Trackball?
Omega_Death
Sith apprentice to a box of Cereal Join Date: 2003-08-06 Member: 19042Members
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Well I work at office depot and when there's no customers around I like to play with the trackball mice. Does anyone here use a trackball when they game? I like the idea but am still unsure of how well it will actually work out. Considering it would be great to never run out of mouse pad space or crash into the keyboard when making clutch movements ever again I think the ball would have some advantages, I just don't know the disadvantages yet. I'm thinking about the <a href='http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/products/details/US/EN,CRID=2150,CONTENTID=5003' target='_blank'>Logitech Marble Mouse</a> since it's only $20. And on top of that it'd be cool to tell people I owned them with a trackball and they're using a regular mouse <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo--> .
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or not <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
basicaly it wil ltake you a while to get used to....
then your twitch will get nasty <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
remember, what takes you 1/2 a foot to do now, will only take like 1/2 and inch
oh. and just b/c I suck dosn't mean that trackballs suck. I just suck at gaming now (I used to be realy sick, and most of that actualy came AFTER I go my trackball)
I say mess around with one in-game if you can and try and see if you'd really like it. Make sure if you get one, you get one that glides smoothly. Some of the lower-end Logitechs and etc. are a bit too rough to get to spin the way you want and usually end up over-spinning a little, which costs some accuracy.
Yeah the trackball I'm looking at is optical. I wouldn't want to go back to the roller days. (Does his best Carl from Aqua Teen Hunger Force) Alright, no thank you.
yes, you STILL have to clean your trackball....
it takes like 2 secs....
yah, I use the standard TrackMan (3 buttons, scrollwheel, no wireless, no nada)
the glide is great.
once you learn it you can do a perfect 360 (or 180 or what ever you want) with just a flick of the thumb (you can actualy just let it spin <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->)
-Aes
5 buttons, optical, nice big trackball, sweetness
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i owned this logitech one before, was a really good one too
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uhm.yeah..thumb trackballs suck ...the one i got once made my hand hurt, and the ball was rather tiny..like on the trackman thingers...and thats not a good sign for a input device
YOU DIRTY DIRTY MAN!
now he plays with mouse + arrow keys... i dont know how he can stand all the buttons being so far away... i cant seem to convert him to wasd.. no matter how much i own him..
yes, that is what I use.
yes, I tihnk sheena is crazy.
Those trackballs that she likes are great if you are doing graphical design or sometihng, but suck for gaming (using my pinky = my ring finger twitches = ball moves)
oh, and who do you live with out foward/back?
use firefox <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> and download mouse gestures <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
And arrow keys own you. Twice.