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[-] Brewchin@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago

Good lord, I had one of these. By SoundBlaster, IIRC (May still have it in a box somewhere).

For the confused younger folk: They were a neat idea on paper, but awful in practice. Being all rigid plastic without padding on the base, they excelled at transmitting every bump/vibration of the desk, keyboard taps and (roller ball) mouse movement. 😬

Before headsets with mics or decent noise cancellation were a thing, and before online gaming was much of a thing, so most gamers had powered speakers on their desks. Which the mic was also great at picking up...

[-] jambudz@lemmy.zip 6 points 10 months ago

Hey hey hey. Not just the youths don’t know. People who didn’t talk to people also don’t know.

[-] prettybunnys@piefed.social 3 points 10 months ago

I put mine on top of my monitor and used tape to keep it there. All problems solved.

The only downside was if u got real into a match I might poke myself in the eye….

[-] Brewchin@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

No leaning forward in the heat of the moment... 😄

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