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Chris:
Ah, yes, here it is, but it has no alcohol:

Pac Man

Dash each of; Bitters & Grenadine, Splash of Lemon juice, Ginger Ale

Stir all but Ginger Ale over ice, Fill with Ginger Ale, Garnish with an Orange slice

Howard_Casto:

--- Quote from: 1hookedspacecadet on November 04, 2003, 08:04:10 am ---Hmm...again, sorry to split hairs but I am afraid I have to disagree again.  No where in the first post by Apollo that outlines the rules, is the word "model" used.  The MAME category was NOT for the best MODEL of an original mamecab  design, it was...

"Categories will be:
Best reproduction of a dedicated cab
Best cocktail
Best MAME cab"

Look, I am not going to belabor the facts anymore, and I am sure most everyone here knew what was expected etc.  All I am saying is that the way the rules were presented, if someone wanted to press the point, 1UP's conversion does meet all of the requirements unless there is an addendum to the rules somewhere else in this thread.  You might want to qualify what must be fabricated and what does not have to be.  In the micro PAC, he used an lcd and joysticks.  Those were not fabricated.  If 1UP cut the plastic up on that pac game and used it to form a new cab would that count?  If I made a cab out of a soup can, is that acceptable.

Anyway, again I love the entries, heck yea I am interested in another round (although a year might be too long, how about 3 mo?) and no, I would not be such a stickler in the next round regardless of who won.





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No your missing the point... it's a MODEL competition.... that's not a scale model of anything... read the categories and descriptions of the contest again and maybe you'll understand this time. The mame category was for the best MODEL of an original mamecab design.


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Your not very good at comprehension.....  to quote literally the very first sentence.  


"There seems to be a fair amount of interest in micro cab mock ups either for testing out dimensions of future MAME cab projects or just for fun."

micro cab mock ups = models

And even if you didn't get that the further descriptions of the rules explains that the cab has to be "arcade authentic"  and pretty much scratch built.  In otherwords no conversions period and no "inauthentic" buttons, designs and controls.

Everyone understands this completely and there has been no other arguments in your defense except for your own.  The only reason I bring it up is because I would hate for you to make an entry next year like the pacman conversion and fruitlessly argue when it didn't win, like you are now.  :)

I mean even apollo agreed with me and he's a frikkin judge, chill man, your point is mute.

RetroJames:

--- Quote ---Your not very good at comprehension.....  to quote literally the very first sentence.  


"There seems to be a fair amount of interest in micro cab mock ups either for testing out dimensions of future MAME cab projects or just for fun."

micro cab mock ups = models
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While "mock-up" is a synonym for "model" it does not follow that using an exisiting "cabinet", in this case the pac man toy game, is grounds for disqualification under the rules as outlined in the thread..  1UP changed many things on the "cabinet".  At what point has he made enough modifications that would constitute a "mock-up" of an actual cab.  What if one wanted to make a full sized version of the toy pac man cabinet?  Could they not then use the toy's structure for their cabinet?  




--- Quote ---And even if you didn't get that the further descriptions of the rules explains that the cab has to be "arcade authentic"  and pretty much scratch built.  In otherwords no conversions period and no "inauthentic" buttons, designs and controls.
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As I stated earlier, the "arcade authentic" line would be a decent point of contention IF it were not qualified in the sentence that followed, "Everything in your entry has to fit within the size limitations and should be authentic arcade in appearence ( you know what I mean ). This means that the only thing going to your cab is a power lead nothing else. No hand held controls."

Note that it does not say, "..."arcade authentic"  and pretty much scratch built.  In otherwords no conversions period and no "inauthentic" buttons, designs and controls."

You added most of that verbage to the sentence.  I notice that in most of your replies you have done the same thing, adding what you felt the line meant rather than what the line actually read.

I did not see anything "going to 1ups cab" nor do I think it qualified as having "hand held controls".  


--- Quote ---Everyone understands this completely and there has been no other arguments in your defense except for your own.  The only reason I bring it up is because I would hate for you to make an entry next year like the pacman conversion and fruitlessly argue when it didn't win, like you are now.  

I mean even apollo agreed with me and he's a frikkin judge, chill man, your point is mute.
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As I stated earlier, I am very aware of the spirit of the terms and rules of the competition, and if I had a point of contention on an entry I were to make, first I would ask, second I would not get upset if after the fact my entry was disqualified as 1ups was.  Heck I would be pretty proud of putting the dang thing together, who cares about a spinner.

While Apollo, as the judge has the final say in such an area, and as such the argument is moot, I can assure you it is a valid argument.  The issue is simply, "What constitutes a mock-up?"  Does a model mean I cannot use any prefabricated parts?  What parts can I use?  

There is a Simpson's diorama that has a couple of cabinets in it, if i take one of those and make it a Spy Hunter cab, is that leagal?

SirPoonga:

--- Quote from: 1hookedspacecadet on November 04, 2003, 01:30:22 pm ---While "mock-up" is a synonym for "model" it does not follow that using an exisiting "cabinet", in this case the pac man toy game, is grounds for disqualification under the rules as outlined in the thread..  1UP changed many things on the "cabinet".  At what point has he made enough modifications that would constitute a "mock-up" of an actual cab.  What if one wanted to make a full sized version of the toy pac man cabinet?  Could they not then use the toy's structure for their cabinet?  

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Because it isn't in the spirit of the contest.  The contest was about the spirit of building a cabinet, "There seems to be a fair amount of interest in micro cab mock ups either for testing out dimensions of future MAME cab projects or just for fun"
So the pacman toy was not built, it was modified.  It wasn't modified that much either.

NY_in_TX:

--- Quote --- I mean even apollo agreed with me and he's a frikkin judge, chill man, your point is mute.


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ha ha.  mute point.  ;D  I think it's funny intentional or not.  I guess that makes it moot.    :P

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