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Title: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: mirux on July 01, 2010, 05:48 PM
I was looking for a keyboard and I found this one: http://bit.ly/be1y4I

It has a feature called 'Anti-Ghost' which allows you press6 keys at once.

Bye bye keylock, Hello Mirux Roper/RRer.

Just wanted to share with you :D
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: Random00 on July 01, 2010, 06:01 PM
I was like "wtf $7200 for one keyboard?!?!?!?!?!?!?"
but then I realised thats its chil$ 7200, which is like 10 euros, lmfao.

give some review when you have it ^^
but I doubt its better then the Tarantula, hah! :D
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: lalo on July 01, 2010, 06:49 PM
Oh yo había cachado el mismo teclado Renantote, pero como que se me hace medio chanta tanta bondad. Cuando te lo compres avisa si es así de bueno como dice, que me lo compro de una :P.
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: chakkman on July 01, 2010, 07:37 PM
Genius is cheap-o-matic... i doubt that your spacebar will last for long.
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: mirux on July 01, 2010, 07:46 PM
Hey hey, I am using it right now but I am at work so, tonight I'll try it. :)

@chakkman It depends how you hit your space bar. :-D
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: Ray on July 01, 2010, 08:06 PM
Quote from: Random00 on July 01, 2010, 06:01 PM
but I doubt its better then the Tarantula, hah! :D
Oh no, have you also turned into a Tarantula-lover? The world is messed up man... :D

Logitech G15 - FTW!
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: chakkman on July 01, 2010, 10:13 PM
Quote from: Mirux on July 01, 2010, 07:46 PM@chakkman It depends how you hit your space bar. :-D

My experience is somehow that the softer you tap space the faster it'll f@#! up, but maybe thats exclusive for my keyboard. :) Anyway i'd rather go for some solid stuff instead of spending money and getting disappointed. Keylock is not the only thing to worry about...
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: mirux on July 01, 2010, 10:17 PM
@chakkman At least for me, key lock was the flea in my ass! But the keyboard is good, I like it. I almost don't hear myself typing on it, great for long nights of intense roping, no one will wake up with my tapping. :-D
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: chakkman on July 01, 2010, 10:30 PM
Alright. :)
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: mirux on July 02, 2010, 12:32 AM
Okay, the keyboard has no keylock BUT, there's a strange keylock when I keep pressed > ^ and then I press Spacebar, it doesn't respond. Is that normal on super uber razor keyboards?

If it is I'll just deal with it. :D

Looks like it is only that combo of keys.
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: ShyGuy on July 02, 2010, 05:26 AM
it's all in your head! laptop keyboard has been the best thing i've ever played on. not joking
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: Devilage on July 02, 2010, 09:01 AM
No chance to blame ur laptop or ur inactivity now to rope I hope u play both picks on clanners now Chilean.
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: Random00 on July 02, 2010, 11:20 AM
Quote from: Mirux on July 02, 2010, 12:32 AM
Okay, the keyboard has no keylock BUT, there's a strange keylock when I keep pressed > ^ and then I press Spacebar, it doesn't respond. Is that normal on super uber razor keyboards?

at the tarantula you can press even more then 10 keys at the same and all will respond. The anti ghosting ability on this keyboard i really great :)
At my old keyboard I also had some strange keylock that looks a bit similar to what you describe. I couldnt press up, left and 'B' at the same time but all opther combos with two arrow keys and 'b' worked well. Although this keyboard im talking of had a real keylock on the space bar (any 2 arrow + space didnt work).
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: mirux on July 02, 2010, 01:03 PM
Quote from: ShyGuy on July 02, 2010, 05:26 AM
it's all in your head! laptop keyboard has been the best thing i've ever played on. not joking

@ShyGuy No it is not.

@devilage Sure, pick and win. ;-]
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: NAiL on July 02, 2010, 01:21 PM
I see where shys comming from. Laptop keys generally have extremely low travel, and if you've ever played on a laptop you'll notice that there is a significant difference in response time and general feel. The flatter the keys and the lower the travel, the better it is for roping.

Obviously it doesnt really matter what kb you use, no kb is going to make you crazy fast, its all about technique and timing. (tarantula ftw)
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: mirux on July 02, 2010, 01:29 PM
True NAiL but, as a matter of fact, you can now rope with keylock, even if you deal with it by not pressing more than 2 keys. Personally I do press more than 2 keys while I rope, so if It gets stuck, I can't rope.
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: TheKomodo on July 02, 2010, 01:36 PM
Quote from: Mirux on July 02, 2010, 12:32 AM
Okay, the keyboard has no keylock BUT, there's a strange keylock when I keep pressed > ^ and then I press Spacebar, it doesn't respond.

Lol, that IS Keylock...

