Apparently you're able to bind every key to whatever you want. They say there are 11 programmable keys stored in memory on the mouse itself. On the physical mouse, there are the forward/back (G7/G8), the sniper thumb, G5 and G4 above the sniper thumb, and a G9 below the scroll wheel release. Since that's only six, I assume the other 5 are LMB/RMB, scrollwheel left and right, and scrollwheel click (MMB).

Linus did a fantastic review of it over here that first set my eyes on this mouse.

Then I'll make another analogy; this is like telling someone to get a specific Craftsman wrench because they really like the grip and it's well reviewed, when you're trying to remove a Torx screw.

...That probably wasn't much better, was it?

I'm totally open to new suggestions to see if there are any mice I missed, and I also value all of your opinions as TF2 players; it just irks me when I have a specific requirement people skip over. It's like telling someone to go with an AMD GPU because they're performing better in the price/performance sector when they're looking for a card for a CUDA course in college.

Just a few more comments because it's really irritating:

• In MvM, there is no indicator for giant robots, meanwhile the indicator for crit robots is a red background. On the standard interface, the crit indicator is a cyan outline and the giant indicator is a red background.
  
• The MvM party menu has tiny fonts for player names and the chat box.

These might not be relevant, I'm using a slightly old version of the HUD and forgot to report these. Sorry if they've been fixed.

EDIT: I posted this without refreshing and seeing all the trouble regarding fonts. So, keep these in mind for whenever you resume. Thank you for all your hard work and dedication, and I look forward to seeing what you do with the project from here on.

Some 100% libre fonts you might like to consider:
Ubuntu/Ubuntu Condensed
Roboto/Roboto Thin

http://img.labnol.org/di/roboto_font.png

@BuschmasterACR, I just said low latency wireless was a plus. It's certainly not necessary, and both of the mice I said I was looking at are wired. I also mentioned something about DPI; "separate from its 12000DPI which is absolutely absurd".

DPI is important to a certain degree. With things like 1600DPI, at certain resolutions, you actually do get pixel skipping, which is blatantly unacceptable. I play scout as my preferred class, I'm just playing medic for my teams because that's what they need. I've been doing fine on my current mouse, it's just starting to fail.

Finally, I think you missed some of my biggest requirements; palm grip, comfort, and a programmable thumb button. Seriously, the last one is actually incredibly important. Having a button I can completely rebind to F22 and hold down without changing my grip whatsoever is so great, because it won't interfere with any other programs like tab, tilde, and keys like Q or V do. I talk on TeamSpeak more often outside of the game than inside, so it's absolutely essential to have this kind of thing.

@JackyLegs, first of all, please please PLEASE hotlink to images like that instead of embedding them. Your post alone takes more than half the page because it's a vertical image. Second, I actually helped make that damn guide - it isn't even from /v/, it's actually from /g/, and /v/ just rebranded it. Third, it's incredibly outdated and a lot of big, well-reviewed mice have come out in the past year that have flawless sensors. Fourth, literally everything above "good" is ambidextrous, which I hate, short of the G400 which I never liked; I've owned one in the past and ended up just giving it to a friend.

Hey all, I'm posting here today because I'm looking at buying a new mouse. I've been sporting a Logitech Performance Mouse MX for almost half a decade now. Fun story about that, actually, I had an old MX1100 and the left clicker began to break, where sometimes it clicked twice instead of once - this is incredibly noticable because my browser is set up so double clicking a tab closes it, so when switching tabs, they randomly just closed instead. Swapped to left handed mode and it was confirmed. Logitech's legendary customer support literally just sent me a brand new top of the line mouse for no cost and didn't take my old one back. Anyway, that's not why I'm here today. Basically I've been using this Performance Mouse MX for almost half a decade and it's starting to fall apart since I'm such a heavy PC user. The scroll wheel is becoming very inaccurate to the point that I can't switch weapons properly in the heat of a fight (ever drop an uber because you switched to your crossbow instead of popping? yeah it's not a great feeling), and the hidden thumb button which I use for mumble/teamspeak PTT isn't always working - I can compare it basically to what happens to iPhone home buttons (though I've never owned one myself) after years of use, or maybe smartphone power buttons.

tl;dr looking for a new mouse. Budget is between $60-$80. I have a palm grip but claw isn't uncomfortable. Because of my palm grip, I tend to stick towards Logitech, because they have pretty good pricing, great customer support, and they're the only ones that truly cater to palm grips.

Things I'm looking for in a mouse:

• Palm grip preferred, claw is okay
  
• Wireless preferred, but a very light cable is okay; I play medic, not scout, so a small wireless delay isn't bad. My PMMX doesn't even have much of a delay - certainly nothing noticable, and I've seen really bad wireless delay. This mouse just simply doesn't have it, so if there are any others that don't, that'd be nice to know
  
• Accuracy is always a huge benefit. The "darkfield" sensor in my PMMX was fantastic regarding this, even though it only had 1600DPI
  
• Comfort is the most important factor besides price. This is why I'm a palm grip user - I use my computer for hours at a time (like, sometimes 10 hours, I'm a CS major after all) and if at any point my hand hurts, there's an issue.

