** SO-VA, SO GOOD - COMPETITION TIME**

NikTheSHNIK

NikTheSHNIK

NikTheSHNIK

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Hi all,

Roccat Competition time!

This month they have given us a Roccat SOVA MK, the mechanical key flavour of their living room PC gaming peripheral solution worth £160!

ROCCAT Sova MK Mechanical Gaming Lapboard - UK Layout @ £159.95 inc VAT https://www.overclockers.co.uk/roccat-sova-mk-mechanical-gaming-lapboard-uk-layout-kb-04h-rc.html



Bring your PC into your Living room and play games on your couch in comfort and style

Only £159.95 inc VAT.

ORDER NOW

All you have to do to win the prize is review your current Living Room gaming setup, PC Master Race only, no peasants! As always extra points are awarded for artistic expression, shameless OcUK fanboyism and making us laugh.

We will pick the best entrant next Wednesday (08/02/17) and announce the winner then!

Competition prize is an ex sample so box has been opened and keyboard has been used.
 
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gradyhawks said:
Oh jesus, I really want one of these as well.
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sexyhyde said:
So I'm just nearing the end of upgrading my living room gaming setup. Being a PC gamer I've been stuck at a desk for some time, although I did move my PC into the living room for a short spell, it quickly went back upstairs, as the whinging for the other half was making my ears bleed. Then along came the Steam Link and Steam Controller. The Steam Link proved a very good product doing what it claims and as long as it's not a twitchy FPS I found it perfectly fine, although I always thought it was running close to its maximum capabilities. The Steam Controller was good for some games, OK for some and terrible for others. So I acquired some Wireless XBOX 360 pads which fill in the gap the Steam Controller leaves.

Recently I wanted to update my Kodi box and thought I may as well make a HTPC and stick Steam on it for streaming. I gathered some spare parts and bought some others and went about building my new living room box.

Now I wanted a keyboard and mouse set up for the living room and had a wheeled laptop table I got from Ikea a while ago but even with a tenkeyless keyboard it was too cramped so didn't make for comfortable gaming, not to mention it just took up a lot of space and got in the way when not in use. A lapboard was what was really needed. I had seen a reveal of a competitors lapboard and though it looked promising, the price was a lot higher than I had hoped and it also had some pretty big flaws with the keyboard being set at the bottom left and also having no wrist rest. I heard about another companies lapboard but it just looked too small and basic, not too bad if thats what you are after but I wanted something a bit more laid back and comfortable. Then came the Roccat Sova it looked good, had a decent layout and just looked like they had thought about what you would really want in a lapboard.

Now although I wanted the Roccat Sova, I wasn't too sure if sofa gaming with keyboard and mouse was going to be my thing, and the missus wasn't too keen after the previous venture with the laptop table and the price was a bit high if it turned into the really occasional use like the Steam Controller has seen, but appeared to be very good value for the well thought out product it was. Having a few spare keyboards, some old deskmats and a glue gun I decided to make my own to see how I got on with a lapboard. I bought some board a memory foam cushion and a USB hub. Once home I spent about 30 mins sawing and sanding the board, then I glued the keyboard in place as well as the mouse mat and cushion.. I glued the sides and bottom of the cushion leaving a "pouch" to stick the wires of the keyboard and mouse which tidied up the appearance a lot I also purchased a 3 metre USB extension cable. I've just been using my main mouse as I'm undecided whether to buy a new mouse for my PC or just a cheaper gaming mouse for the lapboard.

Now I've been using it for the last few weeks and it's been great, and the missus likes how easy it is to make "disappear", after saying she'd just chuck it away when I told her what I was making, as she though it would be too big and ugly for the living room. I wasn't too sure if keyboard and mouse gaming would be suitable for the living room, but I am now a lapboard convert.

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Damn good review!

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dazzlaa;30479688 said:
Only last week I attempted to reintegrate myself with my family and the "living room", the plan was fool-proof actually. I purchased a 20 meter Dvi-HDMi cable to navigate around the settee, under the windows and back out behind the television, I selected a family friendly game that my four year old and eight year old could watch without being scared (Skyrim) and I invited the family to witness the power of PC gaming. But as I attempted to balance my keyboard and mouse on my construction of books, boxes and wobbly knees my children looked at me with pity. Not the idyllic eyes I usually get from my son as I show them how to boss Super Mario, they looked upset that their father was being defeated by such a simple task. After half an hour of frustration and wrist cramp, I was almost about to give up, but then I realised I could use an Xbox controller and still share the couch and my gaming experiences with the kids. I managed to get a good further hour of gaming there, but after it had all ended I was no better off. I had shown my kids my PC master race abilities were just reduced to a console controller. So now im back on my desk, at the back of the living room, keyboard and mouse in hand as I look over at my family and what could have been so special.
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