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[IC] GMK Monochrome - GB September 1st
« on: Sun, 08 July 2018, 08:05:04 »
Snappo, Duckboi and I decided to create this new thread to mark the beginning of our collaboration as well as giving a fresh start to the keyset.

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GMK Monochrome
 

This collaboration was first announced under the name Stormtrooper Redux. That said, after talking to GMK, and for licensing purposes, they asked us to check with Disney (or change it). Same goes for the novelties which is why we put them on pause. Novelty-wise, even if we got the approval from Disney, that kit would have a MOQ of 250 units and we are not sure we would reach it. Since we are slowly moving away from the theme, we decided to go back to monochrome :) Sorry for all the confusion guys <2

Kits

Colors:
Alphas: CR on WS2
Modifiers: WS2 on CR

WS2 color comparison:



Core Kit



Compatibility Kit



Extras
I am an artisan lovers, and we decided we would keep the artisans.

  • Alphakeycaps is on board and there will be a raffle for his Jedi Blinker. We will produce around 10 of those and they will be raffled between GB participants; and

  • RAMA offered to produce this beauty, a black anodised X or O keycap with laser edged white stars (subtle but stunning). Those keycap will thus come in either black ano only, for $36 each (visible on the right picture), or with laser etched stars (which I think look fan-tastic) for $38 each (visible on the left picture). (prices for Europe will be a little higher unfortunately due to import fees). There is a combined MOQ of 50 (which I am sure we will easily hit) and everyone can buy them and everyone can buy as many as they want.

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Vendors & Prices


Here at the prices:
VendorsBase kit (MOQ 150)Compatibility kit (MOQ 150)RAMA X/O RAMA Laser-etched X/O
MyKeyboard (EU)1
125€
36€
42€
44€
KONO (USA)
$140
$40
$36
$38
zFrontier (Asia)2
$1402|$1553
$40|$45
$36
$38

1 After discussing it with the EU vendor, we brought the price even more. We cannot do much more on it, so I hope that price works for you guys <3
2 Please note that all their prices include shipping whilst that is not the case for other vendors.
3 Prices on the left are for China, prices on the right are for the other countries (price difference explained by the difference in shipping costs)


FAQ:
Q: What kind of homing keys will this support?
A: The set includes both scooped and barred F & J keys.

Q: Why is ISO in the extras kit?
A: We have noticed that, for the most part, the majority of mechanical keyboard enthusiasts do not use ISO.
    By taking these keys out of the base we can lower pricing for everyone else.
    However, we aren’t opposed to combining the kits, or moving ISO to the base kit, if it does not increase the price by too much. 

Q: Why Icon mods?
A: We think this looks cleanest and fits the vision of the set the best. 

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08/07: put a pause on the novelty kit as long as we wait for an answer from Disney.
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Novelty Kit - a.k.a. the one that may never see the light of day

Here is what will change:
  • the R4 1u novelties will be changed for 1.5u novelties;
  • the novelties will be doubled (four 1.25u instead of two, etc.); and
  • a couple of red novelties will be added with a black Empire logo.

09/07: Name change.
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Re: [IC] GMK Stormtrooper Redux
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 08 July 2018, 08:07:32 »
Woop. Lets do this!  :p

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Re: [IC] GMK Stormtrooper Redux
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 08 July 2018, 08:08:03 »
This is great, i agree that ISO keys should never be a part of the base kit.
I also like icon mods a bit more.

I would suggest doing a red stormtrooper novelty, everybody likes red. Also add R3 page up, R4 page down for people who like to run the new standard for 65/75%.
R1 Home
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R3 Page up
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Re: [IC] GMK Stormtrooper Redux
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 08 July 2018, 08:19:14 »
I'm in when it goes to GB.
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Re: [IC] GMK Stormtrooper Redux
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 08 July 2018, 08:22:33 »
Yeah, im ready. Faboulous collaboration.

