Nice, will there be a hiragana kit this time as well ?
I look forward to picking up this set, i prefer the new colours, can actually read it which is what stopped me last time.
r2 in sa profile would be epic but i guess that's not open for discussion?SA vaporwave would be so unbelievably awesome.. and not just becasue GMK is a shady, garbage, company.
as an r1 owner, the colors are totally fine for me. hiragana monolegends or a few more novelties may be a buy for me tho, if you keep the colors.
If you offer a different color for R2, can you run back the Rama X? Since PnC 2 has different colors than 1 Rama is gonna run the leaf n peach caps again.
(Vaporwave X one of my favorite caps)
I've been searching for alternate mods to mix with the set since R1, so I understand the desire for change there. Where the alphas are concerned, I think they are the most vibrant alphas on any GMK set and if you change them at all, it will be over the top and ruin the best part about the set in my eyes.
Sign me up! Though i wish it was in something other then GMK..
"New Novelties" Hopefully GMK isn't still being moronic, and wrongly believe that "sunset" novelty somehow belongs to Laser..
And a survey for putting the hiragana sub legend in the base kit. It sucks having to buy 2 kits.
Yes, my favorite keycap set is back for R2! I love the idea of new novelties. Please, consider offering a deskmat in R2 as well as more collaborations.
Little sad that I will not be able to mix the sets due to the color changes, I am curious to see how different the colors will look in person. I personally like the lighter pink rather than the more vibrant pink, but I think the darker purple could be a good change. I guess I will have to buy into R2 as well to compare for myself :) Definitely looking forward to the new novelty design and glad to see this set coming back since it was so well received for R1.
Will there be a hiragana sub-legend alpha kit?
r2 in sa profile would be epic but i guess that's not open for discussion?
as an r1 owner, the colors are totally fine for me. hiragana monolegends or a few more novelties may be a buy for me tho, if you keep the colors.
I would prefer the changes to be pretty noticeable from R1, even another profile but I guess that is out of the question.
I always like when R2, R3 etc have some noticeable differences while keeping the same vibe.
It makes the previous run feel more special, but also gives R1 owners a reason to get the R2.
AESTHETIC Rama Enter key ? :thumb:
Awesome, that's great to hear. One of the largest voids from R1 for me was the lack of a matching deskmat. I have found an alternative, but I would like a deskmat with your creativity and design, as the designer of GMK Vaporwave.Yes, my favorite keycap set is back for R2! I love the idea of new novelties. Please, consider offering a deskmat in R2 as well as more collaborations.
Definitely considering accessories and collaborations. Will keep everyone posted, provided the opportunities pop up :thumb:
any chance we can see pink accents/space bars.
Awesome, that's great to hear. One of the largest voids from R1 for me was the lack of a matching deskmat. I have found an alternative, but I would like a deskmat with your creativity and design, as the designer of GMK Vaporwave.Yes, my favorite keycap set is back for R2! I love the idea of new novelties. Please, consider offering a deskmat in R2 as well as more collaborations.
Definitely considering accessories and collaborations. Will keep everyone posted, provided the opportunities pop up :thumb:
Moreover, I'd like to echo the comment about how the R1 pink matches the aesthetic and theme that GMK Vaporwave is going for. As an R1 owner and someone who uses GMK Vaporwave on my daily keyboard, I love it. It's fine, please do not even consider changing it.
Furthermore, as mentioned above by user LXVRGS, please look into the feasibility of pink accents and spacebars. With how successful GMK Vaporwave R1 was and how much this hobby/community has grown since then, I believe it can be done without affecting pricing as much as we may think.
I do have a question though. The renders show icon mods and not icon + text mods like R1. Is that intentional?
Thank You, definite cop of at least like x3 sets of each kit for me haha.
GLWIC
I would prefer the changes to be pretty noticeable from R1, even another profile but I guess that is out of the question.
I always like when R2, R3 etc have some noticeable differences while keeping the same vibe.
It makes the previous run feel more special, but also gives R1 owners a reason to get the R2.
AESTHETIC Rama Enter key ? :thumb:
Haha will certainly consider a most aesthetic Rama key
I would prefer the changes to be pretty noticeable from R1, even another profile but I guess that is out of the question.
