OK you PC guys, I just don't get why mouse/keyboard FPS is such a big deal.

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Mouse+Keyboard is just superior. Too many dellusional people here.

1) With a KB+M you can run and move diagonally (forward + strafe) then jump left, change weapons while mid-air, do a 180º turn, crouch and BOOM, HEADSHOT!! All of this in less than 1 second. Or when you face an enemy you can do insanely fast movements that doesn't allow your opponent to aim at your head, like rapidly change between strafing left and right or crouch, while you try headshot him. Can a gamepad do that? HELL NO!!! You can't do this on a console because auto-aim + clunky movement controls don't allow for this high level skill show-off.

2) Do you know why in Proffessional Gaming Competitions the Sports Games are ALWAYS played with a Keyboard? Because the Keyboard allows for a superior and faster input that gamepads can't provide. Infact, in any multiplatform game the keyboard/mouse is chosen as the main controller of the game in proffessional gaming, regardless whether the game sold more on PC or not. For Example, in FIFA 08, a sports game, has the Keyboard as the controller for proffessional competitions like WCG or CGS, because the keyboard provides a faster input than the gamepad, and FIFA 08 sold far more on consoles than on PC.

3) The movement response in a keyboard is atleast two times faster than with an analog stick, which is EXTREMELY IMPORTANT for FPS gamers. The keyboard's response is so fast that you can make fast and repetitive strafing as a way to reduce your opponent's aim, I did that alot in UT and ET and it was very effective many times.

4) Control of the degree of speed is POINTLESS in an FPS. You either run as fast as you can or you crouch. Messing with at what speed you run/walk just gets you killed more often.