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Re: [IC] GMK Stormtrooper Redux
« Reply #5 on: Sun, 08 July 2018, 08:23:45 »
Glad to be a part of this! Let's make it happen!  ;D ;D
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Re: [IC] GMK Stormtrooper Redux
« Reply #6 on: Sun, 08 July 2018, 08:26:28 »
Smart move to merge sets. I'm still liking it :P


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Re: [IC] GMK Stormtrooper Redux
« Reply #7 on: Sun, 08 July 2018, 08:30:08 »
The pinnacle of bow and wob keysets. I'll be waiting for it to hit novelkeys.


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Re: [IC] GMK Stormtrooper Redux
« Reply #8 on: Sun, 08 July 2018, 08:34:16 »
Smart move to merge sets. I'm still liking it :P

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Re: [IC] GMK Stormtrooper Redux
« Reply #9 on: Sun, 08 July 2018, 08:38:07 »
really dislike the removal of iso. ISO needs 4 keys (enter,shift, r3, r4).
 
Why not make separate kits for all "fringe" layouts, such as WKL?

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Re: [IC] GMK Stormtrooper Redux
« Reply #10 on: Sun, 08 July 2018, 08:42:39 »
really dislike the removal of iso. ISO needs 4 keys (enter,shift, r3, r4).
 
Why not make separate kits for all "fringe" layouts, such as WKL?

You may have missed it but ISO is in the extras. We covered this in the original post.

"Q: Why is ISO in the extras kit?
A: We have noticed that, for the most part, the majority of mechanical keyboard enthusiasts do not use ISO.
    By taking these keys out of the base we can lower pricing for everyone else.
    However, we aren’t opposed to combining the kits, or moving ISO to the base kit, if it does not increase the price by too much."
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Re: [IC] GMK Stormtrooper Redux
« Reply #11 on: Sun, 08 July 2018, 08:55:52 »
Good to see ISO not in the base kit.

Numpad in extra kit when? ;)

As I said on both threads, I like it.

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Re: [IC] GMK Stormtrooper Redux
« Reply #12 on: Sun, 08 July 2018, 09:01:45 »
This is great, i agree that ISO keys should never be a part of the base kit.
I also like icon mods a bit more.

I would suggest doing a red stormtrooper novelty, everybody likes red. Also add R3 page up, R4 page down for people who like to run the new standard for 65/75%.
R1 Home
R2 End
R3 Page up
R4 Page down
I am in favor of this.

However I am against the following:

- removal of split spacebar support
- the R4 1u novelties will be changed for 1.5u novelties

I'd personally love using the Star Wars themed novelties as 1u R4 keys. It'd be neat if that option were available for Winkey users. Split spacebars have become more and more popular lately and supported widely across more PCBs. Removing support for them seems exclusive.

Isn't there already an Fn 1u R4 key? Will a second be added according to the current OP?

Finally, I would like to suggest changing the "purse" Caps Lock icon to the downward facing arrow that is used in GMK Skidata, GMK 9009 R2, etc

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Re: [IC] GMK Stormtrooper Redux
« Reply #13 on: Sun, 08 July 2018, 09:02:31 »
This is great, i agree that ISO keys should never be a part of the base kit.
I also like icon mods a bit more.

I would suggest doing a red stormtrooper novelty, everybody likes red. Also add R3 page up, R4 page down for people who like to run the new standard for 65/75%.
R1 Home
R2 End
R3 Page up
R4 Page down

Smart move to merge sets. I'm still liking it :P

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I'm in when it goes to GB.

Yeah, im ready. Faboulous collaboration.

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The pinnacle of bow and wob keysets. I'll be waiting for it to hit novelkeys.



As I said on both threads, I like it.

Thanks for the support :)

Good to see ISO not in the base kit.

Numpad in extra kit when? ;)



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Re: [IC] GMK Stormtrooper Redux
« Reply #14 on: Sun, 08 July 2018, 09:35:00 »
we are going to remove the split spacebars.

Are you going to have a spacebar kit?  I'd love to in some way be able to get 2x 2U spacebars...

