Deskthority Awards 2018: the Winners!
- matt3o
- -[°_°]-
- Location: Italy
- Main keyboard: WhiteFox
- Main mouse: Anywhere MX
- Favorite switch: Anything, really
- DT Pro Member: 0030
- Contact:
Winners of Deskthority Awards 2018!
This year's DTA were a little downsized but we had a lot fun anyway and we've got great nominations and greater winners!
The following are the nominations and winners for each category. Congrats to everyone, the winners (whenever possible) will be contacted to arrange the Wingnut delivery. If you don't hear from me or webwit please send me a PM.
Best Project or Innovation
Nominations:
- Afferscheim's homemade keypad
- The DMA's Common Sense Controller
- Hyper 7 build by jae-3soteric
- Bucis' gaming keypad
- UHKB
- sealclubber's 3d printed mammoth (sb147)
Winner: The DMA's Common Sense Controller
The DMA's Common Sense Controller. While already being nominated last year I think it deserves another nomination. The inclusion of bluetooth (bluetooth model F and beamspring) and the topre controller makes it worth it for this year. Also DMA's dedication to the project is exceptional.
Best Vintage Keyboard or Relic
Nominations:
- Aer Fixus' IBM 3279 Beamspring Restoration
- ghostjuggernaut's gorgeous restored Kishsaver
- snucci's MCM/70 machine
- bass for his awesome IBM 5100 find
- ball00n's and Mindgame's SAV haul
- gainsborough's TI keyboards
Winner: Aer Fixus' IBM 3279 Beamspring Restoration
Aer Fixus' IBM 3279 Beamspring Restoration. He took the beamspring that had been subject to horrors few other keyboards have suffered and restored it back to health.
Best Keycap or Keycaps Set
Nominations:
- XDA Canvas
- GMK Serika
- SA Oblivion
- GMK Olivia
- GMK Laser
- Cherry original doubleshots
Winner: Cherry original doubleshots (wingnut goes to nobody)
the most sincere and least pretentious keycaps ever.
The Deskthority Award
Nominations:
- TGR
- Wilba
- QMK
- elecplus
- Findecanor
- iMav
- orihalcon
- NovelKeys
- clickclack
- Eiiti Wada
Winner: elecplus (gold wingnut)
elecplus for saving so many keyboards and giving fair prices for them.
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The Prizes for the voters
Worry not, real soon we will randomly pick the winners of the sponsors' prizes among all the voters. Stay tuned!
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Unsolicited afterwords
As you may have noticed this year's awards were a little downsized. I did what I could to keep things smooth and easy. 2018 could have been a DTA-less year and I couldn't let that happen. Despite the reduced pace, organizing the DTA is a very time consuming task. From designing the graphics to finding something to write, from configuring the forum to moderating the submissions, from contacting the sponsors to shipping the prizes. It's almost a full time 2-3 weeks unpaid job. It is clear to me that we need to automate some of the mechanics if we want to keep this thing going.
I will start a thread soon about DT future, I hope you'll be willing to participate.
- depletedvespene
- Location: Chile
- Main keyboard: IBM Model F122
- Main mouse: Logitech G700s
- Favorite switch: buckling spring
- DT Pro Member: 0224
- Contact:
Congratulations to the winners!
- Wodan
- ISO Advocate
- Location: ISO-DE
- Main keyboard: Intense Rotation!!!
- Main mouse: Logitech G903
- Favorite switch: ALL OF THEM
- DT Pro Member: -
Very refreshing DTA, big thanks for matt3o for running this.
Congratulations to all the winners!
If you need someone at Cherry to ship the Wingnut to, let me know. I am sure they will post it on their social media
Congratulations to all the winners!
If you need someone at Cherry to ship the Wingnut to, let me know. I am sure they will post it on their social media
- Chyros
- Location: The Netherlands
- Main keyboard: whatever I'm reviewing next :p
- Main mouse: a cheap Logitech
- Favorite switch: Alps SKCM Blue
- DT Pro Member: -
Congratulations to all the winners; well deserved! And thanks to Matt3o for organising the event .
As for Cherry; wouldn't it be kind of ironic for them to post about? xD
As for Cherry; wouldn't it be kind of ironic for them to post about? xD
- Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
- DT Pro Member: µ
Pretty easily spun: emphasise the Cherry part, and hand wave over the fact they don’t make them like that any more. Something like “Keyboard community raves over CHERRY products even when they are are 30 years old! Mechanical keyboards last a lifetime, invest in your heirloom keyboards with us today!” Then you go and buy some lousy backlit tchotchke that’ll shine through in 3-2-1…
- matt3o
- -[°_°]-
- Location: Italy
- Main keyboard: WhiteFox
- Main mouse: Anywhere MX
- Favorite switch: Anything, really
- DT Pro Member: 0030
- Contact:
damn, you always have to make a Ping out of anything!
- depletedvespene
- Location: Chile
- Main keyboard: IBM Model F122
- Main mouse: Logitech G700s
- Favorite switch: buckling spring
- DT Pro Member: 0224
- Contact:
#DTA2019
- webwit
- Wild Duck
- Location: The Netherlands
- Main keyboard: Model F62
- Favorite switch: IBM beam spring
- DT Pro Member: 0000
- Contact:
Congratulations to the winners! And a big thank you to matt3o for running the whole thing!
- Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
- DT Pro Member: µ
And of course a big thanks to you too, Webwit, for kicking it all off in the first place!
@hansichen: I’m no Cherry specialist, so that’s news to me. What markets, and who makes these caps? Are they buying from GMK? Are they any good?
