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Title: Keyboard of the Month - December - Vote! - IT'S TIED
Post by: katushkin on Thu, 18 January 2018, 05:10:34
Good morning all, and welcome to the final vote for 2017's Keyboard of the Month! We only had three qualifying nominations this month, as I appreciate I posted the nomination thread WAY late, but all three are very different builds!

First up is affershiem's mec.numpad

(https://i.imgur.com/B7HRSIO.jpg)

Very concise build thread is here (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=93226.0)

Second is emenelopee's project mnlop

(https://i.imgur.com/een5jyC.jpg)

Another great build thread here (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=92648.0)

Third is ghostjuggernaut's TKL No.1

(https://farm5.staticflickr.com/4518/25093511618_4f5bbe0b79_h.jpg)

Originally posted in the making stuff together thread here (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=90110.msg2534574#msg2534574)

The poll will last for 7 days and then the nomination thread for January will go up as well as the Keyboard of the year vote!
Title: Re: Keyboard of the Month - December - Vote!
Post by: funderburker on Thu, 18 January 2018, 06:18:51
Damn, this one's hard...  :confused:
Title: Re: Keyboard of the Month - December - Vote!
Post by: UsualSuspectXXX on Thu, 18 January 2018, 07:02:21
Some really cool stuff here. Good luck to all 3 of you!
Title: Re: Keyboard of the Month - December - Vote!
Post by: invariance on Thu, 18 January 2018, 07:03:28
Quote from: funderburker on Thu, 18 January 2018, 06:18:51
Damn, this one's hard...  :confused:
Agree with you there.


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Title: Re: Keyboard of the Month - December - Vote!
Post by: suicidal_orange on Thu, 18 January 2018, 10:42:40
Quote from: invariance on Thu, 18 January 2018, 07:03:28
Quote from: funderburker on Thu, 18 January 2018, 06:18:51
Damn, this one's hard...  :confused:
Agree with you there.


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+1

...

Oh, this is the vote thread.  In that case - voted!
Title: Re: Keyboard of the Month - December - Vote!
Post by: rowdy on Fri, 19 January 2018, 01:31:07
My vote nearly melted, it's still 37°C in here.
Title: Re: Keyboard of the Month - December - Vote!
Post by: invariance on Sat, 20 January 2018, 04:00:19
Quote from: rowdy on Fri, 19 January 2018, 01:31:07
..... it's still 37°C in here.


Which means in a few days we will get the hot air mass up here and Brisbane's hot enough as it is  >:(


Rowdy and is bloody hot air  :)


Voted for (RELUCTANTLY) one.
Title: Re: Keyboard of the Month - December - Vote!
Post by: rowdy on Sat, 20 January 2018, 04:10:40
Quote from: invariance on Sat, 20 January 2018, 04:00:19
Quote from: rowdy on Fri, 19 January 2018, 01:31:07
..... it's still 37°C in here.


Which means in a few days we will get the hot air mass up here and Brisbane's hot enough as it is  >:(


Rowdy and is bloody hot air  :)


Voted for (RELUCTANTLY) one.

You get our weather?

We get Adelaide weather a day later and usually 1 or 2 degrees cooler.  And about 80% more humid :(
Title: Re: Keyboard of the Month - December - Vote!
Post by: invariance on Sat, 20 January 2018, 04:12:40
LOL
Title: Re: Keyboard of the Month - December - Vote!
Post by: ejewell89 on Mon, 22 January 2018, 12:31:02
cool to see some unique boards in the final vote this time. like. really unique.
Title: Re: Keyboard of the Month - December - Vote!
Post by: richfiles on Tue, 23 January 2018, 02:02:27
GAH!!! So hard!!!
How does one decide amongst these contenders!

Y'all done good!  :thumb:
Title: Re: Keyboard of the Month - December - Vote!
Post by: pr0ximity on Fri, 26 January 2018, 10:37:15
Tie-breaker round?  :p
Title: Re: Keyboard of the Month - December - Vote!
Post by: AMongoose on Fri, 26 January 2018, 10:59:42
that's a close one.
Title: Re: Keyboard of the Month - December - Vote!
Post by: katushkin on Fri, 26 January 2018, 14:21:40
Wow, okay, so we've had a tiebreaker before, but it's been broken by amount of +1s or even the one I voted for. However this time, both boards got 2 +1s, and I voted for the third board...

I'm going to put it to the people. What do people want to do?

I'm going to suggest a number of options and people can suggest their own but I will suggest a number of options. The window for suggestions will be open until around 08:00 EST/12:00GMT/13:00CET and at that point I will make a decision.

My suggestions are:


Thank you as always for your participation everyone, and I hope we can come to an amiable conclusion to this month's vote :D
Title: Re: Keyboard of the Month - December - Vote! - IT'S TIED
Post by: xondat on Fri, 26 January 2018, 14:25:09
1 & 2 are fine, don’t mind too much if 3 happens, against 4.
Title: Re: Keyboard of the Month - December - Vote! - IT'S TIED
Post by: jdcarpe on Fri, 26 January 2018, 14:35:23
I vote for 1. We have another vote open for a few days for the two tied boards
Title: Re: Keyboard of the Month - December - Vote! - IT'S TIED
Post by: TalkingTree on Fri, 26 January 2018, 14:39:06
Option 1 seems the best one to me.
Title: Re: Keyboard of the Month - December - Vote! - IT'S TIED
Post by: Rob27shred on Fri, 26 January 2018, 15:51:45
I feel bad I missed this month's vote now. I would've definitely voted for emenelopee's project mnlop because of the sheer originality of it giving us a three way tie, sorry emenelopee! :( Although I do have to give applause to all three builds as they all look great & I'm sure took a lot of hard work by all 3 builders.

