• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EDT 08:28
CEST 14:28
KST 21:28
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
TL.net Map Contest #21 - Finalists4Team TLMC #5: Vote to Decide Ladder Maps!0[ASL20] Ro8 Preview Pt1: Mile High15Team TLMC #5 - Finalists & Open Tournaments2[ASL20] Ro16 Preview Pt2: Turbulence10
Community News
herO joins T117Artosis vs Ret Showmatch25Classic wins RSL Revival Season 22Weekly Cups (Sept 15-21): herO Goes For Four2SC2 5.0.15 PTR Patch Notes + Sept 22nd update286
StarCraft 2
General
SC2 5.0.15 PTR Patch Notes + Sept 22nd update Flixy TV Stick Reviews 2025!! TL.net Map Contest #21 - Finalists SHIN's Feedback to Current PTR (9/24/2025) Team Liquid jersey signed by the Kespa 8
Tourneys
Maestros of The Game—$20k event w/ live finals in Paris Master Swan Open (Global Bronze-Master 2) Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament Prome's Evo #1 - Solar vs Classic (SC: Evo) Monday Nights Weeklies
Strategy
Custom Maps
External Content
Mutation # 492 Get Out More Mutation # 491 Night Drive Mutation # 490 Masters of Midnight Mutation # 489 Bannable Offense
Brood War
General
ASL20 General Discussion StarCraft 1 Beta Test (Video) Whose hotkey signature is this? BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ Artosis vs Ret Showmatch
Tourneys
[ASL20] Ro8 Day 1 [ASL20] Ro8 Day 2 [Megathread] Daily Proleagues Small VOD Thread 2.0
Strategy
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Muta micro map competition
Other Games
General Games
Nintendo Switch Thread The XBox Thread Path of Exile Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Beyond All Reason
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion LiquidDota to reintegrate into TL.net
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine The Big Programming Thread Trading/Investing Thread
Fan Clubs
The herO Fan Club! The Happy Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
Movie Discussion! [Manga] One Piece Anime Discussion Thread
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023 MLB/Baseball 2023
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
Linksys AE2500 USB WIFI keeps disconnecting Computer Build, Upgrade & Buying Resource Thread High temperatures on bridge(s)
TL Community
BarCraft in Tokyo Japan for ASL Season5 Final The Automated Ban List
Blogs
TL Chill? More like Zero Ch…
Peanutsc
Try to reverse getting fired …
Garnet
[ASL20] Players bad at pi…
pullarius1
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 1070 users

Mouse - Zowie Mico - Page 18

Forum Index > Tech Support
Post a Reply
Prev 1 16 17 18 19 20 22 Next All
RaYhN
Profile Joined June 2004
United States437 Posts
January 05 2012 12:53 GMT
#341
I had this mice for about 2months and it's the by far the best RTS mice i've used. My logitech g1 comes in second.

I love the shape and weight of it. the sound of the clicks sound really good too. great mice all around.

it's only 40 bucks!! highly recommended mice!

cmh
Profile Joined December 2005
United States88 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-06 22:58:51
January 06 2012 21:16 GMT
#342
On January 05 2012 21:53 RaYhN wrote:
I had this mice for about 2months and it's the by far the best RTS mice i've used. My logitech g1 comes in second.

I love the shape and weight of it. the sound of the clicks sound really good too. great mice all around.

it's only 40 bucks!! highly recommended mice!




I also have the Logitech G1(which I love) and then switched to the Mico. My brother got a Mico for Christmas and loves it for Starcraft. As far as pixel skipping, I've owned one since last summer and I have never noticed it at 800dpi. I had to really try to get it to skip at 1600dpi and that took awhile, it was there however when testing in MS Paint. For me it was not even noticable and I think this is more of a concern for FPS games like Quake, where slight changes in the mouse can really make a difference play. Nestea uses his Logitech G1 with 70% sensitvity in SC2; some people on this forum would freak out and say "Why doesn't he use 51-54%?! He does not have a 1:1 ratio!!! How does he win games with his mouse skipping pixels?!" People just blow things out of proportion. If the Mico was that bad you would see a ton of more post on it and Startale players would refuse to use it because it would hinder high level play. I also want to point out that some of the Startale players don't use the mico, but many players on the team have switched to it.

I've never noticed the mico pixel bug while playing starcraft 2 and only became aware of it when it was posted online. For anyone that wants a nice replacement to the logitech mini optical with great tracking at 800dpi I say give it a try. Also, The tactile Huano switches in the Mico are my favorite for Starcraft.
lessQQmorePEWPEW
Profile Joined November 2011
Jamaica921 Posts
January 12 2012 10:14 GMT
#343
Hey All,

Just got this mouse off of newegg.com

I'm lovin it so far! Excellent response 'click' and nice speed with the mouse.

