In. Big fan of the navy asphalt with stagger. Got an extra plate and pcb in orth just in case I ever want to change or sell.
Thanks a lot for making and sharing this Royal!
yeah, i wanted an ortho fr4 and a staggered fr4 plate because I loathe the sound and feel of brass plates (although they look great).
Im so bummed I thought polycarb wasn't gonna happen unless there was a round two so I didn't save anything up, any chance for a round two next year?Clear PC would be magical~ I feel like r2 will definitely happen. Manifesting destiny. :thumb:
oof i really want one of these but timing is not great for me. best of luck everyone in the group buy!
Waiting for an invoice as well! Is there an invite link to the discord anywhere or is it private?
Crap, can't believe I missed out on this.I think r2 plans were in the works originally iirc. With some different colors.
Early days, but here's hoping for a R2 at some point; really unique board.
I didn’t receive invoice yet.
What’s going on?
All invoices are out and Only about 15 are pending payment due date.
So if you haven't received invoice yet you're in a sudo Ave. Purgatory.
If anyone doesn't pay or they cancel then the next person in the list will be invoiced.
___
I will update everyone when All invoices/Spots are filled and finalized. :thumb:
Can you tell me what my spot is for the "next person" list?All invoices are out and Only about 15 are pending payment due date.
So if you haven't received invoice yet you're in a sudo Ave. Purgatory.
If anyone doesn't pay or they cancel then the next person in the list will be invoiced.
___
I will update everyone when All invoices/Spots are filled and finalized. :thumb:
I filled out the form on the day it was opened, and still haven't received an invoice, it was for a PC Ave with ortho layout. I'm worried I might have mispelled the paypal email.
All invoices are out and Only about 15 are pending payment due date.
So if you haven't received invoice yet you're in a sudo Ave. Purgatory.
If anyone doesn't pay or they cancel then the next person in the list will be invoiced.
___
I will update everyone when All invoices/Spots are filled and finalized. :thumb:
All invoices are out and Only about 15 are pending payment due date.
So if you haven't received invoice yet you're in a sudo Ave. Purgatory.
If anyone doesn't pay or they cancel then the next person in the list will be invoiced.
___
I will update everyone when All invoices/Spots are filled and finalized. :thumb:
Twas the Night before the Ave
---------------------------------------
Twas the night before Christmas
And all through GeekHack,
Not a keyboard was clicking,
Not even a clack.
The forms were submitted
Through Google with care,
With hopes that their invoices
Would soon be there.
The early-bird supporters,
Their funds now all paid,
Dreamt of their new battlestations
And how soon they would be made.
I refresh my inbox,
I check my through my Spam,
But still there is no invoice,
No Ave for me...damn!
When up on the Discord,
The group buy runner did say
All invoices had been sent,
You're stuck in Purgatory unless they don't pay.
Now Silver!
Now Asphalt!
Now Rose Gold and Poly!
Now Ortho!
Now Staggered!
Encoder? Oh golly!
Please, please let us buy you,
No need to keep it so small,
Cash away! Cash away! Cash away all!
When down in the thread,
came in at his best,
"I've got plans to make enough kits
For all of the rest."
I could barely believe it,
Was the forum post for real?
I thought, well now I need more switches
Maybe some tactiles from Zeal?
But I heard him exclaim,
As he logged off for the night--
There's an Ave for you all,
And to all a goodnight!
All invoices are out and Only about 15 are pending payment due date.
So if you haven't received invoice yet you're in a sudo Ave. Purgatory.
If anyone doesn't pay or they cancel then the next person in the list will be invoiced.
___
I will update everyone when All invoices/Spots are filled and finalized. :thumb:
Twas the Night before the Ave
---------------------------------------
Twas the night before Christmas
And all through GeekHack,
Not a keyboard was clicking,
Not even a clack.
The forms were submitted
Through Google with care,
With hopes that their invoices
Would soon be there.
The early-bird supporters,
Their funds now all paid,
Dreamt of their new battlestations
And how soon they would be made.
I refresh my inbox,
I check my through my Spam,
But still there is no invoice,
No Ave for me...damn!
When up on the Discord,
The group buy runner did say
All invoices had been sent,
You're stuck in Purgatory unless they don't pay.
