HuB - New Keycap Profile | Kickstarter Launch | From TheVanKeyboards

[dsaf]

Would you be able to act as mini-kickstarter in future? E.g. someone creates a nuclear data novelty pack of 20 keys and gets 50 people to sign up. So that community just creates the designs and secures interest and you handle the manufacturing, payments AND shipping? Or would it be completely unfeasible?

[evangs]

Would you be able to act as mini-kickstarter in future? E.g. someone creates a nuclear data novelty pack of 20 keys and gets 50 people to sign up. So that community just creates the designs and secures interest and you handle the manufacturing, payments AND shipping? Or would it be completely unfeasible?

we should definitely be able to do something like that. we are already discussing internally what that would look like and how it would work.

[etatauri]

Interesting profile. I'm pretty sure I know the answer to this, but will there be any chance any of these will be offered in alternate layouts?

I'm using Colemak at the moment, but I'm sure others would be looking for Dvorak, international and non-standard modifiers as well.

This being the first run I doubt they will be offered, but I'd definitely be interested in buying if this was available.

[evangs]

Interesting profile. I'm pretty sure I know the answer to this, but will there be any chance any of these will be offered in alternate layouts?

I'm using Colemak at the moment, but I'm sure others would be looking for Dvorak, international and non-standard modifiers as well.

This being the first run I doubt they will be offered, but I'd definitely be interested in buying if this was available.

Not for initial run but should be doable later on.

[Arhipio]

New mechmarket post went up!

https://www.reddit.com/r/mechmarket/comments/8bbh6a/gb_hub_is_112k500k_we_passed_100k/

[Arhipio]

Check out our Laguna (Modifiers) x Midnight (Alphas) render. Langelandia on reddit convinced our art director 2zq to render this up. Looks awfully familiar...

[elfick]

Check out our Laguna (Modifiers) x Midnight (Alphas) render. Langelandia on reddit convinced our art director 2zq to render this up. Looks awfully familiar...

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Hmm... maybe I don't need another SA set after all...

[Arhipio]

Wise man say: "Forgiveness is divine, but never pay full price for late pizza."

Render created with Nuke Alphas and Royal Modifiers!

[phorx]

Wise man say: "Forgiveness is divine, but never pay full price for late pizza."

Is that a quote from the original live-action TMNT movie?

[clasicks]

is this new profile just ripping all the best colorways?

[jimirolln]

is this new profile just ripping all the best colorways?

maybe the necro cw would make a nice hub set

[KaosJ]

is this new profile just ripping all the best colorways?

wat

[Arhipio]

Wise man say: "Forgiveness is divine, but never pay full price for late pizza."

Is that a quote from the original live-action TMNT movie?

Haha yes it is

[megaforce]

is this new profile just ripping all the best colorways?

maybe the necro cw would make a nice hub set

LMAO

I love jimi

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[kiwi99]

Any reason for the hieroglyphics mods? Can't really understand the reason behind it, it says one line in the kickstarters about being able to move keys around but whats that matter when you have such a big base set? Also odd that the arrow key legends are centered while rest of the set isn't.

[evangs]

Any reason for the hieroglyphics mods? Can't really understand the reason behind it, it says one line in the kickstarters about being able to move keys around but whats that matter when you have such a big base set? Also odd that the arrow key legends are centered while rest of the set isn't.

We wanted to do something different then just the same old legends/icons. The arrows are centered because it looks better.

[iNViSiBiLiTi]

is this new profile just ripping all the best colorways?

idk if ripped off but they're worse than their inspirations.  ahemskidataahem

[superdoedoe]

is this new profile just ripping all the best colorways?

all the best? wuh? i see like a couple of good colourways the rest are just a mash of bright-ass colours.

[megaforce]

is this new profile just ripping all the best colorways?

idk if ripped off but they're worse than their inspirations.  ahemskidataahem

Smh I bet this would have double the amount if some r/mk mod would pin it 

So much for being inclusive in the community smh. Someone should make an IG story about it too.

