Hike News
Hike News

【IC】GMK Shoko 2nd Style「Group Buy Live Now」

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:
More

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
More

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:
More

  • April 7, 2020: Initial IC
  • 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.
, ,