🔴 QK Alice Duo with Speed Silvers!!!! — Full Client build!

Añadido: 2026-05-05

[00:01:21]sponsored by Big Cork. Cork. I saw the mistype the typo there. No, dude.

[00:01:27]Honestly, like I'm trying to flatten this right now.

[00:01:31]It's just not staying flat. I love this aesthetic as well.

[00:01:37]I tried for a hot minute to find a big desk pad that's not like overly thick.

[00:01:42]>> Thank you, Adam. Appreciate the tier one.

[00:01:45]>> I cannot for the life of me find a cork fulls size desk pad, even a little bit bigger than this with this kind of texture. The only thing that I'm able to buy are like those really thick like cork I don't even know what to call them like um sheets, whatever, and have it cut to a certain size. But I would love one that's like just as big as the Groveade desk pad that I have. I think that would be super cool.

[00:02:17]But yeah, I'm stuck with this for now.

[00:02:19]Yeah, it has a nice like look at the look look at this aesthetic. It's so beautiful.

[00:02:25]But like I said, just a bit of a shame.

[00:02:27]Seems like it's just very difficult to find one that I am able to pick up.

[00:02:32]Like, dude, that looks so good.

[00:02:35]How are you guys though? How are you guys?

[00:02:39]Hopefully everyone's doing well. Bro bought all the quirk. Me? Oh, is the camera not focusing today again?

[00:02:47]Hello, camera.

[00:02:51]Bro bought all the cork. That was crazy.

[00:02:56]All right. You know what? Maybe it's time to pick up a different face cam that matches the rest of these cameras.

[00:03:00]This is not really a great video camera.

[00:03:03]Is it Is it going to freak out all stream?

[00:03:08]I have no clue.

[00:03:10]Alex, check your Discord DMs right now.

[00:03:14]Let's see. Let's see.

[00:03:17]Did you just DM me?

[00:03:20]Uh, flying to Germany in 15 hours. How long is the flight for that? Alex, I was waiting for this stream to decide if I want to pull the trigger in Alice Duo and they're completely sold out. Yeah, what's going on with that? But hold on a second, guys. My camera's not treating me very well today. What's going on with that? By the way, are they discontinuing this this product?

[00:03:43]Is it cuz it's on an error screen? Hold on a sec, guys. Sorry.

[00:03:52]Let's change the focus area to Oh, yeah.

[00:04:01]It didn't. It changed the focus area.

[00:04:04]That's weird.

[00:04:08]Uh I feel like I see more talk of Alice Steu after it was discontinued compared to when it was still in production.

[00:04:15]I I don't know where' I get this hoodie from. This was given to me and I think this was custom made.

[00:04:23]Burn, thank you so much for the >> 6 months. Well, wow. Wow. Glad to still be with you this journey and super excited to get my hands on THR Manta.

[00:04:33]>> Dude, I legitimately am so proud with the work that we did for the Manta.

[00:04:40]I'm so I'm so excited. I can't wait for you guys to get it, man.

[00:04:44]No, but I am watching Invincible. I also watched a little bit of Jojo yesterday, but I mainly have been now hooked on Invincible. You guys were right. You guys were right indeed. I am now hooked.

[00:05:01]It's a good show. I didn't real like there's a lot of not twists and turns, but there's just a lot of like moments in which I'm really enjoying so far. So, how many episodes of Jojo?

[00:05:13]I'm pretty I don't remember the exact number of episodes, but I I want to say like I'm eight episodes in or something like that. Ah, dude. Okay, if you guys see me wse in pain a little bit, my eye has been like killing me today. I don't know what it is. It's not it. I thought it was a headache at first, but it's not. Um, I think I just need some rest tonight.

[00:05:38]I don't know what's going on.

[00:05:40]W Invincible. Yeah. Thank you guys, by the way, for the for the subs as well.

[00:05:45]And thank you guys for being here tonight. Really appreciate it.

[00:05:50]Yeah, it's it's it's been fun so far.

[00:05:51]I've been really enjoying it. Um I am caught up with the boys right now, too.

[00:05:57]I have the same eye pan and headache.

[00:05:58]It's got to be the weather, dude. It's it's weird because like today's actually a nice day outside, but I actually spent most of the day just stressing about work and I don't know, man.

[00:06:09]Keyboards are in such an interesting spot right now because I feel like less and less people are watching keyboard content and also people are just not having the time to purchase keyboards anymore because just life is so expensive. I hope the hobby isn't going to shrink. You know what I mean? I have I have hopes it won't. I really hope it won't.

[00:06:34]But yeah, we'll see. I guess we will see.

[00:06:38]I'm always here, Papa. Thank you so much, Crummy.

[00:06:42]Glad to hear it's a nice day on your end. Uh, it was a glorious day in London as well. Clear blue skies at one point.

[00:06:47]Hell yes. Tech blog.

[00:06:50]Yeah, it was um I think it was clear most of the day. I think there might have been a little bit of cloudiness in the the beginning of the day. My apartment's internet is being annoying and it's all your fault. Mine? Oh my god.

[00:07:04]I hope the hobby doesn't disappear before we get a GMK Noir round two.

[00:07:11]I don't know, man.

[00:07:13]The hobby is in a interesting spot right now.

[00:07:18]I don't know.

[00:07:20]Do you guys feel like you're being more selective with purchasing when it comes into the hobby as well? I am. Tell you right now, so I can only imagine everyone else as well.

[00:07:32]Yeah. Yeah.

[00:07:36]Senica has a year-long weight list. God damn.

[00:07:40]Me personally, I haven't seen a lot of must-have projects recently. That's true, too, Crispy. I was a bit burned out, but I'm slowly getting back into it. Yeah, it's weird because like I'm into other things in the hobby in which I probably wouldn't have been into the hobby like maybe like a year ago or two years ago. Like I'm getting back into my artisan peeking. Like I've just been looking. I haven't purchased anything yet, but I've actually been enjoying looking at artisans now. And then I'm slowly enjoying other little things that brought me joy in the hobby. Like it's coming first full circle again. Like I think at one point key caps and switches were something that were giving me a lot of joy and then keyboards and now I feel like I'm in a different zone.

[00:08:25]Uh weirdly enough, I'm just getting back into the hobby. Well, that's good, too.

[00:08:30]Uh, only board I considered this year was the Hope TKL. I didn't buy it, but I regret passing. Oh, no. Hopefully there's some extras or something. I just joined. Entry was keyron cube. Max died for 3 months. Now I got a a chill key ND 104 is nice.

[00:08:45]Even with this, we can keep the hobby alive by revisiting our old cubes with the switch and keycap refresh. That is exactly what I was doing. I was literally doing keycap and switch refreshes on a lot of my boards.

[00:08:56]Uh, there's one board I'm looking forward to, but I don't know how many will be available, so I'm gatekeeping.

[00:09:03]Which board is it?

[00:09:05]Adam, you want to share with us? Can you like DM me?

[00:09:10]Did you pick up Chocolier? No, I didn't pick up Chocolier. You know, I'm going to regret it. I already know I'm going to regret it. I didn't pick Chocolier up because I'm waiting for some other stuff.

[00:09:21]I promise, Adam. Scouts honor.

[00:09:27]I just built a 60 that was designed after the unicorn with a custom um shaman engraving. It sounds amazing. Do you have pics? Drug says, "Hey, Alex. My first time here. Saw your Neo 65 Core Plus video over a month ago and fell in love with it. So, I ordered my first mechanical keyboard. Still awaiting, but I am on a long but I sorry, but I am uh well, switches and builds. So much to learn." Dude, there is a lot to learn, but take your time. patience and it'll all be much more fun.

[00:10:00]Let's see what he said.

[00:10:03]Oh. Oh. Oh. Okay. Okay. Okay.

[00:10:09]Yeah, there's some good ones though.

[00:10:10]There is some good ones. But yeah, congrats on definitely congrats on the first like step into a fun hobby, you know. Last key that I still use now was the Mr. Suit. Oh, the M, you know, I still have one. I should revisit that soon. The Neo 80CU and 75C been watching your vid. Thank you so much. May I appreciate that. Both excellent keyboards. I think the keyboard I'm looking for right now, like the one that I really want to pick up is that um Oh boy. The one that the Porsche the Porsche inspired one, that one there looked really cool. The the Jah Jahir or whatever it's pronounced. The Jar.

[00:10:49]That one there looks really good. And then is that am I pronouncing it right by the way? I don't know. And then Bull's new project is looking good. The the Bull Bishop, whatever it's pronounced. The Sonic was really nice, too. I think the Sonic was one of the more interesting group buys um that I've seen so far.

[00:11:16]The Jabra. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay.

[00:11:19]the Glare 60. Should I pull Dude, I really want a Glare 60, but I just I don't really have And like I'm trying to be smart, right? I don't know if I have $540 to throw out a Glare 60 right now.

[00:11:36]And I think Does that come with a Sorry guys, my uh my head's hurting right now a little bit more and my eyes hurting.

[00:11:42]Does that come with a PCB? I don't think so. Right. Does it? I don't even know.

[00:11:49]No. So, you need to buy a PCB. [ __ ] It is nice.

[00:11:56]I shiver. Thank you so much for using your Prime here. I really appreciate that, man.

[00:12:02]Plus tax, I know. And and shipping and all that. So, this is going to be like an $1,000 keyboard at the end of the day, like Canadian dollar-wise. What's your favorite tactile right now um that you think we should try besides Gatoron Type Rs? Try Hydr's.

[00:12:17]But first, Type RS Hydra are number two.

[00:12:21]All in probably 600 bucks. Yeah, it's about six I I would say probably around 650 USD with everything.

[00:12:30]Alex, I'm back. Hi, Bob. Drug, thank you so much for using your Prime here as well, man. Are all Kohaku PCBs created equally?

[00:12:39]I mean, I think so. Oh, wait, wait, no, no, no, no. I'm lying. Was it the plate or was it the PCB that had the issue with the bottom row of the Kohaku? Do you guys remember?

[00:12:50]As much as I like Kohakus, I don't remember that particular detail. R1 plates. Okay, dude. Thank you very much, Spark. I appreciate your prime here as well.