I enjoy it more than my old copperhead. It is small so I have full control over it.

worth it for its price.
Why drink and drive when you can smoke and fly - Bob Marley
IPS.Blue
Profile Joined January 2004
Germany309 Posts
January 12 2012 13:58 GMT
#344
On January 05 2012 17:14 dib wrote:
was gonna get this mouse before i heard of the pixel issue. however, i find it odd that all of StarTale can play with this mouse and not mention a thing about it. maybe they imba?

When a team or clan is sponsored by a mouse company, you have to look twice.
Take SteelSeries for example. They sponsor the best Quake player: Rapha. When you look at the SteelSeries homepage, Rapha is listed using a SteelSeries Xai. In reality he uses a Microsoft Wheel Mouse Optical with a SteelSeries sticker on it: [image loading]
mockturtle
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States220 Posts
January 14 2012 20:22 GMT
#345
too bad about the skipping

mine does it too. the skip is less the lower the dpi. kind of outrageous they ship with this sort of thing. other than the slightly heavy force for clicking, this mouse was rather perfect for me in shape

guess its going in the trash and i'm back to my salmosa asia -- little too small and has prediction but prediction is better than skipping, thats for sure
SushilovesWasabi
Profile Joined January 2012
9 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-27 18:19:14
January 27 2012 18:19 GMT
#346
On January 15 2012 05:22 mockturtle wrote:
too bad about the skipping

mine does it too. the skip is less the lower the dpi. kind of outrageous they ship with this sort of thing. other than the slightly heavy force for clicking, this mouse was rather perfect for me in shape

guess its going in the trash and i'm back to my salmosa asia -- little too small and has prediction but prediction is better than skipping, thats for sure


is there hope, that zowie is going to solve this problem? this mice looks so perfect ... are there similar mices on the market, which you can recommend?
Papillon
Profile Joined February 2010
Germany131 Posts
January 31 2012 22:30 GMT
#347
im really interested in this mouse and as far as i know they have fixed those issues with the scroll wheel.
only thing is i dont want to buy version "1.0" of this mouse and neither amazon nor any other of them says which version they are selling

or do you generally think they all got the overworked version by now? but still, if they got old ones left they will sell them..
cmh
Profile Joined December 2005
United States88 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-01 01:13:59
February 01 2012 01:11 GMT
#348
On February 01 2012 07:30 Papillon wrote:
im really interested in this mouse and as far as i know they have fixed those issues with the scroll wheel.
only thing is i dont want to buy version "1.0" of this mouse and neither amazon nor any other of them says which version they are selling

or do you generally think they all got the overworked version by now? but still, if they got old ones left they will sell them..



I bought two myself because I was having issues that I was eventually able to fix. The last one I bought was near the end of December on Amazon.com and that one does not produce and noise with the scroll wheel so far. My first one did from time to time, but I bought that around June last year. You can fix it also by taking the mouse apart and applying some grease near the scroll wheel. As far as any other scroll wheel issues I haven't experienced any so I can comment on those if they do exist.


What still exist though is the pixel bug, Zowie looks like they may be aware of it finally so I believe there will hopefully be another version with updated firmware in the future.
matiK23
Profile Joined May 2011
United States963 Posts
February 01 2012 01:40 GMT
#349
On January 15 2012 05:22 mockturtle wrote:
too bad about the skipping

mine does it too. the skip is less the lower the dpi. kind of outrageous they ship with this sort of thing. other than the slightly heavy force for clicking, this mouse was rather perfect for me in shape

guess its going in the trash and i'm back to my salmosa asia -- little too small and has prediction but prediction is better than skipping, thats for sure


Why would you throw it in the trash, and not sell it? Wow.
Without a paddle up shit creek.
Papillon
Profile Joined February 2010
Germany131 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-01 15:26:38
February 01 2012 15:26 GMT
#350
Thanks for you answer.
Firmware can only be applied in a new model i guess, since it's driver-free.. They made 2 new versions of the mouse in different colors (pink and light blue) but i dont like the look, would much more prefer the black one.
The pixel bug doesnt matter for me, cause as i heard it only applies on 1600 dpi. I'm playing at 800, so there shouldnt be a problem. I would like to know how many people bought this mouse on amazon.de and if they (amazon) had to order new ones over time.
But as i guess, it's a mouse not to many people here in germany have bought, since zowie is a pretty unknown manufacturer here.
cmh
Profile Joined December 2005
United States88 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-01 21:30:12
February 01 2012 19:10 GMT
#351
On February 02 2012 00:26 Papillon wrote:
Thanks for you answer.
Firmware can only be applied in a new model i guess, since it's driver-free.. They made 2 new versions of the mouse in different colors (pink and light blue) but i dont like the look, would much more prefer the black one.
The pixel bug doesnt matter for me, cause as i heard it only applies on 1600 dpi. I'm playing at 800, so there shouldnt be a problem. I would like to know how many people bought this mouse on amazon.de and if they (amazon) had to order new ones over time.
But as i guess, it's a mouse not to many people here in germany have bought, since zowie is a pretty unknown manufacturer here.



