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Offline jeroplane

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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #50 on: Wed, 26 December 2012, 21:03:51 »
Are you seriously comparing click clack to van gogh? sigh.... this is how far we've come.

i'd love to see what kind of starry night keycap he could come up with ;)

Maybe it would be a melted skull face?

Are we confusing Van Gogh and Dali here?

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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #51 on: Wed, 26 December 2012, 21:09:28 »
Can sure have an Oktoberfest at home with ~2 cartons of beer for $100.

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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #52 on: Thu, 27 December 2012, 03:00:55 »
Wait, why is everyone getting in a hissy fit over tp4tissue? Isn't he the one with no emotions either way, and probably the ultimate troll because he just doesn't ****ing care?

Not a hissy fit, just a discussion on the nature of art / business, trying to anyway.

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Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #54 on: Fri, 28 December 2012, 03:20:18 »
Lol reserve not met.

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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #55 on: Fri, 28 December 2012, 03:41:18 »
One billion dollars!!!!!!
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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #56 on: Fri, 28 December 2012, 03:46:21 »
Lol reserve not met.

I never really understood the purpose of setting some invisible minimum except to get people to accidentally bid more than it, which is pretty f'in stupid

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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #57 on: Fri, 28 December 2012, 11:48:35 »
If you set a really high reserve, and no-one reaches it, you can see what an item is worth. I consider it underhanded, of course.

There's only two ways of selling on eBay (IMO). you can either list a BIN, or auction from a low value.

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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #58 on: Fri, 28 December 2012, 11:49:24 »
Didn't this start low?

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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #59 on: Fri, 28 December 2012, 11:54:58 »
Aye, look at the bid history.

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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #60 on: Fri, 28 December 2012, 12:03:47 »
Shill bidding, etc etc

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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #61 on: Fri, 28 December 2012, 12:06:50 »
I doubt it, it will be interesting to see how high it goes.

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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #62 on: Fri, 28 December 2012, 12:33:09 »
I just saw that thread, went to Ebay auction and...



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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #63 on: Fri, 28 December 2012, 12:38:04 »
Why not?

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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #64 on: Sat, 29 December 2012, 02:04:28 »
Hit $100 and been there for several days now.

Either people are sniping, or the $100 ceiling is triggering a psychological block on people.
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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #65 on: Sat, 29 December 2012, 02:16:43 »
Hit $100 and been there for several days now.

Either people are sniping, or the $100 ceiling is triggering a psychological block on people.
lol yeah, I entered the bid earlier, but stopped when it hit 100...
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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #66 on: Sat, 29 December 2012, 19:30:27 »
Wow.. 137.5$.
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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #67 on: Sat, 29 December 2012, 19:33:24 »
$142, how lame.

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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #68 on: Sat, 29 December 2012, 19:49:58 »
400% markup?
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #69 on: Sat, 29 December 2012, 19:54:13 »
Holy Crap
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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #70 on: Sat, 29 December 2012, 21:11:26 »
false scarcity gotta love it.

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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #71 on: Sat, 29 December 2012, 21:13:46 »
Where else can you buy one of these now?
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #72 on: Sat, 29 December 2012, 21:16:03 »
I mean in how many cc produces and how he sells them to begin with.

This is where ripster would post the supply demand graph.

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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #73 on: Sun, 30 December 2012, 05:10:22 »
All based on guesses.  We do not know how many of each CC were made.  We do not know how many people entered the draw for each one.  Hence any supply/demand graph would be speculation.
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

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Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #75 on: Tue, 08 January 2013, 21:01:05 »
And I expected everyone that bought an Oktoberfest to be able to hold onto their beer....

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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #76 on: Tue, 08 January 2013, 21:26:40 »
How did this same dude get two of the same cap?  Or did first buyer fall through?

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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #77 on: Wed, 09 January 2013, 00:18:58 »
Interesting.. don't people normally re-list the item if the sale falls through (I'm not actually sure, but it seems like that would be the standard).

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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #78 on: Wed, 09 January 2013, 04:01:52 »
Dude, for all we know,, It's Click Clack himself selling these caps at jacked prices.... I mean, WHY NOT.... He's a business man after all
If any of you still retain delusions of "purity" in an artist / person.. please... just please..

