Playing BF3 With Trackpad?

Apr 27, 2012
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Hello everyone, I will be building a pc and am looking to hook it up to a 32'' tv. I am thinking about getting a keyboard with a trackpad similar to this one

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...6109&CatId=537

I will mostly be gaming with BF3 and maybe Skyrim/WOW. I haven't played many computer games but when I did I would use a mouse.

Would it make a big difference using a keyboard with a track pad? The reason is I currently have a 19" tv so I can sit at my desk and with the 32" tv I need more distance.
 

Red Storm

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If your goal is to be the worst player every match and not have very much fun at all you're on the right track!

Get a mouse.
 

Dankk

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God no.

If you want to play FPS games on the couch, and you don't have a solid surface available, may I suggest a Logitech Trackman Marble? Been gaming with mine for years and it's awesome.

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http://www.logitech.com/en-us/product/trackman-marble
 

dpodblood

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Trackpad would be absolutely terrible. A trackball would be better, but still not very good. If you really want to play from the couch I would recommend getting one of those cushioned laptop surfaces like this and get a mini keyboard and a real mouse.
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Bateluer

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With a track pad, you'll be more crippled than a console player with a controller.
 

dpodblood

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Whoa, that looks amazing. Do you have that? How is it in practice?

I've never played an FPS with it, but I see no reason why it wouldn't work. Just use a mouse pad as you would on a normal desk. I have used mine once and a while to play GW2 on my big screen. Also if you want to take things a step further you could get a gameboard:

http://www.logitech.com/en-ca/product/g13-advanced-gameboard?crid=825

I think Razer even makes a mechanical version of those things now.
 

moonbogg

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When that special moment arrives, that final moment in which our eyes meet upon the battlefield and we gaze into eachothers mortal souls, me with my G700 and you with your track pad, these words I encourage you to remember and save them for that special time:

Despair outloud
Despair and fear
Its all despair when noone hears
My soul is screaching
It mouns to you
Its like a whisper, its like a flute
The midnight fence, that holds me back
It aches my heart with metal bars
Despair is all i know
Despair its lonely yet its my home
Despair is simple, it holds 7 words
Despair
come join me
We wont die alone.