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[Parva Ovis]

is this new profile just ripping all the best colorways?

idk if ripped off but they're worse than their inspirations.  ahemskidataahem

Smh I bet this would have double the amount if some r/mk mod would pin it 

So much for being inclusive in the community smh. Someone should make an IG story about it too.

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Pinning one groupbuy and not any others would just smack of favoritism.

[iNViSiBiLiTi]

is this new profile just ripping all the best colorways?

idk if ripped off but they're worse than their inspirations.  ahemskidataahem

Smh I bet this would have double the amount if some r/mk mod would pin it 

So much for being inclusive in the community smh. Someone should make an IG story about it too.

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Pinning one groupbuy and not any others would just smack of favoritism.

it's okay, just complain about it on instagram

[evangs]

is this new profile just ripping all the best colorways?

idk if ripped off but they're worse than their inspirations.  ahemskidataahem

Smh I bet this would have double the amount if some r/mk mod would pin it 

So much for being inclusive in the community smh. Someone should make an IG story about it too.

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Pinning one groupbuy and not any others would just smack of favoritism.

it's okay, just complain about it on instagram

Who complained on instagram? Do you have a link?

[xondat]

is this new profile just ripping all the best colorways?

idk if ripped off but they're worse than their inspirations.  ahemskidataahem

Smh I bet this would have double the amount if some r/mk mod would pin it 

So much for being inclusive in the community smh. Someone should make an IG story about it too.

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Pinning one groupbuy and not any others would just smack of favoritism.

it's okay, just complain about it on instagram

Who complained on instagram? Do you have a link?

I gotchu

[mbsurfer]

is this new profile just ripping all the best colorways?

idk if ripped off but they're worse than their inspirations.  ahemskidataahem

Smh I bet this would have double the amount if some r/mk mod would pin it 

So much for being inclusive in the community smh. Someone should make an IG story about it too.

Sent from my LG-US996 using Tapatalk

Pinning one groupbuy and not any others would just smack of favoritism.

it's okay, just complain about it on instagram

Who complained on instagram? Do you have a link?

I gotchu

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[KaosJ]

No drama on HUB please 

[clasicks]

is this new profile just ripping all the best colorways?

idk if ripped off but they're worse than their inspirations.  ahemskidataahem

Smh I bet this would have double the amount if some r/mk mod would pin it 

So much for being inclusive in the community smh. Someone should make an IG story about it too.

Sent from my LG-US996 using Tapatalk

Pinning one groupbuy and not any others would just smack of favoritism.

it's okay, just complain about it on instagram

Who complained on instagram? Do you have a link?

I gotchu

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Whoopsies... just was startled by the amount of "inspired" renders.

[xondat]

is this new profile just ripping all the best colorways?

idk if ripped off but they're worse than their inspirations.  ahemskidataahem

Smh I bet this would have double the amount if some r/mk mod would pin it 

So much for being inclusive in the community smh. Someone should make an IG story about it too.

Sent from my LG-US996 using Tapatalk

Pinning one groupbuy and not any others would just smack of favoritism.

it's okay, just complain about it on instagram

Who complained on instagram? Do you have a link?

I gotchu

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Whoopsies... just was startled by the amount of "inspired" renders.

Which is funny anyway because...



They're going against the ToS on Kickstarter :))

[chuckdee]

Which is funny anyway because...

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They're going against the ToS on Kickstarter :))

They don't have photorealistic renders.  Someone complained about that above, and Evan even quoted that as a reason they don't have it, i.e.

Backed for a three-pack.

Why is Kickstarter promo image a close up of a weird anime dude, instead of one of those sexy vivid 3D renders that showcase the actual product?

Realistic renders aren’t allowed. We could get our Kickstarter pulled if we did that :(

I mean, this might not be the intent, but it seems like drama is coming here because Evan expressed an opinion in the GMK Necro GB.  It was just an opinion, based on the support, which I think is totally valid.  But people there seemed not to think so, and thought he was crapping all over the group buy, including you.  Maybe take the higher road?

