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Guest, it's time once again for the massively important and exciting FoH Asshat Tournament!
Go here and give us your nominations!Who's been the biggest Asshat in the last year? Give us your worst ones!
Tmac
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spronk
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xbox controller + windows dongle is $45 on amazon
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Mist
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Is the dongle better than bluetooth or just for people who don't have bluetooth?
Nemesis
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your mileage may vary, but I had problems getting my xbox wireless controller to work directly via PC Bluetooth and also be recognized on the Xbox Accessories app that is required to manage the controller.
after plugging in the USB dongle, zero issues.
after plugging in the USB dongle, zero issues.
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Mist
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Rezz
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Ugh, my bad for not reading all the shit. I thought the issue was with dongles (the wired controller is two pieces, typically, with a dongle on one end) being the dongle in question, not general purpose wireless use.
Though I will say, I have never used a wireless controller with a PC in any way/shape/form over a wired one, because the instances where I have (adapter or not) it always feels a little slow. No issues in RPGs/other non-response time intensive games, but playing any online fighting games with my PS4 controller definitely has a minor and noticeable delay. Anything that can reduce that delay would be a godsend in most cases, I imagine.
Though I will say, I have never used a wireless controller with a PC in any way/shape/form over a wired one, because the instances where I have (adapter or not) it always feels a little slow. No issues in RPGs/other non-response time intensive games, but playing any online fighting games with my PS4 controller definitely has a minor and noticeable delay. Anything that can reduce that delay would be a godsend in most cases, I imagine.
Vorph
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Easiest way to never have problems with wireless controllers is to buy a USB extension cable and plug the dongle (whether it's bluetooth or MS/Sony proprietary crap) into it well away from your PC and especially USB 3.0 devices, because they murder any nearby signals in the ~2.4GHz range. Been using DS4, XB1, 8bitdo, etc. controllers with my PCs via BT for years and haven't had any problems since I moved the BT dongle over by the keyboard. With a laptop, just placing it on the opposite side from where the USB 3.0 ports are is enough.
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Ambiturner
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Because Xbox wasn't as competitive, proving their point!
Sony's up to 7d chess over here
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Nemesis
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PC gamepass is free if you can manage about 5 minutes to bang a couple of brain cells together.