QUOTE(quovadis123 @ Mar 18 2018, 04:33 PM)
These rapid-i at RM 100, I learnt that experienced enthusiasts made decision very fast.
And new players take long time decisions, and many tends to become kaki airplane.
This kind of symptom is always there in the community, experienced players always have big advantage because they understand what they are buying.
Still, the current mkb community, i can see is much lower amount of knowledge, they join the group for the sake of having many groups in their profile.
Can conclude, the community is running the reverse gear compared to nearby countries community.
The passion, attitude, culture. purchasing power are the downfall of our current group.
It's super sad, people telling you last time mkb club is much more better because less toxic and less sohai and cb kia. lol.
Chill bro. Ppl come and go in any community. I can understand how some ppl wander around the gaming peripheral space and suddenly stumble across the MKB community.
You can't really label them as "enthusiast". They just want a nice gamer-y looking keyboard with blings( which they think it's nice) and bugger off. This is where the affordable chinese boards come in. Aula ada LED at RM150, Filco x da. Bodo la. *beli Aula*
They don't have the passion to study more and venture deeper. Altering switches, solder/desolder, spending huge bucks on caps (c'mon, to normal ppl, RM500 for a set of plastic caps? They laugh).
Afterall, MKB is still a really niche passion. Not everyone willing to spend so much on something they deem valueless. One man's trash is another man's treasure.
Buying power can be one of the largest showstopper for some ppl but I think it's more of value proposition. Looking at these rapid-i for Rm100 for example, to some ppl, these are "fishy" stuff. "Why so cheap ah? Spoilt ah? Cannot use ah? Condition how ah? Need repair ah? LED how ah? I will consider bro." then FFK. Like you said, ppl like us will know what to do with it the moment we see it on sale. Desolder and selling the switches alone worth almost the price paid. At least, to me, I get 87 Cherry housing
I still have the PCB and the casing (gonna repaint it).
I'm pretty sure the ones who bought them will mostly revamp the entire board instead of using it as it is.
But still, I wouldn't call myself an experienced enthusiast. I'm just loving what I'm doing.
QUOTE(horns @ Mar 18 2018, 05:08 PM)
oh nice
for those who like creative work there are always extra miles for you guys to make the boards look even better.
i like linear switches, and lubed red is my favorite. heavier switches give us stiffer and solid feels, which is very nice. however if they're too stiff, your fingers will feel tired after typing on them for a while. to me gateron yellow is just nice; i don't feel tired when i type on them for long hours.
the 'best heavy' switches really depends on personal experience. it's for you to find out. you should try out gateron yellow/black first, which are 50g; cherry mx black is 60g; kailh box heavy yellow is 70g; and cherry mx linear grey is 80g (a rare switch; it's for space bar for boards that come with cherry mx black).
for cherry mx style switches, you can also swap springs to get what you want. (meaning you get springs of different weights and try them out) note that this might not be the case of kailh box, because springs in kailh box was reported to be narrower. it might not work well if you used springs from cherry mx style switches.
Just spent some time around the linear ones within my tester collection. Gats yellow are nice. And like the others have said, Gats are a little wobbly but smoother than Cherry. I'm not sure the wobbliness will affect much at typing/gaming as I've not tried a fully gateronized board myself.
Reds are too light for me. Accidental presses by resting fingers on it
To me Cherry Black are scratchy but not as wobbly.
I'm experimenting putting Gat black/yellow slider into Cherry house and see if I can achieve the best of both world.
Probably some lube will help
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