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[GB] GMK DOOM
« on: Fri, 23 March 2018, 11:16:03 »
Where to Order:

https://caps-unlocked.com/gmk-doom/

https://cartel.ltd/gmk-doom/

Group Buy Information:

MOQ: 150

Current Orders:

Lead Time: 12 Weeks

End Date: 20/04/2018

 

Product Information:

Inspired by one of the most influential hip-hop albums of all time, Madvillainy, and the MC, MF DOOM, capsunlocked is proud to present GMK DOOM.

GMK DOOM is capsunlocked's first original full size GMK keycap set, and features grey legends on black keycaps, with a bright and bold orange backspace key.

Base Kit:

The keycap set includes 149 keycaps and supports the following layouts:

 
  • ANSI
    ISO UK
    60%
    65%
    75%
    80%
    100%
    1800
    Winkeyless
    HHKB

Novelties:


The base kit also includes the following 4 novelties:

R4 1u DOOM Mask Key

R3 1.75u ALL CAPS Key

R4 1.25u DOOM Mask Key (x2)

The novelties can be seen in the product images, and were designed by Inosint!


If you have ever wanted a simple, elegant  keycap set, then GMK DOOM is for you.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 23 March 2018, 12:01:31 »
Looking so good. In!

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 23 March 2018, 13:22:19 »
Yes! It started!

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 23 March 2018, 14:02:14 »
Looking so good. In!

Thank you!

Yes! It started!

Finally! :D

I have resolved an issue with the store not displaying Royal Mail shipping options, and they should be visible now. :)


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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 23 March 2018, 14:19:14 »
Hadn't seen the new novelties yet. Glad to see this finally in GB. Looks great.
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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 23 March 2018, 21:54:32 »
Been looking forward to this set. Colors and novelties are on point.
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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #6 on: Fri, 23 March 2018, 23:06:49 »
Yes, in, so excited
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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #7 on: Sat, 24 March 2018, 01:53:02 »
Looks great! :D

Few questions:
- What's the difference in shipping between Large Letter and Parcel?
- The money will be deducted immediately or after the MOQ is reached?
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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #8 on: Sat, 24 March 2018, 05:59:29 »
Is it possible to only buy the novelties?

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #9 on: Sat, 24 March 2018, 06:33:09 »
a little sad that there's no orange 1.5 backspace for hhkb :(

Any chance in near future to run split-spacebar set?

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #10 on: Sat, 24 March 2018, 10:11:41 »
Looks great! :D

Few questions:
- What's the difference in shipping between Large Letter and Parcel?
- The money will be deducted immediately or after the MOQ is reached?

Thanks!

- For this product there is no difference, your product will still be packaged as a parcel.
- Immediately, but if the GB is unsuccessful you will be refunded as soon as it closes.


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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #11 on: Sat, 24 March 2018, 10:12:15 »
Is it possible to only buy the novelties?

No, sorry.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #12 on: Sat, 24 March 2018, 10:14:10 »
a little sad that there's no orange 1.5 backspace for hhkb :(

Any chance in near future to run split-spacebar set?


All future GMK sets will feature support for split space bars.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #13 on: Tue, 27 March 2018, 21:03:18 »
Just pre-paid for my order  :D :D :D Can't wait this is an amazing set!!!

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #14 on: Wed, 28 March 2018, 01:36:23 »
The price is different depending on which site you order from?

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #15 on: Wed, 28 March 2018, 02:01:20 »
It isn't clear from the links above that EU orders are from Caps Unlocked, and US orders are from Cartel. I mistakenly placed an order via the first link.

It would be great if you could check my PM, and also update the post above to be clearer which order link is for which region.

Thanks!

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #16 on: Thu, 29 March 2018, 15:31:46 »
It isn't clear from the links above that EU orders are from Caps Unlocked, and US orders are from Cartel. I mistakenly placed an order via the first link.

It would be great if you could check my PM, and also update the post above to be clearer which order link is for which region.

Thanks!

Not trying to be snide, but surely the price being in £ or $ makes it fairly clear?

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #17 on: Mon, 02 April 2018, 00:37:13 »
It isn't clear from the links above that EU orders are from Caps Unlocked, and US orders are from Cartel. I mistakenly placed an order via the first link.

It would be great if you could check my PM, and also update the post above to be clearer which order link is for which region.

Thanks!

Not trying to be snide, but surely the price being in £ or $ makes it fairly clear?

Given that the post doesn't say anything about ordering from different regions, I assumed it was just two possible sites to order from.

A simple "EU:" and "US/CAN:" might help to clarify.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #18 on: Tue, 03 April 2018, 02:08:15 »
This set would be perfect for me if it included 1.5u “Super” keys. Any chance of including those in round 2?  ;)

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #19 on: Tue, 03 April 2018, 14:24:13 »
An update regarding GMK DOOM:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/89h9vy/buying_gmk_doom_has_only_reached_25150_orders_the/?st=JFK1CFQQ&sh=07a28abd

There are currently only 25 confirmed orders.


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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #20 on: Thu, 05 April 2018, 14:03:37 »
An update regarding GMK DOOM:

https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/89h9vy/buying_gmk_doom_has_only_reached_25150_orders_the/?st=JFK1CFQQ&sh=07a28abd

There are currently only 25 confirmed orders.


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How do these Group Buy threads work?  Where does the exposure come from, if the thread is pushed to the second page and isn't updated in the google sheet of current group buys?

