[IC] GMK Voyage (We Are Live!)

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Absolutely love this set. I would love to see some proper ISO kits though, not a fan of the ANSI-ISO mash-up at all.

Hey, 8BitDuck, I appreciate the kind words! Regarding ISO, I'll admit that I was not sure what to do. Knowing I need to maximize compatibility, but also affordability, I asked some people who have run GMK GBs in the past, while also looking to see what other GMK sets have done. The current ISO makeup is the conclusion of that bit of research.

Also, out of the feedback form that is up, 86% said that they do not use ISO and only 10% said they did AND we're ok with the current ISO makeup. So that leaves less than 4% of people that gave feedback concerning the ISO makeup. Knowing that info, I'd like to keep the ISO kit as-is. HOWEVER, if you just need one key added in order to be satisfied, I'll definitely consider it. But please let me know soon as we are supposed to be submitting a quote to GMK next week or the week after.

I'm really liking the deskmats! I'd most likely buy it regardless of which design ends up getting picked.

Adding my comments from the form here as well.
- "pases" is spelled wrong on all examples, should be "passes".
- I prefer A, since I like the clearly indicated orbit lines, instead of the solid fill circles.
- I would suggest using the wording "Jupiter flyby" and "Saturn flyby" instead of "passes at its closest to Jupiter" or "passes Saturn".
- I agree with vewy_nice that it's important to make sure the small text will be readable with the resolution available for deskpad printing.

Thanks for the feedback, BrainBunker! It's great to be able to collab. with you and the other fine folks who are supporting this keyset.

Thanks for catching those typos. Those have already been corrected in the raw design file. I also like using "flyby" instead of "passes" and I'll make that change too. Finally, I too am worried about the text legibility. We'll have some samples mats made first before mass-producing all the orders so we can check readability and other quality concerns.




As for the results of the poll, I'll be filling you all in on that before the weekend is over. I think you all will be quite pleased! It may or may not be a surprise. I don't want to say anymore for fear of giving it away.

[8BitDuck]

Absolutely love this set. I would love to see some proper ISO kits though, not a fan of the ANSI-ISO mash-up at all.

Hey, 8BitDuck, I appreciate the kind words! Regarding ISO, I'll admit that I was not sure what to do. Knowing I need to maximize compatibility, but also affordability, I asked some people who have run GMK GBs in the past, while also looking to see what other GMK sets have done. The current ISO makeup is the conclusion of that bit of research.

Also, out of the feedback form that is up, 86% said that they do not use ISO and only 10% said they did AND we're ok with the current ISO makeup. So that leaves less than 4% of people that gave feedback concerning the ISO makeup. Knowing that info, I'd like to keep the ISO kit as-is. HOWEVER, if you just need one key added in order to be satisfied, I'll definitely consider it. But please let me know soon as we are supposed to be submitting a quote to GMK next week or the week after.

Fair enough, if the IC indicates no one wants full iso then there is no point adding it. To a lot of people this may just sound like I'm being pedantic, but my biggest issue with ANSI-ISO mashups on every set that does it, is that there ends up being two keys with the same legend, ie 3# and ~#. If you were to add and R3 \| key, then that would solve my issue with duplicate legends and can use the R4 fn key next to the left iso shift. That or adding an R3 `~ key.
I apologise if my problem with ANSI-ISO sounds stupid and trivial, its just personally, duplicate legends really bug me (besides mods, obviously).
Btw, those novelties are awesome and that RAMA artisan is just beautiful.

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Fair enough, if the IC indicates no one wants full iso then there is no point adding it. To a lot of people this may just sound like I'm being pedantic, but my biggest issue with ANSI-ISO mashups on every set that does it, is that there ends up being two keys with the same legend, ie 3# and ~#. If you were to add and R3 \| key, then that would solve my issue with duplicate legends and can use the R4 fn key next to the left iso shift. That or adding an R3 `~ key.
I apologise if my problem with ANSI-ISO sounds stupid and trivial, its just personally, duplicate legends really bug me (besides mods, obviously).
Btw, those novelties are awesome and that RAMA artisan is just beautiful.

The addition of 1 extra 1u keycap should increase the price by a trivial amount. I'll try to make it happen for you. Shouldn't be a problem. 

