Hello, it’s me Lee Neuschwander back for another Geek Wish-List for your viewing pleasure. During the League of Legends viewing party on the 17th, I know long time ago, I won a Razor Black Widow Keyboard from the raffle. You might be wondering why I’m making such a blog after so long a wait, but I had a hard time finding enough time to play with the keyboard between studying for finals to have enough for a review. So without further delay lets begin.
My first impression about the keyboard was that it looked very nice and I enjoyed how the back lit LED’s made the keyboard glow a pulsating green. The box itself was high quality and opening it felt like I was opening a case for some kind of instrument or power tool. Featuring a hole cut into the top that allows you to play with the directional keys before opening the box, I spent a good ten minutes or so just playing with the directional pad whilst listening to the satisfying clicking sounds that the keys made.
Clicking sounds aside, I was somewhat suspicious any actual performance differences between the Black Widow and other keyboards. I didn’t understand how a keyboard could change anything concerning my gameplay experience so my expectations were not very high. However from what I was told as well as what I looked up online, the keyboard is used by gaming professionals often and Faker from SK Telecom T1 uses it when playing in LoL tournaments. So I was really looking forward to playing a round of LoL, so I went home and started up a match.
After about five matches I decided that although my skill didn’t improve based on having the keyboard, no shock there, I did find that the keyboard had a very nice feel to it. It’s hard to explain, but I can see why professionals who spend day after day honing their skills at their game of choice would choose a keyboard of this quality for high stakes tournaments. The touch and sound of hitting the keys made me feel like a could do well in the match. Perhaps it was just a placebo effect that I created for myself, but I found that by playing on such a nice keyboard I was enjoyed the matches whether I won or lost.
I give the Razor Black Widow Keyboard two thumbs up. I am definitely looking forward to using this keyboard for all of my League of Legends matches from this point on. Shout out to the “UoU League of Legends” officer team for the awesome prize and I’m looking forward to attending your other events in the future as well. Thank you very much for reading all the way through my blog post and I hope to see your faces again next week, metaphorically of course.