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #21 on: Thu, 05 April 2018, 14:28:08 »
The google sheet isn't well maintained, nor is the thread of 'active group buys and preorders'.  Exposure has to come from word of mouth, posting to reddit r/mk and r/mechmarket, being active on discord, getting bumps in your GB thread to keep it relevant and near the top, etc.  With so many keycap group buys having run in 2017 and 2018, sets don't sell themselves anymore.. gotta actively advertise.
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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #22 on: Thu, 05 April 2018, 14:32:25 »
I‘ll join later this month. Have to spread out expanses for my wife not getting to angry with me.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #23 on: Fri, 06 April 2018, 14:35:31 »
I am also joining later this month. I am really surprised to hear that there are only 25 confirmed orders though, that's a bit surprising for such a good looking set.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #24 on: Fri, 06 April 2018, 15:23:44 »
I am also joining later this month. I am really surprised to hear that there are only 25 confirmed orders though, that's a bit surprising for such a good looking set.
I think more renders with different angles, case colors and and layouts help a lot, even for a simple set like this one. Specially some using the novelty caps. 
This same feedback was given on Top clack when the set was discussed

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #25 on: Tue, 10 April 2018, 09:49:22 »
I am also joining later this month. I am really surprised to hear that there are only 25 confirmed orders though, that's a bit surprising for such a good looking set.
I think more renders with different angles, case colors and and layouts help a lot, even for a simple set like this one. Specially some using the novelty caps. 
This same feedback was given on Top clack when the set was discussed
any update on current order count?

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #26 on: Tue, 10 April 2018, 12:16:00 »
I'm in for this :)

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #27 on: Tue, 10 April 2018, 13:20:59 »
I'd really like to see this happen - I think I'm in for 2 just because the colorway is so broadly useful. Agree that some additional promotional effort, including more renders or cross-promotion (a render of this on the black M-60A could really grab some attention) would be helpful, and/or extending the GB period.
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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #28 on: Tue, 10 April 2018, 15:58:45 »
Just ordered. Hope this gets made but it would be nice to hear from Capsunlocked at this point.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #29 on: Fri, 13 April 2018, 15:36:58 »
This set is the perfect stealth set!  Come on people, let's make MOQ!!! :thumb:

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #30 on: Fri, 13 April 2018, 16:18:50 »
I got in this morning. Was hoping to see an update on quantity also.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #31 on: Fri, 13 April 2018, 22:04:38 »
The best part about this set is you can omit the orange modifier and pair it with accents from just about any other set. Nothing wrong with a basic black-on-black.
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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #32 on: Sat, 14 April 2018, 02:20:41 »
Just ordered. Hope this gets made but it would be nice to hear from Capsunlocked at this point.

This set is the perfect stealth set!  Come on people, let's make MOQ!!! :thumb:

I got in this morning. Was hoping to see an update on quantity also.

I'm in for this :)

Thank you all for the support, I really appreciate it!

There are currently only 36 confirmed orders, but I am waiting to receive their numbers.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #33 on: Sat, 14 April 2018, 07:46:21 »
You mean the numbers from the US proxy? Any chance this still gets made even if it doesn't reach MOQ?

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #34 on: Wed, 18 April 2018, 03:12:44 »
I need some more doom accents and two 1.5 caps and one 1.75 for my 96 layout . Does this kit already contain  this?

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #35 on: Wed, 18 April 2018, 10:01:00 »
It would be a shame if this set missed.

Trying to bump my order to two kits on cartel.ltd, but I don't see a way to do it without needing to place a whole new order. I sent a message via the contact form but if anyone has already done this, let me know how you went about it!

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #36 on: Thu, 19 April 2018, 01:47:42 »
Folks, this GB is scheduled to end on 20/04, so get on board fast! :)

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #37 on: Thu, 19 April 2018, 02:15:26 »
The current number of sets ordered is approximately 45.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #38 on: Thu, 19 April 2018, 02:32:44 »
I have joined now. Hope the gb makes it.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #39 on: Thu, 19 April 2018, 11:45:49 »
The current number of sets ordered is approximately 45.

That's really unfortunate, this is a great looking set.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #40 on: Fri, 20 April 2018, 16:05:24 »
GB ended...

Hope they can tell us what's what at this point.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #41 on: Fri, 20 April 2018, 16:58:40 »
Myself, Cartel and zFrontier are working together to try and make sure this set hits the MOQ. I am extending the GB until the 30th April, I have not had a chance to update the store page.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #42 on: Sat, 21 April 2018, 14:58:10 »
just joined

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #43 on: Mon, 23 April 2018, 15:54:27 »
Fingers crossed that we make it :D

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #44 on: Mon, 23 April 2018, 20:44:51 »
I know it is not suitable to say this here, because this GB is launching now.
N9 and CR' s RGB values are (49,51,55) and (5,5,5) respectively. In 3D renders , the two colors are a bit hard to distinguish. Now that the two colors exist in GMK color card, it is easier and better to get samples from GMK in comparison with custom colors.
That would be possible to promote this GB success.
Anyway, good luck with this GB.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #45 on: Mon, 23 April 2018, 23:36:36 »
I know it is not suitable to say this here, because this GB is launching now.
N9 and CR' s RGB values are (49,51,55) and (5,5,5) respectively. In 3D renders , the two colors are a bit hard to distinguish. Now that the two colors exist in GMK color card, it is easier and better to get samples from GMK in comparison with custom colors.
That would be possible to promote this GB success.
Anyway, good luck with this GB.