I can confirm that the bug happens on all the dpi settings on the mico, including 400-800. I however didn't even know it was there until I read some information online and tried to recrate the bug in paint for myself. Even though it did not hinder my Starcraf 2 play, the fact I knew it was there was enough to mess with head to the point of having to get a replacement mouse for the time being.
LF9
Profile Joined November 2009
United States537 Posts
February 08 2012 20:49 GMT
#352
Love mine. Have never had a single problem with it at 800 dpi, and I'm certainly not getting rid of it.
GreEny K
Profile Joined February 2008
Germany7312 Posts
February 08 2012 21:20 GMT
#353
On January 15 2012 05:22 mockturtle wrote:
too bad about the skipping

mine does it too. the skip is less the lower the dpi. kind of outrageous they ship with this sort of thing. other than the slightly heavy force for clicking, this mouse was rather perfect for me in shape

guess its going in the trash and i'm back to my salmosa asia -- little too small and has prediction but prediction is better than skipping, thats for sure


I'm not sure what "skipping" problem people are talking about. Can you fill me in? I have the Mico and I love it, I haven't noticed this skipping either. Shape that yours is going to the trash.
Why would you ever choose failure, when success is an option.
ALPINA
Profile Joined May 2010
3791 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-09 19:03:40
February 09 2012 10:12 GMT
#354
I returned this mouse back because it was slowing down my whole system to the point that I could not play any games with it.

So I used this mouse for a several weeks and my impressions:

- Super comfortable, and very small, best mice I ever had in my hand. I think you cannot find better mice for SC2 (size wise).
- Scroll wheel is just something tragic, I can't imagine how they were testing this scroll wheel if it started doing all sorts of sounds the first time I unpacked it.

So overall if you manage to get this mice with good scroll wheel and if it does not slow down all your games then it's best mice ever.
You should never underestimate the predictability of stupidity
LF9
Profile Joined November 2009
United States537 Posts
February 09 2012 15:59 GMT
#355
Seems weird, considering it's a plug and play. How would something with no drivers at all slow down your whole system? Mine is perfect and I have had no problems with it.
mockturtle
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States220 Posts
February 09 2012 16:06 GMT
#356
On February 01 2012 10:40 matiK23 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 15 2012 05:22 mockturtle wrote:
too bad about the skipping

mine does it too. the skip is less the lower the dpi. kind of outrageous they ship with this sort of thing. other than the slightly heavy force for clicking, this mouse was rather perfect for me in shape

guess its going in the trash and i'm back to my salmosa asia -- little too small and has prediction but prediction is better than skipping, thats for sure


Why would you throw it in the trash, and not sell it? Wow.



Why would I sell something I know to be broken? It's not in the trash, it sits in a box of tech stuff in case Zowie ever offers a replacement.

I didn't manufacture it, but I wouldn't find it ethical to sell something with such a fundamental problem as a mouse whose arrow doesn't go where you move it to.
Papillon
Profile Joined February 2010
Germany131 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-09 16:56:42
February 09 2012 16:53 GMT
#357
So i bought this mouse recently, despite some people complaining about it. The mouse wheel is not the best thing about this mouse, although not as bad as i thought. The size is great, if you like the grip it requires. The mouse is a bit smaller than the Roccat Kova which i used before, but suits my grip even better because my fingers are right on top of the buttons, whereas with the Kova there was some free space to the top. The quality of the sensor is great, at least for me playing at 800 dpi. I bought the mouse together with the G-TF speed and i must say this combination is very smooth.

Still i have this mouse only for one week now, so i cant tell about the longevity.

Also the clicking feels great, almost kind of mechanic, if that makes any sense. Might be the feedback when clicking, like comparing a normal keyboard with a mechanical one.
ALPINA
Profile Joined May 2010
3791 Posts
February 09 2012 17:36 GMT
#358
On February 10 2012 00:59 LF9 wrote:
Seems weird, considering it's a plug and play. How would something with no drivers at all slow down your whole system? Mine is perfect and I have had no problems with it.


