Author Topic: [IC] SkyWyRe (w/questionnaire) (Read 18813 times)

danielucf · « **on:** Wed, 19 December 2012, 18:54:08 »

I don't know if anyone is working on this, or wants to, but if so just speak up and I can step aside or let you help.

I'll call it SkyWyRe (Sky colored Wyse Replica)

Thanks to reaper for the reference picture.

I had an idea to do a very simple SoWaRe imitation set from SP in limited quantities 50-100 sets. Every set would also come with the tsangan, or simplified tsangan to reduce cost. Maybe even the numpad and iso kit could be included as well.

I am unsure of the color codes but I think the lighter grey is GBA, dark grey is GSY, light blue is BFQ, not sure what yellow is. Some people didn't like the RGB color legends for shift, control, and alt so I'm not sure if we would want to duplicate that or not, and if we did then I am unsure of the colors for that red, green, and blue text. We could also double up on the modifiers so both the plain and RGB modifiers would be available.

For one of everything (base/modifer, tsangan, numpad, iso) per set:

Quantity	Price
50	$96
75	$84
100	$76

One base/modifier, and one tsangan per set:

Quantity	Price
50	$78
75	$69
100	$63

Please answer the following questionnaire

Link to questionnaire results

danielucf · « **Reply #1 on:** Wed, 19 December 2012, 18:54:21 »

reserved

Sai · « **Reply #2 on:** Wed, 19 December 2012, 19:24:02 »

form submitted.

alaricljs · « **Reply #3 on:** Wed, 19 December 2012, 19:32:30 »

I would strongly recommend you not call it SoWaRe anything.

metalliqaz · « **Reply #4 on:** Wed, 19 December 2012, 19:33:31 »

Trademarked?

danielucf · « **Reply #5 on:** Wed, 19 December 2012, 19:33:41 »

Quote from: alaricljs on Wed, 19 December 2012, 19:32:30

I would strongly recommend you not call it SoWaRe anything.

I don't fully know the history of SoWaRe so what should we call it?

reaper · « **Reply #6 on:** Wed, 19 December 2012, 19:38:09 »

Well, sherryton told me that..

So = sky blue in Korean
Wa = WYSE
Re = replica

So how about Sky Blue set? And feel free to use my pic for reference.

alaricljs · « **Reply #7 on:** Wed, 19 December 2012, 19:41:08 »

Quote from: metalliqaz on Wed, 19 December 2012, 19:33:31

Trademarked?

No, but for the same reason I expect the Koreans to not produce Phantom 2.0 and for us to not produce some KMAC revision.

danielucf · « **Reply #8 on:** Wed, 19 December 2012, 19:45:50 »

I'll just rename it SkyWyRe. Sky blue colored Wyse Replica.

boost · « **Reply #9 on:** Wed, 19 December 2012, 19:46:55 »

can you change the color of the F!-F4 and F9-F12 to match the alphas?

Is it still a replica if the legends are skyblue

samwisekoi · « **Reply #10 on:** Wed, 19 December 2012, 19:47:48 »

Form submitted, but was confusing.

I voted Plain but also wanted Yellow arrows. That didn't seem to be a choice. Also blue legends on the function keys as reaper's pic shows.

Or I was just confused.

- Ron | samwisekoi

samwisekoi · « **Reply #11 on:** Wed, 19 December 2012, 19:49:00 »

Quote from: boost on Wed, 19 December 2012, 19:46:55

can you change the color of the F!-F4 and F9-F12 to match the alphas?

I think this happens automatically with the SP standard mods.

- Ron | samwisekoi

danielucf · « **Reply #12 on:** Wed, 19 December 2012, 19:52:44 »

Quote from: boost on Wed, 19 December 2012, 19:46:55

can you change the color of the F!-F4 and F9-F12 to match the alphas?

Is it still a replica if the legends are skyblue

Yea we can just let SP standard base and modifiers make F1-F4 and F9-F12 be the lighter color. It is replica enough

Quote from: samwisekoi on Wed, 19 December 2012, 19:47:48

I voted Plain but also wanted Yellow arrows. That didn't seem to be a choice. Also blue legends on the function keys as reaper's pic shows.