I always like when R2, R3 etc have some noticeable differences while keeping the same vibe.
It makes the previous run feel more special, but also gives R1 owners a reason to get the R2.
AESTHETIC Rama Enter key ? :thumb:
Haha will certainly consider a most aesthetic Rama key
Nice haha :thumb:
Also for the sake of change, maybe consider katakanas sublegends?
Even to run it as a second base kit.
Glad to see that a deskmat is coming this time and new novelties.
Personally I like the new subtle changes with the colors.
I feel ya buddy. But just to be clear (for anyone else, as i'm sure you all ready know this) MiTo, in no way, shape, or form created the "sunset" symbol, it existed in retrowave, and ESPECIALLY the vaporwave scene WAY before he decided to use it.Sign me up! Though i wish it was in something other then GMK..
"New Novelties" Hopefully GMK isn't still being moronic, and wrongly believe that "sunset" novelty somehow belongs to Laser..
And a survey for putting the hiragana sub legend in the base kit. It sucks having to buy 2 kits.
It's definitely been a tidal wave of GMK and I'll add the suggestion for hiragana to base to the notes. :thumb:
And for anyone who may have been wondering:
I just want to double down and say that during round 1, I was not forced or coerced to avoid using the sunset by GMK or Mito.
I'm a fan of Laser and, to me, the sunset is sort of like its calling card. Like what the pokeball is to pokemon, putting aside copyrights.
So I decided to use something else. That was the only reason.
(Forgive my ignorance if something has happened regarding this topic since the GB for VW R1)
An this is not a rebuttal to your comment Havattack, just thought it would be good to address the topic if it was brought up. :)
Thanks for your feedback
Happy to see this set return and I'd join, but please run the second round identical to the first round: this way there is no color matching to do with GMK thus a faster turnaround – or else consider renaming into "GMK Vaporwave 2" or "Vaporwave++" if you change colors.
My favorite thing about this set has always been the combination of the in-your-face pink alpha legends and the muted alpha color.
That said, I always felt like the mod purple and teal are tones that are a bit too cold.
I love seeing alice support in base. Just gimme some good 40's and I'm yours, even if it's just 3 key support.
Rama has been refusing to rerun anything previously run before. Hopefully that isnt the case for the Vaporwave X as i want it lol
Will you consider running 2 base kits, one with latin alphas only and the other with sublegends? I joined this hobby in 2020 and missed the first round. I don't want to pay for a second round with subs since I prefer the clean look of mono latin.No, that's probably not the best idea, 2 base kits will mess with MOQ/drive prices up. The best thing to do it just add the question to the IC form to survey what people want as the the base kit alphas.
I'd say it depends.
If the poll is close to 50/50 I'd say running 2 base kit is much better. If the split is over 70/30 then running only 1 base kit with alternate alphas makes sense.
Popular sets can still target 120$/130$ base kit while running 2 base kits.
I think a base latin only and a base katakana sub would be nice and if I had to guess would be fairly close in sales.
I love seeing alice support in base. Just gimme some good 40's and I'm yours, even if it's just 3 key support.
What keys do you need buddy? :)
Rama has been refusing to rerun anything previously run before. Hopefully that isnt the case for the Vaporwave X as i want it lol
the wait is finally over!
Definitely keeping my eye on this.
Anyone know of any good artisan deskmats that go well with this?
these renders are with deeper colors right? looks good :thumb: and would like to see katakana since I see too many hiragana.
I am so in let's gooo!
Edit: would you consider doing icon + text on the mods like the original?
Weeb alphas in base kit pretty please :DNP added that as a question to the surrey form, SO EVERYBODY, ATTENTION: if you all ready filled out the IC, and want sublegends on the base kit, FILL OUT THE IC AGAIN please! (and if you don't want sub-legends in the base kit... don't worry about.. I'm sure you have better things to do then fill out some silly IC form....)
personally id rather see hiragana return over katakana. on the icon mod vs text/icon mod debate i dont have real preference that said if the r1 mods make a return please consider a single line backspace legend for the 1.5u backspace key. the double line backspace is the only thing that kind of irks me from my r1 set.
