• Log InLog In
  • Register
Liquid`
Team Liquid Liquipedia
EST 01:53
CET 07:53
KST 15:53
  • Home
  • Forum
  • Calendar
  • Streams
  • Liquipedia
  • Features
  • Store
  • EPT
  • TL+
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Smash
  • Heroes
  • Counter-Strike
  • Overwatch
  • Liquibet
  • Fantasy StarCraft
  • TLPD
  • StarCraft 2
  • Brood War
  • Blogs
Forum Sidebar
Events/Features
News
Featured News
RSL Season 3 - RO16 Groups C & D Preview0RSL Season 3 - RO16 Groups A & B Preview2TL.net Map Contest #21: Winners12Intel X Team Liquid Seoul event: Showmatches and Meet the Pros10[ASL20] Finals Preview: Arrival13
Community News
Weekly Cups (Nov 10-16): Reynor, Solar lead Zerg surge1[TLMC] Fall/Winter 2025 Ladder Map Rotation14Weekly Cups (Nov 3-9): Clem Conquers in Canada4SC: Evo Complete - Ranked Ladder OPEN ALPHA9StarCraft, SC2, HotS, WC3, Returning to Blizzcon!45
StarCraft 2
General
Mech is the composition that needs teleportation t SC: Evo Complete - Ranked Ladder OPEN ALPHA RotterdaM "Serral is the GOAT, and it's not close" [TLMC] Fall/Winter 2025 Ladder Map Rotation Weekly Cups (Nov 10-16): Reynor, Solar lead Zerg surge
Tourneys
Constellation Cup - Main Event - Stellar Fest 2025 RSL Offline Finals Dates + Ticket Sales! $5,000+ WardiTV 2025 Championship RSL Revival: Season 3 Sparkling Tuna Cup - Weekly Open Tournament
Strategy
Custom Maps
Map Editor closed ?
External Content
Mutation # 500 Fright night Mutation # 499 Chilling Adaptation Mutation # 498 Wheel of Misfortune|Cradle of Death Mutation # 497 Battle Haredened
Brood War
General
FlaSh on: Biggest Problem With SnOw's Playstyle What happened to TvZ on Retro? BGH Auto Balance -> http://bghmmr.eu/ SnOw's ASL S20 Finals Review BW General Discussion
Tourneys
[BSL21] GosuLeague T1 Ro16 - Tue & Thu 22:00 CET [Megathread] Daily Proleagues Small VOD Thread 2.0 [BSL21] RO32 Group D - Sunday 21:00 CET
Strategy
Current Meta How to stay on top of macro? PvZ map balance Simple Questions, Simple Answers
Other Games
General Games
Clair Obscur - Expedition 33 Beyond All Reason Stormgate/Frost Giant Megathread Should offensive tower rushing be viable in RTS games? Path of Exile
Dota 2
Official 'what is Dota anymore' discussion
League of Legends
Heroes of the Storm
Simple Questions, Simple Answers Heroes of the Storm 2.0
Hearthstone
Deck construction bug Heroes of StarCraft mini-set
TL Mafia
TL Mafia Community Thread SPIRED by.ASL Mafia {211640}
Community
General
US Politics Mega-thread Russo-Ukrainian War Thread Things Aren’t Peaceful in Palestine The Games Industry And ATVI About SC2SEA.COM
Fan Clubs
White-Ra Fan Club The herO Fan Club!
Media & Entertainment
Movie Discussion! [Manga] One Piece Anime Discussion Thread Korean Music Discussion
Sports
2024 - 2026 Football Thread Formula 1 Discussion NBA General Discussion MLB/Baseball 2023 TeamLiquid Health and Fitness Initiative For 2023
World Cup 2022
Tech Support
TL Community
The Automated Ban List
Blogs
Dyadica Gospel – a Pulp No…
Hildegard
Coffee x Performance in Espo…
TrAiDoS
Saturation point
Uldridge
DnB/metal remix FFO Mick Go…
ImbaTosS
Reality "theory" prov…
perfectspheres
Customize Sidebar...

