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« on: Fri, 02 December 2011, 16:47:32 »
And the winnah is... Kisakuku
Congratulations!!!  

It was not an easy contest to be sure and only a portion of the entrants seemed to find the question (around 20%) and only about half the people who found the question found it because of my hints.

So what was the "and a...???" part of the prize?

It's one free random key from one of my Topre compatible or Cherry compatible Factory 2nds grab bags.
Lets see here-
Topre bag...
Rustle-rustle-rustle, AH HA! A blue Topre Skull!

On to the MX bag...
Fooooosh!!!! Rustle-rustle-rustle, fumble, rustle, AH HA! A blue MX Skull!

Your pick Kisakuku.  =)






Obscure you say! HA! Well so are the prizes-
The winner will receive one red skull on black keycap in your choice of MX, Topre, or BS compatible switch and a...???


I will openly make fun of your guesses
Why? Because they lend themselves easily to it.

I will update this closed thread with the guesses and the eventual winnah...
Start shooting them PMs

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« Reply #1 on: Fri, 02 December 2011, 20:46:52 »
It's not a Dell Latitude D630 , but a damn good guess!
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« Reply #2 on: Sat, 03 December 2011, 00:54:45 »
Tons of guesses for:

"sixth sense"
and
"ghost keycap"

Both are way wrong, but one is WAAAAAAY more wrong than the other. LoL!  =P
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« Reply #3 on: Sat, 03 December 2011, 01:29:53 »
Here is another insanely good guess-

"Dell Quiet Key"

Unfortunately it's not right.   =')
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« Reply #4 on: Sat, 03 December 2011, 02:19:29 »
The funniest guess so far is-

"Filco Ninja" , not because of the guess, which is way wrong (yet oddly closer than most) but for the reasoning behind it! LoL, it was brilliant.

Another wrong guess is-

"zombie keycap"   on a side note, I sure do get lots of requests for zomie keys for some reason. XD
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« Reply #5 on: Sat, 03 December 2011, 02:34:48 »
Some more decent guesses here-


"Rubber dome IBM Model M blue label"   nope!

"HP rubber dome"  Nope, yet this was one of the better guesses again.

"SK-2xxx (Silitek)" nope!

"KB-03xx (Chicony)" nope!
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« Reply #6 on: Sat, 03 December 2011, 12:57:44 »
MOAR!!!   I kinda think some people are catching on...

"Dell AT101"  Naaaaaope!

Or maybe not-

"Red? Red-translucent" lol, nope!  =D
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« Reply #7 on: Sat, 03 December 2011, 13:08:58 »
How you say...? Ah yes, MOAR!

"One of the Topre silent keyboards"  nope!

"extrasensory perception"  nope! Really? XD

"M4"  nada!
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« Reply #8 on: Sat, 03 December 2011, 13:19:21 »
More did you say? Well more it is-

"SpaceSaver II"  Nope!

"Zombies"  the undead sure come up a lot in PMs, even outside of this contest! NOPE!
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« Reply #9 on: Sat, 03 December 2011, 14:53:48 »
Please sir can I have some MoAr? Sure-


"Apple Aluminum"  Not a bad guess and I have made keys for it, but... WRONG!  =D

"Michael Jackson" ROTFLMMFAO! Waaaaay wrong but the funniest! XD
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« Reply #10 on: Sat, 03 December 2011, 15:21:52 »
I would pay more attention to the Heads Up thread if I were some of you. LoL


"ghosts of Christmas past, Future, and Present"  Nope! I would look to my note above ^

"MX-11800" NoPe! But that is one of my favorite keybaords and closer than this ^ guess but... not really close.
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« Reply #11 on: Sat, 03 December 2011, 23:09:18 »
Let see here...    More you say?

"ZoomText Keyboard by Sixth Sense Assistive Technology"    NOPE! Two people actually guessed this one. I must say that even though it's the wrong guess it is BY FAR THE MOST IMPRESSIVE ONE! Wow, who knew?!? That's kinda spooky if you ask me.  80

"spririt of old St. Nicholas i.e Santa Clause" NOPE! HO-HO-HOrribly far off.  =P

"Frakenstein cap" Nope!