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Re: [IC] GMK Stormtrooper Redux
« Reply #15 on: Sun, 08 July 2018, 09:35:44 »
Loving the WS2. This looks like the definitive BoW set in my opinion. I’m all in!

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Re: [IC] GMK Stormtrooper Redux
« Reply #16 on: Sun, 08 July 2018, 09:55:12 »
Are you going to have a spacebar kit?  I'd love to in some way be able to get 2x 2U spacebars...
However I am against the following:

- removal of split spacebar support

This is in the talk right now, we might decide to keep them in the extra kit.

Loving the WS2. This looks like the definitive BoW set in my opinion. I’m all in!
Why thank you :3

However I am against the following:

- the R4 1u novelties will be changed for 1.5u novelties

I'd personally love using the Star Wars themed novelties as 1u R4 keys. It'd be neat if that option were available for Winkey users. Split spacebars have become more and more popular lately and supported widely across more PCBs. Removing support for them seems exclusive.

Isn't there already an Fn 1u R4 key? Will a second be added according to the current OP?

Finally, I would like to suggest changing the "purse" Caps Lock icon to the downward facing arrow that is used in GMK Skidata, GMK 9009 R2, etc
  • We are going to change the capslock icon :) it has been request to GMK;
  • As for the novelties, I think, for the moment, it's better to wait for a reply from Disney. I am "hidding" them from the OP in the mean time (you can still see them at the bottom of the post); and
  • yes, we are going to add a second R4 1u FN key in the core kit.

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Re: [IC] GMK Stormtrooper Redux
« Reply #17 on: Sun, 08 July 2018, 11:46:28 »
This is awesome. The merger really makes sense! I'm definitely in!

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« Reply #18 on: Sun, 08 July 2018, 12:21:33 »
Looking good!

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Re: [IC] GMK Stormtrooper Redux
« Reply #19 on: Sun, 08 July 2018, 14:05:19 »
Any chance of including those split spacebars in the base kit?

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Re: [IC] GMK Stormtrooper Redux
« Reply #20 on: Sun, 08 July 2018, 14:10:25 »
Any chance of including those split spacebars in the base kit?

Probably not. Those are expected to stay in the extras kit.
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Re: [IC] GMK Stormtrooper Redux
« Reply #21 on: Sun, 08 July 2018, 17:53:18 »
Excited to hear you guys merged your sets! They are looking great and good choice on the W2. It definitely looks brighter.

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Re: [IC] GMK Stormtrooper Redux
« Reply #22 on: Sun, 08 July 2018, 18:25:50 »
Looks great!  It’s especially nice to see the windowed caps in the add-in kit. Not many sets include those, but I love them.

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Re: [IC] GMK Monochrome (R.I.P. Stormtrooper Redux)
« Reply #23 on: Mon, 09 July 2018, 07:49:28 »
Update

This collaboration was first announced under the name Stormtrooper Redux. That said, after talking to GMK, and for licensing purposes, they asked us to check with Disney (or change it). Same goes for the novelties which is why we put them on pause. Novelty-wise, even if we got the approval from Disney, that kit would have a MOQ of 250 units and we are not sure we would reach it. Since we are slowly moving away from the theme, we decided to go back to monochrome :slight_smile: Sorry for all the confusion guys <2

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Re: [IC] GMK Monochrome (R.I.P. Stormtrooper Redux)
« Reply #24 on: Mon, 09 July 2018, 08:49:09 »
Update

This collaboration was first announced under the name Stormtrooper Redux. That said, after talking to GMK, and for licensing purposes, they asked us to check with Disney (or change it). Same goes for the novelties which is why we put them on pause. Novelty-wise, even if we got the approval from Disney, that kit would have a MOQ of 250 units and we are not sure we would reach it. Since we are slowly moving away from the theme, we decided to go back to monochrome :slight_smile: Sorry for all the confusion guys <2

I was hoping for it  :'(

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Re: [IC] GMK Monochrome (R.I.P. Stormtrooper Redux)
« Reply #25 on: Mon, 09 July 2018, 11:50:55 »
Liking the WS2 more than the WS1. Gonna have to jump off the GMK Paper bandwagon and on to this one.

