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geekhack Community => New Members => Topic started by: slinky773 on Sun, 01 February 2015, 15:06:04
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Hey, guys! I'm Young Fenimore Lee. The best intro I can give is at my personal site (https://slinky773.github.io (https://slinky773.github.io)), but tl;dr I go to hackathons, I'm a "philosopher," I like front-end web design, and I like to write. I have experienced a lot of different kinds of online communities, like the speedcubing community (https://speedsolving.com/ (https://speedsolving.com/), people who solve rubik's cubes competitively) where I used to compete in 3x3 and the HH (Hackathon Hackers, people who attend hackathons to code kewl stuff https://medium.com/hackathons-anonymous/wtf-is-a-hackathon-92668579601 (https://medium.com/hackathons-anonymous/wtf-is-a-hackathon-92668579601)) community, so I'm proud to be a member of another community. Here's hoping you take a liking to me :3
I also have some quick questions that maybe you guys could answer.
1. Recommendations for TKL keyboards? I have a budget of under $100 (yeah, limiting, I know), and I'm thinking of getting the Razer Blackwidow Tournament Edition, and mentioning that brings me to my second question.
2. While browsing around here quickly and looking for reviews of TKL KBs, I quickly learned that you guys seem to really hate Razer KBs. Is it because they use their own switches made in China that are "cheap?" Or is it because they're extremely mainstream? Just wondering.
Hope I enjoy my stay here ^_^
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I'm thinking of getting the Razer Blackwidow Tournament Edition
No. Just no.
you guys seem to really hate Razer KBs. Is it because they use their own switches made in China that are "cheap?" Or is it because they're extremely mainstream? Just wondering.
Because their quality control sucks.
Because the keycaps are cheap.
Because you'll be having a hard time replacing these ****ty keycaps, because Razer is using a non-standard bottom row layout.
Because they're using false marketing.
Because you have to install a cloud spyware programm just for using a simple keyboard?!?
Because it won't improve your League of Legends skills.
Because you are a grown up.
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Welcome to Geekhack!
Without any training or special techniques I could regularly solve a 3x3x3 Cube in about 45 seconds. Pretty poor compared to some of the new techniques that are around now, but I was quite pleased with it.
Something from CoolerMaster would probably be quite good, and might even come in within budget. Or you could see if you could find a Ducky Zero (assuming you wanted no backlighting).