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sixty
Gasbag Guru

18 Feb 2011, 23:22

It happened on various occasions.. I think the most recent one was this the metal keyboard that a Korean company announced for the mass market. The design was basically 100% identical to the 356 series, up to the logo. I don't think it ever hit the market after...

Though I don't know details on why they are pissed or at whom specifically. And I don't want to talk about sensitive stuff like this, if I really don't know for certain. With their latest model being called "Copy my Ass", you can be fairly sure that they are pissed at someone though ;)

Then of course there always is this, too...

MiniMX, 2007~2008
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Noppoo Choc, 2010
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*COUGH* :?

Also, they were extremely unpleased when some guys took the AIKON and had it mass produced and slapped a "(C) KBC" onto the PCB and sold it commercially on Taobao, even including the original OTD software.

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laden3

19 Feb 2011, 00:04

OIC the noppoo mini... :lol:

the controller... believe it or not... the KBC 'bosses" have nothing to do with it. It was produced by a KBC forum member and somehow... KBC was printed on it ...

That's what I saw anyways. I might be wrong :roll:
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sixty
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19 Feb 2011, 00:07

laden3 wrote:OIC the noppoo mini... :lol:

the controller... believe it or not... the KBC 'bosses" have nothing to do with it. It was produced by KBC forum member and somehow... KBC was printed on it ...
I know, thats why I said some guys :)

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Moogle Stiltzkin

19 Feb 2011, 03:57

Hah never :mrgreen:

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J888www

19 Feb 2011, 16:51

There requirement to register does not necessarily promote security, these " some guys" can just register and take peeky boos. Where money and prestige are involved, there's sure to be some skullduggery.

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webwit
Wild Duck

19 Feb 2011, 17:08

You have no idea of the initiation procedure.

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sixty
Gasbag Guru

19 Feb 2011, 22:52

Btw, turns out they locked down access because of a very pesky spambot, rather than imitators.

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Brian8bit

20 Feb 2011, 01:28

sixty wrote:Btw, turns out they locked down access because of a very pesky spambot, rather than imitators.
Any chance of them opening it up again if they manage to implement something to curb spamming?

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sixty
Gasbag Guru

20 Feb 2011, 21:13

I'll ask and see what I can find out about their future plans.

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J888www

21 Feb 2011, 00:03

Tried to register Yesterday and Today but to no avail. I think there may be more to it than just spambots, to be protective of oneself is only natural.

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daedalus
Buckler Of Springs

21 Feb 2011, 00:08

Don't forums in Korea require you to enter social security numbers or something? Or is that only some of them?

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webwit
Wild Duck

21 Feb 2011, 02:29

I robbed one from an old Korean lady mindlessly wandering around the streets of Amsterdam.

ripster

21 Feb 2011, 06:06

Hey, I saw that movie.
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clickykeyboards

21 Feb 2011, 15:41

I can understand OTD.kr and wanting to protect their pictures. On a weekly basis, we get inquiries from people who see model M keyboards on auction sites who re-use clickykeyboards pictures. Then when the buyer gets the item and it was not exactly as pictured, they then email me for support.

Worst case was a few years ago (2006?) when there were those who sent money for that 13H6689 Shuayico Ltd. (minimum order 30 units)

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webwit
Wild Duck

21 Feb 2011, 15:44

Haha before my time. But I always wondered about Shuayico, I think me and various others sent them requests for information, but never got an answer.

ripster

24 Feb 2011, 18:58

clickykeyboards wrote:I can understand OTD.kr and wanting to protect their pictures. On a weekly basis, we get inquiries from people who see model M keyboards on auction sites who re-use clickykeyboards pictures. Then when the buyer gets the item and it was not exactly as pictured, they then email me for support.

Worst case was a few years ago (2006?) when there were those who sent money for that 13H6689 Shuayico Ltd. (minimum order 30 units)
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

From here http://www.ibm-m4.com/ibm-m4-history.html
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microsoft windows

24 Feb 2011, 22:07

Moogle Stiltzkin wrote:I honestly don't understand the animosity between these 2 groups.

Even the geekhack vs OCN thing i don't get o.O;
Same with me. They both delete my threads.

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24 Feb 2011, 23:16


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sixty
Gasbag Guru

24 Feb 2011, 23:49

microsoft windows wrote:
Moogle Stiltzkin wrote:I honestly don't understand the animosity between these 2 groups.

Even the geekhack vs OCN thing i don't get o.O;
Same with me. They both delete my threads.
Man you're actually funny on here, haha. :D

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Ascaii
The Beard

25 Feb 2011, 00:03

microsoft windows wrote:
Moogle Stiltzkin wrote:I honestly don't understand the animosity between these 2 groups.

Even the geekhack vs OCN thing i don't get o.O;
Same with me. They both delete my threads.
hmmm....i might have found one of your keyboards at work today. Someone stuck a large Windows 95 sticker on this g80-1000 LFADE. I need to take some pictures yet again XD

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microsoft windows

25 Feb 2011, 00:08

Sounds like a beautiful work of art! Definitely take some pictures!

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paperjellyfish

16 Mar 2011, 08:03

Oh snap, although some of them seem to be enjoying it?

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Brian8bit

04 Apr 2011, 06:14

This might of been mentioned elsewhere and I've missed it, but just a heads up that the album on OTD.kr seems to be open again. Browsing it right now for all the Korean loveliness I wasn't able to see for a while. Also appears to be rendering pages much faster and loading images faster. Maybe they've done some backend tweaking. Or I've just become used to the awful loading and rendering times of kbdmania.

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sixty
Gasbag Guru

04 Apr 2011, 11:38

Yep. It could be a bit faster now. They have changed servers earlier this month.

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webwit
Wild Duck

11 Apr 2011, 02:16

Meanwhile, on OTD...

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sixty
Gasbag Guru

11 Apr 2011, 02:36

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me gusta.

I got a thing for girls with glasses.

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webwit
Wild Duck

11 Apr 2011, 02:41

I don't even want to know what "thing" that is.

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webwit
Wild Duck

11 Apr 2011, 02:43

Maybe this is appropriate.

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Nova

10 May 2011, 14:36

OTD has some plans to renew the site soon.

I'll discuss and suggest about joining OTD easier and the permissions
at the OTD admin's meeting. :)

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webwit
Wild Duck

22 Oct 2011, 00:26

sixty wrote:Also, they were extremely unpleased when some guys took the AIKON and had it mass produced and slapped a "(C) KBC" onto the PCB and sold it commercially on Taobao, even including the original OTD software.
Next the OTD vs geekhack wars!

It's best to not copy too much... these guys are born ready.

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