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ROCCAT Valo Gaming Keyboard  (Source: ROCCAT)

ROCCAT Kone Gaming Mouse  (Source: ROCCAT)
ROCCAT enters the gaming peripheral war for gamers' dollars

New gaming peripherals pop up frequently with the promise of making your ability to play games better. We all know that a better mouse won’t make a bad gamer play like Fatal1ty. However, a better mouse and keyboard can help a decent gamer play better by providing better accuracy.

The typical peripheral makers that gamers look to are Logitech and Razer. Logitech recently launched its latest gaming mouse called the Logitech G9 and recently updated its perennial favorite gaming keyboard the G15. Razer also rolled out its latest gaming mouse called the Lachesis with a whopping 4000 dpi sensitivity and launched the new Lycosa keyboard with backlighting, a first for a Razer branded gaming keyboard.

A new gaming peripheral company is on the scene now called ROCCAT and has a pair of gaming peripherals looking to snag market share from the established brands. The first product is the ROCCAT Kone gaming mouse. The Kone claims to end the problem of cursor movement when you pick the mouse up from the desk surface thanks to the first Distance control Unit, which interrupts cursor movement when it senses the distance of the sensor to the desktop change. The mouse also boasts 96kb of onboard memory.

Five different LED lights in the mouse allow you to choose from over 1000 colors of lighting. Adjustable weight for the mouse allows custom tailoring of the feel and the mouse can be changed into a joystick for flight control. ROCCAT doesn’t specify the sensitivity of the mouse.

ROCCAT is also introducing the Valo gaming keyboard. Features for the keyboard include backlit keys and a G15 style display above the number pad. The keyboard has 2MB of onboard memory for storing macros and profiles. Gamers who like lots of macros will appreciate the 41 available macro keys and the external gaming mic. There is no word on the pricing for either of these peripherals and the ROCCAT site only lists the items as coming soon.

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mouse
By Etern205 on 12/10/2007 5:51:37 PM , Rating: 2
quote:
Five different LED lights in the mouse allow you to choose from over 1000 colors of lighting.


Does the mouse color change really fast? It yes then this would be the best mouse for those who wants to know how taking drugs feels like. :P




RE: mouse
By retrospooty on 12/10/2007 6:00:00 PM , Rating: 2
"Does the mouse color change really fast? It yes then this would be the best mouse for those who wants to know how taking drugs feels like. :P"

Not really - its chicken and egg. The colors look so cool on certain drugs because of the drugs. Take away the drugs and you just have colors.

In other words a light show while not on hallucinogens is just s light show. ;)


RE: mouse
By Dactyl on 12/10/2007 6:30:00 PM , Rating: 2
They should put frog DNA into the mouse, so you can pick it up and lick it whenever you need a psychotropic boost. Then you could enjoy all sorts of pretty colors.

They've put human DNA into mice, so why not frog DNA?


RE: mouse
By retrospooty on 12/10/2007 7:33:55 PM , Rating: 2
I'd lick it O_o


RE: mouse
By GeorgeOrwell on 12/10/2007 11:40:05 PM , Rating: 4
If it is made in China, maybe it already comes with a coating of date rape drug.

"You wake up and Russian mobsters have come to your house and stolen your fancy game computer. Worse yet, you are in a bath tub filled with ice. There is a note It mentions that lack of certain bodily organs. And there is a phone. Unfortunately it uses Skype. You wonder how your life came to this point."


RE: mouse
By qwertyz on 12/11/07, Rating: 0
RE: mouse
By Spivonious on 12/11/2007 8:50:55 AM , Rating: 3
Umm...

Open mailbox


RE: mouse
By 3kliksphilip on 12/11/2007 12:28:21 PM , Rating: 2
I do believe that a Chinese factory manager committed suicide after this happened (after paying all of his staff). That's dedication to doing a good job. If they'd have known about the paint they certainly wouldn't have used it. There are some decent people in China, despite what people here believe. Please don't make fun of them like this just for a few points from Daily Tech.

I don't know how people will respond to this, I'll probably be ridiculed or have my words twisted against me. But I'm fine with that. I know what I mean and I mean what I say.


RE: mouse
By rcc on 12/11/2007 1:11:00 PM , Rating: 2
How insulting. So you're saying they are not sophisticated enough in manufacturing to know what type of paint they are using?

Alrighty then.


RE: mouse
By 3kliksphilip on 12/11/2007 2:18:34 PM , Rating: 2
Do you honestly think that every company every where in the world can/will track the resources they use back to their sources? This isn't just something which happens in China. Just because this one was shown to the world, doesn't make it the only case. For example, if you were to see how some of the animals classed as 'free range' are treated in England (I don't know about America, I don't live there) you'd think twice when considering buying their produce. Either way, further along the line they'll cover it up, either innocently and unknowningly, or hoping that people will never find out. I do believe, from the manager's reactions (suicide), it was the former reason in China's case. Humans are humans where ever they are in the world, classing some as inferior to others is simply ignorance. That's all I was implying. Still, a clash in view points is always interesting to read. Just don't twist my words.


