[IC] DS ABS SA Profile Keycaps - GB IS LIVE

[dante]

voted.  Love Yella.  For that reason "all that glitters" was my favorite from the first vote.

[pasph]

I think you should try also purple for the legends

[HoffmanMyster]

I voted again.  Hopefully we can make this happen and be successful.   

[Photoelectric]

Dark blue alphas   That means I'm out.  Still nice.

[CalmB4tehPwn]

Photo, why you gotta be a party pooper?

[Tarzan]

Photo, why you gotta be a party pooper?

Don't be questioning Photo's color sense.  Those QF cases are works of art!

None of my voted-for choices made it to the final round, but I'll hang in there. 

[CalmB4tehPwn]

Yeah, unfortunately we can't please everybody.
Assuming this GB will be a rousing success, I'll hold more in the future.

[Photoelectric]

Hah, yeah, sorry -- I really shouldn't have posted that in the first place: I was thinking out loud and it was unnecessary.  I think the selected color way is pretty cool.

[___q]

Re-voted.  Hopefully, anything other than red wins.

(not white would be good too, but all of the others are cool)

[CalmB4tehPwn]

Don't worry, red is very clearly hated.

Bloo and white have 16 votes each, but Bloo has 9 favorites, vs white's 5. And in the crazy vs basic poll, crazy has a strong lead.

All this tells me that though most people would buy either bloo or white, the majority of those people would -rather- buy bloo.

I'll leave the poll up another day, but I'm pretty sure we've secured a winner.

[bueller]

Don't worry, red is very clearly hated.

Bloo and white have 16 votes each, but Bloo has 9 favorites, vs white's 5. And in the crazy vs basic poll, crazy has a strong lead.

All this tells me that though most people would buy either bloo or white, the majority of those people would -rather- buy bloo.

I'll leave the poll up another day, but I'm pretty sure we've secured a winner.

Bloo 

Come on, normal colors!

[___q]

Don't worry, red is very clearly hated.

Bloo and white have 16 votes each, but Bloo has 9 favorites, vs white's 5. And in the crazy vs basic poll, crazy has a strong lead.

All this tells me that though most people would buy either bloo or white, the majority of those people would -rather- buy bloo.

I'll leave the poll up another day, but I'm pretty sure we've secured a winner.

Bloo 

Come on, normal colors!

"Bloo" is a perfectly cromulent color.

[CalmB4tehPwn]

Don't worry, red is very clearly hated.

Bloo and white have 16 votes each, but Bloo has 9 favorites, vs white's 5. And in the crazy vs basic poll, crazy has a strong lead.

All this tells me that though most people would buy either bloo or white, the majority of those people would -rather- buy bloo.

I'll leave the poll up another day, but I'm pretty sure we've secured a winner.

Bloo 

Come on, normal colors!

"Bloo" is a perfectly cromulent color.

Indeed, good sir.

[Flamingchook]

Voted

Really hoping Yella gets through but honestly I'd buy just about anything that isn't red. Really looking forward to getting some SA profile goodness!

[CalmB4tehPwn]

Updated the OP with some issues I feel very strongly about.

I feel like if you're trusting me with thousands of dollars of your collective money, and so it's my duty to you, to ensure you always know where you stand in this group buy.
I'll never sugar coat, I'll never keep you in the dark. If I have bad news, you'll be the first to know. If I have good news, you'll be the first to know. If I ain't got **** to say, you'll hear from me once a week at a minimum.

If at any point, any of you have any question regarding transparency, I will make it a priority to answer. I don't **** around with this. Period.

I know none of you know me, but my name is SPC Michael K. Spaulding. I am a member of the 501st Signal Company. 36th Signal Battalion. 1st Signal Brigade out of Camp Humphreys, Korea. I am liable my civil action, and any civil action can be taken to my Commander, CPT Summer N. Cleaver. I am bound by the Uniform Code of Military Justice to report to any court action.

