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Try to stay cool in this ridiculous heat wave
Love the vi keys, Just hope there is ISO support :)Of course! Final kit coverage coming very soon. (As soon as I get a damn day off from work)
Also what about 2 blank white R4 2.75 and 2.25 to cover most of the split spacebar keyboards around?
in the verge of lime, oblivion, eclipse and laser.. take your time :D
Yeah, I know a lot of kits are due out soon, but with GMK's lead times quickly approaching that of SP's as time goes on, I'm likely going to launch very very soon and hope for the best.I'm terrified for when GMK takes as long as SP/SA keys.
But, we've got an EU proxy now, so I'm pretty excited about being able to get shipping costs and time as minimal as possible for those outside of north America! :)
Is there a 1.25u R3 key in the 40% kit? Wouldn't be complete without it! ;D
Will there be van support :o ?
Also what about 2 blank white R4 2.75 and 2.25 to cover most of the split spacebar keyboards around?
I actually wouldn't mind a spacebar kit in general since DY spacebars aren't in stock anywhere. A kit like Nautilus would be perfect really. Do purple in all sizes and white splits.
Is there a 1.25u R3 key in the 40% kit? Wouldn't be complete without it! ;D
I believe so.
Also what about 2 blank white R4 2.75 and 2.25 to cover most of the split spacebar keyboards around?
I actually wouldn't mind a spacebar kit in general since DY spacebars aren't in stock anywhere. A kit like Nautilus would be perfect really. Do purple in all sizes and white splits.
The problem with a standalone space bar kit is that it wouldn't reach moq, and I don't have the spare funds of a big company to be able to buy up the remainder of the moq. I'd love to do one, but might just have to settle with the GR1 space bars of the base kit, and the GR1 and Purple split spaces in the 40/45/ortho add-on kit :(
Also what about 2 blank white R4 2.75 and 2.25 to cover most of the split spacebar keyboards around?
I actually wouldn't mind a spacebar kit in general since DY spacebars aren't in stock anywhere. A kit like Nautilus would be perfect really. Do purple in all sizes and white splits.
The problem with a standalone space bar kit is that it wouldn't reach moq, and I don't have the spare funds of a big company to be able to buy up the remainder of the moq. I'd love to do one, but might just have to settle with the GR1 space bars of the base kit, and the GR1 and Purple split spaces in the 40/45/ortho add-on kit :(
Couldn't you at least try it and just not go through if it misses moq? Like isn't that how GB are supposed to work? I would never ever consider a 40/45/ortho kit, even for spacebars that's stupid expensive for a bunch of keys I would never use and a few spacebars, but i'd gladly buy a spacebar kit. It also seems to me like a 40/45/ortho kit would have a much harder time hitting moq in a small GB than a spacebar kit. But if you split them off you split whos paying for what since people who don't want 40/45 kits would still buy spacebars, then you drive the price of the 45 kit down and help increase sales there also.
I don't feel like there should be much issue hitting MOQ with standard colors. You could also do hybrid and do GR1 split spacebars in the 40/45 addon and then just DY spacebars as a stand alone kit. The 3 standard spaces at 150 moq in standard color is only 10 a kit, i cant imagine it would be much more than $15-20 for the splits too. Nautilus space kit was $23 at 100 moq WITH a custom colors and the yellow splits in addition to the blue keys. -4 keys I'd guess like $18-20.
Nautilus also sold 1 spacekit per every 2-3 full kits, so it's not like there was no interest.
If nothing else you could still just do what you described above and also offer a purple spacebar kit with the 4 standard size spaces (both 6u since some people will want the center stem). I just don't think it would be a hard sell at $10 a kit, especially given the number of OTHER kits they would work with. I might even just push it through myself.
Two more things :D
- Are the homing keys confirmed to be bar-homing and not deep hooming? I though people liked a lot more the deep homing of GMK.
- Are the Colors confirmed, specially talking about the GR1 alphas that is more a grey than a white? People may be not aware of this since the colors showed in the renders are kinda wrong:
- N9 modifiers: In reality the modifiers are a dark dark grey (between dark grey and black) and i'm fine with this, Dark grey is better than black
- GR1 alphas: Here is the problem imho, this one is more a light gray, not really a white or a creamy color, wouldn't be better C9 that is more creamy or white?
Here are some pics, also compared to a non-gmk white cap and other colors of gmkShow Image(http://i.imgur.com/8vwLrPC.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/zEcEfZh.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/7LiAEAk.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/iVmJ4rh.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/iFPSFTB.png)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/UmXsn48.png)
These are the other white colors (CP=more creamy, WSx= more white)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/zkZqgxx.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/xa5pmHR.jpg)
As far as the bar/scooped It looks like both will be included with the kit, so that's awesome too. I know pleny that prefer bars to scoops.
Two more things :DYes, colors are confirmed, and wont be changing. You seem to be following me around and demanding I do things to your liking :P
- Are the homing keys confirmed to be bar-homing and not deep hooming? I though people liked a lot more the deep homing of GMK.
- Are the Colors confirmed, specially talking about the GR1 alphas that is more a grey than a white? People may be not aware of this since the colors showed in the renders are kinda wrong:
- N9 modifiers: In reality the modifiers are a dark dark grey (between dark grey and black) and i'm fine with this, Dark grey is better than black
- GR1 alphas: Here is the problem imho, this one is more a light gray, not really a white or a creamy color, wouldn't be better C9 that is more creamy or white?
