Very cool, reminds me a lot of the SA Hacked by Geeks set from... way too long ago

I thought that's what this was at first. Whether hacking by geeks or waifus, still a nice set.

Well, this is definitely getting tangential to the post, but for the sake of clarity, I have some questions. I'm a bit confused on what makes a GH community driven event, as opposed to a typical local meetup or a larger meetup run by NK. Even from the time I ran Pittsburgh, most of the interest for the event wasn't driven from GH, but at the time Reddit and Slack, and now, mostly Discord. Sure, the original post is on GH and the cross posted elsewhere, and we all voted on an arbitrary set of locations that the organizers vetted and weighed, but other than that, what input from the broader community was required to make it "GH community driven?" Furthermore, even in this last SLC meetup which was completely run by NK, many of you attended, had tables, and even spoke on panels that you helped organize. So I'm failing to see how it was any different than any other KeyCon.

And maybe some of y'all are putting on nostalgic glasses and longing for a time years past, and want a smaller more intimate setting for a meetup. Nobody is stopping your from organizing that. But I would argue, that isn't the direction of what KeyCon is either, as that's quite exclusive.

From my perspective as someone who's run a few meetups (KeyCon or otherwise), what makes KeyCon different than all the other meetups is that it pulls people from earlier in the hobby, more vendors, and it travels. The vibe is chill, and there's usually a bar. Other than that, it's not really that different than any other meetup. My hope was to make it as big as possible, as open and accepting and accessible to the community as possible, and offer access to vendors and experiences that wouldn't happen at smaller meetups. Personally, I don't think that scaling KeyCon up past what it was in NYC or going to be in Denver is feasible for a loose group of community members, hence NK.

Now, KeyCon will absolutely be larger and different than years past, and I hope that it continues to grow and be the event that people put at the top of their list to attend every year. That said, the community isn't the same as it was in the early 2010s, and neither should KeyCon. What makes KeyCon is all of us attending. And NK isn't here on some power trip trying to control things. They're also a group of people who are part of the community and are trying to create an event where everyone can come together. They're also doing it at a loss. So yeah, it's different, but it could be really cool if y'all decided to play along.

If you're really looking to reduce caps while maximizing compat, I'd say the 1.5u Super and 2nd 1u Alt should be cut from base. This is coming from a 6u HHKB user, I just don't find them to be necessary when everything else is the base kit is meant to provide maximum compatibility with the fewest keys possible.

this style is special

Just wanted to chime in to agree with what LightningXI, iamtootallforthis, shell058, TypicalOranges, JoeyQuinn and others have said. This isn't a GH based community event anymore if NK unilaterally gets to make all the decisions. I'd personally rather see a smaller meetup that is continuing to be a GH community even if the even will continue using the Keycon name and legacy.

Otherwise, it's just another NK meetup. That's 100% fine if NK wants to have a 2nd meetup during the year and I'm excited for the chance to tour GMK. But it's not a geekhack event anymore if this is how it's being run. So the title and intent are the issue, not the event.

Also yes, thank you for organizing and putting all the hardwork into previous Keycons jacobsmirror and NK.