*WINNER* Coolermaster Storm Quick Fire Pro Mechanical Keyboard with iGame Online

[James]

Our friends over at iGame Online are getting all excited for rAge 2012, and have a few prizes to give away.

iGame is giving away one (1) Coolermaster Storm Quick Fire Pro Mechanical Keyboard.

Overview

Mechanical keyboards are becoming an essential piece of hardware for anyone who takes their PC gaming seriously. CM Storm aims to offer gaming enthusiasts the ultimate gaming gear. The Quick Fire Pro comes equipped with ultra durable mechanical CHERRY MX switches, that are guaranteed to survive at least 50 million taps. It features an anti-ghosting tweaked keyboard matrix with Full NKRO support via USB, and every key within the gaming cluster (Esc,F1,F2,F3,F4,1,2,3,4,5,Q,W,E,R,A,S,D,F,Z,X,C, Spacebar, Fn as well as the arrow keys) feature their own individual red LED backlight. It is available in 4 versions with either Black, Brown, Blue or Red Cherry MX switches, so no matter what game type you are into and what spring strength and tactile feedback you prefer, we got you covered. Once you found your dream mechanical switch, you would rather die than go back to a rubber dome keyboard.

Features

• Mechanical CHERRY MX switches
• USB 2.0 full speed
• NKRO in USB mode
• Multimedia shortcuts
• Windows key disabled in game mode
• Partial Red LED backlight
• Removable braided USB cable with cable routing
• 1000Hz / 1 ms Polling Rate

More info: http://www.cmstorm.com/en/products/k.../quickfirepro/



How to enter

- Post once in this thread with an anecdote about how your keyboard let you down or saved the day in a hair-raising situation (real or imagined).

- This post is your entry into the competition.

Rules

- Post only once in this thread. This is your entry into the competition. Kindly refrain from conversing in the thread as it makes it difficult to administrate the competition.

- Make sure you are up to speed with the MyGaming Forum rules.

- Minimum of 20 lifetime posts required to qualify by time of the draw.

- Entrants must be a resident of and residing in South Africa.

- Entry into the competition closes at 11AM, Monday, 8 October 2012.

Winner announce

- On Monday, 8 October 2012, the winner will be chosen.

- The winner will be announced in this thread, as well as in a new thread in the MyGaming competition forum.

- Reminders will be sent out via the MyGaming twitter stream and MyGaming Facebook page.

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The competition starts now. Good luck!

[TBlaar]

My keyboard has only ever let me down...

I remember the days of Quake 3, when we would have massive multiplayer games, and the keys under my left hand would move around, always during a battle, causing me to get killed and lose the game!!! Damn keyboard!

[Alien]

My keyboard is a constant pain.using an old wireless media keyboard that i got for my bday about 8 years ago..within a month the stand broke(thing that lifts the top so the keyboard faces the user) and the response time is useless.on many occasions i have failed a jump accross buildings etc because the keyboard registered the keypress too late because i was pressing other keys(only can use 3 keys at a time).

Think thats bad?imagine the countless lans ive been to,that the batteries died!!and ive even forgotten to pack the receiver

Moral of the story..dont get wireless keyboards for gaming..with pc remotes nowdays, they are obsolete and troublesome

[PatPion]

These things always fail when you least need them to. So I'm in the middle of a huge game with friends, with money on the outcome. I make it to the final, with 8 players remaining. It's coming down to the wire, I'm in first place, but only by a whisker. With about 5 minutes remaining, the unthinkable happens. My 'W' key goes. It's all over.

[Ichigo]

My keyboard has killed me when the sticky keys enable causing me to not be able to control my character and then have to restart my PC

A keyboard is strong enough to save your life by knocking out a robber with it

[MalicE]

I'm still using the old Microsoft Wireless Desktop 300 keyboard, brilliant when it comes to battery life (year +). But it has one fatal flaw that it seems to time perfectly every time. Soon as you are in the thick of things, in the middle of the battle of your life (like what happened with me a lot in Kingdoms of Amalur), the signal just cuts out for no apparent reason, which often results in death when you start bashing that potion key and your character just stands there taking a beating like it's some kind of gang initiation.

[sycogrim]

CURRENT VALID ENTRIES


ALL ENTRIES ARE IN A NUMERICAL ORDER FROM THE FIRST TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST AS THE LAST.

001 TBlaar
002 Alien
003 Ichigo
004 MalicE
005 Sin7
006 Graal
007 iNNOS4iNT
008 Frederik Mundey
009 DarthMol
010 Aapdans
011 Ike_009
012 JP'S
013 Tsar
014 Grimspoon
015 Avatar
016 StaggerLee
017 Wyzak
018 Blanketman
019 murfle
020 phoenix
021 Macabre25
022 bigdave87
023 DrKillinger
024 C-MAN
025 Fenix_ZA
026 Tarka
027 PatPion
028 steaksauce
029 PunkOnWheels




CURRENT INVALID ENTRIES


Goofysmurf - Pending 20 posts




Rules for this comp:

1. Post with an anecdote about how your keyboard let you down or saved the day in a hair-raising situation (real or made up).

2. Minimum of 20 posts required to enter.

3. You may only enter once.

4. Entrants must be residents of SA and Residing in SA.





SPAM WILL BE MONITORED STRICTLY!!!

Closing Date:

The competition closes Monday, 8 October 11am. Prizes not claimed by Wednesday 10 October 11am will be passed on to a new winner.


NO ONE IS TO POST ANYTHING ELSE OTHER THAN THEIR ENTRIES!!!! ANY FORM OF CONVERSING IN THIS THREAD WILL BE A DISQUALIFICATION.

Thanks

[Sin7]

I have this "gaming" keyboard I bought for GuildWars, a zBoard...what a waste of money, unfortunately I'm now stuck with it, the "delete" button doesn't work, and I can't type on it that well, it's really useless, in gaming terms I've remapped all the usual keys to other fancy buttons in the control pannel for the zBoard, did they work? nope...

USELESS for gaming!! Please let me win a new KEYBOARD!!!

[Graal]

I've got a cheap-ass old Logitech keyboard. Going on 8 years now and still going strong. Never let me down once and all the buttons still work.

[iNNOS4iNT]

Have had my Genius Multimedia Keyboard for a LONG while now. It still serves me almost as well as the first day I bought it ... But, I think it's nearing its peak now.

Playing online has made me pressing keys in a very rapid succession... Needless to say; it's reached a point where ... If my key presses are too frequent, it simply stops registering certain key presses. And THAT, has put me in many a tricky situation. Some in which I was killed, and some in which I managed a near-death narrow escape (Referring to GW2 and Bf3).