Razer Shows Love for Southpaws, Releases First Gaming Grade Mouse for Lefties
Razer Shows Love for Southpaws, Releases First Gaming Grade Mouse for Lefties
Posted 03/16/2010 at 8:42am
| by Paul Lilly
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Well hi giggly hey, Razer, if Ned Flanders were a gamer, this might be the happiest day of his life. That's because Razer just announced the first gaming grade mouse designed specifically for left-handed fraggers - son of a diddly!
"Leftie gamers have long been requesting that we develop a gaming grade mouse that is designed exclusively for the left-handed gaming community and we really value the feedback we receive from our fans," said Robert 'Razerguy' Krakoff, president, Razer USA. "Not many gamers know this, but I am a southpaw myself and feel truly excited to have a mouse that fits perfectly in my left hand. There is really no substitute for gaming with your naturally dominant hand."
Before right-handed gamers cry foul, this isn't an entirely brand new model, but a left-handed version of the popular DeathAdder gaming mouse. As such, lefties get the same benefits of their right-handed brethren, including a 3500dpi 3.5G infrared sensor, 1000Hz ultrapolling, 1ms response, on-the-fly sensitivity adjustments, five programmable buttons (including two on the right side), and everything else you remember about the Death Adder.
Razer has the DeathAdder for lefties on backorder for $60.
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deadsenator
March 18, 2010 at 12:24pm
I am right handed. I now use a mouse left handed because of Diablo. <click-ckick-ckick> Carpal Tunnel can sneak up on you....
It took me a month to get proficient in games with the left handed mouse (or trackball). I used the arrows and number pad for everything else initially. Now I have an ambidextrous gaming pad for the right hand and it works very well.
The trackball I use can sometimes come out of the socket and bam, I am dead. Looking for a left handed mouse for this might make things right, but I have yet to see.
Don't bash on the lefties. One day it may be you!
nekollx
March 18, 2010 at 12:27pm
Lefties are like zombies...don't let them bite you....
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K0BALT
March 16, 2010 at 8:43pm
Left people are like Gingers... they have no souls. Move to Europe and get a car with the drivers seat on the right-side as well.
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M-ManLA
March 16, 2010 at 7:05pm
I agree with a lot of people here. Being a southpaw, I have gotten use to using my right hand not just with the mouse, but in everything in life. It is a hard knock life being a lefty.
Electronically charged
foamcup
March 16, 2010 at 3:24pm
Heck yes! I've got a Razer Habu, which fits comfortably in the left hand, but I can't use the side buttons. Two more buttons I can use is two more ways to own people, ha!
Spartacus
March 16, 2010 at 2:19pm
I'm left handed. I couldn't use a left handed mouse to save my life. It's not that I've gotten used to right handed mice, it's that I've always used right handed mice, and every lefty I know is the same. I can't imagine anyone actually using a mouse left handed. How are you supposed to use the WASD buttons at the same time?
nekollx
March 16, 2010 at 2:40pm
Left handed keyboard ;)
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van_helblaze
March 16, 2010 at 10:22am
I know what you guys mean, lefty PC gamers get shafted, I'm the only person I know who has 2 mice hooked up to their computer, Ambidextros mice suck. Now if only more companies would see that there is a untapped market of left handed gaming mice.
NOOBZ1LLA
March 16, 2010 at 10:00am
I've been with the left-handed afflication for as long as I can remember.
But one thing I've never done is use a mouse with my left hand. I would say most leftys like myseflf just got used to using right handed mice. Trying to use one with my left hand feels really wierd. I can see why they don't make more left-handed mice, not even leftys use them!
lunchbox73
March 16, 2010 at 10:54am
Here here brother. A life time of using a mouse in my right hand has made it feel natural but I don't want to go around telling people that. They might assume we're not trying hard enough to be "normal" like everybody else.
It's right to be left!!
nekollx
March 16, 2010 at 9:38am
i never got why it's so HAAAAARD to make left hand mice, jsut frip the dang shell Company X.
There
Done
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