@hansichen: I’m no Cherry specialist, so that’s news to me. What markets, and who makes these caps? Are they buying from GMK? Are they any good?
They are buying keycaps from GMK and resell them on the Korean and Chinese market. They already made two annual valentine's day special sets afaik
Beige keycaps: http://cherrykorea.kr/view?id=2 and http://www.cherry.cn/view/product_detail/52
Valentine set Nr. 1: http://cherrykorea.kr/view?id=15
Valentine set Nr. 2: http://www.cherry.cn/view/product_detail/50
Valentine set Nr. 3: http://www.cherry.cn/view/product_detail/55
Beige keycaps: http://cherrykorea.kr/view?id=2 and http://www.cherry.cn/view/product_detail/52
Valentine set Nr. 1: http://cherrykorea.kr/view?id=15
Valentine set Nr. 2: http://www.cherry.cn/view/product_detail/50
Valentine set Nr. 3: http://www.cherry.cn/view/product_detail/55
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- Location: UK
- Main keyboard: Filco ZERO green alps, Model F 122 Terminal
- Main mouse: Ducky Secret / Roller Mouse Pro 1
- Favorite switch: MX Mount Topre / Model F Buckling
- DT Pro Member: 0167
Thanks to all the people who nominated and ran this award your fab!!!
Not been around much so missed nominations, voted in the finals and glad to see awesome projects winning!
Not been around much so missed nominations, voted in the finals and glad to see awesome projects winning!
- matt3o
- -[°_°]-
- Location: Italy
- Main keyboard: WhiteFox
- Main mouse: Anywhere MX
- Favorite switch: Anything, really
- DT Pro Member: 0030
- Contact:
The following lucky DT users have won one of the prizes from our sponsors
If any of the winners wish to swap prize with another, do so now and let me know.
Something from ElecPlus
Polecat
SK630 from Cooler Master
kbdfr
Filco Majestouch-2 from KeyboardCo
Muirium
Matias Tactile Pro for Mac from KeyboardCo
E3E
Contour RollerMouse Red from KeyboardCo
jae-3soteric
Contour Unimouse Wired Ergonomic Mouse from KeyboardCo
Bass
Keycaps from Signature Plastics
HzFaq
Keycaps from Signature Plastics
ryvnf
Keycaps from Signature Plastics
Aer Fixus
If any of the winners wish to swap prize with another, do so now and let me know.
Something from ElecPlus
Polecat
SK630 from Cooler Master
kbdfr
Filco Majestouch-2 from KeyboardCo
Muirium
Matias Tactile Pro for Mac from KeyboardCo
E3E
Contour RollerMouse Red from KeyboardCo
jae-3soteric
Contour Unimouse Wired Ergonomic Mouse from KeyboardCo
Bass
Keycaps from Signature Plastics
HzFaq
Keycaps from Signature Plastics
ryvnf
Keycaps from Signature Plastics
Aer Fixus
- //gainsborough
- ALPSの日常
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: some kind of alps keyboard
- Favorite switch: clk: SKCM blue, lin: SKCL cream, tac: SKCM cream
- DT Pro Member: 0188
Congrats everyone! Huge thanks to matt30 for running the show this year!
- Bass
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: IBM Model F104 "Unsaver"
- Main mouse: Logitech G9x
- Favorite switch: Beamspring / Capacitive Buckling Spring
- DT Pro Member: 0206
In all my life I have never won anything in a random drawing until this year, both times being something keyboard related!
Congrats to all the winners and thanks to matt3o for organizing this. It was an honor to be nominated for something in just my first year here.
Congrats to all the winners and thanks to matt3o for organizing this. It was an honor to be nominated for something in just my first year here.
- webwit
- Wild Duck
- Location: The Netherlands
- Main keyboard: Model F62
- Favorite switch: IBM beam spring
- DT Pro Member: 0000
- Contact:
Also a special thanks to the Keyboard Company, four prizes this year, and they have been sponsor in all eight Deskthority Awards since 2011!
- Menuhin
- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: HHKB PD-KB400BN lubed, has Hasu Bt Controller
- Main mouse: How to make scroll ring of Expert Mouse smoother?
- Favorite switch: Gateron ink lubed
- DT Pro Member: -
I think DTA makes DT different.
Thanks matt3o for making the DTA still a thing, and congrats to all winners!
Thanks matt3o for making the DTA still a thing, and congrats to all winners!
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- Location: --
- Main keyboard: --
- Main mouse: --
- Favorite switch: --
- DT Pro Member: -
Super! Great job on the awards, I think everybody deserved these awards, especially Cindy (psst, I nominated her )
- matt3o
- -[°_°]-
- Location: Italy
- Main keyboard: WhiteFox
- Main mouse: Anywhere MX
- Favorite switch: Anything, really
- DT Pro Member: 0030
- Contact:
nobody commented on "(also on fidonet)" in the official DTA2018 banner. I'm a bit disappointed.
- elecplus
- Location: Kerrville, TX, USA
- DT Pro Member: 0082
- Contact:
Thanks to everyone for their votes.
I really enjoy supplying the community.
I really enjoy supplying the community.
- Nivlom_Drol-
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: IBM Unsaver
- Favorite switch: Buckling Spring
- DT Pro Member: -
gratz
- Polecat
- Location: Downstream from Silicon Valley
- Main keyboard: Monterey K104 Industrial Gray
- Main mouse: Logitech Optical
- Favorite switch: Early Alps SKCM
- DT Pro Member: -
Totally surprised in winning a prize and very humbled by the generosity here. Hope I can do some small part to help out in the future.