[00:13:02]Love watching your stream while playing some calming guitar. Hell yeah, man.

[00:13:07]Appreciate you being here, Sniper. So excited about the Pangia Mini.

[00:13:12]I'm about to rece Oh, your one is coming in now. I have and target the house. Uh, to be honest, how do you find the keyboards? Which one? Sorry, shipwreck.

[00:13:21]Armageddon, thank you so much. And also, Gooey, thank you so much for the primes, guys. Appreciate it, man.

[00:13:29]Thank you. Thank you, guys. The fake Kohaku PCBs use the wrong chipset, so they're just the worst. I mean, I I probably wouldn't pick up like fake PCBs. I don't know. out of everything fake that you could probably get, I probably would pass on the PCBs.

[00:13:45]The first like that would be my first thought is pass on PCBs for that. You know, I will be trying the new Encore as well. Yes, Encore if it comes in soon. I'll kind of have to schedule it like just based off of vibes, I guess. But what happened to the Kohaku all sky rocketing to,00 and then they have some minor imperfections? I can't find one for $800 anymore.

[00:14:12]I don't know honestly to vent to complain cuz it's like, you know, I don't really understand part of the aftermarket for this hobby anymore. Um, I've also just kind of stopped caring about a lot of the aftermarket for this hobby.

[00:14:30]So, it's so [ __ ] confusing.

[00:14:33]Uh, you sent me a DM, Sushi. Damn. Am I not getting that DM?

[00:14:40]Can you quickly bump it right now? Cuz I answered most of my DMs unless I clicked it and closed it by accident. Honestly, Discord DMs are probably one of the worst things. Oh, there you are. Okay.

[00:14:52]Yeah, I probably clicked it and closed it. Okay, let me just mark as unread and pin on my side here. Oh, you can't pin.

[00:14:59]Okay, never mind.

[00:15:03]Uh, what is the new mode board coming?

[00:15:06]Well, the encore is updated and then there's also the prologue which I don't know the release date on that.

[00:15:13]Speaking of encore, I watched Mo's new video on their crown mounting system during my lunch break. Good stuff. Very, very, very into the crown mounting system. Um, I actually got to speak to Matthew about that and I think it's going to be a very interesting implementation of how they want to do gasketing, which is cool. It's different. I I like it for a variety of reasons which I'll probably just save for the, you know, for the actual stream that day that we do. But yeah, it's nice.

[00:15:44]I hate mobile Discord. Won't tell me when I have a DM, but on my PC, dude.

[00:15:50]Honestly, Discord's kind of a mess these days.

[00:15:53]I was about to buy a PCB, so wanted to know if hot swap is any good or acoustically.

[00:15:58]Well, how far into the weeds of this conversation do you want to go? I personally think hot swap sockets do slightly affect the sound for a variety of reasons, but it's slight for the most part.

[00:16:14]You're fine to use it, but um it it's just very it's very small.

[00:16:20]That's all. That's it. The house 65. Oh, yeah. I don't I don't I don't even know where to find that now.

[00:16:32]I was much more involved with the community up until like six years ago.

[00:16:35]And it's wild how much it's changed.

[00:16:36]It's so much more confusing now, dude. A little bit. What do you think's the most confusing part? Switches, right? Is it switches? Switches are the [ __ ] worst now. Every day it's like it's like monitor names, you know? They got like Well, actually, they're not as bad as monitor names. I'm lying. But all the new switches, it's so hard to keep up with, man. And there's a lot of like very mid switches that get released or like iterations of switches.

[00:17:04]It's a very personal choice overall. Hi Mikey, how you doing man? Don't get started with monitor names again. No.

[00:17:12]All right. Hopefully this deskpad flattens. If you guys happen to stumble upon a cork desk pad that is like large, please share with the class if you guys stumble upon one.

[00:17:27]I I'm seriously looking for one.

[00:17:32]All right, little QK Alice Duo today.

[00:17:42]Fun keyboard.

[00:17:44]Not this again. I'm trying. I bought this one here last time when we found one and it's it's good, but it still hasn't unraveled.

[00:17:58]Okay. So, what do I need right now? I think we can just leave some of the accessories in the box for now. Like, I don't need this at the moment.

[00:18:07]Let's just grab our PCB and stuff.

[00:18:10]PCB and plates. What's this?

[00:18:15]Oh, these are wrist rests. I don't need this.

[00:18:19]Um, no, we gave that away, Liv.

[00:18:22]That was given to someone who I think had something happen to their house and then if you remember from last stream, we ended up giving away something else in place of helping that person find a keyboard.

[00:18:39]Alex's website is going to be selling new desk pads in 2027.

[00:18:44]Dude, if I can find good cork desk pads, I will legitimately stock them for you guys. It's one of my It's been an aesthetic like that I've been trying to look for for a long time and I just can't find a good one that I want.

[00:18:58]No, that was actually shipped off today, Drew. I uh I didn't want to wait like I had a pickup scheduled today and I was going to just wait a few days and go manually drop it off, but I figured it's not worth it. So, I decided to go today to drop it off or to get it picked up rather.

[00:19:21]a cork desk mat on the gray desk would be such a winner combo. Yeah.

[00:19:26]Hey man, if I ever hit it big and we have uh I don't know, some crazy money one day, I'll pick up a nice real concrete desk. What's this?

[00:19:39]I think these are like feet for something. I actually don't know what this is. What is this?

[00:19:49]Okay, I don't remember what this part is. Uh, Alex, why does it seem you keyboards like every two days?

[00:19:57]I build a lot of keyboards.

[00:20:00]If you're nice, I'll make you a cork desk pad.

[00:20:04]Ice, do you make cork desk pads or something?

[00:20:07]The IKEA ones aren't aren't large enough, unfortunately. Like I want a really large one, but I also don't want it to be like, you know, this thick. All right, plates.

[00:20:18]Look at the PCBs in here.

[00:20:21]That's extremely kind of you to give it away. That sand gold board for that person in uh need I had to drop early from the stream last stream. Uh oh. I mean, no worries, Liv. I'm not giving any away anything away today. Uh we'll do some giveaways next month if you guys are interested. I don't know how. I think it'll be changed up a little bit like I had mentioned last time, but we'll do some more giveaways soonish.

[00:20:45]Someone buy the MX Purples on the site before I give into them. Oh yeah, I forgot the MX Purples are still there.

[00:20:50]I forgot about that actually.

[00:20:54]Kohaku is going uh for 1K on Mech market right now.

[00:21:00]Damn. You know what I think? I have another theory before we jump into today's build. I think remember how we said at the beginning of the stream I feel like people are more selective about their purchases and everyone's like yeah I agree like I'm becoming more selective too.

[00:21:15]I think even maybe with aftermarket stuff people are being more selective.

[00:21:21]It's interesting because I think old me would have picked up the glare 60 no problem.

[00:21:29]1000 with flaws by the way. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:21:31]Which is crazy too.

[00:21:34]Very very interesting.

[00:21:37]I don't know.

[00:21:42]Very interesting.

[00:21:45]All right. I think we're going to use some foam today. By the way, guys, >> using speed silvers.

[00:21:56]>> I lubed them and everything before, so that's why they look uneven.

[00:22:00]Do you also Why were these such a pain in the ass to get? Like, bro, I didn't realize like nobody carries these, so I had to special order them from a website. Um, I I tried Amazon, but Amazon was like a week's shipping, so I had to special order these, but Oh my god, it's crazy. They don't sell anymore. Yeah, they're all They also don't look like what I remember they look like. I I'll show you guys here in a second. Very tough to get. The gamer switch is dead now. But you know what's crazy? These were actually, even though I had to relube them because there was only lubricant on the spring for the most part, these felt better than some of Cher's other stuff, which is interesting to see.

[00:22:54]Oh, it's just fall. Okay, there are only wind keyless glares left.

[00:23:00]Shake my head. I know. Do I get one still? Estabbon.

[00:23:06]You know what? I'm always trying to get Estabbon's love. Estabbon, I hope you're having a great day today. I hope the rest of the week goes well.

[00:23:18]You're always making me smile.

[00:23:20]We love you. Be we all love you being here. I'll speak for everyone.

[00:23:26]Salamanta.

[00:23:30]There may I don't want to spoil anything, but yes, there might be one being sold.

[00:23:36]I I didn't get them all for myself.

[00:23:39]They're they're meant for extras just in case something happens, but I I don't think I need them all. But I'm not going to sell them right now. We have to wait until everyone gets their stuff shipped.

[00:23:53]That's all.

[00:23:56]How do they do all the foam here?

[00:23:58]Interesting.

[00:24:01]Yeah, let's do all the foam today.

[00:24:08]God, dude, my eyes are weird today. I have a paragolica 60 and I'm using knight v4 stabs. Nice board, by the way, mild. I'm wondering if I should put in TX AP clipins when I receive them. I much prefer knight v4s.

[00:24:23]much much much prefer it.

[00:24:29]I think they're a much nicer stab overall.

[00:24:34]Let me just see our uh our build sheet.

[00:24:44]Let's see.

[00:24:47]All right, let's just put the foam in. I think these with this the cherries with the foam would be really nice.

[00:24:53]All right, so let's lay out these. Alex, my manta arrived malformed and broken PCB. Please send new manta to my address on file.

[00:25:04]I don't even know what, dude. Let me tell you guys what little secret here.

[00:25:07]Do these still work? No, they don't. I don't even know.

[00:25:15]Actually, no, I'm lying. Never mind. I was going to say I don't even have this guy's address on file, but I probably do. Never mind. Never mind. Your patina pics from the Manta were amazing. I'm looking for something cheap to maybe practice playing patina on.

[00:25:30]Oh, um, if you go to like uh food places, sometimes they have like copper spoons and stuff for like cheap because nobody buys them. You can try one of those.

[00:25:48]or like they have like copper tools like that. No, like they're on clearance.

[00:25:55]All right.

[00:25:58]This is this side. This is this side.

[00:26:01]Let's lay out this.

[00:26:04]But I I saw a few when I was watching some tutorials on it, too, cuz I was a little nervous to do it again because it's been a while. I saw that a lot of people were doing that. Actually, how many stabs do we need? Five total.

