They'd better have a ton of them saved up then
Sure it's probably nice to use, but practical it's not.
First off, the control for the Falcon is basically the same as the control with a mouse. It is direct position control - you move right-left, the cross hair moves right-left in a one-to-one fashion. You move up-down, the cross hair moves up-down. With the mouse, when you get to the edge of your workspace you have to pick it up and move it. With the Falcon, when you get to the edge of your workspace, you just push against a virtual spring, and you keep moving. That's a big advantage when you learn how to use it. It's almost like having a reactive rubber band surrounding your mousepad. Also, you feel things in the game that you don't get with a mouse. When you're shot, for example, you feel exactly what direction it precisely came from, and you can react quicker. I've lived in TF2 when a pyro blasted me using a Falcon where I would have died with a mouse. You learn to react from the feel of it, and you can instantly turn to where you feel the attack coming from, knowing where your opponent is exactly before you start moving, rather than knowing generally where your opponent is, and then needing to find him visually. Forces help your brain to react better. You feel a subtle forces when you uncloak as a spy or when as your sticky bombs are becoming ready to fire, letting you feel more precisely when you can strike. It's a small incremental bonus, but you get used to it, and all of the added feedback and understanding makes you better. The control itself has advantages too. Ultimately, given the outer workspace usage of the Falcon, where you are pushing against virtual springs, you can spin faster than even a movement on a 4000 dpi mouse. If you really crank up the spin rate, and practice a lot, you'll be able to be faster and better.
I think, ironically, that the debate will shift in the future to whether the Falcon should be allowed in professional competitions given the advantages it gives.
Comedy gold right there. Here's a tl;dr version:
The falcon is superior because:
-you can't run out of desk space.
-you can tell where things are coming from.
-it can have a high sensitivity.
Last edited by Lucien (2009-06-29 07:49:08)
