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Offline Slux

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Why rubberdomes are better than mechanical keyboards.
« on: Tue, 01 November 2011, 12:13:38 »
For gaming.

Rubberdomes are better than mechanical keyboards for gaming due to the high resistance at the beginning and no resistance through. This ensures no fatigue and high accuracy because of the way rubberdomes work. You will always bottom out if you are playing intense matches and have to double tap repeatedly so the smooth motion is only useful for touch typing. Mechanicals are better built, have better durability, feel better, and are great for typist. Rubberdomes are better for gaming due to the point I said before. They just lack in the luxury part.

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« Reply #1 on: Tue, 01 November 2011, 12:15:28 »
If that is your opinion have you tried reds. That would mean that all of the motion is smooth.
BTW you sound like a troll.

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« Reply #2 on: Tue, 01 November 2011, 12:16:53 »
I'm tired of these trolls

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« Reply #3 on: Tue, 01 November 2011, 12:18:27 »
That's just my opinion on the subject. You are free to be offended by it but that's just what I personally think. I'm entitled to my opinion.

EDIT: Also, could you people please make a reasonable argument instead of calling me a troll. If you disagree with someone, be specific and try to do in a intelligent manner instead of like a "troll".

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« Reply #4 on: Tue, 01 November 2011, 12:21:14 »
I would quote individual pieces, but there's no need. The entirety of your post words it as if you are stating a solid, indisputable fact.

Meanwhile, I have a nice collection of friends who wouldn't dream of gaming on a rubber dome board.
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« Reply #5 on: Tue, 01 November 2011, 12:23:09 »
It's an opinion. If you disagree with it, specify why.

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« Reply #6 on: Tue, 01 November 2011, 12:26:05 »
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It's an opinion. If you disagree with it, specify why.

I don't think it's what you said, it's how you said it.


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« Reply #7 on: Tue, 01 November 2011, 12:27:07 »
Well disregard the way I said it and just take it as an opinion. I'd like your opinion on why you disagree with it instead of calling me a troll like I said before.

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« Reply #8 on: Tue, 01 November 2011, 12:27:26 »
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It's an opinion. If you disagree with it, specify why.
I have not shown anyone mechanical keyboards and them not like it. My girlfriend hates her old rubber dome now and everyone else has either bought one or said the only thing preventing them is the price.
Rubber domes where made to save money that is it.

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« Reply #9 on: Tue, 01 November 2011, 12:31:09 »
That's not the point. I'm fully aware of the quality of mechanical keyboards and what they produce, I'm just saying in theory, wouldn't rubberdomes be best because of the way they work? The high resistant pressure point down to no resistance seems the most reasonable to me. Let's assume that rubberdomes have the same quality such as a topre since they are very similar, wouldn't you agree with my statement?

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« Reply #10 on: Tue, 01 November 2011, 12:32:14 »
Mechanical keyboards can have NKRO; rubber dome 'boards are "gaming optimized" at best.  Riding the activation point is much easier on a mechanical keyboard than a rubber dome 'board.

I don't game, personally, but these are just a few common reasons some gamers go mechanical.  Plenty of other gamers use rubber dome 'boards.  YMMV.


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« Reply #11 on: Tue, 01 November 2011, 12:33:32 »
You're new here... Where if the first thing you post is anti-mech then it's pretty damned obvious you didn't come here to be liked.
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« Reply #12 on: Tue, 01 November 2011, 12:34:54 »
I never understood the point of NRKO when you don't even utilize even close to that many presses. You use 2rko at most in a RTS and maybe 3-4 keys in a FPS.

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« Reply #13 on: Tue, 01 November 2011, 12:35:27 »
The only thing I would disagree with is the "no fatigue" part.  The rest is pretty much personal preference.


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« Reply #14 on: Tue, 01 November 2011, 12:36:24 »
I'm aware that this is a mechanical dominated forum, that's why I came here to get your hopefully valid reasons and opinions so that you can make an argument on why I am wrong.