[00:26:18]I guess all that are in here except for these backup housings.

[00:26:24]All right.

[00:26:28]It's been a while since I've been here.

[00:26:30]Aandria, how you doing?

[00:26:33]It has been a while. Honestly, man, it's cool to see some people get back into the hobby. I wonder like maybe I'm asking too much, but I wonder what's bring what's bringing people back. I wonder any particular reason.

[00:26:48]O, these are hard to get out.

[00:26:53]Yeah, I'm going to do another patina possibly for another client and I'm actually going to record the next one and then I'm even considering of actually re redoing mine for my prototype unit.

[00:27:13]their addiction that woke up two to three years later.

[00:27:18]Oh my god, these are locked in here.

[00:27:22]Went to a meet up last weekend and got Gorp in the mail, so that got me all hyped again. Hell yes, dude. Dude, I really want Gorp, but Gorp is kind of pricey right now.

[00:27:34]Uh, I've been amazing. I'm back because I want to get more. Oh, into Tober.

[00:27:39]Okay, I'm going to be buying a secondhand HHKB. Wish there were more in stock EC options that were good around 200 USD or less.

[00:27:48]Is the AAR still in stock with EC?

[00:27:52]I feel like that wasn't too crazy expensive.

[00:27:57]I missed your uh good vibes. Thank you.

[00:27:59]Thank you.

[00:28:02]There is a lot of EC stuff that has come out though recently. So, I would also keep your eyes out for other EC stuffed.

[00:28:14]Mechanical keyboards.com has EC AARS.

[00:28:17]That might be one worth looking into.

[00:28:19]Where does uh everyone find this cube news? Okay. I worked on this today as well. I don't know where everyone finds their keyboard news. I'm sure it's scattered. I'm pretty positive everyone's going to give you mixed answers. I have the template done.

[00:28:37]Remember I we I asked you guys about this uh last month.

[00:28:41]Hopefully March f or not March. What's the next what's next month? May.

[00:28:46]Hopefully May 1st or whatever the at start of the week is for May. I will try to do a once a month keyboard news article or page or something like that.

[00:29:01]I was going to do like email blasts and stuff, but there's this whole thing with storing emails and I have to have a bunch of security stuff, so I ain't going to do it. Um, I'm just going to do a keyboard news thing. It's not going to be perfect and I may have to lean on maybe once a month we go over like a GB thing. Um, but I'm going to try doing some stuff that interests me as keyboard news and just other little news things that maybe I find valuable for people in the keyboard hobby.

[00:29:36]But after all these years, I think I'm going to pull the trigger and actually start it. I think it's time because I was also thinking about this like a month or two ago and I was like, I wonder what else is new in the keyword hobby. and the usual sites and stuff I check haven't been updated as much or just like I feel like they're unreliable now. So yeah, I uh I think it's time I think it's time to do some keyboard news.

[00:30:05]Uh sorry to ask again, but if you had a parabolica with a palm plate, sorry mild, I totally missed this. What switches would you go with? I'm currently using key intros.

[00:30:16]palm plates.

[00:30:19]I would maybe go with like an HMX switch.

[00:30:25]I think if you were to do HMX, you may have a better time because it's a bit brighter and the palm will help calm it down a little bit. So, I'm I'm on team HMX here.

[00:30:38]No, I don't know if I'm going to do a YouTube short series. I don't know.

[00:30:43]I'm uh I'm very burnt out on Instagram and short form content stuff now.

[00:30:50]I know I've only just got back into it, but oh my god, it's I'm already burnt out on it, dude.

[00:30:58]There's a guy on YouTube called uh Kieran and he goes over monthly GBs.

[00:31:01]Yeah. And I think does Mech Merlin still do it?

[00:31:06]But I think I want to do more than just group buys. I want to do like new things for switches, like other new little projects.

[00:31:14]Uh other news, like if something's delayed and I've heard about it or something. So, stuff like that. I want to do like an actual news thing once a month. I worry though because I haven't really I've only done the template for the web page now. I I worry that this is going to cost a lot of time.

[00:31:34]I wonder how difficult this will truly be in the long run.

[00:31:39]Mech Merlin. Is he not doing it anymore?

[00:31:44]I also have the gator on langes on order. Oh, those might be nice too.

[00:31:48]Langes I find are a little bit subdued in terms of sound. So I wonder if those would be maybe a smidge light and sound.

[00:32:00]Used to watch him every week.

[00:32:04]You should use it as an opportunity to simp that bull guy. That bull guy, he's too nice.

[00:32:11]Uh, what do you think about trying your base switch when you build boards plus one other switch? I feel like I'd like to try other switches, but haven't heard of good reviews on them.

[00:32:26]Yeah, the problem is buying all those switches. Sometimes they don't get to me in time and sometimes like I don't know.

[00:32:32]I have other switches that I want to try though for sure.

[00:32:36]Trying to think of logistics behind the scenes. What's the lubricant lubricating?

[00:32:42]Well, we're using some 205g0 to lubricate the plastic sliders. See that?

[00:32:48]So, we're just doing that.

[00:32:51]Merlin hasn't done it in two years. Oh, man.

[00:32:59]What a shame, huh?

[00:33:02]Hey, Mr. Otos. Hi, Sent It.

[00:33:07]Yeah, keyboard content stuff is uh is a tough gig. It's hard to do consistent.

[00:33:14]It's too small of a hobby sometimes. I bought HMX Lotus to use on the Chimera.

[00:33:19]Oh, I think the aluminum for sure.

[00:33:21]Actually, [ __ ] I think aluminum on that board.

[00:33:28]I think I think that's the route you go for the Chimera.

[00:33:32]I don't know. I just I don't think it'll sound good with FR4. Merlin has a pretty busy guy at work. I mean, yeah, probably that too.

[00:33:40]A monthly deep dive of news and see how it works. Uh if it takes too much time and you hate it, then you don't have to keep doing it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

[00:33:49]Should be fun though. Should be fun. I'm trying to think of a title for it. Like just should I do it plain and simple?

[00:33:55]Just keyboard monthly news.

[00:34:01]What's new in keys? Something like that.

[00:34:04]PP or aluminum for a Pangia round two.

[00:34:08]Depends on the switch you want to go with because I really do like polyropylene recently. Like it's been a favorite plate of mine, but like it's hard to go wrong with just aloe, you know?

[00:34:18]It really is tough keeping around. Keep it around one.

[00:34:26]Second stream I catch. Glad to be here after a year of consuming a keyboard or sorry customizing a keyboard consuming to uh for the first time and now four boards in. Hell yes.

[00:34:37]Love that for you. I hope you're having fun. That's all that matters.

[00:34:42]Keeping keeping up with the news.

[00:34:46]I love that as well.

[00:34:50]Yeah, I see that in your videos that you use Neo's own stabs. So, should I do that, too? Um, here's the thing. These stabs are I think these are basically Neo stabs, right? I think cuz they're Are they clip-ins? Yeah, if you know how to use them, they're fine. But if you um if you're not really used to to doing stabilizers, I will admit Neo Stabs or are like third or I would say third worst stabs that I've ever had to deal with.

[00:35:30]Sometimes they just you have to know how to like finesse these stabs so they're good.

[00:35:37]Yeah, these are the gift stabs. Yeah, they're not perfect.

[00:35:42]Um, yeah. Like I said, third worst, I think.

[00:35:49]I think the absolute worst is Glorious Stuff. No, fourth worst. Original Glorious Stabs, then the GMK stabs, and then new Glorious Stabs, and then these.

[00:36:01]But these are not on the level of like they they sound bad. They're just hard to use and hard to appreciate sometimes, too, cuz how annoying they are.

[00:36:13]Uh, the goat stabs. Which is worse?

[00:36:15]Glorious stabs or going stabless? Uh, glorious stabs. I'd rather not install stabilizers if I'm being upfront.

[00:36:26]Um, I wouldn't say average stabs are always hard to tweak. I think most of the more modern stabilizers are in a really good spot right now.

[00:36:39]But like if you're using something like I don't know Durac stabs then yeah those those can sometimes be a little annoying.

[00:36:50]Would you ever share your secrets? I watched your stab video religiously uh before lubing some stabs. I may have gone overboard with the dilectric grease. What secret are you looking for?

[00:36:59]I don't think I have any secrets when it comes to doing stabilizers.

[00:37:03]I mean, I'm going to be using dilectric on these today so I can show you guys again like a small little trick that you guys can do, but you don't need a lot of dilectric. It's just a thin coating that you want.

[00:37:19]I have Durac V3s instead of Neo Stabs, and I much prefer them. I love I love Durox dabs. I don't care what anyone says. People hate on Duro stabs like it's going out of style.

[00:37:30]I love Durox dabs. Uh, I don't know what Ducky uses.

[00:37:38]I don't hate Durac, but I can just don't grab him. I feel like that's a very valid thing to say. Stupid studs are also very good for beginners. Yes, bird.

[00:37:47]100%. I'm debating on getting that Gravitar keyboard after watching your video.

[00:37:53]The Gravisar board, I did some more thinking on it and I don't think it's a complete ripoff for what you're buying. However, I do think there's a lot to improve on with the Gravisar board. I think the other one that we did recently, the one from WLM Mouse, that was a little bit of a tough cell. Uh, in fact, I think that that when you compare it to the Gravar one, the Gravitar like hands down just wins.

[00:38:21]So, I would say it's not a bad little purchase if you're interested in something whole effect. If you really want to get something nice whole effect that I'd say is a bit more timeless looking depending on what theme you're going for, look at the overture and look at the CA the CFKA. Although the CFKA I know it's not available at the moment but still very valid things to look for.

[00:38:41]All right. Where'd I put my Dick now?

[00:38:48]Alex. Yes. What is the green board?

[00:38:51]This is the Manta.

[00:39:00]The Manta 65.

[00:39:06]Thank you. Thank you. Are there any must buys coming up? Um, do you mean strictly just keyboards or just anything keyboard related? So nice.

[00:39:17]>> Overure.

[00:39:18]>> I hardly know.

[00:39:21]>> Oh my god. Regalicious.