Thanks for the updates!
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Re: [IC] GMK Monochrome (R.I.P. Stormtrooper Redux)
« Reply #26 on: Mon, 09 July 2018, 11:54:47 »
Why would the novelties have an MOQ of 250? They weren't using custom colors were they?

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Re: [IC] GMK Monochrome (R.I.P. Stormtrooper Redux)
« Reply #27 on: Mon, 09 July 2018, 13:00:38 »
Why would the novelties have an MOQ of 250? They weren't using custom colors were they?

this is what Michael told me:
"Since these are new symbols the normal MOQ would be 250."

I have no idea if this is even remotely true or not, but that's a direct copy/paste from the mail he sent me this morning :)

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Re: [IC] GMK Monochrome (R.I.P. Stormtrooper Redux)
« Reply #28 on: Mon, 09 July 2018, 13:13:42 »
I don't think you'll have any trouble hitting 250 for star wars themed novelties. Getting Disney's approval would be the issue and even if they do approve, they'll probably want it run under their property licensing system.

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Re: [IC] GMK Monochrome (R.I.P. Stormtrooper Redux)
« Reply #29 on: Mon, 09 July 2018, 13:19:26 »
I don't think you'll have any trouble hitting 250 for star wars themed novelties. Getting Disney's approval would be the issue and even if they do approve, they'll probably want it run under their property licensing system.

Oh yeah MOQ is but a secondary problem, getting their approval is the real issue here. I'll update you guys when I get an answer but this can get from 4 to 8 weeks according to their automatic email, so who knows when that will be :p

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Re: [IC] GMK Monochrome (R.I.P. Stormtrooper Redux)
« Reply #30 on: Mon, 09 July 2018, 13:27:58 »
Appreciate the compromises and teamwork to make this happen! I'm in :)

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Re: [IC] GMK Monochrome (R.I.P. Stormtrooper Redux)
« Reply #31 on: Mon, 09 July 2018, 13:42:52 »
Why would the novelties have an MOQ of 250? They weren't using custom colors were they?

this is what Michael told me:
"Since these are new symbols the normal MOQ would be 250."

I have no idea if this is even remotely true or not, but that's a direct copy/paste from the mail he sent me this morning :)

That's weird because that's contrary to all of my dealings with GMK that concerned custom legends/icons. It was Michael I was in contact with for GMK Heck-keys, and they were a custom mold with only 150 MOQ, so that's what it should be unless they've recently changed their requirements on that.

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Re: [IC] GMK Monochrome (R.I.P. Stormtrooper Redux)
« Reply #32 on: Mon, 09 July 2018, 15:22:38 »
Why would the novelties have an MOQ of 250? They weren't using custom colors were they?

this is what Michael told me:
"Since these are new symbols the normal MOQ would be 250."

I have no idea if this is even remotely true or not, but that's a direct copy/paste from the mail he sent me this morning :)

If we're going to have to hit that MOQ anyway, we should go full on Aurabesh alphas.  ;D

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Re: [IC] GMK Monochrome (R.I.P. Stormtrooper Redux)
« Reply #33 on: Mon, 09 July 2018, 15:28:50 »
Why would the novelties have an MOQ of 250? They weren't using custom colors were they?

this is what Michael told me:
"Since these are new symbols the normal MOQ would be 250."

I have no idea if this is even remotely true or not, but that's a direct copy/paste from the mail he sent me this morning :)

That's weird because that's contrary to all of my dealings with GMK that concerned custom legends/icons. It was Michael I was in contact with for GMK Heck-keys, and they were a custom mold with only 150 MOQ, so that's what it should be unless they've recently changed their requirements on that.

Yes I am talking to Michael as well (I'm wondering if he is not the only guy there haha). I sent him another mail to clarify this, a MOQ of 150 would make it really more accessible I feel like. Thanks for sharing this, I hope it will get things moving a little bit (though the licensing problem remains).