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« Reply #15 on: Tue, 01 November 2011, 12:36:42 »
Would only having $35 for a new keyboard have anything to do with your love for rubber domes?
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« Reply #16 on: Tue, 01 November 2011, 12:38:39 »
I never stated that I loved rubberdomes, that is beyond the point of what I'm talking about. We are talking about in theory if rubberdomes were on the same quality levels as mechanicals, would you agree with my statement?

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« Reply #17 on: Tue, 01 November 2011, 12:41:36 »
I have already stated that I think that cherry mx red switches are the best for gaming because they have no tactility. I feel that rubber domes are unresponsive and mushy. There are good rubber domes out there like the dell quitekey but they still don't feel up to par with cherry mx or BS.

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« Reply #18 on: Tue, 01 November 2011, 12:44:33 »
Unresponsive because the high resistance at the beginning? I assume that's what you are talking about. It's mushy because it's a rubberdome so... Up to par in what way?

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« Reply #19 on: Tue, 01 November 2011, 12:45:34 »
Here we go again...
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« Reply #20 on: Tue, 01 November 2011, 12:47:42 »
If this happened before, please post a thread link and I'll close the thread.

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« Reply #21 on: Tue, 01 November 2011, 12:51:27 »
You don't have to sarcastic. Just state your reasons on why you think I'm wrong.  Tactility isn't utilized in games where you bottom out the entire time.


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« Reply #23 on: Tue, 01 November 2011, 12:54:22 »
What I'm tired of is how some people seem to write up a post with wording that implies they are stating or trying to prove a fact and then deflect all crticism by saying it's merely their opinion later on.

Anyways, your argument that people will always bottom out in intense matches depends entirely on the type of game being played. For example I play fighting games on the keyboard, these have the most double tapping as you might imagine from games where you can 30+ hit combos. The general advice is to always try to press as light as possible to keep your movements fluid, espesically in moments where every frame of timing counts. In fact I believe it's the general advice for any game requiring rapid fluid movements like rhytmn games. From this I imagine a game like Starcraft would benefit more from rapid light touches rather than intense rapid bottoming out action.

Finally, there are switches designed solely for gaming, those are the switches use on game controllers and arcade sticks, those are pretty much linear, I'd assume if people found the keyboard style of bottoming out more useful for console/arcade games, some game company would have created buttons like that.
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« Reply #24 on: Tue, 01 November 2011, 12:56:58 »
Rubber domes are squishy at all points in the key travel.  My fingers are more fatigued holding down a rubber dome key (say the W to move forward) because somewhere in my body it's saying 'the key is still capable of being moved...push it HARDER'  on a mechanical switch there is a bottom, a hard wall no amount of pushing with 1 finger is going to budge.  Somehow knowing that, I don't mash the life out of my fingers.
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« Reply #25 on: Tue, 01 November 2011, 12:57:33 »
Why would you want "high resistance at the beginning and no resistance through"? I prefer to have as little resistance as possible throughout the key stroke, such as MX Reds. Some people want high resistance the whole way through, and they use MX Black or MX Clear, depending on if they want tactility. Regardless, a rubber dome is insufficient in these cases.
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« Reply #26 on: Tue, 01 November 2011, 12:58:05 »
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For gaming.

Rubberdomes are better than mechanical keyboards for gaming due to the high resistance at the beginning and no resistance through. This ensures no fatigue and high accuracy because of the way rubberdomes work. You will always bottom out if you are playing intense matches and have to double tap repeatedly so the smooth motion is only useful for touch typing. Mechanicals are better built, have better durability, feel better, and are great for typist. Rubberdomes are better for gaming due to the point I said before. They just lack in the luxury part.


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« Reply #27 on: Tue, 01 November 2011, 13:00:47 »
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« Reply #28 on: Tue, 01 November 2011, 13:02:09 »
I'll try and make an argument about the red switches. The red switches are lighter and have the linear feel for fluency but they also induce accidental presses and I think that's a worse compromise to have.

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« Reply #29 on: Tue, 01 November 2011, 13:02:26 »
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Troll.

Now that is definitely a troll post... See?
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