HOLY HELL YES YES YES FINALLY
Vaporwave ran just before I started out in the hobby, and I just love it. A couple suggestions:
More 1U R3/R4 novelties. I know ortho is a niche, but I basically only use splits, and they can use a lot of these. Even cyan blanks would be great. R1 wasn't bad for this, but the suns were, I think, R1 only? I don't even own a board with R1.
Would definitely like to see side by side renders, but the alpha color has to be the most "rip your eyes out" available.
Is MT3 a possibility? Probably not, with Drop's approach to kitting, but I just thought I'd ask.
Everything this guy said.I love seeing alice support in base. Just gimme some good 40's and I'm yours, even if it's just 3 key support.
What keys do you need buddy? :)
3-key support for 40s is adding the 3 keys below to the base kit:
- R2 1.75 backspace
- R3 1.25 tab
- R3 1.5 enter
The nice thing about adding these to base is that one doesn't have to worry about MOQ for a 40s kit and can still physically support a great chunk of staggered 40s.
If you're aiming for a MOQ around 1000 it might be worth making a dedicated 40s kit. A good starting point for that would be GMK Seafarer's 40s kit. You could also stop by the keycap designer discord 40s channel where some great 40s kitting people will be able to help you out.
HOLY HELL YES YES YES FINALLY
Vaporwave ran just before I started out in the hobby, and I just love it. A couple suggestions:
More 1U R3/R4 novelties. I know ortho is a niche, but I basically only use splits, and they can use a lot of these. Even cyan blanks would be great. R1 wasn't bad for this, but the suns were, I think, R1 only? I don't even own a board with R1.
Would definitely like to see side by side renders, but the alpha color has to be the most "rip your eyes out" available.
Is MT3 a possibility? Probably not, with Drop's approach to kitting, but I just thought I'd ask.
HOLY HELL YES YES YES FINALLY
Vaporwave ran just before I started out in the hobby, and I just love it. A couple suggestions:
More 1U R3/R4 novelties. I know ortho is a niche, but I basically only use splits, and they can use a lot of these. Even cyan blanks would be great. R1 wasn't bad for this, but the suns were, I think, R1 only? I don't even own a board with R1.
Would definitely like to see side by side renders, but the alpha color has to be the most "rip your eyes out" available.
Is MT3 a possibility? Probably not, with Drop's approach to kitting, but I just thought I'd ask.
"MG" seems to be close match to MT3, with the added bonus of not dealing with Drop..
But I'm down for any high profile over cherry. MG,MT3, SA, whatever.
HOLY HELL YES YES YES FINALLY
Vaporwave ran just before I started out in the hobby, and I just love it. A couple suggestions:
More 1U R3/R4 novelties. I know ortho is a niche, but I basically only use splits, and they can use a lot of these. Even cyan blanks would be great. R1 wasn't bad for this, but the suns were, I think, R1 only? I don't even own a board with R1.
Would definitely like to see side by side renders, but the alpha color has to be the most "rip your eyes out" available.
Is MT3 a possibility? Probably not, with Drop's approach to kitting, but I just thought I'd ask.
"MG" seems to be close match to MT3, with the added bonus of not dealing with Drop..
But I'm down for any high profile over cherry. MG,MT3, SA, whatever.
You guys know who deals with MG?
HOLY HELL YES YES YES FINALLY
Vaporwave ran just before I started out in the hobby, and I just love it. A couple suggestions:
More 1U R3/R4 novelties. I know ortho is a niche, but I basically only use splits, and they can use a lot of these. Even cyan blanks would be great. R1 wasn't bad for this, but the suns were, I think, R1 only? I don't even own a board with R1.
Would definitely like to see side by side renders, but the alpha color has to be the most "rip your eyes out" available.
Is MT3 a possibility? Probably not, with Drop's approach to kitting, but I just thought I'd ask.
"MG" seems to be close match to MT3, with the added bonus of not dealing with Drop..
But I'm down for any high profile over cherry. MG,MT3, SA, whatever.
You guys know who deals with MG?
Melgeek does. @muni_chang handles it these days
personally id rather see hiragana return over katakana. on the icon mod vs text/icon mod debate i dont have real preference that said if the r1 mods make a return please consider a single line backspace legend for the 1.5u backspace key. the double line backspace is the only thing that kind of irks me from my r1 set.
