[IC] GMK Oblivion V2 - Launches June 4th 2019 on Drop.com

[mgsickler]

This made me go through some emotions.

[Puddsy]

oblotzky you are a god

[Starius]

I thought this was the craziest GB ever, yet it never once popped in my head that the whole thing could be a April Fools joke. 
More the fool, me, I guess!

That being said, still looking forward to the real deal! 

[nasp]

That was the most high-effort April Fools joke this year!

So Blotzky, are you laughing?? 

[rk74051]

Have some questions about the regular mods and monochrome mods - the numpad mods and navigation mods are not included in there?

PS. LOL... I introduced this GB to the community of korea, cuz i believed that it's real 
Dang, you had to play it by ear at that time kkkkkk

[Puddsy]

Have some questions about the regular mods and monochrome mods - the numpad mods and navigation mods are not included in there?

PS. LOL... I introduced this GB to the community of korea, cuz i believed that it's real 
Dang, you had to play it by ear at that time kkkkkk

hehehe it's april fools day in the west, so it's time to play jokes

[OracleKev]

An epic Apirl fool’s day joke.
Got me good. Got me real good.


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[rk74051]

Have some questions about the regular mods and monochrome mods - the numpad mods and navigation mods are not included in there?

PS. LOL... I introduced this GB to the community of korea, cuz i believed that it's real 
Dang, you had to play it by ear at that time kkkkkk

hehehe it's april fools day in the west, so it's time to play jokes

We passed it 9 hours ago - so we had confused haha )

[forevermadrigal]

Didn't see that one coming tbh

[sagadoi]

May yesterday's joke come true!
I mean I like the the set of 12 kinds of base.

[swangful]

so do all participants of this get a 10% discount? 

[dyka.tran]

It actually upsets me a little myself

Just A LITTLE? You gave people so much hope then apologized A LITTLE because your tasteless joke disappointed them?! Do you know what drives people to suicide thoughts here in Eastern Asia? DISAPPOINTMENT!

[sevenseacat]

While I realized it was most likely an April Fool's joke, the more I thought about such a setup for a GB, the more intrigued I got....

[Hawkfriend]

It's made me think about what i want when this actually drops. Normally i just panic buy, so i'm glad i got that out of the way. Good guy oblotzky, i didn't need 120 stepped fns.

[shengpizi]

Promising a 10% discount, make people spent time to choose kits, sure it is a joke, not a f**king SCAM.

[The_Boom_Boy]

I actually like the approach of the meme gb but what can you do?

[DukeEsquire]

I knew it was a joke, but I also responded on the off-chance that people who responded might get some kind of prize.

[bengine]

Fully aware that it was a joke, decided to just play along. 

[Solotov]

Upset. Friendship ended with Oblivion. Nines is my best friend now.

[AlcoholEnthusiast]

Wow what a bummer. Spent a few hours pouring over the boards I have coming and the layouts and compatibility I wanted. Salt level 9000

[zizard]

Wasted a lot of peoples time to get data to make yourself more money and the mods went along with it. Screw you. I guess this is what we can expect now that GH is owned by Massdrop. Garbage company.

[fatpolomanjr]

Wow what a bummer. Spent a few hours pouring over the boards I have coming and the layouts and compatibility I wanted. Salt level 9000

Same, but in a more positive light: this helped me refine exactly what I want out of this group buy, and what it will potentially cost. I was at 3 base kits until I saw the $500 price tag and noped tf out of my original plan.

I'm just going to get enough for an 1800 board and an ortholinear board, instead of Ultimate Hacking Keyboard. And definitely no monochrome for me.

[NotBing]

Had me fooled for sure, great April Fools prank. Looking forward to the group buy in a few months though!