Website Feedback

Closed Threads



Active: 2151 users

Monitor, keyboard, earbuds, mousepad - Page 2

Blogs > Froadac
Post a Reply
Prev 1 2 All
Golgotha
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Korea (South)8418 Posts
May 23 2011 03:56 GMT
#21
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823204017

try finding this keyboard. the click clack is not as loud as it is a MX Brown. Also, it has a large CTRL key for easier grouping and no windows key to worry about (you can still map a windows key). Also everything is compact so more keys are in easier reach.

imo best gaming keyboard i have ever used.
djcube
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States985 Posts
May 23 2011 03:56 GMT
#22
On May 23 2011 12:23 shindigs wrote:
I haven't had much experience with blacks but I believe they're similar to browns, but IMO browns are probably the better choice as they feel good both typing and gaming.

Blacks are actually not really similar to browns at all. Blacks have high activation force and are non-tactile, while browns are tactile and have low activation force, which is actually the exact opposite.

I guess I can agree with the other people, though, that mech keyboards somehow got way over hyped on TL like the past year. They feel good to type on, but it somehow turned into this "mech keyboards magically make you awesome at SC" or something.
Golgotha
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
Korea (South)8418 Posts
May 23 2011 03:59 GMT
#23
On May 23 2011 12:56 djcube wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 23 2011 12:23 shindigs wrote:
I haven't had much experience with blacks but I believe they're similar to browns, but IMO browns are probably the better choice as they feel good both typing and gaming.

Blacks are actually not really similar to browns at all. Blacks have high activation force and are non-tactile, while browns are tactile and have low activation force, which is actually the exact opposite.

I guess I can agree with the other people, though, that mech keyboards somehow got way over hyped on TL like the past year. They feel good to type on, but it somehow turned into this "mech keyboards magically make you awesome at SC" or something.


true it wont make you better at SC unless you are comfortable with the keyboard. it's all about comfort.
Froadac
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States6733 Posts
May 23 2011 04:05 GMT
#24
I'm not falling for that misnomer. Just nice, and I have the money.
shindigs
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States4795 Posts
May 23 2011 04:11 GMT
#25
I'll say this: having a comfortable mech keyboard has improved my mentaility. My fingers get less tired from playing and my thoughts translate into the game a lot more smoothly.
Photographer@shindags || twitch.tv/shindigs
Froadac
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States6733 Posts
May 23 2011 04:25 GMT
#26
Does anyone have a blackwidow? It has blues, and they sell it at bestbuy. ANd i don't know what to use the card on.
Froadac
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States6733 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-23 22:36:40
May 23 2011 06:18 GMT
#27
Alright, I've established I"m going to get a QcK mass, the steelseries headphones, and the blackwidow. Does that sound reasonable? Any advice on the monitor?

Also what is the sound quality like on the steelseries microphone?
Genome852
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States979 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-24 12:43:55
May 24 2011 12:37 GMT
#28
On May 23 2011 13:25 Froadac wrote:
Does anyone have a blackwidow? It has blues, and they sell it at bestbuy. ANd i don't know what to use the card on.


Blackwidow has a lot of issues I believe. If you don't want to Google them, here are some that come from the top of my head:

1. Many BlackWidows have their spacebar touching the right alt key. When you press down spacebar, there is a high chance of right alt also being pressed down. Some people don't have this problem, but you can YouTube videos of it.

2. I think it only supports 2KRO. This means that there are certain key combinations where the maximum amount of keys that can be pressed down and recognized by the computer is limited to two. If I'm dropping $100+ on a keyboard, I expect better (there are $30 gaming keyboards that support 6KRO+).

3. Glossy surfaces attract fingerprints. This probably only bothers me though....

I also hear horror stories about them failing quickly in general.

One of the clerks at MicroCenter really tried to get me to buy it, he even opened the box to let me try it out. He swore that it was the best keyboard he ever used.

Despite all this, I think the BlackWidow is still one of the only mechanical "gaming" keyboards around though. If you REALLY need macro keys and all that stuff and have to have a mechanical keyboard, I don't think you have much choice unless you go into the $150 range. I'd do some research first.

Edit: I'd stay away from headsets or headphones marked as "gaming headsets." There's a whole thread on TL about headphones. I've used several different gaming headsets - Razer Barracuda being one of them, and they don't sound nearly as good as my current Audiotechnica AD700s. I used to play CS at a high level as well, and I have a much easier time distinguishing footsteps with the AD700s which are stereo (people say it's due to a better "sound stage") compared to the Barracudas which are 5.1 surround. They aren't even comparable when it comes to listening to music.

