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  Damn cool!!!
context: Vilebloom was the first keycap set I saw that actually got me hooked on mechanical keyboards - specifically a post by u/pen-is-mightier 4-ish years ago. I lurked for a long time and have since built 3 keyboards, this being my latest. For some reason I sat on it for 2 years (tbh it's because I hate lubing stabilizers and every time I thought about doing it, I felt tired.) Great way to ring in the New Year by finishing this beauty - now I just need to get my hands on a little Vileplume like u/pen-is-mighter has to put the cherry on top! >
  
  Where did you buy DSA Vilebloom? Off of r/mechmarket or from Mech Supply directly?
  I’m still waiting for the SA version I ordered… fifteen months ago. 😭 >
  
  Directly from MechSupply back in 2020. I feel your pain, though...ordered GMK Pharaoh from Deskhero in Aug 2021 and it just keeps getting delayed. >
  
  Yay for ortho!! >
  
  Can't wait to give it a shot! >
  
  Where did you get the case if I may ask? >
  
  Sure! It was the Drop + OLKB Preonic Keyboard kit. Comes with the case, PCB, stabilizers, and steel plate. >
  
  Fuck, like actually fuck, like with a rusty fucking spoon, Drop.
  Love my preonic, just pray to God you don't break the PCB. You can't buy a replacement. You have to buy a whole other kit or find someone on reddit with a spare.
  Greedy fucking bastards. >
  
  You can buy the bare PCBs from OLKB >
  
  Except you can't. 
  Sold out for years. >
  
  Wow wish I had this on my current Preonic. Looks great! >
  
  Appreciate that, I thought it was a perfect fit for the Preonic and I’m super pleased with how it turned out >
  
  I'm probably going to get downvoted for this, but this is one of the few times i've ever bothered to interact with a post on this sub.
  Why are the keys aligned like that? I thought we moved to the staggered alignment in the early days of PCs when people concluded that the grid layout was an ergonomic and functional disaster. Is this a new trend or something? >
  
  
  Ortholinear has fewer keys, but you access the others that aren't visible through the use of the FN and the upper/lower keys. Sort of like how you use shift to hit the symbols on number keys; there are just additional mappings to the keys on the ortho. It's designed for coding and alternative layouts (if you choose to use them), in addition to giving some people a better ergonomic choice - your hands rest straight over the board and your fingers move up and down from the main position vs having your arms and wrists slanting in different directions and - in some cases - having to move your hands away from the primary typing area.
  
  Not a bad question if you're not familiar with this layout. Just copying + pasting my response to someone else who had the same question - not a new trend, been around for a while, but ortholinear is not as commonly known as the trad'l layout. >
  
  Aliaz are pretty damn nice switches, they bring me back to my first ever build. Used them at first since I wanted a quiet tactile experience with a low budget, grew to like them due to the lighter than expected tactility and sound. (Or somewhat lack thereof?) They don't mute too much that they're silent, but if you're a heavy typer they have a real nice thunk :>. Hope you enjoy them as much as I have. 
  Awesome keycaps by the way. :o >
  
  Thanks! I’ve been enjoying the Aliaz a lot. I like how light they are, like you mentioned - they don’t make my hands tired and have a great sound. >
  
  What does the pokemon key do? >
  
  The PKMN key is the left arrow key and NEXT with function >
  
  Nice gradient! >
  
  Thanks! Loving it >
  
  Where did you get those keycaps? >
  
  This is 100% beautiful. But what do you chord to make left and right arrow keys? >
  
  PKMN and FIGHT are the left and right arrow keys respectively :) I wanted the trad'l menu options from the games to be the arrow keys. ITEM is down and RUN is up. >
  
  Pokeball is backspace? Is there a delete? >
  
  Probably on a different layer.