I see I'm not the only new person (or older member, for that matter) from Virginia!
I'm relatively new to keyboard mania, until recently I've been whacking away on a collection of miscellaneous cheap input devices, but after getting frustrated with the freebie floppy board at work, I recently bought a Noppoo Choc Mini. As they say, the light it has dawned. This is what typing is supposed to be, accurate, fast, and with a board that doesn't flex in the middle or walk around the desk when I'm typing.
I've been doing a lot of comparison research for my next keyboard, because of course now I have to have a mechanical keyboard for home. At least one...
The one that looks like the best combination for my mix of typing and PC gaming is the Ducky Shine 2, with green LEDs and Cherry MX Brown switches. Full-size (?), not the 84-key TKL version. One other person in my office uses a Das Keyboard, and although it's nice and shiny, I do like a lighted keyboard for gaming. I have a Saitek Eclipse II at home, pretty ancient and lots of quirks, so a Ducky keyboard should be a nice upgrade. I had looked at the Filco Ninja Majestouch-2, because I like the look of the no-top-label key caps, but the lack of lighting was the deciding factor.
So... anyone have a Shine 2 for sale? My ideal color combination seems to be out of stock everywhere. That's what wishlists are for, I guess. :-)