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mardi
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States1164 Posts
November 10 2010 16:24 GMT
#21
I have a filco with brown switches. i guess if you wanna burn an additional 40 bucks on this go for it. This is what FlaSh said in the article:

"The keyboard is a vital piece of equipment, especially for Starcraft. It needs to be very durable and responsive, as you need to reach a higher APM in this type of game than any other games", says Young Ho 'Flash' Lee and continues, "I have been using the ZOWIE CELERITAS for about 4 months and the RTR technology has allowed me to improve my APM. I suggested to make the left windows key function as ctrl and I am happy to see that ZOWIE has listened. This will help many gamers to avoid annoying mistakes."


Hmm, does anyone have any footage of him using this in Proleague or in the OSL Finals? Even Blizzcon? I don't remember him using a black keyboard at all, always his white one. My guess is that Zowie put this is in just for marketing purposes.

Scodia
Profile Joined September 2010
United Kingdom588 Posts
November 10 2010 16:27 GMT
#22
The double control key sounds pretty awesome. I really don't need another windows key on the keyboard but the extra reach allowed with the CRTL further across sounds like a great idea.
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dinmsab
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
Malaysia2246 Posts
November 10 2010 16:28 GMT
#23
I bet the original product sucked like hell.. but then flash blessed it with the touch of his gosu hands and it instantly became a super pro keyboard that gives you 500apm.
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Cadgers
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States514 Posts
November 10 2010 16:33 GMT
#24
I love that they have quotes from a pro Kart Rider player. Sort of weird to see the market flooded with mechanical keyboards after the release of Star2 but for $160 + shipping you have a lot better options imo.
GreEny K
Profile Joined February 2008
Germany7312 Posts
November 10 2010 16:36 GMT
#25
wow that's a steep price. It seems to me that all Zowie products are pretty pricey. Is that because they are a good brand or are they overpriced?
Why would you ever choose failure, when success is an option.
Dekoth
Profile Joined March 2010
United States527 Posts
November 10 2010 16:36 GMT
#26
Why do they find it necessary to continue making mechanical keyboards ugly? Seriously if I wanted a plain black ibm style kb I would just break out one from the huge pile I have sitting in the garage. I certainly wouldn't pay $160 for one.

Eh, I am just not sold on the whole mechanical KB bit. Frankly outside perhaps the top pros, I doubt anyone here has the reflexes to notice the difference between a digital and a mechanical. Also, you would think for what they are charging, they could of done a little better photoshop job.
Cadgers
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
United States514 Posts
November 10 2010 16:39 GMT
#27
On November 11 2010 01:36 GreEny K wrote:
wow that's a steep price. It seems to me that all Zowie products are pretty pricey. Is that because they are a good brand or are they overpriced?


Overpriced.
Wdqgdf
Profile Joined April 2010
Sweden13 Posts
November 10 2010 16:43 GMT
#28
On November 11 2010 00:03 vicariouscheese wrote:


edit: whats with steelseries and zowie and the large enter key? do people actually like it?

I got the Steelseries 7G and I really don't care about the large enter key as such, I just wish that they hadn't moved the apostraphe because of it (also, I hate the tiny backspace key).
Graham
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Canada1259 Posts
November 10 2010 16:47 GMT
#29
I'd be potentially interested if it wasn't for the price.
Unless a bunch of reviews start coming out praising this keyboard to be a step above Flicos or even Razer's BlackWidow...
Boonbag
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
France3318 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-10 17:03:56
November 10 2010 17:01 GMT
#30
Japanese pro typing keyboards brands destroy anything else in existence

all these keyboards the gaming brands are throwing at you are a rip off, pricewise and construction wise next to the classic pro keyboards.

I'll try to get the japanese english site that sells those, I'm pretty sure it's the same manufacturers than pro fighting games sticks etc..

edit : and they come in dozens of construction flavors depending on what you do with it and what you need
zerious
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada3803 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-11-10 17:07:49
November 10 2010 17:06 GMT
#31
On November 11 2010 01:28 dinmsab wrote:
I bet the original product sucked like hell.. but then flash blessed it with the touch of his gosu hands and it instantly became a super pro keyboard that gives you 500apm.


They should make rulers and scotch tapes, also. So we can get the full Flash effect.
Boonbag
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
France3318 Posts
November 10 2010 17:07 GMT
#32
On November 11 2010 02:06 zerious wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 11 2010 01:28 dinmsab wrote:
I bet the original product sucked like hell.. but then flash blessed it with the touch of his gosu hands and it instantly became a super pro keyboard that gives you 500apm.


They should make rulers and scotch tapes also, so we can get the full Flash effect.



Secret training art of the bleeding fingers. Hmmm..
Virtue
Profile Joined July 2010
United States318 Posts
November 10 2010 17:13 GMT
#33
I have one of Zowie's headsets and it is really a great product. It is really durable(The headband is so flexible that you can almost flatten the entire headset out against the table without breaking it) and has great sound quality despite what a lot of audiophiles will tell you. Their other products are pretty boring, in my opinion, but this looks promising. I have an old black alps switch mechanical keyboard, but I've been looking for one with Cherry brown switches to keep down the noise since black alps are almost as buckling springs or cherry blues.

Too bad its freaking expensive!
CubEdIn
Profile Blog Joined April 2006
Romania5359 Posts
November 10 2010 17:19 GMT
#34
On November 11 2010 02:13 Virtue wrote:
has great sound quality despite what a lot of audiophiles will tell you


I'm sorry what?

That's like saying that plain baked potatoes are a gourmet dish despite what food critics/chefs tell you.
Im not a n00b, I just play like one.
tofucake
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Hyrule19182 Posts
November 10 2010 17:40 GMT
#35
On November 11 2010 02:19 CubEdIn wrote:
Show nested quote +
On November 11 2010 02:13 Virtue wrote:
has great sound quality despite what a lot of audiophiles will tell you


I'm sorry what?

That's like saying that plain baked potatoes are a gourmet dish despite what food critics/chefs tell you.

They have great sound quality, so long as you're not looking for deep bass and immersiveness (music, video, etc...) Hammers really are quite good for gaming, but not much else.
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Hot_Bid
Profile Blog Joined October 2003
Braavos36388 Posts
November 10 2010 17:42 GMT
#36
Kind of a close call, as it is tangentially related to Flash, but this is basically a product advertisement.
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