Why I Love Prototype Runs and Helping Keyboard Designers
The Migra TKL Prototype by Thebloodyez “This is my keyboard. There are many like it, but this one is mine.” - William H. Rupertus. In another life, if Major General William H. Rupertus, the Marine who coined the United States Marine Creed, had been a keyboard enthusiast, we might've gotten this line instead. All joking aside, this has been an article that I’ve wanted to write for quite some time. There are many reasons why we love the keyboard hobby, and today, I wanted to introduce you to one of mine—prototype keyboards and helping keyboard designers by joining prototype runs. Now, it’s not risk-free, and one should weigh the pros and cons of joining a prototype run, so I encourage you to pay attention to the disclaimer portion of this article. I know that there are prototype runs for keycaps, switches, and other cool things in our keyboard hobby, but for this article, I’ll be focusing only on keyboards. Also, please know that not every prototype run will be handled...
Dec 31, 2024
for mx black but they are all in stock
My problem is people refuse to use common since are even think... now days.. if there not getting there way and a gold star and a puppy to pet.. then obviously the world is at fault and they need to pitch a hiss fit till they get there way.
I totally agree that MD is not perfect and sometimes there prices leave me going hu... but at the same time MD offers a lot of Exclusive! I don't see any one else offering Lazer are really any of Mito's drops!.. oops those are MD exclusives and outside of buying them second hand off mechmarket for most likely a handsome markup.. your never going to see them out side of MD.. least not round 1.
Then there is the fact that you know lot of people complain about MD and there lack of support are what not.. I contacted support several times. I found as long as your friendly <---- Keyword!... and not demanding <--- another keyword.. Then there support will pretty much bend over backwards to accommodate ya. I doubt I am just lucky enough for this to be the case. I really do but hey its possible.
Then there is the misinformation about MD that people love to spread.. like the Godspeed drop from what I have heard that wasn't MD's fault.. MD contacted those buyers and offered to get them the items in question. Those buyers refused and got refunded. Given they where most likely proxy buys.. the proxy's most likely just didn't want to have to wait are deal with it any longer.. not to mention people using buyer protection on them ETC ETC.. and decided to pull out. But of course instead of thinking about it in a rational method people where quick to blame MD. Cause why who knows....
I can't defend everything they do like sending out the 2 left handed PCB's for that one drop. Doing that once is one thing it continuing to happen. I can explain why it would happen but it shouldn't be happening.
I am sure Massdrop does the best they can with what they have and they do a service to the community.. its just there a very vocal minority that wants to whine cause they don't understand how mass drop works are why it even exist.
O yea one other thing keep in mind you might could get this cheaper on another website! but can you get it shipped outside the United States and if so how much? Shoot I seen another KB buy where shipping to other locations was OBSCENE we are talking like 100+ for some locations outside of American/Canada and that doesn't include vat or even there charges for customs.. so yea this might still be cheaper for some people.. not everyone lives in the United States where.. there decent amount of vendors to choose from and shipping fee's are reasonable.