Author Topic: RACE Keyboard - OFFICIAL PRE-ORDER / PRE-PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS!! (Read 254362 times)

AKIMbO · « **Reply #250 on:** Wed, 08 February 2012, 12:35:48 »

Quote from: iMav;509315

Heads up...

I'll let you know when I have more information. These GH/Vortex group buys may have just come to a crashing halt.

I appreciate the honesty iMav...keep us posted and best of luck with customs.

DrSchlock · « **Reply #251 on:** Wed, 08 February 2012, 15:12:20 »

Stratagem · « **Reply #252 on:** Wed, 08 February 2012, 19:27:45 »

This makes me sad.

KylJoy · « **Reply #253 on:** Wed, 08 February 2012, 20:40:57 »

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

I want the RACE!!!!

Perhaps it is still going to happen?

Kokin · « **Reply #254 on:** Thu, 09 February 2012, 06:31:26 »

Sorry to hear about the customs problems.

I hope the order goes through as this is a gorgeous keyboard.

If it makes you guys feel better, here are some pictures of the Race I just got last night, so you know what to expect when you get yours. My Deathadder's blue LEDs caused some of the pictures to appear purplish, but it really is white. Feel free to ask any questions you have about it.

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attarian · « **Reply #255 on:** Thu, 09 February 2012, 14:26:59 »

the red keypuller is not included in the keyboard package.

MrPhil · « **Reply #256 on:** Thu, 09 February 2012, 16:51:00 »

Thanks for the update iMav, I really hope this can happen!

transcend3nt · « **Reply #257 on:** Fri, 10 February 2012, 04:23:12 »

i am positive that the Poker/RACE shipment will go through, it's just a matter of time. if iMav decides to cancel the order (note: speculating), can we at least have the white keycaps order go through? some of these keyboards can be bought off ebay/locally at a higher price, but at least we have the white keycaps

Intense · « **Reply #258 on:** Fri, 10 February 2012, 14:01:00 »

everythings good:

Quote from: iMav;510814

It's all paperwork-related. I BELIEVE I have everything else they want and will be faxing it to them Friday afternoon (once I get home from a work trip to St Paul).

The good news is, assuming this wraps things up, I can prepare properly for the RACE shipment.

soong · « **Reply #259 on:** Fri, 10 February 2012, 17:36:01 »

Quote from: Kokin;510040

Sorry to hear about the customs problems. I hope the order goes through as this is a gorgeous keyboard.

If it makes you guys feel better, here are some pictures of the Race I just got last night, so you know what to expect when you get yours. My Deathadder's blue LEDs caused some of the pictures to appear purplish, but it really is white. Feel free to ask any questions you have about it.]

Lol. Hey guys here's pictures of a Race keyboard that you might never end up getting if it makes you feel better. But yeah that looks amazing. I'd totally pull the trigger on white back-lighting.. green back-lighting doesn't do it for me. Can I ask where you got yours from?

Kokin · « **Reply #260 on:** Fri, 10 February 2012, 22:15:36 »

Quote from: attarian;510396

the red keypuller is not included in the keyboard package.

It did come with mine though, unless that was a surprise gift?

Quote from: soong;511306

Lol. Hey guys here's pictures of a Race keyboard that you might never end up getting if it makes you feel better. But yeah that looks amazing. I'd totally pull the trigger on white back-lighting.. green back-lighting doesn't do it for me. Can I ask where you got yours from?

That thought passed through my head, but before I got the keyboard I didn't see that many pictures of it and it's only featured in very limited videos. So I thought it would be nice for the buyers to get some sort of idea what they are getting.

