How did your keyboard die?

VictorBrav0

As gamers, we are naturally susceptible to the horrors of loosing a keyboard or mouse through a terrible event. Veterans have all lost a keyboard or a mouse one way or another, and the question is... how did your keyboard/mouse die?

Chufu

Well my keyboard is still alive, but my last mouse died because of my "aggression".

Gyudan

A black beverage with bubbles and a red label.
RIP Logitech K800.

Nestor

Usually right after I ball my hand up into a fist and drop it with extreme velocity towards the desk as a reaction to some boss that just won't cooperate by dieing from my supposedly skillful rotation.

It's why I keep a spare around.

astro74

It got electrocuted when passning through my TV screen together with my mouse after I tried to swap weapons for 5 minuters in PvP...

Well to be honest it only happened within my mind and not in reality.

I been gaming since vic 20 was the coolest thing you could have and never broke a keyboard... Destroyed a couple of joysticks though...

Aett_Thorn

The last one I lost was due to an unfortunate incident with Pixie Stix. I don't recommend fooling around with them around electronics.

ers101284b14_ESO

The same way all keyboards die. From being single too long Found me a woman had this keyboard for 3 years now.

Grunim

My poor keyboards. First the letters that mark the keys rub off. Then W, A, S and D gradually stick until I blame too many game deaths on those sticky keys and into the dark closet the poor keyboard is thrown to await the next free recycling event.

Lord_Kreegan

Grunim wrote: »

My poor keyboards. First the letters that mark the keys rub off. Then W, A, S and D gradually stick until I blame too many game deaths on those sticky keys and into the dark closet the poor keyboard is thrown to await the next free recycling event.

This ^^^

I currently have eleven keys I can't read on my keyboard... if I'm not thinking about it, it's not a problem. However, I can only touch-type when I'm not thinking about it. When I think about it, my typing speed drops from around 45 WPM to about 5...

Sickening to think that I once had a young lady working for me (programmer) who could type 70+ WPM flawlessly. You could only see the blur of her fingers on the keyboard...

Could buy a new keyboard, I guess... or really learn how to type.

Nah...

Suru

After hardcore decibel ERP! w/VIP Fireshot

Armitas

Well I temporarily broke my Nostromo Dpad while spamming it in rage over not getting out of combat so I could mount a horse. (can we at least make it so death gets you out of combat?) It cleared up on it's own thankfully.

Leeric

"You cannot switch weapons at this time"
Mouse Smash!

Ourorboros

LOL my Xbox controller is working like a champ still after 60+ days played .

Evergnar

Haven't had anything die on me in ESO yet but awhile back I tried to avoid a hit in a game with a wireless mouse and the batteries exploded just as I got hit. The bang of the explosion scared the crap out of me. Battery acid was everywhere . That was the last time I used wireless.

OrangeTheCat

I never buy loose keyboards; I believe keyboards should not be allowed to reproduce.

Nestor

Lord_Kreegan wrote: »

Sickening to think that I once had a young lady working for me (programmer) who could type 70+ WPM flawlessly. You could only see the blur of her fingers on the keyboard...

I saw a video of a woman back in the late 90's who claimed she could type 200+ words a minute. It was a tech show where they talked about a new keyboard shape to combat carpal tunnel, we see them now as the "natural keyboards". I thought nah nobody can do that, until she started typing then watched the screen as text filled in for about a minute after she stopped typing. I was in awe.

BCBasher

Gyudan wrote: »

A black beverage with bubbles and a red label.
RIP Logitech K800.

I did my steelserise apex with orange soda, I held it upside down and sprayed ammonia based glass cleaner into it until it was pouring back out then dried it with compressed air. Aside for an occasional stuckiy key it still works fine.

Vegaroth

mines when they die, usually is cuz they go kamikazee against a wall.... =(

Enemy-of-Coldharbour

My cat jumped up on my desk and knocked over a full 22oz. beer on it. Cost $120 to replace it.

Romo

There are ways to actually clean keyboards in your dishwasher.

Cold/warm water only no dry cycle.

And let drip dry for days... nah forget it none of us could wait that long to get back in the game.

Woolenthreads

For some reason I got really, Really Angry and it broke when I vented my rage on it and the desk. I blame the interwebz.

Moonshadow66

VictorBrav0 wrote: »

As gamers, we are naturally susceptible to the horrors of loosing a keyboard or mouse through a terrible event. Veterans have all lost a keyboard or a mouse one way or another, and the question is... how did your keyboard/mouse die?

Mine are not dead yet, but they're about to die.
Reasons for the keyboard: trying to hit some spell buttons like an idiot in hope the magicka would finally have recovered enough to cast right away. And: too much tobacco that drops in.
Reasons for the mouse: well, I play TL2 alot

PBpsy

Most of the time the cables die on me and usually I do not bother replacing them. I have also quit on wireless mouse and keyboards some time ago so cables are a problem. There is also the problem of liquids spilling on them but that usually happens when I am actually working very late at night not while gaming. This is mostly has been fixed by getting the best keyboard ever made ever.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2409927,00.asp
Really good for typing on while drinking cofe from it on it or under it.Nothing is crappier than having a morning deadline and your keyboard quitting on you followed by your printer and ultimately by your internet connection and any hope of mailing your crap to another place with a printer.

KenjiJU

I've been using this keyboard since 99 or 2000 I think. MS Wireless Desktop Elite Keyboard with the infamous F lock. It's still comfortable.

W,E,R,A,S,D,V,N,M, Left Alt are mostly worn, but the rest are intact.

On the other hand, I've lost several mice due to the double-click-single-click. I can fix them, but it doesn't last long. Usually takes about a year for a mouse to die to this. Faster if I happen to play D2.

Sidenote, there's a logitech MX1000 (discontinued) at work I really wanna steal..

freespirit

My keyboard has dandruff........

If I turn it upside down and shake it, it's like a snow storm but it still works

katkat42

freespirit wrote: »

My keyboard has dandruff........

If I turn it upside down and shake it, it's like a snow storm but it still works

Hahaha! Mine usually die from a combination of cat fur, water damage, and rough handling.

cyqa

I play on a laptop and I like to keep it pristine..

But I do have a funny story about a friend of mine. She spilled juice on not one, but two Macbook Pros. The first time she just bought a replacement, the second time she took it to Apple to see if she can get it fixed. The report started: "Opened customer's laptop and removed rice.."

She had dumped her ENTIRE LAPTOP INTO A BAG OF RICE in an attempt to soak out the juice. Oh yeah, this woman is an accomplished doctor with many awards to her name.

Maotti

My prevoius keyboard died because of too much tobacco between the keys!

Gilvoth

i had a razor and i paid alot for it
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/razer-blackwidow-chroma-rgb-mechanical-gaming-keyboard/8501005.p;jsessionid=5FF5B546448B7CB5AA47CFC2C27FDCDE.bbolsp-app03-142?id=1219340875088&skuId=8501005&st=razer keyboard&cp=1&lp=3
i accidently spilled tomato soup on it while getting up out of my chair, i heard a "zzzzt" and a frying sound and i knew she was dead

Desdemonte

Beer

Karnus

A bit too much immersion when I started wearing these.