There are a lot of people on here that could take your money and run, and though I cannot prove that I wouldn't, I have nowhere to run. I cannot hide, and if you put a lawsuit on me for theft of property, I have no place to go. I am bound by the Military to respond.

I'm not saying this to prove that I'm -more- reliable that any other person doing GBs. I'm only putting this out there to try to relay how important this is to me, and try to relay how much this community means to me. I hope I can make this whole thing come to fruition, and maybe do some more GBs in the future.

[bueller]

Updated the OP with some issues I feel very strongly about.

I feel like if you're trusting me with thousands of dollars of your collective money, and so it's my duty to you, to ensure you always know where you stand in this group buy.
I'll never sugar coat, I'll never keep you in the dark. If I have bad news, you'll be the first to know. If I have good news, you'll be the first to know. If I ain't got **** to say, you'll hear from me once a week at a minimum.

If at any point, any of you have any question regarding transparency, I will make it a priority to answer. I don't **** around with this. Period.

I know none of you know me, but my name is SPC Michael K. Spaulding. I am a member of the 501st Signal Company. 36th Signal Battalion. 1st Signal Brigade out of Camp Humphreys, Korea. I am liable my civil action, and any civil action can be taken to my Commander, CPT Summer N. Cleaver. I am bound by the Uniform Code of Military Justice to report to any court action.

There are a lot of people on here that could take your money and run, and though I cannot prove that I wouldn't, I have nowhere to run. I cannot hide, and if you put a lawsuit on me for theft of property, I have no place to go. I am bound by the Military to respond.

I'm not saying this to prove that I'm -more- reliable that any other person doing GBs. I'm only putting this out there to try to relay how important this is to me, and try to relay how much this community means to me. I hope I can make this whole thing come to fruition, and maybe do some more GBs in the future.

Good man! Honestly you've never given me a reason to doubt you so there's no nervousness on my end but I'm a big fan of the transparency nonetheless.

[pasph]

** EDIT ** You will hear from me at a very minimum of once per week in a post within the Group Buy thread. If I am remiss in my duties here, you can email me directly at Phoenixcreations@hotmail.com and I will respond by posting in the thread.

Phoenixcreations@hotmail.com  ?
You're also making wedding cards in India?
http://yellowpages.sulekha.com/mumbai/phoenix-cards-ghatkopar-mumbai_contact-address
LOL

[CalmB4tehPwn]

Wat.

That.

I...

I do no know how they got my email, or why, or why I've never received emails intended for them. But here's some proof that it is actually mine.

[pasph]

Don't worry and welcome to the internet!

[aj-kun]

Voted

Really hoping Yella gets through but honestly I'd buy just about anything that isn't red. Really looking forward to getting some SA profile goodness!

I also really want yella, but I am also OK with bloo and white. but beige > white.

There are soooooo many sets with white legends why does this SA set have to be white too guys?

[bueller]

Voted

Really hoping Yella gets through but honestly I'd buy just about anything that isn't red. Really looking forward to getting some SA profile goodness!

I also really want yella, but I am also OK with bloo and white. but beige > white.

There are soooooo many sets with white legends why does this SA set have to be white too guys?

I'd be happy any of the neutral colors, the more I look at it I think I like grey the best out of all them though. Hard to tell until I see them in the flesh though so I'm sticking with White as my favourite for safety's sake.

[MOZ]

I'd be in for any of them but red.

[mtl]

I know none of you know me, but my name is SPC Michael K. Spaulding. I am a member of the 501st Signal Company. 36th Signal Battalion. 1st Signal Brigade out of Camp Humphreys, Korea.

Very cool. I was stationed at Camp Humphreys from '99-2K, HHT 6th Cav. BDE. Thanks for organizing this GB, promising transparency, and of course, your service.

[vivalarevolución]

Thanks for organizing this.  Any chance that we can get a blank set option with this group buy?  I want the SA family, but I do not want any legends.