I'm not the one selling that key, rest assured.
What does this "purity" mean? I'm an artist, I make art because I love doing so. What delusion? Seriously, who are you even talking to?
I don't even sell the majority of the art I make (not very businessman-like). Hmm... actaully that might not be true, I work on more
commissions so that probably counts (non keycap and keycap related).

Idealy I would like the people who enjoy my work to get the chance to, well, enjoy my work (simple concept). I would also like to make a living
while doing so (also a very simple concept).

I am more of an artist than a business man (if that's important) and that's by choice. Why? Again, I love being an artist, that's why. I don't live
to make money, I live to make art. Is that "pure" enough for you?

please... just please...   =P

...Thus, CC's strategy had been to create an artificial veil of scarcity, establish an "artist" reputation, then Gouge prices...
I don't know if you guys know the art world all that well, but this is a TRIED and TRUE strategy... adopted by nearly all professionals in the field.

LoL, I should take this as a huge compliment. You make me sound like I'm an evil artist mastermind. Btw, it sounds like most people know the art world better than you. I've worked with thousands of artists and artisans over the years (closing in on 20) so I might be a bit biased in my more realistic/accurate view of artists. ;)

For the first time in my life I am not soley an "artist", rather I am one on the side now. My day job is deep in the arts but it's no longer directly in the making of it. The day job is soley to help me live and provide the tools necessary to pursue my art further than before. Could I perhaps make a very humble and modest living strictly making keys? Maybe, anything is possible I suppose. But that would be a narrow pursuit of my abilities and interests I would think.

do you speak for yourself or the majority of geekhackers?
He speaks for the majority of himself.

lol, right....
To the point, funny, and true. A short but good reply.

I don't know CC...  and the work that he (she?  Gender unknown)...
...Now CC doesn't sell his (her?  Again sorry)...
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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #79 on: Wed, 09 January 2013, 04:08:30 »
He speaks! I think a lot of the issues stem from certain people seeing your work as just a cool key, rather than art.
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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #80 on: Wed, 09 January 2013, 04:21:27 »
And many lol's were had (and funny looks from my better half!)

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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #81 on: Wed, 09 January 2013, 20:10:26 »
Where is tp4tissue now?

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Re: Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #82 on: Wed, 09 January 2013, 20:13:03 »
And many lol's were had (and funny looks from my better half!)
I lol'd too! It was hysterical!

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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #83 on: Wed, 09 January 2013, 20:53:33 »
Still puzzled as to why this is under 'great finds', as the OP is clearly complaining about it.

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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #84 on: Wed, 09 January 2013, 20:55:39 »
Doesn't mean its a bad find:)
... he's just a poor kid from the stupid ages.
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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #85 on: Wed, 09 January 2013, 21:14:30 »
💩 find?

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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #86 on: Wed, 09 January 2013, 22:03:09 »
@clickclack - Well said, sir.  Very well said.
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #87 on: Thu, 10 January 2013, 15:55:58 »
Dude, for all we know,, It's Click Clack himself selling these caps at jacked prices.... I mean, WHY NOT.... He's a business man after all
If any of you still retain delusions of "purity" in an artist / person.. please... just please..

I'm not the one selling that key, rest assured.
What does this "purity" mean? I'm an artist, I make art because I love doing so. What delusion? Seriously, who are you even talking to?
I don't even sell the majority of the art I make (not very businessman-like). Hmm... actaully that might not be true, I work on more
commissions so that probably counts (non keycap and keycap related).

Idealy I would like the people who enjoy my work to get the chance to, well, enjoy my work (simple concept). I would also like to make a living
while doing so (also a very simple concept).

I am more of an artist than a business man (if that's important) and that's by choice. Why? Again, I love being an artist, that's why. I don't live
to make money, I live to make art. Is that "pure" enough for you?

please... just please...   =P

...Thus, CC's strategy had been to create an artificial veil of scarcity, establish an "artist" reputation, then Gouge prices...
I don't know if you guys know the art world all that well, but this is a TRIED and TRUE strategy... adopted by nearly all professionals in the field.

