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[Anastasia]

I like placing uncapped bottles of liquid near my keyboards. The adrenaline rush omg. I'm a daredevil. 

[Corsa1r]

I like placing uncapped bottles of liquid near my keyboards. The adrenaline rush omg. I'm a daredevil. 

Get help! 

[Weltschmerz]

i once bought an overpriced sharp x68000 keyboard because i noticed it's the same one they use in the lab in steins;gate.

no other reason at all.

Hey man, I have steins;gate, on blu ray. Haven't watched it, cause when I tried my stoner roomate was not into it, and I was probably too high to pay attention. Worth watching?

[Weltschmerz]

This might be more of a "keyboard sin" that I will no doubt be crucified for... but for my first keyboard (GoN, don't hate me, wanted to get something that doesn't look like **** like all the mainstream mechs) I didn't listen to the nice people here at Geekhack and bought OEM keycaps. If that isn't bad enough, the capslock is center stemmed, and my keyboard is left stemmed, like for a stepped capslock. It's been on there, very obviously off-center for the entire time I've had it. Lucky for me, I have the GMK purple mods right next to me, and am waiting on alphas from imsto. Soon, I will have a cherry profile keyboard that doesn't look terrible. Oh also my GoN has LEDS. (wouldn't get them again, or at least in a way more neutral color) 

[appleonama]

I give 0 dam's about getting my board dirty. I will gladly eat cheetos or a burger and continue typing on my board without wiping my keyboard. However I do clean my board once a week.

[kekman]

i once bought an overpriced sharp x68000 keyboard because i noticed it's the same one they use in the lab in steins;gate.

no other reason at all.

Hey man, I have steins;gate, on blu ray. Haven't watched it, cause when I tried my stoner roomate was not into it, and I was probably too high to pay attention. Worth watching?

definitely

[HoffmanMyster]

for my first keyboard (GoN, don't hate me, wanted to get something that doesn't look like **** like all the mainstream mechs)

Why would anyone hate you for buying a GON?  Or is the capitalization you chose (GoN) intentional, and this a different type of board that I'm not aware of?  O.o

GON boards are great...

[swimmingbird]

for my first keyboard (GoN, don't hate me, wanted to get something that doesn't look like **** like all the mainstream mechs)

Why would anyone hate you for buying a GON?  Or is the capitalization you chose (GoN) intentional, and this a different type of board that I'm not aware of?  O.o

GON boards are great...

maybe because its a first board? there are some people out there that get annoyed when people go straight into the deep end because they feel that you have to work you're way there to appreciate the difference

i personally couldn't care less what people buy for their first board

[Malenky]

for my first keyboard (GoN, don't hate me, wanted to get something that doesn't look like **** like all the mainstream mechs)

Why would anyone hate you for buying a GON?  Or is the capitalization you chose (GoN) intentional, and this a different type of board that I'm not aware of?  O.o

GON boards are great...

maybe because its a first board? there are some people out there that get annoyed when people go straight into the deep end because they feel that you have to work you're way there to appreciate the difference

i personally couldn't care less what people buy for their first board

I am actually jealous of the people that go straight to a great board.

[demik]

for my first keyboard (GoN, don't hate me, wanted to get something that doesn't look like **** like all the mainstream mechs)

Why would anyone hate you for buying a GON?  Or is the capitalization you chose (GoN) intentional, and this a different type of board that I'm not aware of?  O.o

GON boards are great...

maybe because its a first board? there are some people out there that get annoyed when people go straight into the deep end because they feel that you have to work you're way there to appreciate the difference

i personally couldn't care less what people buy for their first board

I am actually jealous of the people that go straight to a great board.

like the hhkb. only not jealous, but proud they've made the right choice.

anyway, binge caps are the reason why im buying an mx board. i need them keyngs and Skullthulus in my life.

[xtrafrood]

for my first keyboard (GoN, don't hate me, wanted to get something that doesn't look like **** like all the mainstream mechs)

Why would anyone hate you for buying a GON?  Or is the capitalization you chose (GoN) intentional, and this a different type of board that I'm not aware of?  O.o

GON boards are great...

maybe because its a first board? there are some people out there that get annoyed when people go straight into the deep end because they feel that you have to work you're way there to appreciate the difference

i personally couldn't care less what people buy for their first board

I am actually jealous of the people that go straight to a great board.