That being said, I got the Pack A o-rings from the group buy here and they feel very nice on the Race. It greatly reduces bottoming out sound(at least to me) and there's a small cushion when bottoming out, instead of a hard press. I recommend getting them!

attarian · « **Reply #261 on:** Sat, 11 February 2012, 00:05:39 »

Yes that was a gift. how would you change your keycaps if you don't have keypuller...

wilsongunawan · « **Reply #262 on:** Sat, 11 February 2012, 20:59:10 »

I saw the poker GB already has been started the shipping. Hope this 1 also.

ekw808 · « **Reply #263 on:** Sun, 12 February 2012, 15:49:30 »

When is the last day to order???

ekw808 · « **Reply #264 on:** Sun, 12 February 2012, 16:41:57 »

When is the last day to order???

ekw808 · « **Reply #265 on:** Sun, 12 February 2012, 22:01:00 »

payment sent!

elton5354 · « **Reply #266 on:** Mon, 13 February 2012, 13:02:19 »

Will you use USPS First Class mail instead of Priority Mail?

silent-circuit · « **Reply #267 on:** Mon, 13 February 2012, 13:47:56 »

Can I still get in on this? Little higher than I'm looking to spend, but they're interesting and fairly rare from the look of things.

ekw808 · « **Reply #268 on:** Mon, 13 February 2012, 21:19:41 »

Is there a time frame for the eta?

Livevil · « **Reply #269 on:** Mon, 13 February 2012, 22:42:40 »

Payment send! Hope got it in on time :tongue:

silent-circuit · « **Reply #270 on:** Tue, 14 February 2012, 07:25:31 »

If it were the white backlit version I would have gone in. Green just doesn't appeal to me. Enjoy, everyone that ordered!

attarian · « **Reply #271 on:** Tue, 14 February 2012, 08:16:18 »

there is a white backlight version.

Dajm · « **Reply #272 on:** Tue, 14 February 2012, 15:52:08 »

Quote from: attarian;514065

there is a white backlight version.

Yes, but not in this group-buy.

attarian · « **Reply #273 on:** Wed, 15 February 2012, 01:07:40 »

But i don't understand from who you're making this group buy. If you're making it from Vortex or any chinese seller, we all have all the keyboard in all the colors.

megnin · « **Reply #274 on:** Fri, 17 February 2012, 13:14:21 »

I see some payments were sent as late as 13 Feb. Does that mean one of these can still be ordered? I'm already logged into PayPal!

megnin · « **Reply #275 on:** Fri, 17 February 2012, 13:26:38 »

Payment sent.

chocobunny · « **Reply #276 on:** Fri, 17 February 2012, 20:25:41 »

Payment sent, hope its not too late!

captain · « **Reply #277 on:** Sun, 19 February 2012, 03:26:18 »

I am confused about what is going on here. How are payment still being collected if the shipment was recently released from customs? Doesn't that mean that our keyboards are in the USA?? Sorry if I'm just being dense or something.

Gawkbasher · « **Reply #278 on:** Sun, 19 February 2012, 03:37:24 »

Quote from: captain;518499

I am confused about what is going on here. How are payment still being collected if the shipment was recently released from customs? Doesn't that mean that our keyboards are in the USA?? Sorry if I'm just being dense or something.

Completely different groupbuy. Pokers were released from customs. There were some difficulties with it that iMav wasn't sure if he was going to be able to get them through, which would have meant this group buy would probably never happen.

That all got sorted and those Pokers are in his care now. These would come next.

captain · « **Reply #279 on:** Sun, 19 February 2012, 04:09:39 »

Ah ha! I think iMav accidentally posted in this thread, which also explains why I cannot find that post in here any longer. Thanks for clearing that up! So, since this GB hasn't gone through yet, are more orders being taken, and can we switch to WHITE (or other colored) LED's? I'm not sure I would want to (I rather like the wyse-50 green) but it's nice to know what the options are.

r00t_b33r · « **Reply #280 on:** Sun, 19 February 2012, 10:11:06 »

f4d3 · « **Reply #281 on:** Sun, 19 February 2012, 11:48:30 »

Are orders still being taken or is the order placed?

megnin · « **Reply #282 on:** Sun, 19 February 2012, 13:40:20 »

If we ordered the "$35 - white keycap set (purchased with a RACE keyboard)" does the keyboard come with the original black keycaps on and the white keycaps separately or only with the white keycaps on and no black keycaps?

If I need the "$45 - white keycap set (purchased alone)" option in order to get both the black and the white keycaps, can I pay the difference ($10.00) to get both the original black keycaps and a set of white ones?

attarian · « **Reply #283 on:** Sun, 19 February 2012, 13:48:14 »

KBT race comes in Black keycaps. The white keyset is just an additional option. I assume the price is 35 USD.

megnin · « **Reply #284 on:** Sun, 19 February 2012, 14:03:53 »

Good. I just want to have the option to keep the black ones on if I don't like the way it looks with the white ones, especially with the LEDs.

