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by unizo • 8 Aug 2007, 05:08 • Journals
After 3 years in retirement I decided to give Quake 3 another go, and God am I bad.

Thanks to nVc I've got back in to Quake 3, he showed me a few things and I've been 1v1ing him regularly over the past few days, I've already noticed myself getting better again.

Only thing I have to deal with now is my mouse, I find playing Quake 3 with an MX518 rather difficult so I've decided to find myself a nice Quake mouse in the hope that it will improve my aim and reactions a bit (Yup, the MX518 makes me react slower, don't know why :x). I'm torn between the Intellimouse Explorer 3.0 and the SteelSeries IMO 1.1 SS, I used to have a 1.1 (normal one) and I found the Symmetrical shape to be very comfortable, I haven't had much experience with a 3.0 before, but I know a lot of Quake players that use one so there must be something appealing about it.

Played a 1v1 against Meez earlier on Amphi, was a good laugh, he beat me by about 10 kills but it was fun playing him, would love to do it again some time.

If anyone fancies a 1v1 (Any skill, I'm terribad so go easy on me :S) you can normally find me in #cpma.et
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lettu 8 Aug 2007, 06:12
maybe soon :'D
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Manix 8 Aug 2007, 06:18
pme sometimes (MANIX_) @ cpma.et i'm low+ @ q3 :)
(btw i'm going to 4 days of holidays so later)
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unizo 8 Aug 2007, 06:27
Sounds good. :>
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unizo 8 Aug 2007, 06:27
I just find it a bit too "bulky" for my liking.
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im a tree 8 Aug 2007, 06:27
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imma using my mx510

pwn up in #cpmpickup yo
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unizo 8 Aug 2007, 06:55
Aye, might need to do some pickups too.
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Kinker 8 Aug 2007, 07:19
In my feelings MIE 3.0 is bigger than MX518 and a lil bit more plastic :( MX 518 > all
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unizo 8 Aug 2007, 08:14
I've heard it's wider, but it isn't as tall, which is what appeals to me.

I really love the tracking on MS mice too, optical lens is uber :D:D
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suA 8 Aug 2007, 10:44
if you liked your 1.1 back then, i would go for that one again, the way you hold a 1.1 is more of a finger-grip, where 3.0 appeals more to a palm-grip... and iirc it's the same optical engine :)

just my thoughts...
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unizo 8 Aug 2007, 11:10
That's the thing, I used to hold my 1.1 in a palm kind of grip like I do with my MX518, I could never track with a 1.1 using fingers. :S
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