With the fierce status of e-sports games, the market for e-sports peripherals is also heating up. Since the mechanical keyboard fires, players are rarely seen playing film games on the keyboard. No trace.
Instead, a large number of mechanical keyboards of various types are used. The mechanical keyboards of the blue and black axes are more common. Even on the Internet, there has been a phenomenon that 'mechanical keyboards are used to look down on the use of membrane keyboards'.
This situation gives the player the feeling that 'mechanical keyboard is the best keyboard for e-sports games'. But whether the mechanical keyboard is more suitable for e-sport games than the membrane keyboard, few players can make it clear. There are only a handful of players who can really explain the problem. Most players still hold the attitude that everyone buys mechanical keyboards, and mechanical keyboards are definitely better than film keyboards.
So today, the author briefly analyzes for everyone, whether the membrane keyboard and the mechanical keyboard are more suitable for e-sports games, and further explore why 'it' is suitable, and what are the advantages of using e-sports games.
Mechanical keyboard and membrane keyboard
In the early days of the keyboard, there was already a mechanical keyboard, and there was a period of prosperity. For example, the mechanical keyboard was first used on the server, but it was replaced by a cheap film keyboard because of its high cost and price. However, mechanical keyboards have not completely disappeared. After all, their long lifespan and other advantages can not be replaced by the membrane keyboard.
Cherry G80-8113 and PKB-3000
If you ask which kind of keyboard is more suitable for today’s eSports games, it’s actually hard to tell on the surface. After all, the membrane keyboards have also dominated the major competitions, but only in recent years they have gradually been replaced by mechanical keyboards. The PKB-3000, known as the 'artifact' when playing Kart, is a film keyboard.
With it is the Cherry G80-8113. Both of them are already out of print. Compared to the 8113, some 'old' mechanical keyboards are not suitable for current eSports games, so the author He used him as a daily office typewriter. The PKB-3000 has also been aging, so he can't continue playing for the eSports game.
PKB-3000
Although both of these 'old antiques' have been around for a few years, the 8113 is used for daily office work or is completely without any pressure, and the PKB-3000 can only be put away and continue to eat gray. This is also because of the first difference between the membrane keyboard and the mechanical keyboard. - Lifetime. The service life of the membrane keyboard is far from the mechanical keyboard.
A brand new membrane keyboard is in the hands of e-sports players. If you are in high-intensity situations, such as e-sports professional players, then the useful life of the keyboard is only 12-18 months. The mechanical keyboard is used The mechanical axis has a life expectancy of about 50 million times, that is, about 5 to 10 years. In comparison, the membrane keyboard will be much less.
Mechanical shaft
In addition, the mechanical keyboard has a large number of axes for the players to choose. The player can select the corresponding keyboard according to his favorite feeling. This is also an advantage of the mechanical keyboard. Presumably many players already have a lot of knowledge about the mechanical axis. The detailed parameters for the blue, tea, red and black axes have long been known in the mind, so we will not give you players any knowledge of this area.
The Metaphysics of Mechanical Keyboard
A mention of the mechanical keyboard feel, many players first reaction is 'mysticism'. In fact, players who understand the mechanical axis should know that the common four axis: green, tea, red, black can meet 80% of the players use Habits. Players can select the corresponding axis by their favorite pressure gram. The mechanical axis used by most mechanical keyboards in Internet cafes is the blue axis. This is also the axis that many players first contact.
Cherry MX Rare Axis Family Portrait
The triggering mechanism of the membrane keyboard is to reach the critical pressure and touch the bottom directly, that is, the player often says 'either or not to go down, or directly to the end'. It is similar to the switch style of the glasses box. The mechanical axis uses the spring, damping It is gradual. When the player presses down, there will be a feeling of following the manual.
