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UniversalSnip
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WaveofShadow
Canada31495 Posts
*dance, my marionettes, DANCE* | ||
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Alaric
France45622 Posts
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Requizen
United States33802 Posts
On September 27 2013 01:18 mordek wrote: Where I come from, visiting Chi-town is big plans for the weekend  I love Chicago, best city in the world imoimo, but it sucks that it's in the middle of the midwest. If I could move to Colorado and bring Chicago with me, it would be the best. On September 27 2013 01:18 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: WAIT YANGO WORKS WHERE ROFFLES WORKS? re: Keyboard: I'm skeptical of the Das because their keycaps are printed instead of engraves, which might lead to them wearing out more easily. Anyone thoughts on that? I'd prefer a brown switch, but am open to blue. Don't really see the point of paying the extra money for a red switch and I'm not gonna get a black switch for the time being, want to spare my fingers. I've been looking into WASD keyboards (Filco clones) as well as actual Filcos (so expensive QQ). Ducky keyboards seem nice, but importing seems like a nightmare and I can't find that many US importer/sellers - don't wanna pay to omuch on shipping/importing. There's a Rosewill 9000 Filco clone that is super cheap (like 65 bucks) but from reviews I'm told the USB connector isn't soldered and tends to break, which would be annoying. I don't have keycaps for mine at all lol, I've been touchtyping since grade school. It's hard for the random buttons (symbols and like Print Screen), but I haven't had too big a problem. so far. I have a Brown Switch, it's still pretty noticeable compared to a normal board sound-and-feedback wise. I don't know if I'd go Blue or Black in comparison, I'm not forceful enough for a black switch. | ||
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
On September 27 2013 01:18 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: WAIT YANGO WORKS WHERE ROFFLES WORKS? re: Keyboard: I'm skeptical of the Das because their keycaps are printed instead of engraves, which might lead to them wearing out more easily. Anyone thoughts on that? I'd prefer a brown switch, but am open to blue. Don't really see the point of paying the extra money for a red switch and I'm not gonna get a black switch for the time being, want to spare my fingers. I've been looking into WASD keyboards (Filco clones), but they're often out of stock - the CODE keboards look nice but it looks like it'll be months before they'll be back... as well as actual Filcos (so expensive QQ). Ducky keyboards seem nice, but importing seems like a nightmare and I can't find that many US importer/sellers - don't wanna pay to omuch on shipping/importing. There's a Rosewill 9000 Filco clone that is super cheap (like 65 bucks) but from reviews I'm told the USB connector isn't soldered and tends to break, which would be annoying. CM Storm TKL is pretty solid, the brown switches go on sale pretty often, and usually around 50 bucks when on sale. Depends whether or not you want numpad* | ||
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jcarlsoniv
United States27922 Posts
On September 27 2013 00:58 Paegan wrote: me too  sorry, newbs not allowed | ||
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GhandiEAGLE
United States20754 Posts
On September 27 2013 01:22 Requizen wrote: I love Chicago, best city in the world imoimo, but it sucks that it's in the middle of the midwest. If I could move to Colorado and bring Chicago with me, it would be the best. Seattle best city | ||
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HazMat
United States17077 Posts
On September 27 2013 01:18 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: WAIT YANGO WORKS WHERE ROFFLES WORKS? re: Keyboard: I'm skeptical of the Das because their keycaps are printed instead of engraves, which might lead to them wearing out more easily. Anyone thoughts on that? I'd prefer a brown switch, but am open to blue. Don't really see the point of paying the extra money for a red switch and I'm not gonna get a black switch for the time being, want to spare my fingers. I've been looking into WASD keyboards (Filco clones), but they're often out of stock - the CODE keboards look nice but it looks like it'll be months before they'll be back... as well as actual Filcos (so expensive QQ). Ducky keyboards seem nice, but importing seems like a nightmare and I can't find that many US importer/sellers - don't wanna pay to omuch on shipping/importing. There's a Rosewill 9000 Filco clone that is super cheap (like 65 bucks) but from reviews I'm told the USB connector isn't soldered and tends to break, which would be annoying. CM Quickfire pro is beast. | ||
Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21245 Posts
Why Colorado in particular? I'm in NYC to escape the hellhole of Colorado huehue [spoiler]I jest I like Colorado but you don't often see people moving to Colorado[/spoiler @Wei: Yea I want a numpad for sure. I didn't get a chance to look at all of the CM models, just glanced at the QuickFire Pro for a bit, is there a good one that is 104 keys? @ Haz I looked at the pro a bit last night didn't get a chance to go too deeply into it, but isn't the half-lit style kinda weird? O_O I don't foresee myself using backlighting, but I feel like either full backlit or no backlit would be better cosmetically. Also keycaps are weird as hell everyone has different terminology for it so it's super confusing. Not being engraved isn't a dealbreaker for me, but an engraved keycap would probably be a plus in my book. | ||
