I am here once again to announce another Dutch Keyboard meetup. This one is going to be a bit different as the last one and details will all be in this post.
This meetup will, unlike the last one, not be held at the Cooler Master HQ but it will get held at the "TT hallen" in Assen. This is like last time in collaboration with the Cooler Master team as the meetup will be held at their booth at the LAN Event that is also going on along side it. (1125 participants so far)
Location and Time
The meetup will happen in the Cooler master booth on the second day of the event. Which is the Saturday, 24th september 2016, and be from 11:00AM to 15:00PM. That is the only day of the three days they have booth gets transformed in a keyboard meetup. This meetup will be more targeted to the newer people that are getting into keyboards, that is simply due to there being a lot of people that are there for the LAN and not the meetup specifically. The more knowledgeable or hardcore
are also very welcome but as it is held while the LAN is going on there will be a big chunk of keyboard 'newbs' which isn't a bad thing but just something to take note off Safety
Due to the meetup being held at such a big event I feel inclined to touch onto the subject of safety. Not necessarily safety for you but rather for you keyboard. Since there have been two cases (to my knowledge) where there was theft at a meetup and that is without those being held at a big event. So to get this meetup safely done we are going to set a limit on the amount of boards (which is 2) you can bring and make you aware on that you shouldn't bring your most prized item as we can't guarantee the safety. We (me and the CM crew) will keep close eyes on everything and it should all be fine but we just want to make it clear that this is an different situation than the last meetup. So it isn't to make you scared for the meetup it is just so everyone knows what is going on and what could happen (unlikely but still).
Tickets
To get in you will (unfortunately) need a ticket, which you can buy [here](https://tickets.thereality.nl/event/the-reality-xvii) But with that ticket you are not limited to the keyboard meetup. as you can see all the booths that are there. There are bunch to check out so it could be very cool/interesting for you.
Cooler Master have managed to get a couple of tickets to giveaway, there around 15 tickets to giveaway. Will let you guys know how to win those and or where as soon as I know.
Competition at the Meetup
There will also be a competition at the meetup where you can win a variation of prizes. There will be some categories in which your keyboard could win. The prizes come from Cooler Master and Originativeco and I would like to thank them for supplying these prices. Will tease them soon
Edit
If you are planning on coming please fill out the strawpoll. So we know what we can expect. [strawpoll](http://www.strawpoll.me/11052516)
Closer
So with all that said I hope that I see you at the Dutch keyboard meetup of 24th september. If you want to go but need or would want to travel with other people then please join the DMKC (Dutch Mechanical Keyboard Community) Slack. There are already over 50 Dutch keyboard enthousiast who you can ask all kinds of stuff including if someone has a spot left in their car. (Parking will be free which is neat)
I am sure I missed something so be sure to ask me about any questions you might have (favorite color is orange so no need to ask that hehe) please ask and have a great day!
Joris
Links
Invitation form for the DMKC - https://goo.gl/forms/Mydt7iug5LModIy02
FAQ of The Reality - https://thereality.nl/faq/
Originativeco - https://www.originativeco.com/
Coolermaster - http://eu.coolermaster.com/nl/
The last meetup
Spoiler:
Teaser of the giveaway from 1upkeyboards.com
The Netherlands
USA
Edinburgh, Scotland
Berlin, DE