Basically, here are the mice I'm considering:

• CM Storm Recon ($32)

I never really considered this mouse, but when I held it in my hand at a recent Hackathon (Bitcamp 2014, all dat Oculus gear), it actually amazed me. Despite being ambidextrous (which, for me, is actually a downside), it was incredibly comfortable, which I could attribute to the rubber grip. It doesn't have many programmable buttons though, which is quite a downside for something like TF2 - I like to have buttons on my mouse bound to PTT (thumb button), deploy uber (I like to keep this away from right click), fake an uber call, mask an uber, etc. My web browser also doesn't have back/forward buttons, because these are bound to mice buttons for me, so the fact that this mouse only has two side buttons is a major disadvantage. The scroll wheel also isn't too great, but hey, the thing is $32.

• Logitech G502 "Proteus Core" ($80)

I've seen a lot of good reviews about this mice. It's apparently very comfortable, despite being a bit ugly imho. It's incredibly accurate (separate from its 12000DPI which is absolutely absurd for what I do). It has 11 customizable buttons, including my highly valued one on the thumb. In reality, it only has five buttons I could truly customize and access quickly besides the scrollwheel and LMB/RMB, but the location of three of them is fantastic. I could easily bind the thumb button to PTT and the two above the thumb to fake call and pop (I have a script to bind RMB to mask so I don't get trigger happy and pop prematurely, which I do often when it's on a mouse button where my finger is already hovering over). Overall it just seems great, and this mouse is definitely the one I'm leaning towards. Plus, it has the fantastic scroll wheel that Logitech is known for, which has been a huge feature in both my MX1100 and PMMX, where a hardware button unlocks the wheel for free-flying scrolling. tl;dr leaning towards this mouse.

Upsides:

• Much better server backend, so we can finally save 1080p offline images
  
• Probable Google+ integration for announcing you're streaming; could be seen as a downside
  
• Way more processing power in that server backend - finally we might see encoding options for non-partners!
  
• Another upside to the better server backend is that the 20s or more delay will probably be reduced to around 5 seconds or so, depending on how they handle it
  
• Better mobile apps - the current apps are horrible
  
• Might begin supporting WebM encoding, which means we could see HTML5 players/chat and better quality streams because of WebM's improved encoding over h.264

Downsides:

• Possible shitty Google+ integration
  
• Chat might become awful
  
• More ads?
  
• Might just get integrated with Google rather than staying its own site

Oh no, I don't have saving enabled, crap! I'll update this post again once I've streamed again. Sorry for the delay.

Updated the main post with new pricing info.

I've decided that, for the amount of time I'm putting into these and for the sheer amount of requests I got during the first day I was open (and the fact that a full week later I still have around 40 more requests to go), I'm going to start charging for complicated posters. I still want there to be an option for free posters though, so you can still get one character with a full custom loadout on any normal map for free. I've just gotten some really complicated freebies that take multiple hours on end and I'd like a slight reimbursement for my time. Even so, my pricing is still incredibly cheap compared to plenty of other people that charge up to 4 ref for a simple single character poster.

Anybody that requested their posters prior to this policy change will still get their original posters for free at a full 4K res. It'll be PMed to them.

If he's streaming, there's nothing wrong with 16GB which is what I assume it was originally (since it's 8GB 1600 now). Encoding takes up a fair bit of memory, as does capturing a video feed from a hungry game like TF2. Especially considering how cheap RAM is today, at this kind of price, it isn't a bad investment.

On just a 4670K and 760 you don't need anything above a 500W PSU, but I would aim for a better quality one. The OEM of that CX500 is Channel Well - I'd prefer to aim for something like an Antec Neo Eco 520c or SeaSonic S12II 520, both of which are SeaSonic internally.

Time for some more SFM... Why do I announce all of these every time?
http://www.twitch.tv/yttriumtyclief

I just realized some of the posters with blu characters often have red misc or weapon textures. If yours is affected, please tell me and I'll fix it; there are too many now to go through them one by one and find the ones affected.

Stream mostly TF2 content
I stream strictly SFM (Source Filmmaker) and TF2 (pubs, scrims, lobbies).

Stream consistently over the course of the week
I stream most nights that I'm not busy, especially for SFM content.

Provide a link to your stream
Sure thing! http://www.twitch.tv/yttriumtyclief

Provide a brief description of your stream
Love to stream myself working on SFM requests/commissions and occasionally will stream scrims or lobbies with my team(s).

State your country of residence
United States, native English speaker.

Give a brief background of your league/division/team history
I've been playing TF2 for over four years (pre-f2p) and am only now getting officially into competitive, though I've followed it for awhile. I cast with CaberCam, a channel already partnered with TF.TV and hopefully soon to be partnered with UGC. I'm the medic in three teams, one for HL, one for 6s, and one for 4s. The HL team is mid silver, the 6s team is steel looking to get into silver, and the 4s team is silver.

Chart for reference:
Straight Outta Sasketchewan [UGC Silver HL] Main Medic
Stockholm Syndrome [UGC Steel 6s] Main Medic
French Toast Mafia [UGC Silver 4s] Main Medic
Cabercam [Competitive Caster] Caster & Cameraman

Streaming between two finals? Hell yes!
http://www.twitch.tv/yttriumtyclief

I seriously need to get added to TFTV's live stream list sometime

More streaming again. http://www.twitch.tv/yttriumtyclief
Tonight I'm catching up with the huge todo list and hope to get it mostly finished off.