Hiragana does look a bit cleaner as sub legends. Kata gets a little crazy, but we'll have to see what the people want
Are you talking about:
Back
Space
v.s.
Backspace
?
Please, God, Norde for this one.
Please, God, Norde for this one.
Yes, please!
Maybe Oblotzky can help with thisPlease, God, Norde for this one.
Yes, please!
The Norde struggles man haha
Can't make any promises, but it's on the list at the very least.
Can we please please please have a deskmat to go with it? I love my R1 but it'd look so much cooler with a Vaporwave deskmat!A-men!
I plopped it back on my keyboard last month and I still love how it looks. The neon pink is what I was expecting 8008 to be like (god that was an unpleasant surprise when it turned out the way it did...) and it just looks awesome.
When you say “Estimated for Q4 2021”, do you mean it will hit GB then, or it will ship then?I know you are just asking to be sure, but it sounds like you answered your own question bud... It's safe to assume it is the former.
GMK sets hitting GB now are expected to ship only Q2 2022.
When you say “Estimated for Q4 2021”, do you mean it will hit GB then, or it will ship then?
GMK sets hitting GB now are expected to ship only Q2 2022.
When you say “Estimated for Q4 2021”, do you mean it will hit GB then, or it will ship then?With the current situation, Q2 2022 is too soon, add 2 more Q to it and pray for it to not get delayed any further.....
GMK sets hitting GB now are expected to ship only Q2 2022.
The removal of UK ISO support from the base kit is quite disappointing. Please re-add UK ISO to the base kit, or consider adding an extension kit that includes UK ISO support like the "Addition" kit in Modern Dolch Light (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=104498.0).
There are 6 additional alpha keys for iso uk. I mean an international kit may be possible since this is a second run of a high demand colorway.The removal of UK ISO support from the base kit is quite disappointing. Please re-add UK ISO to the base kit, or consider adding an extension kit that includes UK ISO support like the "Addition" kit in Modern Dolch Light (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=104498.0).
Out of curiosity, what ISO keys exactly are missing? The euro "3"?
Awesome, that's great to hear. One of the largest voids from R1 for me was the lack of a matching deskmat. I have found an alternative, but I would like a deskmat with your creativity and design, as the designer of GMK Vaporwave.Yes, my favorite keycap set is back for R2! I love the idea of new novelties. Please, consider offering a deskmat in R2 as well as more collaborations.
Definitely considering accessories and collaborations. Will keep everyone posted, provided the opportunities pop up :thumb:
Moreover, I'd like to echo the comment about how the R1 pink matches the aesthetic and theme that GMK Vaporwave is going for. As an R1 owner and someone who uses GMK Vaporwave on my daily keyboard, I love it. It's fine, please do not even consider changing it.
Furthermore, as mentioned above by user LXVRGS, please look into the feasibility of pink accents and spacebars. With how successful GMK Vaporwave R1 was and how much this hobby/community has grown since then, I believe it can be done without affecting pricing as much as we may think.
I do have a question though. The renders show icon mods and not icon + text mods like R1. Is that intentional?
Thank You, definite cop of at least like x3 sets of each kit for me haha.
GLWIC
Yeah sorry about the lack of deskmat during r1. Will try to come up with something good.
Glad you like the set you got. Hope the overly bright pink has depreciated your vision as much as it has mine :thumb:
I appreciate the in-depth comments, so whoever might be reading this, just go all out. Minor details make big differences.
Thanks for your feedback
Out of curiosity, what ISO keys exactly are missing? The euro "3"?
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Good looking base kit! The only thing I would change is removing numpad 00 (rarely used) and changing R3 1.75u Control to an icon legend (for visual consistency, like in these (https://i.imgur.com/4M23EGw.png) sets (https://i.ibb.co/3ydj85n/01-Basekit.png)).
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Good looking base kit! The only thing I would change is removing numpad 00 (rarely used) and changing R3 1.75u Control to an icon legend (for visual consistency, like in these (https://i.imgur.com/4M23EGw.png) sets (https://i.ibb.co/3ydj85n/01-Basekit.png)).
Agree, but only if it's stepped control :)
+1 to the icon R3 control. So many sets have a funky aesthetic because of the mixed text and icon alternative mods
Looking forward to a new update before I waste all money on boring ones.I got the knock offs... And I all ready had NK's pbt, (i wanted the f'd up novelties) i'll still buy an R2 Vaporwave set though, I gota have those sub-legends.