[clasicks]

Which is funny anyway because...

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They're going against the ToS on Kickstarter :))

They don't have photorealistic renders.  Someone complained about that above, and Evan even quoted that as a reason they don't have it, i.e.

Backed for a three-pack.

Why is Kickstarter promo image a close up of a weird anime dude, instead of one of those sexy vivid 3D renders that showcase the actual product?

Realistic renders aren’t allowed. We could get our Kickstarter pulled if we did that :(

I mean, this might not be the intent, but it seems like drama is coming here because Evan expressed an opinion in the GMK Necro GB.  It was just an opinion, based on the support, which I think is totally valid.  But people there seemed not to think so, and thought he was crapping all over the group buy, including you.  Maybe take the higher road?

lol, just saw that comment chain on necro.

and no that was not related to my op

[HardcoreDesk]

I would be more interested in buying a set in this profile if it didn’t have those icon mods, which look pretty bad, and if it came in better colorways. Most of the CWs you have just look like gaudy, over-the-too remakes of popular sets. The gray CW is the only visually appealing one, the rest are mostly vomit.

[xondat]

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Which is funny anyway because...

Show Image

They're going against the ToS on Kickstarter :))

They don't have photorealistic renders.  Someone complained about that above, and Evan even quoted that as a reason they don't have it, i.e.

Backed for a three-pack.

Why is Kickstarter promo image a close up of a weird anime dude, instead of one of those sexy vivid 3D renders that showcase the actual product?

Realistic renders aren’t allowed. We could get our Kickstarter pulled if we did that :(

I mean, this might not be the intent, but it seems like drama is coming here because Evan expressed an opinion in the GMK Necro GB.  It was just an opinion, based on the support, which I think is totally valid.  But people there seemed not to think so, and thought he was crapping all over the group buy, including you.  Maybe take the higher road?

Ay.

I think the main focus here is who complained on Instagram, whether it was an employee of thevankeyboards, or someone hacked their account.

[clasicks]

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Which is funny anyway because...

Show Image

They're going against the ToS on Kickstarter :))

They don't have photorealistic renders.  Someone complained about that above, and Evan even quoted that as a reason they don't have it, i.e.

Backed for a three-pack.

Why is Kickstarter promo image a close up of a weird anime dude, instead of one of those sexy vivid 3D renders that showcase the actual product?

Realistic renders aren’t allowed. We could get our Kickstarter pulled if we did that :(

I mean, this might not be the intent, but it seems like drama is coming here because Evan expressed an opinion in the GMK Necro GB.  It was just an opinion, based on the support, which I think is totally valid.  But people there seemed not to think so, and thought he was crapping all over the group buy, including you.  Maybe take the higher road?

Ay.

I think the main focus here is who complained on Instagram, whether it was an employee of thevankeyboards, or someone hacked their account.

do something embarrassing..... FAKE NEWS I GOT HACKERED

[chuckdee]

Which is funny anyway because...

Show Image

They're going against the ToS on Kickstarter :))

They don't have photorealistic renders.  Someone complained about that above, and Evan even quoted that as a reason they don't have it, i.e.

Backed for a three-pack.

Why is Kickstarter promo image a close up of a weird anime dude, instead of one of those sexy vivid 3D renders that showcase the actual product?

Realistic renders aren’t allowed. We could get our Kickstarter pulled if we did that :(

I mean, this might not be the intent, but it seems like drama is coming here because Evan expressed an opinion in the GMK Necro GB.  It was just an opinion, based on the support, which I think is totally valid.  But people there seemed not to think so, and thought he was crapping all over the group buy, including you.  Maybe take the higher road?

lol, just saw that comment chain on necro.

and no that was not related to my op

If you look at my post, you see that I quoted someone in particular.  This was not directed at you.

[megaforce]

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Which is funny anyway because...

