Why you shouldn't use a wireless mouse to play...

[kuafu]

Why you shouldn't use a wireless mouse to play...

My mouse suddenly stopped working due to low battery when baal's 4th wave of minions was charging towards me, the result: 300 baal runs wasted

 

[Evrae Altana]

Ouch. That must suck. What level were you?
You couldn't save/exit in time?

 

[Dondrei]

LOL, that's funny. I mean, sorry.

 

[kuafu]

In fact, the death only cost 75 runs (at lvl97) if I could get the body back, but a 1-second-too-late Alt-F4 cost the rest 225 runs...
Edit: and the game has a really wicked sense of humor. The next game I created after the death, I've got 4 soj sold to merchant messages so far (Don't ask for the server IP though, 'coz I can't tell from a VPN).

 

[Andy2702]

Erm, during that time, press esc, up(or was it down?), and enter...

Fastest way possible out of a game.

 

[Quietus]

Erm, during that time, press esc, up(or was it down?), and enter...

Fastest way possible out of a game.

alt-f4 is faster.

 

[buttershug]

alt-f4 is faster.

At your end but that doesn't count.
The other method might be faster at the other end where it does count.

 

[Ash Housewares1]

I've died on alt-f4s
I've never died on esc/exit

anyways, common sense, mouse has a battery, know what you're in for, prepare accordingly, no one to blame but yourself, etc.

 

[th5418]

I've died on alt-f4s
I've never died on esc/exit

anyways, common sense, mouse has a battery, know what you're in for, prepare accordingly, no one to blame but yourself, etc.

Wrong, you should blame Ash, always blame Ash.

 

[ffejrxx]

on sp esc pauses, its alot more forgiving for hc chars :laugh:

 

[Jackson1]

Yeah, haha... I remember doing that a lot when my barb would get IM'd mid-WW.

 

[monte cristo]

I use a wireless mouse, but never had that kind of a problem.

Although.. When I was still playing HC on Ladder Season 1, I was doing some chaos runs friday evening. Who knew this was the time when Norton Antivirus did its check.. Slowed down the game at first, alt-tabbed me to the desktop. Back to the game - necro lvl ~90 dead =)

 

[WebDragon]

Wrong, you should blame Ash, always blame Ash.

We're blaming Ash now? Why was I not told about that? And when did Durf get out on parole?

 

[Dondrei]

Wrong, you should blame Ash, always blame Ash.

You know what I'm about to say, so there's really no need for me to actually say it.

 

[buttershug]

I use a wireless mouse, but never had that kind of a problem.

Although.. When I was still playing HC on Ladder Season 1, I was doing some chaos runs friday evening. Who knew this was the time when Norton Antivirus did its check.. Slowed down the game at first, alt-tabbed me to the desktop. Back to the game - necro lvl ~90 dead =)

You probably use a rechargeable one.

 

[rykuss]

on sp esc pauses, its alot more forgiving for hc chars :laugh:

HAX!!! Ban plz kkthxbaibai!!!!!one!!11!!1!!11 :laugh:

 

[Angelus Dominus]

I probably would never ever use a wireless mouse.

 

[krischan]

I'm using a cordless mouse+keyboard. The keyboard needs batteries less than once per year. For the mouse I use NiMH accumulators. They last for 3-4 weeks, then I recharge them. I'm sure I had more mouse cable problems of the "DOWN, go DOWN, $%&#* mouse !!!!" kind than I have battery problems now. It's also an optical mouse, so no more "MOVE, $%&#* mouse cursor !!!!" problems as well. The ball and rollers got messy quite quickly from hairs, boogers, chocolate, partly dried beer and whatever else ends up on my desk.