Here are some pics, also compared to a non-gmk white cap and other colors of gmkShow Image(http://i.imgur.com/8vwLrPC.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/zEcEfZh.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/7LiAEAk.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/iVmJ4rh.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/iFPSFTB.png)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/UmXsn48.png)
These are the other white colors (CP=more creamy, WSx= more white)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/zkZqgxx.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/xa5pmHR.jpg)
Two more things :DYes, colors are confirmed, and wont be changing. You seem to be following me around and demanding I do things to your liking :P
- Are the homing keys confirmed to be bar-homing and not deep hooming? I though people liked a lot more the deep homing of GMK.
- Are the Colors confirmed, specially talking about the GR1 alphas that is more a grey than a white? People may be not aware of this since the colors showed in the renders are kinda wrong:
- N9 modifiers: In reality the modifiers are a dark dark grey (between dark grey and black) and i'm fine with this, Dark grey is better than black
- GR1 alphas: Here is the problem imho, this one is more a light gray, not really a white or a creamy color, wouldn't be better C9 that is more creamy or white?
Here are some pics, also compared to a non-gmk white cap and other colors of gmkShow Image(http://i.imgur.com/8vwLrPC.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/zEcEfZh.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/7LiAEAk.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/iVmJ4rh.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/iFPSFTB.png)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/UmXsn48.png)
These are the other white colors (CP=more creamy, WSx= more white)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/zkZqgxx.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/xa5pmHR.jpg)
Two more things :DYes, colors are confirmed, and wont be changing. You seem to be following me around and demanding I do things to your liking :P
- Are the homing keys confirmed to be bar-homing and not deep hooming? I though people liked a lot more the deep homing of GMK.
- Are the Colors confirmed, specially talking about the GR1 alphas that is more a grey than a white? People may be not aware of this since the colors showed in the renders are kinda wrong:
- N9 modifiers: In reality the modifiers are a dark dark grey (between dark grey and black) and i'm fine with this, Dark grey is better than black
- GR1 alphas: Here is the problem imho, this one is more a light gray, not really a white or a creamy color, wouldn't be better C9 that is more creamy or white?
Here are some pics, also compared to a non-gmk white cap and other colors of gmkShow Image(http://i.imgur.com/8vwLrPC.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/zEcEfZh.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/7LiAEAk.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/iVmJ4rh.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/iFPSFTB.png)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/UmXsn48.png)
These are the other white colors (CP=more creamy, WSx= more white)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/zkZqgxx.jpg)Show Image(http://i.imgur.com/xa5pmHR.jpg)
Probably in as well, especially with the EU proxy :thumb:
The keyset mockup shows duplicate F5-F8 purple on gray caps. Are these supposed to be white instead? If so, can we also get F1-F5 and F9-F12 gray keycaps to make a full gray function row?
Probably in as well, especially with the EU proxy :thumb:Those keys were an oversight during the render process, they don't exist :)
The keyset mockup shows duplicate F5-F8 purple on gray caps. Are these supposed to be white instead? If so, can we also get F1-F5 and F9-F12 gray keycaps to make a full gray function row?
Probably in as well, especially with the EU proxy :thumb:Those keys were an oversight during the render process, they don't exist :)
The keyset mockup shows duplicate F5-F8 purple on gray caps. Are these supposed to be white instead? If so, can we also get F1-F5 and F9-F12 gray keycaps to make a full gray function row?
Probably in as well, especially with the EU proxy :thumb:Those keys were an oversight during the render process, they don't exist :)
The keyset mockup shows duplicate F5-F8 purple on gray caps. Are these supposed to be white instead? If so, can we also get F1-F5 and F9-F12 gray keycaps to make a full gray function row?
I'll see what adding 4 gr1 F keys will add to the total, no promises, the base kit is starting to get expensive. Difficult to make everyone happy and keep it within budget.Probably in as well, especially with the EU proxy :thumb:Those keys were an oversight during the render process, they don't exist :)
The keyset mockup shows duplicate F5-F8 purple on gray caps. Are these supposed to be white instead? If so, can we also get F1-F5 and F9-F12 gray keycaps to make a full gray function row?
Thanks. I wish those were real :'(
I'll see what adding 4 gr1 F keys will add to the total, no promises, the base kit is starting to get expensive. Difficult to make everyone happy and keep it within budget.Probably in as well, especially with the EU proxy :thumb:Those keys were an oversight during the render process, they don't exist :)
The keyset mockup shows duplicate F5-F8 purple on gray caps. Are these supposed to be white instead? If so, can we also get F1-F5 and F9-F12 gray keycaps to make a full gray function row?
Thanks. I wish those were real :'(
I'll see what adding 4 gr1 F keys will add to the total, no promises, the base kit is starting to get expensive. Difficult to make everyone happy and keep it within budget.Probably in as well, especially with the EU proxy :thumb:Those keys were an oversight during the render process, they don't exist :)
The keyset mockup shows duplicate F5-F8 purple on gray caps. Are these supposed to be white instead? If so, can we also get F1-F5 and F9-F12 gray keycaps to make a full gray function row?
Thanks. I wish those were real :'(
I'll see what adding 4 gr1 F keys will add to the total, no promises, the base kit is starting to get expensive. Difficult to make everyone happy and keep it within budget.Probably in as well, especially with the EU proxy :thumb:Those keys were an oversight during the render process, they don't exist :)
The keyset mockup shows duplicate F5-F8 purple on gray caps. Are these supposed to be white instead? If so, can we also get F1-F5 and F9-F12 gray keycaps to make a full gray function row?
Thanks. I wish those were real :'(
Imho doesn't make sense to add them, don't really like the idea of the uniform color on the F-Row. If you really want to add f5-f8 in another color purple would make more sense, but afterall the best thing is to just don't include them to not increase the price for unnecessary keys.
I mean, at this point if we want to increase slightly the price, just add split spacebars and make a lot of people happy, instead of adding again the same keycaps in another color...
