Gaming Surfaces

[Jynx]

Hello all,

I have been using my specially converted chopping board as a mousemat for a while now and although it generally meets my needs I am thinking of upgrading to a pro gaming surface.

I wondered what you guys are using and if there are any recomendations or warnings about any of the types avaliable.

Jynx

[addz]

everglide ;)

[putty_thing]

ratpadz :p

[Jynx]

I was more interested in partical models :P

[tuBBymAN]

well if you don't want the choppin board i'll have it

[Jynx]

heh, it depends if i can find a better surface

[BirdofPrey]

What happened to those black marble blocks?

They would rule if they were thinner, had a non slip back and a wrist rest!

(not much really then!)

[Gringo]

eh, the ratslab rocked! i want one!

[Blackstar]

ratpadz!

[tuBBymAN]

a decent set of mouse skates!

[Jynx]

The rat slabs are still about but they only come out for lans :) (too heavy for my desk)

[Windibob]

well atm, i'm using an old business studdies exercise book :) when it gets dirty i simply turn the page. also, it doubles up as a handy note pad! extremely useful if u have a tiny desk

[Jynx]

lol i am not exactly getting the responses I expected here!

[BirdofPrey]

I used an everglide surface, the new ones are great as ive used them at pc arena, but there also massive!

Were talking 30x30cm

[tuBBymAN]

am i the only one who just uses a desk?

[Blackstar]

A desk!!!! Spend some cash and make your mouse happy that it no longer gets splinters and can move with vastly more accuracy than ever before

[this salesman gets no money what so ever fo selling Pro Gaming Surfaces :P]

[SlyDave]

Everglide Gigantica, Like a Ratpad is demands space, its smooth and its a cool shape, unlike Ratpadz Everglide sponored the BIG GAME.

Go with Everglide.

[BirdofPrey]

I dont actually use my everglide much its too big. Atm i use one that cost ?5 from pc world, its one of the padded ones, its well comfy!

[Jynx]

Give It To Me Please!!!!

[BirdofPrey]

I would if i knew where it was!

[Jynx]

lol i know the feeling. I have lost a cartridge for my printer so atm i can only print blue :/

[BirdofPrey]

Ive also got a cake of 100cdr's i cant find, a spare keyboard, and a box of batteries!

[tuBBymAN]

lol i've lost my XP cd oh wait i think i know where it is pete!?

[SlyDave]

Not big enought to lose it then, heh.

But seriously, the EGG is a good pad, Ratpad maybe ever so slightly better, but it really depends on what kind of surface you like, the Ratpad is a must if you have a ball mouse, but with a optical mouse it isn't so important to have an ultra smooth surface, in fact the ultra smoothness can make it feel too smooth and cause your mouse to slide around if the surface is uneven :( but I sould still recommend an EGG (the pad, not a chickens child). Even jim first post said EGG, but then he deleted it and said ratpad so's not to be in agreence with addz :)

[tuBBymAN]

well i like the resistance i get from my mouse on the desk just unfortuanete all the site my mouse skates pic up

[BirdofPrey]

Meeh i know where that is, probably

[Tau]

I recommend the Surface 1030 from Func

http://www.func.net

[Jynx]

Cheers Tau that seems like a really good price for a well designed surface. What are the two sides like? Is it the same one you have?

[SHimmer45]

Tubby is not alone.. i dont use a mouse matt
i c tht OCUK do some nice mouse surfaces, and it does make a difference with the optical mice in terms of feel
my parent's pc has an optical mouse with a matt and it does "feel" better than my mouse on my pc which does not have a matt.. both are logitech Optical mice btw the basic 2 button with a roller wheel and i think there great

[tuBBymAN]

i love my 5 button microsoft optical wheel mouse most handy for web pages and other things plus it goes well with my microsoft multimedia deluxe keyboard which has to be the best keyboard i've ever used plus it was only ?14.00

[putty_thing]

Even jim first post said EGG, but then he deleted it and said ratpad so's not to be in agreence with addz :)

actually that was addz logged in as me..

tbh, they're both about the same, but everglide are better 'cus they sponsor us, its just i've got a ratpad

[Spleenus]

am i the only one who just uses a desk?

it looks like the true pros, like you and myself, are the ones who use the desk.


Argh, we even both use a 5 button mouse, with myself having the Intellimouse Explorer. Looks like it's a winning combination to be good at BF, BF:DC & BF:V ;)

[SlyDave]

or to be laughed at and mocked in the streets

[Spleenus]

or to be laughed at and mocked in the streets

*slap slap slap*

[Drazhar]

ohhh ohhh, how about a mouse mate covered in ice uaing somthin like liquid nitrogen...you could call it "mice on ice". They'd sell in the millions! You could even design some trendy ice skates for the mouse.

[Spleenus]

Actually, I now own a QPAD with skates :o and my mouse flies across the pad.


Oh well

[tuBBymAN]

well i still use my desk :P

[Wedgeh]

I use the keys :/

[BirdofPrey]

I use a pc world ergonomic one, cost ?5 for pcworld, ebuyer do them for 69p!

[tuBBymAN]

mmm 69p!

[putty_thing]

mmm 69p!


you shouldn't have told him that, now he'll just go and buy a kitkat instead.

[Blackstar]

mmm 69p!
Surely you don't need the 'p'?

[BirdofPrey]

It could mean 69 elephants without it!

[tuBBymAN]

mmmm kit kat! ok time to get rid of a myth! There was a time in my first year of uni where i ate a kit kat every day for 9 months i know its not big and its not clever but i haven't had one for aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaages like about 6 months minimum i'm not a kit kat obssesed person gaaah!!!

[putty_thing]

yeah, you can quit anytime you want..

[tuBBymAN]

i can i have !

[Blackstar]

*cough*bollocks*cough*

[BirdofPrey]

/me starts kka(kit kats anomous)

[tuBBymAN]

shut up i'm not addict dammit i haven't eaten them in ages! :|

[SlyDave]

Hes in deinal :(

its ok Tubby, we are here for you. we are your friends.

[tuBBymAN]

gahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

/me insane with rage

raaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[SlyDave]

/me tries to calm the beast with a kit kat

[Jynx]

roffle

[tuBBymAN]

close the damn thread already its so far off topic u need gps to get back!

[Gringo]

this is officially the longest running thread in tbg history. all thanks to tubbyman, who refuses to let anyone else have the last word :D

[Maveric]

time to revive this thread!

whats everyone using these days?

I'm using an Razer eXactMat ftw

[putty_thing]

Wow, revival after 5 years? Impressive.

I've still got the same Ratpad.

[RiPPeR]

Ratpad for me :)

[SlyDave]

Ratpad of course.

When the world ends, and all that is left are cockroaches, Twinkie bars and my mothers home cooking; hidden under the remains of our discarded civilisation will also be a few Ratpadz, for they are indestructible. When dreams die, hope fails and everything we know disintegrates, the Ratpad will remain.