"Haunted house" ? ... nope!
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« Reply #12 on: Sat, 03 December 2011, 23:15:21 »
Oh! Looks like some are catching on... well, maybe.  ;)

"Apple Design"  Nope, but not a bad guess but not at all correct.

"Logitech diNovo Edge / diNovo Mini / illuminated" AhhhhHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH... NOPE!

...sorry about that last one, I had to sneeze.
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« Reply #13 on: Sun, 04 December 2011, 00:44:18 »
And they're still rolling in strong...

"Acer With alps like switches"  Nuh-uh!

"HHKB Pro 2"  Nope! But a good guess compared to most.

"ESP keycap" nope, although it's funny. I guess you would never really need to push it. Get it? Get it?  XD
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« Reply #14 on: Sun, 04 December 2011, 01:03:01 »
And some not so close ones...

"ice keycap(Transparent)"  NOOOO...

"Ruby keycap(Transparent)"  OOOO...

"Warcraft III Keycaps"  OOOPE!

"custom scarey keybaord?" Is that a keybaord with too much mysterious boardchow? NOPE!
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« Reply #15 on: Sun, 04 December 2011, 02:05:22 »
Here is a self professed worst answer of all-

"red skull on black Keycap"  NOPE! Not even close, and I disagree, I don't think it's the worst guess, for that I would still probably pick the funny "Michael Jackson" one.

"acer 6312" nope!

"Bruce Willis"  Waaaaay wrong, but I get this one a lot. I wish that guess would die HARD! And with a Vengeance!  =P

"EK making a new keyboard, selling new caps?" nope! A guess of a suggestion? lol

"HHK3" NOPE! These are supposed to be guesses, not wishes! XD
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« Reply #16 on: Sun, 04 December 2011, 02:15:28 »
Now we are just getting loopy with the guesses-

"psychic keycap" Nope! But it does already know the answer. lol

"Jedi Keycap" This is not the answer you are looking for, move along.

"Possessed keycap"  By what? Another keycap? NOPE!

"Do you mean what keyboard the ice or glass skulls are sitting on in your thread?" ....Phew! and no!
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« Reply #17 on: Sun, 04 December 2011, 02:23:15 »
Seems as if we are missing the hints again-

"ALPS keys"  not really, no.

"Dell quietkeys sk-8000" NOPE! Still waaaaay closer than the recent ones above ^

"Topre/HHKB silent"  not a bad guess but wrong none the less.

"Haley Joel Osment is doing a "Frankenstein" movie, Frankenstein cap?" NOPE! It's a guess not a prediction. LoL   Frankenstein is now ranked third as the most common wrong guess.
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« Reply #18 on: Sun, 04 December 2011, 02:31:12 »
More guesses of the 3rd kind. Hard to type with mashed potatoes on the fingers.

"IBM Rapid access keyboard" nope

"Keytronics Rubber dome"  meh, not bad, but nope!

"keyboard ghosting problems on Dell Inspiron Laptops!"
 uhhh... guesses people, not complaints. XD

"Steve Jobs" WWWWWAAAAAAAAAAY wrong, but odd that two people within just a brief moment of each other guessed this. Strange!
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« Reply #19 on: Mon, 05 December 2011, 19:39:06 »
LoL!  We have some very prolific guessers out there! I will up date the WRONG guesses when I get home. The more I seem to point out that a particular guess is wrong I get more of that guess. :shocked:   hmmm... It's  not a trick people. haahaaa.  =P

I would really pay  WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY  more attention to those hints as seemingly oversimplistic as they are.
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« Reply #20 on: Tue, 06 December 2011, 01:51:26 »
Sorry for not updating the guesses tonight, I am too loopy right now. I have been up 18 long hours.
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« Reply #21 on: Tue, 06 December 2011, 20:18:31 »
Hmmm... where were we?
Ahhh... yes-

"An iMav key cap" NoPe!

"Duke Nukem" nope!

"1999"  bottles of beer on the wall... nope!

"Back to the Future! (old school cartoon)" oddly specific doncha think? NOPE!