Show Image

They're going against the ToS on Kickstarter :))

They don't have photorealistic renders.  Someone complained about that above, and Evan even quoted that as a reason they don't have it, i.e.

Backed for a three-pack.

Why is Kickstarter promo image a close up of a weird anime dude, instead of one of those sexy vivid 3D renders that showcase the actual product?

Realistic renders aren’t allowed. We could get our Kickstarter pulled if we did that :(

I mean, this might not be the intent, but it seems like drama is coming here because Evan expressed an opinion in the GMK Necro GB.  It was just an opinion, based on the support, which I think is totally valid.  But people there seemed not to think so, and thought he was crapping all over the group buy, including you.  Maybe take the higher road?

Ay.

I think the main focus here is who complained on Instagram, whether it was an employee of thevankeyboards, or someone hacked their account.

do something embarrassing..... FAKE NEWS I GOT HACKERED

Must be Facebook and the Kremlin.

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[KaosJ]

Everyone just stop to s h i t on other people GBs. 

The HUB is already not a simple project with that goal, creating drama out of literally nothing would just make this even harder. 

Please Xondat / others, step apart, be the good guys understanding the nature of this GB, just don't join if you don't like the project or the makers.     

[chuckdee]

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Which is funny anyway because...

Show Image

They're going against the ToS on Kickstarter :))

They don't have photorealistic renders.  Someone complained about that above, and Evan even quoted that as a reason they don't have it, i.e.

Backed for a three-pack.

Why is Kickstarter promo image a close up of a weird anime dude, instead of one of those sexy vivid 3D renders that showcase the actual product?

Realistic renders aren’t allowed. We could get our Kickstarter pulled if we did that :(

I mean, this might not be the intent, but it seems like drama is coming here because Evan expressed an opinion in the GMK Necro GB.  It was just an opinion, based on the support, which I think is totally valid.  But people there seemed not to think so, and thought he was crapping all over the group buy, including you.  Maybe take the higher road?

Ay.

I think the main focus here is who complained on Instagram, whether it was an employee of thevankeyboards, or someone hacked their account.

Considering that the last post (the one I quoted) was not even related to the conversation in question, I find that convenient.  So as not to derail this thread, I'll bow out now, with an apology if I misread the intent.

[clasicks]

Everyone just stop to **** on other people GBs. 

The HUB is already not a simple project with that goal, ****ting and creating drama out of literally nothing would just make this even harder. 

Please Xondat / Others, step apart, please understand the nature of this GB, just don't join if you don't like the project or the makers.   

yo i dont care about anything except the blatant "inspired" colorways.

chill out bro, you look bad.

[KaosJ]

Everyone just stop to **** on other people GBs. 

The HUB is already not a simple project with that goal, ****ting and creating drama out of literally nothing would just make this even harder. 

Please Xondat / Others, step apart, please understand the nature of this GB, just don't join if you don't like the project or the makers.   

yo i dont care about anything except the blatant "inspired" colorways.

chill out bro, you look bad.

I just asked nicely (except the auto-censure of gh that was just "s h i t t i n g") to stop hating and just don't join if you don't like guys. 

There are already 677 people who joined and creating drama on this GB is not only going against the makers, it is more like going against these 677 people who hopes HUB happens. 

[clasicks]

Everyone just stop to **** on other people GBs. 

The HUB is already not a simple project with that goal, ****ting and creating drama out of literally nothing would just make this even harder. 

Please Xondat / Others, step apart, please understand the nature of this GB, just don't join if you don't like the project or the makers.   

yo i dont care about anything except the blatant "inspired" colorways.

chill out bro, you look bad.

I just asked nicely (except the auto-censure of gh that was just "s h i t t i n g") to stop hating and just don't join if you don't like guys. 

There are already 677 people who joined and creating drama aka making the life hard for this GB like you are all doing rn is not going against the makers, is also going against these 677 people.

wat

[nmur]

Which is funny anyway because...