And my keyboard has that also, so I just change space to Left Control or Left Alt and it works like a dream, no Keylock at all.
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: mirux on July 02, 2010, 01:37 PM
Damn, I was hoping no one say that Komo lol but yeah, I ended up using keychange, I use Left Control too and it works perfectly.
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: franz on July 02, 2010, 10:28 PM
Has anyone tried Microsoft's SideWinder X4 anti-ghosting keyboard?  Found a few links on it:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/microsoft-busts-out-sidewinder-x4-anti-ghosting-keyboard/
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/gaming/productdetails.aspx?pid=105

it says it can press up to 26 keys at once ;o
looks nice too, not so bulky as tarantula or g15
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: chakkman on July 02, 2010, 10:52 PM
NinjaCamel posted something about it in the new keyboard thread once, here: https://www.tus-wa.com/forums/off-topic/new-keyboard/ (https://www.tus-wa.com/forums/off-topic/new-keyboard/). Its the X6 though...
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: TheKomodo on July 02, 2010, 11:10 PM
Quote from: Mirux on July 02, 2010, 01:37 PM
Damn, I was hoping no one say that Komo lol but yeah, I ended up using keychange, I use Left Control too and it works perfectly.

Why would you hope no one says that?

There's absolutely nothing wrong with changing the key you press for spacebar, heck I don't even care if people use 2 spacebars, it's not exactly giving them an advantage, 1 is better, I only use 2 spacebars for warmers now cuz 1 can't handle 2 handed tapping like my old one could, but in normal ropers and ttrr's shoppers etc, I only use 1 space which I have mapped to left control cuz spacebar has 3 key lock with both up+direction.

The only thing I disagree with is like macros n stuff for obvious reasons, it's harder to rope with "FR" and "twitching" than it is normally lol, so let them do it, they have more chance of messing up cuz there's too much going on, imo anyway...
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: franz on July 03, 2010, 11:44 AM
Quote from: chakkman on July 02, 2010, 10:52 PM
NinjaCamel posted something about it in the new keyboard thread once, here: https://www.tus-wa.com/forums/off-topic/new-keyboard/ (https://www.tus-wa.com/forums/off-topic/new-keyboard/). Its the X6 though...

hmm, true, but I look at x6 description and it doesn't say the same anti-ghosting features.  hmm..

well I've finally found a classic looking kb in the SteelSeries 7G (or coming soon a cheaper 6Gv2).. but even still, the "cheaper" 6Gv2 is $100 (7G is like $135).  why does this simple looking kb have to cost so much :(  It's all I want too.

6Gv2 pics: http://www.steelseries.com/int/products/keyboards/6gv2/pictures

how much did you guys pay for your tarantulas?
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: darKz on July 03, 2010, 12:04 PM
Wow, that keyboard's got to be awesome though.

Quote from: steelseries.comThe SteelSeries G Series Keyboards redefine "anti-ghosting" features by supporting as many simultaneous key presses as there are keys on the keyboard.

and

Quote from: steelseries.com- Gold plated switches

=

sex
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: nino on July 03, 2010, 12:10 PM
franz check out this site, i already bought at this site and you can trust, they delived in brazil, imagine in USa since they are from there.


http://www.performance-pcs.com/catalog/index.php?main_page=product_info&manufacturers_id=108&products_id=24942

iam thinking in buy the tarantula there soon.
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: NinjaCamel on July 03, 2010, 12:53 PM
just get tarantula! its better than X6 imo and X6 is more expensive. dunno about X4 but i think keys r the same.  here Tarantula costs 60e + shipments
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: mirux on July 03, 2010, 01:42 PM
Looks nice franz, that's the kind of keyboard i like, simple and as small as possible and of course, no key lock at all but.. US$100 is.. too much unless you're a gamer.
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: NinjaCamel on July 03, 2010, 01:55 PM
naah, its not too much. im not gamer and i was gonna waste more money and im not gamer, everything else on my comp is piece of crap except Tarantula. i couldnt never think about buying thing like Tarantula for my pc xD
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: angus on July 03, 2010, 02:06 PM
(http://www.motosauro.net/immagini/tastieraCompaq.jpg) :-* best kb ever
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: Csongi on July 03, 2010, 05:34 PM
angus:i played with that kind of kb 2 and half years xD (until broke it when i got angry)  :D
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: NAiL on July 03, 2010, 06:51 PM
Quote from: Angus on July 03, 2010, 02:06 PM
(http://www.motosauro.net/immagini/tastieraCompaq.jpg) :-* best kb ever

HAHAHA!!!!

Thats my old kb too angus! I used that for the first 3 years of wa, until the connection broke and I bought a tarantula.

IMO tarantula really wasnt worth the price.... I mean the only game I use it for is worms so I dont even make use of most of the macro features, and 10 key antighosting is of no relevance to anyone... you never need to press more than 2 or 3 keys at once. The "mega fast 0.5ms response time" is also just a selling gimmic, theres no noticable difference between this and the response time of any other kb you can buy. The illuminated logos all right but it looks abit lame to me.