Now Silver!
Now Asphalt!
Now Rose Gold and Poly!
Now Ortho!
Now Staggered!
Encoder? Oh golly!
Please, please let us buy you,
No need to keep it so small,
Cash away! Cash away! Cash away all!
When down in the thread,
came in at his best,
"I've got plans to make enough kits
For all of the rest."
I could barely believe it,
Was the forum post for real?
I thought, well now I need more switches
Maybe some tactiles from Zeal?
But I heard him exclaim,
As he logged off for the night--
There's an Ave for you all,
And to all a goodnight!
Any updates on this given the current situation?
october 2030Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/o9MQYCc.png)
https://kingly-keys.xyz/pages/updates
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Did these ever get shipped?!
Did these ever get shipped?!Short answer: no
12/23/19 All customer invoices sent out. Estimated shipment April.
01/09/20 Plates, pcb's, components ordered, contacted factory for final invoice.
03/07/20 PCBs almost finished with production, knobs entered production, packaging sample on the way.
04/19/20 Delay on raw PC material within the factory. New Estimate June.
05/14/20 PCB's done (manually fixing staggered). Brass plates done, fr4 plate reorder in production. Packaging ordered. knobs finished.
07/14/20 (tons of rough stuff happening in royals life update) "trying to get all Ave orders shipped in 3-6 weeks. Firmware should be up for review tomorrow"
08/14/20 Ave. QMK Pull Request is Up and Pending Approval
08/23/20 Ave firmware PR put on hold at Royal's request "until I more basic default Keymaps and move the now default keymaps to a personal folder."
08/27/20 "I’ll finish shipping Fro.Yo and then Im still on waiting on the cork mats. Also need to rent a truck lol"
09/30/20 "Due to my own negligence, a number of Silver Units and a few Asphalt Units came with some shockingly noticeable marks/anodizing chips. I failed to QA every single unit previously. These units are being re-fabricated as we speak. But On That Note: *initial/early-bird orders will begin shipping before those arrive.*"
10/13/20 "Shipping next week" Video
11/11/20 "I still have a lot of packing to do, even for early-birds." Box Foam will no longer be included, Ave finally up in QMK Configurator. New Estimate December 18th, 2020
"For Clarity: This last quarter has been me trying to just figure out what the **** am I trying to do in general and Ave in all honesty just has been on the backburner of all this. All I want to do is just get this buy out and finalized so every can just rest easy and be satisfied."
11/18/20 Actual Photos from Royal of at least a few Aves Existing including a polycarbonate
12/18/20 ...
1/08/21 Things are slowly still progressing and I don’t have a solid timeline on shipping at the moment.
Learned about this saga today, and found this while browsing the web my apologies if this has been posted before:Or just check https://kingly-keys.com
https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/aluminum-metal-cnc-turning-machining-parts_1600130789270.html
There's a good chance this is the factory used to manufacture the keyboard The Ave as you can see in some of the pictures posted on the listing, which I will link below:Show Image(https://sc04.alicdn.com/kf/H2e1c786b04984695aea666cdefae765eb.jpg)Show Image(https://sc04.alicdn.com/kf/H81f995e0f4f34b2c90155ea3f1f8b59c9.jpg)Show Image(https://sc04.alicdn.com/kf/H8579dc7548ed411a847e32fe101aeb15w.jpg)Show Image(https://sc04.alicdn.com/kf/Hc764d0d49f5440f0985e8728e2ae7fe1K.jpg)
It looks like this same factory was used, at some point to create what appears to be a keyboard named Mech 27 TKL V1 (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=84703.msg2263216#msg2263216)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/TGT5HnK.png)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/rtjwCrD.png)
So for those who got scammed in this, you can try your luck by getting in touch with the factory to try to learn if The Ave paid for the GB, or if they have any further leads, in any case this is a shame so good luck for those involved
I feel very badly for him - I know a lot of healthcare workers who also were overcome with stress/PTSD last year due to COVID.
The only thing that doesn't really jibe is the claim he hasn't had the time to finish the PCBs when he was unemployed for half a year. But depression is a complicated thing.
It's been 3 years now
haha wouldn't it be a cool and wacky april fools joke if Royal came back and started actually shipping GB orders out?