Author Topic: So are you guys ready for Red Alert? (Read 6800 times)

reaper · « **on:** Tue, 22 November 2011, 21:06:54 »

Looking at these pics makes me glad I got a set. lol Oh and thanks to soulfree914 for the links. =)

whiskerBox · « **Reply #1 on:** Tue, 22 November 2011, 21:09:25 »

Wow those look really great are they from some group buy or something?

litster · « **Reply #2 on:** Tue, 22 November 2011, 21:12:07 »

It is (was) over at DT. Sixty ran it with someone in Korea. I am glad I got a set + the experimental set.

reaper, do you have an account over at OTD?

litster · « **Reply #3 on:** Tue, 22 November 2011, 21:13:40 »

reaper, do you have an account over at OTD?

jpm804 · « **Reply #4 on:** Tue, 22 November 2011, 21:13:41 »

so jealous of whoever got these keycaps .... Crossing fingers that sixty has some extra sets to sell.

P.S - also give some of those OTD boards these keycaps are on

litster · « **Reply #5 on:** Tue, 22 November 2011, 21:19:11 »

Hum, these keys on the front row will work for Phantom's PHANSI 1.5x layout

reaper · « **Reply #6 on:** Tue, 22 November 2011, 21:19:40 »

Quote from: litster;457949

reaper, do you have an account over at OTD?

Yes, I do.

whiskerBox · « **Reply #7 on:** Tue, 22 November 2011, 21:27:51 »

I wish sixty would have brought this to geekhack as well

We need a Korean connection!

tsangan · « **Reply #8 on:** Tue, 22 November 2011, 21:27:52 »

The set has a lot of keys it will fit on basically any keyboard lol

I am dying for a set of these too ;(

mmmty · « **Reply #9 on:** Tue, 22 November 2011, 21:33:25 »

I volunteer tsangan moving to Korea and be our Korean connection :kiss:

demik · « **Reply #10 on:** Tue, 22 November 2011, 22:29:50 »

Quote from: mmmty;457967

I volunteer tsangan moving to Korea and be our Korean connection :kiss:

i second this!

i want a set so bad

maybe double shot round 5? shipping after the world ends!

pitashen · « **Reply #11 on:** Wed, 23 November 2011, 02:19:44 »

very cool indeed.

cactux · « **Reply #12 on:** Wed, 23 November 2011, 02:23:30 »

sorry guy but what is so special in these sets?

pitashen · « **Reply #13 on:** Wed, 23 November 2011, 02:33:55 »

Quote from: cactux;458117

sorry guy but what is so special in these sets?

If you could not care less about red on white or red on black, then no, there is nothing special about them.

litster · « **Reply #14 on:** Wed, 23 November 2011, 02:39:46 »

It is cool because South Koreans have them. It is the closest to a custom Korean keyboard that we can get. :-)

cactux · « **Reply #15 on:** Wed, 23 November 2011, 02:44:41 »

Quote from: litster;458125

It is cool because South Koreans have them. It is the closest to a custom Korean keyboard that we can get. :-)

Roma was not built in 1 day. You are in the good track with the Phantom board congratulations

pitashen · « **Reply #16 on:** Wed, 23 November 2011, 03:20:21 »

Quote from: litster;458125

It is cool because South Koreans have them. It is the closest to a custom Korean keyboard that we can get. :-)

lol, to be honest, it is not because we lack of resources and skills to make custom keyboards comparable to the korean ones. It is mainly because of the fact that it is almost impossible for geekhack members to work together coherently to come up with something other than putting up SP orders. Its kind of a culture thing really (IMO). Koreans are known for being able to stick together and achieve a common goal as a nation.

That being said, good luck with the Phantom project. it sure is a big step forward.

kaiserreich · « **Reply #17 on:** Wed, 23 November 2011, 03:31:08 »

We need Kim Jong Il

cactux · « **Reply #18 on:** Wed, 23 November 2011, 03:46:24 »

Quote from: pitashen;458133

lol, to be honest, it is not because we lack of resources and skills to make custom keyboards comparable to the korean ones. It is mainly because of the fact that it is almost impossible for geekhack members to work together coherently to come up with something other than putting up SP orders. Its kind of a culture thing really (IMO). Koreans are known for being able to stick together and achieve a common goal as a nation.

That being said, good luck with the Phantom project. it sure is a big step forward.

There is a new generation of GH guys with common goals and very motivated. This Phantom project is a good example

litster · « **Reply #19 on:** Wed, 23 November 2011, 09:54:05 »

I am pretty sure the Red Alert set is made by SP. When I receive my Red Alert set, my keycaps will have traveled around the world and back:

SP in Washington -> South Korea -> Germany -> Back to Washington where I live.

tsangan · « **Reply #20 on:** Wed, 23 November 2011, 11:20:59 »

Quote from: mmmty;457967

I volunteer tsangan moving to Korea and be our Korean connection :kiss:

Quote from: demik;458009

i second this!

i want a set so bad

maybe double shot round 5? shipping after the world ends!

