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Title: Which keyboard gives more street cred?
Post by: HaiiYaa on Fri, 20 January 2012, 07:15:02: By end of this month I will order a new keyboard that will be used for gaming and typing, I just have a problem deciding which.

Topre because I heard its like typing on boobies.

Truly Ergonomic because of the design.

KBT racer 75% because of the small size and cool backlightning.
Title: Which keyboard gives more street cred?
Post by: FinancialWar on Fri, 20 January 2012, 07:22:01: I had the Realforce but return it after 2 days because I thought it sucked for typing, because there is almost no tactile feedback and no click, the keys felt mushy too, it felt like a rubber dome. And typing speed on it was bad too.
Title: Which keyboard gives more street cred?
Post by: nar on Fri, 20 January 2012, 09:32:01: Definately, if you feel like you need feedback on your keyboard, Topre's the wrong choice. It's smooth and mushy (In the good boobies way as you put it, but still mushy for those who prefer a nice hard sharp feeling) and very quiet. But if you don't need feedback while typing, it's great. Compared to Browns and Blue's I've tried, I love typing and gaming on it more and do it faster too.

Of course, if you get the Racer 75% you'll get just as much street cred as the others but you'll save like $200.
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Post by: shawn o on Fri, 20 January 2012, 09:55:04: Deciding on a keyboard based on "street cred" ?

Don't see anything in the Ripster knowledge base about "street cred". Maybe he will have to include one...

I don't have one but I think HHKB is up there because of small size and high price. Also IBM Model M Industrial Spacesaver becuase how rare it is....
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Post by: litster on Fri, 20 January 2012, 10:56:06: Street cred? Obviously you need to get a Phantom (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?23572-Phantom-Custom-Keyboard-Group-Buy-(Order-Only)). You can't get any more hardcore than a Phantom outside of South Korea. Add a set of Cherry double shot or even dye sub keycaps, you are at gangsta level of cred.
Title: Which keyboard gives more street cred?
Post by: lightsout714 on Fri, 20 January 2012, 11:05:43: Quote from: litster;494879
Street cred? Obviously you need to get a Phantom (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?23572-Phantom-Custom-Keyboard-Group-Buy-(Order-Only)). You can't get any more hardcore than a Phantom outside of South Korea. Add a set of Cherry double shot or even dye sub keycaps, you are at gangsta level of cred.

Word. I need to get in on this.
Title: Which keyboard gives more street cred?
Post by: nar on Fri, 20 January 2012, 12:07:04: Quote from: litster;494879
Street cred? Obviously you need to get a Phantom (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?23572-Phantom-Custom-Keyboard-Group-Buy-(Order-Only)). You can't get any more hardcore than a Phantom outside of South Korea. Add a set of Cherry double shot or even dye sub keycaps, you are at gangsta level of cred.

So then obviously what you need to do is go to South Korea and get the custom keyboards that are even more hardcore than a Phatnom.
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Post by: litster on Fri, 20 January 2012, 12:10:51: You don't have to go to South Korea to get one of those if you know people. Kingpins have both Phantom and Korean custom imports.
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Post by: reaper on Fri, 20 January 2012, 12:20:27: Heh, more than a few people on this forum already own keyboards from S. Korea.
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Post by: Roguemaster8 on Fri, 20 January 2012, 13:18:26: I thought a Filco or a Model M was all you needed for maximum street cred.
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Post by: clickclack on Fri, 20 January 2012, 13:27:41: I would say a beam spring board or Model F. =D
After that maybe SSK's and Industrials.

On your list though of the three you mentioned I would go with Topre.

Since street cred probably means uber Geek cred on a Geek forum then I would go with a Datahand or absolutely anything you actualy customize.

=)

p.s. Honestly though, any mechanical keyboard of any type will do, we are not as main stream as many people think.
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Post by: iBro on Fri, 20 January 2012, 14:27:34: [ATTACH=CONFIG]38085[/ATTACH]

If it's street cred you want, it has to be this keyboard.
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Post by: Disposable Hero on Fri, 20 January 2012, 15:01:35: I think you mean "Geek Cred"... but anything small (tenkeyless or smaller) and backlit/w cherry..... :laser:
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Post by: lightsout714 on Fri, 20 January 2012, 16:58:47: Quote from: iBro;495048
(Attachment) 38085[/ATTACH]

If it's street cred you want, it has to be this keyboard.

