wonderlandill explain cause apparently im one of those nerdlords ur referring to (lol)
so like were gonna go back to 2000-2004 when I started gaming (i was 10 or something) but anyways, back then the ballmouse was dying (ZeRo4 still used one im sure^^) and m$ optical mice were god. and of the m$ mice, everyone used the light grey ime 3.0, every top player/pro/legend in quake, cs, ut, mohaa, and cod all I saw was the 3.0 (and occasionally other m$ mice).
but times change and some other companies start making optical mice, I lost my 3.0 so I had the pleasure of using a dell optical mouse for a bit (wtf! :(). like a lot of ppl I moved on to an mx518 cause it has cool dents and its new or whatever, then the g5 (first corded laser mouse, moar dpi!! thx a lot logitech). m$ stops making the 3.0 (the wmo and imo 1.1 gain popularity amongst m$ fans), the dpi bandwagon is in full swing and numerous awful mice are released. eventually ppl start realizing laser sucks. the 3.0 is brought back due to popular demand (but the build quality is inferior to the original). ESR mousescore comes out confirming laser sucks and then the max control speed bandwagon starts. people buy the mx300/500 solely because it got first place in the test and they think they are superhumans who move their mouse at 4m/s (lol). The death adder is released with an optical sensor, (it scores very well on ESR) and I get one. but it just doesn't feel good :o( so im sad. so I go back to my original 3.0 <3 cause its a legend. Sujoy admits that his ESReality test doesn't matter that much, and goes back to his wmo stating 'There is something unquantifiably great about it. Just feels right.' And to this day many Quake pros use the WMO, IMO 1.1 and IME 3.0. I know m$ mice aren't perfect, mine has the scroll wheel is removed cause it always breaks, it has aftermarket mousefeet, and I have to manually overclock the USB port. I tried so many mice (I'm sorry for cheating on u), but I always come back to m$ 400dpi despite the flaws. Newschoolers will hate but they just don't understand, ily4evr <3.0
Thanks for the info. I've seen its flaws e.g scroll wheel, mouse 4/5 but it still looks like a really solid mouse. My current mouse feels really inconsistent which is probably because of a shitty sensor and that accel wave effect Koeitje brought up. Just want a light mouse that feels good and can handle some twitch stuff without inconsistencies so this sounds good.