"Robot" Don't need to consult Asimov for this one... NOPE!

"Transformer"  Nope but atleast more specific than that ^ one.

"Bruce Willis" A very, very popular bad guess.

"Haley Joel Osment"  another very popular  bad guess

"IBM Model M13" well that was out of the blue! and... NOPE!

"Micheal  Jordan" I think not

"keyboard? keycaps? years? game related?" answering this would make things too easy.

"premonition of the furture?"  I don't even know how to answer that, oh! Yes I do, it's NOPE!

"futuristic"   your fired!  XD

hmmm... me thinks it's time for another hint yes/no? ;)
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« Reply #22 on: Wed, 07 December 2011, 02:40:11 »
Ahhh, perhaps some better guesses...

"IBM model M KB caps?"  Nope!

"Dell Keyboard" almost a popular wrong guess

"AT101" nope

"AT101W" uh-uh

"Dell Quiet key" another semi popular wrong guess

"Apple bringing back the Apple Keyboards II or Extended Keyboard II in the form of the Matias Tactile Pro?" Now that is an intense guess! And... NOPE! Are these guesses turning into predictions?

"Will you ever make keys for an apple(mac) board like the Keyboard II?" as a guess NOPE! But I have made keys for that series of boards.
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« Reply #23 on: Wed, 07 December 2011, 15:59:57 »
Did anyone hear any more guesses? No? Well I sure did!

"Dell alienware?"   NOPE!

"BM Model F capacitive keyboard" NoPe! I love that keyboard though!

"Sinclair ZX80, ZX81"  I bet ARCO took them over too. NOPe!

"Atari 400 membrane keyboards"  Naaaaaaahhhhooope. Kinda sounds like  No hope.  lulz

"Apple command key"    BAAAALEEEEETED! nope.

"Ninja Keycaps. i.e none at all ahahahahahahaha"  That could have been cute had there not been a handful of people that said the exact same thing. You're ninja got NINJAD!!!!
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« Reply #24 on: Wed, 07 December 2011, 16:05:45 »
OOOoooo, we are getting elaborate now. Elaborately wrong that is.

"If the hint "I see dead people" is referring to which thread did........... ...... it would be the "this is not an alps switch..."  tl;dr nope!  =P

"If the hint is referring to which switch was identified in........ .........answer to that is Acers." Nopy  (it's Snoopy's negative twin)
 
" I believe the answer is Acer 6511 rubber dome keyboard."  I believe you are wrong
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« Reply #25 on: Wed, 07 December 2011, 16:10:51 »
Thinking outside the box are we? NOPE! Can't think outside the box if you don't know you're in one.

"Does it have to do with Sixty on Deskthority.... hahaha"   haahaahaaaaaaaaaaa... NOPE!
 
"Just going by the "I see dead people" hint..equates to sixth sense which I thought may relate to sixty from deskthotiry.. hahaha"  
the wrong answer made more sense before you explained it.  
 
I know wild guess but it kinda popped up in my head.  some people need to stick to wild guesses apparently, but you are not one of them.  XD
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« Reply #26 on: Sat, 10 December 2011, 03:34:06 »
And now for the very prolific guesses-

"12-2-2012 celebrates the dead anniversary of the following people:

