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« Reply #120 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 09:14:30 »
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If you can't touch type how can you possibly manage that speed?  Is the word you're typing "a"?  :D

I'm thinking it's that confusion about what touch typing means... SadButTrue, touch typing means not looking.  It does not mean putting your fingers where that damned typing teacher insists they need to be.  I don't even know if that technique has a name, but it's not touch typing.
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« Reply #121 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 09:20:25 »
Years of experience :) I use all of my fingers, they simply don't sit on the home row.
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« Reply #122 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 09:21:22 »
Years of experience :) I use all of my fingers, they simply don't sit on the home row.

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I'm thinking it's that confusion about what touch typing means... SadButTrue, touch typing means not looking.  It does not mean putting your fingers where that damned typing teacher insists they need to be.  I don't even know if that technique has a name, but it's not touch typing.

I may look every 10 seconds or so to keep my rythmn going.
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« Reply #123 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 09:30:39 »
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i think you've glazed over quite a few posts in this thread.  why don't you go re-read them.  it's not just my proving that your reasoning is totally unsound, but EVERYONE in this thread is telling how and why you've approached this incorrectly.
I re-read it and I didn't glaze over any posts, I took them into consideration, pointed out the compromises they make for those reasons and how they aren't worth it and then further validated my reasoning to justify why rubberdomes are better for gaming. I suggest you stop glazing over my posts and stop being so heavily biased.

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« Reply #124 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 09:45:35 »
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I re-read it and I didn't glaze over any posts, I took them into consideration, pointed out the compromises they make for those reasons and how they aren't worth it and then further validated my reasoning to justify why rubberdomes are better for gaming. I suggest you stop glazing over my posts and stop being so heavily biased.

I know I said that I was done posting here, but you're absolutely right!  We just needed a visionary to tell us about the advantages of bottoming out on a keyboard!  A visionary like YOU, sir.  We've all been biased fools, there's no denying it.  I will now ceremoniously take all of my mechanical keyboards and toss them into the trash.  Rubber domes forever!

I apologize for doubting you, and the I'm sure geekhack community apologizes as well.  You're free to leave the site now.  Your work is done.
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« Reply #125 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 09:48:19 »
I am the trash... send them my way.
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« Reply #126 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 09:48:44 »
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we're saying that you don't have a valid amount of experience to be able to discount ANY of what's posted in this thread.  you can't possibly know better than someone that's actually doing any amount of gaming on both RD and mechanical keyboards, much less USED a mechanical keyboard for more than an hour.

period.

as far as being heavily biased... my ONLY position here is that it's subjective, and that it's different for every person.  well, that, and that you're wrong.
The experience is irrelevant because the fact is, the majority if not all the things that I have said are true and the only debate happening right now is who can be the most biased and ignorant. Thanks for further justifying my reasoning and not proving why I am wrong other than your broad, unintelligent, childish attempts to justify your purchase.

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« Reply #127 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 09:49:15 »
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I know I said that I was done posting here, but you're absolutely right!  We just needed a visionary to tell us about the advantages of bottoming out on a keyboard!  A visionary like YOU, sir.  We've all been biased fools, there's no denying it.  I will now ceremoniously take all of my mechanical keyboards and toss them into the trash.  Rubber domes forever!

I apologize for doubting you, and the I'm sure geekhack community apologizes as well.  You're free to leave the site now.  Your work is done.
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« Reply #128 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 09:50:53 »
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They are heavy at the beginning and then completely depress and the weight is gone unlike blacks where it is heavy all the way through. The majority of professional players bottom out to ensure it has been pressed because no mistakes can be made. You will get accustomed and mistake wont happen as often but it still doesn't change the fact that a heavier switch will induce less mistakes than a lighter one.


If that were an advantage then all the professional gamers should be going nuts for Alps.  Heavy at the top, then fall off dramatically once you pass the tactile point.

I'm not saying that people may not *prefer* Alps - I'm not one of them though.  But I'm not aware of a whole lot of gamers going for them.
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« Reply #129 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 09:56:20 »
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Please don't speak on the topic if you have nothing to contribute.

If you read my post, you'd see that I'm agreeing with you.  Everyone on this site is biased about rubber domes ability to bottom out!  You are the only one that's right!
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« Reply #130 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 09:59:51 »
aaaah... Rainy Sunday afternoons...
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« Reply #131 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 10:07:20 »
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Stop the ****ing bus.  According to who?  and for who?  They're certainly not true for me.  Just because you might like to take it up the ass on rainy Sunday afternoons doesn't mean I like to.  That's what subjective means.  it is NOT fact, it is NOT absolute.

as for being biased and ignorant, that flatly defines your position.  my position is that the only bias is a personal one.
It's just a simple fact that what I said was true. I must of struck a nerve so considering your emotional state, you will once again be to heavily biased towards your beloved keyboard that it will be impossible to convince you otherwise. I proved why it was true. Feel free to respond to this with another one of your ignorant statements.

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« Reply #132 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 10:08:09 »
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If you read my post, you'd see that I'm agreeing with you.  Everyone on this site is biased about rubber domes ability to bottom out!  You are the only one that's right!
The problem with your post is that you really didn't contribute anything, you didn't actually add anything to the topic other than what we already know.

