SteelSeries Aion limited edition Zboard keeps MMO addicts stuck in the basement
By Darren Murph 
posted September 8th 2009 2:20AM
posted September 8th 2009 2:20AM
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posted September 8th 2009 2:20AM
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Didn't Ideazon ever realize how shitty their design is? What MMO gamer uses the arrow keys to move? We all use the WASD keys and then macro spells and abilities to buttons on the mouse and around the keyboard. How about placing that keyboard addon to the left.
Pfft! Screw arrow keys! There's a reason my A & S keys are barely noticeable, with the letter D nowhere to be found on my keyboard.
I don't think they actually expect most MMO gamers to move with the arrow keys, arrow keys are just standard issue on keyboards. They also clearly marked the WASD keys with arrows. Placing the keyboard add-on on the left wouldn't make sense if players are using WASD to move, and it would require the gamer to learn an utterly different config. Although I'm not a big fan of the art decals, I very much trust anything SteelSeries, except in being inexpensive =P
Haha wasd? I play with esdf because it offers twice as many keys around it for action buttons. Don't forget your Razer naga mouse, oh you don't have one?
Theres a reason all of my arena teams are above 2150, you don't even leave sap before me and my buddy drop your healer.
I don't use WASD either, I use SDFG (up down left right respectively). This frees up all the adjacent keys, and is probably why I consistently place top 3 in WoW arena brackets :) It's also hilarious to see anyone else try to figure out my setup, since I use these keys for any game that requires movement. Fuck WASD in the ear; who came up with that?
@Peter,
You don't move left or down? Huh? Either you are playing a side scroller or your high
@melenor
nobody cares where you place in the wow arena brackets. but. i agree WSAD is lame, should have made it EDSF, more surrounding keys and still the basic arrow-key layout.
This thread is full of hilarity.
Wow!Looks beautiful especially for gaming!;))) Want that keyboard!
Why is the gaming area on the right? I mean, for the majority of us who are right-handed, mouse goes in the right hand, keyboard is done with the left, no?
Also, I have an ideazon board and it's crap. I'm going to take it out back and shoot it and get a logitech, like I should have done the first time.
Who would want that gay-ass graphic plastered all over the thing?
this mmo looks gay im only gonna try the 10 day trial i bet its gonna suck though the only mmo i look forward to playing other than WoW is star wars the old republic now that looks like a true WoW competition
I have a Zboard and I'm a big fan of its interchangable key sets-nice to see a new key set.
not backlit? and who uses their mouse hand for buttons? nobody
until there's a design that beats the logitech g15 they can suck my balls
i know the prices are completely different, but at the very least put the extra buttons ON THE LEFT. who makes these keyboards? non-gamers i assume
Surprisingly this game is actually decent. Good game mechanics. Not sure about the end game though. Could suck after you get to high levels. At least they can add to that. The basic mechanics are usually unfixable and is where most games screw up. This one actually got it right. I still don't like how characters run in most Asian games tho...lean forward to much for my taste...
I'm sure it'll be a great game. Enjoy the free rootkit installed on your systems folks. I don't have the link handy, but my friends and I did a little 'wiki-ing' about the 'anti-cheat' software, and it's basically a rootkit on your PC that won't be easy to remove, ever.