[00:39:24]How are you, man?

[00:39:27]By the way, if you guys haven't, Regalious makes these awesome, really cool wood keycap pullers. Well, actually, I guess technically he can do a whole bunch of stuff, but primarily wood. They're they're like this. And I know I just put them in that short form video that I did, but he deserves so much credit. They're so awesome.

[00:39:46]All right. Where'd I put my dialectric grease now? That is the question.

[00:39:55]keyboard related. I think must pickups in all honesty.

[00:40:01]Um, let me let me do something on that. I don't want to like just shout out things right now. First, let me just try to figure out where I put my dialectric grease.

[00:40:12]I know I moved it cuz it was in the way when I was recording something and it looked kind of ugly, but where did I stick it? Did it fall? I don't know.

[00:40:19]Where's my grease?

[00:40:22]When is Manta round two?

[00:40:25]Maybe soon. Not not soon. I shouldn't say soon. It It might happen eventually.

[00:40:34]We We We think it's going to happen, but who knows?

[00:40:41]All right.

[00:40:45]Has anyone contacted you with the O65?

[00:40:48]No.

[00:40:49]Nothing for that yet.

[00:40:52]Hey man, I'm glad you guys like the Manta.

[00:40:57]I have seen so many people patina the Manta now. I am like shocked and also really happy that people are enjoying customizing their Manta further.

[00:41:09]So it is a very very cool feeling. So I'm very glad you guys like it.

[00:41:16]I'm torn between the equilibrium and Slate Zero. Um or just picking up a few of the in stock boards. I've wanted it for a while.

[00:41:23]Um well, QK Duo Alice apparently is sold out entirely. But you know, if you had to pick one up, Alec, I think the Slate Zero, while it's not perfect, I like the aesthetic and I think it's unique for what it what it is. If I had to pick one out of that list right now, besides the Q the Neo QK stuff, I'd pick the Slate Zero.

[00:41:46]Can you stencil a flame patina to I guess you could technically I don't know. I'm still really new with it myself. The whole flame patina stuff.

[00:41:55]I'm probably going to do you know the prototype one I have. As much as it's cool, I'm probably going to restart that and then do it over again.

[00:42:05]I want to do a different pattern. I want to try some new things with it.

[00:42:13]Oh my god. Seven. Appreciate the 20, dude. I appreciate that so much, man.

[00:42:19]What's good? How are you doing?

[00:42:23]Thank you. Thank you, man.

[00:42:27]I want to learn how to do those really cool custom patas.

[00:42:30]You know that one that was on um the one that was on our Discord today?

[00:42:36]That was so nice, man. That was so so nice.

[00:42:42]But seriously, 17, thank you so much again, man. That's huge. Appreciate you so much.

[00:42:50]I'm using a Manta right now. It's amazing. Green project or sorry, great project. Uh looking forward to the next one. I appreciate it, guys. The next one will be the Schema M60.

[00:43:04]I've had I'm actually lending it out right now to some friends. So, I'm gonna have like a little rotation of people trying it and giving me feedback.

[00:43:12]But, um the feedback I've gotten so far from from people has been really good. So, I think I think we're we're in for a treat with the schema.

[00:43:29]Uh Alex, have a good stream. I'm actually getting to studying. You study and you do well tomorrow. K turtle.

[00:43:36]Hopefully we get a Neo rendition of the QK Alex duo. Oh, true. A Neo does an Alice duo. That would be cool. That would be neat.

[00:43:46]Yeah, this late is nice.

[00:43:49]Like I said, not perfect, but uh it's a cool project and I like the aesthetic.

[00:43:57]Um, Alex, thoughts about brands pivoting from DIY keyboards to going to pre-builds? I don't know how I feel about it. And like I kind of don't understand.

[00:44:08]Is the pre-built market really that big?

[00:44:11]Like are people willing to spend money on pre-builts versus like pick out some of their parts and really build their own and like customize their own? I don't know. Like I really I don't know the I I honestly really just don't know.

[00:44:30]pre-built PC is a huge market. So, yes, I don't know. I guess the way I see it, and maybe this is a very one-sided take, and it probably is.

[00:44:42]If you're looking to get a high-end keyboard, I feel like it's a less high-end feeling when you get something that's like done for you.

[00:44:54]Not always, but you know, it's ultimately I don't hate it, but it is kind of sad to see that like some people are um completely pivoting their business models away from it. Like it's a bummer.

[00:45:08]I kind of lowkey feel like QK is doing that.

[00:45:12]And I hope that's not what's happening.

[00:45:18]Pre-built keyboards a completely different audience. It's gamers.

[00:45:23]I don't know if pre-built g like pre-built stuff that's not H though is selling the gamers at this point though.

[00:45:31]Pre-built is um the way into the larger market to pull customers into their custom stuff.

[00:45:39]I guess we'll see if it translates.

[00:45:43]I don't know.

[00:45:47]Yeah, I felt the same way. Atomic.

[00:45:50]You know what's interesting? My friend is getting into the hobby and they really surprisingly don't care for foamy keyboards. They asked why they don't make pre-builts with clacky switches like the Neo 65 Core.

[00:46:02]I don't know either. I don't know. Even Machina is doing it. Yeah. I mean, a lot of people are.

[00:46:11]I think people that just want a keyboard just buy a keyboard if they really want to appreciate to go for custom.

[00:46:17]It's It's an interesting conversation though for sure.

[00:46:21]So nice. Thank you, Zil. I appreciate that slight diff cam angle. My face cam.

[00:46:26]I had to switch the lens. Um, I'll be switching it back soon. I think I think I figured out what's the issue. The camera itself switches focus modes every single time I start it up.

[00:46:38]Uh, and I think that's because of the way I have it set up cuz it's on a long story short, it's not like it's on not on a constant power source. Uh, one question. You did Man with Bull as we all know, but did you have any brands reach out to you for a collab?

[00:46:53]No.

[00:46:55]I've offered to do like cool projects with different brands, but I've never really gotten anything other than just like recolors. Um, the truth of the matter is not a lot of brands want to make something brand new. They just kind of want to slap someone's name on it or slightly tweak what they already have.

[00:47:11]But yeah, it's not something that people jump for, which I mean, dude, it makes sense.

[00:47:18]I'm not even stressed about it. Does make a lot of sense.

[00:47:26]I also did present my keyboard to a few friends of mine and my cousin said he was interested as well. So, sharing a hobby is always cool. Absolutely.

[00:47:36]I think it's cool when people get into stuff like this for sure.

[00:47:41]Um, some people want a high-end keyboard, not necessarily high-end custom keyboard. And people buy pre-builts to buy custom that can be customized.

[00:47:51]I suppose ultimately I hope it just drives people into the custom world. That's it.

[00:48:02]I really, really hope.

[00:48:05]I tried all the new HMX and KeygeGeek new releases and wow, these manufacturers really surprised me. Oh, dude.

[00:48:13]Absolutely.

[00:48:16]Uh, HMX has been killing it. A lot of, honestly, a lot of switches has been just killing it recently.

[00:48:24]Um, how did I get into the hobby? Also, thank you, Krispy. I appreciate the kind words. I got into the hobby kind of by accident.

[00:48:33]One day I was wanting a keyboard, but I wanted something very specific in mind and uh I I picked up what's called the it's a pre-built called a a Gon's GK87 and then when I bought it and I used it, I was like, "Oh, this is nice."

[00:48:59]But then I found out the tofu existed and the tofu aesthetically was just way up my alley, like way more up my alley.

[00:49:08]Then I ended up going for a tofu. So I did technically start with a pre-built, but it was a very quick transition into wanting a uh custom keyboard.

[00:49:22]Plus, I like tinkering, so I think it was only natural that I'd get a custom keyboard, you know?

[00:49:32]Yeah. Yeah. I don't like the little stab shims or those little pieces. I kind of hate them. They're they're awful. It's okay. Come on. This desk pad won't flatten out. I'm so teased.

[00:49:48]I'm only doing it because I know Neostabs sometimes can be temperamental.

[00:49:52]And they have this tendency to shift up and down.

[00:49:57]So, I just want to make sure that they're locked in place properly.

[00:50:02]Uh, is that the cool keycap pull on your desk? It is. Dude, look. Look at this thing. Look how nice this thing looks.

[00:50:15]And then, yeah, this is the play tray.

[00:50:19]I don't think you guys have seen this in a hot minute.

[00:50:22]It's It's been over here like right off my desk and I've been using it for screws for other projects. Um I typically don't use it on stream much just because I don't really need the magnets on stream. It's more for projects that I do in between.

[00:50:41]I've migrated over from modding GameBoys. The tinkering fun with a tool I use every day was hard to deny.

[00:50:48]I plan on doing that to my Game Boy Advance soon. I have the parts in my cart and I was thinking about making a stream about it. I think that would be really cool. But yes, I'm in the same boat. I'm uh I'm really considering getting a into Game Boy tinkering, but only for one thing. I don't know if this is going to be like a constant thing.

[00:51:13]My entry in the hobby was the Rama Works U8A. What a keyboard that was. I was so in love with that thing when it came out. I wanted it so bad.

[00:51:26]And then I got one and then I accidentally scratched it the first day that I had it.

[00:51:32]>> Have a good one, Alex.

[00:51:35]>> N. Thank you very much for 45 months of being here. I love you. I love you so much. Appreciate you.

[00:51:43]Uh, hell yeah, man. Do it. It's fun. I'm considering it. I'm considering it. I want to do like I found Okay, the only thing I don't have in my cart is the shell. I found some guy on I think he sells through eBay, but he does these cool aluminum slash brass housings for the Game Boy.

[00:52:07]And I was talking to him and I'm trying to get him to to sell me one of the parts raw so I can flame patina it.

[00:52:20]But we'll see. I don't know if he's going to do it for me cuz I think that would be super cool.

[00:52:31]My god. I honestly these flexi PCBs sometimes cheese me.

[00:52:41]Just want to better insert this stabilizer here.

[00:52:52]There we go. Much better.

[00:52:54]Um, Boxy Pixel. No, no, I saw that one there as well.

[00:53:01]But there was another one that was um a little bit cheaper.

