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slytown
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Korea (South)1411 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-25 04:13:49
January 25 2012 04:13 GMT
#1621
On January 25 2012 12:19 mTwTT1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 25 2012 12:05 slytown wrote:
On January 25 2012 11:54 mTwTT1 wrote:
got a pm:

"I've got a white Realforce 86u with red esc and lavender wasd in pretty much perfect condition. I was looking for $185 + shipping. I live in Canada too (Montreal, Quebec) so shipping costs should be much better than from someone in the US.

http://imgur.com/a/yrDjT"

sounds like a good deal, should i go for it?

edit: its the white/gray version tho tt, wanted the black one
also are the 86u's 45g or 55g?



Ask him. Also also ask him for a photo that works. $185 is a fantastic deal though.

Anyway, the 86U could be either the mult-actuation force or the uniform-actuation force version (55g or 45g).

http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:4603

"...55g for the Esc key, 30g for keys commonly hit by the pinkies and 45g for the rest..."


i linked a pic on that post but the " got into the link
http://imgur.com/a/yrDjT

edit: a fuck its the mult-actuation version -_-, should i still go for it? i would have preferred buying the uniform actuation force vers

edit2: meh i went ahead and bought the board, we live in the same city so im saving on shipping costs aswell, he was nice enought to offer me a 2day test trial of the board before having to pay him, the only reason i took him up on his offer was to avoid being stabbed + robbed plus i wanted to see if the keyboard worked : D


Its just a matter of preference. Absolutely go for it.

Edit: Sweet. I know u'll love it.
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TT1
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada10014 Posts
January 25 2012 05:11 GMT
#1622
cool now i can join the Shikyo club
ab = tl(i) + tl(pc), the grand answer to every tl.net debate
SrKi
Profile Joined August 2011
Croatia10 Posts
January 25 2012 10:27 GMT
#1623
do u like it? maybe some little review playing sc2 on it?
Tansu
Profile Joined January 2012
Finland63 Posts
January 25 2012 16:18 GMT
#1624
I got my Razer Blackwidow keyboard yesterday and it's very bad. Macro keys just feel very odd and they make writing harder, clicky sound of this keyboard is much louder than I thought (it's just annoying sound...) and I have a lot of problems with double-tapping (I guess blue switches were a bad choice...). I have never before used a mechanical keyboard and I feel like that rubber domes are better. Is it possible that I just have to get used to this new keyboard and maybe it will feel better after few weeks of using? Have you guys been satisfied in your new keyboards immediately after getting them?
MHT
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden1026 Posts
January 25 2012 17:09 GMT
#1625
Been looking everywhere but the only mechanical keyboard that suits me is the Blackwidow Stealth(brownswitches) the only problem is that it doesn't come in nordic layout! Does anyone know if their planning on releasing it in the future? Can't find any information regarding this.
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-25 17:20:39
January 25 2012 17:15 GMT
#1626
Multi-acutation board has 30g for pinky keys, 40g for ring keys, 45g for other keys, 55g for esc. Nope it doesn't say 40g for ring keys anywhere but that's how it is.

I wonder how the alternative force layout will be for your SC2, it's good for me as I use a ASDF stance with all 4 fingers, but if you only use say, index and middle fingers it can get a bit strange especially if you try to doubletap the different keys. Also, number 1 is 30g, number 2 is 40g and number 3 on are 45g so it might be strange for doubletapping control groups as well.


On January 26 2012 01:18 Tansu wrote:
I got my Razer Blackwidow keyboard yesterday and it's very bad. Macro keys just feel very odd and they make writing harder, clicky sound of this keyboard is much louder than I thought (it's just annoying sound...) and I have a lot of problems with double-tapping (I guess blue switches were a bad choice...). I have never before used a mechanical keyboard and I feel like that rubber domes are better. Is it possible that I just have to get used to this new keyboard and maybe it will feel better after few weeks of using? Have you guys been satisfied in your new keyboards immediately after getting them?

Not sure why you went for blackwidow as a gaming board as it's really bad for gaming. The striking feature of blue switches is the sound, so if you don't like it I'm not sure why you went for that. Blue switches are the worst for doubletapping so not sure why you went with them again. =P Then there's the issue of BlackWidow having the worst build quality out of all the "gaming" mechanical keyboards in existence.

My suggestion: Return the board and get this instead:
http://www.jimms.fi/tuote/6101691


On January 26 2012 02:09 MHT wrote:
Been looking everywhere but the only mechanical keyboard that suits me is the Blackwidow Stealth(brownswitches) the only problem is that it doesn't come in nordic layout! Does anyone know if their planning on releasing it in the future? Can't find any information regarding this.

Pretty strange if the only board that suits you is Blackwidow stealth. There's like a thousand better brown switch boards available.
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MHT
Profile Joined August 2010
Sweden1026 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-25 17:29:38
January 25 2012 17:27 GMT
#1627
On January 26 2012 02:09 MHT wrote:
Been looking everywhere but the only mechanical keyboard that suits me is the Blackwidow Stealth(brownswitches) the only problem is that it doesn't come in nordic layout! Does anyone know if their planning on releasing it in the future? Can't find any information regarding this.

Shikyo wrote:Pretty strange if the only board that suits you is Blackwidow stealth. There's like a thousand better brown switch boards available.

