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geekhack Marketplace => Vendor Forums => techkeys.us => Topic started by: i3oilermaker on Mon, 01 July 2013, 14:58:17
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I think this will be fun....
So I had an idea and I turned it into a reality. It should be arriving to me tomorrow, so it should be for sale by the end of the week.
Lets play 20 questions and the first person in the thread to guess what it is wins one :)
Questions must be yes or no questions.
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Is it a 1x keycap?
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is it a keycap
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Is it a full set of metallic (like the poker set) keys?
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Is it a 1x keycap?
Yes
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Is it a full set of metallic (like the poker set) keys?
No
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is it plastic?
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Is it an artist made key like whalebro?
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is it plastic?
No
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Is it an artist made key like whalebro?
Yes
...This is escalating quickly :)
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Is it wood?
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Is it from a video game/movie ? (Inspired)
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Is it wood?
No
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Is it from a video game/movie ? (Inspired)
No
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is it metal?
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Is it made by girldc?
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Animal Inspired?
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will it go nicely with the turtles set
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Is it made by girldc?
No
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A metal keycap made by Hammer?
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will it go nicely with the turtles set
That is a matter of opinion, but I suppose I have to say No it was not designed specifically for it.
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A metal keycap made by Hammer?
No
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was it 3d printed
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Comic inspired?
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was it 3d printed
No
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Comic inspired?
No
WOOT 3000 posts! :) I swear my intention of this contest was not to boost thread count!
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Made by the legend himself, clickclack?
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is it one colour?
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Is it a shredder cap?
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BroBot v2?
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is it robot themed
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BroBot v2?
Nope - that was not my design
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is it robot themed
Nope - I wish
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Is it a shredder cap?
Nope
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Made by the legend himself, clickclack?
No
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Yo, Is it animal themed?
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is it robot themed
Nope - I wish
it is your design sir, it could have been anything you wished lol
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have you made under 100 of them?
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is it one colour?
This is a hard one to answer in yes/no so I will expand....
Yes one color - 2 colors will be available.
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Is it related to smallfry?
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is it robot themed
Nope - I wish
it is your design sir, it could have been anything you wished lol
Touché
have you made under 100 of them?
I am not disclosing this.
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can i have one?
hehe, worth a try, might get a yes
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Is it related to smallfry?
No - I have been developing this idea for months.
That is not to say we will not commemorate SmallFry as a community.
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is it a regular keycap shape or is it irregular like brobots/cc skulls etc.
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can i have one?
hehe, worth a try, might get a yes
Yes - If you guess what it is! ...or if you buy one when they go on sale :)
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is it a regular keycap shape or is it irregular like brobots/cc skulls etc.
That has been answered already.
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Is it above $30 as for price?
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Is it above $30 as for price?
Price is not finalized.
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is the product design based on fiction?
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is the product design based on fiction?
No
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Can I guess? :-X
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is the product design based on a person?
is the product design based on an object?
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Is it based on everyday object? Like cup, bottle, plate, table, chair, etc.?
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Can I guess? :-X
Hahahahaha, I think I've got it. :P I like shiny things :)
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Can I guess? :-X
Sure!
is the product design based on a person?
is the product design based on an object?
Not based on a person
Yes based on an object although that is quite broad!
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is it a key made of silver?
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Damn it bunny...
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Is it based on weapons?
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Is the object an animal?
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Is it a Waluigi key in the purple color? :}
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Is it a key with a keyboard on it?
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is it a key made of silver?
No
Is it based on weapons?
No
Is it a Waluigi key in the purple color? :}
No
Is it a key with a keyboard on it?
No
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is it a key made of silver?
No
Hehehehehe, curve ball :p
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:(
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Is it a shark ?
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is the key made of metal
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Is it a shark ?
Nope
is the key made of metal
Yes
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Is it an Animal theme'd key?
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You've skipped two questions whether it was an animal or not. So is it one?
Is it an aquatic animal?
Is it a terrestrial animal?
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You've skipped two questions whether it was an animal or not. So is it one?
Is it an aquatic animal?
Is it a terrestrial animal?
Not themed like an animal
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Is it steel (or other ferric metal)?
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Is it a metal geekhack key?
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A keycap with dedicated LED light?
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Is it steel (or other ferric metal)?
It is metal - this has been established
Is it a metal geekhack key?
No
A keycap with dedicated LED light?
No
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Is it CNC'd?
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Is it CNC'd?
No
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Is it a cherry (as in shaped like one) key?
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Is it a face?
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hand carved?
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is it a metal lego key
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Is it a cherry (as in shaped like one) key?
No
Is it a face?
No
hand carved?
It is hand made...I do not know the details of how.
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Is it a skull?
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Is it irregular shaped? As in not like a normal key cap shape
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Is it a skull?