[OtherAndrew]

people got some high sodium content

[hineybush]

ppl are really upset over an obvious april fools joke lolll

good job oblo on making it convincing as hell

[zizard]

ppl are really upset over an obvious april fools joke lolll

good job oblo on making it convincing as hell

obviously convincing??

geekhack = massdrop market research platform

nice forum while it lasted, RIP

[hineybush]

ppl are really upset over an obvious april fools joke lolll

good job oblo on making it convincing as hell

obviously convincing??

geekhack = massdrop market research platform

nice forum while it lasted, RIP

exactly. so obvious it's super convincing lol

this had nothing to do with market research, until it was realized that it might be viable to check out the replies anyway. the IC has existed for months and kits have been redone a few times, that's where all of the "market research" took place

[OtherAndrew]

ppl are really upset over an obvious april fools joke lolll

good job oblo on making it convincing as hell

obviously convincing??

"yes"

[dantambok]

Ya’ll aint the smartest bunch i guess.   

[appaboy]

April fools makes everything so confusing. Cant tell if people are legit mad or not lmao. Nicely played

[zizard]

exactly. so obvious it's super convincing lol

this had nothing to do with market research, until it was realized that it might be viable to check out the replies anyway. the IC has existed for months and kits have been redone a few times, that's where all of the "market research" took place

No he said he got valuable data out of it.

[hineybush]

exactly. so obvious it's super convincing lol

this had nothing to do with market research, until it was realized that it might be viable to check out the replies anyway. the IC has existed for months and kits have been redone a few times, that's where all of the "market research" took place

No he said he got valuable data out of it.

exactly. so obvious it's super convincing lol

this had nothing to do with market research, until it was realized that it might be viable to check out the replies anyway. the IC has existed for months and kits have been redone a few times, that's where all of the "market research" took place

[laserbeamspewpew]

I saw that one person backed out of their Massdrop Keycap Recap because of this "GB" so I can see how some people would be legit upset over this stunt if they based other purchasing decisions off of it.

[zizard]

exactly. so obvious it's super convincing lol

this had nothing to do with market research, until it was realized that it might be viable to check out the replies anyway. the IC has existed for months and kits have been redone a few times, that's where all of the "market research" took place

Only according to you. All of his posts are consistent with intending to collect data. Making 100 pack screenshots isn't something you do just for the heck of it.

[hineybush]

exactly. so obvious it's super convincing lol

this had nothing to do with market research, until it was realized that it might be viable to check out the replies anyway. the IC has existed for months and kits have been redone a few times, that's where all of the "market research" took place

Only according to you. All of his posts are consistent with intending to collect data. Making 100 pack screenshots isn't something you do just for the heck of it.

yea i dont talk to oblo so I'm not sure what his motives were

[asury]

April fools were cool like 3-5 years ago, some are just amusing and entertaining, and not even take anybodies time.. This one is I think a salty one.. I wish nobody ever do it again in this community, at least not in this time wasting format.. How many hours were cumulatively wasted for 800 replies, I guess 60hrs? 200hrs? and it's even Monday

[enrique.aliaga]

Yeah... I wonder who’s gonna give me back the (considerable) time I spent this afternoon trying to sort out what kits to order. Not fun.


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[crzone]

I was half-aware it's a joke (I mean who can actually sort that many orders, it would be a nightmare) but one valuable thing came out of it: this made me think twice about my needs so when the real GB happens I will probably stay out of it.

[Lyle88]

exactly. so obvious it's super convincing lol

this had nothing to do with market research, until it was realized that it might be viable to check out the replies anyway. the IC has existed for months and kits have been redone a few times, that's where all of the "market research" took place

Only according to you. All of his posts are consistent with intending to collect data. Making 100 pack screenshots isn't something you do just for the heck of it.

yea i dont talk to oblo so I'm not sure what his motives were

Gathering feedback during the IC phase is a lot different to getting an estimate on sales like this post has done. Sad that a lot of people were tricked in the process, but I very much doubt there was never a plan to gather possible sales estimates from this

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[Puddsy]

ppl are really upset over an obvious april fools joke lolll

good job oblo on making it convincing as hell

he would have gotten me if i didn't know the MD schedule, it was genius

[blizzara01]

My money got saved from extinction.

