good 2 hear something about the optical mouse. a mate of mine switched 2 1 as well but i couldnt get much feedback on how it performed.as it turns out he cant c anything 2 shoot so he gave up playing.now he wears glassess & still wont play lol!! anyway im using a standard cordless 1 at the moment, but a cordless optical (mmmm!!) i could handle 1 of them.