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Lepidus 4/20/06 7:17:13 PM
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Jeremy Starley took on the latest creation from ZBoard, "The MERC", and filed this report based on how he found it in his MMORPG experiences.
You can read the review here. |
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Rumbaar 4/21/06 7:51:31 AM
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Victim's aren't we all! |
Fantastic article and keyboard, I want one! Any news on if it will be available internationally or just in the US? |
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antiXa 4/26/06 2:14:24 AM
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I have always found the US price to be the most attracive option although the postage is a real killer my problems is whether this is better than the wow keyboard?
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Hybrid-Lord 4/26/06 12:08:34 PM
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Rawr! |
Yea, a real nice review, Only quesion i still have is the same as the other guy, Will it be available in europe? and how much will it expect to cost? Seeing as it's "the new best keyboard for gamers" lets hope they are respecting the gaming community and not sticking a 100 euro price tag on it. |
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xPaladin 4/27/06 10:34:33 AM
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Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit |
Good, concise article. I can vouch for it's validity as well, because I happen to own one of these MERC keyboards. They take a little learning curve per game (MMORPGs in particular -- FPS games tend to feel more natural with this board), but definitely deliver on the control.
He's absolutely correct on the key resistances. If you've never owned a gaming keyboard before, the feel will be a little strange for the first week or two, but it will begin to feel natural. This is perhaps the most amazing thing about the board. (My favorite perk of the board is the button marked "Panic (p)" on the thumb section of the board, where the B key would be on a QWERTY.) I only have two gripes with it overall. First, a lack of function keys above the number keys on the left hand side. Even though there are two rows of keys, in WoW I use up to 24 keys, so it can feel like I've actually lost a few keys. However, I've made up for this by reassigning everything I use to one hotbar and mapping some functions (like /assist) to keys on the thumb side. Also, the lack of keys in the "ZX" position (beneath the WASD) kinda bothers me, but that's because I have long (piano) fingers and that's just personal preference. I can fit my thumb easily within the Z-B range on a QWERTY board without slanting my wrist much. |
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Zorgo 5/04/06 6:26:08 PM
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Who did wrong? The advertiser hired to sell the game or the consumer who put faith in advertising? |
Zboards are great for 90% of the people out there. The other 10% is left-handed. The board is useless to me.
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Znarf 5/05/06 8:02:00 AM
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I own a Logitech G15 keyboard and feel mine is better: apart the Logitech quality, wich is an asset in itself, it is retroilluminated and support 16*3 programmable buttons, very useful for macros and so on
it indeed lacks the movement buttons, but anyway I always use arrow keys, so... |
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Steelwraith 5/06/06 2:31:11 AM
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Beware the ghost in the machine. |
Show me a left-handed version and I'll be interested.
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K.Rool 5/09/06 11:50:14 AM
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I just got a Logitech Media Keyboard Elite (after my ZBoard had a very unfortunate and despite all reanimation tries fatal meeting with a cup of cappucino) - and I gotta say, the writing is perfect on it, the keys are like awesomely balanced in pressure. Someone here who has both keyboards, and can comment on how they feel for writing bigger amounts of text? |
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Pyxelle 9/21/07 12:31:47 PM
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"Reality is only an illusion...albeit, a very persistent one." --Albert Einstein |
Very well written article, and I too have to say how great this keyboard is...I LOVE mine, and I'm psyched to get the new version of the the MERC STEALTH model that is coming out soon. The butterfly pad on the left is a fantastic improvement over using the keys, in my opinion, because it provides a very nice tactile difference between the keys, which are all easily accessible, even for this tiny gal who has very small hands and who has had issues in the past because my fingers couldn't comfortably reach certain keys. It did take some getting used to, I will admit...but now that I have, I wouldn't ever want to go back to a regular keyboard again. Also, as a big fan of macros and keybindings, the ability to map those to certain keys is a huge plus - not to mention the added bonus that the Zengine software allows you to remap ANY key...so, while I couldn't understand why you would WANT to, theoretically you could remap your 'ctrl' key to your oh, say, "backspace" key. For example, I wanted to use the default key for screenshots (print screen, which is located on the left near the butterfly layout) for a certain in-game command, and the Zengine software allowed me to assign a multiple-key combo to it and move 'pr | ||
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