I just saw the pics of the founders edition. It looks pretty cool, although a bit “calm” for me (especially the blue LEDs instead of red). Is it possible for tier 3 backers to get standard Dwarfs, or if it’s not a logistical nightmare, get a standard Dwarf but with the founders edition print?
Also, I’m just curious about all the differences. As I have it, it’s:
-metalic grey colour instead of black
-different print
-blue LEDs instead of red
Am I missing anything, or are the LEDs actually multicoloured or anything?
The LEDs are RGB and are just blue because the device is in “Snapshots Mode” and they are red when in the first page of “Control Mode”
As @jon said, it’s fine if you just want a normal black Dwarf. You can choose to have the Founders Edition or just have the normal black one that everyone else gets.
The only thing is that we will have to set a deadline to tell us you don’t want it so we make the correct number of Founders Edition devices
We don’t have a deadline yet, but I would say asap.
I can also tell you that the “Windows 95 bug” looks better live than on photos or renders.
I was also skeptical about that specific part, but when I saw it live it worked way better. Looks super cool! And the device literally looks like a rock. You feel that you can cross with a bulldozer on it and it will not break (please don’t try that!)
I like the reference to Solitare haha. There was no vote on engraving or colour basically because everyone has a different opinion and we can’t cater to everyone
As mentioned in the update, there will be one less line in the final because the thinnest line doesn’t engrave super well. So the already fairly subtle design will look slightly more subtle
The idea is to be unique without going crazy. We never expected it to be 0% polarising so no problem if you don’t like it, you’re welcome to take a regular black unit
We’ll get back to you soon about a deadline for deciding
It now seems that the Founders Edition has 4 jack outputs instead of two jack inputs on the right and two jack outputs on the left like the regular black edition.
I’m okay with it. I like the color. The top engravings I don’t care for, but it’s okay.
On a side note, my company owns a MOPA laser, so I might embellish the top at some point. If I were, I might create a pattern across the whole thing … Not sure.
In any case, I like the stone grey color–plus shiny flecks sounds cool!
That’s why we left the decision to be democratic. We were aware that not everyone would like the name that would come out, but this is the way to be sure that the majority likes it.
hmm how does that work? the interested parties voted for it. I dont think turnout was low, and the winner was quite obvious, as it lead by a big margin compared to the other ones iirc.
Yeah I think it is quite literally the majority haha. If I can attempt to give some relatability, think of it as being a special item from the founders as a reward for your support in the process of getting it off the ground, and by giving that support, you can also be considered as a founder of the Dwarf, because without you guys it would have been a lot harder to get it off the ground
The only way that I can understand this affirmation is if I assume that you thought some votes weight more than others - although I can’t understand what would led you to think that way. But in fact that’s not the case. Those who wanted to vote voted and actually the biggest majority of them selected this name.
I’m not checking that right now, but if I remember well the second most voted option doubled would still not be enough, so that was really the majority.
If your comment comes from the fact that there was a pre-selection of the options, I think that is understandable why happened. And even in this case, those options came out of a huge discussion in the “Dwarf - Crowdfunding Tier 3 - “? Edition”” thread
Sure sure, personally I liked this name the least but if it really was a literal majority (so more than all other votes combined) then I certainly shouldn’t complain. The people have spoken.
I just really don’t consider myself a founder of anything here. MOD was founded many years ago, the Dwarf is just product number x to come out. Nobody that pre-ordered the Dwarf has anything to do with Founding the company or the product.
