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360 controller is wired = FAIL
these Madcatz peripherals suck
and as for the throat communicator
if you think u wont hear ppl breathing into the mic think again
this one still uses a hanging mic and is nothing like the real thing
Bottomline
MADCATZ=FAIL
stick to your regular stuff
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except for the hundreds of competitive street fighter players who use the mad catz sticks.
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[gear.ign.com]
I wish they would make the throat mike for PS3. When I use a bluetooth it feels like people cant hear me sometimes.
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That's what I hear -- still, I'm a bit wary. Trauma from Gameboy Pocket days where their accessories would burn out more often than Chris Brown hits Rhianna.
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While I'd heard about the SE version having a few problems I thought the general consensus was that overall it was a pretty decent product, and I haven't really heard anything specifically bad about the pads.
At least I'm pretty sure my original point still stands in that their newer products are far superior to the old tripe they used to release not all that long ago.
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Also, the SE is a horrible product out of the box, with an over 50% rate of having a washer on the stick out of position, and it eventually results in a grinding down (destruction) of the PCB. If you were unfortunate enough to buy one of those sticks, you have two choices: send it in for warranty repair (3-6 weeks to get it back), or void the warranty by opening it yourself.
The second option is actually where the value of this stick is at... since you just open it, save the PCBs and the wire harness, and replace the buttons and the stick with high-quality parts. It'll run you about the same as a TE to do all of that, but when stock on the TE was low, it was the best option. Now I'm stuck modding a bunch of SEs because I like them and I've got my friends stuck on the size compared to the fatter TE. :p
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While I do frequent SRK I don't check the TechTalk section all that much so I had no idea that the pad's had such a limited lifespan if what you're saying is true. Though again, I'd be tempted to believe it's not as bad as you think. I'm sure tens of thousands of fightpads have been sold, are there tens of thousands of reports on SRK of them dieing? If not then there's hardly any proof that "all of the pads are breaking over time".
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Which is why... I actually used a very low percentage compared to what I believe to be the actual problem. I don't expect MarkMan to comment, but he is aware of both of these issues, and of how widespread they are.
I'll put it to you this way, I've bought 4 SE sticks for modding purposes, and each of them had the washer issue out of the box. Even at a 50% rate of failure, the odds of those 4 incidents happening in a row is 1/16. I doubt that I was this unlucky, and that the rate of 'washer incidents' is significantly higher than 50%.
Another reason you don't see many people complaining about the SE and its issues is that in the majority of cases it was bought for modding purposes anyway. I never complained about it, I was modding each and every one of those sticks anyway.
I have no first-hand experience with the pad. Just the interwebs talk.
My recommendation is to be very weary of these products, especially of the voice chat mechanism. MadCatz didn't prove anything to me with their SFIV line of products other than that a known quality parts producer produces quality parts (Sanwa).
Do they acknowledge who is behind the parts involved in the production of these items? If not, I would guess their usual low quality, cheap, inexpensive suppliers.
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YOU CANT HEAR PEOPLE BREATHING INTO THE MIC!!!!!!
Come on, how many times a night on live do you hear some kid or fat ass blowing his nose juic into the mic or huffing and puffing.
You cant hear breth through your throat
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What if you're one of those chronic smokers with a throat hole?
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This isn't the year 2000 Mad Catz, you idiots.
Also, it doesn't seem like Fahey is a big fan of voice chat.
Or are you?
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[www.gamecyte.com]
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But the biggest thing for us is that most LAN competitions don't let you use Wireless (due to hundreds of xbox's in same place).
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1) What's the point of the throat communicator thing? Are there any situations where gamers find themselves NEEDING to talk as quiet as possible so that their squad can make it out? Because that's the logical use of these things. I can just picture a bunch of fools getting this thing and then sounding even more garbled than usual because they wear it wrong or start shouting. It's going to be a huge headache.
2) Do people feel more badass playing a game with this stuff? Cause it seems to me you could use standard equipment (for the most part a mouse is a mouse, some specialty mice are worthwhile, but not necessary ever) and save some money and buy more games down the line. I guess I'm just a fool.
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i am hard of hearing and i find that the Throat Communicator could be ideal for me,not for talking but hearing i mean
i do have trouble hearing with the Xbox Live headset,although its a decent headset
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EDIT: Ergonomics is more for comfort, and, as a side note, I think changing weights on your mouse is going past the point of worth it (talking about chrome and other mouse-weight brands).
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For instance, I have the Logitech G5, the weights I have in it are the heaviest - 8x4.5g. Without the weights, the mouse feels too light and slippery for me but with the weights, it feels alot sturdier and steadier to me. I know some people who prefer having half the weight I use in the mouse, or no weights at all.
Either way, I don't think it's going over board at all. What I do think is going overboard however is the ever increasing dpi range. 3200dpi is more than you'll ever need and I'd call that the limit of what should be in a mouse. The G5 goes up to 2000dpi and the only time that ever gets used is flying gunships or jets in the Battlefield series, for anything else, it's just too fast....at least at 1680x1050, but I imagine it isn't much slower on a biger screen.
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I just may grab one of those. The rest is meh, and I don't even know what #4 is... throat communicator sounds lame, but it actually might be a lot more comfortable and practical than the current headset. Mine doesn't seem to fit my head right. Too much brain, probably.
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#4 is a bluetooth headset. It's what you use on a PS3