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You did not play in the Golden Age of MMOs if you never had to clean one of these...

DauzqulDauzqul Member RarePosts: 1,982
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  • Whiskey_SamWhiskey_Sam Member UncommonPosts: 323
    Don't miss those days at all.

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  • SeverinusSeverinus Member Posts: 20
    Hah! Good one there. Yeah ... I still do that.

    Once upon a time ...

  • YukmarcYukmarc Member UncommonPosts: 165
    I used to hate when my mouse balls were dirty.
  • DamonVileDamonVile Member UncommonPosts: 4,818
    Originally posted by Whiskey_Sam
    Don't miss those days at all.

    Yeah, something I haven't thought about in years, and sure don't miss one bit.

  • VoqarVoqar Member UncommonPosts: 510
    Ouch, that brought back some memories I think I'd completely blocked out.

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  • PemminPemmin Member UncommonPosts: 623
    dem dirty balls
  • HarikenHariken Member EpicPosts: 2,680
    Lol the good old days. I don't miss that at all. 
  • TibernicuspaTibernicuspa Member UncommonPosts: 1,199
    I'd gladly go back to a ball mouse if it meant we got our genre back. Ah 1997-2003, RIP.
  • DeathengerDeathenger Member UncommonPosts: 880
    That thing is still in my nightmares
     
  • tmann50tmann50 Member UncommonPosts: 70

    OMG! I used to be a computer technician before I retired...I used to clean those damn things all the time....Sadly, some of the students at the county college I used to work for would steal teh mouse balls! Was pretty funny reporting in that I'm minus 3 mouse balls in lab 4...

     

  • nbtscannbtscan Member UncommonPosts: 862
    Preferred the trackball mice myself.  Could just pull the ball right out of the top and clean it and the insides.
  • GravargGravarg Member UncommonPosts: 3,424
    Yep, now days you have to get tweezers and pull the cat hair out of your optical mouse XD
  • GardavsshadeGardavsshade Member UncommonPosts: 907
    Originally posted by Tibernicuspa
    I'd gladly go back to a ball mouse if it meant we got our genre back. Ah 1997-2003, RIP.

    Stop teasing me.

    ;)

  • rojoArcueidrojoArcueid Member EpicPosts: 10,722
    what was the golden age of mmos?




  • strawhat0981strawhat0981 Member RarePosts: 1,224
    There is no way I could go back to using those.image

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  • TibernicuspaTibernicuspa Member UncommonPosts: 1,199
    Originally posted by rojo6934
    what was the golden age of mmos?

    1997-2003.

     

    When almost every single AAA MMORPG appealed to a different niche, and they were all moderately successful. There really was high profile game for every kind of player. Now we have high profile games for casual quest grinding WoW style MMO fans, and nothing for anyone else. Except maybe Eve.

     

    Also, Narius, your trolling and constant thread hijacking is tiring.

  • starstorm777starstorm777 Member UncommonPosts: 114
    You just gave me nightmares!!!!
  • CrazyhorsekCrazyhorsek Member UncommonPosts: 272
    actually I still do that... you know... because of some things inside that still work like that... and if you dont know which, oh boy...

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  • IggunsIgguns Member UncommonPosts: 71
    My tool for cleaning my mouse was simply a paperclip unfolded to use a pointy end to scratch off all the gook.  I got pretty efficient at cleaning my mouse and always had a paperclip on my desk at the ready.  Aah the memories.
  • Cephus404Cephus404 Member CommonPosts: 3,675
    Originally posted by nbtscan
    Preferred the trackball mice myself.  Could just pull the ball right out of the top and clean it and the insides.

    I did too, unfortunately, the only kind that I really loved, stopped being made and none of the others ever had the right feel.  I'd get one right now if I could.

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  • ArclanArclan Member UncommonPosts: 1,550

    haha I was probably the last adopter of the optical mouse. They just didn't feel right.

    Ah Cephus was one of those weird track-ball people. Explains a lot.

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  • ComanComan Member UncommonPosts: 2,178
    Originally posted by Tibernicuspa
    I'd gladly go back to a ball mouse if it meant we got our genre back. Ah 1997-2003, RIP.

    The moment the mouse lost it balls, so did this genre.

  • MadimorgaMadimorga Member UncommonPosts: 1,920
    Makes me want to wash my hands just thinking about it.  Not that the sides of my gaming mouse are any cleaner.  Ever scrape your nail down one?  Ick!

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  • Po_ggPo_gg Member EpicPosts: 5,749

    To be honest, I'm not quite get the connection... I assume under golden age you mean the early 2000s? We've cleaned mice since years by then... don't even remember my first, maybe '94?

    Also, in the late 90's - early 2000s mmo was your least problem. Quake and CS, a perfectly cleaned-out mouse was much more needed in those :) (and the first IR mice were lame, slow and inaccurate. Analog solutions ftw)

  • VembumeesVembumees Member Posts: 79
    What was the golden era lol or did you just get an optical mouse so late? I got one already at like 99 or 2000 and they were already pretty big by that time.
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