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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: FerretBuster on Wed, 16 November 2011, 01:37:27

Title: So... a certain famous person uses blues.
Post by: FerretBuster on Wed, 16 November 2011, 01:37:27

Apparently Notch, the creator of minecraft uses cherry mx blues. Never knew that lol!

(at least I think they are blues correct me if I am wrong)

http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/11/15/new-minecraft-documentary-trailer-sneak-peek%E2%80%94watch-notch-code-exploding-arrows/

Title: So... a certain famous person uses blues.
Post by: Gin on Wed, 16 November 2011, 01:44:44

Mechanical keyboard isn't a secret cult's instrument. You will see people using it.

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Post by: FerretBuster on Wed, 16 November 2011, 02:05:12

Yes I know, I just thought i'd share the switch he uses is all...

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Post by: pitashen on Wed, 16 November 2011, 02:20:00

A number of popular SC2 players use MX Blue. OMG!!!

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Post by: FerretBuster on Wed, 16 November 2011, 02:23:11

... I was just pointing it out.

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Post by: Gin on Wed, 16 November 2011, 02:33:13

The video finally loaded. I think I've seen that keyboard before but can't recall what it was. I think it's blue also.

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Post by: Tony on Wed, 16 November 2011, 02:42:00

Famous people has greater ego so they tend to use noisy switch :-) to attract attention.

A lot of less famous people, like ME, use brown.

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Post by: Zifle on Wed, 16 November 2011, 03:34:14

Also, this: http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/12706766448

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Post by: itlnstln on Wed, 16 November 2011, 03:58:29

So... who's the famous person?

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Post by: dewcorps on Wed, 16 November 2011, 05:32:33

For those who want to know, it's an older das keyboard model s ultimate.
http://sclick.net/cool%20gadgets/latest-newest-high-tech-electronic-gadget-news/23/cool-latest-new-best-tech-electronic-gadgets-face-profile-bigger.jpg

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Post by: dorkvader on Wed, 16 November 2011, 06:55:09

Quote from: Zifle;453125

Also, this: http://twitter.com/#!/notch/status/12706766448

Unicomp?

My roommates just now got minecraft. I'm still holding out.

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Post by: tjweir on Wed, 16 November 2011, 07:23:44

Notch is such a badass.

Here's a time-lapse of a 48 hour game dev contest, Ludum Dare:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV-AFnCkRLY

He's a great developer.

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Post by: Foodmanchew on Wed, 16 November 2011, 07:42:08

It's Das Keyboard ii [ATTACH=CONFIG]32181[/ATTACH]

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Post by: JustCallMeCrash on Wed, 16 November 2011, 08:07:32

Quote from: Foodmanchew;453178

It's Das Keyboard ii (Attachment) 32181[/ATTACH]

Isn't that the one with a lot of issues?  Something about the board logic being faulty... multiple key-presses is sounding faintly familiar.

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Post by: demik on Wed, 16 November 2011, 08:38:08

Quote from: dorkvader;453165

Unicomp?

My roommates just now got minecraft. I'm still holding out.

Give in to the dark side young padawan.

It's an awesome game, great for killing time.

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Post by: Findecanor on Wed, 16 November 2011, 09:03:39

Yeah, yeah. In previous threads people have posted that he has been using an old IBM Model M, and then a Unicomp.

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Post by: godofdeath on Wed, 16 November 2011, 09:05:24

who dis?