouse i've ever seen. Time to throw it out.
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
HollowLord
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States3862 Posts
January 02 2011 06:16 GMT
#9
On January 02 2011 15:16 Laerties wrote:
that is the most disgusting mouse i've ever seen. Time to throw it out.


To throw out this mouse would be to throw out a part of me.
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Contagious
Profile Blog Joined December 2005
United States1319 Posts
January 02 2011 06:17 GMT
#10
yuck man, that mouse is grody as all hell.. treat yourself to a new gamer sword rofl. I had mine for 2 years and I was getting pissed at how old I thought it was.
PanN
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States2828 Posts
January 02 2011 06:25 GMT
#11
intellimouse 3.0 is actually one of the best mice made. I have it as well, and mine looks worse
We have multiple brackets generated in advance. Relax . (Kennigit) I just simply do not understand how it can be the time to play can be 22nd at 9:30 pm PST / midnight the 23rd at the same time. (GGzerg)
BeMannerDuPenner
Profile Blog Joined April 2004
Germany5638 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-02 06:28:29
January 02 2011 06:27 GMT
#12
used my mx500 for about 6 years. but it started to have weird fuckups where either the lmb stopped working or it jumped around the screen like crazy doing all kind of random actions. maybe ill make a pic later.. doesnt look much better then yours ~~


now i have a razer imperator i got from my gf for christmas and i really love it. do that step and get a new one (maybe with a similar shape if youre so used to it). once you have to fight against your equipment its not worth the trouble really. and todays mice are really nice.
life of lively to live to life of full life thx to shield battery
darklordjac
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada2231 Posts
January 02 2011 06:28 GMT
#13
This reminds me off my old intellimouse 3. I had painting coming off all over it.
]343[
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States10328 Posts
January 02 2011 06:41 GMT
#14
hmm, for some reason I thought the title meant you had a pet mouse, and it was dying.

put it in a case and get a new one
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Mittens
Profile Joined April 2009
Australia102 Posts
January 02 2011 06:50 GMT
#15
You can just buy another Intellimouse Explorer 3.0. They still make them.
HollowLord
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States3862 Posts
January 02 2011 07:08 GMT
#16
On January 02 2011 15:41 ]343[ wrote:
hmm, for some reason I thought the title meant you had a pet mouse, and it was dying.

put it in a case and get a new one


I used to have a pet mouse but it did die. =/
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mardi
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States1164 Posts
January 02 2011 09:10 GMT
#17
They still sell those at Best Buy for like $40. The next mouse I plan on getting is the Zowie EC2 White.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16826876009&cm_re=zowie_ec2-_-26-876-009-_-Product
It has the same sensor as the MX518 and has the shape of the DA mix with the IME 1.1. I have a IME 3.0 as well and it has served me greatly. Once the teflon feet wore off, I gave it to my brother. As for now I use a logitech g9x. I really like it so far.
Sadistx
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Zimbabwe5568 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-02 10:15:23
January 02 2011 10:14 GMT
#18
On January 02 2011 15:16 HollowLord wrote:
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On January 02 2011 15:16 Laerties wrote:
that is the most disgusting mouse i've ever seen. Time to throw it out.


To throw out this mouse would be to throw out a part of me.


Is that the same logic you use to not trim your dirty fingernails?

Seriously, get rid of it in a fun way.
HollowLord
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States3862 Posts
January 02 2011 11:56 GMT
#19
On January 02 2011 19:14 Sadistx wrote:
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On January 02 2011 15:16 HollowLord wrote:
On January 02 2011 15:16 Laerties wrote:
that is the most disgusting mouse i've ever seen. Time to throw it out.


To throw out this mouse would be to throw out a part of me.


Is that the same logic you use to not trim your dirty fingernails?

Seriously, get rid of it in a fun way.


The second I looked at that picture I knew someone would make a crack about my fingernails.
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Solis_Fonte
Profile Joined February 2010
63 Posts
January 02 2011 13:15 GMT
#20
HollowLord you have small hands, you need a mouse is smaller than 3.0.
ms3.0 too big for you
Solis_Fonte
Profile Joined February 2010
63 Posts
January 02 2011 13:22 GMT
#21
HollowLord IMO1.1 and WMO have the same sensor as MS3.0, but smaller, better suited for your little hands. Of the more modern look Pads Razer Abyssus, logitech g1, logitech g9x
exeexe
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Denmark937 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-02 14:23:06
January 02 2011 14:20 GMT
#22
Mine looks worse and i didnt have mine for 6 years. However i have also bought a new mouse. the buttons started to not give signals when i pushed them.


Always use something till it gets wear down. Thats the best way to spare the environment.

Edit: mine says ps2 compatible too - yep i have not thrown it out haha - you slavelike chinesechildren or indian or african children wont get your hands on my mouse as e-waste haha
And never forget, its always easier to throw a bomb downstairs than up. - George Orwell
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