Age of the Keyboard + Autoaim?

[foq]

It's pretty easy to use a mouse with a laptop. My uncle does so and he doesn't even play games on his laptop. It's just so much better than the other meathods that are in place for cursor movement on laptops that even the average joe should want one.

I really don't think that Quake needs to change to suit these laptop users. Firstly, out of all the PC market, less than 1% still play quake, wether it's a desktop or a laptop, so it's not going to be nescessary. Secondly, it's much easier to use a mouse with your laptop rather than to make a series of boring, flat maps nobody would want to play. Thirdly, most people who gave gaming in mind use a desktop anyway.

[Efess]

I think this idea would work more for people on PSP or Wii, or other ports that use a specialized controller.

I bet the majority of that 60% use a mouse with their laptop. The trackpad is nice when it comes to portability, but for extended use at a desk, a mouse is a lot more comfortable.

A server like this would have to restrict how fast you can look in order for the mouse players not to have an advantage. I remember Descent 3 did this in favor of the joystick players.

[Patton]

Glitch could use something like this baker. He may claim he uses a mouse, but it is more like abuses one. Dude is all thumbs. Anything to help his aim would be much appreciated.

[Baker]

I just read that laptops/notebooks are 60% of the home PC market.

What percent of those people are really going to be using a mouse?

If so, maybe on a server or 2, shouldn't there be a return to flatter maps that are more keyboard friendly and Doom 2 style auto-aim?

I mean using a touchpad or the keyboard is asking to get pounded, the same way that those Wii or PSP players connect to a Quake server and are freebies.

Just thinking out loud ...

On the plus side, someone bothering to use a bot when there is auto-aim would be a little silly. Combined with anti-wallhack, there wouldn't be a meaningful way for someone to cheat on an auto-aim enabled server.

I wonder what percent of players no longer play because they are using a laptop and can't compete with desktop + mouse players?