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Offline dohboi

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A hello everybody from VA!
« on: Fri, 04 January 2013, 16:15:10 »
Hey everybody!

Ever since I built my first computer a month ago, I've been lurking around finding ways to improve my experience using said computer. That's when I landed on a thread explaining mechanical keyboards. After reading that thread, the rest was history. I ended up getting a Filco Ninja TKL with Cherry Blacks, since I really liked the semi-look blank, but I'm still not a touch-typist yet.

Now the funny part of this is ever since I got the board a few days ago, I've been doing a lot of research about keycaps. One thing that seemed to come up really often is the ABS keycaps on the Filco starts getting its shine a lot sooner than a lot of the other ones out there. So now, I'm on the hunt to find a keycap to preserve my awesome Ninja keys, defeating the entire purpose of me getting this board. :(

Well I join this site after finding it pop up in a lot of the search results I was seeing. Hopefully I'll able to make a little more of an informed decision since there seems to be a lot of great information here! LOL

Well its time to browse the forums for all these awesome keycaps I see!
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Offline rowdy

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Re: A hello everybody from VA!
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 04 January 2013, 16:53:58 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

There are many keycap sets out there - side-printed and otherwise.
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Offline reverkiller

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Re: A hello everybody from VA!
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 04 January 2013, 18:44:32 »
Hey! Virginia is the best state!

I live in the Loudoun area, and go to school a little ways down 95.

As for keycaps, you should get PBT. I have a set bought from mechanicalkeyboards.com, but you should look into the vortex set posted under the groupbuys right now. PBT es best plastic!
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Re: A hello everybody from VA!
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 04 January 2013, 19:53:16 »
Welcome to GH!
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Offline precarious

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Re: A hello everybody from VA!
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 04 January 2013, 20:00:17 »
welcome, fellow prisoner of the uncommonwealth!  virginia is most definitely not the best state. ;)
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Offline reverkiller

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Re: A hello everybody from VA!
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 04 January 2013, 20:02:05 »
Quote from: precarious on Fri, 04 January 2013, 20:00:17
welcome, fellow prisoner of the uncommonwealth!  virginia is most definitely not the best state. ;)

North of Fredericksburg it is :P South of there and I make no promises!
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Offline dohboi

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Re: A hello everybody from VA!
« Reply #6 on: Fri, 04 January 2013, 20:52:42 »
Quote from: reverkiller on Fri, 04 January 2013, 18:44:32
Hey! Virginia is the best state!

I live in the Loudoun area, and go to school a little ways down 95.

As for keycaps, you should get PBT. I have a set bought from mechanicalkeyboards.com, but you should look into the vortex set posted under the groupbuys right now. PBT es best plastic!

It is a great state to live in. I live in Fairfax and luckily, everything I need is only 15 minutes away!

Quote from: precarious on Fri, 04 January 2013, 20:00:17
welcome, fellow prisoner of the uncommonwealth!  virginia is most definitely not the best state. ;)

There are a few times that I feel that way. Especially when I'm sitting in rt. 66 traffic. lol

Quote from: rowdy on Fri, 04 January 2013, 16:53:58
Welcome to Geekhack!

There are many keycap sets out there - side-printed and otherwise.

I've seen more than I can absorb already! lol
I'm slowly beginning to learn all the acronyms and the sheer amount of keycaps available.
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Offline Viz

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Re: A hello everybody from VA!
« Reply #7 on: Fri, 04 January 2013, 21:38:52 »
Welcome!
You're in the right place.
Oh, and; say goodbye to your money! ;D
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Offline dohboi

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Re: A hello everybody from VA!
« Reply #8 on: Fri, 04 January 2013, 22:29:34 »
Quote from: Viz on Fri, 04 January 2013, 21:38:52
Welcome!
You're in the right place.
Oh, and; say goodbye to your money! ;D

I saw that part as well in the Welcome post, and as I browse through all these caps, the ones I'm starting to want keep going up in price. weird... lol
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Re: A hello everybody from VA!
« Reply #9 on: Sat, 05 January 2013, 16:34:40 »
If you can find a group buy for keycaps you like, and join, you will generally find that the more people order from the GB the cheaper the keycaps get.
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Offline dohboi

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Re: A hello everybody from VA!
« Reply #10 on: Sun, 06 January 2013, 01:30:12 »
Quote from: rowdy on Sat, 05 January 2013, 16:34:40
If you can find a group buy for keycaps you like, and join, you will generally find that the more people order from the GB the cheaper the keycaps get.

I'll look into it. I saw a few of them already when I browsed that sub forum but I'm not entirely sure of the group buy etiquette to start jumping into those. Thanks for the heads up!
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Re: A hello everybody from VA!
« Reply #11 on: Sun, 06 January 2013, 03:11:32 »
Take the Toxic set, for example: http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=38241.0

Currently there are 207 people who have ordered, so the price for a set is $57.15.  If we can get another 43 people to order, the price will drop to $56.12.  Not a huge drop, I admit, but if only 25 people had ordered then a set would have cost $93.19.
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"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

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