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Vinx
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Canada259 Posts
July 23 2010 19:58 GMT
#1
Hi TL community,

With Blizzard giving us a final week of time off before the release of sc2 to cancel gym memberships, breakup with gf's, and pretty much say goodbye to RL things I have been going over my prep list for launch.

One item i'm stuck on though is my mouse pad or lack there of. I think somewhere amongst all my moving I lost my mouse pad and never replaced it. I'm a low level plat player and guess i feel pretty comfortable with the straight mouse to table setup but wondered what the rest of the communities recommendation, equipment, or setup is? any thoughts or recommendations to pads would be greatly appreciated. Thanks TL

See ya on b.net

Poll: Whats your Mouse Pad Setup?

I have a high end "gamer" mouse pad (473)
 
49%

I use a generic $5 mouse pad (304)
 
32%

Nothing, straight mouse to table (185)
 
19%

962 total votes

Your vote: Whats your Mouse Pad Setup?

(Vote): Nothing, straight mouse to table
(Vote): I use a generic $5 mouse pad
(Vote): I have a high end "gamer" mouse pad

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Sfydjklm
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
United States9218 Posts
July 23 2010 20:00 GMT
#2

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Rocketfish™ - Gaming Mouse Pad - Black/8240405.p?id=1168044601670&skuId=8240405&st=rocketfish mousepad&cp=1&lp=12

i like this one a lot. A bit unconventional compare to the usual choice of steelseries.
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minus_human
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
4784 Posts
July 23 2010 20:01 GMT
#3
Generic mouse pad will suit your needs perfectly, even if you become a progamer making 5 trillion dollars per hour. Seriously. Just find and buy the largest one you can get for under 8 bucks
floor exercise
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Canada5847 Posts
July 23 2010 20:01 GMT
#4
Dunno if it's "high end" but I have a func 1030 pad that I've had for like 6 or 7 years now
Flameberger
Profile Joined March 2010
United States226 Posts
July 23 2010 20:03 GMT
#5
Currently using a piece of graph paper as my mousepad. Seems ok though I've never had a good mousepad to compare with.
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OHtRUe
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States283 Posts
July 23 2010 20:03 GMT
#6
just buy a 30$ mousepad and get it over with. If you arn't using a QcK steel series or a pure trak talent for pc gaming your gimping yourself in my opinion (especially for fps). You need mouse room to game on the pc however on an rts where your sens can be very high its less important
Chairman Ray
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United States11903 Posts
July 23 2010 20:03 GMT
#7
I use a razer goliathus fragged speed edition. It is a soft mouse pad that is extremely grippy to your clothes and skin, but your mouse glides on it like a cloud. That allows you to be very fast and very precise at the same time.
blabber
Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States4448 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-23 20:03:44
July 23 2010 20:03 GMT
#8
I got a "gaming" qck steel mouse pad from a friend and you can actually tell the difference right off the bat. It's definitely a lot smoother and you're never going to have to deal with anything preventing you from what you want your mouse to do. I say, if you can, try a gaming mouse pad out and see if it works for you. Otherwise just use what you're comfortable with.
blabberrrrr
Rakgoska
Profile Joined July 2010
United States20 Posts
July 23 2010 20:03 GMT
#9
Def using the mouse pad that came in my WotLK CE box.. Hope i get a new one with SC2 CE
Look to the sky just before you die, it's the last time you will.
smurfdevil
Profile Joined July 2010
Kosovo38 Posts
July 23 2010 20:05 GMT
#10
I don't use any mouse pad.. my table is good enough, even for playing quake. For me it's more comfortable and cleaner. I hated to wash mouse pads...
Bob300
Profile Joined April 2010
United States505 Posts
July 23 2010 20:06 GMT
#11
On July 24 2010 05:03 Rakgoska wrote:
Def using the mouse pad that came in my WotLK CE box.. Hope i get a new one with SC2 CE

That would be cool, but you won't they only giving you useless stuff
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Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
July 23 2010 20:06 GMT
#12
Got razer mantis mat after the razer TSL and I am super happy with it. Definitely feels smoother and no problems with it at all, the mouse sometimes jumps a bit on other mousepads/no mouse pad.
Sylvr
Profile Joined May 2010
United States524 Posts
July 23 2010 20:08 GMT
#13
For an FPS, I can understand having a huge mouse pad cause the players tend to favor low sensitivity which requires large sweeping strokes, but I don't think I play on low enough sensitivity to warrant such a large mouse pad.
Roniii
Profile Joined March 2010
United States289 Posts
July 23 2010 20:09 GMT
#14
my mouse works great on my tabletop. i dont really see how a 30 pad could help...

but ive never tried one so who knows.
you think as i do
Apolo
Profile Joined May 2010
Portugal1259 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-23 20:14:19
July 23 2010 20:12 GMT
#15
Unless you're playing a lot, or trying to definitely get better, i think a regular mouse pad is enough... mousepads can be somewhat expensive and there's no need to spend money unecessarily.

If that's not the case though, i think a good mousepad is important for top performance... not only prevents the mouse from skipping pixels when it can't read the surface, but it slides better, making it more effortless to move it around. Also being big helps if you have low sensibility on the mouse and want to move the mouse freely without having to lift the hand so much.

@soullogik :O mine's a 5L as well, but prettier

http://techgage.com/reviews/steelpad/5l/steelseries_5l_1.jpg
soullogik
Profile Joined April 2010
United States1171 Posts
July 23 2010 20:12 GMT
#16
steelseries 5l

soooo smooth with my razor deathadder

http://www.amazon.com/SteelSeries-5L-Mouse-Pad-Black/dp/B000UP6PS6/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1279915847&sr=8-12
young ho
TRAP[yoo]
Profile Joined December 2009
Hungary6026 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-23 20:16:17
July 23 2010 20:14 GMT
#17
steelseries qck+ because my table lost color after a few years not using a mosuepad
so get one good mousepads are not expensive
FTD
Two
Profile Joined May 2010
United States95 Posts
July 23 2010 20:14 GMT
#18
I use a quite large Steelseries mouse pad. I love it~
adi1133
Profile Joined June 2010
Romania109 Posts
July 23 2010 20:16 GMT
#19
mouse pad ... never had a good one
they are too small, have friction issues, get decimated by 8h/day usage I'm using the straight mouse to wood method, I don't understand what mouse pads are made for ....
Old School > New School
USn
Profile Joined March 2010
United States376 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-07-23 20:21:32
July 23 2010 20:18 GMT
#20
Get a supermat. They're 10 bucks, great quality, incredibly durable, tons of quake pros use them and they're absolutely fucking enormous. If you don't need one that big you can just cut it up into pieces. Mouse pads are not made of magic, you shouldn't get hung up on it as your artifact or war or whatever gaming companies want you to think of your gear as.
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