Admiral Shark loves this episode and the message! It's why I haven't monetised my site, what I do or make actual market products - I don't want what I do in this hobby to feel like another job. Thanks for this series, I'll be sure to share this if I see anyone wanting a place to start!
Since you specifically mentioned waiting for the right board to come along I thought I might share my experience "in the hobby". I've been following this hobby relatively closely for over three years now and I've purchased exactly one keyboard, not even a custom. I'm only now convinced that I've found the right custom for me and I'm still waiting for it to be released. There have been *many* that have been close, but I now know for a fact that had I bought them and then the board I'm waiting for now was released I would sell the others in a heartbeat. Figure out your preferences and buy the right board. Think about your current board and find things that you like and don't like. Just because yours isn't custom doesn't make it inherently worse, there are bound to be things you like about it. You also might be wrong. Don't only buy the plate material that you think you're most likely to enjoy, grab one or two others to play around with. It will be much cheaper than buying two or three boards just to find out if you like aluminum more than FR4 or vice versa.
simon is a real one, I love experimenting with different setups with what I have. TOFU is still the king All boards were purchased from Group Buys, which means simon is 400 years old.
Not sure if you will see this this late, but if I cannot just go to any meetups that come up do to them being too far and im too young to go alone, what would you say?
Hard to say, as the 5 change all the time, but I would always keep the following: My jane2 A nice topre (maybe 86u) A nice vint (likely my SSK) A board with a numpad (cypher probably) And a "fun" to type on board (like angle, F1, Jaguar)
@@Blacksimon thank you for this list. I already ordered the f1 8x 722. Hopefully singa Jaguar will return. And will look into the x86 topre...been hearing about topre but never bothered to look it up before. I am considering the windx 98 that has full size numpad (any opinion about that board? Thank you!
@@Blacksimon since topre Realforce 86u is no longer available, would REALFORCE R2 Keyboard (Tenkeyless, Black, 55G), Be a comparable alternative interms of quality? Thank you
Hey Simon, I was wondering if you recommend some other content creators in the space who are knowledgeable, and have good mind sets about these things in the same way you do, and aren't just here to shill whatever hype new thing. I'm relatively new to this, and after watching a bunch of your videos and stream vods, I've decided I want to take care to steer myself down the right path in this hobby, if I'm going to be sticking around.
There's lots of solid people, I don't want to list anyone in particular because I may omit some others that deserve to be on the list but: the most important bit is to get multiple points of view, always. Look at smaller reviews from actual owners, not content creators that shed light on how using the board actually is. Alongside this, look at larger creators, though they may sugar coat things, they'll often give some criticism (briefly and lightly), pay close attention to those. And tune into the streams for sure ;)
Been in this hobby for three years now. I've gotten a lot of my core friendship group into the hobby, they all have custom keyboards now and we talk and it's been super rewarding. But I honestly dont understand how you could realistically go from talking about keyboards in a discord server in a public forum to like seeing that person in real life and going out to dinner. Is this a common occurance?
Start with a meetup and go from there, you can hang out with people and talk about keyboard stuff there, and if you get along with anyone in particular you can continue it elsewhere after meetup hours