Aren't the Exent keys the same color codes? Those exist in reality, why not just look at them:


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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #46 on: Thu, 26 April 2018, 09:30:14 »
So what do numbers look like?

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #47 on: Thu, 26 April 2018, 09:33:41 »
So what do numbers look like?

63 Sets ordered so far.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #48 on: Sat, 28 April 2018, 00:13:34 »
Joined :)

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #49 on: Sat, 28 April 2018, 01:28:33 »
Reposting my thoughts from Reddit:

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Have you considered pulling the GB and re-running with better/different marketing and different kits? That worked out really well for SA By the Sea, which was objectively improved after its relaunch.

Breaking out a separate orange accent kit might be nice. It's a bit "in between ideas" right now.

Also the name leads people to think it's about Doom the game, and they probably come away disappointed (as opposed to Black-on-black).

GMK Doomsday might have been a more distinct name.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/8eaohb/buying_gmk_doom_update/dxuk1nt/
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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #50 on: Sat, 28 April 2018, 05:02:38 »
SA sets work in very different fashion from from GMK ones. I don't think that changing the base kit or adding more extra kits would help the GB.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #51 on: Sun, 29 April 2018, 07:00:19 »
Just joined, I'm super excited about the simple beauty of this set.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #52 on: Sun, 29 April 2018, 07:59:51 »
Just joined, I'm super excited about the simple beauty of this set.


Thank you for the support!

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #53 on: Sun, 29 April 2018, 09:12:42 »
Reposting my thoughts from Reddit:

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Have you considered pulling the GB and re-running with better/different marketing and different kits? That worked out really well for SA By the Sea, which was objectively improved after its relaunch.

Breaking out a separate orange accent kit might be nice. It's a bit "in between ideas" right now.

Also the name leads people to think it's about Doom the game, and they probably come away disappointed (as opposed to Black-on-black).

GMK Doomsday might have been a more distinct name.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/8eaohb/buying_gmk_doom_update/dxuk1nt/

Well the idea about renaming it to something like doomsday is a bit of a misnomer then since it's named after MF DOOM so calling it anything other than GMK DOOM would be a bit off. Though I see where the confusion comes from, but then just read the description of the set and all's solved.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #54 on: Mon, 30 April 2018, 07:13:09 »
The GB for GMK DOOM ends today!

capsunlocked, Cartel and zFrontier are close to agreeing a deal to purchase the amount of sets that are required to help GMK DOOM reach MOQ. If you are interested in this set, please join today!

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #55 on: Mon, 30 April 2018, 09:10:19 »
Reposting my thoughts from Reddit:

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Have you considered pulling the GB and re-running with better/different marketing and different kits? That worked out really well for SA By the Sea, which was objectively improved after its relaunch.

Breaking out a separate orange accent kit might be nice. It's a bit "in between ideas" right now.

Also the name leads people to think it's about Doom the game, and they probably come away disappointed (as opposed to Black-on-black).

GMK Doomsday might have been a more distinct name.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/8eaohb/buying_gmk_doom_update/dxuk1nt/

Well the idea about renaming it to something like doomsday is a bit of a misnomer then since it's named after MF DOOM so calling it anything other than GMK DOOM would be a bit off. Though I see where the confusion comes from, but then just read the description of the set and all's solved.

I beg to differ:

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #56 on: Mon, 30 April 2018, 10:20:35 »
Reposting my thoughts from Reddit:

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Have you considered pulling the GB and re-running with better/different marketing and different kits? That worked out really well for SA By the Sea, which was objectively improved after its relaunch.

Breaking out a separate orange accent kit might be nice. It's a bit "in between ideas" right now.

Also the name leads people to think it's about Doom the game, and they probably come away disappointed (as opposed to Black-on-black).

GMK Doomsday might have been a more distinct name.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/8eaohb/buying_gmk_doom_update/dxuk1nt/

Well the idea about renaming it to something like doomsday is a bit of a misnomer then since it's named after MF DOOM so calling it anything other than GMK DOOM would be a bit off. Though I see where the confusion comes from, but then just read the description of the set and all's solved.

I beg to differ:

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That cover is not the inspiration for this set, Madvillainy is. . . also if you read the IC you will see there was a lot of discussion and decisions made to the set. Including, an accent kit. Holding up the GB to talk about it more probably wouldn't offer a significant benefit. If Cartel and zFrontier snap up sets to make MOQ, then no need.

Maybe what you are suggesting is the release of a second set with Doomsday as the inspiration.
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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #57 on: Mon, 30 April 2018, 15:29:43 »
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Any news..?


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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #58 on: Mon, 30 April 2018, 15:56:31 »
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Any news..?

About what?

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #59 on: Mon, 30 April 2018, 16:30:14 »
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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #60 on: Mon, 30 April 2018, 17:24:46 »
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Any news..?

About what?

About the joint venture of vendors moving forward and the production of GMK Doom being confirmed..?

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #61 on: Mon, 30 April 2018, 17:34:29 »
Ah okay, I believe they said in their reddit post today that they are finalizing details on that. It seems like it's definitely going through.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #62 on: Mon, 30 April 2018, 18:11:27 »
Reposting my thoughts from Reddit:

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Have you considered pulling the GB and re-running with better/different marketing and different kits? That worked out really well for SA By the Sea, which was objectively improved after its relaunch.

