Does Your Keyboard Matter?

[bender5]

Well over the course of playing FFR I have found myself playing in many various places. Sometimes I do better sometimes I do worse, but in my eyes it all depends on the kind of keyboard that happens to be there. I know there are countless people who complain about keyboard cb's and problems with the keyboard being the fault of PA problems and what not. So I put it in your hands, does your keyboard really make a difference?

[boondocks77]

Of course the keyboard matters, even for masher (some keyboards allow for quad mashing, some don't).
A certain type of keyboard can either increase/decrease your speed, bearing in mind of it's accuracy in terms of registering notes, and sound taps, etc..
They also affect your PA. If you were to play with a keyboard with ginormous keys, you wouldn't do so well now would you.

[bender5]

It's all a matter of opionion I think my keyboard matters alot but I figured that I'd ask the people on FFR just how much or how little it does actually happens to make a difference

[Zageron]

Keyboards matter a ****load for 2 and 3 fingered (1 Handed) players. We use a technique called 'sliding' all the time. And depending on the angles and slants of the arrow keys, also the smoothness, we can slide with better PA or worse PA.
It also matters because all of us have or have had the 'lag syndrome' where a key gets left down on the keyboard in fast stream or Jump Stream. This causes, on keyboards that only detect 2 or 3 arrows at once, us to get a multiple of boos on that arrow and completely miss the arrow we were attempting to hit, even though we hit it.

[Mitchtyler]

my keyboard sucks. the keys are sticky as hell, but i can quad mash

[EAGAMES]

Yea, they do matter a lot. My keyboard is pretty awesome

[bluguerrilla]

This is a useless poll. The answer is "Yes. Duh."

[awein999]

Of course, I find the biggest factor is if the keyboards slides or not when you are playing. There has to be a lot of friction

[Fantasticone]

Yes it matters. If you don't vote yes then you have a mental problem in ffr knowledge.

[fido123]

I played on a keyboard from the 80's or 90's and it was fantastic. It was one of those ones that clicked loudly every time you pressed in a key. I can only play on those and a laptop with a flat keyboard.

[jebelbryan]

Interesting enough, my laptop keyboard registers key strokes just a frame or two earlier than most keyboards resulting in me having to press keys purposefully late in order to get perfects in songs. My fix is to use a USB keyboard which registers keystrokes perfectly on time. Not sure why this is, though I'm thinking it might have to do with the sensitivity of the keys and the tiny time it takes to depress a key until it registers...then perhaps the hardware in place to register the keystroke.

[fido123]

Originally Posted by jebelbryan

Interesting enough, my laptop keyboard registers key strokes just a frame or two earlier than most keyboards resulting in me having to press keys purposefully late in order to get perfects in songs. My fix is to use a USB keyboard which registers keystrokes perfectly on time. Not sure why this is, though I'm thinking it might have to do with the sensitivity of the keys and the tiny time it takes to depress a key until it registers...then perhaps the hardware in place to register the keystroke.

It wouldn't register keystrokes early as that would require time travle...It's probably that the keys have a shorter distance to travle to the sensor. I find that using normal keyboards requires me to be ahead of the music. Really the laptop would be theroretically better as you can hit they keys in sucession faster so I would say to get used to it...just make sure you have a warrenty because I already had to replace my keys a few time.

(I'm using IE at school...no spell check...sorry)

[behanjc]

Originally Posted by fido123

It wouldn't register keystrokes early as that would require time travel.

Lmao exactly what I was thinking.

I play on a laptop keyboard and it seems to give me random boos.

[chopperdudes]

Originally Posted by Zageron

Keyboards matter a ****load for 2 and 3 fingered (1 Handed) players. We use a technique called 'sliding' all the time. And depending on the angles and slants of the arrow keys, also the smoothness, we can slide with better PA or worse PA.
It also matters because all of us have or have had the 'lag syndrome' where a key gets left down on the keyboard in fast stream or Jump Stream. This causes, on keyboards that only detect 2 or 3 arrows at once, us to get a multiple of boos on that arrow and completely miss the arrow we were attempting to hit, even though we hit it.

yep, i hate it when i get patterns like ^ V "<>"... if i'm not careful, it beeps and i totally miss the last left right jump. and if you can't slide on a keyboard, you can't play one handed. i guess it matters more to one handers than to two. also for one handers, you dont' want ur keyboard to slide around while ur sliding on ur keys.

[poleaxe]

It matters a lot... I had a desktop comp, now i have a laptop. Big difference.

[gnr61]

kb matters. i have a wireless kb.

[darkshark]

Your keyboard is the single greatest factor in the ceiling of your own skill.

The higher raised your keys are from the sensor, the longer it takes to press the key down to register a tap. The more time it takes to press the key down to the sensor, the more time there is for error. Which is why getting a keyboard that just makes a nice sound when you tap it is utter garbage and a waste of money. Getting a flat keyboard, as thin as possible, with the least amount of resistance from the keys themselves will result in drastically increased speed, accuracy, and stamina. Also not using the arrow keys helps too, as the arrow keys are wired differently on keyboards, and will produce a small amount of lag.

Oh and NEVER FKKING GET A WIRELESS KEYBOARD ARE YOU CRAZY.

[ryanisadouche]

Originally Posted by darkshark

Oh and NEVER FKKING GET A WIRELESS KEYBOARD ARE YOU CRAZY.

My keyboard is wireless rawr

Also i broke the tabs that prop it up, so i lean it at an angle against the moniter. Unbelievably annoying, cuz it slowly slips to flat. Basically I'm constantly re-adjusting the position of it with my lower palms/thumbs while playing.

Yes keyboard matters huge

[g4z33b0]

well your avatar is you hitting a bong so obviously you have no judgement.

your keyboard is crucial, but any cheap usb keyboard should be fine - you don't need a $200 dollar kb to be good. just get one that feels good.

[TinkoKoala]

I play on some stock dell keyboard that came with an old computer i bought way back in 2000. It still works fine and i play better on it that i do when i try any other keyboard.