This guy figured it out.
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Post by: dippingriz on Fri, 20 January 2012, 18:28:21: Cherry Blues are true gansta. Gansta's don't use .22lrs either.

Quote from: iBro;495048
(Attachment) 38085[/ATTACH]

If it's street cred you want, it has to be this keyboard.

(http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n165/dklic6/Photo030.jpg)
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Post by: HaiiYaa on Sat, 21 January 2012, 02:03:34: Quote from: litster;494879
Street cred? Obviously you need to get a Phantom (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?23572-Phantom-Custom-Keyboard-Group-Buy-(Order-Only)). You can't get any more hardcore than a Phantom outside of South Korea. Add a set of Cherry double shot or even dye sub keycaps, you are at gangsta level of cred.

nooo not group buys :(

Quote from: clickclack;495009
I would say a beam spring board or Model F. =D
After that maybe SSK's and Industrials.

On your list though of the three you mentioned I would go with Topre.

Since street cred probably means uber Geek cred on a Geek forum then I would go with a Datahand or absolutely anything you actualy customize.

=)

p.s. Honestly though, any mechanical keyboard of any type will do, we are not as main stream as many people think.

But when I had a steelseries people laughed at me for having a "gaming keyboard" with horrible keycaps
Same with zowie celeritas

When I had a filco people laughed at me for paying so much for something you could get cheaper without shiny keys and ping

old ibm keyboards won't do because the lack of n-key rollover
Title: Which keyboard gives more street cred?
Post by: Roguemaster8 on Sat, 21 January 2012, 02:31:21: Quote from: HaiiYaa;495382
But when I had a steelseries people laughed at me

When I had a filco people laughed at me

old ibm keyboards won't do because people laugh at me

Man, people are douchebags.

I was almost positive you were safe with a Filco or a Model M.
As long as it's not a rubber dome, you get your "cred" from me.
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Post by: Kamikaze K on Sat, 21 January 2012, 02:35:44: Quote from: HaiiYaa;495382
when I had a steelseries people laughed at me for having a "gaming keyboard" with horrible keycaps
Same with zowie celeritas

When I had a filco people laughed at me for paying so much for something you could get cheaper without shiny keys

Ummm... You're jokin' right OP? Mate, no offence but who cares what other people think!?

Seriously, if your choice of 'board is based on "street cred" then you've completely missed the point. How about asking yourself which board you enjoyed using most and stick with that one... Be it Steelseries, Filco, Ducky, Cm's, Topre or even Logitech. Who gives a rat's titties!

And for the guys here who have been egging him on with gun tottin' keyboards (amusing as it is)... stop teasin' the man.

And............................................ End rant. :)
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Post by: Surly73 on Sat, 21 January 2012, 08:33:28: Topre 55g is not mushy at all. Great pop and tactility. For whatever reason, though, the Topre 55g held my typing speed back. I've typed on all kinds of RD and mech keyboards and use a model M most of the time at work. There was just something about Topre 55g keeping my speed down. I liked a lot of things about the Topre though, so I'm going to try a variable.

Oh, and I know it's not on the OP's list, but you probably get the most "street cred" from a model M, maybe one of the 122 key terminal varieties. :) I've had various boards and keycaps at my desk at work, but the model M is the one that gets all the questions (whether praise from older folks or heckles from young'uns who think I should replace it with something 'good' like a Logitech so that I can have media controls).

Quote from: nar;494816
Definately, if you feel like you need feedback on your keyboard, Topre's the wrong choice. It's smooth and mushy (In the good boobies way as you put it, but still mushy for those who prefer a nice hard sharp feeling) and very quiet. But if you don't need feedback while typing, it's great. Compared to Browns and Blue's I've tried, I love typing and gaming on it more and do it faster too.

