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Title: Hey guys, I am new here, and kinda new to the keyboard game.
Post by: Chroma on Fri, 12 June 2015, 16:54:57

Hey everyone, this is my first post on geekhack. I found the keyboard community through r/mechanicalkeyboards, and I found r/mk through r/battlestations. I have been researching for the perfect computer for about 2 years now, and have only obtained 3 of the many parts for the build, the case, the OS, and the keyboard. After about a year of research, I had found the perfect build. I had grown bored after a few days, because I had accomplished my goal of finding the best possible parts for my budget. I was browsing every single submission on the hot page on r/battlestations for the second time until I saw related subreddits, one of them being r/mk. I opened the page, and was amazed by how many ****ing people dropped $150 on a single keycap. I instantly latched onto the keyboard hobby, and it is what I have been doing ever since.

I got my first mech about a week ago, the POK3R with mx blues. I also snagged myself a cherry switch tester from wasd keyboards and 4 aluminum keycaps from geekkeys, for $98, prior to getting my first mech.

I joined this website because it was a requirement for signing up for the brocap auction on ctrlalt, so I was  like why not, lmao.

So that is how I arrived to this very website on this day. it was a long and tiresome journey, but I think I found my home in the keyboard community  :)

Thanks to anyone that read my story about how I got into mechanical keyboards! :D

Title: Re: Hey guys, I am new here, and kinda new to the keyboard game.
Post by: infiniti on Sun, 14 June 2015, 03:05:24

Welcome home to geekhack!

I see you've already discovered WalletHack (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=67980.0) as well! :))

Happy Keyboarding!

Title: Re: Hey guys, I am new here, and kinda new to the keyboard game.
Post by: metal369 on Sun, 14 June 2015, 03:07:25

Quote from: Chroma on Fri, 12 June 2015, 16:54:57

Hey everyone, this is my first post on geekhack. I found the keyboard community through r/mechanicalkeyboards, and I found r/mk through r/battlestations. I have been researching for the perfect computer for about 2 years now, and have only obtained 3 of the many parts for the build, the case, the OS, and the keyboard. After about a year of research, I had found the perfect build. I had grown bored after a few days, because I had accomplished my goal of finding the best possible parts for my budget. I was browsing every single submission on the hot page on r/battlestations for the second time until I saw related subreddits, one of them being r/mk. I opened the page, and was amazed by how many ****ing people dropped $150 on a single keycap. I instantly latched onto the keyboard hobby, and it is what I have been doing ever since.

I got my first mech about a week ago, the POK3R with mx blues. I also snagged myself a cherry switch tester from wasd keyboards and 4 aluminum keycaps from geekkeys, for $98, prior to getting my first mech.

I joined this website because it was a requirement for signing up for the brocap auction on ctrlalt, so I was  like why not, lmao.

So that is how I arrived to this very website on this day. it was a long and tiresome journey, but I think I found my home in the keyboard community  :)

Thanks to anyone that read my story about how I got into mechanical keyboards! :D

Welcome! :)

Title: Re: Hey guys, I am new here, and kinda new to the keyboard game.
Post by: rowdy on Wed, 17 June 2015, 05:56:55

Welcome to Geekhack!

$150 for a single keycap is pretty tame these days.  Some go for $800 or more :eek:

The thing with making a perfect build is that a couple of months later most of it is out of date ... except the keyboard :D  A good keyboard will last you for years, and you can take it from workstation to workstation.