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hot_pastrami · 07-10-2003, 12:31 PM

Well, I think the trackball's setup is crucial in gaming, and that can be the difference between making the trackball an advantage or a hinderance. When I play LAN games, which as little as six months ago was 2-3 times a week, I kicked everybody's ass, every time. And these are veteran gamers... the only player who could keep up sometimes was my half-cousin, and he was the only other player using a trackball. That's all first-person shooters, I haven't played a Stategy/RPG/watever since I last played StarCraft about two years ago.

Set up correctly, a Trackball is responsive enough to execute movements as dramatic as 180* turns with just a twitch, but sensitive enough to snipe quickly and accurately when needed. Granted, you have to have steady hands to use one well. It's also nice to never hit the edge of a mousepad and have to life the mouse up and reposition it.

I've found that the trick with the MS TrackBall Explorer is to have vertical mouse speed set higher than horizontal, and invert the Y axis.

Of course, some people just don't like the way trackballs feel and react, so naturally they will do poorly with them. It's just a preference thing, mostly.

07-10-2003, 12:31 PM	#6
hot_pastrami I am meaty Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Salt Lake City, UT Posts: 1,119	Well, I think the trackball's setup is crucial in gaming, and that can be the difference between making the trackball an advantage or a hinderance. When I play LAN games, which as little as six months ago was 2-3 times a week, I kicked everybody's ass, every time. And these are veteran gamers... the only player who could keep up sometimes was my half-cousin, and he was the only other player using a trackball. That's all first-person shooters, I haven't played a Stategy/RPG/watever since I last played StarCraft about two years ago. Set up correctly, a Trackball is responsive enough to execute movements as dramatic as 180* turns with just a twitch, but sensitive enough to snipe quickly and accurately when needed. Granted, you have to have steady hands to use one well. It's also nice to never hit the edge of a mousepad and have to life the mouse up and reposition it. I've found that the trick with the MS TrackBall Explorer is to have vertical mouse speed set higher than horizontal, and invert the Y axis. Of course, some people just don't like the way trackballs feel and react, so naturally they will do poorly with them. It's just a preference thing, mostly. __________________ Hot Pastrami!