GMK Striker

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Awesome! Iā€™ll keep my eyes peeled :eyes:

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Sounds more romantic than naming a board ā€œgoose barnacleā€ ā€¦ :grin:

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Considering that I have a set named after cured ham, I donā€™t know what people were expecting of me.

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Letā€™s just not derail the conversation too much from Samurai Blue, GMK JamĆ³n will get its own IC thread whenever I have find time to make it.

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Iā€™ve never been a huge fan of sublegends, but this one might convince me otherwise! These are some of my favorite shades of blue and Iā€™m really stoked for this set! Also I work at a Japanese company so Iā€™m sure Iā€™ll get props for having this set on my work board :laughing:

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@Zambumon Love the colors, legends and theme. But no Minivan love again in the 40s kit? :pensive:

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Ah-e-ah-e-ay WHEREā€™S MY SAMURAI???
Mousemat idea: (Background picture)

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We have already discussed about this topic Mike.

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@Zambumon It wasnā€™t much of a discussion. More like a cease and desist. Every time I bring it up, you and your buddies call out the mods to squash the ā€œdiscussionā€. Such a shame.

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why do 40% keyboards upset you so much? no one is making you use them. 40% is just as relevant and important to the community as any other size.

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I see all these renders for your great keysets @Zambumon when are we getting this Nemo though. Did I miss the group buy or something?

Whatā€™s going on Iā€™m ready to buy a red or a blue Nemo since Nautilus happened.

With regards to the keyset though I think the blue is great, I personally donā€™t care for the Hirigana but it makes a lot of sense for the story just like Serika.

Basically as soon as you showed this off I stopped considering getting GMK Space Cadet.

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40% are great and probably would be my daily driver if ANSI was my default layout. However, for anyone using any variation of ISO, they simply donā€™t offer enough keys and are practically useless.

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While I donā€™t have any inherent dislike for 40% keyboards, the issue is that some of them, such as your minivan, use so many keys that are completely irrelevant in other layouts, making them expensive to support when designing kits. It is also such a small percentage of the community that uses them which makes doing things like hitting MoQ difficult or not worth the effort in including it often times.

Iā€™m sorry for derailing the thread a bit Zambumon. If this set hits at the right time then Iā€™ll be really interested in joining! Looks great and good luck with the IC!

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So how can you gauge that the portion of the community that uses 40% boards is

Keys will always be

if it isnā€™t your board of choice. The effort to try and be as inclusive as possible with many different layouts, is what is needed to serve the greater community.

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For 40% discussion, head over here:

Thanks :pray:

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Lol

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oh yikes someone actually got butthurt.

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Someone actually moderated their own thread.

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We try to avoid any conflict of interest in scenarios like that but it is still up to the OP to try and keep the conversation on topic before a moderator has to step in. @Zambumon is the OP on this thread and he is simply keeping the thread on topic by pointing people in the right direction for conversation around 40% keyboards.

I am responsible for moderating this thread. I hope that answers your concerns?

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The comment was specific to this set in regards to leaving out key compatibility for a certain 40% keyboard. It wasnā€™t to show lack of support for @Zambumon, but rather disappointment in this decision echoed by other high profile keyset designers. :wink:

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