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« Reply #133 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 10:13:00 »
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The problem with your post is that you really didn't contribute anything, you didn't actually add anything to the topic other than what we already know.

My apologies.  You did forget to mention that most rubber domes have pad printing.  This raised surface allows for better friction between the finger and the key than any mechanical keyboard with double shots.  That's +2.
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« Reply #134 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 10:13:35 »
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It's just a simple fact that what I said was true.

Wow... fact as in pi=3.14159265358979323846264338327950288419716939937510582097494459..... or fact as in deep fried breaded squid tentacle is the most awesome snack food ever?  Or fact as in... you truly are a troll?

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...so considering my emotional state, I will once again be so heavily biased towards my beloved keyboard that it will be impossible to convince me otherwise.

Fixed that for ya....

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I argued why it was true, and am unwilling to accept any of your arguments at all, no matter how sound the basis

Fixed that too.

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I will feel free to respond with another of my ignorant statements.

More fixing....
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« Reply #135 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 10:14:30 »
Wow.

I don't know what's worse.  The troll itself or the feeding thereof.

Good luck.


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« Reply #136 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 10:15:39 »
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My apologies.  You did forget to mention that most rubber domes have pad printing.  This raised surface allows for better friction between the finger and the key than any mechanical keyboard with double shots.  That's +2.

I like my frictiony surfaced PBTs  :)
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« Reply #137 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 10:16:11 »
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Wow.

I don't know what's worse.  The troll itself or the feeding thereof.

Good luck.



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« Reply #138 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 10:18:57 »
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okay.



the nerve you struck was one of assumption.  you ASSUME what you're spouting off is fact.  it is not.  as such, it is not true.  as a result, all of the **** you've spewed all over our beloved forum is garbage.  this has nothing to do with keyboards anymore.  the keyboard is irrelevant, the only point to be made here is that you have absolutely no evidence or experience to validate your theory.  your theory is fatally flawed in that you assume there is an absolute 'best' or 'better' keyboard for any one task, when in fact, every person has different ergonomics, and that what might be optimal for you is not for me.

refute that.
Prove me wrong. I've completely solidified my argument as a fact and you have yet to prove why I am wrong.

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« Reply #139 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 10:19:56 »
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i get that... but i'm getting paid to amuse myself, and i got caught up on work earlier this morning.  in short, i've got nothing better to do right now :p
I'm quite amused by your ignorance and bias opinions myself.

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« Reply #140 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 10:20:31 »
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I like my frictiony surfaced PBTs  :)

You're missing out, man.

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« Reply #141 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 10:21:21 »
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Prove me wrong. I've completely solidified my argument as a fact and you have yet to prove why I am wrong.

You what?  I'm on the clock and all so I can't partake... but I expect to be passed some of that **** when I clock out.  It must be particularly heavy ****.
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« Reply #142 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 10:21:40 »
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Wow.

I don't know what's worse.  The troll itself or the feeding thereof.

Good luck.

Rarely seen such a fat troll...


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« Reply #143 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 10:23:16 »
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Rarely seen such a fat troll...

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« Reply #144 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 10:28:00 »
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Hahahahaha.  I'm staying out of taking sides on this one but applaud your willingness to debate the point.

Groupthink is a terrible thing.  
[video=youtube;Vkw2DdoskPY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vkw2DdoskPY&feature=fvw[/video]

See The McRip Effect for more examples.
I don't understand how you are a forum moderator, everything you have posted hasn't contributed at all.

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« Reply #145 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 10:29:29 »
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hmm... must have missed that.  did you get published somewhere in the last two days?  as far as i can tell, the only fact in this thread is that i'm acting like an *******, and you're an idiot.  oh, and that you can't prove what isn't fact.  that, and there's certainly nothing anywhere near evidence in this thread to prove your point, anywhere.  the only evidence in this thread validates me being an ******* and you being an idiot.

that's the beauty of a subjective argument.  what's right for me CAN be wrong for you.  however, the fact that you ARE wrong is not subjective.  you're allowed to prefer domes are better for gaming, that's okay.
Once again, you haven't proven why I am wrong..

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« Reply #146 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 10:29:56 »
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I don't understand how you are a forum moderator, everything you have posted hasn't contributed at all.

Still clueless, and not just about keyboards and opinions.

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Once again, you haven't proven why I am wrong..

You haven't proved yourself right, so I guess it doesn't matter.
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« Reply #147 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 10:30:07 »
I admire Slugx's persistence.  My advice: repeatedly saying the same thing over and over again doesn't make it true.  In fact, that's what crazy people do.  Hum, now I pity Slutx.  

Alright, visitation period is over!

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« Reply #148 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 10:32:48 »
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I admire Slugx's persistence.  My advice: repeatedly saying the same thing over and over again doesn't make it true.  In fact, that's what crazy people do.  Hum, now I pity Slutx.  

Alright, visitation period is over!
I proved why my reasons are right and why their reasons are wrong.

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« Reply #149 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 10:32:51 »
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I don't understand how you are a forum moderator, everything you have posted hasn't contributed at all.

Hey yeah, let's get him!  You hold him down, and I'll beat him with this Model M.

Won't be needing it to type anymore, after all.
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