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**Mezza** · Tue, 23rd-Nov-2010, 2:48 AM

@galaxy
need to clear some misconceptions, steelseries 7g is a black switch, not brown, its linear non tactile and non clicky.

browns are tactile and non clicky
blues are tactile and clicky

the steelseries 7g is an awesome keyboard, granted ,but switch choice is entirely up to user preference. the 7g is a massive beast (with the handrest) with a huge footprint, the filcos on the other hand, are sleek and sexy and don't take up too much table real estate, so its entire up to you to choose what you prefer

and the advantage for RTS games as opposed to FPS games on the 7g isn't THAT big a difference for the switch choice

but if you're looking for an all round keyboard to suit your daily needs on top of gaming, like say you type alot of stuff, then i suggest you get a filco instead of a 7g, linear keys are abit harder to type stuff on for long term, that's my personal take.

**kellyMILKIES** · Tue, 23rd-Nov-2010, 11:26 AM

When will this be ready?

Darkblade · Tue, 23rd-Nov-2010, 4:22 PM

I just got myself a Filco brown, any knows where i can get those red key?

cayore · Tue, 23rd-Nov-2010, 4:55 PM

i was gonna get myself a filco, but if this gets going i might jus wait.

CasualPlayer · Tue, 23rd-Nov-2010, 5:07 PM

I have no idea what you guys are talking about .. lol.. am just saving for a headset now :S
sorry to involve another topic here but anyone would suggest steelseries 5hv2? Thanks.

PM me will do.
I do have interest in these keyboards if it will help my gaming .. lol

lsp · Tue, 23rd-Nov-2010, 9:07 PM

getting some samples now, then it should be at least a few weeks once we decide on which we want. Right now we do have the option of Brown or Red switches, what do you guys think is better? Brown or Red?

Edrahil · Tue, 23rd-Nov-2010, 10:00 PM

It would appear that brown is more popular.

Maskedsatyr · Tue, 23rd-Nov-2010, 10:33 PM

I would be definitely interested and yup browns seem to be most popular.

**DFM** · Wed, 24th-Nov-2010, 12:07 AM

Yeah, brown seems more popular. But reds are supposedly super duper rare and hard to come by so I would really REALLY like to try those >.>

Flaunt · Wed, 24th-Nov-2010, 3:10 PM

I'm interested! Would you ship to NZ? I've been looking for a new keyboard for awhile. What standard keyboard will you use? I'd recommend buying a cheap one that has no gap between the # keys and the F keys, so you can easily hit the F keys while resting your fingers on 1,2,3

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Also, do you have an estimated price? No big wrist rests on the keyboards and no chunky space bars plz!

**kellyMILKIES** · Wed, 24th-Nov-2010, 3:24 PM

Brown are like the "in-betweens". Blue is extremely tactile and for people who like to press their keys and really feel them, and black are like for those who like super soft keys and can just compress the key a little to make it work.
I'm a blue!!!

Flaunt · Wed, 24th-Nov-2010, 3:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kellyMILKIES

Brown are like the "in-betweens". Blue is extremely tactile and for people who like to press their keys and really feel them, and black are like for those who like super soft keys and can just compress the key a little to make it work.
I'm a blue!!!

I like the sound of the blue ;o.

lsp · Wed, 24th-Nov-2010, 8:43 PM

yes we plan to ship worldwide, or at least australasia. we do not have a price right now but it will be significantly lower than any other option (and we won't proceed unless we can make it happen.)

at the moment we will probably go with a standard sized 104 key keyboard. the cost of customizing the layout is actually pretty high so we gotta try sticking to molds that the manufacturers already have.

changing the layout will raise the price and increase the risk, like if it turns out a bunch of people love it but a bunch of guys hate it so we gotta be cautious here.

But we do want to know what you guys want in a keyboard, the no gap between the F and # keys is pretty cool but would accidental mis-types be a problem?

**DFM** · Wed, 24th-Nov-2010, 10:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kellyMILKIES

Brown are like the "in-betweens". Blue is extremely tactile and for people who like to press their keys and really feel them, and black are like for those who like super soft keys and can just compress the key a little to make it work.
I'm a blue!!!

Actually all switches need to be compressed about the same depth to get them to work, specifically around 2mm, difference is mostly in the force required and whether there's a tactile feedback or not.

For more info:
http://www.elitekeyboards.com/support.php?lang=en#1a

Lets try to keep this purely on what we'd like the keyboards to be like ^^;

I think a completely standard layout like the filco keyboards would be completely fine, no need for a wrist rest or fancy layout. The no gap between # and F keys would be cool I guess mis-types might be an issues though. I was thinking maybe have the F# keys just above the # keys? ie. F1 over 1, F2 over 2 etc. That has always been something that kinda bugged me.
But like I said, a completely standard layout is fine =]
Also could we have like sc2sea printed on it or something like that? xD

Flaunt · Thu, 25th-Nov-2010, 12:57 PM

Along time ago IBM use to sell keyboards and these keyboards would have the F keys directly above the #1 keys. My friend who is actually an ex wc3 pro gamer in the states told me that he bought 10 of the IBM Rapid Access III keyboards right before they sold out because he knew how rare keyboards like these would become.

Actually asked him to take a picture to show you guys

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lsp · Thu, 25th-Nov-2010, 4:09 PM

thanks for the pic!

anything else about key positions? should the Esc key be ideally located above/away from the Function key row? any changes to the Ctrl key? (the Flash keyboard has to option to map the windows key to the Ctrl key)

Flaunt · Thu, 25th-Nov-2010, 4:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lsp

thanks for the pic!

anything else about key positions? should the Esc key be ideally located above/away from the Function key row? any changes to the Ctrl key? (the Flash keyboard has to option to map the windows key to the Ctrl key)

That would be pretty awesome too ;o but usually people just rip out that windows key, so if it's more money to do I think you should just leave it

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**DFM** · Thu, 25th-Nov-2010, 5:39 PM

I don't think the windows key is such a big problem nowadays, most games have an option to disable it. I would just remove it entirely as I don't think it's all that useful, but I think that'll probably cost extra cash lol

Esc key should be red imo would fit really well haha ;p

**nirvAnA** · Thu, 25th-Nov-2010, 5:49 PM

yea filco came with wasd and ESC keys red and we swapped our black esc key for the red one coz fruitdealer did it too haha

Lucian · Wed, 1st-Dec-2010, 10:53 AM

I'd be interested in one with brown switches, trying to make do with one of the basic dell keyboards, be nice to have a proper one !