Hobo Joe wrote:Almost everything about that post is wrong.
Also his ideas of what the "quake professionals" and "Counter strike professionals use is completely ridiculous and made up. It's his own personal preference projected onto his idea of what the 'pros' use, a group he wishes he was a part of. (He plays Halo 3)
Mouse is all down to preference, obviously below a certain point it's going to be crappy but only the most OCD mouse enthusiasts are gonna notice the difference between 1200 and 2000 dpi. And just making a note here - dpi is more than just speed, I've got an MX518 and I can definitely notice the accuracy difference between the settings, especially if I'm using mouse acceleration which can make much bigger movements on screen for a much smaller movement on you desk. I always use it on max sens because of this.
And speaking of mouse acceleration, that's all preference too, I used mouse acceleration for a very long time when I played FPS comp, depending on what I played, I'd switch it between games. If you know how to control it, it's absolutely fantastic for twitch shooters, You could transition instantly between instant 180's with barely any hand movement to small adjustments with big hand movements, which is great. However for something like quake which takes as much or more tracking as twitching, having no mouse accel is obviously better. "Acceleration will make muscle memory for flick shooting opponents impossible. Don't use it." This is completely wrong. For me, twitch shooting is much much easier with mouse accel, it's just much more difficult to track. Everyone says this because they've never taken the time to master it.
[in game sensitivity] * [DPI] * [windows mouse sensitivity value] = your real sensitivity value
This part is especially ridiculous, this guy is clearly just pulling stuff out of his ass, different games use different values and the only way to get the same sens is by feel or measuring your actual mouse movement for a 180. Also, another note about sensitivity, a lot of people will tell you to lose low sensitivity. This is wrong. For some people, that's how they play best and that's great, but that sure as hell doesn't mean you should use it to. For one, you have to move your arm around instead of just your wrist. And your arm is a lot less accurate than your wrist by nature, so without a ton of time and practice this will suck. Personally, I play with an extremely high sens, because this is what works for me. And yes, I have played comp because apparently that's sooooo important to this guy.
And stuff like this "Can control hand speeds of up to 4.8 M/s (top players don't go past 2 M/s in game, so this is more about bragging rights I suppose)." Seriously?
He goes on and on about what "pros" used what mice and when and why they're better. Seriously? Use what works for you, it doesn't matter if fatality won with some uber 1337 expensive as hell mouse or a piece of crap from walmart, he used what worked for him and so should everyone else.
Ok big rant but that really hit a nerve...
@Knorke yes you are right that is more or less how it works. More DPI does = more speed, but only BECAUSE it = more resolution/higher sensitivity.
But really, this guy talks as if he's the be-all and end-all of mice, and he's all in the know about what the "pros" used(because it's super important!), and he plays HALO. I dunno about you, but I cannot take that seriously.