[00:53:06]But I am considering getting a raw version of it though. If the brass was just the battery cover, that'd be the fun part for sure.

[00:53:14]Oh yeah, it might be a bit heavy. It It would be heavy as [ __ ] Um I don't have it yet. Alex knows better. Oh, what happened? Sorry.

[00:53:25]Uh oh, by the way, you know what?

[00:53:27]Speaking of accessibility stuff, I don't know if you guys have stumbled upon my website recently. I added a little accessibility icon on the bottom right corner for anyone who needs it.

[00:53:43]So, in case it's just so you guys know, it's there and it will help with like a whole bunch of things if you guys need. So, it's just like a little um I I think if you have ads blocked or something, it might not pop up. Oh my god, these little pieces are driving me insane.

[00:54:10]Works for me. Okay, perfect.

[00:54:12]Yeah, I just thought it would be handy to have just grab a different one here.

[00:54:18]Sorry, I know this is like probably really annoying to watch, but I just really want to put these things in. So they don't So the stabs are perfect.

[00:54:28]Um, do stabs affect how the mods sound?

[00:54:31]Yes, believe it or not, different materials of different housings and stems and all that do affect it.

[00:54:40]Okay, next one.

[00:54:44]We are here for your company. The keywords are a bonus. Thank you. Thank you.

[00:54:51]Oh my god, I hate these things.

[00:54:54]Will he be attending the Novel Keys meetup? I'm going to try. I'm going to be honest.

[00:55:00]I don't know this year if I'm going to go um for a variety of reasons.

[00:55:07]Mainly because the tickets for the flight are kind of pricey, but also just because, you know, the state of the world's a little bit meh. And uh I don't know. Not that I don't feel comfy, but I just don't feel like going into an airport.

[00:55:30]Uh just got back to the hobby after like 3 years. Crazy how different this space is. Your website researchers have been a lifesaver. Thank you for updating them anytime, Frost. I'm really glad you like them. I will be adding more resources soon. I'm going to try even more things this uh this year for the website.

[00:55:48]Okay, plates.

[00:55:52]To be honest, Alex, prices for airlines might not get better until next year.

[00:55:58]Yeah, let me let me see. Let me quickly see how much to flight to Morgantown costs again. Well, I guess Pittsburgh.

[00:56:04]Uh Yz to Pit. Let's see. Let's just say it's what? It's in August, right? So, let's just like see now for August. I know it's kind of far off and sometimes you get better deals by waiting.

[00:56:17]Let's just say I want to stay there for three days.

[00:56:21]It is like 50 bucks more expensive and that's not including all the extra fees right now. So for me, if I wanted to take Air Canada, it's $700 right now for a one hour and 18 minute flight.

[00:56:45]So did CAD chat. Okay, it still counts, dude. Liv, I'm with you on that. We should glare 65.

[00:56:58]I really want to see everyone know from novelties and just like all the people going to that. So, like legitimately, I'm going to be super bummed if I can't go. But I do have to be smart with my money.

[00:57:12]These are the cables.

[00:57:18]If you fly to Philly, my bags suck. I can drive. It's only 6 hours. How much is the flight to to Philadelphia?

[00:57:32]Thank you so much, Ampers. Appreciate you.

[00:57:36]Isn't the duo gone? I know. It's discontinued. I'm You know what's crazy?

[00:57:41]I've seen so many people over the last few days tell me that they they want a duo, but I don't know what to tell anyone.

[00:57:46]They they're not available anymore.

[00:57:54]They're gone now.

[00:58:03]No, this is this one. Okay. And these go like this, I believe. Yeah. All right.

[00:58:18]Wait, what is this keyboard on stream essentially? One of the last Well, this is a client build. They they shipped it to me a while ago, but I don't know. I I think uh this I might not get any more commissions for these.

[00:58:39]2K is restocking the duo soon. Are we certain?

[00:58:46]I I honestly don't know.

[00:58:53]Um I almost don't understand this LED array over here.

[00:59:02]Why is there LEDs here if there's no LED section on the PCB?

[00:59:13]Wait, why is there LEDs there?

[00:59:28]It's not this side. It's this side.

[00:59:31]I I have no clue. It's just there.

[00:59:36]I'm confused for the lols, I guess.

[00:59:43]Okay. Well, um, yeah, it'll be right against the inner edge. I have no clue, actually. Does this one here go this way?

[01:00:07]I don't remember which side this one here goes in. I think it just goes in this way here through the phone.

[01:00:24]No, you know what? We're not going to install this particular one here. I feel like this goes on after the fact.

[01:00:42]Let me look at mine. The diffuser should be taller side up. Oh, you're right.

[01:00:45]They should be this way, right? Yeah.

[01:00:48]Other way around. I had my plate backwards.

[01:00:54]No, not that way.

[01:00:58]Are we sure? I think they go this way.

[01:01:01]Yeah, ignore my previous comment that restock was on 414.

[01:01:18]Wrong. It's wrong. Wait, how do these diffusers go in again?

[01:01:24]Do they not go in this way here? Or do they go in this way? Oh, do they go in like this?

[01:01:31]No, they don't, do they? I don't remember the diffusers going this way.

[01:01:42]Oh, you know what? I think on mine I never put the diffusers in just cuz I turned off all the RGB.

[01:01:52]So, does that mean this goes in this way? I guess so.

[01:01:56]Still awful. I don't like this LED. This one here just goes up and down on its own.

[01:02:03]Oh, you're right. I didn't put the You're right. I did build it plateless.

[01:02:07]I forgot you can build this plateless.

[01:02:10]Damn.

[01:02:13]I've never had to install the LEDs or the diffusers before. I totally forgot.

[01:02:24]Okay, so this one here goes this way.

[01:02:32]Damn.

[01:02:34]Um, love your videos, man. Really got in me into the details of keyboards. Thank you. Wow, everyone's being so nice today. You guys are going to make me emotional. I really appreciate it, guys.

[01:02:45]I I I really do appreciate it.

[01:02:50]Uh, do you like the Navy EC switches? I have only tried them in the agar, I think, and they were really nice in the agar.

[01:03:08]Yeah, you know, I think Liv, I think this is correct because the caps wouldn't interfere. They sit right beside them all. It is correct. My my memory is now coming back for them.

[01:03:27]These are the gaskets. This is just a bunch of tools that can go back in there.

[01:03:33]Okay. And now I think these are just extras. Don't think I need these.

[01:03:39]Building the new encore very soon. Yes.

[01:03:42]The green the green cube is fire.

[01:03:47]Uh the group eye is over for it, but the green was a special edition one. We will be doing our next project with the s with a similar if not the same green, but no, this is this is not for sale.

[01:04:00]It's um very nice though. Honestly, it turned out great. I'm very happy with this particular ino color that we chose.

[01:04:10]Very very happy.

[01:04:16]I did see it. Yes, I liked Matthew's um explanation that he gave of the whole thing. So, um I don't have a cube company.

[01:04:27]Technically, I'm just a guy who builds keyboards and helps with reviewing them and stuff, but I did help design this board. Um this is me and Mr. Bull Keyboards project. Bull is a vendor and I would say a much more experienced designer than I am.

[01:04:43]I had the vision for something like this. Bull's the guy who literally put it into words, so to speak. Bull is the big brains behind everything. These I don't need right now. And then let's put in some switches for the time being.

[01:04:59]Okay, this is what I'm talking about, right? Does this look like the package?

[01:05:06]So before I actually So I got these in at like literally 3:00 today because I had to special order them. Yeah. I ended up contacting a friend who knows a lot about speed silvers and he said this is how they look. The box package picture is just very very dull.

[01:05:25]But yeah, funny. Very funny.

[01:05:36]2022 level of color matching kind of.

[01:05:44]That's not how my speed silvers look.

[01:05:46]These are MX2A ones. I don't know if yours are like the newer ones or older ones. Um, actually, I need to switch color. Oh, where did I put all my switch colors?

[01:05:58]There.

[01:06:06]The foam got in the way.

[01:06:15]They still have a nice little bit of that cherry scratch. Also, the client asked if I could film these. Uh films were not even the thinnest films that I had. I They just did not want to take.

[01:06:28]They were bowing on the sides and I knew that was going to be a problem for putting them into the PCB.

[01:06:34]So, one of the few Cherry switches where I just couldn't film them.

[01:06:39]But they do look nice, though.

[01:06:42]Hello. Switch over.

[01:06:45]I mean, they're cool looking switches.

[01:06:59]Um, I think that the tops are just transparent. The bottoms look right to me.

[01:07:05]I don't know. I feel like the bottom should be a little bit lighter. These have a bit of a green tint to them. But then again, my eyes have been hurting me all day long today. So, I have one of those things right now where it's like behind my eyeball. It doesn't hurt per se, but it feels like very I don't know.

[01:07:24]It feels tired like my muscle behind my eye. And I know that's like a headache for me coming up.

[01:07:33]Hydrate. Got you. Give me one second.

[01:07:36]Been hydrating all day. Let me help you by taking that green keyboard off your hands.

[01:07:50]Let's see. Properties.

[01:07:56]I mean, I guess it kind of looks like the photos they have.

[01:07:59]Yeah, I already know it's going to hit me. I think it I think I'm just very sensitive to like temperature change.

[01:08:06]I think that's literally what it is.

[01:08:15]Um, this has probably been asked 10,00 times. What are those little white inserts for? Well, no, actually has not been asked a thousand times. So, this is unique to this keyboard. This is RGB diffusers for this particular board.

[01:08:37]So, they're not for alignment or anything like that. I mean, maybe they could be technically considered some sort of alignment tool, but no, you're all good. That is not a question that has been asked.

[01:09:00]Boom. I can tell when it's raining from my breast slash sarcasm. Okay. Honestly, no joke though, when it when it does rain a lot and the humidity drops, I tend to have headaches. So, usually I know it's going to be a bad weather day if I have a headache.

[01:09:18]Did it finally stop snowing in Canada?

[01:09:20]We've actually had some decent weather.

[01:09:23]Is this one upside down? It is. So annoying.

