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I lost my dad last year (2023) and have been finding ways to include keepsakes/memories in my workstation. I've dabbled here and there with doing small woodworking projects and attempted a wrist rest from a piece of oak I picked up with him from my great uncles wood shop. I milled it to fit a 60% keyboard as I hadn't decided what keyboard I would be using it on and thought that's where most of my wrist would be in contact even typing on a full keyboard. I gave it a torched/burn appearance as I really was lost in what to do. I found an old shell casing from going hunting with my dad in my hunting pack and decided to imbed it into the end of the wrist rest so it would just have a little difference and a small story behind it as well. I have other things around my workstation from family and friends, but it just feels a little more special having worked on it and adding something small that has a memory for me to it. (Purple was my grandmothers favorite color and I have kinda now...
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I just wanted to let you all know I'm here to answer any questions you may have regarding the Siege or Vanguard.
I also wanted to give a bit of background on the "why" we've decided to venture into the brutally competitive gaming peripheral segment.
The Sound Blaster brand has been around PC Gaming since the well...since the beginning of PC gaming really. And all through that time we've innovated and striven to bring new technology to gamers and the gaming desktop to make the experience as exciting and cinematic as possible.
We've been watching the absolute magnificent resurgence of the PC gaming segment and seen the opportunity in the peripherals segment to do something different that would compliment our product lines and provide a full gaming accessory and peripheral lineup.
When the press has been asking about "Why would a sound manufacturer get into MIce and Keyboards?" My response has been "Why would a mouse and keyboard manufacturer get into audio products?"
If you're passionate about gaming and passionate about making good products...it's a pretty logical extension as long as you have the engineering talent to jump in feet first.
Our expertise for 30 years has been centered around audio, but we have a core of very talented product designers who are themselves gamers and when the opportunity to make peripherals was brought to the table they grabbed on to it and started the process with making products that are ones that we ourselves want to use on our desktops.
Coming to market with a "me-to" factory solution was not an option. By that I mean the multitude of peripheral clones out there that are simply marketing exercises for brands to slap their name on a factory default model and call it a "gaming" product by adding some LEDs or catching lighting.
The Siege and Vanguard are purpose built and intentionally designed to bring another flavor to the peripheral market.
We KNOW how keyboards and mice are some of the most scrutinized peripherals on the market by the demanding gamer because they are essentially the primary interface point for a gamer to the game. So we wanted to make products that would bring a unique combination of tech and features to the market..not something to follow existing paradigms but something that a gamer who might have liked something "similar" to the Siege or Vanguard would find a PERFECT fit with them.
And once again we've decided to jump in the deep end...just like with our Katana we've come to Massdrop to launch our latest products to some of the most scrutinizing and demanding customers out there (at a great price of course!). We know this category is "new" to us in many peoples minds (we actually made mice and keyboards 13 years ago when I started at Creative), but are confident people who jump in now are going to really dig what these products are bringing to the table.
We hope you enjoy!
Ryan & The Sound BlasterX Team