Breaking out a separate orange accent kit might be nice. It's a bit "in between ideas" right now.

Also the name leads people to think it's about Doom the game, and they probably come away disappointed (as opposed to Black-on-black).

GMK Doomsday might have been a more distinct name.

https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/8eaohb/buying_gmk_doom_update/dxuk1nt/

Well the idea about renaming it to something like doomsday is a bit of a misnomer then since it's named after MF DOOM so calling it anything other than GMK DOOM would be a bit off. Though I see where the confusion comes from, but then just read the description of the set and all's solved.

I beg to differ:

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #63 on: Fri, 04 May 2018, 01:46:40 »
So what is going on with this?

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #64 on: Tue, 08 May 2018, 01:27:43 »
Can we get an update? It would be good to know if this is moving forward or not.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #65 on: Tue, 08 May 2018, 02:19:46 »
Is this happening?

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #66 on: Tue, 08 May 2018, 02:28:53 »
Hey Everyone!

There were 80 confirmed orders for GMK DOOM, which is 70 orders short of the MOQ.

Myself, zFrontier and Cartel are close to purchasing the extra sets required for this to hit MOQ.

We have discussed this between each other, and now I am currently waiting for all parties to confirm that they are happy to purchase each of their respective amount of sets.

I am sorry for this delay.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #67 on: Tue, 15 May 2018, 03:21:14 »
Updates? GB should be closed by now?
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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #68 on: Wed, 16 May 2018, 22:09:12 »
ne ne?

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #69 on: Wed, 16 May 2018, 22:46:26 »
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GMK Doom Group Buy

The buy has closed, but not yet completed. capsunlocked, zFrontier, and ourselves are discussing the remaining units needed to reach MOQ. The conversation is positive and we're expecting to go to GMK and place the order soon. In the mean time, if you missed the buy and want to grab a kit before we complete the buy, please contact us (or capsunlocked if you're in Europe), and we'll see what we can do to squeeze you in now.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #70 on: Fri, 25 May 2018, 14:33:44 »
Nothing yet..?

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #71 on: Mon, 28 May 2018, 07:56:01 »
What is that case shown on the render?

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #72 on: Mon, 28 May 2018, 11:35:07 »
What is that case shown on the render?
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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #73 on: Thu, 31 May 2018, 15:53:00 »
@CAPS UNLOCKED

So after all the effort to get this going, you just bail out?

I will never buy or recommend anything from your store again. Congrats, you just lost a customer for life.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #74 on: Thu, 31 May 2018, 15:56:56 »
@CAPS UNLOCKED

So after all the effort to get this going, you just bail out?

I will never buy or recommend anything from your store again. Congrats, you just lost a customer for life.
Who said he bailed out?

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #75 on: Thu, 31 May 2018, 15:58:02 »
For context:

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GMK Doom Group Buy

We received the unfortunate news from CapsUnlocked that the buy is not moving forward. We are disappointed in this decision. To give some background: through a series of emails and direct discord chats, CapsUnlocked, Cartel, and zFrontier came to an agreement that the remaining units needed to reach MOQ would be purchased by the three companies, each taking an equal share of these. zFrontier and Cartel were happy with this decision and ready to pay for our respective parts of the group buy. For transparency, here's what happened and when it happened:
  • April 30th: The GMK Doom group buy officially ends, while short of the minimum for MOQ, all three retailers (CapsUnlocked, Cartel, and zFrontier) are hopeful to make the buy happen anyways.
  • May 5th: The even, 3 way split was proposed by Cartel, when it was made clear that both CapsUnlocked and zFrontier were also interested in picking up the extra kits.
  • May 11th: It was confirmed everyone was happy to pick up the number of sets they would need to pick up to reach MOQ and move forward with the GB. Invoice requests were sent by CapsUnlocked to GMK around that time
  • May 21st: A second request for the invoices was sent according to CapsUnlocked.
  • May 29th: In the evening we received notice from CapsUnlocked that he would not be purchasing his portion of the additional GMK Doom kits needed to reach MOQ and was refunding his customer orders, since the runner was refunding, both zFrontier and Cartel would need to do the same.
That leaves us at the present moment - today we're notifying you of this unfortunate development. For those who ordered through Cartel, I have begun processing refunds today. If you have not received some form of notification within the next 7 days, please feel free to contact me directly through PM, or to reach out to us through our web form or at the phone number and email listed on the footer of our site.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #76 on: Thu, 31 May 2018, 16:18:36 »
@CAPS UNLOCKED

So after all the effort to get this going, you just bail out?

I will never buy or recommend anything from your store again. Congrats, you just lost a customer for life.

We all got cucked

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #77 on: Thu, 31 May 2018, 16:21:27 »
Im surprised that the news came from cartel first and not CU............ :thinking:
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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #78 on: Thu, 31 May 2018, 16:36:57 »
Im surprised that the news came from cartel first and not CU............ :thinking:

Cartel has been the source of pretty much every actual update for this buy, not sure what the bloody hell cu is doing.
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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #79 on: Thu, 31 May 2018, 16:49:09 »
CapsUnlocked, as GB runner, also did approximately zero work to advertise/publicize this buy after the IC phase, which is part of why we're in this situation in the first place. Pretty shoddy effort. I was excited about this set - super disappointed now.
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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #80 on: Thu, 31 May 2018, 17:17:12 »
Shame that we're in the spot and that it couldn't even be CapsUnlocked themselves bothering to bring news and updates to the people that ordered their set. Makes me apprehensive of any GBs from them in the future considering this is the way they chose to conduct this one.