Also, do you plan to make this similar the Commando set, with all the Alpha rows in row 3 profile, on similar to the Round Four set, with different row profiles for the different Alpha rows?

[MOZ]

I trust you Michael, and if tou need any help, be it mockups or with ErgoDox kit, anything at all. Let me know

[Latin00032]

Thanks for organizing this.  Any chance that we can get a blank set option with this group buy?  I want the SA family, but I do not want any legends.

Also, do you plan to make this similar the Commando set, with all the Alpha rows in row 3 profile, on similar to the Round Four set, with different row profiles for the different Alpha rows?

This is an important question. I should have thought about asking this.

It might look cool if all rows were in row 3 style so they look high and flat.

[___q]

Don't base your decision around this or anything, but having as few different row profiles as possible would make legended ergodox kits easier.  The reason Retro had such an easy time with this is that DSA is the same profile for every key, so they can just make 1x/1.5x everything keys and you can just put them wherever you like without having to worry if it matched the row.

[MOZ]

I support the above since I am an ErgoDox owner.

[TheFlyingRaccoon]

Bloo looks spectacular, I will definitely be in this groupbuy if it's picked. I would be fine with a simple white though.

[Dubsgalore]

Bloo looks the best out of all those choices imo

[darkfire32]

Just voted for Bloo.

Is there an estimate for the pricing platform for this GB?

[CalmB4tehPwn]

Still waiting to hear back from SP on pricing, and since it's Sunday, I expect we wont hear back until tomorrow.

Voting update: white and bloo are still neck and neck for "I'd buy"s but bloo has really come around in the favorites vote.
Bloo -- 16
Beige -- 9
Yella -- 7
White -- 6

Oh, and someone voted for red? I'm as surprised as you are.

And the "I'd rather have" vote is still leaning strongly towards crazy, over basic

[lcs]

Still waiting to hear back from SP on pricing, and since it's Sunday, I expect we wont hear back until tomorrow.

Voting update: white and bloo are still neck and neck for "I'd buy"s but bloo has really come around in the favorites vote.
Bloo -- 16
Beige -- 9
Yella -- 7
White -- 6

Oh, and someone voted for red? I'm as surprised as you are.

And the "I'd rather have" vote is still leaning strongly towards crazy, over basic

Oh yeah!

[MOZ]

Always so nice to see the balance tilt in the direction you voted!

[The_Beast]

Oh man, I really wanted the Yolch

[CalmB4tehPwn]

Always so nice to see the balance tilt in the direction you voted!

Well, the idea is to have as many people as possible feel this way. At least 16 people should feel pretty proud about the results right now.

Beige is definitely trying to pull a comeback, though. I'M STILL HOLDING OUT HOPE

YOUR MY BOY, BEIGE

[MOZ]

As i said, since i am an Ergodox user, many keys would be blank for me, so I am happy with the base colors, I don't mind most legends as long as it isn't red, not really fond of it.

[elton5354]

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I wanted the Yolch too..

[sylfki]

I really like the way this set is going, but I'm kind of on the fence about bloo's appeal. I want to like it, I just don't know... how?

[TheFlyingRaccoon]

Oh man, I really wanted the Yolch

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I wanted the Yolch too..

+1 For Yolch! I think there should be a groupbuy for both.  :D

[le_doosh]

I also liked Yolch

[whiteduck]

Yolch ftw!!!

[CalmB4tehPwn]

Thanks for organizing this.  Any chance that we can get a blank set option with this group buy?  I want the SA family, but I do not want any legends.

Also, do you plan to make this similar the Commando set, with all the Alpha rows in row 3 profile, on similar to the Round Four set, with different row profiles for the different Alpha rows?

This is an important question. I should have thought about asking this.

It might look cool if all rows were in row 3 style so they look high and flat.

I was planning on doing the standard "round 4" style, where each row has a different profile.
Is that an issue? I didn't realize there was another option until just now, but I like the idea of the profiles being different for each row.

