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Micro Cab competition (Prizes). DEADLINE EXTENDED
team OBryan:
Just wanted to let everyone know I just received my second place price From the contest today. I was amazed at how fast RandyT got it out. Only 89 hours from the winners being announced till I received the prize. I can't wait to start me next project so I can try it out.
1UP:
--- Quote from: Apollo on November 07, 2003, 03:54:10 pm ---Ok just to try and settle this, the point was to build something that if it was blown up to full size wouldn't look out of place in an arcade, I think the spirit of the competition was pretty clear really. Imagine blowing 1Ups first entry up to "full size", pretty funny looking isn't it? No offense to 1Up of course as he did great work on both.
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You should put that in the rules next time! ;) Seriously, next time there should probably be a category for playable micro-mame machines, that can be in any shape as long as they are functional. If you think about it, a working scale model of an existing cab probably isn't very playable at that size, even though technically it works, as the controls are mounted in the center rather than lower down where they're more stable.
Something shaped more like a tabletop game, or the top-half of a cab, would actually be more practical, and it needs to be made out of heavier materials than a scale model, for strength and stability. This would also be more likely to get entries, as a scale model isn't much use after the contest is over...
Chris:
--- Quote from: 1UP on November 08, 2003, 02:54:07 am --- Seriously, next time there should probably be a category for playable micro-mame machines, that can be in any shape as long as they are functional. If you think about it, a working scale model of an existing cab probably isn't very playable at that size, even though technically it works, as the controls are mounted in the center rather than lower down where they're more stable.
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That should acually be a whole separate contest. I believe that the reason Apollo didn't count anything for working cabs was that he didn't want to get into an arms race over who could spend the most money on PDA's, tiny TV's, etc. To judge the winner of such a category against someone's foamboard mockup would be unfair.
--Chris
Apollo:
--- Quote from: Chris on November 08, 2003, 11:54:03 am ---
--- Quote from: 1UP on November 08, 2003, 02:54:07 am --- Seriously, next time there should probably be a category for playable micro-mame machines, that can be in any shape as long as they are functional. If you think about it, a working scale model of an existing cab probably isn't very playable at that size, even though technically it works, as the controls are mounted in the center rather than lower down where they're more stable.
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That should acually be a whole separate contest. I believe that the reason Apollo didn't count anything for working cabs was that he didn't want to get into an arms race over who could spend the most money on PDA's, tiny TV's, etc. To judge the winner of such a category against someone's foamboard mockup would be unfair.
--Chris
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Correct
Chris:
To bring this thread back from the dead, check out the mini-pins made by a guy at VPForums:
(edit: removed image links. See attachments below.)
He has more pics in the thread at http://www.vpforums.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=30903&perpage=20&pagenumber=1 .
--Chris
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