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They're going against the ToS on Kickstarter :))

from what i can see, the photo-realistic renderings are not on the actual kickstarter page

however, i would suggest supporters to be aware of why such a rule would be in place there

[megaforce]

Everyone just stop to **** on other people GBs. 

The HUB is already not a simple project with that goal, ****ting and creating drama out of literally nothing would just make this even harder. 

Please Xondat / Others, step apart, please understand the nature of this GB, just don't join if you don't like the project or the makers.   

yo i dont care about anything except the blatant "inspired" colorways.

chill out bro, you look bad.

I just asked nicely (except the auto-censure of gh that was just "s h i t t i n g") to stop hating and just don't join if you don't like guys. 

There are already 677 people who joined and creating drama aka making the life hard for this GB like you are all doing rn is not going against the makers, is also going against these 677 people. 

Pretty rich coming from you and your posts on ICs.

[xondat]

Fine, I'll keep it on topic:

Why have requests for price breakdown been ignored?

I've asked twice since I was considering supporting, but the fact it's been ignored makes it obvious a large chunk is not going to be used as understood.

[KaosJ]

wat

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Pretty rich coming from you and your posts on ICs.

Funny. 

1) Be positive on most of the GBs / ICs
2) Supporting many GBs / ICs
3) Be negative on few GBs / ICs

turns out that people only notice point 3.  Cool, I'm Giorgio now  ) 


I'm also negative usually when something is exagerated, e.g. CU at $400, which was a joke for multiple people. 

[megaforce]

Pretty rich coming from you and your posts on ICs.

Funny. 

1) Be positive on most of the GBs / ICs
2) Supporting many GBs / ICs
3) Be negative on few GBs / ICs

turns out that people only notice point 3.  Cool, I'm Giorgio now  ) 


I'm also negative usually when something is exagerated, e.g. CU at $400, which was a joke for multiple people. 

dw my guy, no one can top Giorgio the Terrible, but you can be his right-hand man/woman.

[KaosJ]

dw my guy, no one can top Giorgio the Terrible, but you can be his right-hand man/woman.

Oh god you are a monster. You just compared me to Giorgio where 10% or less of my posts are criticism against something and the rest are just questions or support toward the ic/gb.

weeeew

[Kafka]

Fine, I'll keep it on topic:

Why have requests for price breakdown been ignored?

I've asked twice since I was considering supporting, but the fact it's been ignored makes it obvious a large chunk is not going to be used as understood.

Is this true? I haven't kept up with the thread in a while but thats kinda spooky....

[frostbyte-gaming]

Fine, I'll keep it on topic:

Why have requests for price breakdown been ignored?

I've asked twice since I was considering supporting, but the fact it's been ignored makes it obvious a large chunk is not going to be used as understood.

I too would be interested in a price breakdown this is a lot of money were talking about here and it would be nice to know where our money is going.

[megaforce]

dw my guy, no one can top Giorgio the Terrible, but you can be his right-hand man/woman.

Oh god you are a monster. You just compared me to Giorgio where 10% or less of my posts are criticism against something and the rest are just questions or support toward the ic/gb.

weeeew

damn now you made me feel bad :C

I take back my comparisons between you and Giorgio c:

[KaosJ]

damn now you made me feel bad :C

I take back my comparisons between you and Giorgio c:

<3

[zekkin]

Fine, I'll keep it on topic:

Why have requests for price breakdown been ignored?

I've asked twice since I was considering supporting, but the fact it's been ignored makes it obvious a large chunk is not going to be used as understood.

I too would be interested in a price breakdown this is a lot of money were talking about here and it would be nice to know where our money is going.

I'll third this -- $500,000 is no small amount of money and there have been much more promising Kickstarters, the best example being Diaspora, which raised similar amounts of money ($500,000 - $1,000,000) and then promptly disappeared and fizzled into nothing.

I'd like to see a comprehensive breakdown (not to the dollar, maybe to the nearest $1000) of what amount of money is going to what part of creating this profile. I'd be much more keen provided we have that.