I'll see what adding 4 gr1 F keys will add to the total, no promises, the base kit is starting to get expensive. Difficult to make everyone happy and keep it within budget.Probably in as well, especially with the EU proxy :thumb:Those keys were an oversight during the render process, they don't exist :)
The keyset mockup shows duplicate F5-F8 purple on gray caps. Are these supposed to be white instead? If so, can we also get F1-F5 and F9-F12 gray keycaps to make a full gray function row?
Thanks. I wish those were real :'(
Imho doesn't make sense to add them, don't really like the idea of the uniform color on the F-Row. If you really want to add f5-f8 in another color purple would make more sense, but afterall the best thing is to just don't include them to not increase the price for unnecessary keys.
I mean, at this point if we want to increase slightly the price, just add split spacebars and make a lot of people happy, instead of adding again the same keycaps in another color...
I respect your opinion, but would strongly disagree purple f5-8 makes more (or any tbh) sense.
I understand most people dislike the idea of a uniform f row, but there is a lot of people who feel the opposite.
This is not just creating another color choice for no reason it's for achieving a uniform look.
I much prefer uniform f-rows for 75% or basically any layout without f-row spacers.
On tkl for example I would not go uniform, but for 75% it's a must imo.
I would love to see them happen, but I don't really mind much either way, just another reason to cast more trans purple blanks...
I understand Kaos.You could always just run these keys as an add on pack with others such as led caps lock and stepped caps
Honestly, balancing price while trying to cover most needs is always a challenge for gmk sets.
I honestly don't mind either way, but I would love to see uniform f-rows get more support. (I would prefer this over stuff like arrow color options f.e.)
Sets designed with uniform f-row in mind (or other non standard features) have been pushed towards the 'standard' by the community more then once.
And while I get that keeping it standard is usually preferable to hit moq, Im sad seeing the potential of making something unique beeing wasted by forcing standards...
Just my two cents
I understand Kaos.You could always just run these keys as an add on pack with others such as led caps lock and stepped caps
Honestly, balancing price while trying to cover most needs is always a challenge for gmk sets.
I honestly don't mind either way, but I would love to see uniform f-rows get more support. (I would prefer this over stuff like arrow color options f.e.)
Sets designed with uniform f-row in mind (or other non standard features) have been pushed towards the 'standard' by the community more then once.
And while I get that keeping it standard is usually preferable to hit moq, Im sad seeing the potential of making something unique beeing wasted by forcing standards...
Just my two cents
Splitting up sets is usually not a good idea for gmk.9009 is doing it and it's a community run GB, with no vendors involved.
You could split all color options from the main set and create a subset including uniform f-row, to get more/most people on board but at that point you might aswell keep it all in the base set which will make the overall process easier and potentially cheaper then having to buy the add on set.
Again I'm good either way, and I'm definitely in on the buy, but I really feel these 4 keys deserve a higher priority
I'll see what adding 4 gr1 F keys will add to the total, no promises, the base kit is starting to get expensive. Difficult to make everyone happy and keep it within budget.Probably in as well, especially with the EU proxy :thumb:Those keys were an oversight during the render process, they don't exist :)
The keyset mockup shows duplicate F5-F8 purple on gray caps. Are these supposed to be white instead? If so, can we also get F1-F5 and F9-F12 gray keycaps to make a full gray function row?
Thanks. I wish those were real :'(
Is OP ded? :(
Violet Tendencies wheeeeeen?
OP might just be waiting out the 5 current GMK GB's going on right now. I'd be patient
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How long are we thinking? I need this!I'd suggest at least a month after LASER... There is just too much GMK for the market (not me, i love it... but doesn't help if it means 2/5 sets won't make it) at the moment. LASER is the next big thing "everyone" is waiting for and i bet people will throw tons of money on all the kits etc.
How long are we thinking? I need this!I'd suggest at least a month after LASER... There is just too much GMK for the market (not me, i love it... but doesn't help if it means 2/5 sets won't make it) at the moment. LASER is the next big thing "everyone" is waiting for and i bet people will throw tons of money on all the kits etc.
Give people time to recover a bit. :thumb:
Hey folks! Sorry for my absence! I've been in transition for the last couple months while closing on a new house. Just got all moved in, and slowly getting my office set up. With the recent drop of laser, along with a billion other kits, I've decided to wait until February most likely, to run the GB. My render guy has become too expensive for me (hell, even ramen is too expensive for me now after buying this house), so I'll have to find some other way to come up with the final renders. The base kit has been adjusted quite a bit. F5,6,7,8 in GR1 have been added as well :D, it's coming in at 162 keys, no idea on pricing, but it wont be super cheap. But I'll keep it as cheap as I possibly can, while still making sure those doing the heavy lifting are compensated fairly for their time an effort. The 40/45/Basic ortho kit has been trimmed down drastically and will only have about 20 keys. The space bar kit is looking like it'll be about 10 keys. I'll throw up some default renders of kit contents in a few days.
Edit; On second(or 40th) thought, after seeing the base kit coverage for laser, I might ask mito if I can copy his coverage... That way It'd just be 1 kit, plus the space bar kit... Thoughts?
TL;DR - Violet Tendencies is still indeed happening!
Agree, Laser's base kit is terrific and should be emulated, but it might quickly put the price of the overall kit a bit higher than you might anticipate. Hoping it doesn't because I am a big fan of this set!
Sucks it's been pushed waay back. What's the set he took in though?
Sucks it's been pushed waay back. What's the set he took in though?
I'm going to guess Black Lotus (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=84756.0), I believe both keyset designers are working with mechkeys.ca
Sucks it's been pushed waay back. What's the set he took in though?
I'm going to guess Black Lotus (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=84756.0), I believe both keyset designers are working with mechkeys.ca
Bingo ;)
Sucks it's been pushed waay back. What's the set he took in though?