But why?

[kekman]

for my first keyboard (GoN, don't hate me, wanted to get something that doesn't look like **** like all the mainstream mechs)

Why would anyone hate you for buying a GON?  Or is the capitalization you chose (GoN) intentional, and this a different type of board that I'm not aware of?  O.o

GON boards are great...

maybe because its a first board? there are some people out there that get annoyed when people go straight into the deep end because they feel that you have to work you're way there to appreciate the difference

i personally couldn't care less what people buy for their first board

I am actually jealous of the people that go straight to a great board.

But why?

They have the money to go straight for the end-game in a hobby they just started. Sort of like an 18 year old buying a Porsche for his first car, but to a lesser extent.

[xtrafrood]

for my first keyboard (GoN, don't hate me, wanted to get something that doesn't look like **** like all the mainstream mechs)

Why would anyone hate you for buying a GON?  Or is the capitalization you chose (GoN) intentional, and this a different type of board that I'm not aware of?  O.o

GON boards are great...

maybe because its a first board? there are some people out there that get annoyed when people go straight into the deep end because they feel that you have to work you're way there to appreciate the difference

i personally couldn't care less what people buy for their first board

I am actually jealous of the people that go straight to a great board.

But why?

They have the money to go straight for the end-game in a hobby they just started. Sort of like an 18 year old buying a Porsche for his first car, but to a lesser extent.

Oh whoops, I should have elaborated. My question was directed at Malenky about him or her being jealous of this sort of thing. I'm respectfully jealous of this sort of thing regardless of how experienced a person is with the items. I just hope that 18 old with a Porsche is responsible 

[Weltschmerz]

for my first keyboard (GoN, don't hate me, wanted to get something that doesn't look like **** like all the mainstream mechs)

Why would anyone hate you for buying a GON?  Or is the capitalization you chose (GoN) intentional, and this a different type of board that I'm not aware of?  O.o

GON boards are great...

Okay I just totally screwed up on the capitalization XD oops

[jaffers]

This was my keyboard once

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This was my keyboard once

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[Weltschmerz]

This was my keyboard once

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so uh... how did that feel? My brain is hurting trying to come up with some gorey hyperbole for your fingertips but I'm too focused on having my eyes burnt out by the mixed profiles...

[keshley]

This was my keyboard once

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Black keys are DSA, Escape is Row 3 SA? And alphas/F-keys are OEM? At a glance, it looks nice, but paying attention to it makes you go... huh

Only reason I have a board with mixed profiles is because I haven't taken off the HiPro sliders off the numpad side of my 104ug. I have housings/sliders for standard topre for it, but haven't taken the board apart since I made my 87ug. But at least its a separate part of the board.

[ideus]

To mix materials and profiles is not a sin...Ups, is this a confession or an heresy?

[FLFisherman]

To mix materials and profiles is not a sin...Ups, is this a confession or an heresy?

Seems like a confession to heresy to me.

[hwood34]

for my first keyboard (GoN, don't hate me, wanted to get something that doesn't look like **** like all the mainstream mechs)

Why would anyone hate you for buying a GON?  Or is the capitalization you chose (GoN) intentional, and this a different type of board that I'm not aware of?  O.o

GON boards are great...

maybe because its a first board? there are some people out there that get annoyed when people go straight into the deep end because they feel that you have to work you're way there to appreciate the difference

i personally couldn't care less what people buy for their first board

I am actually jealous of the people that go straight to a great board.

But why?

They have the money to go straight for the end-game in a hobby they just started. Sort of like an 18 year old buying a Porsche for his first car, but to a lesser extent.

a GON is more like a reasonably priced Audi

[ideus]

for my first keyboard (GoN, don't hate me, wanted to get something that doesn't look like **** like all the mainstream mechs)

Why would anyone hate you for buying a GON?  Or is the capitalization you chose (GoN) intentional, and this a different type of board that I'm not aware of?  O.o

GON boards are great...

maybe because its a first board? there are some people out there that get annoyed when people go straight into the deep end because they feel that you have to work you're way there to appreciate the difference

i personally couldn't care less what people buy for their first board

I am actually jealous of the people that go straight to a great board.