0537 Sylvester Italian Pope (536-37), dies
1463 Albrecht VI archduke of Habsburg, dies
1515 Gonzalo de Córdoba Spanish general/strategist/viceroy of Naples, dies
1592 Alexander Farnese land guardian of Netherlands (1579-92), dies at 46
1719 Pasquier Quesnel French theologist (La Foi), dies at 85
1723 Philip French duke of Orléans/regent (1715-23)/PM (1723), dies
1763 Carl August Thielo composer, dies at 56
1774 Johann Friedrich Agricola German (court)composer/organist, dies at 54
1814 Marquis de Sade writer, dies at 74
1828 Simon Paap Dutch 56 cm long dwarf/cabaret artist, dies at 39
1831 Traugott Maximilian Eberwein composer, dies at 56
1845 Johannes Simon Mayr composer, dies at 82
1859 John Brown US abolitionist, hanged in Charles Town WV at 59
1864 Archibald Gracie Jr Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 31
1880 Josephine Lang composer, dies at 65
1888 Franz Xaver Witt composer, dies at 54
1888 Mehmed N Kemal Bey Turkish writer/journalist (Vatan), dies at 47
1903 Victor Roger composer, dies at 50
1915 Jan Malat composer, dies at 72
1916 Francesco Paolo Tosti composer, dies at 69
1918 Margit Kaffka writer, dies at 38
1919 Henry Clay Frick built largest coke & steel operation, dies at 69
1923 Tomas Breton y Hernandez composer, dies at 72
1925 Julio Garreta composer, dies at 50
1931 Paul-Marie-Theodore-Vincent D'indy French count/composer, dies at 80
1933 Josef Gruber composer, dies at 78
1935 Albert Kessel first to die in California gas chamber
1943 Nordahl Grieg writer, dies
1944 Filippo T Marinetti Italian writer (father of futurism), dies at 67
1944 JW Ummels Dutch resistance fighter (House of Saxon-Nazi), dies
1950 Dino Lipatti composer, dies at 33
1953 Ernest Hayes cricketer (Surrey bat played 5 Tests for England), dies
1953 Francis Picabia French painter/illustrator, dies at 75
1957 Harrison Ford silent screen actor (Rubber Tires), dies at 73
1963 Sabu Sabu actor (Jungle Book, Drums), dies of heart attack at 39
1964 Roger Bissière French painter, dies at 76
1965 The Rajkumar of Vizianagram cricketer (Indian Test captain 1936), dies
1966 Luitzen [Bertus] Brouwers Dutch mathematician, dies at 85
1967 Cardinal Francis Spellman archbishop of New York, dies at 78
1969 Kliment J Voroshilov President of USSR (1953-60), dies
1970 Dora Paulen German/Dutch cabaretière, dies at about 72
1972 Friedrich Christian Christiansen German Luftwaffe general, dies
1972 José Limón Mexican/US dancer (moor's pavane), dies at 64
1974 Sofie-Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatte composer, dies at 72
1976 William Tannen actor (Life & Legend of Wyatt Earp, Jailhouse Rock, Sitting Bull), dies at 65
1976 Danny Murtaugh baseball manager (Pittsburgh Pirates), dies at 59
1979 Vasily Pavlovich Solov'yov-Sedoy composer, dies at 72
1981 Hershy Kay composer, dies at 62
1981 Nicolaas "Cola" Debrot Governor of Dutch Antilles (1962-70), dies at 79
1981 Wallace K[irkman] Harrison US architect (UN), dies at 86
1982 Marty Feldman comedic actor (Young Frankenstein), dies at 49 of a heart attack in México
1982 David Blue rocker, dies while jogging in Greenwich Village at 41
1983 Atholl Mckinnon cricketer (South African lefty spinner in 8 Tests), dies
1983 Fifi D'Orsay "French Bombshell" (Dixie Jamboree), dies cancer at 79
1985 Alex Courtney actor (Sword of Justice), dies
1985 Philip Larkin [hermit of Hull] English poet, dies at 63
1986 Desi Arnaz actor (Ricky Ricardo-I Love Lucy), dies of lung cancer at 69
1986 Lee Dorsey R&B singer, dies at 59
1990 Aaron Copland composer (Fanfare for the Common Man), dies at 90
1990 Robert Cummings actor (Love that Bob), dies of kidney failure at 82
1992 Gary Mascaro choreographer, dies at 43
1992 Loek Elfferich Dutch journalist/historian (Treason in Rotterdam), die
1993 Pablo Escobar Gaviria Colombian drug baron, shot to death at 44
1994 Donald John Urquhart librarian, dies at 85
1994 James Norman Dalrymple Anderson lawyer, dies at 86
1995 [William] Robertson Davies novelist essayist/dramatist, dies
1995 Francis Joseph Quinn academic, dies at 90
1995 Roxie Roker actress (Helen Willis-Jeffersons)/mother of Lenny Kravitz, dies of breast cancer at 66
1995 Stanley Devon photographer, dies at 88
1996 Penelope Jessel politcal activist, dies at 76"
 

Lets see here... brb...

