LOL … I can’t believe that 10 years of Razer fun and frolic have passed. It seems like only yesterday that we started dreaming about gaming mice and enhancing the gaming experience. The year was 1997 and there was this cool encoding technology that we owned and we were trying to figure out how best showcase our maiden product to the world. Since I was an old-time gamer from the late 70’s – Atari 2600, Mattel Intellivision, Coleco whatever – I naturally wanted to go the gaming direction.

Over the years I have had the distinct honor and privilege to travel the globe and meet gamers, fans, friends, competitors and the press and talk about Razer and our products. This has led us to believing in the power of the gaming community and just how important it is to not only listen to the users but to actively and purposely encourage and embrace outside innovation.

This blog post is not intended to blow smoke up anyone’s arse (I think those of you who know me understand this); what I’m hoping to accomplish is to thank all of the many fans who have written, phoned, come to events, IM’d, ICQ’d and sent messages in bottles by sea over the past decade. Your comments have always been appreciated, both good and critical. We have used your feedback to help create better hardware, firmware and drivers and in truth we could have never been the company we are today without you and your innovative suggestions.

Two weeks ago I became a member of three popular social networking websites, MySpace, Facebook and Friendster. Besides my blog and my direct email razerguy@razerzone.com you can now contact me through these three social communities with pictures, stories and other fun stuff. As always I will attempt to respond honestly and as fast as my stubby fingers will allow.

My personal pledge to you all is that no matter how fast and big Razer grows as a company there will always be the close and direct connection to the gaming community. We know who put us on top and will NEVER forget our roots.

Keepin’ it real

Here’s one of the latest reviews we have from The Cornell Daily Sun, for the Razer DeathAdder.

“…In terms of raw mouse performance, Razer is the best in the field. The DeathAdder combines the best of both into a stylish gaming mouse that is simultaneously fast and comfortable…

(It) just oozes style with a look that says “Look at me, I’m a hardcore gamer and I’m proud of it.” The soft blue glow and pulsating Razer insignia is surely an attractive sight at any LAN party. Razer has truly outdone themselves this time: the DeathAdder is everything that a PC gamer wants in a mouse.”

It was heartening to see such great response from hundreds of our cult members and fans in the two weeks since “Connect with Razerguy” was launched. I made it a point to approve all friend-requests and reply to each personal message and comment from everyone. I believe it is important to take such hands-on approach in interacting with all our Razer cult members. This is what the “Connect with Razerguy” initiative is about.

To reach out to more of our fans from over the world, I have taken into consideration the new networking sites our cult members have been suggesting. I have set up new accounts in Orkut, Bebo, Hi5 and Hyves so come join us soon!

Visit http://www.razerzone.com/connect/ for more details!

Firstly, let me congratulate Spnkr for being the very first winner of “What’s Your Razer Tag” Contest. He created a Razer Banner and Avatar and proudly posted it as his personal crest on the forum, JuegosOnline. What a stroke of genius!

Check out Spnkr’s masterpiece:

Most people might not have realised that the Razer Tags can be used in many innovative ways. Posting banners on blogs and websites, inserting badges into comment boxes on MySpace or Friendster; or like what Spnkr has done, displaying the Razer avatars as personalized icons on forums and Messenger.

Now you can generate your own tag with style through the Razer Tag Generator.
I for one can’t wait to see more great Razer tags being created!

Razer is blessed with a customer base that is always searching for ways to connect with their favorite companies on a more personal level. Be it new product concepts or ways to enhance existing products through driver and firmware add-ons, they are very involved with our company. The Connect with Razerguy program is designed to humanize the company even beyond our products, support teams, web site, user forums and my blog.

I have thus set up my own account in a couple of social networking sites, such as MySpace, Facebook and Friendster, to reach out and connect with all our hardcore fans and clan-mates out there. Now our fans can get updated on the latest developments at Razer or simply bond with fellow cult members all over the world.

All one has to do is to follow the links at www.razerzone.com/connect and sign in to a preferred social network to be part of this new initiative. Try it!

We just got notified of this whacked out user modification of a Razer Krait. Amazing.

Some of the crowd crashing into the Razer Booth at CeBIT 2007. Crazy stuff. Thanks to DamagerBaker over at YouTube for posting this up.

Charbax managed to shoot some pretty good video (Over at http://www.cebitvideo.com) of Theo, our product director showing off some of our latest products such as the Razer DeathAdder, Pro|Click Mobile as well as a quick glimpse at the Pro|Type at CeBIT 2007.

Were you at CeBIT 2007? See whether you can spot yourself in a series of our cam shots….

TigerTV has posted up a quick video review of the Microsoft Habu Gaming Mouse. Check it out below. We don’t really agree with his dutch rub but hey, whatever it takes.