Well thing is I also need a few macro keys and the only other one i found was the Corsair K90 but its has almost too many it becomes easy to hit the wrong key. That and it looks kinda bad IMO. If you know any other red/black/brown switch with macro keys i might look into it though.
TT1
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada10014 Posts
January 25 2012 17:29 GMT
#1628
[image loading]

my precious... BUAHAHAHAHHAHA
ab = tl(i) + tl(pc), the grand answer to every tl.net debate
ZenithM
Profile Joined February 2011
France15952 Posts
January 25 2012 17:33 GMT
#1629
On January 26 2012 02:29 mTwTT1 wrote:


my precious... BUAHAHAHAHHAHA

So...is it good? :D
Shikyo
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Finland33997 Posts
January 25 2012 17:34 GMT
#1630
On January 26 2012 02:27 MHT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2012 02:09 MHT wrote:
Been looking everywhere but the only mechanical keyboard that suits me is the Blackwidow Stealth(brownswitches) the only problem is that it doesn't come in nordic layout! Does anyone know if their planning on releasing it in the future? Can't find any information regarding this.

Show nested quote +
Shikyo wrote:Pretty strange if the only board that suits you is Blackwidow stealth. There's like a thousand better brown switch boards available.

Well thing is I also need a few macro keys and the only other one i found was the Corsair K90 but its has almost too many it becomes easy to hit the wrong key. That and it looks kinda bad IMO. If you know any other red/black/brown switch with macro keys i might look into it though.

Better keyboard is far more valuable than macro keys, buy a seperate numpad and program macros into those
League of Legends EU West, Platinum III | Yousei Teikoku is the best thing that has ever happened to music.
TT1
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada10014 Posts
January 25 2012 17:42 GMT
#1631
On January 26 2012 02:33 ZenithM wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2012 02:29 mTwTT1 wrote:


my precious... BUAHAHAHAHHAHA

So...is it good? :D


yea the keys feel awesome, need to test it out tho just got back home
ab = tl(i) + tl(pc), the grand answer to every tl.net debate
slytown
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Korea (South)1411 Posts
January 25 2012 20:24 GMT
#1632
On January 26 2012 02:42 mTwTT1 wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2012 02:33 ZenithM wrote:
On January 26 2012 02:29 mTwTT1 wrote:


my precious... BUAHAHAHAHHAHA

So...is it good? :D


yea the keys feel awesome, need to test it out tho just got back home


Congrats TT1. Im jelly. Now when you go to MLG you have to show it off.
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velocitygirl
Profile Joined September 2010
United Kingdom64 Posts
January 25 2012 22:28 GMT
#1633
On January 26 2012 02:27 MHT wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 26 2012 02:09 MHT wrote:
Been looking everywhere but the only mechanical keyboard that suits me is the Blackwidow Stealth(brownswitches) the only problem is that it doesn't come in nordic layout! Does anyone know if their planning on releasing it in the future? Can't find any information regarding this.

Show nested quote +
Shikyo wrote:Pretty strange if the only board that suits you is Blackwidow stealth. There's like a thousand better brown switch boards available.

Well thing is I also need a few macro keys and the only other one i found was the Corsair K90 but its has almost too many it becomes easy to hit the wrong key. That and it looks kinda bad IMO. If you know any other red/black/brown switch with macro keys i might look into it though.


The Corsair macro key placement is quite good in this regard - the macro keys are about a centimeter lower down than the rest of the keys, and feel different as well. Where on the BlackWidow I constantly had friends using it and accidentally triggering macros, I haven't run into this problem on the K90.

I'd definitely suggest Shikyo's suggestion of simply programming macro keys onto a separate numpad (or even just unused keys), as you should have a few spare on any keyboard. The Filco Majestouch-2 is a great keyboard that you can get with Browns (or indeed all of the standard Cherry switches), so perhaps try that?
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Rk0
Profile Joined August 2011
Netherlands224 Posts
January 26 2012 00:51 GMT
#1634
So what keyboard do most pro's use? I know EG uses a lot of steelseries 6gv2, Destiny loves his DAS but what do the other pro gamers use and the koreans? Filco?
KookyMonster
Profile Joined January 2012
United States311 Posts
January 26 2012 00:58 GMT
#1635
To be honest, pros use generally what their sponsors provide for them (because keyboards are pricey) I think Liquipedia has what board each player uses on their page if I remember correctly.
Paper is Imba. Scissors is fine. -Rock
Rk0
Profile Joined August 2011
Netherlands224 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-01-26 01:04:17
January 26 2012 01:01 GMT
#1636
On January 26 2012 09:58 KookyMonster wrote:
To be honest, pros use generally what their sponsors provide for them (because keyboards are pricey) I think Liquipedia has what board each player uses on their page if I remember correctly.


I can only find info about the TL players...

I am interested in buying a Filco and I heard a lot of news about it, just wondering what the Pro's are using, I have a blackwidow currently but I am missing a lot of keys when typing and I dont really like the general feel of it.
tuho12345
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
4482 Posts
January 26 2012 08:11 GMT
#1637
[image loading]
Not bad?
Depetrify
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
978 Posts
January 26 2012 08:42 GMT
#1638
On January 26 2012 17:11 tuho12345 wrote:
[image loading]
Not bad?



Moar info? XD
landaishan
Profile Joined March 2010
Australia104 Posts
January 26 2012 09:55 GMT
#1639
i have a filco blue switch and a tt meka g1 black switch and theyre both amazing. i cant decide which one i like best although the black does seem much better for gaming.

anyone that claims blacks are too heavy or tiring or whatever needs to start lifting some weights
courage mateship sacrifice endurance
Soan
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
New Zealand194 Posts
January 26 2012 10:20 GMT
#1640
Seems like might be the right place to post this, but for anyone living in New Zealand, MightyApe now stocks Das keyboards.
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