On a somewhat related note, this whole situation also brought to my attention a recent trend in GBs, of choosing to drag them on and on when it looks like they're having issues, usually at the expense of those participating in the buy. I've seen a couple in the past few months that have done this and I don't think that it's healthy for those GBs or for any of the GBs going on at the same time to drag it out and take up the time and money from anyone that participated in them.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #81 on: Thu, 31 May 2018, 20:05:56 »

Could you say that this group buy was... DOOMED??!   :cool: ;D

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #82 on: Thu, 31 May 2018, 20:12:02 »
supremely disappointed :(

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #83 on: Thu, 31 May 2018, 20:30:18 »


This GB has been a roller coaster of emotions.  Did capsunlocked give a reason for the sudden change in mind? Like others have said, was really looking forward to this one  :'(
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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #84 on: Thu, 31 May 2018, 21:47:43 »
Man, even though I found this set late and was not able to hop on the GB, but still bummed that it didn't end up happening.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #85 on: Thu, 31 May 2018, 22:24:40 »
Hey all,

This is Tony (end) from Cartel. I just wanted to restate that the information I've provided in the most active reddit post about this, is all we know. We really wanted to get this information out as quick as we could once we found out the state of things, we felt everyone has been hanging long enough waiting for an update and it was a disservice to you to not inform you as soon as we could. I don't have any hard and specific information as to what made CapsUnlocked change his mind, beyond wanting to focus the extra money elsewhere in the business. If that was a specific buy or multiple buys, or just a different non-gb product? I do not know, and I prefer not to speculate. I'll leave specifics to Caps, should he choose to share.

For those who joined through Cartel, my apologies we couldn't let you know about this sooner (if we had known sooner, we would have shared sooner) and start your refund process sooner. As stated in the original thread on reddit, we're processing the refunds now and should be done in no more than a week. If you haven't seen some sign of your refund being processed back to you by the 7th, contact us through the website, reddit PMs, the major mechkeys discord (I'm listed under the vendor category on that discord and get private messages to both my computer and phone), whatever works best for you.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #86 on: Thu, 31 May 2018, 22:36:27 »
Yea it's a tad dodgy that capsunlocked backed out of the agreement, but honestly can't really fault someone for not wanting to front nearly $4000 for a set that barely passed 50% of moq.  Would you spend that and sit on 23 sets?  No.
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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #87 on: Thu, 31 May 2018, 22:39:56 »
Yea it's a tad dodgy that capsunlocked backed out of the agreement, but honestly can't really fault someone for not wanting to front nearly $4000 for a set that barely passed 50% of moq.  Would you spend that and sit on 23 sets?  No.

It's fine that he wanted to back out, but he should have been more open to the participants about it.

I think the lack of communication is dodgier.



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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #88 on: Thu, 31 May 2018, 23:05:15 »
Yea it's a tad dodgy that capsunlocked backed out of the agreement, but honestly can't really fault someone for not wanting to front nearly $4000 for a set that barely passed 50% of moq.  Would you spend that and sit on 23 sets?  No.

It's fine that he wanted to back out, but he should have been more open to the participants about it.

I think the lack of communication is dodgier.

If there wasn't an agreement that had happened, I'd be fine with them just wanting to drop. But the dealio is there was an agreement, they waited a month while holding people's money, then just dipped. Plus for a good deal less than $4k, sitting on 23 sets would have been no big deal, there's always people messaging after a GB ends "hey, i missed this cause my car got cancer and my cat needed a new clutch, can i pick up a set somehow" and there's also people that will go for it after it starts showing up on r/mk. The sets would have sold before they ever reached their hands if they chose to list them ahead.

And here's the big kicker. Is it CU in here telling us they decided to kill the set in favor of some other unrelated thing a month after an agreement? No, it's up to one of the proxies to take responsibility and explain what's going on for everyone that's here wondering what's going on, and the same deal is having to happen for everyone that bought from zFrontier with no updates. This has been disrespectful to the proxies of the set who worked hard to make sure it had visibility and actually posted about it, and it's disrespectful to the buyers that were just left in the dark, and it doesn't make me want to bother with anything from them in the future.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #89 on: Fri, 01 June 2018, 01:10:31 »
I can forgive them wanting to back out of the GB. To be quite honest, I was surprised, but happy, that the rest of the spots were being bought out. Especially for how little orders were put in during the GB. I don't like that they did it but backing out even when there was an agreement is forgivable in my eyes. Especially if they thought it was a bad idea.

What I don't like about this whole situation is how little communication there was from CU in terms of advertising and updates. I appreciate the updates that were coming from Cartel but it always felt strange that we were getting radio silence from CU. I don't think it's too far a stretch to say that others any myself will be understanding if updates are given. Leaving us in the dark for a month and leaving it up to a proxy to send out updates isn't what I'd call good communication at all. I'm not naming any names but we've seen from other GBs what happens when updates aren't given. Not giving an update just isn't acceptable in this hobby where we're handing over such large amounts of money.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #90 on: Fri, 01 June 2018, 04:50:47 »
Hi Everyone,

Firstly, I would like to apologise to all of the GB participants and those waiting for extras. If you join a group buy, you should constantly know what is happening with the set, and I agree that I did not provide frequent updates on the status of this set, especially after the GB had concluded. I can understand that people may think there was something dodgy occurring, however there wasn't.  Regardless of what caused the delays, I should have updated everyone immediately.