[01:09:30]Yeah, we we've had some half decent stuff. Uh, more so when it gets cold again, but when the weather shifts, all my previously broken fingers ache so bad.

[01:09:41]Damn, that must that must sting.

[01:09:46]Um, Alex, I'm pretty sure you've talked about this before, but why did you switch from IM to AirPods? So, two big reasons.

[01:09:54]I was starting to get a little frustrated by having a cord attached to my computer and then constantly taking it off. when I whenever I need to get off get off like the PC.

[01:10:07]The bigger reason though that I I didn't even know was a thing, the Campfire Andromedas are amazing.

[01:10:18]Like legitimately such good IM. I love them.

[01:10:23]But dude, whenever I'm using them for longer than like two or three hours, I start to get these pressure like this pressure build up in my ears with then which then kind of makes me almost feel and I know this sounds really stupid.

[01:10:40]It kind of makes me feel like drunk and then I kind of get like I don't know I start disassociating with with with uh what's going on.

[01:10:50]So, and I think it's just because of how isolating they are, but I had to stop using them. They were getting a little bit uh too much for me.

[01:11:01]I do want to get back into the M world though, but I'm nervous. I'm nervous to get back into it.

[01:11:13]This is probably my dream keyboard.

[01:11:16]Damn. Seems like a lot of people want this board. also a very expensive world. It is jolly.

[01:11:30]Ultimately, I don't know if I'm going to be doing another round of audio stuff.

[01:11:38]I really don't.

[01:11:41]Bro, I had whole MDMA experience with IM. It It did feel like something weird.

[01:11:47]I'm not going to lie.

[01:11:49]I don't miss wearing them on stream.

[01:12:00]Uh I used to get major nose bleeds when it became winter. For me, if you guys like, okay, it's starting to go away now, but my skin on just my right hand starts to get so dry during the winter, but it's nowhere else except for my right hand.

[01:12:21]Uh, I've been thinking about getting the spray painted pink version that is currently sold out.

[01:12:27]Apparently, cloudy, and I hate to do this to you, but I was told by chat today, and think even last time I was going to build this board, that the board is unfortunately discontinued.

[01:12:39]So, I don't know if it'll be easy picking up this particular unit anymore, which is a bit of a shame.

[01:12:51]I just want to marry marry a rich lady who will buy me high. How much are those ones there? The trainer ones.

[01:13:03]Are they still in stock right now, Claudia?

[01:13:07]50k USD.

[01:13:10]Oh my god.

[01:13:13]Why are those ones so expensive?

[01:13:17]comes with an employee that sets it up.

[01:13:21]Holy [ __ ] I spilled milk on my keyboard the other day. I cleaned it and now it works thankfully. I guess my keyboard is literally creamy now.

[01:13:40]I guess so.

[01:13:49]what to pivot to if this wireless keyboard is no longer available. [ __ ] I don't even know. Is there anything like this on the market anymore for split wireless that's not like erggo or anything like that?

[01:14:04]I really don't know.

[01:14:07]My husband bought me the butter yellow duo for my bday after dropping heavy hints.

[01:14:16]Can you give us a sample of the hints that you dropped?

[01:14:22]I'm so curious. Was it like very straightforward hints? Like did you like leave it open on like the TV or something? Like, oh, I'm just browsing and put that away type thing or so curious. What's the olive color keyboard? Um, this one here is the Manta.

[01:14:44]Just need some butter for this toast.

[01:14:47]Just buy two Neo80 uh, two Neo 60 wireless PCBs.

[01:14:52]Could do that, too.

[01:14:54]Didn't get me anything for my birthday after all the hints I dropped. Don't make me feel bad right now.

[01:15:01]What do you want for your birthday, Adam?

[01:15:04]Was I supposed to get you something? Did I forget?

[01:15:10]I'm sorry, man.

[01:15:13]It's time for a new keyboard buzz word.

[01:15:14]Let's start calling things buttery. I don't think buttery is a good buzz word, though, because you know what, Gingi? I think a lot of people use like buttery smooth. You know what I mean? So, I feel like that's a that's a buzz word that kind of low-key already exists, and I feel like it would mean the same almost.

[01:15:33]a keyboard. Send me a manta.

[01:15:40]Spicy.

[01:15:44]We could do spicy. What about that, Gingi? Do we like spicy? This sounds spicy right now. It's very spicy sound signature.

[01:15:53]Honey butter.

[01:15:56]I'm just going to leave the tape on for now.

[01:16:01]And then I know there's like this anti-static sheet which we'll also just leave on. But I do need to open this now. So let's grab our handy dandy screwdriver. Spicy is good. Hell yeah.

[01:16:15]What bit is this? Can barely see today.

[01:16:20]I knew I'm going to get this headache and I'm gonna be out for like a week.

[01:16:23]Well, not a week. Probably two days.

[01:16:25]There are some Chinese only split keyboards like the Block Boy 65 that are split non- ergo.

[01:16:32]Interesting. Are they hard to get? Cuz sometimes ordering directly from China is a bit of a pain in the ass.

[01:16:45]These are screws I no longer need for anything.

[01:16:55]Sounds like a Tabo keyboard with the SP port. The the block boy one sounds spiky.

[01:17:08]I'm down to use that.

[01:17:11]That's kind of funny.

[01:17:14]Oh, the tape needs to be removed. God damn it.

[01:17:40]Oh my lord.

[01:17:58]and of course the tape left a little bit of a residue. I'll have to wipe that off afterwards. Um, what do you think of someone taking the Noxer Valhalla layout and adding an XT column and then turning that into a split with a tent?

[01:18:15]Is someone actually doing that? I mean, more power to them, I guess.

[01:18:21]All right, let's assemble this guy here first.

[01:18:26]Where are the gaskets? Sort of my dream split. Go for it, man. Do it.

[01:18:33]What color is the Manta on your desk, Alex? This was a very limited run that I only ran on my website, and there was only a few of them.

[01:18:42]It's the um Oh, hold on one sec. How does this go?

[01:18:49]It was the um Manta Vasa Green.

[01:18:56]Okay, I think this goes this way.

[01:19:21]Uh, I hope you have a um, sorry. Show the weight for the fella. Oh, you want to see the bottom?

[01:19:32]The mantar is everything I've wanted in a board. like aesthetically also soundwise so diverse in how you can build it but it's so nice. It turned out very very good. I am very happy.

[01:19:46]Um do we do all this? Hi Candy. How you doing man? What's up bro?

[01:19:58]Is this the right foam? I can never tell.

[01:20:09]I think it's this one here.

[01:20:16]Is it this one? Oh my lord.

[01:20:19]Has to be this one.

[01:20:22]Yeah. Yeah. Okay. We We got it. We got it.

[01:20:25]Uh Samantament won't be restocked. There will be some extras and then without making promises there may be um hold on one sec. Let me just put this together guys. Oh, okay. I see what these LEDs are for. They're pressed up right against the case. There's al they also may be a second round of betock, but we're not sure exactly. And I don't want to overpromise you guys anything right now. So, there's going to be some extras.

[01:21:07]I'm honestly shocked and also kind of honored that I've only seen technically one Manta for sale and it's uh on it's from China, but they did some crazy patina to it and I'm I'm actually considering just literally finding a way to buy that one. It's so cool.

[01:21:35]Uh, I'm looking for a nice green board to gift to my sister. Green's your fave.

[01:21:40]What's available in green right now? Is Onibi still in stock? Oni had the same green, I think, or something close to it.

[01:21:51]Let's take off this again.

[01:22:02]If you want to flatten the cork desk match, you should take the feet off of all your tofus and lay them on it.

[01:22:10]>> I could do that. Yeah. Oh, is not Oh, you already checked. [ __ ] What else is green?

[01:22:18]Does she want a larger board or Yeah, cuz also the Athena. I don't know if she's into the aesthetic of the Athena though.

[01:22:26]Does she want a smaller board?

[01:22:32]Stratum. Oh, okay. You know what? If you're willing Oh, wait. I don't know how fast you need it. The Stratum would be an amazing choice.

[01:22:42]There only three screws in the boat. I think so, right? Oh, no. There's one more screw.

[01:22:52]No, Stratam got extended because they are doing a solder PCB for it now.

[01:22:58]So, they're they're finally offering it.

[01:23:03]Mike made a post in novel keys.

[01:23:12]The new mode stuff has some good actually. True. True. The new mode stuff technically.

[01:23:17]Very true.

[01:23:26]Look at that. One of the clips already fell off.

[01:23:29]Ah, you never cease to disappoint, Neo.

[01:23:41]Well, we don't need this clip. This doesn't work with that. Perfect.

[01:23:48]Um, are there any plans for you to do review stream of the new mode now? Yes, very, very soon, Gingi. I will be doing it whenever the board gets here to me.

[01:24:00]I'm curious as [ __ ] with the new mode mounting style. In theory, I don't know if you guys watched the video, it looks really, really promising.

[01:24:10]And it looks like it will give us some I'm hoping of the same feel that they had with the 3D printed mounts, but in a much more like long-term form.

[01:24:28]It's definitely got me hyped. Yeah, I'm hyped for it, too.

[01:24:33]All right, take these two. We're not going to bother. We didn't put these ones here in just because there's already plastic ones underneath.

[01:24:41]And we can put these back.

[01:24:47]Thank you very much, Hector, for the tier one.

[01:24:50]>> Instead of building two cubes, cut one cube in half and do twice the work. # bigbrain.

[01:24:57]>> I should have just done two streams with these, eh? That would have been funny.

[01:25:02]Break this up into two.

[01:25:12]Cool.

[01:25:14]Very, very cool.

[01:25:18]All righty. Well, let me go get um key caps, which are brand new. So, we're going to do some uh Dude, these are Cherry Speeds. Ball spin. I guess we'll do the old school ball spin, huh?

[01:25:33]orb. Never mind. Hold on.

[01:25:39]Wait, wait, let me do the aluminum one.

[01:25:40]It sounds nicer.

[01:26:05]If you think that's cool.

[01:26:07]Oh, hold on. I dropped something.

[01:26:10]Where'd it go?

[01:27:31]We're back. I did it. We're back. Um, yeah, my bad. I dropped the microphone.