I'm going to guess Black Lotus (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=84756.0), I believe both keyset designers are working with mechkeys.ca
Bingo ;)
OOooooo so both purple sets are gonna happen :D. My wallet will hate me.
Don't know if it's just me but I greatly prefer Violet Tendencies over Black Lotus. Much prefer the deeper darker purple of this set.
Don't know if it's just me but I greatly prefer Violet Tendencies over Black Lotus. Much prefer the deeper darker purple of this set.
Haha, thanks. I obviously much prefer my keyset over his, but maybe I'm a bit biased :p Though to be fair, he's been trying to get his made for much longer than I have mine. I also suppose this will give me more time to generate more interest, more renders, maybe add some novelties if enough people are interested. As it stands now, I'm not sure that if I were to run in Feb as I'd hoped, it'd even reach moq. Hundreds of people have shown interest, but statistics show that only about 1/4 of the people that say they'll purchase, actually buy it. So for now, I'll just keep working on renders, and generating more hype, so that hopefully when we do go live, there wont be any doubt that it'll reach MOQ. (Also maybe by that time, I'll be able to afford to buy more sets personally, just in case.)
Don't know if it's just me but I greatly prefer Violet Tendencies over Black Lotus. Much prefer the deeper darker purple of this set.
Haha, thanks. I obviously much prefer my keyset over his, but maybe I'm a bit biased :p Though to be fair, he's been trying to get his made for much longer than I have mine. I also suppose this will give me more time to generate more interest, more renders, maybe add some novelties if enough people are interested. As it stands now, I'm not sure that if I were to run in Feb as I'd hoped, it'd even reach moq. Hundreds of people have shown interest, but statistics show that only about 1/4 of the people that say they'll purchase, actually buy it. So for now, I'll just keep working on renders, and generating more hype, so that hopefully when we do go live, there wont be any doubt that it'll reach MOQ. (Also maybe by that time, I'll be able to afford to buy more sets personally, just in case.)
Did Violet Tendencies had standard gmk colors or custom colors? I mean 150 units should be pretty easy to reach, even without Massdrop.
Hype is fine, delaying too much is not (people just forget at some point)
Don't know if it's just me but I greatly prefer Violet Tendencies over Black Lotus. Much prefer the deeper darker purple of this set.
Haha, thanks. I obviously much prefer my keyset over his, but maybe I'm a bit biased :p Though to be fair, he's been trying to get his made for much longer than I have mine. I also suppose this will give me more time to generate more interest, more renders, maybe add some novelties if enough people are interested. As it stands now, I'm not sure that if I were to run in Feb as I'd hoped, it'd even reach moq. Hundreds of people have shown interest, but statistics show that only about 1/4 of the people that say they'll purchase, actually buy it. So for now, I'll just keep working on renders, and generating more hype, so that hopefully when we do go live, there wont be any doubt that it'll reach MOQ. (Also maybe by that time, I'll be able to afford to buy more sets personally, just in case.)
Did Violet Tendencies had standard gmk colors or custom colors? I mean 150 units should be pretty easy to reach, even without Massdrop.
Hype is fine, delaying too much is not (people just forget at some point)
Yes, all standard colors, so indeed 150 will be the moq. After watching a few other sets fail to reach moq, I'm not so certain "only" 150 kits sold is as easy as people think it is. But, we'll get there. Considering I only started working on this set 6 months ago, and only 3 months ago did we decide it was actually going to happen, it hasn't really been that long. Most kits take a year or two. I'll still run it in 2018, but people will need time to heal from other kits, and yule time, etc etc. Running my kit too soon after another purple kit, through the same vendor, would likely not yield the best results. I'm as bummed as you all are that it wont be running sooner, but that's the way things go. It'll all work out, everyone will be (mostly)happy! :)
Don't know if it's just me but I greatly prefer Violet Tendencies over Black Lotus. Much prefer the deeper darker purple of this set.
Haha, thanks. I obviously much prefer my keyset over his, but maybe I'm a bit biased :p Though to be fair, he's been trying to get his made for much longer than I have mine. I also suppose this will give me more time to generate more interest, more renders, maybe add some novelties if enough people are interested. As it stands now, I'm not sure that if I were to run in Feb as I'd hoped, it'd even reach moq. Hundreds of people have shown interest, but statistics show that only about 1/4 of the people that say they'll purchase, actually buy it. So for now, I'll just keep working on renders, and generating more hype, so that hopefully when we do go live, there wont be any doubt that it'll reach MOQ. (Also maybe by that time, I'll be able to afford to buy more sets personally, just in case.)
Did Violet Tendencies had standard gmk colors or custom colors? I mean 150 units should be pretty easy to reach, even without Massdrop.
Hype is fine, delaying too much is not (people just forget at some point)
Yes, all standard colors, so indeed 150 will be the moq. After watching a few other sets fail to reach moq, I'm not so certain "only" 150 kits sold is as easy as people think it is. But, we'll get there. Considering I only started working on this set 6 months ago, and only 3 months ago did we decide it was actually going to happen, it hasn't really been that long. Most kits take a year or two. I'll still run it in 2018, but people will need time to heal from other kits, and yule time, etc etc. Running my kit too soon after another purple kit, through the same vendor, would likely not yield the best results. I'm as bummed as you all are that it wont be running sooner, but that's the way things go. It'll all work out, everyone will be (mostly)happy! :)
I hope so :)
On a side note, please don't go via massdrop, just go for multiple proxies.
Don't know if it's just me but I greatly prefer Violet Tendencies over Black Lotus. Much prefer the deeper darker purple of this set.
