类型: IC
作者: DJ Shoko
发布时间: 2020-04-07 04:29:43
更新时间:
2020-08-11 18:24:35
原链接:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=105590.0
Hello everybody, this probably came as a surprise.
Well,
this interest check is probably way long overdue. I wanted
to iron out new things like mouse mat art and more renders
and whatnot before posting this, but with how difficult
things has been financially and mentally for me and everyone
else as of late. I figured at this rate that the group buy
would never happen if I just waited on everything. But here
it is, it exists and it will happen. This set originally ran
at November 2018 and it barely made it the first time, and
the colors will be the same as last time, but there will be
a few changes to the kits. Note I do not have a definitive
group buy date yet, but I’m thinking of somewhere after the
whole quarantine ends involving the pandemic happening at
the moment for sure.
Just a few things off the bat, yes
the base kit has changed, but not too drastically I feel.
The biggest change is the base kit is icon mods only and
they are gonna use old icon mods. The kits are still subject
to changes and additions, after all this is an interest
check. I did originally plan to use Dixie Mods, but I kinda
had a change of heart since I think for this particular set
at least it fits better the more I thought about it and
looked at it aaaaand the fact that MacSurfy did the renders
in old icon mods.
Colors:
Pantone 656C
Pantone
5425C
GMK’s TU4 (I’ll update when I remember the actual
Pantone they used)
I still don’t exactly have many
render images, but I do have the kits and a few of my photos
of the set IRL.
All of the kits below (subject to minor changes):
Base Kit
This kit should cover
all of the basic kits in question.
Hiragana Kit
This is an alphas
kit with mono hiragana legends, comes with an extra こ for
Alice and an extra tab for extra versatility. That extra こ
was totally not forgotten and photoshopped in last minute,
but it will be in the final kit.
Spacebar Kit
Just some good ol’
extra spacebars for accents or split spacebars. Extra B for
Alice Users.
Obscure Kits
For everything 40%
mainly, but may cover other weird stuff.
Pics or renders:
MacSurfy’s Renders
M0LLY
J-02
Iron165
910
Aanzee
HB60
Doppelgänger
Candybar
From the original run:
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Render of Alice by Janglad
Pics by me (yeah not the best photographer)
Beautiful pic by Otanishock
Amazing pic from Emir
Will update more pics when they come.
Planned Vendors:
NA: Kono
Asia: Ilumkb
AU: Daily Clack
EU:
The Prototypist
CA: Deskhero
Possible questions:
Collabs?
Nothing at the moment
concrete, but maaaybe you might see some custom switch or
cable. Again, nothing concrete. Mouse mat art when/if I find
an artist that I find suitable for the job and when I can
afford it.
Why no text+icon like in R1?
While I still think Shoko looks nice with text+icon,
I think icon only fits the colorway and theme more and
should be the default. If there is enough demand for it, it
may make its way as a separate kit. Same could be said about
any type of mod kits really, including Dixie mods, Micons,
or even Apple mods, but the OG icon mods will stay default
and I will stay firm about that one at least.
Can I suggest something?
NO YOU CAN’T. Yeah of course you can, everything is
subject to change.
Sublegends?
Nope, I think they feel too busy with a keyset like
this.
Katakana?
Maybe for a 3rd
Style instead, I definitely don’t want to offer too many
kits.
Why 2nd Style?
It’s just a
reference to how beatmania IIDX, sister franchise of Pop’n
Music, named their versions. I would’ve done how Pop’n Music
done it, but GMK Shoko 2 sounds boring compared to GMK Shoko
2nd Style. So that’s how it’s gonna stay.
Why is it named Shoko?
Copypasta from R1 IC
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Why Shoko? Who in the world is Shoko?
Shoko Aoi is my
Discord alias as well as a character in a Japanese rhythm
game called “Pop’n Music” and she’s my favorite girl, but
the colors kinda strayed a bit away from the original
concept sorta (honestly the original colors were really bad,
soooooo yeah had to change it), but the colors are somewhat
like her Pop’n Music Sunny Park’s clothing colors, which I
think looks nice (but she’s my favorite so clear bias). Tho
crazy me still wanted a bit of that teal in there, so the
accents became teal since that’s her hair color (I wish I
had something for her green eyes though
).
I know it’s disappointing that nothing has been
completely ironed out yet, but I do want feedback from the
community right now and I want to see this set happen again
for sure.
P.S. If there are some glaring grammatical
issues or if anything is missing, please let me know ASAP
because I made this IC late at night.
Special thanks:
MacSurfy for the kit renders
Kono for making me
realize there’s interest in a R2
The community for the
positive feedback in the colorway
Emir for making me
rethink about what mods I use and make me stick to my
guts
Janglad for the R1 renders
Rensuya and Jae
for kit feedback
DJ Gokkun for getting me into this
money pithole hobby… thanks…
Timeline:
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- April 7, 2020: Initial IC
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April 9th, 2020:
Quote from: RaySasQuach on Thu, 09 April 2020, 23:53:21 Okay just a minor update on the group buy on Kono, I am legitimately just as confused as everyone is at the moment. No one even notified me that the group buy will happen at the time it did, and as far as I’m aware Kono didn’t notify the other vendors either. I’m fairly upset that the group buy launched in the state it did, because I still feel like the kits aren’t fully complete and one kit is completely missing from the group buy too. I’ve been told they’ll allow the Hiragana kit in R3/3rd Style, but I’m really shocked that it wasn’t even in the group buy right now, because it was something proposed very early on along with all of the other kits. I’m also aware that there are some R1 renders up there too, which while some are accurate, some with the text+icon mods currently aren’t in the kits’ current state which I do find to be very misleading if the kits offered on Kono are the ones currently offered.
I’ve contacted Kono about this and I asked for a delay and that’s currently still in the talks and I hope I can convince them to do so. I want to see this set be successful, since I love this set as much as the community does and I want to see a set and kits that everyone will be happy with. I know I wasn’t the best at handling this and I will admit fault on some of this confusion, but I hope everyone here can stay patient with me for a bit longer. -
April 28, 2020
Kono has been cooperating with me to try to settle the issue and try to get everything ironed out for this group buy. Kono has been taking steps to try to make up for the mistakes they made for me and the community. Kono will post an apology statement shortly.