[01:27:37]Well, not the mic. I dropped the cable box for the for the mic.

[01:27:43]Whoopsie.

[01:27:46]Is it too loud now? Am I peeking? I am peeking.

[01:27:51]Um, is this better? I think so. This is better now. All right, I think we're good.

[01:28:03]Check general.

[01:28:13]I wish there was like you can share images.

[01:28:18]That's funny.

[01:28:21]All right.

[01:28:31]Metropolis Midnight.

[01:28:34]This is going to look so good on silver.

[01:28:43]Do you guys want to gamble or no? It's up to you guys. I'm not going to force you.

[01:28:49]I won't force.

[01:28:51]I'm going turn down one more stop here.

[01:28:56]Metro is still Metro's a good price right now, man.

[01:29:00]All right.

[01:29:03]Slash predictions.

[01:29:07]Start prediction. Will this set be messed up?

[01:29:10]>> Hey, Alex, how are you today? Quick question, but how do you deal with like burnout from the hobby? And if you've ever had it, how did you kind of spark your love for the hobby again?

[01:29:22]Um, so the truth is I don't think keyboards necessarily I mean there's there might be times where maybe a keyboard thing has burned me out. I think the thing that really burns me out sometimes is when there's not a lot of new things, I guess.

[01:29:51]But I think to answer your question more so like how do I deal with burnout? And this is burnout with any form, you have to switch gears.

[01:29:59]Like there's no two ways around it, man. You kind of have to move to something that's going to make you happier.

[01:30:07]Um, and I think a lot of people tend to tell you take breaks or something. And breaks are great, but dude, sometimes breaks aren't enough. Sometimes you literally need to move from one piece to another. By the way, the predictions are up, by the way, guys.

[01:30:27]So, like for example, I'm currently, and I and I was open about this the other day, too. I'm currently going through a little bit of burnout right now with some form of content creation. I'm keep it a buck with you guys. I'm tired.

[01:30:44]I'm I've been doing this study for five years. I tried to take roughly like four or five days off earlier this year. It didn't really help that much. I think after doing some some serious thinking, the thing that is probably going to help me is switching gears, which means worrying less about certain aspects of content creation or you can say the hobby and then focusing on parts of the hobby or parts of yourself that make you happy. So for me, that's going to be switching gears to more writing and taking pictures again and not so much you know, making short form videos or YouTube or worrying about becoming like getting a certain amount of views somewhere, like it's you kind of have to switch gears, you know, take a step back in certain areas so you can progress forward in others. I'm a big believer in that. Um, but yeah, you you can try to power through it, but Ra, I I don't really recommend it.

[01:31:53]All right. Um, okay. You guys, uh, you guys ready?

[01:31:59]Uh, you guys.

[01:32:01]Yeah, I saw the Apex 60. Looks cool. I'm excited to see that one there.

[01:32:13]Oak.

[01:32:14]I mean, you can drive out and give me a hug regardless.

[01:32:19]This came from Novelties.

[01:32:26]It looks like it's in good condition.

[01:32:30]I love how mad people get at this.

[01:32:34]It is what it is. You know, you can't do nothing about it.

[01:32:47]Hi, Timmy. How you doing, man? Whatever.

[01:32:50]The box went sliding off of the box.

[01:32:54]Uh oh. Okay, there we go. We're good.

[01:32:56]We're good. All right.

[01:33:04]My stomach just growled. Show is over.

[01:33:07]I'm hungry.

[01:33:13]Oh my god. I promise I ate before a stream. I'm just really hungry still.

[01:33:19]I want popcorn.

[01:33:38]God damn it.

[01:33:44]I'm not going to lie, the box was in good shape, too. And this delivered in one day. So my god, you've been uh you've had a lot going on too. Almost daily streaming, pics, vids, website, all while designing and manufacturing keyboard. Excited to see you put energy into the things that fulfill you. Thank you, Atomic.

[01:34:06]That's very kind of you.

[01:34:22]Uh, this was the cheapest darkest uh, sorry, darkhammer head of my life. What happened? Sorry. Oh, dude, my stomach is growling like crazy. You know what? I have to ask the client. I almost forgot about this. Does Met Does this Does this set have a space bar kit? I wonder.

[01:34:39]Probably get them a space bar kit, too.

[01:34:44]Yeah, this was terrible. Let me do slash predictions. This is definitely messed up. Hate to break it to you guys.

[01:35:04]So, I actually chose this for the client today. Nuh-uh is fine. You know, saying nuh-uh has been like my number one thing I've been saying to people. Oh [ __ ] I should probably Well, maybe I can just have them order it for themselves.

[01:35:21]So, every time someone on social media now comments and argues with me about dumb [ __ ] I just say, "Nuh-uh." And then they get really triggered or they stop arguing with me and go, "You know what? I'm being silly."

[01:35:36]Yeah.

[01:35:38]It's It's been like my number one shutdown thing.

[01:35:44]Okay, let's actually tune this one step over here, though. This one's driving me nuts.

[01:35:53]Is it this that's getting in the way here?

[01:35:59]I feel like it is.

[01:36:03]Alex, you didn't even show off the patina. I feel like it's yours to show off. Which one? What do you mean?

[01:36:11]You know, I had to do all these steps.

[01:36:17]I found out that you can push through for a while, but eventually you just can't take it. Yep. In the long run, to the extent that um it's possible, but build a life you love. Mhm. I agree with that sentiment.

[01:36:34]I think you do need to build something you're proud of and you love or else it's going to be shitty for a long time.

[01:36:51]Every hobby is a stepping stone to something else. Yeah, exactly.

[01:36:56]Ultimately, I think there's a lot of a lot of ways to deal with burnout. I think dealing with burnout is a very personal matter as well.

[01:37:08]But usually stepping away and trying to figure out where, like you said, the path takes you, I think, is the most adult thing you can do.

[01:37:25]I don't like the way this one here. I feel like it's getting caught on the right side. I'll have to figure out why.

[01:37:35]I feel like this is touching it on the right side over here. I'll explore in a second here. Could also be the stab. Oh, did it pop up? Maybe the stab popped up.

[01:37:45]I'm I'm going to have to open this one here up in a second here. Let's actually do that right now.

[01:37:52]Thank you.

[01:37:53]>> Definitely been struggling with burnout at work myself after 2 years in my position. I'm bored of the work and want to learn more. I just get bored of not learning anything for too long.

[01:38:06]No, I I dude I get that. I feel like stagnation is also a very valid thing to feel heavy burnout onto.

[01:38:18]So true, man.

[01:38:26]All right. What's going on with this?

[01:38:27]We'll stop here.

[01:38:37]Okay. Which just wasn't pressed down properly.

[01:38:43]Much better.

[01:38:47]What? What's going on? I'm not breaking up with you guys. Thank you so much though, mute. I appreciate you, man.

[01:38:59]No, I'm not quitting anytime soon.

[01:39:04]I like personally, you know, like speaking of myself here and being selfish again, but I am personally not tired of doing content. It's just particular pieces of content.

[01:39:21]There's some stuff that brings me no joy.

[01:39:25]And I feel like the way that content has kind of moved forward and how content is processed now by people. Oh, dude, I'm hungry. I guess it is just not fun anymore, man. Like for certain aspects of it. Streaming is probably the biggest piece of joy that I get from the content creation.

[01:39:47]like nothing else comes close.

[01:39:53]Part of my burnout comes from the fact that I interview for a management position at my job where I was really confident I was going to get and then the guy that got it tends to have not my problem attitude that I Yeah, I don't like that at all.

[01:40:10]That particular style of attitude is also really obnoxious. I find The key caps. Your stomach yearns for the key caps. www.

[01:40:22]>> Thank you very much for the bits.

[01:40:30]Yeah, I used to work with someone too mute that had that same attitude.

[01:40:34]They're not my problem and just would sweep everything under the rug. And it gets old really quick.

[01:40:40]And I remember going to my boss at the time being like, "Yo, this guy's doing this all the time and it's driving me up the walls, not helping us out." And they also gave me the shrug attitude. And they're just like, "Well, what can you do? That's just him."

[01:40:57]And I remember being so mad, which I think also led to me just not caring about anything that I did anymore.

[01:41:08]I love the sound of these, but I get it completely, dude.

[01:41:16][ __ ] This keycap set is actually great on silver, by the way. Little hashtag ad, I guess.

[01:41:27]If you I think this is still in stock.

[01:41:30]Metro Dark legitimately such a good price right now.

[01:41:36]I'd say get it if you can.

[01:41:40]Is this double B? I can't remember. I think so. Right. Yeah, it is.

[01:41:46]Uh, these are speed silvers from Cherry.

[01:41:52]Nice little speed silvers.

[01:41:56]So nice. Thank you, claim. I appreciate the prime, man. Oh, I need the arrows, too. Oh, you know what? No, we'll use these arrows.

[01:42:05]Oh, I'm I can't complain today. Today was a very productive day, but I think I need to unwind after this or something.

[01:42:14]Oh, wrong arrow.

[01:42:16]I was even considering quickly running to the gym just to like walk it off, you know?

[01:42:22]I'm considering after I'm done streaming going to the gym. Here's my game plan. go to the gym and get home and just chill for a little bit.

[01:42:39]I actually started playing Diablo I again, but I don't know if I feel like gaming tonight. I think gaming is off the table for me today, just cuz I don't feel like it.

[01:42:54]One of the reasons it's annoying to um it's annoyed me is because when our boss told me that I didn't get the position, he told me the reason the other guy did was uh did get it was basically we're hoping to give him the position to make his attitude change.

[01:43:13]No, man. That [ __ ] pisses me the [ __ ] off hearing that mute.

[01:43:19]that that seems like there's an underlying excuse there in the form of how can I word this? Um, we have to give him the position because he knows someone Alex when he made me mod.

[01:43:38][ __ ] But no, I gave Adam had a mod because he was actually becoming nicer to me, but then he stopped becoming nice. I don't know what happened.

[01:43:50]I don't know. That's That seems like a very odd situation.

[01:43:57]Like I don't even know how to tackle that mentally. It's so strange.

[01:44:07]Where's short shift?