Haha, thanks. I obviously much prefer my keyset over his, but maybe I'm a bit biased :p Though to be fair, he's been trying to get his made for much longer than I have mine. I also suppose this will give me more time to generate more interest, more renders, maybe add some novelties if enough people are interested. As it stands now, I'm not sure that if I were to run in Feb as I'd hoped, it'd even reach moq. Hundreds of people have shown interest, but statistics show that only about 1/4 of the people that say they'll purchase, actually buy it. So for now, I'll just keep working on renders, and generating more hype, so that hopefully when we do go live, there wont be any doubt that it'll reach MOQ. (Also maybe by that time, I'll be able to afford to buy more sets personally, just in case.)
Did Violet Tendencies had standard gmk colors or custom colors? I mean 150 units should be pretty easy to reach, even without Massdrop.
Hype is fine, delaying too much is not (people just forget at some point)
Yes, all standard colors, so indeed 150 will be the moq. After watching a few other sets fail to reach moq, I'm not so certain "only" 150 kits sold is as easy as people think it is. But, we'll get there. Considering I only started working on this set 6 months ago, and only 3 months ago did we decide it was actually going to happen, it hasn't really been that long. Most kits take a year or two. I'll still run it in 2018, but people will need time to heal from other kits, and yule time, etc etc. Running my kit too soon after another purple kit, through the same vendor, would likely not yield the best results. I'm as bummed as you all are that it wont be running sooner, but that's the way things go. It'll all work out, everyone will be (mostly)happy! :)
I hope so :)
On a side note, please don't go via massdrop, just go for multiple proxies.
No, no massdrop. That'd take years, and their queue is already insane.
Don't know if it's just me but I greatly prefer Violet Tendencies over Black Lotus. Much prefer the deeper darker purple of this set.
Don't know if it's just me but I greatly prefer Violet Tendencies over Black Lotus. Much prefer the deeper darker purple of this set.
Sad af knowing this wont happened for so long lowkey the best gmk set in a long time
if the maker has like 1 set made il buy that **** asap
If it’s Good it’s worth waiting for. Rather have a GB start in may and shipping in july than one starting now and shipping in August...
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9009 was about 3/4 months if I'm correct. So it's doable :PIf it’s Good it’s worth waiting for. Rather have a GB start in may and shipping in july than one starting now and shipping in August...
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GMK has a long lead time at the moment, it'll never be a 3 month delivery. That's just the way it is, no matter how much money we throw at it, or how popular it is. It's not the year+ SP has for SA sets, but it'll be substantial. 6 months after group buy finishes is a good estimate. Might (probably) be more, doubt it'll be less. There's nothing we as vendors/designers can do about it.
If it’s Good it’s worth waiting for. Rather have a GB start in may and shipping in july than one starting now and shipping in August...
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GMK has a long lead time at the moment, it'll never be a 3 month delivery. That's just the way it is, no matter how much money we throw at it, or how popular it is. It's not the year+ SP has for SA sets, but it'll be substantial. 6 months after group buy finishes is a good estimate. Might (probably) be more, doubt it'll be less. There's nothing we as vendors/designers can do about it.
Just noticed the second set of F-row keys... what are those used for?
Thanks!
Just noticed the second set of F-row keys... what are those used for?
Thanks!
It was a rendering mistake. I believe the duplicate dark Function keys are supposed to be purple.
I'm so in on this one! Any new update on when the GB will start? And what was the inspiration for this colorway?
do you have 2u shift key? 1u shift key would be nice , too. (like gmk samurai)
Don't know if it's just me but I greatly prefer Violet Tendencies over Black Lotus. Much prefer the deeper darker purple of this set.
Haha, thanks. I obviously much prefer my keyset over his, but maybe I'm a bit biased :p Though to be fair, he's been trying to get his made for much longer than I have mine. I also suppose this will give me more time to generate more interest, more renders, maybe add some novelties if enough people are interested. As it stands now, I'm not sure that if I were to run in Feb as I'd hoped, it'd even reach moq. Hundreds of people have shown interest, but statistics show that only about 1/4 of the people that say they'll purchase, actually buy it. So for now, I'll just keep working on renders, and generating more hype, so that hopefully when we do go live, there wont be any doubt that it'll reach MOQ. (Also maybe by that time, I'll be able to afford to buy more sets personally, just in case.)
Did Violet Tendencies had standard gmk colors or custom colors? I mean 150 units should be pretty easy to reach, even without Massdrop.
Hype is fine, delaying too much is not (people just forget at some point)
Yes, all standard colors, so indeed 150 will be the moq. After watching a few other sets fail to reach moq, I'm not so certain "only" 150 kits sold is as easy as people think it is. But, we'll get there. Considering I only started working on this set 6 months ago, and only 3 months ago did we decide it was actually going to happen, it hasn't really been that long. Most kits take a year or two. I'll still run it in 2018, but people will need time to heal from other kits, and yule time, etc etc. Running my kit too soon after another purple kit, through the same vendor, would likely not yield the best results. I'm as bummed as you all are that it wont be running sooner, but that's the way things go. It'll all work out, everyone will be (mostly)happy! :)
I hope so :)
On a side note, please don't go via massdrop, just go for multiple proxies.
No, no massdrop. That'd take years, and their queue is already insane.
Nice colors, a little overlapping with my hyperfuse :-(Apologies, it wasn't intentional, I didn't realize that Hyperfuse alphas were gr1 with n9 until much further along in the process. I hope you don't take offence, or track me down and break my legs :-X
Nice colors, a little overlapping with my hyperfuse :-(
Nice colors, a little overlapping with my hyperfuse :-(Apologies, it wasn't intentional, I didn't realize that Hyperfuse alphas were gr1 with n9 until much further along in the process. I hope you don't take offence, or track me down and break my legs :-X
The world needs this set!I need this set.
if it got Ortho and Colemak kits
if it got Ortho and Colemak kits
I would be surprised if those are offered
Ye my bad. I meant the Colemak support. Should have made that more clear, sorryif it got Ortho and Colemak kits
I would be surprised if those are offered
I think OP mentioned Ortho in one of the updates, but no renders of it yet. Dvorak and Colemak are kinda a long shot but I can dream
Any new updates or progress? We're almost approaching the end of Q1 so very unlikely this set will happen in the first half of this year as originally hoped. Fingers crossed it will at least happen before the end of 2018 though.
