Mad Katz S.T.R.I.K.E 7 Gaming Keyboard

Roalith said:
http://www.madcatz.com/strike7/

£249 for a gaming keyboard... anyone else think that's getting a little insane? :eek:
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Everybody point and laugh:
"Replete with a specially engineered membrane which mimics the tactile feel generated by the mechanical keys often preferred by gamers - - without the resultant excessive noise - - the S.T.R.I.K.E. 7 Gaming Keyboard provides a distinct competitive edge."

Get a mechanical for £150 max and you'll have a much better keyboard.
 
Looks dumb. Membrane keys to emulate mechanical keys without noise... just get mechanical keys? The noise isn't that bad. Insane price.

Yup i'm not buying it.
 
Katsumoto said:
Looks dumb. Membrane keys to emulate mechanical keys without noise... just get mechanical keys? The noise isn't that bad. Insane price.

Yup i'm not buying it.
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It's aimed at that one friend that we all have that believes that lights and tacky crap will make them play better.
 
Chrisbes said:
It's aimed at that one friend that we all have that believes that lights and tacky crap will make them play better.
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That same friend that thinks tuning a car involves giving it go faster stripes and a fat exhaust which in-fact reduces the cars effective power whilst looking, and sounding, stupid. Yes.

Seriously though I can't believe that price-tag. For a keyboard! I'd be able to buy a 7950 for that price. And that'd actually help my gaming.
 
Katsumoto said:
That same friend that thinks tuning a car involves giving it go faster stripes and a fat exhaust which in-fact reduces the cars effective power whilst looking, and sounding, stupid. Yes.

Seriously though I can't believe that price-tag. For a keyboard! I'd be able to buy a 7950 for that price. And that'd actually help my gaming.
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That exact friend.

Saying that, It is Mad Katz.. They did produce the abomination that is the R.A.T Series of mice. The ugliest and most uncomfortable mice ever..
 
Chrisbes said:
That exact friend.

Saying that, It is Mad Katz.. They did produce the abomination that is the R.A.T Series of mice. The ugliest and most uncomfortable mice ever..
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They are ugly. Not that uncomfortable though. I'd rather that new Razer mouse by far. That said, Apple has to take the worst mouse award: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Apple-hockey-puck-mouse.jpg

I think it is a serious problem with gaming equipment now though. They move further and further away from simplicity and functionality and towards the weird and flashy (literally flashy)... It's as if the boy racers have moved into gaming and ruined it. I like a backlit keyboard sure and a couple of macro keys (like the blackwidow, although i'd rather a full enter key and red switches) but not some .... abomination. Double the cost of most mech boards, and some, for membrane keys. Please...
 
I quite like that mice are moving more towards the adjustable kind of idea. I do want the new razer mouse (will patiently wait till razer re-release it next year with new colours) but I like my keyboards to be as basic as possible design wise. The less there is the better!
 
Katsumoto said:
They are ugly. Not that uncomfortable though. I'd rather that new Razer mouse by far. That said, Apple has to take the worst mouse award: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Apple-hockey-puck-mouse.jpg

I think it is a serious problem with gaming equipment now though. They move further and further away from simplicity and functionality and towards the weird and flashy (literally flashy)... It's as if the boy racers have moved into gaming and ruined it. I like a backlit keyboard sure and a couple of macro keys (like the blackwidow, although i'd rather a full enter key and red switches) but not some .... abomination. Double the cost of most mech boards, and some, for membrane keys. Please...
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Well at the moment, I'm running a Zowie Celeritas and a Logitech G500. I don't see the need for over the top things like the R.A.T mice (Although I do have one, somewhere. Unused) or flashy techno rave keyboards.
 
Easily navigate the keyboard's many functions with the Control Module's intuitive V.E.N.O.M. touchscreen. Program advanced macros, adjust backlighting, and take in-game control of external functions - - balance game and chat volumes, launch apps and websites, even initiate and control TeamSpeak - - all with a few simple finger taps.
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I can do that already with a £100 mech. just what my keyboard dosent need, a touch screen.

if it was £150 cheaper and an actual mech, i would consider it.
 
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opstrat said:
I can do that already with a £100 mech. just what my keyboard dosent need, a touch screen.

if it was £150 cheaper and an actual mech, i would consider it.
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I don't think I'd even consider it then, although call me a blingy-lights fetishist if you will, but I actually quite like the thought of having a programmable touchscreen to one side. Just not that one!
 
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