[GIVEAWAY CONTEST #1] Solid Brass BroBot V2!!!! (WINNER ANNOUNCED!)

[Michael]

The Winner: BunnyLake!





Thanks for playing, everyone! All really great submissions! Keep an eye out for future contests here!


RULES:


1. Explain to me (in this thread) why you love Topre. I want to hear a creative and interesting reason you have found oneness with cup rubber. How does it make you feel to type with a Topre keyboard? (It's pretty corny, I KNOW!)
2. I will pick 5 of my favorite, and random between them.
3. This is a giveaway, no money is required. Just creativity  
4. Entries will end on Friday at 9pm Pacific Standard Time


The Loot:


Solid Brass Topre BroBot V2





This is a prototype for future material types. It is a prototype, but fully functional!


Good luck, and have fun! I am looking forward to hearing your stories!

[Michael]

Aaaaand GO.

[MKULTRA]

I don't have a Topre.  Maybe someday I will, actually I probably will someday.  I just want this caps because I ****ing love BroBots V2's.  I want to be the jcrouse of these damn things.  I want them all.  One day I will find my oneness with the cup rubber, maybe tomorrow, maybe next month, but for now, I need to feel the oneness of the BroBot.

[absyrd]

I don't have a Topre board, but my wife does. Her keyboard and keycap collection is bigger than mine, yet I do all the legwork/posting on here. Help me win more points with my wife by giving me cup rubber brobot, please.

EDIT: It may get me sex.

[catnipz0098]

I don't own cuprubber, Good luck to everyone else!

[Halverson]

Brass.....oh my, I love brass. I'll be back before the deadline with hopefully some awesome way to describe how I feel using my HHKB everyday.

[BunnyLake]

topre is a lot like heroin to me, often confusing to outsiders, but from the moment i tried it, it just felt right, i was one with the cup rubber

[Acetrak]

I love my topre that's the switch I prefer
Type so fast with topre my words tend to blur
When I first started out, in another words, as a young nerd
I wanted the best so I searched and searched
I was advised, recommended and then referred
All direction point me to topre
Finally got one, became a fan and now I'm on my third
And that's how the oneness with the cup rubber was forever transferred
Word

[snoopy]

Short (cause I'm already in bed and half sleeping): It feels like heaven. Typing on fluffy clouds that make you feel comfortable. I'm writing my master thesis on a hhkb and sometimes can't stop writing, cause stopping means no more thock thock.

Now, I really need sleep. Damn geekhack, steeling money and sleep.

[shawn24]

best wish to u
i dont have any topre keyboard

[phetto]

Cool giveaway. Too bad I cant express my feelings towards topre in english..

[Flamingchook]

How have I found oneness with cup rubber?

I assimilated with cup rubber thanks to the fantastically generous BunnyLake and his recent raffle, in which I won a Topre Realforce 87U, donated to the raffle by the equally generous and amazing Goobus.

I have had this keyboard for all of a week and a half and it is already incredibly special to me. Not only does it remind me of how fantastic this community is, but by god does it feel amazing! If mechanical key switches are royalty, then Topre is King. And he is a good, kind and caring King. Those who serve him are rewarded with the feeling of typing on a cloud of supple boobs, and complete oneness with cup rubber.
 
Every King needs a crown though. A solid crown. An expertly crafted crown. Made of Brass. Made special. And made by Bro Caps.

Topre is my king and Topre is my Bro.

[Rayne]

ok, here is my entey: (at the risk of sounding like a creep )

Oh Topre, how I love you so much. You make my fingers feel like magic. Pushing your buttons makes music to my ears. I love the feeling I get when ever I walk into my room and I see you there, just waiting, wanting to be touched. When I'm feeling down you always bring me up, when I have long papers to type, you always make it easy. You are perfect, and there is nothing I would ever change about you (except maybe a shiny new BroBot ). I don't just want you Topre, I NEED you! You complete me. I know that as long as I have you here, every thing will be ok, and nothing would make me happier than typing on you for the rest of my days. I love you, always and forever.

[xiaokucha]

Please, tell me this is for a girl

ok, here is my entey: (at the risk of sounding like a creep )

Oh Topre, how I love you so much. You make my fingers feel like magic. Pushing your buttons makes music to my ears. I love the feeling I get when ever I walk into my room and I see you there, just waiting, wanting to be touched. When I'm feeling down you always bring me up, when I have long papers to type, you always make it easy. You are perfect, and there is nothing I would ever change about you (except maybe a shiny new BroBot ). I don't just want you Topre, I NEED you! You complete me. I know that as long as I have you here, every thing will be ok, and nothing would make me happier than typing on you for the rest of my days. I love you, always and forever.

[Rayne]

Please, tell me this is for a girl

no im just a lonely nerd lol

[metalliqaz]

I think an important but overlooked part of the Topre experience is the sliders.  Forget the cupped rubber, the stability of the switches are what make the boards feel graceful and solid.  Cherry MX switches actually have a lot of play.  The big round plastic sliders in the Topre switches offer smooth travel and amazing lateral stability.  People who don't own Topre may not even realize this, but the only stabilized key on a Realforce is the space bar.  The backspace, enter, and shift keys don't have any.  The thick round stems are plenty to keep them actuating correctly.