Secondly, this group buy will no longer be going ahead because I am no longer able to purchase the extra sets required for this group buy. I am working on other unannounced projects, and unfortunately the resources for GMK DOOM became unavailable. I had to decide about which projects would be funded, and unfortunately DOOM was cancelled. The fact that DOOM did not do well during the GB also contributed to this decision. Instead of pushing the current set through (and cancelling another project), I think it would be better to work on this set and launch a new GB later in the future (or perhaps just release the novelties as a pack), but that isn't confirmed and it will be far into the future if it happens.

It shouldn't have been Cartel to break the news to you (I am not criticising them, they are simply being honest with their customers), it should have been me. I think that I need to review and improve the way I conduct group buys, before I start any others in the future, to avoid this situation again.

Everyone who purchased a set via capsunlocked will be refunded by the end of the day.

I am sure that many of you have questions, and so please feel free to ask.


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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #91 on: Fri, 01 June 2018, 08:23:54 »
Cartel has already shown availability to run the GB for this set, with a few revisions. At this point, given the circumstances, the best thing you could do is to give Cartel permission to run this GB. For me, it's the only way you have to save face.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #92 on: Fri, 01 June 2018, 10:06:51 »
Hi Everyone,

Firstly, I would like to apologise to all of the GB participants and those waiting for extras. If you join a group buy, you should constantly know what is happening with the set, and I agree that I did not provide frequent updates on the status of this set, especially after the GB had concluded. I can understand that people may think there was something dodgy occurring, however there wasn't.  Regardless of what caused the delays, I should have updated everyone immediately.

Secondly, this group buy will no longer be going ahead because I am no longer able to purchase the extra sets required for this group buy. I am working on other unannounced projects, and unfortunately the resources for GMK DOOM became unavailable. I had to decide about which projects would be funded, and unfortunately DOOM was cancelled. The fact that DOOM did not do well during the GB also contributed to this decision. Instead of pushing the current set through (and cancelling another project), I think it would be better to work on this set and launch a new GB later in the future (or perhaps just release the novelties as a pack), but that isn't confirmed and it will be far into the future if it happens.

It shouldn't have been Cartel to break the news to you (I am not criticising them, they are simply being honest with their customers), it should have been me. I think that I need to review and improve the way I conduct group buys, before I start any others in the future, to avoid this situation again.

Everyone who purchased a set via capsunlocked will be refunded by the end of the day.

I am sure that many of you have questions, and so please feel free to ask.

What a stupid business move.

You absolutely should have pushed this set through, and canceled or delayed whatever else you were working on that has taken time & resources away from GMK Doom... whats to stop you from abandoning these next projects for something else further down the line, or for some other convenient reason?

The fact that GMK Doom didn't do well rests solely on you, as you did 0 advertising for it during the gb phase, and basically ghosted everyone after the initial offering. You failed to do anything to actually support your work. Then even after an agreement had been reached to buy the remaining kits and reach moq, you abandoned your own project, and left your partners and investors out to dry.

GMK Doom not making it to moq doesn't faze me; the fact that it failed because you lost interest and decided to divert funds earmarked specifically for it, to some other unknown project, is what pisses me off.

I will be avoiding any projects you are involved with in the future, and actively encouraging others to do so as well. At this point, I would also appreciate if you gave control of GMK Doom to someone else who is willing to see it through to the end.

*edited for spelling and grammar, even though its still terrible.
« Last Edit: Fri, 01 June 2018, 12:24:34 by Eon2001 »

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #93 on: Fri, 01 June 2018, 11:29:03 »
^^^^^^^ yeah, all of that.
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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #94 on: Fri, 01 June 2018, 11:36:19 »
Sorry for that, it was a really nice colorway. I'm starting to hate super high contrast sets, and this one would have been nice. Yet I'm starting to hate the high prices of gmk. Without vat this would have been only 110 eur, which looks more acceptable.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #95 on: Fri, 01 June 2018, 12:16:55 »
Hi Everyone,

Firstly, I would like to apologise to all of the GB participants and those waiting for extras. If you join a group buy, you should constantly know what is happening with the set, and I agree that I did not provide frequent updates on the status of this set, especially after the GB had concluded. I can understand that people may think there was something dodgy occurring, however there wasn't.  Regardless of what caused the delays, I should have updated everyone immediately.

Secondly, this group buy will no longer be going ahead because I am no longer able to purchase the extra sets required for this group buy. I am working on other unannounced projects, and unfortunately the resources for GMK DOOM became unavailable. I had to decide about which projects would be funded, and unfortunately DOOM was cancelled. The fact that DOOM did not do well during the GB also contributed to this decision. Instead of pushing the current set through (and cancelling another project), I think it would be better to work on this set and launch a new GB later in the future (or perhaps just release the novelties as a pack), but that isn't confirmed and it will be far into the future if it happens.

It shouldn't have been Cartel to break the news to you (I am not criticising them, they are simply being honest with their customers), it should have been me. I think that I need to review and improve the way I conduct group buys, before I start any others in the future, to avoid this situation again.

Everyone who purchased a set via capsunlocked will be refunded by the end of the day.

I am sure that many of you have questions, and so please feel free to ask.

