I'm sorry but the organization of the legends in the "new" GB are worse than the original cut.
One should be able to get a normal kit with the minimum investment. That means that 1 set of alphas and 1 set of mods should give you complete coverage on a TKL with the cherry legends. The silly, non-standard graphics should be special keys -- either included in addition to the normal legends, or in a special pack.
The Toxic stripe is particularly ugly, requiring me to get alphas, grey mods, and stripe... and then the toxic mods just to get that normal backspace.
Also, there is no 1x Windows key at all. Even if I buy alphas, mods, tsangan, and specials, I won't be able to have a "normal" looking keyset on my 1.5x 86-key boards. I'd have to use the bubbles, or perhaps GeekHack keys.
The self-entitlement is strong in this one....
Meatball, your knee-jerk reactions to anyone who isn't drinking the kool-aid are obvious and usually completely without merit. There is nothing unreasonable about wanting the standard Cherry legends, as evidenced by the fact that a special pack was created just to provide them!
It's not an issue of entitlement, its criticism as to the way the kits were split. Is it your belief that certain members should be above criticism? That kind of aristocracy has no place here or anywhere else in the civilized world.
I believe a good effort should be made to cover the basics with a modest investment. That's something that is good for everyone. You would have to be very persuasive to convince me that is unreasonable.
ok so ill actually chime in on a few things
"I believe a good effort should be made to cover the basics with a modest investment."
we made a good effort, a huge amount of time went into planning, we also released the mockups before the buy, and amended them based on the community feedback, no realistic or reasonable change was ignored prior to going live
"There is
nothing unreasonable about wanting the standard Cherry legends"
quite correct sir, which is why we included them, as well as added more that people requested, we made a special pack just for that, the reason its in a pack and not in with the main kit, is because the majority of people wanted the custom modifiers, however, in order to please the minority that didnt want them, we made that pack to cover you
"as evidenced by the fact that a special pack was created just to provide them"
correct, a pack was made and these legends were included in it, lots of people are grateful for its inclusion and the extra options and layouts it provides
"I'm sorry but the organization of the legends in the "new" GB are worse than the original cut."
this is a pretty funny statement, the legends you want are not even in the original groupbuy, so buy adding additional legends that you actually want, my organization is bad
"One should be able to get a normal kit with the minimum investment"
you can, that is why for additional keys not needed for the tenkeyless set we have provided, we made a seperate pack, to keep the investment to a minimum for people who just want the standard "toxic" set
"The silly, non-standard graphics should be special keys"
as with the original buy, these legends are an intrinsic part of this set, im not entirely sure what you thought this buy was about in the first place, that being said, i do understand not everyones taste is the same, which is why we made it possible, unlike the original buy, for you to make a keyset without the toxic themed legends, if you just happen to like the colorway
"either included in addition to the normal legends"
doesnt this go against your point about getting a set for minimal investment
"The Toxic stripe is particularly ugly"
dont order it then
"requiring me to get alphas, grey mods, and stripe... and then the toxic mods just to get that normal backspace"
you are not required to get anything sir, and if the stripe is so ugly, why would you wanna buy toxic mods just to get a backspace for a part of the kit you dont like