Any new updates or progress? We're almost approaching the end of Q1 so very unlikely this set will happen in the first half of this year as originally hoped. Fingers crossed it will at least happen before the end of 2018 though.
Sadly with the vender that OP plans on working with to get this GB run, he has to wait for them to run another gmk set before this. I wouldn't worry too much about this set until GMK Black Lotus runs first.
Yaaaaaaaaas!!!Any new updates or progress? We're almost approaching the end of Q1 so very unlikely this set will happen in the first half of this year as originally hoped. Fingers crossed it will at least happen before the end of 2018 though.
Sadly with the vender that OP plans on working with to get this GB run, he has to wait for them to run another gmk set before this. I wouldn't worry too much about this set until GMK Black Lotus runs first.
There may be some other developments. Hold tight :)
Any new updates or progress? We're almost approaching the end of Q1 so very unlikely this set will happen in the first half of this year as originally hoped. Fingers crossed it will at least happen before the end of 2018 though.
Sadly with the vender that OP plans on working with to get this GB run, he has to wait for them to run another gmk set before this. I wouldn't worry too much about this set until GMK Black Lotus runs first.
There may be some other developments. Hold tight :)
Ye my bad. I meant the Colemak support. Should have made that more clear, sorryif it got Ortho and Colemak kits
I would be surprised if those are offered
I think OP mentioned Ortho in one of the updates, but no renders of it yet. Dvorak and Colemak are kinda a long shot but I can dream
Any new updates or progress? We're almost approaching the end of Q1 so very unlikely this set will happen in the first half of this year as originally hoped. Fingers crossed it will at least happen before the end of 2018 though.
Sadly with the vender that OP plans on working with to get this GB run, he has to wait for them to run another gmk set before this. I wouldn't worry too much about this set until GMK Black Lotus runs first.
There may be some other developments. Hold tight :)
Any new updates or progress? We're almost approaching the end of Q1 so very unlikely this set will happen in the first half of this year as originally hoped. Fingers crossed it will at least happen before the end of 2018 though.
Sadly with the vender that OP plans on working with to get this GB run, he has to wait for them to run another gmk set before this. I wouldn't worry too much about this set until GMK Black Lotus runs first.
There may be some other developments. Hold tight :)
The news we've all been waiting for!
Any new updates or progress? We're almost approaching the end of Q1 so very unlikely this set will happen in the first half of this year as originally hoped. Fingers crossed it will at least happen before the end of 2018 though.
Sadly with the vender that OP plans on working with to get this GB run, he has to wait for them to run another gmk set before this. I wouldn't worry too much about this set until GMK Black Lotus runs first.
There may be some other developments. Hold tight :)
The news we've all been waiting for!
Give me a week, and y'all will have some better news. Maybe possibly even a date?
If only there is word on this before the 20th, then I would have no doubts as to what color of espectro to buy :-[I'm confident in saying that you should buy a purple one ;)
9009 was about 3/4 months if I'm correct. So it's doable :PIf it’s Good it’s worth waiting for. Rather have a GB start in may and shipping in july than one starting now and shipping in August...
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GMK has a long lead time at the moment, it'll never be a 3 month delivery. That's just the way it is, no matter how much money we throw at it, or how popular it is. It's not the year+ SP has for SA sets, but it'll be substantial. 6 months after group buy finishes is a good estimate. Might (probably) be more, doubt it'll be less. There's nothing we as vendors/designers can do about it.
The suspense is killing me...I need this set like my body needs water.9009 was about 3/4 months if I'm correct. So it's doableIf it’s Good it’s worth waiting for. Rather have a GB start in may and shipping in july than one starting now and shipping in August...
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GMK has a long lead time at the moment, it'll never be a 3 month delivery. That's just the way it is, no matter how much money we throw at it, or how popular it is. It's not the year+ SP has for SA sets, but it'll be substantial. 6 months after group buy finishes is a good estimate. Might (probably) be more, doubt it'll be less. There's nothing we as vendors/designers can do about it.
Funny you mentioned 9009... Stay tuned ;)
9009 was about 3/4 months if I'm correct. So it's doable :PIf it’s Good it’s worth waiting for. Rather have a GB start in may and shipping in july than one starting now and shipping in August...
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GMK has a long lead time at the moment, it'll never be a 3 month delivery. That's just the way it is, no matter how much money we throw at it, or how popular it is. It's not the year+ SP has for SA sets, but it'll be substantial. 6 months after group buy finishes is a good estimate. Might (probably) be more, doubt it'll be less. There's nothing we as vendors/designers can do about it.
Funny you mentioned 9009... Stay tuned ;)
I can neither confirm, nor deny that :D9009 was about 3/4 months if I'm correct. So it's doable :PIf it’s Good it’s worth waiting for. Rather have a GB start in may and shipping in july than one starting now and shipping in August...
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GMK has a long lead time at the moment, it'll never be a 3 month delivery. That's just the way it is, no matter how much money we throw at it, or how popular it is. It's not the year+ SP has for SA sets, but it'll be substantial. 6 months after group buy finishes is a good estimate. Might (probably) be more, doubt it'll be less. There's nothing we as vendors/designers can do about it.