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Re: [IC] GMK Monochrome (R.I.P. Stormtrooper Redux)
« Reply #34 on: Mon, 09 July 2018, 18:13:58 »
Yes I am talking to Michael as well (I'm wondering if he is not the only guy there haha). I sent him another mail to clarify this, a MOQ of 150 would make it really more accessible I feel like. Thanks for sharing this, I hope it will get things moving a little bit (though the licensing problem remains).

I've only really got proof of three different people working there, so it's not just Michael at least. Also, for the licensing, it's kinda a shame you already let Disney know what you were doing. For the most part, a very low run item like GMK sets would be able to get away with icons and stuff that were reasonably different/derivative enough to not gain a company's attention. Once they're aware of something that might be similar though, they have to act to protect their trademark if they think it's close enough to infringe. I think you would have been able to get away with it personally.

If we're going to have to hit that MOQ anyway, we should go full on Aurabesh alphas.  ;D

That'd be insanely expensive though, 1€ per alpha, per set, so at least +26€ per set at 150 MOQ, more if you wanted to do numpad, numrow, punctuation, etc for *full* alpha coverage.

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Re: [IC] GMK Monochrome (R.I.P. Stormtrooper Redux)
« Reply #35 on: Mon, 09 July 2018, 20:35:28 »
Also glad to see ISO in a separate kit.

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Re: [IC] GMK Monochrome (R.I.P. Stormtrooper Redux)
« Reply #36 on: Tue, 10 July 2018, 00:29:01 »
Back to GMK Monochrome, as I said in previous threads I'm 100% in. This is such a clean wob/bow. Keep it up dudes, I'm 100% in when it hits GB.


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Re: [IC] GMK Stormtrooper Redux
« Reply #37 on: Tue, 10 July 2018, 02:52:38 »
really dislike the removal of iso. ISO needs 4 keys (enter,shift, r3, r4).
 
Why not make separate kits for all "fringe" layouts, such as WKL?

You may have missed it but ISO is in the extras. We covered this in the original post.

"Q: Why is ISO in the extras kit?
A: We have noticed that, for the most part, the majority of mechanical keyboard enthusiasts do not use ISO.
    By taking these keys out of the base we can lower pricing for everyone else.
    However, we aren’t opposed to combining the kits, or moving ISO to the base kit, if it does not increase the price by too much."
That's not really what he asked, let me rephrase for him with a grain of salt added by me: Why not make a TKL base, as we've noticed that, for the most part, the majority of mechanical keyboard enthusiasts do not use ANYTHING ELSE.
Also forcing split space bar, windowed and OS keys on ISO users. Not only makes it this kit more expensive (imho the main reason ppl don't buy NorDeUk kits),but if you think not many people care for ISO anyway it's basically a dead kit (moq...).
What would i do for some hard numbers on ppl using what layouts, i feel full size, 1800 and wkl are as rare as ISO is. And ISO as he said needs 4-5 keys.
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Re: [IC] GMK Stormtrooper Redux
« Reply #38 on: Tue, 10 July 2018, 03:15:12 »

That's not really what he asked, let me rephrase for him with a grain of salt added by me: Why not make a TKL base, as we've noticed that, for the most part, the majority of mechanical keyboard enthusiasts do not use ANYTHING ELSE.
Also forcing split space bar, windowed and OS keys on ISO users. Not only makes it this kit more expensive (imho the main reason ppl don't buy NorDeUk kits),but if you think not many people care for ISO anyway it's basically a dead kit (moq...).
What would i do for some hard numbers on ppl using what layouts, i feel full size, 1800 and wkl are as rare as ISO is. And ISO as he said needs 4-5 keys.
greetz
a salty iso user

This argument happens every time something like this happens and the result is usually the same: that ISO is borderline worth supporting and can fall either way.

