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Title: New Razer BlackWidow - Dragon AgeII Collectors Edition
Post by: BababooeyHTJ on Tue, 01 March 2011, 15:39:53: Wow it's uglier than the regular blackwidow somehow.
Title: New Razer BlackWidow - Dragon AgeII Collectors Edition
Post by: xetsog on Tue, 01 March 2011, 18:49:43: I've always thought the BlackWidow was ugly, but the redesign makes it look hideous. Always a shame that it's still not using Browns.
Title: New Razer BlackWidow - Dragon AgeII Collectors Edition
Post by: pitashen on Tue, 01 March 2011, 19:07:06: Razer is milking PRETTY hard...

I mean...Dragon Age is an RPG... that u can even make pauses to make decisions during the combat...

Promoting their mech keyboard with DA2 is just lame
Title: New Razer BlackWidow - Dragon AgeII Collectors Edition
Post by: dizzyone on Tue, 01 March 2011, 19:20:44: I don't understand why they're using such a hideous font. Is it some kind of 'cool' only hipsters can appreciate?
Title: New Razer BlackWidow - Dragon AgeII Collectors Edition
Post by: vun on Tue, 01 March 2011, 19:23:21: Quote from: dizzyone;303149
I don't understand why they're using such a hideous font. Is it some kind of 'cool' only hipsters can appreciate?

The font is designed for 13 year old CS gamers and anyone who thinks "killer" is a clever nickname.
Title: New Razer BlackWidow - Dragon AgeII Collectors Edition
Post by: cyberphine on Tue, 01 March 2011, 20:46:13: Quote from: ripster;303153
Recess? I have fond memories of boosting girls up to the parallel bars.

Hope you were in grammar school at the same time?
Title: New Razer BlackWidow - Dragon AgeII Collectors Edition
Post by: db_Iodine on Wed, 02 March 2011, 02:27:32: At least it has a red backlight, so there's something special about the keyboard.
Title: New Razer BlackWidow - Dragon AgeII Collectors Edition
Post by: KosherPieFiasco on Wed, 02 March 2011, 20:00:31: Somehow Razer's products manage to get uglier and uglier.
Title: New Razer BlackWidow - Dragon AgeII Collectors Edition
Post by: vicariouscheese on Thu, 03 March 2011, 13:48:28: Quote from: ripster;303021
I also congratulate the designer for that.

Time to GET BACK TO BASICS Razer.
Show Image
(http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh69/kairxa/Indocomtech%20dan%20JMS%202010/IMG00094-20101104-1301.jpg)

Pshhh when has razer ever done the basics?

They sell on looks and booth babes :P which are definitely above the competition admittedly...
Title: New Razer BlackWidow - Dragon AgeII Collectors Edition
Post by: Variable on Fri, 04 March 2011, 08:25:59: they also sell on availability
Title: New Razer BlackWidow - Dragon AgeII Collectors Edition
Post by: YpoCaramel on Fri, 11 March 2011, 01:30:32: I like red glowy better than blue, and hopefully it's not as glossy. yea, I bought a BW :(, I needed a MX Blue and it was cheaper than the Filcos they just got in. I already have the brown Filco anyways.

I like the way my Filco looks way more the BW but I got tiny Asian hands and the BW actually fits me better. ahah :(
Title: New Razer BlackWidow - Dragon AgeII Collectors Edition
Post by: 002 on Fri, 11 March 2011, 02:07:53: urgh... Another eye-rollingly stupid over the top razer product.
Title: New Razer BlackWidow - Dragon AgeII Collectors Edition
Post by: popol on Fri, 11 March 2011, 03:24:29: Razer has never been a label of quality
Title: New Razer BlackWidow - Dragon AgeII Collectors Edition
Post by: db_Iodine on Fri, 11 March 2011, 03:37:25: Quote from: YpoCaramel;309765
I like the way my Filco looks way more the BW but I got tiny Asian hands and the BW actually fits me better. ahah :(

Wait, isn't the BW standard size?
Title: New Razer BlackWidow - Dragon AgeII Collectors Edition
Post by: Ekaros on Fri, 11 March 2011, 13:00:01: Soo, green next? On what game ;D
Title: New Razer BlackWidow - Dragon AgeII Collectors Edition
Post by: canon.tk on Fri, 11 March 2011, 13:08:47: They should have saved the red one for the next best game of all time: Diablo 3.
Title: New Razer BlackWidow - Dragon AgeII Collectors Edition
Post by: Ekaros on Fri, 11 March 2011, 13:16:23: Have they done other colors than Blue, Red and green?

Still, they are quite good at making shiny things, even if they aren't very good...
Title: New Razer BlackWidow - Dragon AgeII Collectors Edition
Post by: Spiner on Fri, 11 March 2011, 17:32:02: Quote from: YpoCaramel;309765
I like red glowy better than blue, and hopefully it's not as glossy. yea, I bought a BW :(, I needed a MX Blue and it was cheaper than the Filcos they just got in. I already have the brown Filco anyways.