[nasp]

Just received confirmation from the vendor that the addition of the R3 \| won't be a problem at all and I'm going to update the base kit render now, as well as update the Voyager 2 novelty.

Cheers!

[nasp]

After almost a week, the data from the deskmat poll seems clear. A and C were fairly close with C pulling out ahead by a few points; however, a lot of folks expressed interest in combining the planets of C with the orbit rings of A...so with that:







Two quick notes. Yes, the text does seem small but this is going to be a huge deskmat so it'll be larger once produced. We'll definitely keep an eye on the size and make sure it is large enough to read. Secondly, yes, Uranus and Neptune don't largely have the swirls pattern shown, but they are based off the novelties from the set. OCM did make planet novelties without the swirls, but as either filled or blank circles, they were rather plain and drab. The swirls add enough detail to make them interesting.


One important note, either this mission map deskmat or the pattern deskmat will be made in a mouse pad size as well as the larger deskmat. I'll run a poll at the end of the month or in early July to let you all decide which one you'd like as a mouse pad.


I'm currently working on artisan collabs and hope to have some exciting info to share with you soon! 

[BrainBunker]

After almost a week, the data from the deskmat poll seems clear. A and C were fairly close with C pulling out ahead by a few points; however, a lot of folks expressed interest in combining the planets of C with the orbit rings of A...so with that:



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Two quick notes. Yes, the text does seem small but this is going to be a huge deskmat so it'll be larger once produced. We'll definitely keep an eye on the size and make sure it is large enough to read. Secondly, yes, Uranus and Neptune don't largely have the swirls pattern shown, but they are based off the novelties from the set. OCM did make planet novelties without the swirls, but as either filled or blank circles, they were rather plain and drab. The swirls add enough detail to make them interesting.


One important note, either this mission map deskmat or the pattern deskmat will be made in a mouse pad size as well as the larger deskmat. I'll run a poll at the end of the month or in early July to let you all decide which one you'd like as a mouse pad.


I'm currently working on artisan collabs and hope to have some exciting info to share with you soon! 

This design is A+ in my book!

[LoneRegiment]

Love the deskmat design

The rama cap looks great also, but I think something more akin to an asterisk* would look more consistent and be more true to the original record.


I just did this in paint so its not great and maybe a little too big
just a thought 

[MajorKoos]

Can't believe I missed this.
I'm in.

[euphxenos]

Would it be possible to add an R3 PgUp and R4 PgDn?  They're used in the right column of some 65% layouts (the Massdrop Alt, Uniqey C70, Tada68, Whitefox).

[nasp]

Love the deskmat design

The rama cap looks great also, but I think something more akin to an asterisk* would look more consistent and be more true to the original record.
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just a thought 

Hey, LoneRegiment, thanks for offering your constructive criticism!

I do see what you mean by the asterisk instead of the current star-like symbol. Unfortunately, since all 4 of these symbols are going on a 1u keycap, something that is only about an inch long and an inch wide, it won't be possible. Making things even trickier is that it'll be PVD brass instead of double-shot plastic. That's why OCM made the symbols a bit more smooth and simple than the ones that are on the actual Golden Record. Anything with a bit more hard angles or rough edges just wouldn't be possible.

Again, thanks for the feedback. 

[Sintpinty]

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04/13/2019 - Added spacebar kit upon request and added wilba.tech Thermal render.
04/15/2019 - Added first proposal of novelties
04/25/2019 - changed modifiers to icons only and added render of the novelties kit
05/01/2019 - proposed new 40's, Ortho, Split Kit and new Spacebar kit
05/02/2019 - completed several revisions of the 40's, Ortho, Split kit
05/03/2019 - uploaded banner art! Thanks Hisui Hyena :)
05/04/2019 - uploaded Polaris renders with novelties
05/08/2019 - uploaded full renders of 40's/Ortho/Split and Spacebar kits
05/23/2019 - RAMA cap initial design - second page
05/28/2019 - added R4 1.25u Caps Lock, refinement of novelties, and 1^st deskmat concept
06/04/2019 - 2nd deskmat poll live
06/09/2019 - added R3 \| key and updated Voyager 2 render.
06/09/2019 - added 2nd Deskmat art

