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Keyboards / Re: What Keyboard Are You Using Now?
« Last post by SpoonSalesman on Thu, 12 November 2026, 12:57:01 »PTK-9 with WS Heavy Tactile switches and SA WoB Keycaps.
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Interest Checks / Re: [IC] DCS Nights Alps/MX - GB Nov 18!
« Last post by CPTBadAss on Thu, 12 November 2026, 11:17:08 »Cant wait for the alps set
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Off Topic / Re: What's Bothering You? (The thread about what is bothering you.)
« Last post by tp4tissue on Thu, 12 November 2026, 10:13:09 »
People who watch / follow kpop.
I too fail to understand the attraction.
It seems like glorifying what is irritating and distracting, but I generally gravitate to cerebral music.
Not only that, the industry is heavily involed in the files. corea being a lower us vassel'n'al
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Off Topic / Re: g4m3r Raptropz
« Last post by tp4tissue on Thu, 12 November 2026, 08:25:16 »Pros
-sensible buttons/ shortcuts, power profile key, this should be standard across all laptops.
- reasonably svelt, you don't hate carrying it around.
-- keyboard font's not ugly.
--- NON-touch screen, it's a big deal, digitizers are extra reflective.
---- good ports, left and right.
----- smart heatsink design with a passive dissipation fin edge, this radiates heat better under fanless mode.
------ speakers not trash, upfire tweeter + downfire woofer.
------- solid milled aluminum key deck.
-------- trackpad size and position well thought out, no palm issues.
--------- grounded power supply, no sizzle
---------- upgradable wifi card
----------- g-helper, if it wasn't for g-helper, the default asus app is AWFUL.
Cons.
-6500 rpm fan, wicked screaming
- low sustained turbo in real world
-- mechanical touch pad
--- trash microphone quality
---- trash webcam quality, no webcam slider
----- liquid metal <guaranteed point of failure>
------ fan pulls air from below the keyboard deck, direct dust INTO the keys. INSANE, why?
------- bios, weird power gate issues.
-------- oled, bad HDR near black tuning (lifted dark scenes)
--------- screen is not as bad as touch screen, but still pretty reflective.
---------- will not survive drop, this thing will die.
----------- Industrial colors, not cool.
------------ Nvidia drivers cause banding
------------- Out of the box screen calibrations are USELESS.
-------------- Always warm.
-sensible buttons/ shortcuts, power profile key, this should be standard across all laptops.
- reasonably svelt, you don't hate carrying it around.
-- keyboard font's not ugly.
--- NON-touch screen, it's a big deal, digitizers are extra reflective.
---- good ports, left and right.
----- smart heatsink design with a passive dissipation fin edge, this radiates heat better under fanless mode.
------ speakers not trash, upfire tweeter + downfire woofer.
------- solid milled aluminum key deck.
-------- trackpad size and position well thought out, no palm issues.
--------- grounded power supply, no sizzle
---------- upgradable wifi card
----------- g-helper, if it wasn't for g-helper, the default asus app is AWFUL.
Cons.
-6500 rpm fan, wicked screaming
- low sustained turbo in real world
-- mechanical touch pad
--- trash microphone quality
---- trash webcam quality, no webcam slider
----- liquid metal <guaranteed point of failure>
------ fan pulls air from below the keyboard deck, direct dust INTO the keys. INSANE, why?
------- bios, weird power gate issues.
-------- oled, bad HDR near black tuning (lifted dark scenes)
--------- screen is not as bad as touch screen, but still pretty reflective.
---------- will not survive drop, this thing will die.
----------- Industrial colors, not cool.
------------ Nvidia drivers cause banding
------------- Out of the box screen calibrations are USELESS.
-------------- Always warm.
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Interest Checks / Re: [IC] GMK CYL Deathly Queen - Taking over from Tyson
« Last post by SKYP.Lab on Thu, 12 November 2026, 08:23:36 »I'm for the alt Latin alphas kit. The Katakana sublegends are the signature of the set, but two people here have already asked for plain Latin, and a clean option would keep them in. I'd rather see it offered properly than as an afterthought.
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Keyboard Keycaps / Re: Should Numpad be in the Base kit?
« Last post by SKYP.Lab on Thu, 12 November 2026, 08:23:27 »I'm in the keep-it-in-base camp. $3 saved for TKL buyers against $27 more for numpad buyers is a bad trade. Small thing though: the chart measures GMK against TKL Base kits and the other profiles against TKL Mod kits, so the 21% vs 42% comparison isn't quite apples to apples.
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Interest Checks / Re: [IC] GMK Knight
« Last post by SKYP.Lab on Thu, 12 November 2026, 08:21:11 »Norse Rune legends was the right call after that close IC. I'd lean RAL 5017: you said GMK matches RAL more accurately than Pantone, and a calmer blue should sit better against the gold Esc and Enter. The samples will tell though.
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Interest Checks / Re: [IC] GMK CYL Video 2048
« Last post by biip on Thu, 12 November 2026, 07:58:16 »Grouping the colours by function is a fun idea. The mod row is all ⌘ and ⌥, so would a small Win/Alt mod kit make sense as one of the child kits for non-Mac boards? Curious whether you plan to cover that in the base.
I'm definitely not opposed to offering Win mods
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Interest Checks / Re: [IC] GMK CYL Video 2048
« Last post by SKYP.Lab on Thu, 12 November 2026, 07:54:27 »Grouping the colours by function is a fun idea. The mod row is all ⌘ and ⌥, so would a small Win/Alt mod kit make sense as one of the child kits for non-Mac boards? Curious whether you plan to cover that in the base.
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Off Topic / Re: g4m3r Raptropz
« Last post by tp4tissue on Thu, 12 November 2026, 07:35:32 »Ok, Tp4 is sold,
Asus zeph g14, despite NUMEROUS problems.
It is the current best configuration in terms of usability, general quality of life features.
If only they made it with a slightly bigger cooling system. There's all this space taken up by the speakers.
Asus zeph g14, despite NUMEROUS problems.
It is the current best configuration in terms of usability, general quality of life features.
If only they made it with a slightly bigger cooling system. There's all this space taken up by the speakers.