But why?

They have the money to go straight for the end-game in a hobby they just started. Sort of like an 18 year old buying a Porsche for his first car, but to a lesser extent.

a GON is more like a reasonably priced Audi

I like this comparison, GON PCBs make a great platform for a good quality custom and you can keep your investment low if you mix them with alternate cases instead of going for the GONs originals that tend to be a bit overpriced.

[henz]

for my first keyboard (GoN, don't hate me, wanted to get something that doesn't look like **** like all the mainstream mechs)

Why would anyone hate you for buying a GON?  Or is the capitalization you chose (GoN) intentional, and this a different type of board that I'm not aware of?  O.o

GON boards are great...

maybe because its a first board? there are some people out there that get annoyed when people go straight into the deep end because they feel that you have to work you're way there to appreciate the difference

i personally couldn't care less what people buy for their first board

I am actually jealous of the people that go straight to a great board.

But why?

They have the money to go straight for the end-game in a hobby they just started. Sort of like an 18 year old buying a Porsche for his first car, but to a lesser extent.

a GON is more like a reasonably priced Audi

And skidata like a Koenigsegg Regera.

[axtran]

Is it just me, or is it really nice to have a shiny GMK set, when you know the shine is the work of your intense typing?

[xtrafrood]

I found my old The Virtually Indestructible Keyboard by Grandtec.. I got excited because I haven't seen it since 2004 so I plugged it in to try it. It doesn't work 

[yasuo]

I think may my customkb never done i destroyed my two controller lool

[Hyde]

The aluminum case group buy was the thing that convinced me to buy a Poker 2, at the time I thought aluminum case is the coolest thing and it's like poor man's Korean customs.

So I actually bought the case first and had to wait a few weeks until my Poker 2 arrives LOL.

Then after I proceed to buy custom braided cable, modded the board with LED lights, bought custom keycaps for it, only to realize I still don't like anything smaller than full size keyboard (also don't like non-standard layout for muscle memory reasons).

So my Poker 2 just look good in pictures but it's my least used board.

[swimmingbird]

I thought aluminum case is the coolest thing and it's like poor man's Korean customs.

So true

[ctm]

I once accidentally poured frosted flakes over my Alps64. It took me a long time to clean it. After that, I always keep my cereal away from my keyboard.

[alienman82]

removed.

[naasfu]

I broke my jelly pom spacebar the day I got it ;-;

that sucks.  were the stems too tight or something?

ALIENHULK SMASH SPACEBAR.

[alienman82]

removed.

[SpAmRaY]

I've got at least a half dozen brand new keysets I've never checked to make sure they are complete. I'm not even sure where some of them are.

[Otesanek]

I've got at least a half dozen brand new keysets I've never checked to make sure they are complete. I'm not even sure where some of them are.

But.... why?

[chyros]

for my first keyboard (GoN, don't hate me, wanted to get something that doesn't look like **** like all the mainstream mechs)

Why would anyone hate you for buying a GON?  Or is the capitalization you chose (GoN) intentional, and this a different type of board that I'm not aware of?  O.o

GON boards are great...

maybe because its a first board? there are some people out there that get annoyed when people go straight into the deep end because they feel that you have to work you're way there to appreciate the difference

i personally couldn't care less what people buy for their first board

I am actually jealous of the people that go straight to a great board.

But why?

They have the money to go straight for the end-game in a hobby they just started. Sort of like an 18 year old buying a Porsche for his first car, but to a lesser extent.

a GON is more like a reasonably priced Audi

And skidata like a Koenigsegg Regera.

Nah man the Skidata is still just Cherry MX, that's like saying that the Koenigsegg uses a Peugeot engine .