[kenmai9]

I recently tried Topre after trying Cherry MX Browns, Reds, Blues, Blacks and Ergo Clears. A month ago I scored a nice price on a used Topre board from the classifieds, the Leopold FC660C. Since then, I've fallen in love with it because of the way the key bounces back on my tip after each stroke as I finger the board. I'm stroking it and stroking it and finally.. I come to the conclusion of my post. I am one with the cup rubber.

 )

[kelske]

10 things I hate about Topre

I hate the way you thock to me,

and the way you cut your domes.

I hate the way you drive my fingers,

I hate it when you're home.

I hate your big dumb fold out feet

and the way you're only 45g.

I hate you so much it makes me dipswtich,

it even makes me enter Brocaps giveaways...

I hate the way you’re always slipping,

I hate it when you fry.

I hate it when you make me typo,

even worse when you make me try.

I hate it when you’re not around,

and the fact that you cost so much.

But mostly I hate the way I don’t hate you,

not even close…

not even a little bit…

not even a touch.




Edit: ****ty GIF update!

[nubbinator]

Topre is like a Tim Burton or Wes Anderson movie.  There's something horribly wrong, painfully trite, and just overdone about it, but at the same time, you get sucked in and can't look away.  You know it's going to feel a certain way, but as you touch it, it transforms itself into something better, where something that's wrong and that shouldn't work suddenly feels right.  You try and fight it, try and hate its parts, but the more you do so, the more you realize how right it is in spite of the horrible horrible parts its composed of.  Somehow that meshing of things that just shouldn't feel good blends together perfectly and makes something amazing.  At the end, you wonder how you could have ever doubted it.

[Permeability]

Topre, love your thock
Oneness with the cup rubber
That is what I feel

 

[Michael]

I am now wondering if I should have stated 'Rated PG' in the rules....

[noisyturtle]

Well perhaps I could be pushed towards getting a rubber dome board....

[kenmai9]

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I am now wondering if I should have stated 'Rated PG' in the rules....


:P

Let me know if you want me to change mine to a pg version haha

[JPG]

Oh man, I would like to love topre so I could love this brass bro, but I have yet to try topre so I can only wait for the MX brass bro!

[Michael]

Let me know if you want me to change mine to a pg version haha

Not at all... was j/k

[Michael]

Added another rule - end time for entries!

[tjcaustin]

I like topper because it's what I like, it wasn't love at first sight or even second or third, but like a moss, it grew on me until one day I could live no longer without its sweet thockbrace.

[keymaster]

Cool giveaway. Hopefully it undermines all the CC drama today.

I sold all my MX stuff after my conversion to the oneness with the cup rubber. The 55g Topre switch is perfect, especially with the dental band silencing mod. I really enjoy the thock with each keystroke -- one that cannot be replicated by any of the various MX switches I've tried. I feel that if people give Topre a chance with either 45g or 55g uniform, they will be enlightened with the rubber cup goodness and sell their antiquated MX gear. Everyone I know that has played around with the various MX boards I used to have and now the 55g 87U says that "this one" (referring to Topre) feels the best. I am doing my fair share in enlightening the masses of our new Topre overlords.

[AKIMbO]

I love topre because TP hates it.  I'm the ying to his yang. 

[WRXChris]

I'm addicted to Topre because of the silicon-like smoothness of the sliders.  Not even my best MX lube job can replicate the silky smooth thockety goodness of Topre.  A reluctant convert, I am.

[xiaokucha]

" I'm the ying to his yang. "

Classic 

In Chinese, it means you are the butt hole for his ****.

I love topre because TP hates it.  I'm the ying to his yang.

[Michael]

" I'm the ying to his yang. "

Classic 

In Chinese, it means you are the butt hole for his ****.

I love topre because TP hates it.  I'm the ying to his yang.

[AKIMbO]

" I'm the ying to his yang. "

Classic 

In Chinese, it means you are the butt hole for his ****.

I love topre because TP hates it.  I'm the ying to his yang.

We are talking about rubbers here are we not?

[xiaokucha]

No offense man, sorry.


From urbandictionary,

1. rubber
1. (Am. English) a condom
2. (Brit. English) an eraser
1. How did I run out of rubbers so fast?
2. Any of you blokes got a rubber? This number 3 pencil is too dark.

" I'm the ying to his yang. "

Classic 

In Chinese, it means you are the butt hole for his ****.

I love topre because TP hates it.  I'm the ying to his yang.

We are talking about rubbers here are we not?

[Sniping]

Topre is a damn cool switch. It's one of those things where the concept of the thing is simple but in reality it's quite complex but really awesome at the same time in terms of feel. I never really understood why there was a learning curve for MX because the switches felt so different from the rubber domes I've always typed on. It's just something that felt a bit weird to me no matter how much I used it. Topre went back to basics for me with the general feel of rubber domes but refined it by being the same, but oh-so different at the same time, kind of like turning carbon into diamonds. In the end, this was really just what I was looking for when I initially started looking for a great keyboard, I just didn't know it.