What stupid business move.

You absolutely should have pushed this set through, and canceled or delayed whatever else you were working on that has taken time & resources away from GMK Doom... whats to stop you from abandoning these next projects for something else further down the line, or for some other convenient reason?

The fact that GMK Doom didnt do well rests soley on you, as you did 0 advertising for it during the gb phase, and basically ghosted everyone after the initial offering. You failed to do anything to actually support your work. Then even after an agreement had been reached to buy the remaining kits and reach moq, you abandoned your own project, and left your partners and investors out to dry.

GMK Doom not making it to moq doesnt faze me; the fact that it failed because you lost interest and decided to divert funds earmarked specifically for it, to some other unknown project, is what pisses me off.

I will be avoiding any projects you are involved with in the future, and actively encouraging others to do so as well. At this point, I would also appreciate if you gave control of the project to someone else willing to see it through to the end.

*edited for spelling and grammar, even though its still terrible.

Pretty much this.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #96 on: Fri, 01 June 2018, 12:24:53 »
Your next project better be amazing otherwise people will operate under the assumption that you'll kill it at any random time when you think of something you like better.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #97 on: Fri, 01 June 2018, 13:09:51 »
Your next project better be amazing otherwise people will operate under the assumption that you'll kill it at any random time when you think of something you like better.

Too late, I am already planning to not go in on any future Caps Unlocked projects.  What's to stop the guy from pulling this again?

There will always be plenty of other GB's to jump in on in the future.  Doesn't make sense to waste your time and money on GB runners that just don't care...
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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #98 on: Fri, 01 June 2018, 14:32:46 »
Wew, good thing I only bought 1 accent kit to go with this instead of the 3 or so I had planned.

Someone please just run GMK black-on-black.
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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #99 on: Fri, 01 June 2018, 14:53:18 »
Someone please just run GMK black-on-black.

Don't say that too loudly or I might just have to add that to my list of sets :3

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #100 on: Fri, 01 June 2018, 15:14:06 »
Hey all,

This is Tony (end) from Cartel. I just wanted to restate that the information I've provided in the most active reddit post about this, is all we know. We really wanted to get this information out as quick as we could once we found out the state of things, we felt everyone has been hanging long enough waiting for an update and it was a disservice to you to not inform you as soon as we could. I don't have any hard and specific information as to what made CapsUnlocked change his mind, beyond wanting to focus the extra money elsewhere in the business. If that was a specific buy or multiple buys, or just a different non-gb product? I do not know, and I prefer not to speculate. I'll leave specifics to Caps, should he choose to share.

For those who joined through Cartel, my apologies we couldn't let you know about this sooner (if we had known sooner, we would have shared sooner) and start your refund process sooner. As stated in the original thread on reddit, we're processing the refunds now and should be done in no more than a week. If you haven't seen some sign of your refund being processed back to you by the 7th, contact us through the website, reddit PMs, the major mechkeys discord (I'm listed under the vendor category on that discord and get private messages to both my computer and phone), whatever works best for you.

You (Cartel) should remove the novelties and just run the colourway. GMK grey on black, done.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #101 on: Fri, 01 June 2018, 15:16:50 »
I'm just going to put this out here: I'd like to see this turn into a full coverage version of the EXENT keyset.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #102 on: Fri, 01 June 2018, 16:47:12 »

... remove the novelties and just run the colourway. GMK grey on black, done.

I'd be all over this, 100%. I joined specifically for the gray on black color way. Drop the novelties and that would cut costs, correct? May pick up additional buyers for that reason alone.

I know that takes away from the original theme and some were interested in the novelties. But still - just an idea  :thumb:

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #103 on: Fri, 01 June 2018, 16:59:08 »

... remove the novelties and just run the colourway. GMK grey on black, done.

I'd be all over this, 100%. I joined specifically for the gray on black color way. Drop the novelties and that would cut costs, correct? May pick up additional buyers for that reason alone.

I know that takes away from the original theme and some were interested in the novelties. But still - just an idea  :thumb:

While I've considered doing just that since I was quite disappointed the set got cancelled on me, this is still a good bit CU's design, and even copying the kit without the novelties could be a bit too far past what people would consider stealing the design. I have actually PM'd CU to see if they'd not care if I did try to run a grey on black set completely unrelated to Doom, because I felt that was the proper way to try going about it. If successful in my inquiry, I've got some plans for the set that I think could turn out well if applied correctly. If I don't hear back from CU on the matter, I'm not completely certain what to do about it since I'd like to make a set with these colors happen, but don't want to run over people's feet.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #104 on: Fri, 01 June 2018, 17:04:23 »
Without the novelties it's not CU's design, as this colourway has been run before on the Exent set. Additionally, as Cartel has already showed interest in running this, I think they should be the ones to do it, as they were heavily involved in this GB.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #105 on: Fri, 01 June 2018, 17:08:51 »

... remove the novelties and just run the colourway. GMK grey on black, done.

I'd be all over this, 100%. I joined specifically for the gray on black color way. Drop the novelties and that would cut costs, correct? May pick up additional buyers for that reason alone.

