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Offline Henry Allen Venture

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« Reply #120 on: Wed, 01 February 2012, 02:24:19 »
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I've never noticed any acceleration issues with the Xai despite having seen this claim before.


Seconding this.
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« Reply #121 on: Wed, 01 February 2012, 05:21:22 »
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Seconding this.


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Offline Luc0z

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« Reply #122 on: Thu, 01 March 2012, 13:34:52 »
In my opinion, the mouse is either complete and utter sh*t or has major problems on cloth mousepads, such as the QcK+

The freemove gimmick is a load of crap. It makes it woefully hard to adjust your aim upwards, and it seems that, regardless of my exactaccel and exactaim settings, that moving the mouse left and right is more sensitive than moving it up and down and for that reason, I am returning it. I absolutely despise this product. Looks like I wont be buying from steelseries ever again.
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« Reply #123 on: Sat, 03 March 2012, 21:38:10 »
Try the zowie am supposedly its got the best sensor.
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Offline Anyguy4321

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« Reply #124 on: Tue, 06 March 2012, 18:37:49 »
Just got the sensei in from Amazon.  It seems like a very solid mouse, basically the revered Microsoft Intellimouse on steroids.  First impressions are that the tracking is very good (though I do have a 4hd pad).  I do not notice issues on the qck (though the gripes seem to be for mild (5%) accleration at very high speeds while the mouse has low dpi which only super-hardcore fps'ers achieve).  I have a hayate coming in tomorrow with which I will test (and which is confirmed to basically negate acceleration problems for the most part).  I do NOT like the metal shell on this thing and the LED on the backside of the mouse is razer-level gimmicky if cool.  I thought you could change the picture but apparently you can only change what it says on the bottom led which you won't see 99.99% of the time anyways.

Tracking seems fine to me (but I mainly play SC2).  The fact that the mouse's buttons are built into the chassis means that I feel like clicking is a tad slower than on my CM storm.  Also the mouse is narrower than my cm storm around the buttons which I feel makes the mouse less stable as a platform while clicking (matters for precision).  This is mainly niggling.  My main concern with the mouse is that the top metallic part is somewhat slippery and glossy which I do not like.  I however really like the rubber grip on the sides.  I think this mouse may be a keeper (general gaming, RTS gaming) but I may return it and get the fnatic version which has a matte top instead of a metallic one (could care less about the dumb led).  However the fnatic version of the sensei has glossy sides too :/.  Why didn't they leave the sides rubber for the fnatic edition?  So silly.

It is definitely a top tier mouse for most things (except maybe hardcore high-end fps'ing which I admittedly don't do).

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Edit after a few hours use: While the tracking is superb and the ergonomics are ok, the metal top started sticking to my hand after an hour or so of use (I have somewhat sweaty hands).  I knew this would happen.  It looks like I'll be trying out the fnatic edition at some point instead.  Looks like a return for me.
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Offline notnay

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« Reply #125 on: Sun, 11 March 2012, 17:13:01 »
I'm not going to lie, almost bought a sensei just due to the pretty lights.

Damn Steelseries, almost got me again.
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Offline anselben

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« Reply #126 on: Sat, 17 March 2012, 01:03:56 »
I've had a Steeleseries Ikari laser for the past 3 years and love it, it's never given me really any problems, and other than wearing the finish off from use, it works just as well as when I bought it.
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Offline filphil

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« Reply #127 on: Sat, 17 March 2012, 01:52:19 »
The xai at $35 from newegg is a great deal if you decide springing for the sensei is more of a luxury than you'd be willing to spend for.
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Offline Shogunner

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« Reply #128 on: Wed, 21 March 2012, 04:48:29 »
Took some pictures of my Sensei, **** this mouse is gorgeous.