Thock.

[Wildcard]

I like my white HHKB for two reasons.

1) I love the solid feel of the board and how the HHKB topre domes with capacitive switches make for one of the smoothest actuations of any switch. Capacitive switches are interesting in that the method in which they reach the actuation point is just for fun. In this case you know they created those rubber domes for maximum comfort.

2) Eiiti Wada - Had a brilliant vision when it came to designing a 60 key layout that just works.

[cgbuen]

What I think makes Topre stand out is the combination of its technology coupled with the soft feel. Indeed it feels quite nice, but the idea of how the switch was designed and how it works I think is the most intriguing part to me - the bump occurring right as the capacitive actuation occurs, while retaining the ability to continue depressing afterwards, like other mechanical switch types, all the way into a pillowy bottom-out.

My Realforce is a real joy to type on - keystrokes just feel really very solid and tactile while retaining the rubber softness. I like the aesthetics of my blank Type-S, but a big point was that it made me fully buy into 60% form factors and the homerow Ctrl positioning.

But the most honest reason I love Topre is because I love all keyboards! (Folks at the DSA Retro sorting party a few months back laughed when I legitimately said I liked Cherry MY.) I've got an F and a foam & foil BTC 5100C - both capacitive as well, both of which are extremely interesting to me for reasons both alike and different - and several other switch types and form factors. It's just really terrific to be able to rotate through my collection and enjoy them all, for the feeling and for the science behind them, considering most of my time (what I do for a living and what I do as hobbies) is spent sitting at a computer.

[On a side note about this contest, I'll be very surprised if AKiMBO didn't win.]

[duc_nckt]

My english is not good. I have to thanks to the help of google translate


I love topre because topre give me a sense of like fingers dancing on the keyboard, I feel fingers like have s*x with keyboard (HHKB), I can surf the on them . Pressing force it perfect, the most is HHKB. And the important, I like mounting CC skull, Brobot on the HHKB, and I could watch them for hours, I see them all the beauty of CC skull and brobot. With me, pressing force of HHKB is the most wonderful, it's give my fingers to feel comfortable and relaxed. I can not find it on the amazing with switch MX

[terran5992]

3 words

Cloud of beeeeeeewwwwwbs

[Alessandro]

Each press is like slipping my fingers in to miniature condoms. Keyboard scented condoms of joy at that. Not ribbed, just silky smooth rubber goodness to feel au naturale.

Of course, why else would I be doing this but to prepare for an orgasmic experience with the outright sexiest switch? Preparation is key, and it's going to feel gooood...



Just too bad I'm a virgin.

[LONGZILLA]

So we're all going for vulgar are we? Each keystroke is like finger banging a rubber ducky

[martinyeah]

Bro,

Your "Giveaway contest" idea is very good! 

My typing is very poor thats why this time i give up 

[Michael]

Bro,

Your "Giveaway contest" idea is very good! 

My typing is very poor thats why this time i give up 

Thanks Martin! Why don't you enter the MS Paint contest?

[jdcarpe]

My relationship with Topre is like the relationship between P!nk and Carey Hart.

I must love Topre to keep coming back to it, after pushing it away.

I buy a black HHKB to try. I decide I want a white one. I sell the black one and buy the white one. Pimp out the white one; sell it to Bro Caps. Buy HHKB Pro JP for the arrows. Buy JIS layout RF caps. Win Glissant keyboard aesthetic contest. Sell HHKB Pro JP because I never used it. Buy RF 10th AE from demik. Sell RF 10th AE. Stay out of Topre game. Trade for 2x HHKB Pro 2 (current status).

At first, I was like, "meh, they just feel like super smooth rubber domes." But I really started to like the HHKB layout. Designed and built some MX keyboards so that I could use that layout. Pretty happy, but not quite satisfied. Sometimes you just want the keyboard to SHUT THE **** UP, you know what I mean? So HHKB Type-S. No rattle, just THOCK.



Anyway, if the HHKB can get me to come back to it, after feeling meh about Topre in general, then it must be love.

Edit: anyone who says PBT are super textured and grippy must be smoking crack. These keys are slippery as hell! )

[mistakemistake]

I am the definition of a topre lover. ----> topre defined

[SpAmRaY]

I am the definition of a topre lover. ----> topre defined

seems legit!

[nubbinator]

I am the definition of a topre lover. ----> topre defined

seems legit!

[pichu23]

I don't have a Topre. So I wouldn't know how it feels. So I don't think it's fair to participate but GL everyone else 

[antman4040]

Topre was my first "good" keyboard.
its what i learnt to type more the 50 wpm on.
its why i found GH and learnt about all the sick disgusting habits, like drooling over clasks and gasmasks, that i have now fell in love with <3.
it lead me to my HHKB my first 60% which now makes every other keyboard feel weird and huge.

[Polymer]

My fingers love Toe Per..they really want to Thock her.
My hands love Toe pray...and really want to say.

GIVE ME THE SOLID BRASS BROBOT SO I CAN SMASH MORE RUBBER ONENESS.

Please