There have been so many giveaways! Thank you to all the generous (and creative) people out there :)

[u/bagofthoughts]

[u/SurveyPainAceptor]

This right here! I missed trying to jump in on Cablemod's this year, everyone trying to get those coveted "First" spots. I wonder why they didn't join in the fun?

Thanks to all the generous vendors, and congrats to all the winners! Happy Holidays and New Year to all!

[u/Windruin → u/SurveyPainAceptor]

Same, honestly. Wondered why Drop didn’t join in too, although they gave away a lot during the giveaway event earlier in the year.

[u/SurveyPainAceptor → u/Windruin]

I wonder if maybe all the melting cables fiasco, and how good/quick they were at making things right w/ customers, put too big of a dent into profits for them to be able to join the giveaways this time around?

[u/mr-elariv → u/Windruin]

Drop did some giveaways on the Mech Group Buy discord server that was revived recently. Probably why there aren't as many giveaways this time around.

[u/Windruin → u/mr-elariv]

Yeah, I was in on those, just compared to giveaway week earlier.

[u/SurveyPainAceptor → u/mr-elariv]

That makes sense, they did the 10 rounds giveaway here 3-4 months ago too.

[u/TitanX11]

Thank you for the giveaway even if I didn't get anything. First time in this sub because I'm interested in these keyboards and I was surprised at the amount of the giveaways that it had. It made a lot of people happy I'm sure.

I hope next year I can be a part of this sub for real when I build my keyboard, although they are quite expensive, but they should be worth it in the end 😁

[u/Oohwshitwaddup]

It's sad to see how dead this sub is but when a giveaway is announced thousands of comments show up. Vultures.

[u/Kirito_Kun16 → u/Oohwshitwaddup]

Also don't forget that like 90% of these people have an alt or 2. So divide these comments by 2 or 3 and that's the real number.

[u/Windruin → u/Kirito_Kun16]

Even with some people using alts and messing with the odds, it’s still better odds than most online giveaways. I’ve managed to win a first comment keycap set from Drop in the past, but never a raffle. Still, always fun to see new products and ideas

[u/SurveyPainAceptor → u/Windruin]

Speaking of Drop, they were missing this year too right? They might be who I was thinking of when I mentioned getting "First"

[u/Windruin → u/SurveyPainAceptor]

Yeah, that was Drop. Honestly, I was really impressed with the generosity last giveaway week, so I don’t blame them at all for not participating in here this week. Although, the Reddit people said Drop would be in, so I don’t know.

[u/SurveyPainAceptor → u/Windruin]

I thought so! Didn't some mix-up happen and they ended up being cool enough to go ahead and give a bunch more away than initially intended in one thread.

[u/Windruin → u/SurveyPainAceptor]

Yeah they did, they accidentally double-posted, but gave away to people in both threads, if I recall correctly. Which was really generous of them, and further improved my opinion of them.

[u/SurveyPainAceptor → u/Windruin]

I thought so, I remember laughing because I didn't win either time lol

[u/Windruin → u/SurveyPainAceptor]

Haha, fair. I actually did pretty well, won first comment two days, and my wife got first comment a different day. Of course, meant we had new keyboards to build, but that’s the whole point of keycap giveaways

[u/SurveyPainAceptor → u/Windruin]

Damn, nice sweep! That's always a good problem to have. keep you on your toes and busy

[u/Your-Creator → u/Kirito_Kun16]

Ohh I never even thought of that! I was speaking to my dad before about how many people are into these giveaways, but this might make a bit more sense

[u/FangGaming69 → u/Oohwshitwaddup]

As much as I enjoy mechanical keyboards, I'm not obsessed to the point where I actively post about my keyboards frequently or even comment. Or even browse the subreddit casually.

[u/Oohwshitwaddup → u/FangGaming69]

Casually enough to catch the giveaway post ;). No but in all seriousness. There are more than enough alts and people not even part of the community that join in on these.

[u/FangGaming69 → u/Oohwshitwaddup]

Well yeah I think the alts are an issue as well.

I just stumbled upon one giveaway post in my feed mentioning the giveaway week, and then I remembered "ah, it's that time of the year. Gotta participate in everything 💪🏽"

[u/hypermbeam → u/Oohwshitwaddup]

I'm sorry it sounds like you have yet to win something from a raffle.. The odds are quite low if you do the math but no need to be negative about folks entering a raffle!

Odds are there's not much to say about a post aside from "wow that's cool" or "where'd you get X, Y, or Z?" or some other iteration thereof. Doesn't mean the sub is dead. Its got 1.3m members last I checked!

[u/tremolospoons]

It’s also a great way for noobs like me to see what’s going on in the maker space. I’ve got my eyes peeled!

[u/WhoDatSharkk]

Yep! Thank you everyone for the giveaways.