I like the way my Filco looks way more the BW but I got tiny Asian hands and the BW actually fits me better. ahah :(

That's weird, because I have a razer blackwidow and a filco and the BW has way larger keys then the filco. If anything the filco is better suited for small asian hands :)
Title: New Razer BlackWidow - Dragon AgeII Collectors Edition
Post by: Spiner on Fri, 11 March 2011, 17:39:48: Let's be real. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder but, most people would consider the razer blackwidow to be a beautiful looking keyboard and much "cooler looking" then much plainer looking mechanical keyboards. You can call razer products a lot of things, but the last thing you can call the BW is ugly.
Title: New Razer BlackWidow - Dragon AgeII Collectors Edition
Post by: Spiner on Fri, 11 March 2011, 17:51:04: Quote from: Spiner;310120
That's weird, because I have a razer blackwidow and a filco and the BW has way larger keys then the filco. If anything the filco is better suited for small asian hands :)

Quote from: ripster;310123
Hmmmm.....maybe
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(http://i.imgur.com/JQiv7.jpg)

I kinda doubt it though. I think you may be reacting to the keys being more Cherry Corp profile than Filco profile.
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(http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q269/damutation/Razer%20Blackwidow%20Review/RazerBlackwidowUltimateReview-010.jpg)

Yeah actually I just compared the two and they're really similar in size afterall. The BW keys might be a little thicker though. The font kinda creates an optical illusion, making it seem like the keycaps are bigger when really they're about the same.
Title: New Razer BlackWidow - Dragon AgeII Collectors Edition
Post by: Chobopants on Fri, 11 March 2011, 19:36:19: Quote from: Spiner;310127
Let's be real. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder but, most people would consider the razer blackwidow to be a beautiful looking keyboard and much "cooler looking" then much plainer looking mechanical keyboards. You can call razer products a lot of things, but the last thing you can call the BW is ugly.

Can't help but call that thing ugly. Next to the Déck it's one of the least attractive keyboards out there, especially in the mechanical realm.

Of course, I find what most people do to their Filcos to drastically decrease their beauty. They come so elegant and clean looking and people toss red and purple keys all over them, ruining the simplicity. Just me though, people can do whatever they want to their boards. :)

(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5299/5509673692_35b90af5e4_z.jpg)

That said, the default BW is OKAY looking and I wouldn't throw up looking at it. Just a little cheesy. The DA2 one is gaudy as all get out and needs to be put out of its misery. :(
Title: New Razer BlackWidow - Dragon AgeII Collectors Edition
Post by: YpoCaramel on Fri, 11 March 2011, 21:12:59: oh no! I got tricked by an optical illusion! :embarassed: oh well

I have a hard time hating the BW per se. Glowy is glowy, macro keys are macro keys, and media keys are media keys.

Filcos do have (sort of) a classy quasi-professional understated kind of allure to them I supppose. BW obviously doesn't have that.
Title: New Razer BlackWidow - Dragon AgeII Collectors Edition
Post by: 002 on Sat, 12 March 2011, 06:25:16: Take a Honda Civic and put some neons, stickers, a gigantic wing, a body kit and a ridiculous exhaust on it.

I look at cars like that and Razer products in the same light.
Title: New Razer BlackWidow - Dragon AgeII Collectors Edition
Post by: Dr.Pepper on Sat, 12 March 2011, 09:49:49: Should have been done for Diablo 3, and should of had cherry reds to match the red backlighting. Razer products really suck though because of the fact that they're just all built very cheap.
Title: New Razer BlackWidow - Dragon AgeII Collectors Edition
Post by: Variable on Sat, 12 March 2011, 11:39:12: chobo can I ask what mousepad you have in that picture? looks like the qck iirc. I had a dual sided razer pad (exactmat or something) and I can't seem to find a dual sided pad I like the look of now so I'm sort of open to anything and that's really sleek looking.

just ordered a deathadder in black and along with a new pad (and either a filco or leo blue, whichever comes first, to replace my blackwidow to keep this on topic :D) it might take my setup a few steps away from 'hardcore gamer "cool"' to sleek and stylish :P (edit - the taste change is due to this forum, of course)
Title: New Razer BlackWidow - Dragon AgeII Collectors Edition
Post by: Arc'xer on Sat, 12 March 2011, 14:46:12: Quote from: Variable;310498
chobo can I ask what mousepad you have in that picture? looks like the qck iirc. I had a dual sided razer pad (exactmat or something) and I can't seem to find a dual sided pad I like the look of now so I'm sort of open to anything and that's really sleek looking.

Steelseries Icemat-2 (http://shop.steelseries.com/us/index.php/surfaces-us/steelseries-experience-i-2.html), glass mousepad; you can tell by the edges producing a faint glow to them because they're worn down to avoid skin issues and they reflect light from that area. And also the icemat sits a little bit higher due to the thickness and feet plus the separation of height from the feet and the desk looks like it's almost floating, so another way to tell.