Of course, if you get the Racer 75% you'll get just as much street cred as the others but you'll save like $200.
Title: Which keyboard gives more street cred?
Post by: Surly73 on Sat, 21 January 2012, 09:07:58: Quote from: HaiiYaa;495382

old ibm keyboards won't do because the lack of n-key rollover

There's something to keep in mind before insisting on NKRO. It's worth noting that even a board rated 2KRO is guaranteed a minimum of 2 simultaneous presses no matter what the combination. Depending on the combination it could be more than 2. For instance, both my model M and a Logitech Illuminated I had were both rated 2KRO. The Logi had a really stupid design and couldn't even do SHIFT+W+SPACE (jump while running in most FPS games). The model M has no such problem even though it's rated 2KRO and SHIFT+W+SPACE is 3 keys.

I'm sure someone, somwhere has posted all the details of Model M KRO somewhere. It wouldn't shock me if it was ripster.
Title: Which keyboard gives more street cred?
Post by: Larry Dallas on Sat, 21 January 2012, 16:10:28: Bushwick Bill took his eye out with a Model M SSK, same keyboard I'm typing on. Damn it feels good to be a gangsta.

[video=youtube;6IJCFc_qkHw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IJCFc_qkHw[/video]
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Post by: keyboardlover on Sat, 21 January 2012, 16:41:38: Buy everything in my sig and you will have street cred out the wazoo.
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Post by: BossBorot on Sat, 21 January 2012, 19:42:06: (http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/9246/crayolakeyboard1.jpg)
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Post by: Surly73 on Sat, 21 January 2012, 20:58:27: [ATTACH=CONFIG]38203[/ATTACH]
Title: Which keyboard gives more street cred?
Post by: hashbaz on Sat, 21 January 2012, 22:54:10: Quote from: Surly73;495492
Topre 55g is not mushy at all. Great pop and tactility. For whatever reason, though, the Topre 55g held my typing speed back. I've typed on all kinds of RD and mech keyboards and use a model M most of the time at work. There was just something about Topre 55g keeping my speed down. I liked a lot of things about the Topre though, so I'm going to try a variable.

Yeah I don't understand how some here find Topre switches mushy. They feel very different than Cherry switches, but they bottom out firmly and pop back up satisfyingly.
Title: Which keyboard gives more street cred?
Post by: Hak Foo on Sat, 21 January 2012, 23:26:41: A 122 gets attention.

A 122 with a Soarer adaptor and a huge red pushbutton (to activate the Teensy programmer mode with it inside the case) gets MONDO attention.
Title: Which keyboard gives more street cred?
Post by: eth0s on Sun, 22 January 2012, 04:05:00: Quote from: HaiiYaa;495382
But when I had a steelseries people laughed at me for having a "gaming keyboard" with horrible keycaps
Same with zowie celeritas

When I had a filco people laughed at me for paying so much for something you could get cheaper without shiny keys and ping

old ibm keyboards won't do because the lack of n-key rollover

I laugh at the people who laugh at you; because they are know-nothing pinheads. There are two kinds of people in this world: those that laugh, and those that laugh at those that laugh.

Now to answer your original query, Ima give it to you straight kid: I grew up on the mean streets of New York City, and I can tell you this about street cred: it can never be bought, it must be earned. To get street cred with a keyboard, then you must acquire that to which others can only aspire. This will of course entail no small effort on your part. So, make your own keebo, or make a kewl mod out of an existing one, or better yet get a keyboard from NORTH Korea. That will show those nattering nabobs of nincompoopery.
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Post by: Thagarr on Sun, 22 January 2012, 05:01:16: (http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/263/piratekeyboard.jpg)
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Post by: HaiiYaa on Sun, 22 January 2012, 14:50:52: Quote from: Thagarr;496125
Show Image
(http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/263/piratekeyboard.jpg)

Looks good but its too wide
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Post by: jkercado on Sun, 22 January 2012, 21:10:43: Street cred? Keyboard?

(http://ashr.net/fbimages/TROLOLOL.jpg)
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Post by: whiskerBox on Sun, 22 January 2012, 21:15:00: 356CL ----> :car: That will do the trick for sure!
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Post by: HaiiYaa on Mon, 23 January 2012, 02:12:40: Quote from: whiskerBox;496514
356CL ----> :car: That will do the trick for sure!

