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Title: any kind of "round 5" planned in the near future?
Post by: skuko on Mon, 02 September 2013, 10:28:04: i should probably ask this on deskthority, but since i don't have an account there (yet) and i'm at work and can't access it properly (damn filters), i figured i might as well ask here.

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=20485.msg987699#msg987699

i just found out about that awesome thing called round 4, only to be left sad by the fact that it's already over :(

those caps look freaking awesome, any idea whether there's something similar planned in the near future? i'm new to this enthusiast thing :)
Title: Re: any kind of "round 5" planned in the near future?
Post by: tp4tissue on Mon, 02 September 2013, 10:33:08: i think the double shot crazy is dieing down.

SP still has the burrs on the front which makes the caps quite unattractive, and a rather startling blemish on an otherwise great product.

If you want DS, they make better ones for $90.

ontop of that thick dyesub pbt is there, and they are just as sharp, and arguable shine resistent.
Title: Re: any kind of "round 5" planned in the near future?
Post by: Hyde on Mon, 02 September 2013, 11:23:22: Yeah seems like the trend is shifting to thick PBT keycaps. However you can still browser group buy forum periodically to see if anything pops up.

:P
Title: Re: any kind of "round 5" planned in the near future?
Post by: bueller on Mon, 02 September 2013, 11:24:34: Quote from: tp4tissue on Mon, 02 September 2013, 10:33:08
i think the double shot crazy is dieing down.

SP still has the burrs on the front which makes the caps quite unattractive, and a rather startling blemish on an otherwise great product.

If you want DS, they make better ones for $90.

ontop of that thick dyesub pbt is there, and they are just as sharp, and arguable shine resistent.

People are still doing plenty of double-shot group buys, it's just that they're tired of the same old color schemes again and again.
Title: Re: any kind of "round 5" planned in the near future?
Post by: Hak Foo on Mon, 02 September 2013, 13:00:31: I think, honestly, Round 4 was too complex and ambitious.

We seem to be moving to smaller group buys, with limited options. Round 4 tried to sell everything to everyone, and it took years to complete and probably devoted a lot of effort to some packages that sold few, if any, units.
Title: Re: any kind of "round 5" planned in the near future?
Post by: daerid on Mon, 02 September 2013, 13:16:05: Any GB that takes years to complete is too much.
Title: Re: any kind of "round 5" planned in the near future?
Post by: GeeGee on Mon, 02 September 2013, 13:30:34: I sure hope so!
Title: Re: any kind of "round 5" planned in the near future?
Post by: pasph on Wed, 11 September 2013, 07:38:39: yes
http://deskthority.net/post125376.html#p125376 (http://deskthority.net/post125376.html#p125376)
Right after the Hyper group buy ...
Title: Re: any kind of "round 5" planned in the near future?
Post by: SeriouSSpotS on Wed, 11 September 2013, 07:51:34: I hope so...
Title: Re: any kind of "round 5" planned in the near future?
Post by: eth0s on Thu, 12 September 2013, 20:18:26: zomg Round 5!

If you could order today, you'd get your keycaps in January, 2015. That is no joke. It took that long for Round 4.
Title: Re: any kind of "round 5" planned in the near future?
Post by: The_Beast on Thu, 12 September 2013, 20:20:00: They look nice, but looking back, for what I spent, I could have gotten a (IMO) much better GMK or even OG Cherry set