WYSE will always mean yellow arrows to me. Was only talking about shift/control/alt as RGB

boost · « **Reply #13 on:** Wed, 19 December 2012, 19:55:12 »

A better green would also be nice, kinda hard to see the legend on the shift keys

danielucf · « **Reply #14 on:** Wed, 19 December 2012, 20:05:36 »

Quote from: boost on Wed, 19 December 2012, 19:55:12

A better green would also be nice, kinda hard to see the legend on the shift keys

I don't know the color codes for the red, green, or blue. Maybe VAT or the toxic green

Kabuks · « **Reply #15 on:** Wed, 19 December 2012, 20:08:59 »

Filled out form.

ekw808 · « **Reply #16 on:** Wed, 19 December 2012, 20:27:18 »

Go for symbols over text

danielucf · « **Reply #17 on:** Wed, 19 December 2012, 20:35:13 »

Quote from: ekw808 on Wed, 19 December 2012, 20:27:18

Go for symbols over text

Like the 7-bit legends for backspace, caps lock, enter, and shift?

ekw808 · « **Reply #18 on:** Wed, 19 December 2012, 20:40:23 »

yes and tab

boost · « **Reply #19 on:** Wed, 19 December 2012, 20:56:03 »

Quote from: ekw808 on Wed, 19 December 2012, 20:27:18

Go for symbols over text

I'l with ya on that ^_^

Ovoxo · « **Reply #20 on:** Wed, 19 December 2012, 21:03:07 »

Filled out the form! And I concur with symbols

danielucf · « **Reply #21 on:** Wed, 19 December 2012, 21:13:18 »

symbols it is. I'll ask 7-bit in a day or two if we can use the legends unless someone else has a direct line with him and can proxy ask sooner.

akuJIWA · « **Reply #22 on:** Wed, 19 December 2012, 21:43:26 »

Oh god why.....................

... filled.

TDub · « **Reply #23 on:** Thu, 20 December 2012, 03:45:46 »

Isn't this almost the same as the RETRO set in 7bits round 4?

phetto · « **Reply #24 on:** Thu, 20 December 2012, 04:28:49 »

Form filled. I have been waiting for this

kaiserreich · « **Reply #25 on:** Thu, 20 December 2012, 07:13:54 »

Green and Blue on dark grey is a very bad contrast decision.

emptythecache · « **Reply #26 on:** Thu, 20 December 2012, 08:03:08 »

yeah guys, this is basically r4 retro.

tjcaustin · « **Reply #27 on:** Thu, 20 December 2012, 08:07:23 »

Quote from: danielucf on Wed, 19 December 2012, 21:13:18

symbols it is. I'll ask 7-bit in a day or two if we can use the legends unless someone else has a direct line with him and can proxy ask sooner.

When I asked for Klaxon, he said there wasn't any problem using anything he's got done through SP.

Acetrak · « **Reply #28 on:** Thu, 20 December 2012, 08:24:32 »

Quote from: emptythecache on Thu, 20 December 2012, 08:03:08

yeah guys, this is basically r4 retro.

But in wyse font right?

tjcaustin · « **Reply #29 on:** Thu, 20 December 2012, 08:36:58 »

Do you want the exact codes that retro uses? It's in the r4 wiki on dt.

ekw808 · « **Reply #30 on:** Thu, 20 December 2012, 09:31:28 »

Could you offer the modifiers (symbols) separately and not in the base set as I'm sure a few people are in that Retro GB wouldn't mind having this as an option.

Leewei · « **Reply #31 on:** Thu, 20 December 2012, 09:37:36 »

Quote from: ekw808 on Thu, 20 December 2012, 09:31:28

Could you offer the modifiers (symbols) separately and not in the base set as I'm sure a few people are in that Retro GB wouldn't mind having this as an option.

Would like that too.

danielucf · « **Reply #32 on:** Thu, 20 December 2012, 10:42:06 »

Quote from: ekw808 on Thu, 20 December 2012, 09:31:28

Could you offer the modifiers (symbols) separately and not in the base set as I'm sure a few people are in that Retro GB wouldn't mind having this as an option.

So you essentially want a moogle kit? Or everything a moogle would offer except for control, alt, winkey, and menu/fn? I really wanted this to be simple where there was one thing that everyone was ordering. If 15+ people want it then I'll do it.

phetto · « **Reply #33 on:** Thu, 20 December 2012, 10:45:24 »

I'm in for one of those extra sets too, but I don't want to change the normal set.

ekw808 · « **Reply #34 on:** Thu, 20 December 2012, 10:49:03 »

I'm referring to a full moogle kit with symbols.

danielucf · « **Reply #35 on:** Thu, 20 December 2012, 11:07:40 »

Quote from: ekw808 on Thu, 20 December 2012, 10:49:03

I'm referring to a full moogle kit with symbols.