NEXT, if you don't mind spending ~$5 more, and if you have the space, I would recommend the PureTrak Talent mousepad. I've heard nothing but good things about it, and I'm planning on getting one myself once my current SS QcK+ retires.
Froadac
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
United States6733 Posts
May 24 2011 14:52 GMT
#29
Thanks.

Alas I'm getting one because I have a huge bestbuy giftcard, and I don't know what else to spend it on >.>
Prev 1 2 All
Please log in or register to reply.
Live Events Refresh
Next event in 3h 7m
[ Submit Event ]
Live Streams
Refresh
StarCraft 2
RuFF_SC2 196
ProTech123
SortOf 85
Trikslyr23
StarCraft: Brood War
Sea 4203
Calm 3936
BeSt 347
Zeus 263
EffOrt 115
Shinee 48
Sharp 24
NotJumperer 17
Hm[arnc] 10
Dota 2
monkeys_forever707
League of Legends
JimRising 663
Reynor48
Counter-Strike
Coldzera 1395
Other Games
summit1g10079
hungrybox220
C9.Mang0192
rGuardiaN24
trigger4
Dewaltoss3
Organizations
Other Games
gamesdonequick622
StarCraft: Brood War
UltimateBattle 91
StarCraft 2
Blizzard YouTube
StarCraft: Brood War
BSLTrovo
sctven
[ Show 13 non-featured ]
StarCraft 2
• practicex 16
• AfreecaTV YouTube
• intothetv
• Kozan
• IndyKCrew
• LaughNgamezSOOP
• Migwel
• sooper7s
StarCraft: Brood War
• BSLYoutube
• STPLYoutube
• ZZZeroYoutube
League of Legends
• Rush1685
Other Games
• imaqtpie430
Upcoming Events
The PondCast
3h 7m
Replay Cast
16h 7m
RSL Revival
1d
herO vs Zoun
Classic vs Reynor
Maru vs SHIN
MaxPax vs TriGGeR
BSL: GosuLeague
1d 14h
RSL Revival
2 days
WardiTV Korean Royale
2 days
RSL Revival
3 days
WardiTV Korean Royale
3 days
IPSL
3 days
Julia vs Artosis
JDConan vs DragOn
RSL Revival
4 days
[ Show More ]
Wardi Open
4 days
IPSL
4 days
StRyKeR vs OldBoy
Sziky vs Tarson
Replay Cast
4 days
Monday Night Weeklies
5 days
Replay Cast
5 days
Wardi Open
6 days
Liquipedia Results

Completed

Proleague 2025-11-16
Stellar Fest: Constellation Cup
Eternal Conflict S1

Ongoing

C-Race Season 1
IPSL Winter 2025-26
KCM Race Survival 2025 Season 4
SOOP Univ League 2025
YSL S2
BSL Season 21
CSCL: Masked Kings S3
SLON Tour Season 2
RSL Revival: Season 3
META Madness #9
BLAST Rivals Fall 2025
IEM Chengdu 2025
PGL Masters Bucharest 2025
Thunderpick World Champ.
CS Asia Championships 2025
ESL Pro League S22
StarSeries Fall 2025
FISSURE Playground #2
BLAST Open Fall 2025

Upcoming

BSL 21 Non-Korean Championship
Acropolis #4
IPSL Spring 2026
HSC XXVIII
RSL Offline Finals
WardiTV 2025
IEM Kraków 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter 2026
BLAST Bounty Winter 2026: Closed Qualifier
eXTREMESLAND 2025
ESL Impact League Season 8
SL Budapest Major 2025
TLPD

1. ByuN
2. TY
3. Dark
4. Solar
5. Stats
6. Nerchio
7. sOs
8. soO
9. INnoVation
10. Elazer
1. Rain
2. Flash
3. EffOrt
4. Last
5. Bisu
6. Soulkey
7. Mini
8. Sharp
Sidebar Settings...

Advertising | Privacy Policy | Terms Of Use | Contact Us

Original banner artwork: Jim Warren
The contents of this webpage are copyright © 2025 TLnet. All Rights Reserved.