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Offline Slux

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« Reply #180 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 12:18:04 »
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**** me mate, how more proven then force charts from manufacturers can you go?

tell me please, what is need to make you believe?

nobel-prize-winners disquisition on all keyboards/switches?


What manufacturers, how reliable is the manufacturers information, is it a valid source, is it a proven? These are things you have to ask people, please don't just believe everything you see.

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« Reply #181 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 12:18:53 »
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What manufacturers, how reliable is the manufacturers information, is it a valid source, is it a proven? These are things you have to ask people, please don't just believe everything you see.

well, you didnt present any data at all....

Offline Slux

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« Reply #182 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 12:19:42 »
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Oh, boy is it getting old now.  It's been stated that rubber domes are quite good for gaming when implemented correctly.  You really have nothing better to do than annoy a bunch of grown men, do you

Ripster, about the trolls here; I tried to be level headed earlier on.  I really did.  After the thread went over 150 posts and the OP was still hurling the insults of a prepubescent boy it just seemed like the time to have a laugh at him.
Grown men that act like children with no sense for intelligent debate it appears.

Offline Slux

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« Reply #183 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 12:20:37 »
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well, you didnt present any data at all....

I did provide data, you just didn't read the whole thread, please re-read the thread before posting.

Offline Slux

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« Reply #184 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 12:21:24 »
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I LIKE LAMP

(i can't actually see the image because websense has blocked it, but the name is just too perfect.  please tell me if it's as awesome as i think it is)
Using childish insults because he thinks he is somehow disproving my fact.

Offline Slux

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« Reply #185 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 12:21:55 »
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Actually that particular force graph isn't from a manufacturer.  But I trust it nonetheless.  I shave with Occam's Razor every morning.
Admitting it isn't a reliable source, fact.

Offline Slux

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« Reply #186 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 12:26:00 »
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garbage in, garbage out.  there is no 'data' other than what ripster and i have posted, and no source for anything you've posted, only opinions and observations based on unsubstantiated evidence.  how do we know you tried mechanical keyboards in a store?  how do we know you have a friend, or said friend has a filco?  i'll need to see your passports, birth certificates, and the serial numbers from the keyboards.
If that is necessary.

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« Reply #187 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 12:26:25 »
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Grown men that act like children with no sense for intelligent debate it appears.

Your words hurt.
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« Reply #188 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 12:26:32 »
As a matter of interest, has anyone (i.e. probably ripster) run tests on how much force they're exerting on the keyboard, and how fast, during normal typing and gaming actions?

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« Reply #189 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 12:27:55 »
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Your words hurt.


I'm not here to insult you, you are just behaving like a child and have nothing to contribute to the topic and I believe you said you weren't going to post because you have wasted to much time in the 1st post you made. I suggest you stick with that plan and stop making irrelevant posts.

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« Reply #190 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 12:35:31 »
anyway,

cats prefer mac-keyboards and therefore these boards are best

there you go, scientific proof at its best!

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now you can close this thread as we found the incontestable truth

Offline Urglifast

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« Reply #191 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 12:36:31 »
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Rubberdomes are better than mechanical keyboards for gaming due to the high resistance at the beginning and no resistance through.


i wouldn't say it has high resistance at the begining and no resistance through.  it has resistance all the way through, the resistance changes a bit, but it's still there.  I typed and gamed rubber domes for many many years.  consistently Mechanical switches offer a uniform, crisp definite feel to the action of the keys on a keyboard.  do people who are gaming consistently bottom out their keys when they play? yeah, this is true, however i would say that the majority of mechanical switches allow you to do so more quickly and precisely.  however for the most part, you're making an unsubstantiated claim because key feel is ALWAYS a matter of personal opinion. i prefer gaming on mechanical switches, they feel better and i'm always less fatigued when i use them over rubber domes.  

 
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This ensures no fatigue and high accuracy because of the way rubberdomes work.


on the contrary, i find that more resistance = more fatigue.  i type all day at work, i was using a rubber dome Logitech Keyboard and i was getting lots of pain in my wrists from typing on it.  I switched to a mechanical keyboard, no more pain from typing all day.  bottoming out key's all day on the rubber dome was causing impact stress on ligaments in my wrist.  

