Mouse Pads

[JimmyNoobtron]

Re: Mouse Pads

I use a logitech trakball as well as a kensington regular optical mouse. They both have parts of the game that they do better than the other. The trakball is a regular mouse connection and the kensington is a usb connection. No conflicts at all.

[Berrern]

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I'll be sure to try out an Icemat once my newly ordered pad eventually wears out, I guess.

You should do that :)
That's the advantage of a glass pad, it never ever wears out, bends, scrunches or anything like that.

[Felix]

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To all those who think that mousepads dont make a difference:
YES they do. Like stated by other people, the surface of your mouse makes a huge difference.

With that said, It all depends on what kind of surface you are playing on. Some people need mousepads due to poor surfaces etc. Mousepads in general are obsolete now because the entire purpose for a mousepad was to give traction to the rubber tracking ball in old conventional mice. All of the "gaming mousepads" are now for friction. Feet on a mouse cause friction and make your mouse easier to use. Microsoft uses a solid bottom with no feet for their mice making non-textured micepads a good idea to reduce friction. Also, a good desk surface will work great. As for logitech and Razr mice, they use raised "feet" in order to reduce friction. The less surface area that is touching the surface, the less friction, the easier it slides around.

Really, it all comes down to personal preference. Some people swear by their mousepads and others use whatever surface that their desk is made out of (mine is a fake wood vaneir that makes an EXCELENT surface).

[Berrern]

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A mouse pad certainly should NOT affect the tracking of the optical beam.

Actually, it does. When using an optical mouse on either a table, a book or a fabric mouspad (generic cheap ones), sometimes the mouse can "go ape" for a second, where your aim will spin a bit and suddenly you're looking in a random direction. It doesn't happen often, but it does occur.

A table, for example, doesn't have a totally smooth surface, there are lots of small gaps/holes, perhaps even too small for the eye to see. These nudges in the surface could create undesired behaviour of the mouse.
A completely smooth surface WILL improve mouse behaviour and optical tracking.

[coco]

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MX-518
Raptor Gaming Pad.
Good combo.
Less than £40 total.

[yig]

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func 1030 here and I love it. People saying quality mousepads don't make much difference are funny. Ho Ho Ho.