I know that takes away from the original theme and some were interested in the novelties. But still - just an idea  :thumb:

While I've considered doing just that since I was quite disappointed the set got cancelled on me, this is still a good bit CU's design, and even copying the kit without the novelties could be a bit too far past what people would consider stealing the design. I have actually PM'd CU to see if they'd not care if I did try to run a grey on black set completely unrelated to Doom, because I felt that was the proper way to try going about it. If successful in my inquiry, I've got some plans for the set that I think could turn out well if applied correctly. If I don't hear back from CU on the matter, I'm not completely certain what to do about it since I'd like to make a set with these colors happen, but don't want to run over people's feet.

Oh certainly - didn't mean for that to sound like "take it and run". I completely understand why that's a good approach in a scenario like this. Just crossing my fingers that we'll see a gray on black set in the near(ish) future.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #106 on: Fri, 01 June 2018, 17:11:49 »
Without the novelties it's not CU's design, as this colourway has been run before on the Exent set. Additionally, as Cartel has already showed interest in running this, I think they should be the ones to do it, as they were heavily involved in this GB.

I'd be interested in letting them have it to run as we're pretty good buddies, I'm just wanting to get my hands on the set design for it really since I don't get much of an opportunity to throw together a set without having to worry about all the logistics behind it. Plus I think I could do a decent bit to help the kit design out.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #107 on: Fri, 01 June 2018, 19:07:50 »
As long as a GMK Grey on Black keyset with modern compatibility comes out, I’ll join.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #108 on: Fri, 01 June 2018, 20:04:13 »
I was in it for the base key colors too, not the novelties. If there's an opportunity to re-run this with just the grey on black, I'd be in!

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #109 on: Fri, 01 June 2018, 21:47:44 »
I'm just going to put this out here: I'd like to see this turn into a full coverage version of the EXENT keyset.

This is exactly what I want. Frankly, I wasn't interested in the Doom novelties at all, wasn't even planning on using them.

Can someone make this happen?

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #110 on: Fri, 01 June 2018, 23:50:45 »
So, where's my money?

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #111 on: Sat, 02 June 2018, 01:08:17 »
Donut, I don't see why we'd have any issue with collaborating on it if you have some ideas and get the greenlight from CU (I agree with you on that, matter of respect even if the core colorway has shown up elsewhere). Obviously sales logistics is the only real question mark since we're both US retailers, but I imagine we could all sort something fair out.

Let me know what you hear and think tho, maybe there's something we can all make happen here.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #112 on: Sat, 02 June 2018, 10:45:25 »
Good news my lads

I'll start throwing together some kit mockups. One thing to consider is right now GMK is pretty saturated, so this will probably get put off until we can find a good spot to run it in where it'll do well.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #113 on: Sat, 02 June 2018, 10:47:55 »
Good news my lads
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I'll start throwing together some kit mockups. One thing to consider is right now GMK is pretty saturated, so this will probably get put off until we can find a good spot to run it in where it'll do well.

Nice! Thanks for picking up this project. Really excited for this.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #114 on: Sat, 02 June 2018, 10:54:33 »
Good news my lads
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I'll start throwing together some kit mockups. One thing to consider is right now GMK is pretty saturated, so this will probably get put off until we can find a good spot to run it in where it'll do well.
Yeah Donut! You’re quickly going to become the mono-color keyset man if you’re not careful.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #115 on: Sun, 03 June 2018, 01:02:19 »
So, where's my money?

Good question. I'm in for GMK gray-on-black, but what's the plan for refunding existing orders?
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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #116 on: Sun, 03 June 2018, 01:50:21 »
I got refunded by CU yesterday...

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #119 on: Sat, 13 April 2019, 12:08:36 »
Wow...! I didn't know this even existed... any chance of this going up again?

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #120 on: Sat, 13 April 2019, 12:43:54 »
Ah, OK. Just read through this... well.

Feelin' foolish.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #121 on: Sat, 13 April 2019, 18:48:56 »
Still hoping for the best...


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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #122 on: Sat, 13 April 2019, 19:46:27 »
I think with a smaller base kit like GMK Minimal and better pricing this could really work

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #123 on: Wed, 27 May 2020, 05:48:54 »
Sorry for necro. Any chance for this to return? I just love the novelties  :D

Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #124 on: Fri, 15 January 2021, 10:14:22 »
I know this GB is dead, just bumping it if any creators see this and want to start a DOOM set from scratch given his recent passing.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #125 on: Fri, 15 January 2021, 10:23:46 »
I know this GB is dead, just bumping it if any creators see this and want to start a DOOM set from scratch given his recent passing.

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #126 on: Fri, 15 January 2021, 11:27:54 »
I know this GB is dead, just bumping it if any creators see this and want to start a DOOM set from scratch given his recent passing.

i have one cooking

Nice, looking forward to it!


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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #127 on: Fri, 15 January 2021, 13:05:48 »
Yes, please!

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Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #128 on: Sat, 16 January 2021, 11:33:13 »
I know this GB is dead, just bumping it if any creators see this and want to start a DOOM set from scratch given his recent passing.

i have one cooking

Nice, looking forward to it!

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Nice!  I just thought about this set the other day and wondered if it had happened. 

Also, that painting.  Oof, right in the feels.

Re: [GB] GMK DOOM
« Reply #129 on: Sat, 16 January 2021, 17:16:38 »
I know this GB is dead, just bumping it if any creators see this and want to start a DOOM set from scratch given his recent passing.

i have one cooking

Nice, looking forward to it!

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Nice!  I just thought about this set the other day and wondered if it had happened. 

Also, that painting.  Oof, right in the feels.

Yeah Doom's death hit hard. Artist's IG is @amoxiliion