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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.


I don't always bottom out when i'm playing intense matches.  when I'm playing FPS, my WASD will most likely be bottomed out, but aside from those keys i don't bottom any other ones out.  considering i game with cherry browns i only have to actuate my keys 2.5mm (someone correct me if i'm wrong) before the key registers, and i can feel the bump when the key activates.  i takes less pressure to do so.  i would say that's win, if you're going to be bottoming out, why not be able to do it faster anyways?  

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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.


you made an argument with someone that you don't need more than 2kro.  i can type and make actions on my keyboard so fast that a 2kro board can't process it fast enough.  with NKRO, i know all my keys are registering.  it's also not just about how many keys you can press at once, sometimes due to the way keyboards work, pressing more than one key will ghost keypresses.  i don't know about you, but that's really irritating when i'm playing an intense FPS game and i hit one of those key combinations and my keyboard sends a keypress to my computer that i didn't intend or tell it to send.

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« Reply #192 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 12:36:34 »
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anyway,

cats prefer mac-keyboards and therefore these boards are best

there you go, scientific proof at its best!

(Attachment Link) 30665[/ATTACH]

now you can close this thread as we found the incontestable truth

I support this fact.

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Offline slueth

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« Reply #193 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 12:38:37 »
Wow, I read through this whole thread, I am ashamed at myself, but also glad cus op is banned. he is right?

Offline Pretendo

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« Reply #194 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 12:39:01 »
Thank the Lord, slux got banned!

Actually, it's kind of a buzz kill.  Now I'm going to have to work and stuff.
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Offline Urglifast

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« Reply #195 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 12:52:14 »
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i know!  this kept me entertained for well over 4 hours!

the argumentative side of me was rofling so hard.  he wanted to start an argument, however everything he said is purely coming from a personal preference standpoint which already an illogical argument.

Offline Urglifast

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« Reply #196 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 13:05:17 »
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we need some kind of merit badge or something.  the "i fought a troll and won" achivement.

very similar with fighting the law and the law winning

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« Reply #197 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 13:18:38 »
Wow, 17 pages, this is longer than that "my broken $30 Logitech keyboard is better than your keyboard" thread.

Offline shrap

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« Reply #198 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 13:22:54 »
I doubt it - in the other thread, the OP responded only a few times. In this one the OP's responses make up ~30% of the thread.

Offline Gin

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« Reply #199 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 14:14:31 »
At least he brought peda and ripster together.

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« Reply #200 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 14:38:42 »
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nothing like a little troll smashing to bring us closer together.

Think of it like iMav's Watchmen-esque master plan.

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« Reply #201 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 14:57:58 »
*group hug*

Offline fantus

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« Reply #202 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 15:17:32 »
oh, so then you re-read my post and came to the conclusion that you are a troll? Now we can close this thread :)

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« Reply #203 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 15:35:02 »
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no... sadly we didn't get a last word out of him.
:), i beat a troll with 2 posts, I feel like a winner even if it doesn't get closed.

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« Reply #204 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 15:45:05 »
omg I can't believe how often this has been bumped... plz put it to sleep
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« Reply #205 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 15:47:03 »
I think we're all still reeling with adrenaline from troll fighting
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« Reply #206 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 16:42:14 »
It's just your opinion that he's been banned.  Show me proof.


Offline Gin

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« Reply #207 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 18:11:58 »
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http://geekhack.org/member.php?14115-Slux

I'm not gonna believe a link to his geekhack profile. It's not that reliable. Get me scientific evidence please. Something something something "intelligent."

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« Reply #208 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 18:26:54 »
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It's just your opinion that he's been banned.  Show me proof.
http://geekhack.org/member.php?14115-Slux

That's probably a fake page or he just put that in his title.  Who developed vBulletin?  Prove to me they are reputable people.


Offline Pretendo

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« Reply #209 on: Wed, 02 November 2011, 18:32:39 »
I should say some words to try and close this thread... his last insult was directed at me.

*lifts glass*

To Slux: You may have been banned today, but your troll thread will propagate the geekhack forums forever!
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