Razer Nostromo or Naga?

[strife]

why do you guys keep wasting your money on these programmable numpad devices?

standard keyboard has 30 keys easily within reach on left side of keyboard + hundreds of possibilities using ctrl/shift/alt modifiers

everything a programmable mouse/input device can be done with a free macro program.

at the very least get a a programmable KEYBOARD. do you guys really have the desktop space for numpad + keyboard + mouse? moving your left hand from device to device since numpad cant do many important functions.

Probably because they... (shocking)want to? I did it for the simple fact that, playing on a standard keyboard(currently the g15) for hours on end is tiresome and causes my hands to hurt.. the ergonomics of the gamepads can't be beat by a standard keyboard. Even your ergonomic keyboards don't provide the support of the gamepads.

I have plenty of desk space so having a gamepad around isn't an issue... and I also run both the programs on my G15 as well as AHK for some of the more advanced stuff.

Also for someone who isn't technical, the programmable keyboards/gamepads are easier to get macros in than AHK or whatever macro program you use.