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Title: An Addiction Begins...
Post by: Erick_C on Mon, 26 March 2012, 06:51:36
As a touch typist and a gamer, I was always intrigued with the benefits of what mechanical keyboards offered over rubber dome and scissor-switch-based keyboards.  After spending the last few weeks researching and figuring out what I really wanted, I purchased my first mechanical keyboard, an IDFactory M.stone Groove87 with Cherry MX Brown Switches, exactly six days ago.

Today, I found myself walking out of the Yongsan Electronics Market with a Filco MJ2 Ninja with Cherry MX Black switches, two IDFactory M.stone TKL wrist rests, and an itch to buy the Poker X with engraved PBT Caps on Blues...

Is this normal?

BTW... hi all, I'm new...
Title: An Addiction Begins...
Post by: stingrae on Mon, 26 March 2012, 07:14:10
Sadly perfectly normal around here, if I had enough money i'd have bought atleast 2 more keyboards!
Title: An Addiction Begins...
Post by: Human on Mon, 26 March 2012, 07:30:24
As above, the symptoms above are especially normal, and it get worsen perpendicularly to the time you spent on GeekHack.

BTW, how do you manage to get a KOREA only board? You from Korea? Also, do update with us with a review on the board if possible. Especially if there is rubber coating on the keyboard case.
Title: An Addiction Begins...
Post by: Erick_C on Mon, 26 March 2012, 08:17:57
@Stingrae
Both the boards on your sig are actually in my sights...

@Human
Since, I'm pretty much in heaven with both boards, I'd love to type up a review of the Groove87 board for the forum.  I got most of the information during my research from here, so I've already spend a chunk of my time looking at some amazing write-ups and photos in GH.  It probably explains why I ended up with two TKL boards in less than one week.
As for the "Korea question", I'm nothing more than just an American expat working here.
Title: An Addiction Begins...
Post by: Awful on Mon, 26 March 2012, 10:24:20
Erick if I were you. I would sell Korean only keyboards and keyboard items through geekhack to people like myself. Charge price + shipping + a little something for yourself and bam there ya go. Buy yourself all the other keyboards you want!
Title: An Addiction Begins...
Post by: Erick_C on Mon, 26 March 2012, 11:39:49
Quote from: Awful;557220
Erick if I were you. I would sell Korean only keyboards and keyboard items through geekhack to people like myself. Charge price + shipping + a little something for yourself and bam there ya go. Buy yourself all the other keyboards you want!

LOL.  It's something to consider since I seem to recall seeing a post about the m.stone wrist rests... I'm not so sure there would be a market for the boards since there seems to be almost always a 'local' equivalent.
Title: An Addiction Begins...
Post by: daerid on Mon, 26 March 2012, 11:55:28
Unfortunately, there really is no treatment for this particular addiction.
Title: An Addiction Begins...
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Mon, 26 March 2012, 12:01:07
Groove87 seems to be just a logo free CMStorm? Plenty of market for that.

Welcome to the empty wallet club.
Title: An Addiction Begins...
Post by: captain on Mon, 26 March 2012, 12:01:45
Welcome to geekhack!
Title: An Addiction Begins...
Post by: hazeluff on Mon, 26 March 2012, 12:05:55
Thats right, you're now one of us, now get yourself some keycaps.
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?29132-IC-Diablo-Exocet-87-Extras-Double-Keyset

; p ; p

Welcome to Geekhack.
Title: An Addiction Begins...
Post by: Wildcard on Mon, 26 March 2012, 13:10:21
Perfectly normal!

"Looks around office, looks down at keyboard, looks at last months paypal statement, looks at wife's face of disapproval (ಠ_ಠ)"

We'll go with that, welcome to geekhack
Title: An Addiction Begins...
Post by: bazemk1979 on Mon, 26 March 2012, 18:42:30
perfectly normal, today my offer was accepted for this keyboard thats new http://www.auctiva.com/hostedimages/showimage.aspx?gid=1451767&ppid=1122&image=438494988&images=438494988,438495004&formats=0,0&format=0

Hoping to win an auction on either new or barelly used White logo Model M and have the retro style keycaps replaced with black blank keycaps from Unicomp + Detachable black USB cable which should match the black keycaps

But if I dont win the White logo I'm anyways buying this baby http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?27330-Unicomp-Wildcat-Keyboard-Unboxing&highlight=Kentucky+Wildcats