How do we vote between the 2 tied boards jdcarpe? I see you said the voting will be open for a few more days but I can't use the poll at the top of the thread anymore.
Title: Re: Keyboard of the Month - December - Vote! - IT'S TIED
Post by: jdcarpe on Fri, 26 January 2018, 15:57:04
Quote from: Rob27shred on Fri, 26 January 2018, 15:51:45
How do we vote between the 2 tied boards jdcarpe? I see you said the voting will be open for a few more days but I can't use the poll at the top of the thread anymore.

Sorry, that was my "vote" on the options katushkin presented. :)


@katushkin, we need a poll for which option to choose! LOL
Title: Re: Keyboard of the Month - December - Vote! - IT'S TIED
Post by: UsualSuspectXXX on Fri, 26 January 2018, 16:44:37
(☉_☉)  Wow!

I definitely vote for option 1. Just a quick vote between the tied options. I don't think option 3 would be all that helpful.
Title: Re: Keyboard of the Month - December - Vote! - IT'S TIED
Post by: Rob27shred on Fri, 26 January 2018, 17:18:55
Quote from: jdcarpe on Fri, 26 January 2018, 15:57:04
Quote from: Rob27shred on Fri, 26 January 2018, 15:51:45
How do we vote between the 2 tied boards jdcarpe? I see you said the voting will be open for a few more days but I can't use the poll at the top of the thread anymore.

Sorry, that was my "vote" on the options katushkin presented. :)


@katushkin, we need a poll for which option to choose! LOL

LOL, no problem. Will vote whenevr it gets put up! :thumb:
Title: Re: Keyboard of the Month - December - Vote! - IT'S TIED
Post by: funderburker on Sat, 27 January 2018, 02:22:44
I'm for option 1.
Title: Re: Keyboard of the Month - December - Vote! - IT'S TIED
Post by: rowdy on Sun, 28 January 2018, 04:08:18
5. Toss a coin.

Anyway, I vote for option 1, plus perhaps a few casual posts elsewhere in the forum to direct people here.
Title: Re: Keyboard of the Month - December - Vote! - IT'S TIED
Post by: suicidal_orange on Sun, 28 January 2018, 04:15:05
Option 1 or 3 sound good to me, it's close enough that the 'loser' doesn't need exiling.

This really shouldn't happen though - more than 50 people should be voting!
Title: Re: Keyboard of the Month - December - Vote! - IT'S TIED
Post by: rowdy on Sun, 28 January 2018, 04:21:07
Quote from: suicidal_orange on Sun, 28 January 2018, 04:15:05
Option 1 or 3 sound good to me, it's close enough that the 'loser' doesn't need exiling.

This really shouldn't happen though - more than 50 people should be voting!

If only we had as many as that!

Total Members Voted: 41
Title: Re: Keyboard of the Month - December - Vote! - IT'S TIED
Post by: suicidal_orange on Sun, 28 January 2018, 04:31:14
Quote from: rowdy on Sun, 28 January 2018, 04:21:07
Quote from: suicidal_orange on Sun, 28 January 2018, 04:15:05
Option 1 or 3 sound good to me, it's close enough that the 'loser' doesn't need exiling.

This really shouldn't happen though - more than 50 people should be voting!

If only we had as many as that!

Total Members Voted: 41
Exactly, a pathetic turnout for what should be a central part of the community :(
Title: Re: Keyboard of the Month - December - Vote! - IT'S TIED
Post by: funderburker on Sun, 28 January 2018, 11:34:09
Damn, that's really a small amount of the community voting for KOTM. How can we make this more of a thing so larger audience gets in?
Title: Re: Keyboard of the Month - December - Vote! - IT'S TIED
Post by: katushkin on Sun, 28 January 2018, 11:38:57
Quote from: funderburker on Sun, 28 January 2018, 11:34:09
Damn, that's really a small amount of the community voting for KOTM. How can we make this more of a thing so larger audience gets in?

I have tried, but I don't want to push it on people. I don't want to create threads in off topic or other sub forums advertising it, I think it has decent visibility towards the top of the forum and I put the newest link in my sig every time a new post goes up. Sometimes we have more voting but I don't think we've ever broken the 100 mark for votes
Title: Re: Keyboard of the Month - December - Vote! - IT'S TIED
Post by: chuckdee on Sun, 28 January 2018, 12:01:04
1 or 4 is my vote.  And really sorry I missed this one.  It doesn't really get enough visibility depending on how you browse the boards.
Title: Re: Keyboard of the Month - December - Vote! - IT'S TIED
Post by: katushkin on Sun, 28 January 2018, 12:04:04
So, from the looks of things, I think the majority of people will be happy with option 1. I will lock this thread, and when I get home in about two hours I will start the tie breaker vote that will last for four days or so.

I will also put up the nomination thread for January 2018's Keyboard of the month.

If you have any suggestions as to how we can increase visibility of the competition, please post them in the feedback thread which is stickied at the top of this sub-forum.

Thanks for all your quick feedback guys. I appreciate it as ever.