I guess I'll post my impressions so far here; don't feel like making a separate thread. Please keep in mind this is my first mechanical keyboard. Special thanks to geekhack (and its posters) for the threads and guides and such that helped me make my decision.
I considered blues but I'm sure I made the right choice. Got my otaku browns on friday. Very nice how soft I can press the keys; great for programming (which is most of my typing). Maybe should have got printed keycaps since there's some things that are normally right-handed items but I would usually hit with my left hand so I don't have to take my right hand off the mouse.
Not sure on gaming (Starcraft 2, World of Warcraft) yet just because the wrist rest I got (amazon; previous keyboard had a built-in one) slides around too easily, which is not only distracting but messes up my hand alignment, causing me to sometimes hit the wrong keys.
I like it flat; don't use the foldout feet. I thought I'd be annoyed by the leds but when they're off they fit with the keyboard very well (they don't stand out) and I don't use caps lock that often (and I had to look up wtf scroll lock does). The windows key bubbles are smooth and shiny, and are much smaller than I expected; a windows icon on there would be tiny. Not sure if I like them.
After only a couple days use I can see dust on the sides of all the keys; will need a lot of dusting to keep it looking pristine. I think the blankness around the arrow keys looks awkward. The rounded corners that looked kind of silly in pictures look fine in person. Sound-wise it's not too bad. Most of the noise when I type seems to come from spacebar and backspace.
Still want a full-size one. Maybe it's just me but I keep my mouse sensitivity very high so I only have to move it about an inch to get across the screen, so I probably don't need the amount of mousing space that the hardcore tenkeyless advocates do.