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• Working on artisan collabs :thumb:
• Need to secure a quote from GMK - will ask GMK before end of June
• RAMA cap - Golden Record - need quote from RAMA
• Deskmat art - will use same artist that is working on banner and box art most likely. I expect to have some options in June or before. 1 more deskmat option incoming
• Refinement of Novelties - hope to be completed early June
• Banner and Forum (signature) Art - has been commissioned but artist has a very full schedule. I expect something by at least the middle of May
• Box Art - will likely be related to banner and forum (signature) art - almost finished - needs some refinement
• Securing cable maker - this collab. was almost as popular as deskmat Done! More details to follow this summer
• Need to evaluate if an assemblies kit (ergo, ortho, 40's combined) has enough support to meet MOQ. Jury is still out on that one - will likely run a poll
• Evaluating new spacebar and 40's, Ortho, Split kit

Greetings and Salutations!  :thumb:

GMK Voyage is inspired by Voyager 2's magnificent journey to the end of our solar system and its surveillance of Uranus and Neptune. Not only did it bring us the beautiful blue-ish colors of these two icy twins, but it is the only spacecraft to have visited either Uranus or Neptune.


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A note about renders taken from Oblotzky:
"I do all my renders in a fully desaturated lighting environment, so whatever pantone/ral/hex/rgb colors I am using should be unaffected. The only change would be brightness depending on how much light I use in the scene, and bounce light from neighboring keys (e.g. a red accent key will bounce off some light onto surrounding keys, giving them a small area of red highlight). However the overall tone should be rather close to what you would see IRL in a neutral lighting environment."



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For info on the second deskmat, please go here.



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Special Thanks to:

• Oblotzky for the renders
• OneCreativeMind and Nephlock for the GB advice
• OneCreativeMind for designing the novelties and deskmat
• Hisui Hyena for banner, box art, and minor refining of novelties

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The deskmat is really cool! ˆV ˆ

[nasp]

Would it be possible to add an R3 PgUp and R4 PgDn?  They're used in the right column of some 65% layouts (the Massdrop Alt, Uniqey C70, Tada68, Whitefox).

Hi Euphxenos. Thanks for the feedback and sorry those keys aren't in there. I know 65% boards are quite popular.

After looking at my feedback form, I see that only one other person requested R3 PgUp and R4 PgDn keys. I actually had more folks ask for a stepped R3 Control key than the R3 PgUp and R4 PgDn keys. Fortunately, 65% boards are compatible with the base kit as-is, it's just that the particular key layout might not match up with what they want. If more folks are willing to voice their support for R3 PgUp and R4 PgDn I'll definitely consider it, but I'd like to keep the base kit as affordable as possible and unfortunately that means some sacrifices have to be made.

Hope you understand. Bon Voyage!

[petamva]

i wish the alphas were white with mod-colored legends
otherwise looks pretty neat!great job!

[nasp]

Updates!

Sale begins in August

1. Proxies are as follows:

• North America - Cannonkeys.com
• Europe - MyKeyboard.eu
• Asia - ILuMKB.com
• Australia - DailyClack.com

2. Added RAMA cap render - second draft coming with some minor improvements (record pinhole and entire thing slightly larger)
3. Zap Cables will be offering a custom matching cable for sale alongside the GB on CannonKeys.com

[forevermadrigal]

Updates!

Sale begins in August

1. Proxies are as follows:

• North America - Cannon Keys
• Europe - MyKeyboard.eu
• Asia - ILuMKB.com
• Australia - DailyClack.com

2. Added RAMA cap render - second draft coming with some minor improvements (record pinhole and entire thing slightly larger)
3. Zap Cables will be offering a custom matching cable for sale alongside the GB on CannonKeys.com

Yes!! Super cool to get zapcables to do a gb with this too.

[vonCheerios]

Looking forward to this one! Been waiting a while to find the right caps.These will do!
Cheers, thnx!

[nasp]

Pricing Update!



I'm happy with these prices and I think you will be too! The base MOQ is 250 because of custom colors. Only about a month away now!



CannonKeys.com
Base: $124.99
Novelties: $42.99
Space: $22.99
40's/Split: $37.99



MyKeyboard.Eu
Base: €126.00
Novelties: €47.00
Space: €23.00
40's/Split: €40.00



iLuMKB.com
Base: SGD $183.00
Novelties: SGD $63.50
Space: SGD $33.00
40's/Split: SGD $56.00


DailyClack.com
Base: AUD $199.00
Novelties: AUD $68.20
Space: AUD $36.50
40's/Split: AUD $60.30



Bon Voyage!

