Razer Marauder Starcraft II Wired USB Gaming Keyboard Compatible with Desktop, Laptop, Mac  (Black)

StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty is the most competitive strategy game in the world right now with international StarCraft tournaments being held every 2 months. StarCraft 2 is an online multiplayer strategy game that tests your speed, control and creative skills. Top StarCraft 2 professional players get sponsored like any other athlete and get endorsement deals with free gaming gear upgrades from the companies like Razer. The best paying eSport of 2011 went to StarCraft 2 with over 2.5 million USD being won at tournaments with an average of at least $200,000 being doled out every month.

Razer has developed the Razer Marauder StarCraft II Gaming Keyboard especially to help StarCraft players play and react faster to unexpected situation. This Razer keyboard is designed to alert you visually in addition to the in game voice alerts. The Razer Marauder StarCraft II Gaming Keyboard connects to your system by way of a USB 2.0 interface which has a 7 foot cable. The USB cable is braided which prevents it from getting tangled and also makes the cable durable.

Style and Portability

The Razer Marauder StarCraft II Gaming Keyboard has a reduced desktop footprint which leaves more space for important mouse movement during gameplay. The dimensions of this StarCraft 2 keyboard are 400 x 182 x 32 mm and it weighs 1066 g. The Marauder Keyboard has elevated keys with optimized travel distance and spacing. The layout of the keyboard lets your fingers travel between keys quickly and without errors. The Arrow Keys are integrated with the Num Pad Keys to save valuable space on your desktop for your mouse.

The coolest feature of the Razer Marauder StarCraft II Gaming Keyboard is its APM lighting system. APM stands for actions per minute and based on your gameplay speed the lights in this keyboard change to different colours. In addition to this, the Razer Marauder Keyboard will also register any in-game alerts like units built or base under attack by using individual backlight settings. When not playing games the backlight functions normally and can be set in to glow in a colour of your choice.

Backlights are not the only lighting system on this keyboard as there are 3 lights placed near every corner and it also comes with side lights. The ergonomically optimized wrist pad allows you to play marathon gaming sessions without putting any strain on your hand. The laser etched keys of the Razer Marauder StarCraft II Gaming Keyboard remains durable with the letters clearly visible even after years of hard-core gaming.

Performance and Connectivity

The Razer Marauder StarCraft II Gaming Keyboard lets you effortlessly configure and record unlimited macros on-the-fly even in between a game. You can also choose from 10 profiles with the press of a button and choose between macro settings for Zerg, Protoss or Terran. The Marauder StarCraft II Gaming Keyboard works best with Windows XP, Vista, 7 and Mac OS X or higher. The Razer Marauder Keyboard has 1000 Hz ultrapolling with a 1 ms response time. This means your instruction get executed faster as the rate at which the keyboard sends information to the computer is very high.

The Razer Marauder StarCraft II Gaming Keyboard is part of a collector’s edition set which also includes the StarCraft 2 Razer Spectre Mouse, StarCraft 2 Razer Banshee Headphones and the StarCraft 2 Zerg Edition Messenger bag. The Spectre and the Banshee also feature the APM lighting system in a cool design that will make your gamer friends go green with envy. The minimum system requirements to install the Razer Marauder StarCraft II Gaming Keyboard are a computer with USB ports, Windows or Mac OS, Internet connection and at least 35 MB of hard disk space.