Ok the first 3 are wrong. Hmmm.. same with the next 10 and 15. Even looks like the next 20 are wrong to. How about the next 30? NOPE! Looks like they are all wrong.

WAIT!!! OMG!!!!...   Harrison Ford died!?!  Noooooo!
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« Reply #27 on: Sat, 10 December 2011, 03:43:35 »
I love the title of this next guess-


"more dead people"-
Sabu       01/27/1924        12/02/1963         39 *
Jean Donovan       04/10/1953        12/02/1980         27 *
Marty Feldman       07/08/1933        12/02/1982         49 *
Aniello Dellacroce       03/15/1914        12/02/1985         71 *
Desi Arnaz       03/02/1917        12/02/1986         69 *
Donn Eisele       06/23/1930        12/02/1987         57 *
Bob Cummings       06/09/1910        12/02/1990         80 *
Aaron Copland       11/14/1900        12/02/1990         90 *
Pablo Escobar       12/01/1949        12/02/1993         44 *
Chris Antley       01/06/1966        12/02/2000         34 *
Gail Fisher       08/18/1935        12/02/2000         65 *
Ron Santo       02/25/1940        12/02/2010         70 *"


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« Reply #28 on: Thu, 15 December 2011, 00:35:31 »
hmmm... it looks as if I'm a good bit behind with posting some of these! Hold up while a gather a truckload more bad guesses...


BTW, some of you are exceptionally bad at guessing having already known the question and some of you are heroically good at guessing having not known the question.

I'm really impressed either way.  ;)
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« Reply #29 on: Thu, 15 December 2011, 01:54:01 »
Lets hit the ground running yet again....

"topre/Hhkb silent"  There are bad guesses and really bad guesses, this is not one of them.

"Miniguru?"  A very wishful but sadly very wrong guess. *wipes tears*  although i did already as a gift


"1.In your dreams?
2.While you're awake?
3.Dead people like, in graves? In coffins?
4.How often do you see them?
5.Walking around like regular people.
They don't see each other. They only see
what they want to see. They don't know they're dead.
6.All the time. They're everywhere."


1,2, and 5 are wrong. Three, Four, and Six are also wrong.  I actually love #5, I still can't stop laughing! Forget the blind leading the blind, this should some how be combined into a new saying or perhaps a very deep poem.  LoL


"The Market For The IBM Model M"  ... is small and awkward as well as the wrong answer.

"Cloud of boobs"  Nope! But it gives me happy thoughts.

"Is the answer "Hint #2"?"   Is my answer a "nope"? Yup!
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« Reply #30 on: Thu, 15 December 2011, 02:03:34 »
"Backlit Keyboard"?   NoPe!

"Dell XPS" Nope! but the reasoning behind it was mostly good, kinda.

"Apple M0110?"  Nada, but it made me smile  

"a christmas tree"   Nope, maybe a different "tree" would be partially helpful.

"Zombie Key"  :rip:
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« Reply #31 on: Thu, 15 December 2011, 02:22:14 »
Now that we're on a roll-

"Frankenstein"  Frankenwrong!

"Filco Zero"  Zero chance of this being the right answer.

Compaq rubber dome keyboard  Nope, but it makes the above two guesses look bad.

"Qsenn SEM-DT35 ?"  putting effort into it are we?  I can tell!  =)
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« Reply #32 on: Thu, 15 December 2011, 20:29:54 »
... rollin-rollin-rollin keep them bad guesses rollin, boy are my fingers swollen RAWHIDE!

"You hooked up with Mischa Barton?"   Who?

"Logitech G15 or G19"    eww, and no.

"IBM Beam Spring - Webwit paid you thousands to do a custom key!!!!!"   sniffle-sniffle, nope!

"HHKB Lite II"  hmmm...

"A devil key cap."   Not a chance in hell of being close.

"compaq rubber dome keyboard"  not an altogether horrible guess I suppose.

"Is it God?
 Dirt? Coffin? Vampire? Hades? Worms?"
  They can't help you.