[BrainBunker]

Those prices are looking good! I'll have one of each, please

[Esperianterra]

HYYYPE.

In for one base kit at least

[nasp]

Greetings folks!

Just looking for some help in deciding on a mousepad design for GMK Voyage. We'll be cutting down one of the deskmat designs.


The poll is HERE


Thanks as always and of course your feedback is appreciated 

[LightningXI]

Go, Mission Map!

[nasp]

Quick Update:


The mission map won the mousepad poll so here it is:



Because of the square dimensions, the timeline could not be included.




And lastly, a render by Gok on his soon-to-be for sale 7V board:






We are now only 30 days out from launch! 

PS: There will be a week of giveaways for those who join the first week 

[nasp]

Big Update


Because there are a lot of keysets running next month, I've decided to change the kits up a bit in order to make GMK Voyage stand out even more. The goal is to bring our kit number down from 4 to 3, as well as lower the cost just a bit. We're expecting the base kit to hit $119.99 now (edit: we've now added accent bars in to the base kit so the price won't be as low as $119.99). That's just an estimate though and we'll post the official prices as soon as we hear back from GMK and talk to our proxies.

Here's a breakdown:

• Removed ISO from base kit and put it in a new kit - compat kit. This should lower the base price to around $119.99
• Removed spacebar and 40's kit and have made a new compat kit

Compat kit includes:

• 6u spacebars (centered and off-centered stem
• split spacebars
• minimal Planck support
• basic ISO support

Some questions that are probably on your mind

Why did you take out the accent spacebars? They are now in base kit!
I'm wanting to keep the compat. kit price as low as possible. Even though I could add just 2 main accents (6.25u and 7u), their size does not make them cheap. If they were as cheap as two single 1u keys, I would gladly put them in, but they are considerably more expensive. For those reasons, I did not think folks wanting just the accent bars would purchase the kit knowing that they would also be receiving keys completely unrelated.

What's with the legends on the 1u Planck modifiers?
The 'Out', 'Data', and 'Read' keys are molds that do exist currently so there is no extra cost here. I've chosen these because 'Esc' and 'Tab' on the Planck are either put on R2 or R3. There is no agreed upon arrangement for these keys. If I were to add the typical R2 'Tab' and R3 'Esc', I would also need a R2 'Esc' and a R3 'Tab', which is what the previous 40's kit included. To get around having to add an additional 2, 1u keys, I've added keys with legends that can be interchangeable with the modifiers they represent. Also, and this may be a bit more rare, but some Planck users don't even put 'Esc' on R2 or R3!

Also, you may notice too that there is not a mod colored '" key. I particularly am not a fan of mod colored '" key so I added the 'Read' mod key which can either go in place of '" or you can put it on the opposite side of the board where the 'Esc' or 'Tab' might go. And if neither of that appeals to you, you could simply use an alpha colored '" key.

[IOVERCALLHISTIOCYTES]

That base kit price is amazing.

I'm gonna get a compatibility kit (mostly for the split bars), but don't need the 6U bars or the iso. Anyone need those?

[tskiller]

Dont really wanna have to pay for iso just to get 40 support, ill pass.

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actually is this even compat with 40s at all anymore? just ortho?

[nasp]

Dont really wanna have to pay for iso just to get 40 support, ill pass.

It was a tough choice to make, but originally ISO was in the base kit (like most GMK sets) so you'd have to take ISO either way. I decided to take ISO, shrink 40's support to Planck/Preonic and include niche spacebars like split and 6u in one kit. This way, these niche layouts are not being subsidized by the essential keys, but are still available in a separate kit for those that need them. Also, by putting these different keys together in one kit, different subsets of users are ensuring that the kit hits MOQ unlike a traditional 40's kit or spacebar kit which only draws folks looking for 40's compat or spacebars respectively.

At the end of the day, we were concerned about the 40's kit hitting MOQ. Even sets that sell 800+ base sets have trouble hitting 100 MOQ on a 40's kit. Mizu is a good example. The approach we are taking allows us to keep support for the most popular 40's board while also lowering base price for the majority of folks who will buy the set. A few people might not agree with this approach, but it allows the set to be competitively priced while still appealing to a majority of the market.   

