The lovely and talented GGL executive assistant Peggy Espinoza just brought me a package containing this little beast:
How is it? You’ll have to wait until the World Cyber Games 2007 Grand Finals end, because I’m leaving for Seattle in two hours. Until then, one of my coworkers will be using the mouse. I know, I’m a tease. Read back in time for a rant about this mouse’s looks. Does it even matter what it looks like?
The recent announcement of the Sidewinder mouse, sporting five buttons, custom weights, a red and black paint job, and a built-in LCD on the mouse was met with widespread derision.
The biggest criticism of the mouse, even from competitive gamers, was “It’s ugly.” Don’t believe me? Check ESReality’s forums, long home to some of the hardest of the hardcore, old-school FPS players.
For a more casual perspective, head over to the Shacknews comments. Even Steve “sCary” Gibson, a one-time hardcore QuakeWorld player who knows a little something about being really good, said: “Wow.. I can only imagine someone had a focus group say ‘We want f***in ass ugly angles and s***, the uglier the better!’ and sold the results to Logitech and MS. Amazing they both put out such terrible looking turds.” Continued…
