Definitely looks like ASUS borrowed some ideas from the Mountain Everest keyboard for this thing.

I have heard both Shroud & TenZ mention on separate occasions that having things like a faster keyboard switch/ a lighter mouse/ an audiophile grade pair of headphones & a super higher refresh rate monitor actually benefit the worst players the most, not by a very large margin but if you put all these things together whilst VERY expensive it CAN slightly improve reaction times & it COULD get you 2 or 3 more kills or save you from 2 or 3 more deaths on average but if you're not competing for money the total price is just not worth it especially when it's so player dependant, it can make some people 5% better and it will make some people 50% better, and if you're missing just one of these pieces of gear then the difference it makes goes down significantly! both of those rants came off of both of them saying pretty much the same thing relying to someone in chat "All these bells and whistles only help pro's when they are having an off day but if the pro i'm fighting is also having an off day but has the better equipment and i don't then it's GG for me" so if everyone agreed to play on the same basic & cheap gear and nobody ever bought anything better then we could all save money lol

So I have many mixed thoughts on this one. Cool innovative design, love the wireless connectivity & detachable southpaw numpad, and it looks great for a mainstream gaming keyboard. The old me before I got deep into the custom keyboard hobby would have considered getting this if it was on sale for under $200. On the other hand, the fact that I’m pretty deep into mnmys brother, and an extremely thorough review! PS: Been wondering why I haven’t seen any new videos from you popping up in my feed, and just noticed that KZfaq apparently unsubscribed me from your channel…!!! I’m back now, but not sure why people keep getting randomly unsubscribed from out channels. Happy and healthy holiday and new year wishes to you and your family!

This is a cool idea that i hope the higher end enthusiast boards... adopt (copy?)... lol

I agree with your assessment. Its a pretty decent keyboard with some great features plus some quirks that really hold it back. My main gripe is the volume is on the removable part so you have to use the function key for volume if you go TKL. The other thing is the removable end caps that get easily lost. I just leave them in the box. Battery life is good though.

in my opinion keyboards like this make gaming keyboards relevant again. Props to Asus for this one, its not perfect but its a step in the right direction.

Microsoft sidewinder keyboard had the same numpad feature almost 20 years ago I think, it was the dream keyboard of mine at the time

OOF for this price a tiger 80 and a mammoth 20! A whole zoo!

Tbh I think the perspective of a person in the custom community on gaming boards is hugely helpful to consumers. Since the community is so gatekeepy, its kinda nice for people to be able to just know if something is *actually* good by our standards without having to sift through all of the "gaming boards bad" stuff. Great review

does it comes with pbt keycaps?

I remember what you said in the Korn viedo and I swear by that when judging a product. Something along the lines of loving it for what it is, and not nitpick it for what it's not. While I'm not going to get a board like this for a number reasons(can't use any larger than 60% purely out of preference),I do understand this board deserves a spot in the market even if it's niche product.

Banger review Andy

honestly they don't sound as scuffed as I'd have thought lol

you can totally tell these giant companies just search keyboard on youtube and sponsor the people with large followings not understanding the custom scene and why we dont want this crap, its pretty funny

Great to see you review this. Before I found customs I had seen this and liked the removable numpad idea. That lead me to purchase freebird tkl and it's numpad which I will use on the left side. Nice to have your opinions on both.

Really like the option for southpaw numpad, any other mechanical keyboards that offer something similar?

ngl, couldnt finish this video. can appreciate it was sponsored tho.

title is a lie, it does not have rgb fleshlight feature

or you could get a mountain everest and if you want a gaming keyboard get a wooting keyboard both of which are cheaper and higher quality imo

It’s like a switch! But a keyboard hahahaa

lil bit like the everest max tho... donth know which one came first

Thank god you're not playing Roadhog. All my homies hate hog 💀 Awesome vid btw! I really like the southpaw numpad but yeah not a lot of customization to be had so imma pass on this one.

Great Review thanks Andy!

me sitting here with my 15 years old microsoft sidewinder x6 keyboard... silently judging ROG. ok fine mine is membrane can't compare much.

I have to say that the biggest miss on this board is the switch design forcing non standard keycaps and non standard stabs. pcb mount stabs would be ideal but even plate mount stabs can be modded to be good. i love long boards and like that bigger companies are starting to take input from the hobby but this feels like a step backwards. not only can you not use different keycaps what happens when you break one cleaning the board? i dont hate prebuilts and often mod them for friends that dont want to drop a lot of money on a custom

hahaha too true about gatekeepers

you looked at this objectively instead of instantly referring to it as unusable trash and you didn't recommend people look at a group buy keyboard that isn't even available anymore so congrats you're not a gatekeeper. this board looks like a decent concept but whenever you can use the word proprietary more than once on a product that's an L for me personally

Control the media ?? 🤨 What you tryna do Mr. Weeng