[nasp]

Base Kit Update

We have decided we didn't like removing spacebar accents entirely, so we have put in 6.25u and 7u spacebars in to the base kit. Overall this will still make the base kit cheaper than the previous $124.99 price. We are waiting on proxies to list their prices before fully releasing all pricing. Novelties have not changed of course.



Week of Giveaways!



Form link: http://bit.ly/Voyage-Prizes


The giveaways will start on August 2nd and end on August 8th at 11:59 PM Eastern. Enter in the giveaway by purchasing a base kit. Purchase a base kit before August 2nd at 11:59 PM Eastern to qualify for ALL prizes that week. Consequently, if you purchase a base kit on August 8th at 11:59 PM Eastern, you will only quality for the August 8th giveaway. The winners will be chosen and announced the day after. For example, the winner of the August 4th prize (all those who have purchased a base kit before August 4th at 11:59 Eastern) will be chosen on August 5th.

And now the giveaways

• August 2nd - Dusty Caps Uranus Artisan
• August 3rd - Dusty Caps Neptune Artisan
• August 4th - Golden Record RAMA Cap
• August 5th - Novelties Kit
• August 6th - Mission Map Deskmat
• August 7th - Pattern Deskmat
• August 8th - GMK Voyage Zap Cable - you choose style

TLDR: The earlier in the first week you join, the more prizes you will be entered to win.


I'll have pics of the Dusty Caps artisans as soon as this weekend. If not pics, then renders. Dusty just finished his Solar Series in SA profile and now he's working on Cherry.


Bon Voyage!



edit: and here are those renders of Uranus and Neptune in Cherry profile

[BrainBunker]

Base Kit Update

We have decided we didn't like removing spacebar accents entirely, so we have put in 6.25u and 7u spacebars in to the base kit. Overall this will still make the base kit cheaper than the previous $124.99 price. We are waiting on proxies to list their prices before fully releasing all pricing. Novelties have not changed of course.



Week of Giveaways!


The giveaways will start on August 2nd and end on August 8th at 11:59 PM Eastern. Enter in the giveaway by purchasing a base kit. Purchase a base kit before August 2nd at 11:59 PM Eastern to qualify for ALL prizes that week. Consequently, if you purchase a base kit on August 8th at 11:59 PM Eastern, you will only quality for the August 8th giveaway. The winners will be chosen and announced the day after. For example, the winner of the August 4th prize (all those who have purchased a base kit before August 4th at 11:59 Eastern) will be chosen on August 5th.

And now the giveaways

• August 2nd - Dusty Caps Uranus Novelty
• August 3rd - Dusty Caps Neptune Novelty
• August 4th - Golden Record RAMA Cap
• August 5th - Novelties Kit
• August 6th - Mission Map Deskmat
• August 7th - Pattern Deskmat
• August 8th - GMK Voyage Zap Cable - you choose style

TLDR: The earlier in the first week you join, the more prizes you will be entered to win.


I'll have pics of the Dusty Caps artisans as soon as this weekend. If not pics, then renders. Dusty just finished his Solar Series in SA profile and now he's working on Cherry.


Bon Voyage!

Thank you, thank you, thank you for the accent spacebars in the base kit! I was sad to see them go at first, but had accepted I had to live without them, but now they're back!

One question regarding giveaways: If I order the novelties, or Rama novelty on the first day with the group buy, and then win a kit later, can I cancel the kit I won? Alternatively, can I order just base kit on day 1, then add the remaining kits I want once I find out I did not win any of the giveaways?

[nasp]

No problem  We decided that we didn't like losing the accent bars if we were going to also have accent Esc and Enter keys. Also, they didn't raise the base price significantly.

As for the giveaways, yes, if you win something that you've already purchased, Cannon Keys can refund you. As for waiting to purchase to see if you've won something first, I would recommend against doing that for a few reasons. One is that it puts added pressure on the vendor because he now has two separate orders that should be one. Second is that you will likely be charged shipping again, which is usually not a big deal, but Paypal no longer credits back to the seller the Paypal fee that was initially paid. I suppose you could contact Cannon Keys first to let him know to combine orders, but when he is potentially dealing with 100's of orders, this can be a bit of a headache for him.

