Consider the keyboard!

[GuidoHunter]

May you all learn from my mistake: If you must get a new, unfamiliar keyboard, make sure it's FFR-worthy!

My good wireless one gave out, so I got a new wireless one, however, there's a serious problem witht he sending rate (if I hold down a key, the repeat rate is MUCH slower than what the computer can handle), so when I try to play songs on FFR that have simultaneous arrows, one keystroke is quite delayed, and it causes me to miss many arrows. I can't even get a decent combo going on Stalled Out, let alone even complete Silence. I growl at my keyboard.

I don't know what specs you might need to look for, but please keep this in mind!

--Guido

http://www.mikee385.com/andy

[Jordy0823]

yea the first keyboard i had when i played FFR could only press 2 keys at a time and made my fingers sore cuz u had to press really hard

[Lupin_the_3rd]

ha...I thought this topic would be advocating the PETK

[RobbyZero]

Mine could only press 2 then I figured out a trick to press 8

[Anticrombie0909]

Yeah, buying a good keyboard is key. My friend has this awesome Logitech wireless that I want, but the keys are shaped wierd and have concave buttons, and it's laggy as hell. I can barely play on it. You can't go wrong with a standard $20 Microsoft keyboard- supports triples and quads and has nice turned up corners for your fingers to grip. However, I have a Compaq keyboard...now at first, I thought it was really bad for FFR. The keys are totally smooth, and they're barely turned at the corners. I found out that not only does it support triples and quads, the smooth keys let your fingers slide off them in a speed I could never manage before. I'm faster than ever now. It was worth the time it took to get good at it.

[banditcom]

All wireless keyboards have lag in them... they are NO good for the timings needed in FFR, SM, or similar types of games.

[GuidoHunter]

bandit, I'm sure all wireless keyboards have lag in them as you say, but there are definitely many that work. The first wireless I had worked perfectly, and a temporary one I used worked great save only for the FF7 song, and now this one totally sucks. Don't rule out wireless keyboards completely, but you can easily go wrong with them.

--Guido

http://www.mikee385.com/andy

[altairian]

wireless anything sucks for anything that involves the word "game", ok? maybe your keyboard was ok for ffr, but i guarantee you it wasn't as good as a normal keyboard is

[GuidoHunter]

I can't doubt that

--Guido

http://www.mikee385.com/andy

[Cenright]

You know, it is a hard feeling to get used to, especially if you are a key slammer, but the Mircosoft Natural actually has a very small latency and also the pressing distance is fairly small.

It is worth a try, but it can be a fairly costly risk.

[Privateer]

The best keyboard you can buy is the Logitech Corded Elite for $39.99.

[Dapz]

uhh im only at the level where the most i need to press at a time is like 2.