RE: mouse
By GeorgeOrwell on 12/11/2007 10:08:33 PM , Rating: 1
Okay, a bit of serious treatment first:

I doubt the manager committed suicide. He was likely instructed to do so by the government. They probably gave him a deal where they let his family live if he took the blame and then killed himself. Anything that causes a loss of money is a serious problem in China.

You do know that China is a brutally repressive Communist controlled military dictatorship, right? You make money for the right people and all is good. You will get rewarded with some money of your own and things to buy. Never mind the pollution and ecological crises all around you. You stray outside of these boundaries are you are killed/imprisoned/tortured/etc.

The likelihood of date rate drug getting into the paint by accident is just a bit far fetched. And then it is unclear whether or not the beads were painted whatever color they were and then "clear coated" with date rape drug.

Thus when you look a little deeper into the facts, you can see something was in play. I would suggest:

"Open mindbox".

Now to look at responding to your words in the way that you expected:

So we have date rape drug on some Catholic prayer beads that was put there by "some decent people".

I think you're off to a good start. No need for me to chime in. Why don't you take this a little further? ;-)


RE: mouse
By AstroCreep on 12/10/2007 7:22:41 PM , Rating: 2
Either that or it's a mouse you give to a bad kid that has epilepsy.


these guys are ridiculous
By JoshuaBuss on 12/10/2007 7:06:38 PM , Rating: 1
read the fairy tales pages. swearing and smearing of all the other manufacturers of "gaming gear".. wow.

quote:

This is an appeal to all manufacturers using gold plated USB plugs: leave the shit and use what is best for your customers, and not what’s best for your image or marketing strategy!


taken from the third page of the fairy tales section.. wow.




RE: these guys are ridiculous
By Parhel on 12/10/2007 9:31:49 PM , Rating: 3
I've never seen a peripheral manufacturer, nor any respectable company, curse like that on their website. Who cares if a gaming mouse has $0.15 worth of gold electroplating on the connector? Is the mouse less functional because of the added bling? Is it really all that dissimilar to adding color changing lights to the back of the mouse?

The way gaming companies try to appeal to the "X-TREME BADASS" mindset never ceases to amaze me. Do kids really respond to that kind of crap marketing?

These guys are sitting in a cubicle somewhere reading gaming forums asking themselves "How do we market towards these illiterate idiots," and this is what they came up with.


RE: these guys are ridiculous
By JoshuaBuss on 12/11/07, Rating: -1
RE: these guys are ridiculous
By Oobu on 12/11/2007 7:25:47 AM , Rating: 3
If you enjoy their website, go look at Razer's website. -shivers- Read their "book" they've written up for "noobs"... About halfway through you'll feel sad inside. I can't imagine why a company would release this garbage and be proud of it. It appears to have been written by a random member of the forums or something.

http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-guide/


RE: these guys are ridiculous
By mmntech on 12/11/2007 9:36:09 AM , Rating: 2
Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendell started all that crap. Zalman's "Fatal1ty" line of fans comes to mind, which were just regular 7700-Cu coolers painted red.
Yes, people do really respond to that marketing. It's the same attitude that has these kids put the mufflers on their Honda Civic to make it sound like a tractor.

There doesn't seem to be much useful information on this mouse on their website. 40mhz "TurboCore for enhanced processing power". What's that supposed to do? They don't even state whether it's laser or optical. No word on price either but I bet it will be expensive.


RE: these guys are ridiculous
By clovell on 12/11/2007 11:50:27 AM , Rating: 3
> It's the same attitude that has these kids put the mufflers on their Honda Civic to make it sound like a tractor.


I always though they sound more likee a pissed-off weedeater.


RE: these guys are ridiculous
By tedrodai on 12/11/2007 10:11:29 AM , Rating: 2
Are you kidding!? This is just what I've been waiting for!

The 1000's of ambient light choices and TurboCore are exactly what I need in a mouse to take my online RPG skillz to the next level!


RE: these guys are ridiculous
By someguy123 on 12/12/2007 12:02:38 AM , Rating: 2
holy crap that post about gold plating is the most retarded attempt at bashing something I've ever seen.

as someone said before the actual cost to the consumer is literally PENNIES, and gold plating can decrease the likelihood of your mouse malfunctioning as gold will never rust and isn't very reactive to anything you'd normally find in a household, making it a VERY good choice to use as a coating over the steel(?, or whatever metal) usb connector.


Transformers...
By Captain Orgazmo on 12/10/2007 6:44:48 PM , Rating: 2