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Silverado
Profile Joined May 2003
121 Posts
June 21 2003 22:27 GMT
#1
Sorry to start this again.
But I'm sort of obsessed with this.

Why do the best players use ball mouse over optical.
Everyone says optical mouses are better and yet all
the best players in the world have normal cheap ball mouse.
I would just like to know why they play better with ball mouse over optical. I guess optical mouse istn more accureate after all. For brood war I mean.

Thank you all, love you!!!

Veg
Profile Joined October 2002
Canada2945 Posts
June 21 2003 22:29 GMT
#2
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XG3
Profile Joined December 2002
United States544 Posts
June 21 2003 22:33 GMT
#3
No, more people now use optical...it's a myth that "the best players use ball mouse over optical." Optical mouse = less friction = better
halpmeh
Profile Joined October 2002
United States333 Posts
Last Edited: 2003-06-21 22:45:49
June 21 2003 22:43 GMT
#4
i use ball mouse cuz i'm cheap

both the unit itself is much cheaper and no need for batteries =]

edit: i've had my batteries run out twice in ladder games back when i played bnet ladder =]...had to scavenge my roommates graphing calculator while he was out...

er yeah it was wireless, i guess opticals don't necessarily require batteries hehe
halp meh halp yuo
Senff
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States360 Posts
June 21 2003 22:46 GMT
#5
The lack of resistance isn't better. I don't view it as better anyway. My optical mouse's buttons are all gayed up too. I hate it. My ball mouse is incredible though. It seems a heck of a lot more accurate to me, and of course the buttons click better.
Jesus: The Other White Moses
Silverado
Profile Joined May 2003
121 Posts
Last Edited: 2003-06-21 23:09:35
June 21 2003 23:09 GMT
#6
Thanks! That kind of info is what I was looking for.
I hate my mx300. I though I was insane. More friction does seem more accurate. I don't know why all reviews of this mouse say that it is best mouse on the market. It is just good advertisment i see.
I feel that I was more accurate with my logitech 5$ mouse than with this new logitech optical.

p.s. when helpmeh said that he ran out of batteries in ladder game, I
laughed so hard. That is indeed very funny!
BlackJack-X17
Profile Joined March 2003
United States158 Posts
June 21 2003 23:14 GMT
#7
Ball is much better than optical. Especially when you have a nice mouse pad.
jngngshk321
Profile Joined April 2003
Korea (South)456 Posts
June 21 2003 23:24 GMT
#8
I hate how plastic mouse feels.. i can only use thick clothed mouse pads and a compaq or a microsoft mouse compaq is standard '00 and microsoft '97 ball mouse
jngngshk321
Profile Joined April 2003
Korea (South)456 Posts
June 21 2003 23:24 GMT
#9
plastic mouse pad
taeWook
Profile Joined February 2003
United States1367 Posts
June 21 2003 23:29 GMT
#10
i use mx300 with no mouse pad, and it works fine for me. previously ive had ms ball and optical mouses, and I think its safe to say that the mx300 rocks.
keep your friends close but your enemies closer.
nullmind
Profile Blog Joined April 2003
1302 Posts
June 22 2003 00:12 GMT
#11
I think it's the "draggy" feeling you get when you use the ball mouse.
travis
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
United States23849 Posts
June 22 2003 00:22 GMT
#12
it really doesnt fucking matter just get used to something.

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SuperCod
Profile Joined March 2003
United States337 Posts
June 22 2003 00:50 GMT
#13
how the hell is a ball mouse better than an optical mouse? I guess it is if youre used to playing with it, but do you seriously think that the performance of a ball mouse is going to be better than that of a new optical one? I love my optical mouse. i dont have to clean it, theres no friction, and no fucking ball. :D
I have made good decisions in the past. I have made good decisions in the future. - G.W. Bush
bigMommA
Profile Joined March 2003
1985 Posts
June 22 2003 01:14 GMT
#14
i really like the acceleration option on optical mouse like mx300, i dunno if ball mouse have that feature also.
iSuXOr
Profile Joined March 2003
United States606 Posts
June 22 2003 01:15 GMT
#15
The only reason an optical is less accurate is if it's used on a surface that it shouldn't be used on. Buy an optical mouse pad and they own ball mice hard.
I want dat beta.
GoSexyPerli
Profile Joined February 2003
United States1072 Posts
June 22 2003 02:24 GMT
#16
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IHaveNoSound
Profile Joined May 2003
Australia127 Posts
June 22 2003 03:00 GMT
#17
only folk who say ball>optical are those who can't afford a proper optical mouse.

and whoever said that buttons are better on a ball mouse.... :r
Zaphod
Profile Joined October 2002
Australia192 Posts
June 22 2003 04:38 GMT
#18
if u want an answer to this question
ask yourself

what type of mice do pros use?????
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Senff
Profile Blog Joined September 2002
United States360 Posts
Last Edited: 2003-06-22 05:13:37
June 22 2003 05:12 GMT
#19
Of course the buttons are better on a ball mouse. The buttons on an optical mouse don't click correctly (literally making the click noise, I mean). Not only this, the buttons on my ball don't have to be pressed down as far to click and register. And, of course, I had one of the most expensive ball mouses around.

Edit: Duh. It's whatever you're used to is best. Get over it you optical mouse nazis.
Jesus: The Other White Moses
Anal_Ripper
Profile Joined December 2002
Russian Federation1233 Posts
June 22 2003 05:53 GMT
#20
razer boomslang 2000 >>> all

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