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Requizen
United States33802 Posts
I <3 Colorado because Skiing and Hiking are my favorite activities, even over swimming. The Summit County is one of my favorite places in the world, and I also have family in CO. Though I'd love to try Skiing other peaks someday. | ||
AsmodeusXI
United States15536 Posts
On September 27 2013 01:42 Requizen wrote: Yeah, I do miss the caps sometimes, but it's not a huge deal. I went with Das because it made sense for me based on price, visuals (I like the all black), and reviews. I don't know enough about the other ones. I <3 Colorado because Skiing and Hiking are my favorite activities, even over swimming. The Summit County is one of my favorite places in the world, and I also have family in CO. Though I'd love to try Skiing other peaks someday. I haven't been skiing in a few years and it HURTS MY SOUL. One of the last times was when I was in Japan and skiing in Nagano though. So nice. | ||
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
Also, CA > errywhere else. | ||
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Requizen
United States33802 Posts
On September 27 2013 01:43 AsmodeusXI wrote: I do like my BlackWidow just fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine. /flameshieldon I haven't been skiing in a few years and it HURTS MY SOUL. One of the last times was when I was in Japan and skiing in Nagano though. So nice. I haven't been in like... a year and a half? I miss it  Skiing overseas is a dream, man, I'm jelly. How are the slopes in Japan? | ||
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AsmodeusXI
United States15536 Posts
On September 27 2013 01:50 Requizen wrote: I haven't been in like... a year and a half? I miss it Skiing overseas is a dream, man, I'm jelly. How are the slopes in Japan? Nagano was great. Not as fluffy as I imagine Colorado is, but better than NH and Maine (which is my wheelhouse). Beautiful views too. Only problem is that I had to rent skis through my vacation package, which meant a pair of wooden planks from the 1970s. Rough shit mang. | ||
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kainzero
United States5211 Posts
I'll get my revenge one day. | ||
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Requizen
United States33802 Posts
I just love skiing. Slopes are the best place in the world, my zen world. | ||
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Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21245 Posts
On September 27 2013 01:44 wei2coolman wrote: quickfire pro is pretty good, but not as much "bang for buck", but I think they go on sale every once in a while as well. Also, CA > errywhere else. yeah that's kinda the vibe I got, though people seem happy enough with 'em. I might just get a non-backlit WASD. Duckys do look cool but I'd have to go jump through some hoops to get one. Hm. | ||
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Zess
Adun Toridas!9144 Posts
On September 27 2013 01:18 Carnivorous Sheep wrote: WAIT YANGO WORKS WHERE ROFFLES WORKS? re: Keyboard: I'm skeptical of the Das because their keycaps are printed instead of engraves, which might lead to them wearing out more easily. Anyone thoughts on that? I'd prefer a brown switch, but am open to blue. Don't really see the point of paying the extra money for a red switch and I'm not gonna get a black switch for the time being, want to spare my fingers. I've been looking into WASD keyboards (Filco clones), but they're often out of stock - the CODE keboards look nice but it looks like it'll be months before they'll be back... as well as actual Filcos (so expensive QQ). Ducky keyboards seem nice, but importing seems like a nightmare and I can't find that many US importer/sellers - don't wanna pay to omuch on shipping/importing. There's a Rosewill 9000 Filco clone that is super cheap (like 65 bucks) but from reviews I'm told the USB connector isn't soldered and tends to break, which would be annoying. They've fixed the USB connector issue to be epoxied on, but the PCBs are no longer printed with the Costar label anymore: ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/B8xWf1rl.jpg) V3.0 boards are still Costar (Filco OEM) but V4.0 no longer have Costar printed on the PCB (might still be manufactured by Costar and Nashville is just some other thing?). Stabilizers are still costar instead of cherry though. If you want to be a keyboard elitist I would go for like laser engraved keycaps on a high class manufacturer, but I have both a rosewill 9k and a cmstorm quickfire tk and they both work fine. The primary draw for me is switches, since everything else is basically free and therefore overpriced (you can buy keycaps, backplates, chassis from enthusiasts or even print/machine your own). | ||
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Carnivorous Sheep
Baa?21245 Posts
What are these "high class" manufacturers? drop some names plox | ||
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Zess
Adun Toridas!9144 Posts
Best value I'd probably get a quickfire rapid or quickfire TK but with the rapid you don't get a numpad, and with the TK there is a learning curve to being used to using the numlock key to toggle between home/end/arrows and numbers. I picked up my Rosewill for $45 after rebate and my quickfire TK for $55 | ||
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