The way GMK prices kits it's always cheaper to have things in a single kit vs split up like SP wants. Due to this, you can end up with a frankly massive base kit that costs way less than a comparable SA setup. Because of this, it's smart to include as much "normal" compatibility in there as possible, such as WKL, 1800, etc, most of which will not only cover that specific layout, but others as well. For instance, 1800 shares it's bottom row with WKL, which will share part of its bottom row with 65/75% boards, which will share right shift with 1800, etc. Not only that, the argument can be made that these layouts have a huge amount of popularity in the community. TKL is stupid popular, especially among the Kustoms folks, as is 1800 to a degree, 65% has been very popular this year with lots of boards using it released, almost every board that a noob starts with nowadays is a fullsize "gamer" board, the list of justification for including their support goes on and on.

On the other hand, the main argument against ISO is the poor performance of specialized ISO kits in almost every single GB they are run with. I've keep a spreadsheet(slightly outdated) to track their performance with GMK sets seeing ~5% of base kit purchase numbers in ISO kit purchases, SP sets seeing ~8%, and finally XDA seeing around 11%. It's easy to see that the people that repeatedly ask for these kits to be included in GBs simply aren't supporting the kits when they do get put into the set, resulting in lost time and effort on the part of the designer, the runner, and anyone else involved.

I will make it known that personally I care enough about not alienating the EU crowd to include at least the basic ISO support if not more than that. Even though this is the way I feel about it, it's very easy for me to see how the numbers are actually going and understand why people decide that ISO isn't worth it. At times it does add an additional $5 to the base set, for GMK sets, sometimes even more, and that can be enough to drive away potential sales. Unfortunately, with every GB that happens it's more and more evident how ISO is teetering on the point of not having enough representation in the community to justify the added costs for everyone else.

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Re: [IC] GMK Stormtrooper Redux
« Reply #39 on: Tue, 10 July 2018, 09:32:10 »

On the other hand, the main argument against ISO is the poor performance of specialized ISO kits in almost every single GB they are run with. I've keep a spreadsheet(slightly outdated) to track their performance with GMK sets seeing ~5% of base kit purchase numbers in ISO kit purchases, SP sets seeing ~8%, and finally XDA seeing around 11%. It's easy to see that the people that repeatedly ask for these kits to be included in GBs simply aren't supporting the kits when they do get put into the set, resulting in lost time and effort on the part of the designer, the runner, and anyone else involved.

I will make it known that personally I care enough about not alienating the EU crowd to include at least the basic ISO support if not more than that. Even though this is the way I feel about it, it's very easy for me to see how the numbers are actually going and understand why people decide that ISO isn't worth it. At times it does add an additional $5 to the base set, for GMK sets, sometimes even more, and that can be enough to drive away potential sales. Unfortunately, with every GB that happens it's more and more evident how ISO is teetering on the point of not having enough representation in the community to justify the added costs for everyone else.
If NorDE kits are the main argument against ISO support then it's a pretty poor argument. If ISO-UK is supported in the base set then most eu folks will not get the NorDe kit, it's most of the time half the price of the base set and that's just not worth it in the most cases. (Again this is all my opinion base of how i do feel about this!)  Wrong legends are one thing, not being able to fill a board is another. 
It would be nice to know how many sets (%) with this basic ISO support get sold to europe. This is still a rough estimate because in eu are people who use ANSI as well but it would be closer to the real numbers than the NorDe kits numbers.

Also thank you for your support and not wanting to alienate eu folks. And while this set will easily hit the moq i might remind everyone who screams "frack ISO users" that there were GBs and there are still sets today that need help from everywhere it can get it.
As a side note, i'm a total TKL nerd and don't like 60% that much (even if i got a few) and fullsize is just ****ty for gaming^^ but i'm NOT saying that every other layout should be cut to save cost. We should all get our cakes <3 I'm paying for 30 keys i don't need so could "you" (not you donut).
And if this hobby gets 10 times bigger and something like TKL ANSI only base sets will be a thing (because of a big enough user base) we should all sit together and talk about those color way ownership stuff^^