No
Is it irregular shaped? As in not like a normal key cap shape
Yes - not the same shape as a typical cap.
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is it a metal lego key
If not could this be put on the key cap wish list.?
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Is it irregular shaped? As in not like a normal key cap shape
Yes - not the same shape as a typical cap.
Is it a pyramid/spike?
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is spherical?
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Are the color options metallic colors (silver/gold for example)?
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Is it irregular shaped? As in not like a normal key cap shape
Yes - not the same shape as a typical cap.
Is it a pyramid/spike?
It is not pointy at the top.
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The earth?
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Is it made to go with any specific keyset?
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Is it a shell from Mario brothers?
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did you make it just so it would be intentionally awkward to guess what it is?
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Is it a bad guy from Mario?
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The earth?
No
Is it made to go with any specific keyset?
Not specifically
Is it a shell from Mario brothers?
No
did you make it just so it would be intentionally awkward to guess what it is?
No
....Try to narrow it down...blind guesses at specific items are probably not going to pan out...haven't you played 20 questions before?
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Is the item it represents smaller than a toaster oven?
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....Try to narrow it down...blind guesses at specific items are probably not going to pan out...haven't you played 20 questions before?
Is it male or female?
Jk's
Is it made using that new semi-transparent stuff?
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Does it represent more than one item?
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related to some kind of sport?
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Is the object that it represents a common household item?
Is the object that it represents itself, commonly made of metal also?
Is the object that it represents something you can hold in your hand?
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Oh I bet it is a zerg key
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Is the item it represents smaller than a toaster oven?
Yes
....Try to narrow it down...blind guesses at specific items are probably not going to pan out...haven't you played 20 questions before?
Is it male or female?
Jk's
Is it made using that new semi-transparent stuff?
No
Does it represent more than one item?
No
related to some kind of sport?
No
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Is the object that it represents a common household item?
No
Oh I bet it is a zerg key
No
Is the object that it represents a common household item?
Is the object that it represents itself, commonly made of metal also?
Is the object that it represents something you can hold in your hand?
Yes to commonly made of metal
Yes to hold in hand
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is it edible?
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Is it actually metallic in color or painted?
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Is it red?
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concave item?
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Smaller than a standard brick?
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is it edible?
No
Is it actually metallic in color or painted?
Both
Is it red?
No
concave item?
Yes ... I guess...
Smaller than a standard brick?
Yes
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A mouse (the one you plug in to the computer)?
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Is it a bolt key?
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A mouse (the one you plug in to the computer)?
No
Is it a bolt key?
No
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You've skipped two questions whether it was an animal or not. So is it one?
Is it an aquatic animal?
Is it a terrestrial animal?
Not themed like an animal
So, like asura, it's not a duck
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Something in the nature? Like tree, cloud, lighting blot, sun, moon?
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Is it smaller than a computer mouse?
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a ring?
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Something in the nature? Like tree, cloud, lighting blot, sun, moon?
hmm...it is natural
Is it smaller than a computer mouse?
Yes
a ring?
No
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Is it a small version of something wearable?
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When using this metallic, handheld object, would you be on a battlefield?
Is it a shield-shaped key?
When using this metallic, handheld object, would you use one-hand or two-hands to hold it?
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Is it an atom/molecule?
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Is it a key-shaped keycap?
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Is it a small version of something wearable?
No
When using this metallic, handheld object, would you be on a battlefield?
Is it a shield-shaped key?
When using this metallic, handheld object, would you use one-hand or two-hands to hold it?
No
No
One
Is it an atom/molecule?
No
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would you use it to make noise?
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Is it a key-shaped keycap?
Approximately
would you use it to make noise?
You can...
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Is it a keycap with a keycap on it?
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Is it a miniature keyboard on a keycap?
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bottle-opener keycap?
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Is it a keycap with a keycap on it?
No
Is it a miniature keyboard on a keycap?
No
bottle-opener keycap?
No - but I like that idea!
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keycap puller keycap?
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a lighter or zippo-shaped keycap?
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keycap puller keycap?
LOL
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Is it a lock shaped?
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the item is made of gold?
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Is it a lock shaped?
I'm not sure what that means
a lighter or zippo-shaped keycap?
No
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Is it a key-shaped keycap?
Approximately
Whoa, wait -- is this yes, or no -- approximately!? I call shenanigans...
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Is it a type of musical instrument?
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Shaped like a padlock. Guessing from the aprox key shaped.
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an ingot-shaped keycap?
(suddenly, this should be the keycap idea thread)
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combination lock keycap
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an hourglass keycap?
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Is it a key-shaped keycap?
Approximately
Whoa, wait -- is this yes, or no -- approximately!? I call shenanigans...