[KevBot__24]

Well I'm still going to buy them just because of how much effort was put into the joke

[HoffmanMyster]

Uhh, I just want to quickly address the apparent concern that the mods (myself mainly, I suppose) are compromised by Massdrop or that they otherwise had some hand in the April Fools thread that took place earlier today. 

MD doesn't do anything to impact moderation of this site, and in fact their only involvement so far has been to make some massive server improvements that saved the site from going down whenever popular artisan sales would take place.  I've been pretty vocal about my desire to keep the moderation team a separate entity from MD, and if they start to influence our decisions or force changes on the site, I will absolutely alert the userbase and step down.  Whatever your feelings for Massdrop as a company, they have been really great in that regard.

As for this little joke, Oblotzky ran it by the mod team and we all gave it the go-ahead.  We've had pranks here in the past with no issues.  I never thought that the post would be taken as seriously as it has been - honestly, that thing is insanity in GB form, it never would have passed our internal approval system for GB runners to have their threads created in the first place.  I am sorry for my contributions to any saltiness or heartache over the thread, and hope we can all have a good laugh about it in the end. 

[fatpolomanjr]

I never thought that the post would be taken as seriously as it has been - honestly, that thing is insanity in GB form, it never would have passed our internal approval system for GB runners to have their threads created in the first place.  I am sorry for my contributions to any saltiness or heartache over the thread, and hope we can all have a good laugh about it in the end. 

That so many people (including me) took it so very seriously is both the best part and the worst part about this prank. That even the mods underestimated the popularity of Oblivion adds to the hilarity.

Personally, my credibility as a person who is in the know of various keysets, group buys, and customs on the horizon is now in serious doubt by two close family members that are also into keyboards. My reputation is now tainted. It'll take weeks to re-establish. (e: joking. I don't really give af lol.)

[nasp]

ppl are really upset over an obvious april fools joke lolll

good job oblo on making it convincing as hell

he would have gotten me if i didn't know the MD schedule, it was genius

Please share with me the MD schedule. PM if you need to

[Puddsy]

ppl are really upset over an obvious april fools joke lolll

good job oblo on making it convincing as hell

he would have gotten me if i didn't know the MD schedule, it was genius

Please share with me the MD schedule. PM if you need to

it changes all the time so there's no point

[Puddsy]

MD doesn't do anything to impact moderation of this site, and in fact their only involvement so far has been to make some massive server improvements that saved the site from going down whenever popular artisan sales would take place.  I've been pretty vocal about my desire to keep the moderation team a separate entity from MD, and if they start to influence our decisions or force changes on the site, I will absolutely alert the userbase and step down.  Whatever your feelings for Massdrop as a company, they have been really great in that regard.

i figured this was obvious

[KaosJ]

I'm amazed how people are mad now.
After a bit i thought that this could become reality because the request was crazy so i understand the disappointment (i'm slightly disappointed myself), but the possibility of this being a joke was still too high to waste any time into this, so stop blaming him for your time. From disappointed to being mad there is a lot of difference.

He clearly stated that any comment before the 24 hours would get the discount and you could decide your kits later, so it was so easy to understand that you guys had only one job: put a placeholder comment and edit it after april 1 if by any chance the GB was real.

You guys decided to waste time into it and no one is to blame except yourself, yeah you are a fool in that case, accept it.
 If Oneplus shows an electric car on April 1, you delete your order for a Tesla? If some cpu/gpu producer shows his new superbenchmark on April 1, you delete your order for your new PC?
You guys are insane, or Fools!

[KaosJ]

I'm more worried you could use too much the data you have now to edit the actual real GB, e.g. i wanted to write a lot of different combination of kits with horogomo and cadet (if i had time and if i was a fool), but in a real GB scenario i would get 100% the current base set with git mods over any kit and probably never consider horogomo and cadet.

(Please don't change the old Base set)

[crusader_alex]

That was a great joke,dunno why people are so upset over it.It was April fools so i don't really know what they were expecting.

The only bad thing is that the actual gb is going to be run through massdrop which is pretty bad for the international crowd,as far as taxes go at least.....