Author Topic: Chicagoland Meetup (Read 77491 times)

Quote from: i3oilermaker on Sat, 18 August 2012, 22:06:19
Quote from: tipo33 on Sat, 18 August 2012, 22:04:22
I would buy a Korean custom with ALPS switches.

Not if your gf has anything to say about it
She doesn't have to know.

LOL! we should move to Dan's subforum to post all this stuff. I hate having to sift through the pages.

demik · « **Reply #259 on:** Sat, 18 August 2012, 22:10:37 »

no, the 356 cannot be had in alps flavor. kawa doesnt know what he's talking about.

there is one board that was a hybrid mx/alps board. pk3 i think it was called.

ALSO IT WAS NICE TO MEET YOU GUYS!

fartq · « **Reply #260 on:** Sat, 18 August 2012, 22:11:19 »

whaaaaaaa i thought yg had one?!?!

fartq · « **Reply #261 on:** Sat, 18 August 2012, 22:12:25 »

also i have a trustworthy contact in japan, but you have to find the product that you want imported

tipo33 · « **Reply #262 on:** Sat, 18 August 2012, 22:12:33 »

Quote from: demik on Sat, 18 August 2012, 22:10:37

no, the 356 cannot be had in alps flavor. kawa doesnt know what he's talking about.

there is one board that was a hybrid mx/alps board. pk3 i think it was called.

Awwwwww..... I got all exited

AKIMbO · « **Reply #263 on:** Sat, 18 August 2012, 22:17:07 »

I like how most of the keyboards on that pool table are of the vintage persuasion.

fartq · « **Reply #264 on:** Sat, 18 August 2012, 22:17:32 »

well it's basically impossible to find any of those boards on the used market, so there's not much to be excited about until we get the datasheets for the new matias parts

SmallFry · « **Reply #265 on:** Sat, 18 August 2012, 22:18:26 »

Can too! BAM! Look in his signature!

DanGWanG · « **Reply #266 on:** Sat, 18 August 2012, 22:21:16 »

Quote from: AKIMbO on Sat, 18 August 2012, 22:17:07

I like how most of the keyboards on that pool table are of the vintage persuasion.

Chicago loves the vintage I guess lol

demik · « **Reply #267 on:** Sat, 18 August 2012, 22:25:39 »

Quote from: SmallFry on Sat, 18 August 2012, 22:18:26

Can too! BAM! Look in his signature!

~~that is wrong IIRC. 356 is only cherry flavor~~.

I've been corrected, there were 2 ever made.

Would make sense Dr. Choi would own one lol.

Trent · « **Reply #268 on:** Sat, 18 August 2012, 23:26:41 »

Quote from: DanGWanG on Sat, 18 August 2012, 20:18:14

Quote from: mkawa on Sat, 18 August 2012, 20:15:04
AWESOME!!! super jelly! too many things to make cohesive comments, BUT where'd the beta makeymakey come from?

Trent brought that =) We had a live band going....of chimes, cowbells and all sorts of other sounds....

Hehe yeah. I paid for one in May, and luckily it came in the mail this morning, brought it cause its keyboard related.

Quote from: AKIMbO on Sat, 18 August 2012, 22:17:07

I like how most of the keyboards on that pool table are of the vintage persuasion.

I brought like 10 keyboards, only one of the wasn't vintage (KBT Race) haha

Quote from: tipo33 on Sat, 18 August 2012, 22:08:05

Quote from: i3oilermaker on Sat, 18 August 2012, 22:06:19
Quote from: tipo33 on Sat, 18 August 2012, 22:04:22
I would buy a Korean custom with ALPS switches.

Not if your gf has anything to say about it
She doesn't have to know.

Yeah, its not like you paid $27 for the Adesso I ordered for you on eBay and then picked up $30 worth of boxes at ma haus right after the meeting

-- I've gotta say tho, it was a pretty modern transaction since I got to finally use my Square reader for something haha.

EDIT: And since I had my massive haul of fujitsu peerless when I bought the four pallets of keyboards (see deskthority for my thread) I brought one to give away to whoever wanted it/had the most modest keyboard collection. I gave it to SmallFry and now he has another to his collection. Hopefully he will enjoy it since I have about 14 others just sitting my garage rotting, not too many people seem to like the peerless switch I've tried to sell a couple and they haven't panned out as well as I have thought.

SmallFry · « **Reply #269 on:** Sun, 19 August 2012, 00:38:11 »

I really like that Peerless, very smooth. Were those AT you said Trent? Also, got my Leopold working.

Bad solder connection from Leopold, I think.

