Creative's WoW foot pedal

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06-29-2010, 11:14 AM
Aenar

Creative's WoW foot pedal

Forgive me if this topic is already posted - I did a quick search and didn't see anyting.

Blizzard is teaming up with Creative Sound Blaster to release a hardware foot pedal that works for most OS's. Running at £24.99 (not sure the US Currency cost when released). I find this exciting because I've been looking for a cheaper foot pedal & didn't have the skill to create my own (like others have on this site). I also didn't want to create a peice of crap that didn't have any eyecandy.

Details:
Available USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 port
OS supported:
Windows® 7 32-bit and 64-bit
Windows Vista® SP1 32-bit and 64-bit
Windows XP SP2 32-bit and 64-bit
Mac OS X v10.5 and above

http://uk.store.creative.com/product...id=1&pid=19725

http://static.mmo-champion.com/mmoc/...ne/tapchat.jpg
06-29-2010, 11:42 AM
Duane

Wish it was more than one pedal but for the price you can't ask for a whole lot more.
06-29-2010, 11:47 AM
jinkobi

YES YES YES!!

Sorry this got me excited, lol. I was just thinking about how I needed a 3rd hand (get your minds out of the gutter!) to fully have fluid movement for my team. This looks fairly limited but if I could use it to make my slaves strafe that'd be so cool.
06-29-2010, 11:53 AM
Kalros

Perhaps I'm missing something here, but I'm not quite sure how one extra button controlled by your foot would be very helpful.
06-29-2010, 11:55 AM
Toned

Push to talk on vent with a pedal so your hands can be focused on said Norp... err I mean said Raid and dps / moving without having to have a finger holding down a push to talk key.
06-29-2010, 12:00 PM
jinkobi

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kalros

Perhaps I'm missing something here, but I'm not quite sure how one extra button controlled by your foot would be very helpful.

I'd use my nose if they had a nose controller :D Or maybe like one of those things Stephen Hawkings uses :eek: Any extra appendiges would give me that much more control over my slaves.

My slaves strafe keys require me to take my hand off my own strafe keys. Hard to spam my attack macros-strafe my team- and move my tank. If I could set up the pedal to make my slaves strafe left and right it'd help me tons.
06-29-2010, 12:07 PM
Dooz

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kalros

Perhaps I'm missing something here, but I'm not quite sure how one extra button controlled by your foot would be very helpful.

its another key combination. Back when this site was hosted elsewhere there was a thread about a keyboard that someone had modified for their feet. Extra buttons are always a benefit. But this is nothing new: http://www.xkeys.com/xkeys/xkfoot.php
06-29-2010, 12:17 PM
Multibocks

I'm totally getting this and assigning my "dps" key to it. Will make movement so much easier.
06-29-2010, 12:43 PM
Lax

Are you kidding me? Sounds like it's too expensive for too few buttons to me. Zanthor showed me a $45 set of USB pedals with 3 of them but I don't have the link. Here's a quick google though:

3 switches, $44 which google says is about £29.1777: http://www.aerocooler.com/shop.cart?..._id=MISCY3FOOT

The branding will probably get Creative some sales though.
06-29-2010, 12:44 PM
Shabu42

Have you guys already forgotten http://xkeys.com/xkeys/xkfoot.php ?
06-29-2010, 12:46 PM
jinkobi

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lax

Are you kidding me? Sounds like it's too expensive for too few buttons to me. Zanthor showed me a $45 set of USB pedals with 3 of them but I don't have the link. Here's a quick google though:

3 switches, $44 which google says is about £29.1777: http://www.aerocooler.com/shop.cart?..._id=MISCY3FOOT

The branding will probably get Creative some sales though.

Now we're talking! Even a pedal for my third leg! :D
06-29-2010, 01:35 PM
Souca

Bah!

Hardcore people use these!

- Souca -
06-29-2010, 01:37 PM
Maxion

Quote:

Originally Posted by Souca

Bah!

Hardcore people use these!

- Souca -

Haha, I actually considered trying to play WoW using my Cobalt Flux pads for a while.
06-29-2010, 01:44 PM
Dooz

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shabu42

Have you guys already forgotten http://xkeys.com/xkeys/xkfoot.php ?

See my post above. But it's a little expensive. I think making one out of an old keyboard was a great idea. Wish i could find that thread.
06-29-2010, 03:34 PM
jinkobi

Quote:

Originally Posted by Souca

Bah!

Hardcore people use these!

- Souca -

Rofl... Sold out too!

If I had the space I might consider it, lol. I imagine it's hard to hold a keyboard+mouse and run in place :eek:
06-29-2010, 04:50 PM
Ughmahedhurtz

Quote:

Originally Posted by Souca

Bah!

Hardcore people use these!

- Souca -

Dead link.
06-29-2010, 08:03 PM
Monk3yv

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ughmahedhurtz

Dead link.

link works for me. Too bad I have no rhythm lol! -stomp stomp crash-

Totally getting something like this if you can keybind with it, example: Foot pedal+S for strafe
06-29-2010, 10:02 PM
Shabu42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dooz

See my post above. But it's a little expensive. I think making one out of an old keyboard was a great idea. Wish i could find that thread.

i know exactly which thread youre talking about, was it Bradster that developed it?
06-30-2010, 05:04 AM
alcattle

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aenar

Forgive me if this topic is already posted - I did a quick search and didn't see anyting.

Blizzard is teaming up with Creative Sound Blaster to release a hardware foot pedal that works for most OS's. Running at £24.99 (not sure the US Currency cost when released). I find this exciting because I've been looking for a cheaper foot pedal & didn't have the skill to create my own (like others have on this site). I also didn't want to create a peice of crap that didn't have any eyecandy.

Details:
Available USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 port
OS supported:
Windows® 7 32-bit and 64-bit
Windows Vista® SP1 32-bit and 64-bit
Windows XP SP2 32-bit and 64-bit
Mac OS X v10.5 and above

http://uk.store.creative.com/product...id=1&pid=19725

listed on the US creative site for $29.99
http://http://us.store.creative.com/...B003BQKCUI.htm

sold by Amazon
http://http://www.amazon.com/Sound-B...7888602&sr=8-1
06-30-2010, 07:40 AM
kate

I have the drum-kick pedal thing from Rockband - I'm gonna see if I can get it to work on my PC somehow. It'd be nice to just put my foot down to have everyone run or something.