There is supposed to be a moogle kit for WYSE, dolch, white on black cherry, black on white/beige cherry, and maybe one or two others. I wouldn't want to step on that group buys toes, but if they want to drop WYSE I can do it in this group buy I guess.

jdcarpe · « **Reply #36 on:** Thu, 20 December 2012, 11:12:21 »

Quote from: danielucf on Thu, 20 December 2012, 11:07:40

if they want to drop WYSE I can do it in this group buy I guess.

Huh? WYSE uses dark blue legends, not sky blue. I don't understand the conflict.

You could make it like SP has on their order page, with the "base" kit and "modifiers" as separate items.

danielucf · « **Reply #37 on:** Thu, 20 December 2012, 11:49:15 »

Quote from: jdcarpe on Thu, 20 December 2012, 11:12:21

Huh? WYSE uses dark blue legends, not sky blue. I don't understand the conflict.

Yea I had just woke up when I typed that, I did a "huh" just now reading it again. I could do a moogle for this I guess, but if the full set is going to have symbols I don't really see why it is needed. I guess for R4 retro people?

I did want it to be simple but if enough people are interested I'll do whatever people want.

ekw808 · « **Reply #38 on:** Thu, 20 December 2012, 11:57:11 »

I meant to say have the moogle kit with symbols as a addon instead of making it the base, so people can choose between text or symbols.

danielucf · « **Reply #39 on:** Thu, 20 December 2012, 12:12:33 »

Quote from: ekw808 on Thu, 20 December 2012, 11:57:11

I meant to say have the moogle kit with symbols as a addon instead of making it the base, so people can choose between text or symbols.

Ah that makes more sense. We could do that but it'll bring the cost up a decent amount since the larger keys are the more expensive ones. This was supposed to be a relatively quick, and everyone gets the same thing sale to make packing, sorting, and shipping easier. If I stick with that then R4 retro people would have to buy an entire set just to get what they might want, or snipe someones unwanted extras.

phetto · « **Reply #40 on:** Thu, 20 December 2012, 12:40:22 »

Just don't change do original set, this extra kit will be picked up by maaaaaaaaany users anyway.

Oproer · « **Reply #41 on:** Thu, 20 December 2012, 14:38:01 »

I need more keyboards to put all these great keycaps on.. (Interested)

danielucf · « **Reply #42 on:** Thu, 20 December 2012, 18:57:39 »

So a decent number of people have been choosing that they want the numpad kit included. Not that many Iso sets as I expected, but is anyone going to cry over an extra $8 of keys that they can probably sell or trade anyways?

I'm thinking we do a plain base set and modifier set, and then have the extra RGB keys as kind of a SkyWyRe moogle kit.

phetto · « **Reply #43 on:** Thu, 20 December 2012, 19:05:07 »

I can pay more, as long as I get a iso kit

The_Beast · « **Reply #44 on:** Thu, 20 December 2012, 19:07:44 »

1.5 mods or 1.25 or are both going to be included?

Acetrak · « **Reply #45 on:** Thu, 20 December 2012, 19:40:48 »

OP says tsangan kit included in base kit, so I'd imagine both 1.25 and 1.5 mods are covered

danielucf · « **Reply #46 on:** Thu, 20 December 2012, 19:42:00 »

Quote from: The_Beast on Thu, 20 December 2012, 19:07:44

1.5 mods or 1.25 or are both going to be included?

Both because the tsangan will be included with it. But we probably don't need stars, and diamonds, and windows key, and Fn key so it may be a simplified tsangan to save cost like I did with the toxic winkeyless kit. Only diamonds or stars and maybe a windows key or a "~`" in the correct profile for the KBT Pure.

Oh I see what you are saying, the RGB will need 1.5 mods too, it can be done since it is only 4 more keys I think.

zzAaron · « **Reply #47 on:** Mon, 24 December 2012, 04:58:58 »

Yes. Ive wanted to do blue on grey but obviously im still too noob and busy to handle it. Thank you for this lol.

Marclgw · « **Reply #48 on:** Fri, 28 December 2012, 22:09:19 »

Every Penny ready for this.

reverkiller · « **Reply #49 on:** Fri, 28 December 2012, 22:24:18 »

I take it no chance for alphas only? I do love this set but I really am finding it hard to justify the price. If it were alphas only, which I know could be much cheaper (from the Klaxon set), I would probably take part but I'm not sure I'll even have the money to spare when this comes to fruition. I also have some modifiers I'm confident would look good with this set, but I don't want to be the one to bring people down

GLWGB! I wish I could take part!

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Author Topic: [IC] SkyWyRe (w/questionnaire) (Read 18813 times)