"To own a Razer Artisan Keycap is to display one’s allegiance, a mark of belonging within the cult of Razer,"
or the mark of someone with a 3D printer and 9 cents of plastic.
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Still, you'd need a pretty good 3D printer to get that much detail in such a small object, right?
Yes, but you’d have to start with wanting to print something as dumb and ugly as this.
Doesn't seem that outlandish for a resin printer.
Even the cheapest Resin printers could do this. FDM printers definitely not.
Resin printers are a big health hazard though, I developed epoxy contact allergy from exposure to the rosin, even though I was careful with always wearing PPE
PPE for those resins isn't a pair of gloves and a paper mask, it is a full cover splash apron and a full face respirator that is rated for organic chemical gas. The fumes getting on your skin or trapped in mucous membranes like the lungs and eyes that causes it, direct spills just accelerate the process.
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Razer, you could've just released the keycap and been like "Hey look, fancy handmade snake keycap :)"
there was no need to release a PR statement where you verbally suck yourself off. Calling your brand a "cult" is not the good look you think it is.
That quote turns a neat little thing into a joke.
The price makes it an insult
I've seen some crazily priced keycaps for what was basically someone dropping some 3d prints into epoxy. There's a market for it.
Right? I’m a fan of Razer products, I’ve been using them for almost 20years, but I’d never pay that for a silly keyboard cap lol
All Razer does is make overpriced trash so this fits right in with the rest of the lineup.
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Worst quality headsets ever with massive bloatware for a software package to install drivers and RGB controls. They used to have decent gaming mice, but now so many other companies make equal or better there’s no reason at all to buy a Razer.
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The Death Adder was objectively a damn fine mouse. So why do I not recommend it? Because of the software that requires an online account to change settings.
Also, if I wanted "artisanal keycaps" I'd go on etsy and buy from actual artists.
There's a FOSS reimplementation of the Razer configuration software on Linux. Openrazer is the driver package and polychromatic is the GUI to configure it
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Dont worry. It's Razer, so you'll only have to deal with it for 3 months until it breaks.
I have two questions:
- Where can I find the .stl?
- Who wants one in which colors?
Bahahaha that’s was my first thought. Fuck this I’ll print it in resin and it’ll be damn near identical.
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Outside of razer making garbage quality accessories: who the fuck would put that on F12?
When does anyone even press F12? Obviously this thing should go on the escape key.
You helped me figure it out, if you actually press it it will just break in 6 months so this makes it seem higher quality as you constantly cycle it between keyboards
For when you want to "hack" websites.
It is the default screenshot key for Steam, so many use it often for that.
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Don't type on me
When I think of razer what comes to mind is overpriced peripherals that break and have annoying software to set them up.
I prefer qmk supported keyboards so I can use via or vial to setup my keyboard.
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'a mark of belonging within the Cult of Razer'
For anyone interested in this, they sell red flags at Home Depot for a lot cheaper.
Everyone with a 3d printer is pissing themselves rn
No Pressa Snek
I have owned several razer products, mostly mice and they have all been utter overpriced hype garbage.
Only thing good was that they had a good selection of large ambidextrous mice. No idea if that is still the case
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No I do not want to spend that much money to display allegiance to this shit company.
That's a pile of green poo?
90 dollars worth of a plastic pile of green poo.
You know, for that reassuring sense of cultish belonging to a corporation.
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Marketing works. They sold out in an hour.
They probably only made a couple dozen of them.
Why would you want to declare your allegiance to some of the most shitty and overpriced gaming hardware on the market?
It is a mark of belonging to a cult, alright...
How to make money off of mentally ill rich kids I guess
Snake oil salesman
Looks mid tbh.
If I could make these, I'd try to make the snake eyes glow via backlight.
"The keycap is also "the next step towards the ultimate expression of keyboard customisation," and "a statement of identity,""
I read this in Jonny Ive's voice.
Bitch, you are so far back in the "ultimate expression of keyboard customization" that it's hilarious. This isn't Leif Erikson stepping ashore in Newfoundland and reporting that he's discovered a new world. It's a tourist landing at Toronto Pearson airport and trying to pass himself off as having discovered America.
I use a keyboard where I designed the PCB and case myself, soldered it myself, wrote the bloody firmware, and laser-etched a bunch of custom keycaps to go with my particular bindings. That's custom. And there are people who go beyond that into premium handcrafting and metalworking rather than cheap Chinese resin printing.
The "artisan keycap" industry consists of small makers doing short run novelty FOMO stuff at 50 bucks or so a throw, or you can buy something fun on AliExpress for a fiver. Is there a space for 90 dollar corporate caps?
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I don’t think they know what artisan means.
The post title is too funny for me to be angry about this.
I like artisan keycaps and the creativity behind them, but this is lazy work. Some are truly amazing works of art - not this.
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