Pay for 1/3 of my ticket each of you and I'm there, I would love to go to South Korea, been planning it for so long too. Not so much for keyboards but for their culture, but I can take time to figure out this whole keyboard ordeal for you guys when I'm there

zulios · « **Reply #21 on:** Fri, 25 November 2011, 08:41:43 »

Just to mention : the bianco style from round 4 initially had a variant with white caps + red lettering. If you guys want it that much maybe it can be put back on rails ? Would be great.

reaper · « **Reply #22 on:** Mon, 05 March 2012, 11:15:55 »

After over 7 months, now they're ready to ship! Pics borrowed from sixty. :redface:

I know some of you saw this already over at DT (tsangan, DanGWang, etc). lol

tsangan · « **Reply #23 on:** Mon, 05 March 2012, 11:20:03 »

Are you ready? :car:

reaper · « **Reply #24 on:** Mon, 05 March 2012, 11:21:17 »

Yes, mine is being shipped this week. :eyebrows:

lightsout714 · « **Reply #25 on:** Mon, 05 March 2012, 11:25:35 »

I hate you

reaper · « **Reply #26 on:** Mon, 05 March 2012, 11:28:58 »

Quote from: lightsout714;535791

I hate you

Thank you. :grouphug:

Quote from: ripster;535793

On iSpy I keep thinking Command & Conquer.

I used to love that game (C&C). lol

tjweir · « **Reply #27 on:** Mon, 05 March 2012, 11:44:38 »

I look forward to mine as well.

thegunner100 · « **Reply #28 on:** Mon, 05 March 2012, 12:08:49 »

I'm very jealous of everyone getting these sets. Hopefully I can snipe a leftover :laser:

reaper · « **Reply #29 on:** Mon, 05 March 2012, 12:27:08 »

According to sixty's post, there are only a couple of sets left so they'll be gone really fast. Time to go F5 on DT. lol

Rumudiez · « **Reply #30 on:** Mon, 05 March 2012, 14:20:51 »

Wow, I absolutely need this set... We need more key cap manufacturers in the US hardcore :/

lightsout714 · « **Reply #31 on:** Mon, 05 March 2012, 14:55:27 »

Anyone have an estimate of what it would cost to do a single tkl set from SP of something like this. I know people have asked before.

thegunner100 · « **Reply #32 on:** Mon, 05 March 2012, 15:00:49 »

Quote from: reaper;535837

According to sixty's post, there are only a couple of sets left so they'll be gone really fast. Time to go F5 on DT. lol

Yep, got the spy running on DT. If I can't snag a leftover set, then I'll just have to wait for Rag's red alert GB, which should be identical to sixty's GB if im not mistaken.

lightsout714 · « **Reply #33 on:** Mon, 05 March 2012, 15:10:16 »

That's what I'm wondering. I really like the legends and options of this set. I think rag said he was going to do it more standard. Does this set have gray modifiers?

thegunner100 · « **Reply #34 on:** Mon, 05 March 2012, 15:19:48 »

The whole kit from sixty's gb came with the white AND grey mods.

lightsout714 · « **Reply #35 on:** Mon, 05 March 2012, 15:39:29 »

Quote from: thegunner100;536031

The whole kit from sixty's gb came with the white AND grey mods.

Thats what I thought. At one point Rag said he wanted to do it all one color. Hopefully hes willing to budge on that.

thegunner100 · « **Reply #36 on:** Mon, 05 March 2012, 15:49:06 »

Agreed... I'd rather have the grey mods than white. Perhaps it can be sold as an add-on kit to the base? Although it would be cheaper overall if the grey was included in the base kit. It would just depend on the interest for the grey mods.

lightsout714 · « **Reply #37 on:** Mon, 05 March 2012, 16:10:47 »

Quote from: thegunner100;536057

Agreed... I'd rather have the grey mods than white. Perhaps it can be sold as an add-on kit to the base? Although it would be cheaper overall if the grey was included in the base kit. It would just depend on the interest for the grey mods.

I would like both, can't decide what I like better. But I need to stop looking at those pics on DT. This is probably my favorite set out there. Definitely need to get one some day.

Awful · « **Reply #38 on:** Mon, 05 March 2012, 17:14:59 »

Those are so amazing.

:jaw:

reaper · « **Reply #39 on:** Mon, 05 March 2012, 17:33:10 »

Quote from: ripster;535793

Why do the Koreans seem to get proper kerning and centering from Melissa?

They have a direct line to Melissa and we don't. :rain:

lightsout714 · « **Reply #40 on:** Mon, 05 March 2012, 18:01:22 »

Lol I asked Melissa how much for one single TKL set. $750 she tells me *jawdroppingsmiley*

suprsmo · « **Reply #41 on:** Mon, 05 March 2012, 18:48:22 »

These look fkn hawt..

Mebbe I want these bad boys instead of just white PBT engraved. mmmm

Group Buy action?

lightsout714 · « **Reply #42 on:** Mon, 05 March 2012, 18:51:11 »

Quote from: suprsmo;536218

These look fkn hawt..

Mebbe I want these bad boys instead of just white PBT engraved. mmmm

Group Buy action?

Should be coming eventually but its gonna be a while. I wonder if Sixty would be willing to give us all the order info to give to SP. Not so sure.

thegunner100 · « **Reply #43 on:** Tue, 06 March 2012, 15:58:41 »

Red alert vs imsto's red dye-sub PBT

Thin vs thick
ABS vs PBT
DS vs dye-sub

Not sure which one I would prefer

Just ill just have to see what I can get :nod:

lightsout714 · « **Reply #44 on:** Tue, 06 March 2012, 16:15:15 »

I pick this one for sure. The contrast of the red and white is just too nice. But they are both great.

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Author Topic: So are you guys ready for Red Alert? (Read 6800 times)