Now, for the ergodox kits, I could imagine you might not want the same profiles, so do you want row 3 profile for all of the ergo kits?

Also, if this goes smoothly, and doesn't make me want to kill myself to end the pain, I might just do a Yolch GB next.

[funkymeeba]

Yolch is for winners!

[pasph]

Thanks for organizing this.  Any chance that we can get a blank set option with this group buy?  I want the SA family, but I do not want any legends.

Also, do you plan to make this similar the Commando set, with all the Alpha rows in row 3 profile, on similar to the Round Four set, with different row profiles for the different Alpha rows?

This is an important question. I should have thought about asking this.

It might look cool if all rows were in row 3 style so they look high and flat.

I was planning on doing the standard "round 4" style, where each row has a different profile.
Is that an issue? I didn't realize there was another option until just now, but I like the idea of the profiles being different for each row.

http://deskthority.net/marketplace-f11/doubleshot-replacements-round-4-t1376-3960.html#p113323

[Latin00032]

Thanks for organizing this.  Any chance that we can get a blank set option with this group buy?  I want the SA family, but I do not want any legends.

Also, do you plan to make this similar the Commando set, with all the Alpha rows in row 3 profile, on similar to the Round Four set, with different row profiles for the different Alpha rows?

This is an important question. I should have thought about asking this.

It might look cool if all rows were in row 3 style so they look high and flat.

I was planning on doing the standard "round 4" style, where each row has a different profile.
Is that an issue? I didn't realize there was another option until just now, but I like the idea of the profiles being different for each row.

http://deskthority.net/marketplace-f11/doubleshot-replacements-round-4-t1376-3960.html#p113323

It might be difficult to get the proper angles for all the keys in all the rows.

You might need to refer to the commando GB. I think some of the keys could not be produced at the proper angles to match the rest of the keys in each row. I remember the backspace key was one of the keys that was an issue.

I'll refer back to the commando GB and see what the issues were.

[Latin00032]

Look at the commando GB FAQ on the first and second posts. There is some evidence there showing SA issues.

Also, look at post #8 on that topic. You can compare that modified side profile to the proper SA profile on the SP website.

[CalmB4tehPwn]

Look at the commando GB FAQ on the first and second posts. There is some evidence there showing SA issues.

Also, look at post #8 on that topic. You can compare that modified side profile to the proper SA profile on the SP website.

Okay, so I have a better idea of what you're talking about now, and that seems like a perfectly reasonable solution here, but I am curious. what was the "original option"?
Have all the Alphas the same height, but have the mods change with each row?

I'm find following his lead on this one, it's a reasonable solution, and sounds like something I could work with.
What do you think, guys?

[MOZ]

Look at the commando GB FAQ on the first and second posts. There is some evidence there showing SA issues.

Also, look at post #8 on that topic. You can compare that modified side profile to the proper SA profile on the SP website.

Okay, so I have a better idea of what you're talking about now, and that seems like a perfectly reasonable solution here, but I am curious. what was the "original option"?
Have all the Alphas the same height, but have the mods change with each row?

I'm find following his lead on this one, it's a reasonable solution, and sounds like something I could work with.
What do you think, guys?

I liked jiljil's solution or go for all row 3, that would be good as well. Others can comment, maybe setup another poll

[CalmB4tehPwn]

Look at the commando GB FAQ on the first and second posts. There is some evidence there showing SA issues.

Also, look at post #8 on that topic. You can compare that modified side profile to the proper SA profile on the SP website.

Okay, so I have a better idea of what you're talking about now, and that seems like a perfectly reasonable solution here, but I am curious. what was the "original option"?
Have all the Alphas the same height, but have the mods change with each row?

I'm find following his lead on this one, it's a reasonable solution, and sounds like something I could work with.
What do you think, guys?

I liked jiljil's solution or go for all row 3, that would be good as well. Others can comment, maybe setup another poll

I'd like to avoid too many polls. I definitely don't want to go all row 3s. I'm definitely leaning towards Jiljil's method.