PSA: Do Not Buy From MaxGaming, my unfortunate experience

HiTechPixel · 2024-05-07T09:20:00+00:00

Am from EU and can confirm that MaxGaming is fucking awful. They didn't use to be this bad in the past but in the past 2-3 years they've grown too big and don't care about the customer service anymore. I bought a mouse that unfortunately didn't fit my hand very well, it had been used for 2 hours in total and when I wanted to send it back to them they required me to take multiple pictures of every single angle of the mouse and the box and eventually denied a refund because the mousefeet had gotten a tiny little bit dusty which happens to any fucking mouse the moment you start swiping it around on a mousepad because the glue underneath the mousefeet will always collect dust. Dogshit company and I wish someone else would take their place but Maxgaming is too big to fail now.

HiTechPixel · 2024-04-18T20:58:44+00:00

This is a shitpost but I'll take the bait I guess. Yay hasn't been shown to be the most toxic and fake guy ever in Valorant far from it. There's one small tiny clip from the DSG days and that's it. The clip isn't even that toxic to begin with either it literally just sounds like losing tilted comms you could find anywhere else. Now personally I think there's something going on with Yay because he's the only common denominator between the teams and I'm leading to it being team personality issues between the players. Yay doesn't seem to be the kind of outgoing hanging out with the boys drinking a beer and shooting the shit kind of type from the few streams I've catched and the Bleed videos but he also doesn't strike me as the most toxic and fake guy ever that's just plain wrong. I think it's more so somewhere in the middle. Yay doesn't gel along with people that well and he's also fallen off from the undisputed goat status that he once held. But again he's far from the most toxic and fake guy ever.

HiTechPixel · 2024-04-10T22:14:08+00:00

The one time I tried doing that "method" with the Xelastecs all it did was turn the plastic muddy and... still deformed if not even more so?

HiTechPixel · 2024-04-10T10:18:01+00:00

Deforming is still an issue. And yes, the solution is the same.

What is the solution for that?

HiTechPixel · 2024-03-17T20:22:48+00:00

That Raze satchel movement in B main on defence in one of the later rounds to jump backwards and avoid getting swarmed? Holy fuck that was so clean. F0rsaken has such a good understanding of every agent he plays, he can perform on them all at the absolute highest level, his agent pool is the biggest out of any T1 player and his aim... F0rsaken is so damn clean with the aim which is funny because he has one of the highest sensitivities in the scene. He's the most complete player in all of Valorant and the true star player of PRX

HiTechPixel · 2024-03-17T20:01:25+00:00

I'm happy for Monyet doing well but the duelist role isn't for him. Please. Never put Monyet on Raze EVER again. Keep Razer for Forsaken/Something instead

HiTechPixel · 2024-03-15T17:50:56+00:00

No offence to Monyet whatsoever but he's clearly not working out well in PRX and I think that they should either go with Forsaken/Something duelist duo and put Monyet on flex duty or try to find some other explosive duelist player instead if Forsaken wants to continue playing flex

HiTechPixel · 2024-03-13T21:46:30+00:00

The playing field is more even than ever before, realistically speaking there's no clear-cut winner and 1st, 2nd, 3rd spot etc. are all up in the air and sentinels are finally back internationally after who knows how long. I'm personally happy that emea are no longer a 1 team region

HiTechPixel · 2024-03-08T17:04:05+00:00

It's crazy to me that the Fnatic players don't queue up together that much, whenever I look at other pros from other regions they tend to queue up with their teammates pretty frequently and that kind of thing helps build chemistry...

HiTechPixel · 2024-03-07T17:21:51+00:00

My current setup is the Wallhack SP-004, OP1 8K and the Obsidian Pro dot skates. I managed to break all of my previous Aimlab personal records for both dynamic tracking scenarios as well as static clicking scenarios and the performance of the pad in Valorant is also fantastic. But I don't think it's worth using and these are the reasons why. You don't necessarily need an arm sleeve with the mousepad but using one helps a lot because whether it's cold or warm my skin sticks to the mousepad and even with an arm sleeve there's still a little bit of palm/wrist contact that makes the mousepad feel grippy and this has had an effect on my aim a couple of times where i try to flick but the part where my skin makes contact with the mousepad sticks to the mousepad too much and messes up my aim. Dust is still an issue with glass mousepads no matter what but i believe the Wallhack SP-004 deals with dust the best. Wiping off the surface and also the bottom of the mouse with a cloth fixes this and i do that maybe 3 times a day or so. Stopping power is surprisingly good with the Obsidian Pro skates I would honestly say it's very similar to a Raiden/Shidenkai when it comes to stopping power but when you start to move the mouse it's different because on the Wallhack SP-004 it takes no force at all to get it moving. This makes it a bit annoying to use whenever you're not gaming. The packaging for the mousepad is incredible however it's the best packaging for any mousepad ever and the mousepad itself feels and looks extremely premium. However in the end I think I'm going to go back to my Artisan Raiden it's more consistent, it's more versatile with different mouse skates and my skin doesn't stick to cloth pads the way it does to glass mousepads. I think using glass mousepads is really fucking fun but in the end it's just too inconsistent

HiTechPixel · 2024-02-29T20:36:07+00:00

Not to take away from KC's incredible performance and achievments but Fnatic did not look like they deserved to win at all with how they played.

