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¶Out of the Box (Pre-Kickstarter Pre-Order)

ℹ️ The parts shown here are the contents of the Master Forge bundle of the PRE-KICKSTARTER PRE-ORDER. If yours is Kickstarter or post-kickstarter order, your contents might be different from this.

ℹ️ This box doesn’t include the Trackball Bolt-on. It will be shipped individually in the future.

Here are some photos taken during my unboxing.

A sticker is between the two layers of box.

After opening one more layer, I could see the tactical carrying case, deskmat, and other parts.

¶Things outside the carrying case

• Deskmat
• Sticker
• Cleat: used to collect some small parts
• Ergo Bolt-on: used to tent the device
• Allen Key: used to screw and unscrew the hexagon screws
• Two Cables
• Reference Guide

This is a closer look at the cleat. It has an allen key on it.

¶Things inside the carrying case

Inside the carring case, there are the device and the splitter.

(The splitter and the device were in seperated state when I opened the box. They might or might not be seperated in your case.)

¶Connect

I use the provided USB-C to USB-A cable to connect my M4G to my computer. Please connect the left port on the M4G to the computer.

¶Splitting the Digitizers

(Please don’t split the digitizers when M4G is connecting to the computer.)

I used the provided allen key to unscrew the two black screws on the bridge between two digitizers.

I carefully plugged out the center black part (Electrical Bridge), and I could slide out the digitizers from the mechanical bridge.

Those parts can be put on the cleat to prevent them from missing.

After that, I used the provided USB-C to USB-C cable to connect the left port of the right digitizer and the right port of the left digitizer. Then I could connect it to my computer again and use it.

ℹ️ The official CharaChorder Speed Tracker is here.

¶Preface

Curious about the real learning curve of Charachorder devices, I try to mine data from the share-your-progress channel of the CharaChorder Discord server and summarize them into charts and tables below.

¶Learning Curve Chart

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¶Speed Achievement Stats

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¶Data Collecting Rule

1. When the start date of a user is unknown, their data is not collected.
2. At most one representative typing speed is selected per day per user. The date is according to the date shown in the chart screenshot or the message date shown in the Discord app, so there may be some inconsistency due to timezone difference. (P.S.: My timezone is UTC+8.)
3. Some examples of representative typing speed of a day:
   a. the “average typing speed value” mentioned directly in a message at that day (ex: My average speed is XXX WPM.)
   b. the maximum “average speed” in a day on the chart of Launchpad
   c. the maximum typing speed of NON-CUSTOM and NON-REPEATED testing results in a day on MonkeyType or CCType
   d. the maximum lWPM in a day on Dot I/O
   e. the maximum “average typing speed” in a day on keybr.com
4. All speed numbers are rounded to the nearest whole number.^[1]
5. Chinese typing is too unique to be included in these statistics, so it’s not collected. It’s hard to decide how to convert Chinese CPM to English WPM.