Funny you mentioned 9009... Stay tuned ;)
So you are saying you are going with Dixiemech O_o. I'd be okay with that :P
Any new updates or progress? We're almost approaching the end of Q1 so very unlikely this set will happen in the first half of this year as originally hoped. Fingers crossed it will at least happen before the end of 2018 though.
Sadly with the vender that OP plans on working with to get this GB run, he has to wait for them to run another gmk set before this. I wouldn't worry too much about this set until GMK Black Lotus runs first.
There may be some other developments. Hold tight :)
The news we've all been waiting for!
Give me a week, and y'all will have some better news. Maybe possibly even a date?
Maybe it's a bit too late but is there any possibility in following in the footsteps of GMK Oblivion, Honeywell and Doom's recent GB launch in adding a 1.5u backspace? It's the one key I find lacking in about half of any decent GMK sets.
Maybe it's a bit too late but is there any possibility in following in the footsteps of GMK Oblivion, Honeywell and Doom's recent GB launch in adding a 1.5u backspace? It's the one key I find lacking in about half of any decent GMK sets.
There's already one in the render. Right near the iso stuff
Any new updates or progress? We're almost approaching the end of Q1 so very unlikely this set will happen in the first half of this year as originally hoped. Fingers crossed it will at least happen before the end of 2018 though.
Sadly with the vender that OP plans on working with to get this GB run, he has to wait for them to run another gmk set before this. I wouldn't worry too much about this set until GMK Black Lotus runs first.
There may be some other developments. Hold tight :)
The news we've all been waiting for!
Give me a week, and y'all will have some better news. Maybe possibly even a date?
Any new updates or progress? We're almost approaching the end of Q1 so very unlikely this set will happen in the first half of this year as originally hoped. Fingers crossed it will at least happen before the end of 2018 though.
Sadly with the vender that OP plans on working with to get this GB run, he has to wait for them to run another gmk set before this. I wouldn't worry too much about this set until GMK Black Lotus runs first.
There may be some other developments. Hold tight :)
The news we've all been waiting for!
Give me a week, and y'all will have some better news. Maybe possibly even a date?
Any updates?
Update in the OP:Awww yeee! Watching this as close as possible! Thanks for the update, waiting to gib you my monies
New kit design is done. New vendor has been chosen. I'm happy to announce that Dixiemech (of GMK 9009 fame) will be running the GB. Thank you all for following through all this! We'll very soon have estimated launch dates, and official renders and pricing. For obvious reasons, I'm not going to speculate. I guess all I can say (again) is stay tuned! It's finally happening!
Voxicles,
I asked about the possibility of adding an R3 PgUp and R4 PgDn a while back and didn't see a response from you. I notice that some recent GMK sets (GMK Yuri, GMK Solarized Dark, and I think there were others that I'm forgetting) have had these two keys added by GMK even though they weren't in the kit designs (I suspect because they want to provide support for their own C70 keyboard). Has anyone asked GMK if they're going to be adding any keys to the kit on top of what you've specified?
For me, the purple on black (DY on N9) keys are a bit hard to read. I'm hoping there will be an add-on pack(s) that make it possible to replace them with grey on purple (GR1 on DY) keys.
This is a community run group buy, we can't realistically run multiple kits and have them hit MOQ. I wish I could offer a bunch of mod kits, but they wouldn't hit moq. They cost me money to have renders made, and I don't have a lot of that.For me, the purple on black (DY on N9) keys are a bit hard to read. I'm hoping there will be an add-on pack(s) that make it possible to replace them with grey on purple (GR1 on DY) keys.
Any comment on this?
*holds breath*
Splitting up sets is usually not a good idea for gmk.
You could split all color options from the main set and create a subset including uniform f-row, to get more/most people on board but at that point you might aswell keep it all in the base set which will make the overall process easier and potentially cheaper then having to buy the add on set.
Again I'm good either way, and I'm definitely in on the buy, but I really feel these 4 keys deserve a higher priority
This is a community run group buy, we can't realistically run multiple kits and have them hit MOQ. I wish I could offer a bunch of mod kits, but they wouldn't hit moq. They cost me money to have renders made, and I don't have a lot of that.For me, the purple on black (DY on N9) keys are a bit hard to read. I'm hoping there will be an add-on pack(s) that make it possible to replace them with grey on purple (GR1 on DY) keys.
Any comment on this?
*holds breath*
I'm going to run this as is at the moment, with one large kit, and a space kit, but if I get enough requests after these are under peoples fingers, I would love to do GR1 on DY mods. Would also love to run N9 mods with GR1 legends.
This is a community run group buy, we can't realistically run multiple kits and have them hit MOQ. I wish I could offer a bunch of mod kits, but they wouldn't hit moq. They cost me money to have renders made, and I don't have a lot of that.For me, the purple on black (DY on N9) keys are a bit hard to read. I'm hoping there will be an add-on pack(s) that make it possible to replace them with grey on purple (GR1 on DY) keys.
Any comment on this?
*holds breath*
I'm going to run this as is at the moment, with one large kit, and a space kit, but if I get enough requests after these are under peoples fingers, I would love to do GR1 on DY mods. Would also love to run N9 mods with GR1 legends.
This is a community run group buy, we can't realistically run multiple kits and have them hit MOQ. I wish I could offer a bunch of mod kits, but they wouldn't hit moq. They cost me money to have renders made, and I don't have a lot of that.For me, the purple on black (DY on N9) keys are a bit hard to read. I'm hoping there will be an add-on pack(s) that make it possible to replace them with grey on purple (GR1 on DY) keys.
Any comment on this?
*holds breath*
I'm going to run this as is at the moment, with one large kit, and a space kit, but if I get enough requests after these are under peoples fingers, I would love to do GR1 on DY mods. Would also love to run N9 mods with GR1 legends.