LoL, I should take this as a huge compliment. You make me sound like I'm an evil artist mastermind. Btw, it sounds like most people know the art world better than you. I've worked with thousands of artists and artisans over the years (closing in on 20) so I might be a bit biased in my more realistic/accurate view of artists. ;)

For the first time in my life I am not soley an "artist", rather I am one on the side now. My day job is deep in the arts but it's no longer directly in the making of it. The day job is soley to help me live and provide the tools necessary to pursue my art further than before. Could I perhaps make a very humble and modest living strictly making keys? Maybe, anything is possible I suppose. But that would be a narrow pursuit of my abilities and interests I would think.

do you speak for yourself or the majority of geekhackers?
He speaks for the majority of himself.

lol, right....
To the point, funny, and true. A short but good reply.

I don't know CC...  and the work that he (she?  Gender unknown)...
...Now CC doesn't sell his (her?  Again sorry)...
I accurately pee whillst standing.

For the tldr crowd-
-I'm not competing with myself
-I'm an artist
-tp4tissue is wrong again
-Kaysa just found that ^ out
-DangWanG was right
-Asura found out that I have a penis (by reading)



Dude.. LOL are you naive.. or do you think that of the rest of us are..

You can ONLY say exactly what you said in this situation.....

It wasn't a choice... so we could already "assume" before you responded, that that's what you would've said..

Let me clarify

I don't fault you or think poorly of you "IF you were the seller" 

I'm merely saying that those who seem to definitively "assert" that you're not the seller is baseless..

My argument is not against "you", it is against the kids who are being illogical.

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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #88 on: Thu, 10 January 2013, 16:07:20 »
Dude, for all we know,, It's Click Clack himself selling these caps at jacked prices.... I mean, WHY NOT.... He's a business man after all
If any of you still retain delusions of "purity" in an artist / person.. please... just please..

I'm not the one selling that key, rest assured.
What does this "purity" mean? I'm an artist, I make art because I love doing so. What delusion? Seriously, who are you even talking to?
I don't even sell the majority of the art I make (not very businessman-like). Hmm... actaully that might not be true, I work on more
commissions so that probably counts (non keycap and keycap related).

Idealy I would like the people who enjoy my work to get the chance to, well, enjoy my work (simple concept). I would also like to make a living
while doing so (also a very simple concept).

I am more of an artist than a business man (if that's important) and that's by choice. Why? Again, I love being an artist, that's why. I don't live
to make money, I live to make art. Is that "pure" enough for you?

please... just please...   =P

...Thus, CC's strategy had been to create an artificial veil of scarcity, establish an "artist" reputation, then Gouge prices...
I don't know if you guys know the art world all that well, but this is a TRIED and TRUE strategy... adopted by nearly all professionals in the field.

LoL, I should take this as a huge compliment. You make me sound like I'm an evil artist mastermind. Btw, it sounds like most people know the art world better than you. I've worked with thousands of artists and artisans over the years (closing in on 20) so I might be a bit biased in my more realistic/accurate view of artists. ;)

For the first time in my life I am not soley an "artist", rather I am one on the side now. My day job is deep in the arts but it's no longer directly in the making of it. The day job is soley to help me live and provide the tools necessary to pursue my art further than before. Could I perhaps make a very humble and modest living strictly making keys? Maybe, anything is possible I suppose. But that would be a narrow pursuit of my abilities and interests I would think.

do you speak for yourself or the majority of geekhackers?
He speaks for the majority of himself.

lol, right....
To the point, funny, and true. A short but good reply.

I don't know CC...  and the work that he (she?  Gender unknown)...
...Now CC doesn't sell his (her?  Again sorry)...
I accurately pee whillst standing.

For the tldr crowd-
-I'm not competing with myself
-I'm an artist
-tp4tissue is wrong again
-Kaysa just found that ^ out
-DangWanG was right
-Asura found out that I have a penis (by reading)



Dude.. LOL are you naive.. or do you think that of the rest of us are..

You can ONLY say exactly what you said in this situation.....

It wasn't a choice... so we could already "assume" before you responded, that that's what you would've said..

Let me clarify

I don't fault you or think poorly of you "IF you were the seller" 

I'm merely saying that those who seem to definitively "assert" that you're not the seller is baseless..

My argument is not against "you", it is against the kids who are being illogical.

I am still new here and don't know much about anything really, but my first impression after reading this is that CC was not really asking for a round 2 (or 2000 probably) of this debate, it sounds more like : It's not me, end of discussion.

