Journal #5905

a new mouse hey? did the cat eat the last one!?

Did you log onto 'pets overnight.com' (10 points if you get that joke...)

Actually it'd be more like 'pets-in-a-week.com'

I opted for the free shipping. 7-9 business days.

Nice. Hope it gives you a lot of gaming time.

I need a new mouse
Can't find the style I want though: one with a button for the pinkie finger.

Yeah. Maybe I'll actually PLAY left 4 dead now.
I bought it last month when it was half off, but i never installed it.
I still have to finish the compo map too.

I wish there was a way to sell your steam games (along with the license of course)

Because i beleive i wasted $25 on L4D. I never play it. And when i do play it i doubt i'll play it for long.

Same with TF2, i never got into it.
I don't really game anymore.... I just have ideas for cool maps, i map for an hour or so and that's it.

then i hang around here, or go play guitar or something.

If you find a good server TF2 is fun. And I read somewhere that L4D2 will be free if you have L4D. (that may have changed since I read that though)

Pengy - what use would you have for a pinky button? Other than to reload a weapon?

I don't know.
And JeffMOD - I haven't heard that but if it's true, i'm getting it.

side buttons are IMMENSELY useful, especially in games like Oblivion and Fallout 3.

In source i use my thumb button for mic chat, pinkie button for flashlight.

Oblivion, thumb is pick objects up, pinkie is cast spell.

Fallout 3, thumb is pick objects up, pinkie is VATS.

Tet: browser forward (to compliment the thumb button back). I've gotten used to my current mouse and I don't particularly want to change. My mousewheel is screwed though :/

Jeff: liar! don't believe crap that you read on the interwebs without a legit source to back it up.

Hunter: your mouse has a pinkie button? What model is it?

Tomorrow I'm buying myself a Logitech MX518, I don't have the money for G9

'Jeff: liar! don't believe crap that you read on the interwebs without a legit source to back it up.' I think it was on the L4D blog or something similar, published by valve. I think. Steam news maybe? I dunno, maybe I'm imagining things.

Logitech G3 laser <3

By far the comfiest i've used, too

What's that fancy button in front of the scroll wheel?

DPI setting control.

ooooh

I definitely miss my last mouse, as the pinky was used for voice communications in TF2.

I love my G5, though. The two thumb buttons make up for it.

I could have gotten a G9, but my G5 looked like it had superior ergonomics. That or I'm just too used to the shape to let it go. You have to grab the G9 with your fingers more. I think Logitech really struck gold when they first designed this basic mouse frame that is still in use today.

By the way, I'm not exactly sure what a pinky button is. Most mice that have opposing side buttons, you don't actually press with your pinky finger, it's more like your ring finger.

Yeah the G9 looks REALLY wierd and i'm not sure if i'm gonna like it, but it's a hell of a deal. I couldnt pass it up.
And unless you lay your whole palm on the mouse (which i don't know a lot of people who do) then yeah, it's your ring finger, and not the pinky.