I'd buy like 3x GR1 on DY mods. The old White on Purple GMK mod set is one of the things ive always wanted but is impossible to find.
Loving this!I like this idea very much. I'd be interested
Any chance of a white mod kit, for that full GMK PoW option? =)
Loving this!I like this idea very much. I'd be interested
Any chance of a white mod kit, for that full GMK PoW option? =)
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I'd be much more interested in a GR1 on DY ( grey on purple, like the Enter key) mod kit than a DY on GR1 set.
This looks great! I’m really hoping that the final set includes all of the keys from the render below, including the R2 “Delete” key and 1.5u Super/Code keys. 🤞Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/pEYqDjZ.jpg)
Loving this!White legends on mods is also a nice combination, I'm actually using it (mixing Hyperfuse, Dolch and a couple of accent keys):
Any chance of a white mod kit, for that full GMK PoW option? =)
This is really nice 👍Loving this!White legends on mods is also a nice combination, I'm actually using it (mixing Hyperfuse, Dolch and a couple of accent keys):
Any chance of a white mod kit, for that full GMK PoW option? =)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/e7EazBN.jpg)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/R8rIkDi.jpg)
I'd be much more interested in a GR1 on DY ( grey on purple, like the Enter key) mod kit than a DY on GR1 set.
I'm in agreement with phorx. I would snap up a GR1 on DY ( grey on purple, like the Enter key) mod kit as well as the base!
I'd be much more interested in a GR1 on DY ( grey on purple, like the Enter key) mod kit than a DY on GR1 set.
I'm in agreement with phorx. I would snap up a GR1 on DY ( grey on purple, like the Enter key) mod kit as well as the base!
For this run I'm not getting crazy with a bunch of kits, since it's community run. If things go well, we can for sure get rolling on some alternative mod kits after the base kit is in everyone's hands :)
Just do it. Don't let your dreams be dreams. Yesterday you said tomorrow.I'd be much more interested in a GR1 on DY ( grey on purple, like the Enter key) mod kit than a DY on GR1 set.
I'm in agreement with phorx. I would snap up a GR1 on DY ( grey on purple, like the Enter key) mod kit as well as the base!
For this run I'm not getting crazy with a bunch of kits, since it's community run. If things go well, we can for sure get rolling on some alternative mod kits after the base kit is in everyone's hands :)
Update in OP, with official GMK renders and prices and such. We're goin' live tomorrow folks!
Update in OP, with official GMK renders and prices and such. We're goin' live tomorrow folks!
How long will the group buy be open for?
Honestly I think it's way too soon. Needs more hype and word to spread on start date.
It’s also just standard 150 moq right?
Huh, that's interesting. The purple arrow accents are in the renders. Were they too expensive to include in any kits?
Is there a 2u shift? I see a 1u shift so just checking.
Update in OP, with official GMK renders and prices and such. We're goin' live tomorrow folks!
How long will the group buy be open for?
Honestly I think it's way too soon. Needs more hype and word to spread on start date.
Oops, thanks for reminding me, GB will be open until May 20th. As far as too soon, I'm not sure. A couple people have expressed your concerns, but a lot more people have told me to just run it already. It's been almost a year of paying for renders and spreading them around, I'm confident it'll work out just fine. I appreciate the feedback!
Looks like most of it would work on my current k70 until I can get a "real" board. I do love the colors though.
Looks like the HHKB for Mac compatibility that I was hoping for didn’t make it in to the final set, so I sadly won’t be joining. Good luck with the GB.Show Image(https://media.giphy.com/media/EYmAHLpw5LBbG/giphy.gif)
Looks like the HHKB for Mac compatibility that I was hoping for didn’t make it in to the final set, so I sadly won’t be joining. Good luck with the GB.Show Image(https://media.giphy.com/media/EYmAHLpw5LBbG/giphy.gif)
Yeah, there was a debate over the Delete or Backspace, and backspace won out. But that should be the only thing missing (and really not that big of a deal, to me anyway). Got rid of OS specific legends altogether, so it should fit just about anything.
Looks like the HHKB for Mac compatibility that I was hoping for didn’t make it in to the final set, so I sadly won’t be joining. Good luck with the GB.Show Image(https://media.giphy.com/media/EYmAHLpw5LBbG/giphy.gif)
Yeah, there was a debate over the Delete or Backspace, and backspace won out. But that should be the only thing missing (and really not that big of a deal, to me anyway). Got rid of OS specific legends altogether, so it should fit just about anything.
I could live with a Backspace key, but what is really missing for me is 1.5u OS keys (Code or Super) — like you have in your HHKB render.
So happy this is happening fvck yes!
Awww. I didn’t notice there were no purple arrows anymore. Dang. Accent arrows make 65 look way nicer imo.
I get that some people like vim keys and they are vocal. But the number of people who use vim vs the number who use arrows isn’t even close.
As much as I love purple, I’m gonna have to think about this one.
Awww. I didn’t notice there were no purple arrows anymore. Dang. Accent arrows make 65 look way nicer imo.
I get that some people like vim keys and they are vocal. But the number of people who use vim vs the number who use arrows isn’t even close.
As much as I love purple, I’m gonna have to think about this one.
I also just noticed. Sucks too that a lot of the renders are using the purple arrow keys.
It won’t change my decision of the set probably, and thru all the gmk sets run recently, VIM might be nice for a change :)
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Awww. I didn’t notice there were no purple arrows anymore. Dang. Accent arrows make 65 look way nicer imo.
I get that some people like vim keys and they are vocal. But the number of people who use vim vs the number who use arrows isn’t even close.
As much as I love purple, I’m gonna have to think about this one.
Joined the GB. In for 1 base and 2 spacebar kits