[01:44:09]There it is. This it.

[01:44:13]Yeah. League, dude. Unfortunately, it's one of those things where moving forward is the only option.

[01:44:22]It is. It is.

[01:44:24]Just got to keep pushing forward. I don't know if I'm going to get on POE.

[01:44:30]I'm not 100% positive.

[01:44:38]I'm I've been considering it, but nothing nothing has really stuck out to me with POE.

[01:44:50]All right, dude. This turned out way better with this keycap set than I thought. Like, I knew this would be a match, a good match, but this turned out great. This looks fantastic with this pocket cheat. Honestly, yeah. know this me and I I hate to do this and I'm not saying I pick your side just cuz I know you, but just based off that one sentence alone, that's [ __ ] I'm on I'm on I'm I'm with you on this. That's like definitely a a very valid reason for burnout.

[01:45:30]Interesting. All right, let's I guess let's put this all together and make sure it turns on and all that. I can't remember if you need to charge this first or if the cables just work when you plug it in.

[01:45:44]Let's see. I guess it's been a hot minute since I put this together.

[01:46:04]Just leave that there for now. This is for a client, right? Uh, yes.

[01:46:13]All right. So, that's that.

[01:46:18]All right. So, that's turning on.

[01:46:19]Perfect.

[01:46:20]And then those cables were in that other this one. this box here.

[01:46:29]So, this was the only downside about this particular project.

[01:46:35]It had these proprietary cables, which maybe this is the reason why they're discontinuing it. I almost forgot.

[01:46:45]Yeah.

[01:46:47]Oh, everything's turning on. We're looking good.

[01:47:00]We are looking a-ok. Okay, guys.

[01:47:05]Um, the only positive thing about it to me is that he's a friend of mine outside of work and it hasn't changed a relationship on that side of things. I just happen to not like him as a co-orker. Totally fair, dude. Trust me.

[01:47:18]Totally fair.

[01:47:28]Okay. Well, I think most people probably wouldn't use this in So, yeah. So, this is left and right. Not you guys can see.

[01:47:37]Hold on. There's left and right battery, which I forget how to turn this into the non-wired mode, FYI. So, I'll have to look at this up later. But there's like a battery indicator on this, which doesn't seem to be popping up.

[01:47:50]But it's on wired mode. But I don't remember how Let's just pause.

[01:47:55]I don't remember how to turn that off.

[01:47:57]So there's a switch under the space bar.

[01:48:01]Oh, yeah. You're right. It's like over here or something over here. Okay. I will do that later.

[01:48:08]For the time be Oh.

[01:48:16]Okay. For the time being, let's just see how this sounds.

[01:48:20]So, the client requested speed silvers, which not going to lie was interesting choice cuz I kind of wanted to see speed silvers for the first time in forever.

[01:48:30]And then we modded them with some 205 I actually really like speed silvers.

[01:49:36]Yeah. You know, okay. The only thing I would probably do is open this up and take out the bottom foam.

[01:49:43]Other than that, I actually think the sound signature, albeit a little bit lower, is exactly where I'd want it to be on this.

[01:49:56]But I think the removal of the bottommost foam would be like ideal.

[01:50:01]There's also those other gaskets which were a bit taller. I think also a possibility to use. How's the weight and feel? Um, feelingwise, it's medium firmness. Like I would say the absolute most standard fair gasket experience, which is not a bad or good thing. It's just this is how gaskets normally should feel, which maybe that can be perceived as something good.

[01:50:26]Weight of the keyboard. I mean, these are pretty light. This also stands up, too. You can put this on a tilt, right?

[01:50:32]I don't remember how to do this though.

[01:50:35]It's this way.

[01:50:37]Yeah, this way. You can tent these.

[01:50:44]So, you can do that as well. I wonder if Oh, no. The switch I they're light.

[01:50:53]It's actually more comfortable typing like this.

[01:51:04]It's a fun board. I feel like they they the only thing they needed to work on was just getting rid of these terrible cables.

[01:51:13]I think this is like great.

[01:51:15]Keep it tented and get rid of the foam.

[01:51:18]Well, I'm going to make sure it's the client. I don't want to take it apart three times. But are your switches in general prehand lubed? Um, when I stream them, I usually mod them. Yes.

[01:51:28]It sounds a little bit different tent, but I think ultimately the bottom foam is probably what's causing this is also wireless. Yes, but to charge it, you need these cables. And like if you ever don't feel like waiting for it to charge, then you're going to need to use these cables. I also think the cables are stupid. So, uh, I use this [ __ ] with 1.6 mil PCB on all. It sounds great without foam. I remember in plateless build this was amazing. So, I'm pretty excited.

[01:51:56]I mean, dude, this turned out great.

[01:51:57]Look how good this board looks with this set. Fantastic.

[01:52:02]Or, you know, anything like I don't know. This cable sits funny, too.

[01:52:07]Is Alice hard to adjust to? I don't personally think so.

[01:52:14]I think um you just like anything else, you just need to practice on it some.

[01:52:21]Actually, you know what? I am curious.

[01:52:23]Let's take out this piece of foam over here just on the bottom cuz I'm curious.

[01:52:31]Why not, right guys?

[01:52:42]Wireless lasts a long time, so you don't use the cables much.

[01:52:47]Yeah, I think when I was trying to use this, I don't think the battery died at all.

[01:52:52]I still think the cables are obnoxious, though. If you do happen to lose these, though, it's GG. You're not charging this again.

[01:53:01]Oh, the other one was here.

[01:53:06]Uh, just say you love spending time with us and want to extend the stream. I do like spending time with you guys.

[01:53:13]It's the truth.

[01:53:24]Are those cords only unique to Duo?

[01:53:27]Have you ever seen something like this, guys, for a cable like this?

[01:53:36]I I personally have not.

[01:54:01]Oh yeah, I can tell there is a little bit more of an ump for sound already.

[01:54:09]If they recreate the duo, I feel like the in the Neo style. Oh man, that will be a killer looking board.

[01:54:28]Flo, I you shot your shot. I really really appreciate you not being rude about things, but come on, man.

[01:54:39]Come on, bro.

[01:54:42]No is the answer. Unfortunately, I have nothing to to give away to everybody.

[01:54:47]I was playing oxygen not included today and that was a productive day. I did relocate my base and made a little farm.

[01:54:53]Oh, nice. To get bleach stone. I need to play the game. You're You're convincing me, Claim. Is it that fun? A few people have told me. A for effort. Yeah, we'll give it a for effort.

[01:55:05]Oh, dude. I can already tell a huge difference from removing the foam.

[01:55:17]A signed selfie. You You at least give away fun streams for us. Thank you, Flo.

[01:55:23]Appreciate you, man.

[01:55:27]Mr. O, can you send me a signed selfie?

[01:55:29]I don't even think I even have selfies.

[01:55:32]All right, here's the difference. Ready for this?

[01:55:35]Side A is foam on the bottom. Side A is no foam on the bottom.

[01:55:54]Did I say side twice? Sorry, my brain's fried. And let's see it tent it.

[01:56:11]side A and side B. Foam or sorry, foam and no foam.

[01:56:19]Yeah, no foam is way better.

[01:56:25]Like even the light taps. So look at this. We'll try to get the same position of the board.

[01:56:42]Well, okay. I won't do anything yet.

[01:56:44]I'll just see what the client wants.

[01:56:45]Like, I'll leave one in one. But, uh, pretty pretty crazy difference from one piece of foam.

[01:56:53]Yeah. I will say it's also softer by a little bit, too. Like, look at that.

[01:57:11]very nice. Uh I did go back to an MXM master, but this is the four. So, which has been absolutely a godsend.

[01:57:20]All right. Well, fun build.

[01:57:23]Very fun.

[01:57:27]So, tomorrow we're doing tomorrow's build is going to be interesting because we're doing the Relic 80 from Angry Meow, but they have a RAW edition of it or they're calling it raw. I haven't seen too many photos of it. I haven't opened it up myself uh because I want to open it with you guys. But, you know what? I'm in a little bit of a raw aluminum kind of phase. So, if it is truly done in a raw finish, I'm excited.

[01:57:54]Uh, going to buy an EC aigar. Hype you are.

[01:57:58]Uh, hope you like it. Hope you like it, dude. So, I hope to see you guys tomorrow. I think tomorrow is gonna be 700 p.m. stream. Let me double check.

[01:58:07]Yes, 700 p.m. stream. Friday's build might get changed. And I know people are going to be super pissed off with me, but it might get changed to something else. I know people want to see me do the Nut 65 super duper bad, but um I don't know if we have unfortunately time this week. Might have to switch to something else.

[01:58:35]Thank you guys for tuning in. Thank you guys for the subs, your primes on me and stuff like that. Just for being here. I really do appreciate it, guys. But let's go find someone to raid.

[01:58:46]Let's actually take this cable monstrosity off of my desk for a moment.

[01:58:54]I'm going to continue to try to flatten this cork desk pad that I got. I feel like I just haven't been using it and I feel terrible for even buying it. What's the best Greek letter ever?

[01:59:03]>> What's the best Greek letter?

[01:59:04]>> I don't even know.

[01:59:07]>> It was lovely being here with you guys, too. Thank you, though, AMD.

[01:59:12]I don't know any Greek letters.

[01:59:16]starts with an S. I don't know. Omega.

[01:59:21]What fe What's best said? Uh, don't worry about it. It's basically the same as the lucky with a front. Yeah, I heard it was basically the same as the the lucky #teha lives.

[01:59:35]All right, who's streaming right now?

[01:59:37]Let's see see who's online.

[01:59:41]Um, I don't know if Rukia is still streaming cuz he's two hours in. We could raid Marcia.

[01:59:56]Oh, Marcia is AFK.

[01:59:59]Damn it. Everyone's off. You know what?

[02:00:01][ __ ] it. We're raiding Rookie.

[02:00:04]Hopefully he doesn't end before I raid him. I don't know what part of the stream he's at.

[02:00:11]All right, guys. Enjoy the rest of your nights.

[02:00:15]Get some rest, man. Seriously, get some rest if you guys can. Love you guys and talk to you guys tomorrow. Bye, everybody.