"Skeletor"   greyskull is definitely not yours

"contest guess you haven't heard yet -
What quote scored #44 on AFI's 100 years... 100 movie quotes?
 that guess is in response to hint number 10. hint one answers my question."
 You're right, I've not heard that before.
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« Reply #33 on: Thu, 15 December 2011, 20:45:19 »
Move 'em on, head 'em up,
Head 'em up, move 'em out,
Move 'em on, head 'em out Rawhide!


"Dell D630"  not a bad guess, I do believe someone beat you to the punch though. Or punched you to the beat (violent disco anyone?).

"Not sure what I'm guessing at but...
Plastic dog ****. "
                             Clearly


"Ok, I get it now...it's obviously...
...I Leopold TKL 2.0 with PBT key caps."
    obviously not, but much better than your previous guess ^

"steve jobs?"   your guess is like so five minutes ago

"cough.. forget i said steve jobs >_________________>"
      Absolutely classic! LoL

"esc"        I would like to, but the  bad guesses keep coming.  XD
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« Reply #34 on: Thu, 15 December 2011, 20:56:26 »
more productive guesses-


"Colored Markers caps from SixthSense Technology http://www.pranavmistry.com/projects/sixthsense/"   Nope! But these are fascinating guesses!

"let me try
and a Christmas stocking???"
 do I have to?  =P


"another shot
If not the Christmas stocking. maybe a plastic bag or an usps envelope.... "
  stop shooting things!

"and a keycap puller
clickclark special edition puller?"
  ='(

"Some version of IBM Thinkpad scissor switch?"   you mean the version that's nothing like that guess?

"is the question about an old (not modern) keyboard regarding weight ?
also, is this the proper format to ask / guess the question from you ?"
 Proper? Sure. Correct? No. Considerate? Yes

"-Geekhack
 -Realforce
 -Crystal Keycap"
   With our powers combined.... UBER NOPE!

"-Click Clack Keycap
 -Skull Keycap
 -A 87
 -Mx-Mini
 -ZPK "
    so is this like your shoping list?
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« Reply #35 on: Thu, 15 December 2011, 21:00:29 »
Well now, isn't that interesting?

I do believe I see the correct answer in these here posts...  :eyebrows:
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« Reply #36 on: Thu, 15 December 2011, 22:44:44 »
Oh sure...  NOW the good guesses and the right guesses come in. Only AFTER I announce that the correct answer has been found.
LoL!
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« Reply #37 on: Fri, 16 December 2011, 19:21:13 »
Ahhh, yes, post #33 has the correct guess in it.

So for those who did not find the question, it was-
"Name the first non-mechanical keyboard that I made a keycap for."

And the answer was-
"HHKB Lite II"

Other really good guesses were-
Dell Quiet Key
Dell Latitude D630 Laptop Keyboard
HP rubber dome
Apple aluminum keyboard

So who is this winnnah?...
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« Reply #38 on: Fri, 16 December 2011, 19:41:30 »
Kisakuku

Congratulations!!!!!

Your prize awaits you.  =)
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« Reply #39 on: Fri, 16 December 2011, 21:01:58 »
It was not an easy contest to be sure and only a portion of the entrants seemed to find the question (around 20%) and only about half the people who found the question found it because of my hints.
 
So what was the "and a...???" part of the prize?
 
It's one free random key from one of my Topre compatible or Cherry compatible Factory 2nds grab bags.
 Lets see here-
 Topre bag...
 Rustle-rustle-rustle, AH HA! A blue Topre Skull!
 
On to the MX bag...
 Fooooosh!!!! Rustle-rustle-rustle, fumble, rustle, AH HA! A blue MX Skull!
 
Your pick Kisakuku. =)
Dont forget to pick the switch type for your initial main prize.
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« Reply #40 on: Fri, 16 December 2011, 21:37:25 »
Thank you all who participated, it was quite a lot of fun reading all of the guesses and getting me excited about setting up this new forum section. It was a warm welcome and I much appreciate it.

And one more thing... stop sending me guesses! Many Lawlz  =P
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