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Offline Ritual

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Hello new mechanical keyboard owner
« on: Mon, 29 December 2014, 08:14:35 »
Just ordered a WASD v2 for Christmas and while I waited for them to come back from Holiday and ship my keyboard,   I found this website to satisfy my current mechanical keyboard infatuation.

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Re: Hello new mechanical keyboard owner
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 29 December 2014, 08:17:09 »
Welcome to GeekHack, the place which will probably hurt your wallet in the next months :)

Which switch type did you choose?
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Re: Hello new mechanical keyboard owner
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 29 December 2014, 09:23:41 »
Welcome to GH!

I don't know whether or not i should be happy for you or not because your wallet will soon be raped by WalletHack lol
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Re: Hello new mechanical keyboard owner
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 29 December 2014, 10:17:22 »
Welcome to GeekHack, the place which will probably hurt your wallet in the next months :)

Which switch type did you choose?

I figured since it is my first mechanical I would go with the full experience classic MX Blues.

I got the red colored sound dampeners as well,  40AL something or other.

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Re: Hello new mechanical keyboard owner
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 29 December 2014, 10:25:47 »
Welcome to GH!

I don't know whether or not i should be happy for you or not because your wallet will soon be raped by WalletHack lol

I fully customized my legend using Inkscape and uploaded it to WASD.  So I am going to enjoy it for as long as I can.

 Going to try and not to think about what Key Cap material is the strongest,  what switch type is best,  what keyboard layout I should be the most learned on,  what form factor will be the most portable or wether or not I cannot live without backlighting.  I have a backlit membrane keyboard (Microsoft Sidewinder X4) ,  and I never use the lights on it.  The keys are shined after two years but I don't even notice that either.



 
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Re: Hello new mechanical keyboard owner
« Reply #5 on: Mon, 29 December 2014, 19:56:14 »
sounds like a good thing to do since WASD keys aren't really known for quality keys, they tend to start fading/chipping after 6 months of regular use.
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Re: Hello new mechanical keyboard owner
« Reply #6 on: Mon, 29 December 2014, 23:06:04 »
Welcome to Geekhack!

You might find yourself replacing the keycaps sooner than you expect ;)
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