Looks good :D but I think I will stay under 400$

6KRO is a must

Prefering tenkeyless or smaller

iso if possible

I'm thinking topre 45g 88UB?
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Post by: Wildcard on Mon, 23 January 2012, 02:55:45: Learn to type in just zeros and ones and you'll drive the ladies crazy, (the cosplay ones I believe j/k)

Honestly though, if you ever get an IBM Model M Spacesaver, one of the industrial ones in olive. That's pretty bad ass in my book.

BTW, someone please PM me if you ever have one of these for sale....

[video=youtube;PywI0BOxJpI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PywI0BOxJpI&feature=related[/video]
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Post by: patrickgeekhack on Mon, 23 January 2012, 06:14:51: I'll admit I did not read the whole thread, but why based your choice on street cred? Does what others think matter so much? I tend to buy or use the keyboard that feels best for me. One my favourite keyboards is the G80-3000. It's hardly the best looking keyboard out there, but I don't care for it a great keyboard to type on.

On the other hand, the Apple Bluetooth keyboard may have a great look to some, but it is an awful keyboard to type on.

Now, if you want something very portable, then I agree the HHKB or any mini keyboard is the way to go.

Just my thoughts.
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Post by: Deverica Wolf on Mon, 23 January 2012, 10:56:04: It's not the keyboard that gives the person street cred; it's the person that gives the keyboard street cred. :confused:
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Post by: jkercado on Mon, 23 January 2012, 11:35:23: I have to agree with patrickgeekhack. I use what I ike and don't care about "cred". It's rather childish. I'm happy with my Cherry G84 units. Then again I'm 40, and not a teenager anymore.
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Post by: hashbaz on Mon, 23 January 2012, 11:40:46: The actual content of the OP indicates he's just looking for advice in choosing between three very different keyboards. I think the thread title is just a clever way to distinguish it from the many other "help me decide!!!" threads.
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Post by: pitashen on Mon, 23 January 2012, 12:02:32: Quote from: hashbaz;496835
The actual content of the OP indicates he's just looking for advice in choosing between three very different keyboards. I think the thread title is just a clever way to distinguish it from the many other "help me decide!!!" threads.

look the same as any other newb threads to me...

good luck picking by the way. they all seem pretty interesting.
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Post by: eth0s on Mon, 23 January 2012, 12:15:59: Quote from: hashbaz;496835
The actual content of the OP indicates he's just looking for advice in choosing between three very different keyboards. I think the thread title is just a clever way to distinguish it from the many other "help me decide!!!" threads.

orly? It was a cry for help and I missed it. Now I feel bad. So here's my advice: buy all 3. Get the Topre, the Race 75%, and the Truly Ergonomic. Actually I don't own any ergonomic keyboards, so I can't really recommend that one, but if you have any pain in ur hands or wrists then u should definitely get taht one first.
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Post by: lightsout714 on Mon, 23 January 2012, 14:59:58: Quote from: hashbaz;496835
The actual content of the OP indicates he's just looking for advice in choosing between three very different keyboards. I think the thread title is just a clever way to distinguish it from the many other "help me decide!!!" threads.

For real I think people are taking this thread way too literally.
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Post by: patrickgeekhack on Mon, 23 January 2012, 15:03:16: Maybe we are talking the OP's words too literally, but that's his fault, isn't it? Written words don't carry tone or body language. This is why I try to be as charitable as possible, but sometimes I do fail to spot the "sense of humour."
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Post by: whiskerBox on Mon, 23 January 2012, 23:01:14: I think a more appropriate title would have been "Most Desirable Keyboard"
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Post by: Deverica Wolf on Tue, 24 January 2012, 10:22:44: Quote from: whiskerBox;497322
I think a more appropriate title would have been "Most Desirable Keyboard"

...which is the one that will give you the most street cred! :focus:
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Post by: dimoniy on Tue, 24 January 2012, 14:50:07: Quote from: dippingriz;495215
Cherry Blues are true gansta. Gansta's don't use .22lrs either.

Show Image
(http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n165/dklic6/Photo030.jpg)

OMG, a beer gun?
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Post by: dimoniy on Tue, 24 January 2012, 14:52:06: Either way, you'll only get discredited walking down the street with a keyboard