I think that it may however subconsiously make you play better, as most people will have an expectation that a new kb is gonna improve their play. I like the music controls, and I like the fact its large and weighty and so it doesnt move around much when you hit it hard.
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: yanme on July 07, 2010, 12:02 PM
Quote from: franz on July 02, 2010, 10:28 PM
Has anyone tried Microsoft's SideWinder X4 anti-ghosting keyboard?  Found a few links on it:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/microsoft-busts-out-sidewinder-x4-anti-ghosting-keyboard/
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/gaming/productdetails.aspx?pid=105

it says it can press up to 26 keys at once ;o
looks nice too, not so bulky as tarantula or g15

i bought it, it's very nice, but impossible for exactly aiming in BnG and the keylock is weird, sometimes it have keylock, you just play and then it happen for no reason, because u can try every key combination you wont find keylock but sometimes it just happen, that's a bit shitty but ye ^^ i wouldn't buy it again
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: angus on July 07, 2010, 12:33 PM
hahhaah.... i have to just melt the plastic on the iron bar, for fix it ...xDDD... i hope that kb dont broke! :-*
:) ...
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: chakkman on July 07, 2010, 05:12 PM
Quote from: yanme on July 07, 2010, 12:02 PM
Quote from: franz on July 02, 2010, 10:28 PM
Has anyone tried Microsoft's SideWinder X4 anti-ghosting keyboard?  Found a few links on it:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/microsoft-busts-out-sidewinder-x4-anti-ghosting-keyboard/
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/gaming/productdetails.aspx?pid=105

it says it can press up to 26 keys at once ;o
looks nice too, not so bulky as tarantula or g15

i bought it, it's very nice, but impossible for exactly aiming in BnG and the keylock is weird, sometimes it have keylock, you just play and then it happen for no reason, because u can try every key combination you wont find keylock but sometimes it just happen, that's a bit shitty but ye ^^ i wouldn't buy it again

Hmmm thats very weird indeed... maybe try to plug it in the ps/2 port with adapter, sometimes USB does weird things like key lag or repeating keystrokes...
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: yanme on July 08, 2010, 04:33 AM
i aöready tried it, but it don't works =/
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: franz on July 10, 2010, 12:28 AM
Quote from: yanme on July 07, 2010, 12:02 PM
Quote from: franz on July 02, 2010, 10:28 PM
Has anyone tried Microsoft's SideWinder X4 anti-ghosting keyboard?  Found a few links on it:

http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/01/microsoft-busts-out-sidewinder-x4-anti-ghosting-keyboard/
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/gaming/productdetails.aspx?pid=105

it says it can press up to 26 keys at once ;o
looks nice too, not so bulky as tarantula or g15

i bought it, it's very nice, but impossible for exactly aiming in BnG and the keylock is weird, sometimes it have keylock, you just play and then it happen for no reason, because u can try every key combination you wont find keylock but sometimes it just happen, that's a bit shitty but ye ^^ i wouldn't buy it again

hmm, keylock only sometime?  that still sucks :(  if you're sure you won't find keylock while testing (good place to test is http://www.microsoft.com/appliedsciences/AntiGhostingExplained.mspx), it sounds like the keyboard or computer is dropping key presses.  either way, sucks..

anyway, I think I found a possible cheap kb for anyone in the US/Canada/Israel if they want to try to get it.  only $20

Rosewill RK-800G Black 104 Normal Keys PS/2 Wired Gaming Keyboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823201038
http://www.rosewill.com/products/1580/productDetail.htm

Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: BaNdIT on July 11, 2010, 01:07 PM
This bothers me in rope game, I have a notebook and it increasingly more difficult in more rope to play it  :(
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: beer on July 11, 2010, 01:16 PM
Quote from: ReNaToSL on July 11, 2010, 01:07 PM
This bothers me in rope game, I have a notebook and it increasingly more difficult in more rope to play it  :(
noway, if u learn how to play on laptop it owns!
my best days roping was when i played on laptop, now even with g15 i suck and ill never get it back. laptop ftw
Title: Re: The keyboard I am gonna buy like.. NOW
Post by: franz on July 23, 2010, 04:08 PM
Quote from: franz on July 10, 2010, 12:28 AM
anyway, I think I found a possible cheap kb for anyone in the US/Canada/Israel if they want to try to get it.  only $20

Rosewill RK-800G Black 104 Normal Keys PS/2 Wired Gaming Keyboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16823201038
http://www.rosewill.com/products/1580/productDetail.htm

do NOT buy this kb actually
it does let you press a lot of keys at once, but the spacebar and arrow keys are messed up.  it misses key presses when pressing the keys rapidly, so it's awful for roping.

For a cheap kb that actually works for roping, get a Dell SK-8110.  Just got one for $5