I wonder why every user that is not affected by this rule now comes out and says that "Way to go, Bro. Your product, your rules". But in the end, for them nothing has changed.
I joined geekhack when the "Rustler" sale was going and needed an account here to be able to enter. The fact that i didn`t win doesn`t mean stopped coming back here. But now, with this change, i feel left out, just for being the new guy around here. And you can't say i'm not supporting the maker when 35$ is about 10% of my monthly paycheck. For a keycap.. I wanted that keycap and show my appreaciation of his work.
In the end, i wonder how much this change means to Bro, because until now, with the raffle system, he could manage the amount of time put in this hobby by limiting the amount of caps made each round, or wait a bit longer when it comes to shipping the caps. It's not like we knew how many winners are each time. When the caps are made to order, there is a long waiting period until the shipment is done.
Just my 2 cents on the whole thing..
P.S It's funny to see how people react to someone posting an opinion that they don't agree with. Mentally ill... prick... that's how you help this community grow and welcome new users /s
My advice is: don't feel left out. This is a great community, with a lot of nice people. Take your time and follow the discussions here, projects, GB's, Off Topic and you will find many friends here, and that 100 posts count will be over in no time. You have to look at Bro's decision more like and encouragement to get involved more in this community and not a limitation.
You will be amazed how wonderful this community is, one day you can receive a PM where a guy just asks you for your address because he wants to send you a gift, it happened to me and to many others here, just take you time and read the topics and you will see that.
Don't know where you've been active before but my advice is to enjoy the GH experience, with the good and bad parts and ignore what you might have heard in other places. I'm originally a Deskthority user and Club Member but that doesn't mean I like one more than the other.
And for Artisan Caps, my advice is just to cool down, sometimes it takes a long time to get one, don't think oh everyone is getting some and I'm left out, just enjoy the ride and in the end you will have your share
P.S: even if I have Germany as location .. nu inseamna ca sunt German
So feel free to PM me any time if you feel like talking. Over on DT we have even our little RO Club
http://deskthority.net/other-languages-f12/romanian-corner-t9394.html