- What have I done?
A few weeks ago, I was sitting at my desk,
just minding my own business,
when I received a Discord notification.
It was from a fellow YouTuber, Hipyo Tech.
He wanted to get on a call for an idea
that he had for a challenge, a keyboard challenge.
- I have an idea.
- Is it a good idea? - It's a great idea
- Okay. - Oh, it's the best idea.
I challenge you to build the loudest,
most annoying keyboard possible.
- I have to do that?
At this point,
I'm not entirely sure about the challenge.
Was I willing to destroy a perfectly good keyboard,
all in the name of a challenge,
even though I don't like loud boards
and I'm not super competitive?
Yeah, let's do it.
Okay. I'm down.
But in return, you have to make the least annoying keyboard
you could possibly make.
It should be zero de...
no, negative 10 decibels in volume.
- I'm in, sign me up.
I would build the loudest keyboard,
he would build the quietest keyboard,
and then we would decide the winner
based on who did their job the best.
And the winner will be decided
by a judging panel of other YouTubers.
The rules of this challenge were simple:
One, no outside technology outside of keyboards are allowed,
and two, you gotta spend at least $300.
The first one cut me off at the ankles.
I can't simply hook up a keyboard
to some really loud speakers
and just blast Hipyo of the game.
He had predicted that simple move
that could've been an easy victory for me.
At this point,
I knew I couldn't underestimate him.
He knew my every step.
And with that, I started planning my build.
For the keyboard, I had an idea up my sleeve
that could be the key to victory.
I had heard of something called the "banned switches",
a switch so loud, so obnoxious,
that was banned from offices all over the world.
Now, if I wanted to win this challenge,
I would have to resort to this level of sound.
These "banned switches"
were originally made by Shoobs,
the king of anime references.
And I knew I needed to get on a phone call with him
to find out the secret recipe.
Shoobs, I need the recipe for these banned switches.
- [Shoobs] Did you watch my video?
I, I... (stammers) say it like three times in that video,
people keep commenting "what's the recipe?"
I say it every time!
- I... I guess I'll just go watch the video then.
And with that, I knew the secret formula.
And the best part,
Hipyo had no idea how disgusting this keyboard would be.
A few days later,
all the parts arrived in the mail
and I handcrafted every single switch
to make sure they truly embodied
the sound that I was looking for.
And once they were done,
I was shocked by how horrible they sounded.
(switch clicking)
It's perfect.
Oh my.
And to make these switches even worse,
I sanded down the top housings
and it worked perfect.
So now every time you press the switch,
it's like an earthquake (laughs).
While these switches were extremely loud,
I knew I couldn't get too confident yet.
If I wanted to win, I would have to go farther,
so much farther than I've ever been.
So I went on a search for the loudest keyboard possible
and after testing dozens of keyboards,
I was able to narrow it down on the GK61.
The case is made entirely out of plastic,
and this made the sounds echo throughout the entire board.
It was the perfect vessel for these banned switches.
Now, to make it even worse,
I knew I had to do some modifications to this case,
but first I had to open it up.
- [Keyboard] Betty, no!
Don't take me apart.
(Betty laughs) (drill spinning)
No!
- The first thing I did was sand down the standoffs,
the second thing I did
was remove half of the internal structural supports
so that now when I put my PCB on there,
it does this. (squeals)
But I didn't stop there,
I went even farther.
I removed all of the rubber feet
and threw them into the trash can.
I also put a singular screw in the bottom of the case.
So now when you're typing,
you get the extra wobble of the keyboard.
I wondered to myself: "had I gone too far?"
But imagining myself losing the challenge,
I realized I had not gone far enough.
It was beautifully disgusting.
I had tried all sorts of things to make the plate worse,
but it wasn't meant to be.
The plate was too stable
and the only option left would be to go plate-less.
Now, since this keyboard is also hot swap,
you get the added bonus,
a few switches falling out while typing too.
Now at this point,
I was so close to being finished, so close.
But I had to find the perfect key caps
to go with this build.
I picked up two sets of key caps
that I think would be loud
and after I tested them,
I decided to go with the typewriter style key caps
that are really short and don't have any walls.
At this point,
I was really happy with my keyboard,
but in the back of my head,
I had a suspicion that it wasn't good enough.
I looked into Hipyo's previous live streams and videos.
I wanted to know everything possible
that would allow me to win.
That's when I found something that shocked me...
to my core!
I learned that he had previously put silicone
into an oversize key cap just to dampen the sound.
(switch clicking)
Since hippo is making the quietest keyboard ever,
I knew he would be crazy enough
to fill every single key cap
with that silicone stuff,
just to make it quieter.
All for a chance of winning.
In the past,
he's put things in his keyboards
like pillows, and Play-Doh.
He's gonna stop at nothing
to make the quietest keyboard.
This challenge was the perfect opportunity for him to do it.