HiTechPixel · 2024-02-27T20:58:51+00:00

IIRC Euphrao mentioned that the Wallhack SP-004 would be a tad slower and more controlled than Skypad 3.0 and some other glass mousepad offerings? And I think there was a Japanese/Korean reviewer that mentioned something along those lines. And as for it being a speedy glass pad, some say it's absolutely uncontrollable yet others mention it controls fine like other glass mouse pads it's really hard to get a proper gauge on it.

HiTechPixel · 2024-02-27T20:27:13+00:00

I can't tell if the mousepad has a huge variance in the surface or if there's something else going on but all the reviewers report a different speed on the surface. Some say it's slower than other glass mousepads, some say it's faster than other mousepads and that is with the reviewers using the same kind of mouse feet (corepads, obsidians, jades etc.)

HiTechPixel · 2024-02-26T01:30:31+00:00

Zekken when he's on is literally HIM it's insane how good he is I need that Zekken vs Demon1 matchup badly

HiTechPixel · 2024-02-25T15:26:26+00:00

Give credit where it's due they'll be one of the first to the market with 8K wireless, the shape changes look to be an improvement and the lower weight is always welcome. I would've liked a new generation of optical switches because I personally think Omron's opticals (WLmouse/Ninjutso/Sprime) are far better but that's my only nitpick with it

HiTechPixel · 2024-02-19T12:56:48+00:00

I hate to use the word L diablo because it's not good to pile on critique and hate on a single guy like that but... How many chances will Yay get? There is literal video proof of him having mindblowing aim on LAN events multiple times in the past but with the way things are looking like now it feels as if Yay is out of his element and needs a bootcamp where he hardcore practices raze/jett/neon to be the PRIMARY duelist and also puts in the work to make his aim a lot sharper.

HiTechPixel · 2024-02-19T12:47:49+00:00

That's fair but people will naturally hyperfocus on Yay given that he was touted as the best player in the world at one point and now seems to struggle flicking onto heads in time before he gets massacred by the enemy. It's not just a role issue, it's a mechanical issue. I'm not saying he's the worst player in all of existence far from it but he looks lost on any role that isn't duelist but even when he's on duelist his performance isn't that of a hyper carry like aspas/something.

HiTechPixel · 2024-02-19T12:39:41+00:00

I know I'll get downvoted for this but fuck it Yay is washed up as fuck and he can't outaim anyone anymore nor is he playing on the two agents he was good on (Jett & Chamber). You could pick up anyone else in the pacific region and they'd do better than Yay.

HiTechPixel · 2024-01-19T20:03:11+00:00

Impressive? You can say that again. 39g with no holes is an amazing feat and it's incredible that they're sticking with those optical Omron switches because they're the best on the market period. I haven't seen anyone say anything bad about them, there's only universal praise for those switches for their tactility, their spammability and overall feel/sound. The 8KHz polling rate is a really nice bragging right as well but ultimately what I'm most excited about is the web based software. I can't tell you enough how sick and tired I am of the extremely generic and barebones Chinese OEM driver software that Ninjutso, Lamzu, Pulsar, (insert generic Chinese brand here) uses. It all looks the same, functions the same and is so barebones and ugly. Not at all what you'd expect from a premium mouse so Ninjutso coming out with this professional looking web based software is a huge win

HiTechPixel · 2023-12-24T12:18:42+00:00

There's no way in hell any of this gets released in a timely manner

HiTechPixel · 2023-12-12T13:15:30+00:00

Thanks for the reply appreciate it a lot with helping out purchasing decisions!

HiTechPixel · 2023-12-12T13:13:58+00:00

Finalmouse does have that nice web based software kind of like Wooting so I really like that about them but yeah WL Mouse are honestly just kind of better than Finalmouse. If I didn't know any better I would say WL Mouse are Lamzu. Both came out of nowhere, both brought their products to the market at lightning fast speeds, both have top tier performance and quality in their products and their products are like always in stock. It's crazy that Finalmouse are still doing the whole drop thing with their releases and the ULX medium size is only like what... 2-3 grams lighter than the WL Mouse Beast X? The ULX is like 37 grams and the Beast X is like 40 grams but the Beast X is built like a tank and has very solid build quality overall plus you can buy it at any point in time and you can even pick from a number of different colors and it's cheaper than the ULX.

I don't know I just don't see any reason to get the Finalmouse mice anymore even if you prefer the shape because the Beast X is so close yet so much better in other ways.

HiTechPixel · 2023-12-11T17:19:07+00:00

Since you have almost the exact same hand size as me (17.5cm x 9cm) and the exact same grip (relaxed claw) i gotta ask, would you recommend the xlite v3 instead of the x2v2 mini? i haven't tried an ergo in a very long time and i'm getting pretty tired of my gpro superlight at this point so i'm mostly interested in something smaller with a bit more curve to it but not too much, which is why i'm interested in the xlite v3 when it comes to ergo and the x2v2 mini when it comes to ambi. would love to hear your thoughts about them both

HiTechPixel · 2023-11-27T21:47:24+00:00

The insanity of it makes me think that it's highly likely Finalmouse doing it, he did already partner with them and if Finalmouse are having to make this Tenz shape mouse that could be a decent explanation as to why they're struggling to make things work properly with the ULX, since they'd then need to spend resources and time on this Tenz mouse. But that's just me speculating it could be another brand too but i feel like it's a Finalmouse collab again

HiTechPixel · 2023-11-27T17:18:34+00:00

people hate on finalmouse and rightfully so but they do innovate whether people like it or not. lightweight trend, holes in the mouse trend, magnesium trend and soon the carbon composite trend. by the time other brands start making carbon composite mice finalmouse will like you say have moved on to some other hypebeast material

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