I haven’t followed too closely, but are we expecting an update with sub-legends?? I honestly hope not (unless there is still a Latin-only base kit). Sub-legends drive me crazy even despite the fact that I touch-type.Looking forward to a new update before I waste all money on boring ones.I got the knock offs... And I all ready had NK's pbt, (i wanted the f'd up novelties) i'll still buy an R2 Vaporwave set though, I gota have those sub-legends.
r1 had hiragana sub alt alphas child kit. there’s no renders of that for r2 but seems like designer will have that again.I haven’t followed too closely, but are we expecting an update with sub-legends?? I honestly hope not (unless there is still a Latin-only base kit). Sub-legends drive me crazy even despite the fact that I touch-type.Looking forward to a new update before I waste all money on boring ones.I got the knock offs... And I all ready had NK's pbt, (i wanted the f'd up novelties) i'll still buy an R2 Vaporwave set though, I gota have those sub-legends.
please dont let this die :(
This project is not dead, why would you think so? I’m sure it will happen when it makes sense.
This project is not dead, why would you think so? I’m sure it will happen when it makes sense.
82 days 15 hours 22 minutes 44 seconds since NaturalPack last active
That estimate has been up for as long as I can remember, since at least July of last year. Also it's 2022 now lmao
where jangladhe's busy discounting pbt clones of the same 2 gray/beige sets
Just wanted to jump in here and say this is being worked on! Sadly have nothing to share yet but I'll keep a closer eye on this thread. I will likely post a new one once everything is finished up. I also want to thank Naturalpack for the opportunity, I'm excited to give this set the comeback it deserves :thumb:
Just wanted to jump in here and say this is being worked on! Sadly have nothing to share yet but I'll keep a closer eye on this thread. I will likely post a new one once everything is finished up. I also want to thank Naturalpack for the opportunity, I'm excited to give this set the comeback it deserves :thumb:
lol imagine a TKL basekit in 2023Just wanted to jump in here and say this is being worked on! Sadly have nothing to share yet but I'll keep a closer eye on this thread. I will likely post a new one once everything is finished up. I also want to thank Naturalpack for the opportunity, I'm excited to give this set the comeback it deserves :thumb:
oh i can't WAIT to see the kitting for this
lol imagine a TKL basekit in 2023Just wanted to jump in here and say this is being worked on! Sadly have nothing to share yet but I'll keep a closer eye on this thread. I will likely post a new one once everything is finished up. I also want to thank Naturalpack for the opportunity, I'm excited to give this set the comeback it deserves :thumb:
oh i can't WAIT to see the kitting for this
That is the standard wait time since covid.
Maybe they are waiting for GMK Astral Light groupbuy to conclude. It has been 2 years and 4 months LOLthat wouldn't make any sense. sets with unfinished color matching simply get bypassed in the queue.
Maybe they are waiting for GMK Astral Light groupbuy to conclude. It has been 2 years and 4 months LOLthat wouldn't make any sense. sets with unfinished color matching simply get bypassed in the queue.
Maybe they are waiting for GMK Astral Light groupbuy to conclude. It has been 2 years and 4 months LOLthat wouldn't make any sense. sets with unfinished color matching simply get bypassed in the queue.
Apparently someone already got their from Daily Clack so it's probably been months since the completion of color matching.
GB will start in October 6th :eek:wth u see that?
Maybe they are waiting for GMK Astral Light groupbuy to conclude. It has been 2 years and 4 months LOLthat wouldn't make any sense. sets with unfinished color matching simply get bypassed in the queue.
Apparently someone already got their from Daily Clack so it's probably been months since the completion of color matching.
which makes your hypotesis all the more wrong
GB will start in October 6th :eek:wth u see that?
damn! that's actually crazy. do we know if GMK tho??
so is there definite answer on which colors are going to be used? r1 or adjusted colors for r2?
since we got some new novelties i would love to be able to match them with my r1 kit. i know that r1 colors may come out different this time but that's a risk i am willing to take.
Any european vendors for this one?
I was checking on keycapLendar, but I see no european vendor. Oblotzky is listed there, but no url link or anything.