I believe this is the first time a giveaway of this magnitude for a keyset has been done so I hope it goes well. I'd love to see similar giveaways in the future - and not just on my next set 

[Kinvaris]

No problem  We decided that we didn't like losing the accent bars if we were going to also have accent Esc and Enter keys. Also, they didn't raise the base price significantly.

As for the giveaways, yes, if you win something that you've already purchased, Cannon Keys can refund you. As for waiting to purchase to see if you've won something first, I would recommend against doing that for a few reasons. One is that it puts added pressure on the vendor because he now has two separate orders that should be one. Second is that you will likely be charged shipping again, which is usually not a big deal, but Paypal no longer credits back to the seller the Paypal fee that was initially paid. I suppose you could contact Cannon Keys first to let him know to combine orders, but when he is potentially dealing with 100's of orders, this can be a bit of a headache for him.

I believe this is the first time a giveaway of this magnitude for a keyset has been done so I hope it goes well. I'd love to see similar giveaways in the future - and not just on my next set 

Is the giveaway only for those who buy through Cannon Keys? Or will all vendors enter you into the giveaway?

[nasp]

No problem  We decided that we didn't like losing the accent bars if we were going to also have accent Esc and Enter keys. Also, they didn't raise the base price significantly.

As for the giveaways, yes, if you win something that you've already purchased, Cannon Keys can refund you. As for waiting to purchase to see if you've won something first, I would recommend against doing that for a few reasons. One is that it puts added pressure on the vendor because he now has two separate orders that should be one. Second is that you will likely be charged shipping again, which is usually not a big deal, but Paypal no longer credits back to the seller the Paypal fee that was initially paid. I suppose you could contact Cannon Keys first to let him know to combine orders, but when he is potentially dealing with 100's of orders, this can be a bit of a headache for him.

I believe this is the first time a giveaway of this magnitude for a keyset has been done so I hope it goes well. I'd love to see similar giveaways in the future - and not just on my next set 

Is the giveaway only for those who buy through Cannon Keys? Or will all vendors enter you into the giveaway?

At this time they'll be available through CannonKeys and ALL proxies! I don't think that will change since CannonKeys and proxies will be offering the same items, but if it does, I'll let you know here.

[Karni]

Dont really wanna have to pay for iso just to get 40 support, ill pass.

At the end of the day, we were concerned about the 40's kit hitting MOQ. Even sets that sell 800+ base sets have trouble hitting 100 MOQ on a 40's kit. Mizu is a good example. The approach we are taking allows us to keep support for the most popular 40's board while also lowering base price for the majority of folks who will buy the set. A few people might not agree with this approach, but it allows the set to be competitively priced while still appealing to a majority of the market.

Not sure if mizu is a good example here as they didn't come out with a 40s kit until there were 2 days left in the gb

[coredump777]

This set may be the one that will make me get a GMK set. It's gorgeous and the theme is insanely cool.

Does anyone know if there's a place where I can find GMK compatible keycaps? I use an apparently not common thing that is exchange caps lock for ESC, and I NEVER find a 1.75u R3 cap to go with it. I would settle for a blank even.

So, to make this kit perfect, a VIM keys set would be cool

[Surefoot]

Does anyone know if there's a place where I can find GMK compatible keycaps?

These are Cherry profile, aplenty on aliexpress and such...

[nasp]

This set may be the one that will make me get a GMK set. It's gorgeous and the theme is insanely cool.

Does anyone know if there's a place where I can find GMK compatible keycaps? I use an apparently not common thing that is exchange caps lock for ESC, and I NEVER find a 1.75u R3 cap to go with it. I would settle for a blank even.

So, to make this kit perfect, a VIM keys set would be cool

Thought about adding VIM, but at the end of the day I decided to omit them in order to keep prices low.

As for replacing Caps with Esc, I've only heard of that among Planck/Preonic users, which uses 1u mods. There as a GMK Blank group buy a while back and I'm sure another will come up in the future, but that's a ways off. You may want to look into having one made. I know that some people make caps in Cherry profile out of resin - AlexatPanc does that. He may be able to give you some pointers. Fortunately, you can replace the Esc with a novelty and as for the Caps, there's not a text icon, but an icon instead so hopefully that won't bother you too much.

