Round 5-6 SA was insanely big and as 7bit buys go continually growing and complex. I think it finally tipped SP to the point of saying they wouldn't do anymore of 7bits rounds. But I quit following those rounds some time ago so maybe you're asking about something else?
Having a traditional group buy won't bypass any queues.
People generally seem more comfortable spending more money and dealing with massdrop or vendors. SP also seems to want to deal with massdrop and vendors as well.
I don't understand your post really.
Also not sure why this is in the keyboard subforum.
SORRY MY BAD, was gonna post this on keycaps
Yep, i think you basically explained it for yourself. I was just wondering if traditional GBs can still push through. I do agree that it is safer to deal with vendors. But with sp having a long queue and Vendors like massdrop also having queues. It is an endless wait (for me though).
I wasn't really into keyboards when those 7bit gb's started or happened but i was curious how they went about it... Traditional gb? Multiple kits were awesome though. Really want to apply that on a DSA profile.