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keyboard_arrow_downmatt3o
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matt3o
Nov 3, 2022
Stickied
The colors in the renderings are a bit off, we don't have a full set yet to take decent pictures but you can get an idea of how the colors will be from the following
Window_Dump
130
Nov 3, 2022
No hardcore ortho set again? Drop, I don't use row staggered keyboards, I'm already a weirdo, get those gross English glyphs off of my keycaps.
Mike_NoLastNameLikeMadonna
38
Nov 10, 2022
Window_DumpYeah, I wanted hardcore Dwarven in ortho but no luck. I'd also love some R5 in the kitting but I think Drop and MT3 R5 broke up and just haven't told us yet
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harlekein
660
Feb 16, 2023
Window_DumpI couldn't agree more and have said the same on the Dwarven MT3 set.
But trying to get Drop to change their kits is like trying to move a mountain by punching it.
SavoryBiscuits
2
Nov 25, 2022
I'm a bit disappointed in this one. It isn't a Black Speech set, it is Sindarin elvish. I understand Tengwar is used on the One Ring inscription as there does not appear to be unique script for Black Speech. But all of the words on the keys are just the same words on the Elvish keyboard but a little bit more italic. I understand there's not a lot of Black Speech to pull from, but Khuzdul has the same issue yet the Dwarvish keycap set is a banger.
It just seems odd to market it as a "Black Speech" keyboard when it really is a dark scheme of the Elvish keyboard. So far as I can tell, the only Black Speech is the special space bar with the ring inscription. The Elvish set has that space bar too on the accent color sets. Maybe the Elvish set is really Black Speech?
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SavoryBiscuits
2
Jul 24, 2023
I think the numbers on the training/hardcore base kit are intentional. There are more characters in the Elvish and Dwarvish scripts than in the alphabet, and the keysets are designed to be used with some fonts that aren't a 1:1 match for the corresponding QWERTY layout keys as there aren't enough alpha keys on a standard keyboard layout. I believe while the top number row Elvish legends look similar to the ones below them, they are distinct characters without which you wouldn't be able to type all possible Elvish characters (using an appropriate font). The numpad isn't needed to cover the key deficit, so they get the actual characters for numbers. The Dwarvish set is the same way.
I am still disappointed that the legends on the non-alpha keys aren't based on a fan-made expanded Black Speech or anything else used to flesh it out in other LotR media. Not that I'm certain such things exist, but I assume they must.
dmwhiteman
22
Keyboard Club Member
Jul 24, 2023
SavoryBiscuitsAfter doing some digging, it seems like they used the words one, two, three... on the base kit and numerals 1, 2, 3 on the numpad. It makes more sense when looking at the f keys.
They could have definitely used a more fan based font, at least making it look a little more rugged and aggressive.
MenasEru
0
Nov 19, 2022
One thing though.
Drop's "early bird" discount is a bunch of baloney.
All early bird items I saw sooner or later were going on discount again and again. And some of them even bigger than "early bird".
Drop X switches for example.
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fredrikp
145
Nov 5, 2022
Sigh. Will there ever again be a mt3 set with normal legends and international support or was the first run of dev/tty really it?
A community member
Nov 5, 2022
fredrikpMT3 Serika and Extended 2048 have international kits, as will /dev/tty round 3 when it comes out. MT3 9009 has a Norde kit.
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Shark50521
255
Keyboard Club Member
Nov 3, 2022
Favorite one of these by far. Just need to wait for my coupon to roll.
DeadeyeDave
892
Keyboard Club Member
Feb 3, 2023
Good on you folks for replacing the renders with photos once they were available (and good on @matt3o for posting the samples before). [thumbs-up emoji]
The IRL set's colors are very different from the original images, but also nice to look at in their own way. While I may have preferred the rich dark blacks in the renders, the IRL warm-and-cool ash-greys will look great on a black aluminum keeb - and besides, it's pretty hard to go wrong with MT3.
loverhino
103
Nov 6, 2022
So for my full size keyboard, I would need to purchase the base kit, the num pad kit, and the magma kit to have what you pictured for my keyboard. Ouch.
genericusername1
17
Nov 3, 2022
How long till we can get some in dcx cool themes but mt3 is way to tall for me
Blur410
24
Nov 14, 2022
genericusername1Gonna have to wait till a designer aside from Mito gets their hands on molds and has a strong desire to work with Drop.
SteezLebowski
2
Dec 2, 2022
Looks good to me. I have the elvish set, and I can't wait to receive these. Going to look great on my dark wood case.
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