Cheers!

[coredump777]

This set may be the one that will make me get a GMK set. It's gorgeous and the theme is insanely cool.

Does anyone know if there's a place where I can find GMK compatible keycaps? I use an apparently not common thing that is exchange caps lock for ESC, and I NEVER find a 1.75u R3 cap to go with it. I would settle for a blank even.

So, to make this kit perfect, a VIM keys set would be cool

As for replacing Caps with Esc, I've only heard of that among Planck/Preonic users, which uses 1u mods. There as a GMK Blank group buy a while back and I'm sure another will come up in the future, but that's a ways off. You may want to look into having one made. I know that some people make caps in Cherry profile out of resin - AlexatPanc does that. He may be able to give you some pointers. Fortunately, you can replace the Esc with a novelty and as for the Caps, there's not a text icon, but an icon instead so hopefully that won't bother you too much.

Cheers!

Again I don't understand how replacing Caps for ESC isn't more popular (specially around the vi users around there) but whatevs.

Yeah I may look into casting or finding someone to cast a compatible key for that. Even maybe an artisan? Anyway, thanks!

[yohannes]

Nathan, just want to confirm the giveaways are applicable to all proxies right? and they all will report to you daily who makes the purchase to be included in the daily giveaways? Thanks

[nasp]

Nathan, just want to confirm the giveaways are applicable to all proxies right? and they all will report to you daily who makes the purchase to be included in the daily giveaways? Thanks

Hi Yohannes,

Thanks for reaching out. I've reached out to all vendors again just to double-check that they are all on board. This is a bit of a tricky endeavor because of the time-zone difference between all 4 vendors, but it should be possible. My worry is that there maybe be a bit of a delay when it comes to announcing the winner each day, but I will do my best to promptly notify the vendors to send me order numbers. I'm only asking for order numbers BTW. At the very minimum, we may have to exclude one or two vendors. I recognize that owners of each store have other day jobs on top of being in a different time zone across the world, which might make this a tall task.

I will reply back to you tomorrow, or the next day at the latest, with a definitive answer. I've asked all vendors to reaffirm their commitment to the week of giveaways.

Thanks for your patience in this manner. 

[Sedula]

Just a suggestion, but how about structuring things in a way that's less contingent on the vendors? For example:

• Open a Google Form where buyers self-report their order numbers and approximate time of order
• Google Form for each day closes ~60 minutes past the deadline (to allow time for people to submit last-minute orders)
• Raffle each day is drawn from all relevant entries
• At the end of the raffle, all winners are reality-checked via their reported order numbers and vendors; anyone caught falsifying an order is disqualified and that prize is redrawn

A system like this would put all the work on the entrants. Vendors would have to only verify as many orders as their platform has winners (so a maximum of seven, and possibly fewer).

[nasp]

Just a suggestion, but how about structuring things in a way that's less contingent on the vendors? For example:

• Open a Google Form where buyers self-report their order numbers and approximate time of order
• Google Form for each day closes ~60 minutes past the deadline (to allow time for people to submit last-minute orders)
• Raffle each day is drawn from all relevant entries
• At the end of the raffle, all winners are reality-checked via their reported order numbers and vendors; anyone caught falsifying an order is disqualified and that prize is redrawn

A system like this would put all the work on the entrants. Vendors would have to only verify as many orders as their platform has winners (so a maximum of seven, and possibly fewer).

Great idea! I'll make the form tonight and post it here. It'll be active August 1st. I'll be sure to post it on all the appropriate channels.

Thanks your help! This will allow winners to be picked and announced each night or early morning.

[nasp]

If you didn't catch my last message, we are doing the giveaways a bit differently. Instead of relying on the vendors to tell me order numbers, you will do that!

Form opens August 1 and I'll pick the first winner a few minutes after August 2nd at 11:59 PM EDT - with an announcement either that night or in the morning. The schedule will be the same for the rest of the week so please try to submit your order # before 11:59 PM EDT so that you can qualify for that day's reward. If you have already filled out the form, you do NOT need to fill it out every day until the giveaways end.


http://bit.ly/Voyage-Prizes

[TheTP.]

I am so fricking happy to buy this , i like the deskpads most , love your work!

[Gh0sty]

Really stoked for this!

[nasp]

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