Trent · « **Reply #270 on:** Sun, 19 August 2012, 00:47:19 »

Quote from: SmallFry on Sun, 19 August 2012, 00:38:11

I really like that Peerless, very smooth. Were those AT you said Trent? Also, got my Leopold working. Bad solder connection from Leopold, I think.

You sir are the only person I have ever found to enjoy the peerless switch aside from a non-keyboard friend of mine haha. Since I have so many boards I also have LOADS of spare parts and keycaps for those. Been meaning to post something in the classifieds about selling scrap parts for em in case anyone finds one in poor shape. And yeah they are AT so just throw a PS/2 converter on them and you are good to go. It should be working all fine and dandy, if it isn't then I have loads of spares in the garage to swap with (some are the fancy peerless too like the Panasonic Business Partner and Epson keyboards).

DanGWanG · « **Reply #271 on:** Tue, 21 August 2012, 10:10:59 »

btw guys, if you really enjoyed the food (or not) and you have a Yelp account, it would be greatly appreciated if you could post your rating and review here: http://www.yelp.com/biz/moon-palace-restaurant-chicago

/shamelessplug off =)

njvz · « **Reply #272 on:** Tue, 28 August 2012, 00:43:49 »

AHHHHH I CAN'T BELIEVE I MISSED THIS

TheProfosist · « **Reply #273 on:** Tue, 28 August 2012, 02:40:33 »

Quote from: njvz on Tue, 28 August 2012, 00:43:49

AHHHHH I CAN'T BELIEVE I MISSED THIS

sadly i missed it as well due to work...

DanGWanG · « **Reply #274 on:** Tue, 28 August 2012, 12:01:25 »

Trent, i3oiler and I have thought about making this event more often than anually. We may have a winter meetup, or early Spring in 2013. Or...even earlier if people really want lol

TheProfosist · « **Reply #275 on:** Wed, 29 August 2012, 03:15:40 »

Quote from: DanGWanG on Tue, 28 August 2012, 12:01:25

Trent, i3oiler and I have thought about making this event more often than anually. We may have a winter meetup, or early Spring in 2013. Or...even earlier if people really want lol

whoot earlier plz. i can drive down, might give me a reason to stop at mitsuwa again too

tipo33 · « **Reply #276 on:** Wed, 29 August 2012, 08:48:31 »

Quote from: TheProfosist on Wed, 29 August 2012, 03:15:40

Quote from: DanGWanG on Tue, 28 August 2012, 12:01:25
Trent, i3oiler and I have thought about making this event more often than anually. We may have a winter meetup, or early Spring in 2013. Or...even earlier if people really want lol
whoot earlier plz. i can drive down, might give me a reason to stop at mitsuwa again too

Absolutely, I'm game for another meetup whenever.

The_Beast · « **Reply #277 on:** Wed, 29 August 2012, 13:00:12 »

We should do a Madison meet up ever other time

SmallFry · « **Reply #278 on:** Wed, 29 August 2012, 16:07:00 »

LOL! I'm game again. Let me know when and where.

SmallFry · « **Reply #279 on:** Wed, 29 August 2012, 23:05:04 »

If we do one in Madison I may be Abe to drive myself. Chicago driving was not going to fly for my dad. Heh. Either way we should plan for January or so, so thay we can spend all our Christmas cash.

jcrouse · « **Reply #280 on:** Wed, 29 August 2012, 23:08:43 »

Quote from: SmallFry on Wed, 29 August 2012, 23:05:04

If we do one in Madison I may be Abe to drive myself. Chicago driving was not going to fly for my dad. Heh. Either way we should plan for January or so, so thay we can spend all our Christmas cash.

You have no idea how funny that is and actually puts things in perspective. Give yourself another 15 years and you will realize that the money flows the other direction around Christmas, that being OUT of your pocket. AHHHH, wouldn't it be great to be 18 (or so) again.

TheProfosist · « **Reply #281 on:** Wed, 29 August 2012, 23:21:39 »

Quote from: The_Beast on Wed, 29 August 2012, 13:00:12

We should do a Madison meet up ever other time

i know people there for school so might not be as bad.

TheProfosist · « **Reply #282 on:** Wed, 29 August 2012, 23:25:45 »

Quote from: jcrouse on Wed, 29 August 2012, 23:08:43

Quote from: SmallFry on Wed, 29 August 2012, 23:05:04
If we do one in Madison I may be Abe to drive myself. Chicago driving was not going to fly for my dad. Heh. Either way we should plan for January or so, so thay we can spend all our Christmas cash.