Membrane keyboard internal structure
This is not to say that the membrane keyboard is inferior to the mechanical keyboard in terms of hand feeling. In fact, the high-end membrane keyboard does a very good job, but the limited lifespan makes players feel very annoyed. It usually takes one to two years for the touch to begin to change. As time goes on, oxidation and wear become another difficult problem for membrane keyboards. At this time, membrane keyboards will have problems with card keys, weak rebound, and hard buttons. At this time, players will have to face the problem of keyboard replacement.
But the price of a good membrane keyboard is actually not very low, but it's a pity to lose it. The same price can buy a very good mechanical keyboard, and the life span is far beyond the membrane keyboard. This makes the membrane keyboard most popular in gaming games. The era is in an awkward position.
Mechanical keyboard continues to progress, the film has died?
The biggest advantages of membrane keypads compared to mechanical keypads are their waterproofness and low cost. Due to the shaft structure, mechanical keyboards used to be very difficult to waterproof, and thin membranes do not have such problems. There are separate shafts, so the price of a mechanical keyboard is much higher than that of the membrane keyboard. However, these two problems have been solved in the current peripheral field.
Membrane keyboard is not only the advantages of price and waterproof has gone, but also in the appearance of the mechanical keyboard constantly 'pressing'. Once mechanical keyboard appearance is too old-fashioned, no film keyboard so cool and good-looking. And now RGB has become a mechanical keyboard standard With the age of the film, another advantage of the membrane keyboard is also slowly diminishing.
Membrane keyboard cool appearance
Therefore, the advantages of the membrane keyboard have not been so obvious. For a mechanical keyboard that can be used for a couple of hundred dollars but can be used for many years, the player is very happy to accept it. After all, not every player can accept it for one year. After a long time, the membrane keyboard feels 'bad'. A mechanical keyboard that is economical and can maintain a good touch has become a shining pearl in the hands of today's e-sports players.
5 The most suitable keyboard for e-sports players said that the comparison between so many mechanical keyboards and film keyboards, presumably players have already had an answer in mind. In fact, the biggest difference lies in the use of cost and feel retention. For these two points, the mechanical keyboard The advantage is even more obvious, but it is also more suitable for e-sports players. Of course, this is not to say that e-sports keyboards are not easy to use. It is only for the use of cost and feel retention, the consumption of membrane keyboards. It is too big.
Finally, for the players to make a simple and clear summary, to conclude our current comparison.
A film keyboard suitable for game operation is actually not cheap. The retail price is basically around 100 yuan (the retail price of a thin film game keyboard with complex functions can be as high as hundreds of thousands of dollars). It has the advantages of comfortable feel and responsiveness.
However, its excellent feel can only be maintained for 12 to 18 months due to the high-intensity operation of gamers. After that, due to plastic wear, aging of silicone material, etc., card keys may appear, and the resilience may weaken or buttons may become hard. Problems can not meet the needs of players game operations, but have to face the problem of elimination and replacement. Even if the exclusion of use is only a collection, after the long external placement will be due to the aging of the film printed circuit breakage problems.
Common mechanical shaft
In contrast, the mechanical keyboard not only has the advantages of comfortable feel and responsiveness, but also has a long single-button life and good product stability. A well-crafted mechanical keyboard, even in the face of high-intensity use of gamers, Can have 5 to 8 years or even longer life (excluding water intake and other artificial use of accidents, of course, you have to spend enough money, 99 yuan mechanical keyboard do not think so much).
The high frequency of use will not bring much change to the feel of the keyboard keys, and ensure the overall keyboard feels the same. Although the single keyboard purchase price is much higher than the film game keyboard, but overall, a single day use The price (price divided by the service life) is much lower than the thin film gaming keyboard, and it can eliminate all kinds of trouble caused by the poor stability of the product. Selecting a mechanical keyboard player can also experience the rich feel brought by different axes.
Of course, all the above advantages of mechanical keyboards are based on a good mechanical keyboard. According to the current market, the retail price of such mechanical keyboards should be around 500 yuan, and those of 99 or even 69 yuan. The keyboard, everyone still looks like it.