Edit: Sorry for abusing this thread, while it may apply here too it's more of a general topic that i would like to discuss in-depth but not in this thread :)
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Re: [IC] GMK Stormtrooper Redux
« Reply #40 on: Tue, 10 July 2018, 10:08:18 »

On the other hand, the main argument against ISO is the poor performance of specialized ISO kits in almost every single GB they are run with. I've keep a spreadsheet(slightly outdated) to track their performance with GMK sets seeing ~5% of base kit purchase numbers in ISO kit purchases, SP sets seeing ~8%, and finally XDA seeing around 11%. It's easy to see that the people that repeatedly ask for these kits to be included in GBs simply aren't supporting the kits when they do get put into the set, resulting in lost time and effort on the part of the designer, the runner, and anyone else involved.

I will make it known that personally I care enough about not alienating the EU crowd to include at least the basic ISO support if not more than that. Even though this is the way I feel about it, it's very easy for me to see how the numbers are actually going and understand why people decide that ISO isn't worth it. At times it does add an additional $5 to the base set, for GMK sets, sometimes even more, and that can be enough to drive away potential sales. Unfortunately, with every GB that happens it's more and more evident how ISO is teetering on the point of not having enough representation in the community to justify the added costs for everyone else.
If NorDE kits are the main argument against ISO support then it's a pretty poor argument. If ISO-UK is supported in the base set then most eu folks will not get the NorDe kit, it's most of the time half the price of the base set and that's just not worth it in the most cases. (Again this is all my opinion base of how i do feel about this!)  Wrong legends are one thing, not being able to fill a board is another. 
It would be nice to know how many sets (%) with this basic ISO support get sold to europe. This is still a rough estimate because in eu are people who use ANSI as well but it would be closer to the real numbers than the NorDe kits numbers.

Also thank you for your support and not wanting to alienate eu folks. And while this set will easily hit the moq i might remind everyone who screams "frack ISO users" that there were GBs and there are still sets today that need help from everywhere it can get it.
As a side note, i'm a total TKL nerd and don't like 60% that much (even if i got a few) and fullsize is just ****ty for gaming^^ but i'm NOT saying that every other layout should be cut to save cost. We should all get our cakes <3 I'm paying for 30 keys i don't need so could "you" (not you donut).
And if this hobby gets 10 times bigger and something like TKL ANSI only base sets will be a thing (because of a big enough user base) we should all sit together and talk about those color way ownership stuff^^

Edit: Sorry for abusing this thread, while it may apply here too it's more of a general topic that i would like to discuss in-depth but not in this thread :)

I totally agree on that, mainly because I am an iso only user, I want that to be clear. Unfortunately for me/us, there seem to be a trend to get rid of that (I like what zambumon did with two different base kits) and I can understand why many just drop it to get to price a little lower. It's a trend you also see with keyboards with the Xeno 75 for example.

The problem nowadays is that we have a trillion gmk Keyset and only that much money in our wallets and if we want to hit MOQ that's the type of sacrifices we need to do (as donutcat mentioned, $5 doesn't seem like a lot but it might be for someone else).

I will myself get the extra/compatibility kit, just for the iso keys. I hope you'll still support the kit tho :-)

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Re: [IC] GMK Monochrome
« Reply #41 on: Tue, 10 July 2018, 12:00:27 »
Depending on pricing, I will more than likely will be purchasing this set instead of GMK Grey on Black because of the difference in cost, even if its only a few dollars. It really does make a difference, especially when torn between two nice sets like these.

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Re: [IC] GMK Monochrome
« Reply #42 on: Tue, 10 July 2018, 12:02:53 »
Depending on pricing, I will more than likely will be purchasing this set instead of GMK Grey on Black because of the difference in cost, even if its only a few dollars. It really does make a difference, especially when torn between two nice sets like these.

Thanks for your support :)

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Re: [IC] GMK Monochrome
« Reply #43 on: Tue, 10 July 2018, 12:13:10 »
So, only white space bars?  Just curious.

