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Good lord, I had one of these. By SoundBlaster, IIRC (May still have it in a box somewhere).
For the confused younger folk: They were a neat idea on paper, but awful in practice. Being all rigid plastic without padding on the base, they excelled at transmitting every bump/vibration of the desk, keyboard taps and (roller ball) mouse movement. ๐ฌ
Before headsets with mics or decent noise cancellation were a thing, and before online gaming was much of a thing, so most gamers had powered speakers on their desks. Which the mic was also great at picking up...
I put mine on top of my monitor and used tape to keep it there. All problems solved.
The only downside was if u got real into a match I might poke myself in the eyeโฆ.
No leaning forward in the heat of the moment... ๐