Yeah it's very weird but it does. 100%, as soon as i switch it off and restard pc everything if fine. I am not alone having this problem and it seems it maybe be due to Asus motherboards or something..
You should never underestimate the predictability of stupidity
cmh
Profile Joined December 2005
United States88 Posts
February 09 2012 17:50 GMT
#359
On February 10 2012 02:36 Alpina wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 10 2012 00:59 LF9 wrote:
Seems weird, considering it's a plug and play. How would something with no drivers at all slow down your whole system? Mine is perfect and I have had no problems with it.


Yeah it's very weird but it does. 100%, as soon as i switch it off and restard pc everything if fine. I am not alone having this problem and it seems it maybe be due to Asus motherboards or something..



Damn that sucks, do you have an i7? A ton of people where having problems with their PC using the mico & i7.
ALPINA
Profile Joined May 2010
3791 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-02-09 19:00:57
February 09 2012 18:59 GMT
#360
On February 10 2012 02:50 cmh wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 10 2012 02:36 Alpina wrote:
On February 10 2012 00:59 LF9 wrote:
Seems weird, considering it's a plug and play. How would something with no drivers at all slow down your whole system? Mine is perfect and I have had no problems with it.


Yeah it's very weird but it does. 100%, as soon as i switch it off and restard pc everything if fine. I am not alone having this problem and it seems it maybe be due to Asus motherboards or something..



Damn that sucks, do you have an i7? A ton of people where having problems with their PC using the mico & i7.


Yes I have i7 920. I thought first it was the problem with i7, but then some people having i7 had no problem with mico so I thought it maybe Asus motherboard. Either way I contacted support but they could not solve this problem and they said they heard it first time, so they returned the money.
You should never underestimate the predictability of stupidity
Prev 1 16 17 18 19 20 22 Next All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
CranKy Ducklings
10:00
Master Swan Open #96
LiquipediaDiscussion
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
Harstem 389
Rex 85
StarCraft: Brood War
Barracks 10290
Rain 4267
Bisu 1310
Hyuk 997
Flash 977
actioN 616
Mini 487
Hyun 375
Stork 340
EffOrt 289
[ Show more ]
BeSt 220
Light 211
ToSsGirL 193
ggaemo 155
Soulkey 134
ZerO 133
Snow 109
Mind 105
JYJ68
Killer 68
Dewaltoss 54
Sea.KH 54
Rush 49
Yoon 45
Sharp 43
Trikslyr34
Icarus 24
Sacsri 23
soO 21
sSak 21
sorry 19
Movie 18
HiyA 16
Hm[arnc] 14
ivOry 12
Noble 8
Terrorterran 1
Dota 2
qojqva1617
Gorgc587
XcaliburYe408
420jenkins294
Counter-Strike
olofmeister1745
byalli913
allub207
oskar104
edward49
Super Smash Bros
Mew2King42
Other Games
singsing2609
B2W.Neo758
DeMusliM444
crisheroes334
Lowko228
Hui .104
NeuroSwarm38
ZerO(Twitch)8
Organizations
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 12 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
Dota 2
• C_a_k_e 1612
League of Legends
• Nemesis1811
Upcoming Events
Maestros of the Game
23h 32m
Serral vs herO
Clem vs Reynor
[BSL 2025] Weekly
1d 5h
[BSL 2025] Weekly
1d 5h
Replay Cast
1d 21h
BSL Team Wars
2 days
Afreeca Starleague
2 days
Soma vs BeSt
Wardi Open
2 days
Sparkling Tuna Cup
3 days
Afreeca Starleague
3 days
Bisu vs Larva
LiuLi Cup
4 days
[ Show More ]
The PondCast
5 days
Wardi Open
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

2025 Chongqing Offline CUP
RSL Revival: Season 2
HCC Europe

Ongoing

BSL 20 Team Wars
KCM Race Survival 2025 Season 3
BSL 21 Points
ASL Season 20
CSL 2025 AUTUMN (S18)
Maestros of the Game
StarSeries Fall 2025
FISSURE Playground #2
BLAST Open Fall 2025
BLAST Open Fall Qual
Esports World Cup 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall 2025
BLAST Bounty Fall Qual
IEM Cologne 2025
FISSURE Playground #1

Upcoming

IPSL Winter 2025-26
SC4ALL: Brood War
BSL 21 Team A
BSL Season 21
RSL Revival: Season 3
Stellar Fest
SC4ALL: StarCraft II
WardiTV TLMC #15
EC S1
ESL Impact League Season 8
SL Budapest Major 2025
BLAST Rivals Fall 2025
IEM Chengdu 2025
PGL Masters Bucharest 2025
Thunderpick World Champ.
CS Asia Championships 2025
ESL Pro League S22
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.