He even took the time to give us the satisfaction of knowing why.

Let's just be happy with his answer and talk about our keyboards again!
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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #89 on: Thu, 10 January 2013, 16:07:48 »
Stop being so naive, tp.

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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #90 on: Thu, 10 January 2013, 16:10:31 »
Lets vote to have tp4 banned.

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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #91 on: Thu, 10 January 2013, 16:11:59 »
Agreed.

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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #92 on: Thu, 10 January 2013, 16:30:17 »
This needs more:


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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #93 on: Thu, 10 January 2013, 16:33:21 »
He even took the time to give us the satisfaction of knowing why.

He even took the time to give us the satisfaction of knowing his gender and saving me the trouble of bracketing!

p.s. see what I did there, I edited the quote so you didn't have to scroll through CC's response for a forth(fifth? I lost count) time, ain't I nice.

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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #94 on: Thu, 10 January 2013, 22:19:12 »
Dude.. LOL are you naive..
No, not particulartly. But you know that already.

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or do you think that of the rest of us are..
Nope.

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You can ONLY say exactly what you said in this situation.....   
Hmm... that's some poorly constructed reasoning. Perhaps even... illogical?

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It wasn't a choice... so we could already "assume" before you responded, that that's what you would've said..
Well clearly you couldn't assume. but other people apparently can, and can do so quite correctly I might add.
Had it not been a choice and had you correctly assumed then you would have known you were wrong.
Ah but... something, blah, blah 20/20.  ;)

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Let me clarify
Go for it.

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I don't fault you or think poorly of you "IF you were the seller"   

Thanks, good to know. I can read though so I wasn't worried. I thought it would be nice to let others know more about me since there was so much speculation. I think you threw people off with the "purity" and "gouging" terms revolving around assumed underhanded practices.

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I'm merely saying that those who seem to definitively "assert" that you're not the seller is baseless...
Was that really an issue? I think you just made that up.  =P
Those "assertions" maybe total 3 whole members in this entire thread. Don't forget they were basically right too.
So apparently not baseless, they seemed to have based their thoughts off of personal correspondence and/or my writings and actions. Sounds pretty "based" to me.
Again, for clarity, if you knew that was what I was to say, how did you not know they were mostly right?

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My argument is not against "you", it is against the kids who are being illogical.
Ok Spock.
Those "kids" were basically right though. So what's more illogical (improperly used), baseless assumptions that were mostly wrong, or well founded assumptions that were mostly right?

Funny thing that "logic", it tends to devalue the human experience when thrown around. Especially when used in a purely clinical fashion on a forum full of enthusiasts.
You should try and take some logic classes, they're fun, I recommend them. I had a focus in logic in college and I try preach it when teaching, lecturing, training, and performing demonstrations.

But something tells me none of this was the point of your posts. Nothing really wrong with being a contrarian, habitual or not, you just happen to be quite prolific at it. It's very important to try and think outside the box or the norm, even when you're still stuck inside it. It's a good exercise from time to time.

If somehow you're not a contrarian with an unfortunate bout of depression then unfortunately I think your cynical
scope, ulterior motive detector, and logic machine seem broken. Try plugging them in first?  =P



For the tldr crowd-

- tp4tissue was still wrong
- wont accept this ^
- I can read
- Broken record
- Something, something, blah-blah, Star Trek
- Closet contrarian
- P.I.N.T.O. (put in nickle to operate) A.K.A. 1st rule of troubleshooting- Is it plugged in?
- CC had the night off apparently
« Last Edit: Thu, 10 January 2013, 22:54:07 by clickclack »
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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #95 on: Thu, 10 January 2013, 22:23:33 »
Mind = Blown

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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #96 on: Thu, 10 January 2013, 22:40:57 »
clickclack, I want to put that post in my sig. ;D

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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #97 on: Thu, 10 January 2013, 22:48:14 »
Bahahahahahahaahsha I LOzl'd once again!

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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #98 on: Fri, 11 January 2013, 01:45:04 »
Doesn't that keycap makes you feel like grabbing a beer? I'm too fat for this.

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Re: Oktoberfest reseller spotted!
« Reply #99 on: Fri, 11 January 2013, 01:54:55 »
unless they have some unforeseeable downside (like they're actually made of cream cheese cunningly disguised as ABS)