Haha - it is not shaped like a standard key, but it fits in the key form factor
Is it a type of musical instrument?
No
Shaped like a padlock. Guessing from the aprox key shaped.
No
an ingot-shaped keycap?
(suddenly, this should be the keycap idea thread)
No
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coin-shaped keycap?
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paperclip keycap?
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Sports related?
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Ok ... lets take a step back here...this is an object. You have all seen or touched it....try to narrow it down instead of taking wild guesses!
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Does it conform to, or is based on a specific profile of key like DCS or DSA?
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coin-shaped keycap?
No
paperclip keycap?
No
Sports related?
No
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Some kind of fruit?
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Does it conform to, or is based on a specific profile of key like DCS or DSA?
Very close
Some kind of fruit?
No
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Is it an F/J key?
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Is it spring shaped?
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Is it the metal object represented by the keycap approximately the size and mass of a key?
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Is it Cherry profile
possibly an escape key
or a bell
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Does the metal object represented on the keycap have a point on it?
Is the metal object represented on the keycap something you would find on a desk? (No, wait, you said it was NOT a common item)
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Is it an F/J key?
NoIs it spring shaped?
No
Is it the metal object represented by the keycap approximately the size and mass of a key?
Depends how you define approximately...I would say no
Is it Cherry profile
possibly an escape key
or a bell
Not a bell
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Can you buy the object in a store?
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Would it make a metallic noise if it was not a keycap version?
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Is the object usually room temperature?
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Does the metal object represented on the keycap have a point on it?
Is the metal object represented on the keycap something you would find on a desk? (No, wait, you said it was NOT a common item)
It contains a point (not on top)
Would not find on a desk. (I did not say it was not a common item)
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Haha, a shoe? Or a PAIR of shoes?
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Can you buy the object in a store?
No
Would it make a metallic noise if it was not a keycap version?
No
Is the object usually room temperature?
No
Good questions
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Would you find this item in a video game?
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Fire?
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Is the object usually hotter than room temperature?
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Is our a soldering iron key cap?
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Would you find this item in a video game?
I think you could find just about any object in a video game...
Fire?
No
Is the object usually hotter than room temperature?
Hotter
Is our a soldering iron key cap?
No
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Is it celestial?
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the person that made it, does he/she post here often?
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is it a star?
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Is it celestial?
No
the person that made it, does he/she post here often?
Yes
is it a star?
No
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Is it based on an item for cooking?
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Wouldeit be hot enough to give someone a serious burn?
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Is it based on an item for cooking?
No
Wouldeit be hot enough to give someone a serious burn?
No
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is it a hollow key with colored liquid inside to look like lava? if no someone needs to make it :)
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Would it make an instrumental noise?
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Is something from underwater?
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Is it Cherry profile
possibly an escape key
or a bell
Not a bell
Is it Cherry profile then?
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is it a hollow key with colored liquid inside to look like lava? if no someone needs to make it :)
Haha nice idea - make it happen!
Would it make an instrumental noise?
No
Is something from underwater?
No
Is it Cherry profile
possibly an escape key
or a bell
Not a bell
Is it Cherry profile then?
Not exactly
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Alps keycap?
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So the item is hotter than room temperature. We have possibly all held it. Smaller than a toaster.
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Alps?
It is MX, but that is not relevant to what the key is representing.
So the item is hotter than room temperature. We have possibly all held it. Smaller than a toaster.
Yes. I would add typically hotter than room temperature...any object can be at different temperature given different circumstances
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does the first letter of the object start with a-l?
does the first letter of the object start with m-z?
is it america based?
is it july 4 themed?
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Is it an animal?
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So the item is hotter than room temperature. We have possibly all held it. Smaller than a toaster.
And can make noise, and is close to being based off of DSA or DCS profile
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Is it a firework?
Is it a rocket?
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Is it an animal?
Not an animal I asked already.
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does the first letter of the object start with a-l?
does the first letter of the object start with m-z?
is it america based?
is it july 4 themed?
Not July 4th themed.
Don't really want to go the starts with letter approach...I think it takes the fun out of it.
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Is it smaller than an average thumb?
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Is it smaller than an average thumb?
Yes
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If it is one color then how can it be metallic and painted?
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If it is one color then how can it be metallic and painted?
The key is metallic. The object is not. Sorry if that was not clear.
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is it anodized?
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Is it a cell phone or smart phone key cap?
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is it anodized?
No
Is it a cell phone or smart phone?
No
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Would the item make its own noise or require manipulation from a person?
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Is it in any way related to keyboards?
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Would the item make its own noise or require manipulation from a person?
Require manipulation
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Would I find this item in my house?
If so, in the Kitchen?
Living Room?
Bathroom?
ON my person?