500_pts · « **Reply #285 on:** Sun, 19 February 2012, 16:46:52 »

man, i feel like one of the only people who ordered this BECAUSE it has green leds...

on another note i really hope the order goes through for this soon, i really cant wait for it!!!

ekw808 · « **Reply #286 on:** Sun, 19 February 2012, 17:09:34 »

I think that green LED with the white keys is gonna be soo sexy

shadowing · « **Reply #287 on:** Sun, 19 February 2012, 17:38:10 »

Anyone know if the group buy is still open? :X

jfountain · « **Reply #288 on:** Sun, 19 February 2012, 22:54:30 »

Quote from: attarian;495451

That keyboard doesn't work well with Mac.

So we are saying the Race doesn't work well with Mac OS as in you will get ghosting or incorrect keys registering like the Choc Mini or doesn't work well like the volume/media keys won't work?

captain · « **Reply #289 on:** Mon, 20 February 2012, 01:45:12 »

For some reason it didn't register that this isn't good for Mac. I'm very interested in the answer to the above question as well, since I do almost ALL of my non-game typing on a Mac! That may well be changing soon, if Mountain Lion really is iOSifying OSX, and I continue to have incessant kernel panics on my Macs. :-/ Anyway, please let us know what to expect when running these RACEs on Macs.

iMav · « **Reply #290 on:** Mon, 20 February 2012, 09:49:43 »

I am delaying the close of this group buy to offer additional colors. Green, blue, and white LEDs are now available.

If you would like to change your order to a different color, please email me your PayPal transaction ID, what color LEDs you want, your shipping address, and GH username.

me [at] imav [dot] org

I will also leave this open one additional week for new orders.

reaper · « **Reply #291 on:** Mon, 20 February 2012, 10:02:18 »

Email sent for changing my order to white LEDs. Thanks iMav. =)

elton5354 · « **Reply #292 on:** Mon, 20 February 2012, 10:30:14 »

NICE!!! I've been waiting for this!

Payment sent.

Do you know how much is shipping roughly to Canada? Around $15?

GenjiN · « **Reply #293 on:** Mon, 20 February 2012, 13:07:25 »

Here are some pictures of different LED colors (blue, white, green, red, etc.) modded for the RACE:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.314484678582700.77016.177085985655904&type=3

chocobunny · « **Reply #294 on:** Mon, 20 February 2012, 13:13:50 »

Hmm, I wonder what white leds with white keycaps would look like... White leds come with black keycaps by default right?

Dajm · « **Reply #295 on:** Mon, 20 February 2012, 13:15:24 »

Quote from: chocobunny;519725

Hmm, I wonder what white leds with white keycaps would look like... White leds come with black keycaps by default right?

Yep, no matter what LED color you order, they all come with black keycaps by default.

KylJoy · « **Reply #296 on:** Mon, 20 February 2012, 13:40:12 »

Oh no... Now do I buy TWO of these?!?!? One Black with green LEDs and one white with blue LEDs?!?!!?? NOOOOO!!!!!!

elton5354 · « **Reply #297 on:** Mon, 20 February 2012, 13:48:09 »

When did Poker GB ordered from KBC? November? I hope it doesn't take as long as the poker GB.

noGG · « **Reply #298 on:** Mon, 20 February 2012, 20:28:27 »

Damn you iMav! You should've gotten this done earlier! Now I had to buy one mx-brown with white LEDs and one mx-red with green LEDs instead of just the one.

Curse this keyboard and its sexiness!

jfountain · « **Reply #299 on:** Mon, 20 February 2012, 23:13:20 »

There is a review over at ....

http://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1763

Quote

On the technical side, we have a Holtek controller with full n-key rollover over PS2 and 6-key rollover over USB. There is no n-key rollover for USB, so the keyboard is fully working under all major operating system.

And one commenter notes it worked on 2 out of 3 macs, so probably will work?

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Author Topic: RACE Keyboard - OFFICIAL PRE-ORDER / PRE-PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS!! (Read 254362 times)