I was starting to feel like victory was far from my grasp.
But when I looked back at my build
and how I pushed myself to be better,
I knew, even if I didn't win,
I would be okay with the results.
(Betty laughs) (man in the background laughs)
I had already sacrificed my humanity for this,
and there was no turning back.
So to determine the winner,
we created our own trailers of our keyboards
and sent it to the judging panel
for their reactions and for their votes.
I opted for a Michael Bay style trailer,
as I thought that would fit
the loudest keyboard perfectly.
Here's the trailer,
and then their reactions right after.
(intense dramatic music) - Well...
I found the perfect specimen.
- She really went all in on the trailer
- [Betty] So hollow, yet not hollow enough.
There's more I can do. - Is that a GK61?
- Oh my god, it looks so scuffed.
- [Betty] I don't need the plate,
or the screws, or the feet.
These switches are perfect,
but I can do better. - Production level though.
- Louder!
(indistinct)
- [Betty] One singular screw - It's one screw
- [Betty] Oh, the humanity! - Why? (laughs)
- [Betty] What have I done? - Space bar's even attached
- Oh god. She's not even hitting the space bar.
- Oh my...
- Who needs space? They can figure it out.
(keyboard clicking)
Nice (indistinct). - Coming summer 2021,
the loudest keyboard ever.
- Michael "Betty" Bay (laughs) - Michael "Betty"...
- Okay, okay.
I liked that, I liked that.
Very nicely put together.
I think your directing team deserves a raise,
that was really good.
But listening to it though,
it does sound awful,
but it's kind of cheating,
because it's not really the board making the noise,
your keyboard is just broken.
I don't know if we can count...
do we, do we count?
Do we count that?
I don't know, I don't know.
- Okay. (laughs)
So that was great,
little rattle because there's literally
no stabilizers. (laughs)
One screw, nice.
- I like the ridiculousness of adding a space bar
that doesn't even have stabs.
I wish that you used the stabs,
because horrible stabs can really drive home
the worst and loudest sounding keyboard.
Overall, that was a pretty solid entry for loudest keyboard.
I would never want to work next to you. (laughs)
- (whispering) Howdy, howdy, howdy...
- All right, ASMR. - ... hey, hey, hey.
Hipyo Tech here... - I like the reverb.
- ... with an ASMR presentation.
It's so great to have you here.
I'm really sorry we couldn't get PewDiePie.
I made the quietest keyboard possible. (words echoing)
- I don't know why I'm whispering.
- The sun 68 with Gazzew boba gum switches
and it's been library-modded.
- Library-modded? Okay.
- You're probably wondering what a library mod is,
and that's a fair question.
I'll show you in one second... - (indistinct)
- ... but first let me take a sip of my protein shake.
This is a library, a picture of a library.
- That is a picture of a library.
- As you know,
libraries are very, (shushes), quiet.
So I took this picture of a library
and then I folded it up and put it in the keyboard,
that way it wasn't allowed to make noise.
- He put a piece of paper inside?
That's actually pretty quiet but... (indistinct)
- You're gonna have to give me a full sound test for that,
sounds pretty loud.
Come on.
You can't have ticking on a silent keyboard,
that ruins it.
- I liked the ASMR.
- You are tapping it as light as possible.
- Was that good gamers? Wow. - (indistinct)
- Please, vote for me. I need this.
- And like, instead of like tapping it like normal,
it's like being as delicate as possible, like...
I don't know, that's...
that's kind of cheating.
And the ticking takes away
from the silent library experience.
Could you go into a library
with keyboard that started ticking?
No!
Because the librarian would go... (shushes)
no ticking stabs in my library.
This, this...
I'm a little bit disappointed, I'm not gonna lie.
- That's pretty cool. (laughs)
- He did utilize the stabs,
he didn't cheat there, you know,
because he did hit the space bar, so.
Overall, I loved the integration
of the meme of the library in the board itself,
I think that was ingenious.
I don't know if the production quality
goes toe to toe with the movie trailer,
but overall, that board is freaking silent.
- Apparently I was supposed to vote one of them.
Hipyo did a really quiet keyboard,
we know that library mod.
And then we got the loud switches (laughs)
from Switch and Click.
I got to give it to Switch and Click
for the presentation,
the movie effects, and straight-on loud keyboard.
- So in terms of sound,
I think the silent board was really executed well,
I love the meme of it.
And if there was an award for cinematography,
it would definitely have to go to Betty.
- I think Hipyo hasn't done enough here to take the dub.
The reason being,
you've just made a board with silent switches
and put paper inside it.
And well, your stab sucks, so.
You know, some of the mods
that the Switch and Click team did,
sanding especially, it was quite cool,
you know, leaving out all of the stabs and whatnot.
I mean,
yeah those things are more obvious I guess,
for a loud board, but yeah.
I'm gonna give this Betty, sorry.
- (Betty cheering) I won!
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Bye!