~so artsy~

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Offline Zensuji

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« Reply #129 on: Wed, 21 March 2012, 13:13:39 »
Sensei RAW is out soon. No screen on the bottom so a bit lighter, can get it in rubber or gloss and $60

http://steelseries.com/products/mice/steelseries-sensei-raw
« Last Edit: Wed, 21 March 2012, 13:15:51 by Zensuji »
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Offline hcry4

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« Reply #130 on: Wed, 21 March 2012, 14:35:04 »
So it's a Xai that's been renamed?
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Offline nmd

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« Reply #131 on: Fri, 23 March 2012, 21:11:32 »
And re-shelled, with a lighting engine, and a lit logo and wheel.  So, yes and no(I lean towards yes.)
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Offline tehsprayer

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« Reply #132 on: Fri, 23 March 2012, 21:14:39 »
I absolutely love the R.A.T 3 by Cyborg, but I also heard that the deathadder and g9x are top of the line.
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Offline Lmnr

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« Reply #133 on: Fri, 23 March 2012, 22:34:02 »
Silly Steelseries I see their pattern now..
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Offline Arcane

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« Reply #134 on: Sat, 24 March 2012, 11:10:45 »
what about the coating on the sensei raw? does it come off like on the xai mouse? Had 2 xai mice and on both of these the logo came off like in a few weeks and also the coating itself on the main buttons where the fingers rest. The gloss coating seems to be the same as on the Kana. Anyone with longtime experience? I think Razer does a pretty decent job at rubber coating their mice. Never seen those wear off. If the rubber coating on the sensei raw is the same crap as on the xai I would definetly get a glossy coating one. If both of these coating methods suck I would get a different mouse no matter what. Also they need to improve their mouse wheel if they haven't already. At least the one on the xai is a clunky sucky one. From a technical point of view the xai might be a good mouse but everything around it is really not the best out there....
« Last Edit: Sat, 24 March 2012, 11:21:40 by Arcane »
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Offline flaming_june

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« Reply #135 on: Sat, 24 March 2012, 11:30:45 »
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Silly Steelseries I see their pattern now..

Haha, yeah.

Also, don't forget that it also offers 11k cpi!
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Offline Shogunner

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« Reply #136 on: Sat, 24 March 2012, 15:43:07 »
SteelSeries know that thats all numbers bull****, they just needed more sales fromt he typical idiots that buy stuff like Razer. The Xai came with 5001 even as a joke.
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Offline killazys

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« Reply #137 on: Mon, 02 April 2012, 10:40:06 »
No. Its not. I'm planning on selling mine. I claw grip and its too big, also I never use any of the features. All in all a pretty bad purchase. Only good thing is that there's literally no liftoff distance. Oh and the sensor is pretty accurate but you can get that with any laser
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Offline aerial

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« Reply #138 on: Tue, 03 April 2012, 05:49:03 »
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« Reply #139 on: Tue, 03 April 2012, 12:52:51 »
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Offline bramke

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« Reply #140 on: Mon, 28 January 2013, 23:11:27 »
very bad mouse my oppinion , using a ec1

i have a steelseries sensei fnatic mouse for sale 1 time used if someone interested
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« Reply #141 on: Tue, 29 January 2013, 02:01:24 »
Personally, I love my Sensei. I'll probably be back on it here fairly shortly (I rotate mice frequently).

Definitely one of my favorites. Probably will pick up a RAW here soon, too.
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« Reply #142 on: Tue, 29 January 2013, 02:59:37 »
Its an excellent mouse so far! Havent had it terribly long yet so i cant speak to the value very much, but this thing feels solid, has some neat looking LED's and overall is just a very ascetically pleasing mouse. As for performance, its as good as my old Razer mice, which, in my experience were very solid for gaming. This mouse has taken over as my new favorite mouse and I would recommend it.
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« Reply #143 on: Tue, 29 January 2013, 06:18:58 »
Quote from: daerid on Tue, 29 January 2013, 02:01:24
Personally, I love my Sensei. I'll probably be back on it here fairly shortly (I rotate mice frequently).

Definitely one of my favorites. Probably will pick up a RAW here soon, too.
I'm currently using mine that I picked up a few days ago, I am loving it so far. I also rotate mice fairly often, but after getting my G600 and Sensei I don't really feel like using any of my other mice. It's also one of the best looking mice I've seen so far.
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« Reply #144 on: Tue, 29 January 2013, 17:56:06 »
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