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Re: [IC] GMK Monochrome
« Reply #44 on: Tue, 10 July 2018, 12:50:27 »
So, only white space bars?  Just curious.

Yeah, we don't really have plans to add mod colored spacebars. If there is enough interest we may throw them into the extras kit, however.
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Re: [IC] GMK Monochrome
« Reply #45 on: Tue, 10 July 2018, 12:57:50 »
So, only white space bars?  Just curious.

Yeah, we don't really have plans to add mod colored spacebars. If there is enough interest we may throw them into the extras kit, however.

Personally, I'd like them.  And 2U Spacebars. :thumb:

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Re: [IC] GMK Monochrome
« Reply #46 on: Tue, 10 July 2018, 13:09:26 »
I would go for the mod color spacebar kit!

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Re: [IC] GMK Monochrome
« Reply #47 on: Sat, 14 July 2018, 11:56:23 »
Looks gorgeous my friend ! :thumb:

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Re: [IC] GMK Stormtrooper Redux
« Reply #48 on: Sat, 14 July 2018, 15:20:32 »

On the other hand, the main argument against ISO is the poor performance of specialized ISO kits in almost every single GB they are run with. I've keep a spreadsheet(slightly outdated) to track their performance with GMK sets seeing ~5% of base kit purchase numbers in ISO kit purchases, SP sets seeing ~8%, and finally XDA seeing around 11%. It's easy to see that the people that repeatedly ask for these kits to be included in GBs simply aren't supporting the kits when they do get put into the set, resulting in lost time and effort on the part of the designer, the runner, and anyone else involved.

I will make it known that personally I care enough about not alienating the EU crowd to include at least the basic ISO support if not more than that. Even though this is the way I feel about it, it's very easy for me to see how the numbers are actually going and understand why people decide that ISO isn't worth it. At times it does add an additional $5 to the base set, for GMK sets, sometimes even more, and that can be enough to drive away potential sales. Unfortunately, with every GB that happens it's more and more evident how ISO is teetering on the point of not having enough representation in the community to justify the added costs for everyone else.
If NorDE kits are the main argument against ISO support then it's a pretty poor argument. If ISO-UK is supported in the base set then most eu folks will not get the NorDe kit, it's most of the time half the price of the base set and that's just not worth it in the most cases. (Again this is all my opinion base of how i do feel about this!)  Wrong legends are one thing, not being able to fill a board is another. 
It would be nice to know how many sets (%) with this basic ISO support get sold to europe. This is still a rough estimate because in eu are people who use ANSI as well but it would be closer to the real numbers than the NorDe kits numbers.

Also thank you for your support and not wanting to alienate eu folks. And while this set will easily hit the moq i might remind everyone who screams "frack ISO users" that there were GBs and there are still sets today that need help from everywhere it can get it.
As a side note, i'm a total TKL nerd and don't like 60% that much (even if i got a few) and fullsize is just ****ty for gaming^^ but i'm NOT saying that every other layout should be cut to save cost. We should all get our cakes <3 I'm paying for 30 keys i don't need so could "you" (not you donut).
And if this hobby gets 10 times bigger and something like TKL ANSI only base sets will be a thing (because of a big enough user base) we should all sit together and talk about those color way ownership stuff^^

Edit: Sorry for abusing this thread, while it may apply here too it's more of a general topic that i would like to discuss in-depth but not in this thread :)

This ^^

Most ISO users will stick with the base UK compatibility, that until now was usually included in the base GMK sets, because the NorDE kits won't give them proper legends for PT, ES, FR, IT, etc... And this "trend" of leaving ISO out, while still supporting layouts that probably have much less actual users, can cause EU users from dropping from GBs altogether once the stand-alone ISO kit fails to hit MOQ and that can cause the GBs to fail entirely.
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Re: [IC] GMK Monochrome
« Reply #49 on: Mon, 16 July 2018, 02:46:52 »
Oh I am in this for sure. Any further update regarding the set?