[Fiery]

Okey here goes. I live in Norway and I ended up spending 2000 NOK (235 USD) on my White Pok3r after shipping and tax. I love the keyboard, but it cost me way too much and it also took 2 months for it to arrive. What I learned is that I won't buy anything from Corus directly again. I still haven't gotten the extra keycaps I ordered from them. I haven't told anyone that it cost me this much either

I like MX clears and greens (I thought I liked browns before I went back to my greens and then to browns again)

I bought greens on my first mechanical keyboard because not alot of people have them and I wanted to be special...

Last confession for now. I spend too much time on geekhack in class. (I'm in class as I'm typing this)

[kekman]

Okey here goes. I live in Norway and I ended up spending 2000 NOK (235 USD) on my White Pok3r after shipping and tax. I love the keyboard, but it cost me way too much and it also took 2 months for it to arrive. What I learned is that I won't buy anything from Corus directly again. I still haven't gotten the extra keycaps I ordered from them. I haven't told anyone that it cost me this much either

I like MX clears and greens (I thought I liked browns before I went back to my greens and then to browns again)

I bought greens on my first mechanical keyboard because not alot of people have them and I wanted to be special...

Last confession for now. I spend too much time on geekhack in class. (I'm in class as I'm typing this)

nothing wrong with a little procrastination

[Fiery]

well I do it mostly due to feeling unable to learn anything from one of my current teachers or as an alternative to falling asleep on a long day. I have started to teach myself in two of my subjects as I learn nothing from his monotonous jabbering. I have given him more than a fair chance, but I have concluded that self study is the way to go if I want to pass, or not spend all my free time catching up. But I end up just wasting time on here...

[theoriginal123123]

Okey here goes. I live in Norway and I ended up spending 2000 NOK (235 USD) on my White Pok3r after shipping and tax. I love the keyboard, but it cost me way too much and it also took 2 months for it to arrive. What I learned is that I won't buy anything from Corus directly again. I still haven't gotten the extra keycaps I ordered from them. I haven't told anyone that it cost me this much either

I like MX clears and greens (I thought I liked browns before I went back to my greens and then to browns again)

I bought greens on my first mechanical keyboard because not alot of people have them and I wanted to be special...

Last confession for now. I spend too much time on geekhack in class. (I'm in class as I'm typing this)

Man, I feel like I dodged a bullet with Corus. My Pok3r came in with no problems, and they were super quick to send me a replacement key when it came with two H keys. Everyone else seems to have issues with them...

[ResonantPixel]

I have been a member of this forum for 2+ years (other account) and I still dont have a mechanical keyboard : l, currently in early stages of building, so soon I shall be liberated from the discomfort of crappy keyboards!

[ideus]

I have been a member of this forum for 2+ years (other account) and I still dont have a mechanical keyboard : l, currently in early stages of building, so soon I shall be liberated from the discomfort of crappy keyboards!

This is a revelation more than a confession, you have been liberated brother.

[berserkfan]

I have at least 70 keyboards with switch types and layouts that I don't use.

I only use 3 regularly.

[Rhedone]

I have at least 70 keyboards with switch types and layouts that I don't use.

I only use 3 regularly.

70? Holy  f... Maybe start a museum?

[swimmingbird]

So far I enjoy typing more on my stock HHKB than my Duck Viper or GON.....

[kekman]

So far I enjoy typing on my stock HHKB than my Duck Viper or GON.....

how dare you

[appleonama]

So far I enjoy typing on my stock HHKB than my Duck Viper or GON.....

how dare you

How dare he not
I feel the same way about my hhkb

[azhdar]

I have more azerty keysets than keyboards to put them on.

[FLFisherman]

I have more azerty keysets than keyboards to put them on.

Is this why you're titled as the Azerty god?

[Mattr567]

I have damaged my V60 MTS PCB beyond repair.

Old pic but since more wiring has been added to keep it going. RIP through holes. Im not bad at soldering by any means but the ****ing non lead base solder doesnt melt for **** so I ended up ripping out a TON of through holes. Didnt realize until it was too late.

Wiring saved it expect for the Win keys. Before I add resistors for the LEDs I am going to get a replacement straight from KBP.

Secondly I accidentally melted my SGI Granite case a bit with a solder iron. ;( Sanded it down and it isnt that bad but sucks nonetheless.

[alienman82]

removed.