[Call for nominees] The *Ping* Award 2011

[webwit]

Use this category to name the worst keyboard or keyboard related experience in 2011. Anything goes.

Current suggestions (this list is frequently updated):

• Truly ergonomics
• Corsair (for mechanical/rubber dome hybrids)
• Filco Camouflage ("soooo ugly")
• SP keycaps from Round 3
• Bright blue LEDs
• No Miniguru in 2011
• Alps Humedia keyboard
• PING!/The Summer of Ping!
• Ethernet NIC
• Cherry MY switches
• The *new improved* laser technology that lets keys darken on first touch (used by Zowie, Steelseries etc.)
• Hoggy - for setting a new price point on Datahands and for nominating himself!
• Geekhack trojan attacks
• Overclock.net

[fossala]

Truly ergonomics.

[Ekaros]

Corsair for cheating.

[mintberryminuscrunch]

Filco Camouflage... soooo ugly

[CeeSA]

SP keycaps (from Round 3)

[nathanscribe]

Anything with really bright blue LEDs. They hurt. I want to type, not land a plane in thick fog. I'm going to have to mod that Poker...

[CeeSA]

no Miniguru in 2011

[webwit]

I still might rename this from Broken Rivets Award to the *Ping* Award...

EDIT: I did.

[webwit]

Corsair for cheating.

How did they cheat?

[fossala]

I think by making a half mechanical keyboard.

[Ekaros]

Corsair for cheating.

How did they cheat?

Making board with intresting switches, but in reality beaing a hybrid of rubberdomes and mechanicals and not saying it straight.

[7bit]

SP keycaps (from Round 3)

Especially those off-center-off-center Caps Lock/Control keys ...

[gore]

Trying an Alps Humedia board - worst board EVER made.

[mintberryminuscrunch]

webwit, could you list the nominees in your opening posts

[wupi]

Corsair for cheating.

+1

[ripster]

That's EASY!

PING!

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Although the Summer Of Ping DID have it's moments.

[Ekaros]

Ethernet NIC

Cherry MY

more to come ;D

[ripster]

Ethernet NICs are SUPPOSED to Ping!

[kaiserreich]

Cherry MY
I'd rather a $5 than that abomination.

[Findecanor]

MY is not that bad.
Ping is real, and very subjective.

[ripster]

OK then.

I nominate "RING" for the "PING" award.

[kbdfr]

(...) Although the Summer Of Ping DID have it's moments.

"its moments", ripster, not "it's moments".
Write "it's" for "it is", "its" when used like "his" or "her".

[ripster]

You don't (as in do not) think I know that already?

[mintberryminuscrunch]

the *new improved* laser technology that lets keys darken on first touch (used by Zowie, Steelseries etc.)

[kbdfr]

(...) Although the Summer Of Ping DID have it's moments.

"its moments", ripster, not "it's moments".
Write "it's" for "it is", "its" when used like "his" or "her".

You don't (as in do not) think I know that already?
[image]

No. As a matter of fact this is a recurrent mistake in your postings.

[7bit]

MY is not that bad.
Ping is real, and very subjective.

As I understand, MY keyboards are to hold double-shot and dyesub keys so they don't roll around in the box when they are shipped.

It is like Filco key caps, just that this time the switches are not for typing.
^^^@kbdfr: its this right so, yes?

[ripster]

(...) Although the Summer Of Ping DID have it's moments.

"its moments", ripster, not "it's moments".
Write "it's" for "it is", "its" when used like "his" or "her".

You don't (as in do not) think I know that already?
[image]

No. As a matter of fact this is a recurrent mistake in your postings.

Its an American tradition.

[hoggy]

Hoggy - for setting a new price point on datahands...

drat...

[DalaiLameR]

Corsair for cheating.

+1 and it's ugly, too!

[ripster]

I nominate Geekhack trojan attacks for the 2011 Ping Award.

The fucking Ping of 65.111.241.205 is horrible.

P.S. I also nominate Overclock.net for the 2011 Ping Award. The forum SW is now BloatWare.