You have no idea how funny that is and actually puts things in perspective. Give yourself another 15 years and you will realize that the money flows the other direction around Christmas, that being OUT of your pocket. AHHHH, wouldn't it be great to be 18 (or so) again.

agreed

inlikeflynn · « **Reply #283 on:** Thu, 30 August 2012, 12:40:18 »

Quote from: The_Beast on Wed, 29 August 2012, 13:00:12

We should do a Madison meet up ever other time

Make it the Midwest GH meet in Madison! Its still a bit of a drive from MN (~5hrs), but that probably is a close as it gets to the middle between MN/IL/IA and still be in a bigger city.

Trent · « **Reply #284 on:** Sun, 09 September 2012, 11:30:21 »

Another meet up would be great! It'd have to be on a weekend tho, and hopefully *crossing my fingers* I won't be out of town during the weekend that we host it.

SmallFry · « **Reply #285 on:** Mon, 17 September 2012, 23:01:47 »

When is this meeting going to take place? I say sometime in January. What do you guys think?

TheProfosist · « **Reply #286 on:** Thu, 27 September 2012, 00:30:21 »

Im up for it though now i have to work around college and work so weekends only really work for me.

The_Beast · « **Reply #287 on:** Thu, 27 September 2012, 00:34:24 »

Now works but it's kinda close to the Chicago meeting. Maybe sometime after January?

TheProfosist · « **Reply #288 on:** Thu, 27 September 2012, 00:39:32 »

Quote from: The_Beast on Thu, 27 September 2012, 00:34:24

Now works but it's kinda close to the Chicago meeting. Maybe sometime after January?

we set a date for the next chicago meeting?

The_Beast · « **Reply #289 on:** Thu, 27 September 2012, 00:40:40 »

Quote from: TheProfosist on Thu, 27 September 2012, 00:39:32

Quote from: The_Beast on Thu, 27 September 2012, 00:34:24
Now works but it's kinda close to the Chicago meeting. Maybe sometime after January?
we set a date for the next chicago meeting?

No the one that just went down, I don't think there is a plan for a 2nd one yet

TheProfosist · « **Reply #290 on:** Thu, 27 September 2012, 00:41:55 »

O um and november isnt a good month hard to pry people away from the 10 or so big hit titles that are released every year

DanGWanG · « **Reply #291 on:** Thu, 27 September 2012, 10:09:21 »

I have an HHKB Pro JP you can test

TheProfosist · « **Reply #292 on:** Thu, 27 September 2012, 11:09:01 »

Quote from: dante on Thu, 27 September 2012, 10:03:01

A bit OT but is their anyone in the Chicagoland/Wisconsin area that can let me test drive their HHKB for 10-15 minutes?

I think my future is in cupped rubber.

i have a hhkb and 45g 87UB you can test.

TheProfosist · « **Reply #293 on:** Thu, 27 September 2012, 11:09:21 »

Quote from: DanGWanG on Thu, 27 September 2012, 10:09:21

I have an HHKB Pro JP you can test

i wouldnt mind testing that.

MissileMike · « **Reply #294 on:** Wed, 03 October 2012, 08:00:00 »

Count me in for meetup #2... I wish I had known about this, but I was purposefully staying away from gh for productivity reasons

Trent · « **Reply #295 on:** Sun, 07 October 2012, 02:42:24 »

I think something could be arranged say the weekend of November 3rd? What does everyone think. A couple weeks more? The next meeting we'd go to I'd only bring one or two boards due to my collection shrinking (well hoping that it'l shrink).

Maybe the weekend after? I think the place we were at was great, a bit far away for my tastes. Maybe trying it at emporium would be an interesting idea, if they'd be down for it. I know that if we wait a while, the ignite gaming lounge is actually moving to a new location that is 3x the size of their current location. I spoke with them and this means that they'll be able to host a variety of events now.

i3oilermaker · « **Reply #296 on:** Mon, 08 October 2012, 13:06:58 »

Looks like another beercade opening:

http://hqbeercade.com/

SmallFry · « **Reply #297 on:** Mon, 08 October 2012, 15:19:43 »

i3oiler: I don't want to get booted out for not being over 21... -_-

i3oilermaker · « **Reply #298 on:** Mon, 08 October 2012, 15:21:43 »

Quote from: SmallFry on Mon, 08 October 2012, 15:19:43

i3oiler: Would I be able to come to that one? I don't want to get booted out for not being over 21... -_-

I doubt it...Prob not the best venue either, just thought it was cool this concept of beercades is catching on.

I liked the pool hall for being laid back, quiet and having plenty of space to nerd out.

mistakemistake · « **Reply #299 on:** Mon, 08 October 2012, 15:26:24 »

Quote from: i3oilermaker on Mon, 08 October 2012, 13:06:58

Looks like another beercade opening:

http://hqbeercade.com/

I am in for this!

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