Gaming Mouse Mats

DragonMech · June 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (KGB Garal @ Jun 21 2005, 01:16 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> $40 for a mousepad?! </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Some people spend $100,00 on a car when a $15,000 will suffice. I spend $40 on a mousepad - big whoop. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' />

Metalcat · June 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DragonMech @ Jun 21 2005, 02:18 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (KGB Garal @ Jun 21 2005, 01:16 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> $40 for a mousepad?! </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Some people spend $100,00 on a car when a $15,000 will suffice. I spend $40 on a mousepad - big whoop. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' />  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
lol you not make sense

KGB_Garal · June 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DragonMech @ Jun 21 2005, 11:18 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (KGB Garal @ Jun 21 2005, 01:16 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> $40 for a mousepad?! </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
Some people spend $100,00 on a car when a $15,000 will suffice. I spend $40 on a mousepad - big whoop. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' />  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Does that mean you have a $100,000 car as well? <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />

DragonMech · June 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (KGB Garal @ Jun 21 2005, 01:22 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Does that mean you have a $100,000 car as well? <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Hell no. When it comes to anything besides my computer I'm a cheapskate. (I own a $5,000 used honda accord.[ ^^)

CMEast · June 2005

<a href='http://www.tomshardware.com/game/20040403/index.html' target='_blank'>Review</a>

That banshee looks pretty nifty though <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' />

BulletHead · June 2005

They ARE good in that, for optical mice, they give the best laser detection and best slide...

but meh, a good keyboard rack does the same for me <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' />

Curve · June 2005

So considering that there are quite a few advocates for this mouse mat thing im gonna get one as im not buying a fast car any time soon. Should i go with the one i found?

Zaggy · June 2005

My favorite mousemat? my desk.

mouse? Logitech MX310

problems? nah just the pads get dusty from time to time.

im_lost · June 2005

I just use my desk. During freshman year at college, when I had a reflective desk and an optical mouse, my mousepad was a piece of printer paper attached to the desk with scotch tape, replaced about once a month when it got too dirty to use.

Invader_Scoot · June 2005

My <a href='http://www.cafepress.com/thensstore.3779464' target='_blank'>mouse pad</a> wins.

<img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile-fix.gif' />

Omega_Death · June 2005

I wish I could find more func pad designs. Right now I've just got my same old Alienware one that I got with the computer. Maybe NS will sell a func pad?

pardzh · June 2005

Everyone on the NSF apparently has the best goddamn mousepad in the world.

DragonMech · June 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (pardzh @ Jun 21 2005, 03:48 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Everyone on the NSF apparently has the best goddamn mousepad in the world.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Duh. <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' />

Curve · June 2005

Well im going to go ahead and buy it, atleast it looks comfy enough that i wont get that red padding mark on the corner of my hand from too much gaming <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' />

Mouse · June 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Mouse @ Jun 22 2005, 02:07 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> Endlesspad + masking tape > * </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Endless @ a really long time ago)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>EndlessPad!
How to get your own

Step 1. Locate the nearest coles supermarket.

Step 2. Purchase a 'Go Green' Bag

They usually cost anywhere from $1.50 to $2.00.

Step 3. Bring it home. Toss out the green bag; it's useless. Before you pitch it, take out the black plastic sheet in the bottom.

Step 4. Wash the blackplasticsheet, you're now the proud owner of a endlesspad.</td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>

<img src='http://minirum.cuodan.net/endlesspad.JPG' border='0' alt='user posted image' />

bl non-aussies, no endlesspads for you.

Radz · June 2005

^^^ is pro
just make sure it doesnt have dints in it

Cereal_KillR · June 2005

so, what's a Go Green bag?

edit: From google, it just looks like a bag... but green... With "Go Green" written on them

Metalcat · June 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Cereal KillR @ Jun 22 2005, 10:45 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> so, what's a Go Green bag?

edit: From google, it just looks like a bag... but green... With "Go Green" written on them  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
maybe it is...

Cereal_KillR · June 2005

right, I phrased that wrongly:

What sets a Go Green bag apart from any other bag apart from the fact that it is green and has "Go Green" written on it?

Mouse · June 2005

it's supposed to be an alternative to putting your shopping in plastic bags. Its also the natural habitat of the endlesspad.

Syrin · June 2005

I dont use a mousepad.. they never seem to be large enough for me, i always send my mouse flying over the edge back onto the uncharted land that is my desk.
So i just clear some room on the desk.
Desk > mousepad

DrSuredeath · June 2005

You know, one of the premise of the optical mouse is that you don't really need a mousepad.

TommyVercetti · June 2005

I got a func surface 1030 "gaming" pad. I use the smooth side.

For a lot of people, it won't make any difference. However, I am highly sensitive to my physical environment when I'm playing reflex-based games like FPS (this is why I suck at LANs), so it helped me greatly. I'd say I kill about 15-20% more Skulks with it.

Cereal_KillR · June 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DrSuredeath @ Jun 22 2005, 06:19 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> You know, one of the premise of the optical mouse is that you don't really need a mousepad.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
It's not as much offering a more precise surface than one that's evenly surfaced and that glides better.
It's also more precise, but that's not why I prefer using a pad.

Drfuzzy · June 2005

No mousepad is like no underwear, its just so much better but yet so wrong <img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' />

DaJMasta · June 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (pardzh @ Jun 21 2005, 10:48 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> I don't even have a mousepad.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
I'm using a sheet of paper my dad bought in college. So its maybe 30 years old.

As long as you change it every day or so it works just fine, though I am gonna buy a decent mouse pad sometime.

TommyVercetti · June 2005

</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (DaJMasta @ Jun 22 2005, 02:03 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> </div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (pardzh @ Jun 21 2005, 10:48 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> I don't even have a mousepad. </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'>
I'm using a sheet of paper my dad bought in college. So its maybe 30 years old.

As long as you change it every day or so it works just fine, though I am gonna buy a decent mouse pad sometime.  </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> 
Before I got this pad I was using huge slabs of laminated cardboard from the boxes my computer parts came from, taped to the desk with clear package tape. They took about a month to wear down and become coarse rather than smooth. When I got down to the side of my sound card box, I knew I was getting low and went for the pad.

Mad_Man · June 2005

Im using the back of a notebook that I ripped out. when it gets dirty I flip it over and away I go

coris · June 2005

A good mousepad isn't needed - until you've tried one. Once you have you never go back (<3 my Steelpad 4D).

Narfwak · June 2005

I have a Steel S&S and teflon feet on my mouse. The pad itself is big, smooth yet textured, slightly flexible (easier to pack up and take with me), sticks to my desk, and, mostly importantly, almost completely flat. Without the teflon it's good, but with the pads it's amazing. A slight nudge can send the mouse all the way across the pad. It also comes with a dandy carrying case that holds both my pad and my mouse.

The only problem is that tiny pieces of crud and dirt can foul up the pads, hampering movement and creating horrible screaching sounds. Usually I can just brush off the junk before I start gaming. Every once in a while I'll need a wash the pad off in a sink. It really not a big deal, as the pad is plastic and slightly bendable.

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