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Would the sound be percussion or from air movement?
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Is it a cherry mx switch keycap?
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If most of us have held it, is it something we may use at last once a day, once a week, once a month, or about once a year?
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Is it a thumb drive?
No
Would the sound be percussion or from air movement?
Isn't that would sound is? Sound it makes is not really relevant to what it is.
If most of us have held it, is it something we may use at last once a day, once a week, once a month, or about once a year?
Yes
Yes - at least once a day
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Is it a cherry mx switch keycap?
As in a keycap of a cherry switch
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Is a part of the body?
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Is it a cherry mx switch keycap?
As in a keycap of a cherry switch
The key itself is a cherry mx compatible key. It does not represent a cherry mx switch.
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Is a part of the body?
Yes
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Is it internal or external?
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Is it a liquid?
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Is a part of the body?
Yes
tooth?
eyeball?
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nose?
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is it.....a nose?
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Eye?
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A mouth.
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Is it a keychain?
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a thumb?
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Medula oblongata.
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Is it the tip of a thumb?
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Is a part of the body?
Yes
tooth?
eyeball?
BING BING BING BING
In a joint effort with Ducky/Kayvee I am so excited to announce - the MOLAR KEY
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Congrats alxx0rz Please PM me with your address
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finger?
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"When you see the baron, remember the tooth."
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Is a part of the body?
Yes
tooth?
eyeball?
BING BING BING BING
In a joint effort with Ducky/Kayvee I am so excited to announce - the MOLAR KEY
(Attachment Link)
I want it! Lol!
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Is a part of the body?
Yes
tooth?
eyeball?
BING BING BING BING
In a joint effort with Ducky/Kayvee I am so excited to announce - the MOLAR KEY
(Attachment Link)
Congrats alxx0rz Please PM me with your address
Wow awesome! Thank you!
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Are the teeth dsa or dcs profile?
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Are the teeth dsa or dcs profile?
Molar profile.
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ah molar is a profile of tooth, and if you are cold they chatter making noise, and your body is normally higher than room temperature.
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Are the teeth dsa or dcs profile?
The key is...Sorry for the confusion, some questions were asked about the object and some about the key itself...I tried my best to answer with what made sense.
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Can you make one with a filling?
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Can you make one with a filling?
You can if you take a drill to it :)
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Now that I think of it, a novelty hand made eyeball key would be AWESOME.
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It isn't topre
T_T
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It isn't topre
T_T
(http://i.imgur.com/U332NeS.jpg)
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Congratulation!
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LOL, cool
If I actually get parts from the prof to build my phantom I'll probably buy one.
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Berenice, i will come to you...need some keycaps...
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BTW I played http://www.20q.net/ and it got it in 12 questions :P
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Wtf. This is awesome.
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Hmmm I go to sleep overnight and miss an entire thread!
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Hmmm I go to sleep overnight and miss an entire thread!
Sorry Australia - its unfortunate that no matter what time I pick for a contest / give-away / Launch I am excluding somewhere in the world.
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It's okay, no-one likes Australia anyhow. Bunch of criminals :P
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It's okay, no-one likes Australia anyhow. Bunch of criminals :P
You leave our politicians out of it!!
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It's okay, no-one likes Australia anyhow. Bunch of criminals :P
You leave our politicians out of it!!
HueHueHue :))
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Damn.. first thing i thought of when viewing thread for the first time was wisdom tooth - day late and a dolla short
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Is a part of the body?
Yes
tooth?
eyeball?
BING BING BING BING
In a joint effort with Ducky/Kayvee I am so excited to announce - the MOLAR KEY
(Attachment Link)
Congrats alxx0rz Please PM me with your address
You're going to sell these to dental offices, right? You've got to do it!
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You're going to sell these to dental offices, right? You've got to do it!
I already have a few dentists in mind :)
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BTW I played http://www.20q.net/ and it got it in 12 questions :P
I beat that 20Q, I was thinking of "nipple"
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BTW I played http://www.20q.net/ and it got it in 12 questions :P
I beat that 20Q, I was thinking of "nipple"
compound words sometimes work.
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I'm hoping to get my hands on a couple of these. Look great.
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Come and get them!
http://techkeys.us/collections/artisan/products/molar-key
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Come and get them!
http://techkeys.us/collections/artisan/products/molar-key
Those keys bite! ;)
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Come and get them!
http://techkeys.us/collections/artisan/products/molar-key
Needs more tooth puns. I will not be satisfied until you work in toothsome and something about cavities and dentists.
And I hope you make a special edition porcelain and metal one. That would be awesome.
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Need to find out if any of my Dentists are into mech KBs... lol
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My girlfriend is a dentist...
Maybe this will turn her on to Cherry MX switches. She mostly finds them noisy now :)