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DaveMMR:
--- Quote from: drventure on February 20, 2012, 04:14:48 pm ---Sounds cool to me, but what do you do about all the really cool multi-year projects running around? :)
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I suppose whenever it's officially complete would be when it's eligible.
Le Chuck:
--- Quote from: DaveMMR on February 20, 2012, 04:33:47 pm ---
--- Quote from: drventure on February 20, 2012, 04:14:48 pm ---Sounds cool to me, but what do you do about all the really cool multi-year projects running around? :)
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I suppose whenever it's officially complete would be when it's eligible.
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^+1
--- Quote from: Vigo on February 20, 2012, 03:58:48 pm ---The only way I would be down with an official best of is if it was open to any members voting anonymously. I think a judging panel or an elite circle of experts would ruin it for me. At the same time, I don't want people with low post counts to feel like their opinion isn't as valuable.
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+1. I would amend this to be: winner are determined by open forum voting. Commentary on winners should be done by nominated commentators so that there is some standardization.
--- Quote from: Generic Eric on February 20, 2012, 03:54:06 pm ---How about a submission/verification process. Here is what I am thinking.
By submitting a project to a special sub-forum, the Builder agrees to a specific level of criticism. The project announcements thread should exist the way it is.
The submitter must declare type of project (Upright, cocktail, Cockpit, etc)
A baseline criteria for each type of project is predefined. Such as the "Project Arcade cabinet." For example, to eliminate "gotcha's" specify that you can't have a 27" wide cabinet with a 15" monitor.
Let's not have a rust bucket with mis-matched VIN @ the Barrett Jackson auction.
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I am more for the community nominating builds so it's more popular and ties into a best of year X type of deal. A lot of projects exist in this state on Project Announce I think.
--- Quote from: DaveMMR on February 20, 2012, 03:29:31 pm ---So idea - feel free to like on it or hate on it:
If at all possible, it'd be cool to have a separate forum (that's something up to Saint, of course), with a stickied topic explaining the criteria. Individual threads would be cab/project nominations (and for which category/ies it would be nominated for). Members could then post a synopsis, weighing it's strengths and maybe pointing out some weaknesses and then assign a score value*. Commenting on or arguing with other people's synopsis/review would be strictly verboten. After a year or so, we gather those nominees, and announce winners in a special thread or other section. Maybe a special token or something for their profile could be awarded. This way, everyone's involved and it's easy to find.
(* I actually kind of dug Howard's scoring system; I gave my own cab an 8 due to unfortunate painting issues. But whatever would work.)
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Open voting combined with closed doors analysis/proof reading of commentary and/or post layout with the final open reveal of winners with the "expert (snicker) commentary" ?
Jimmy, the builder will definitely be pestered for more information.
Howard_Casto:
I think the community should be involved in terms of bringing attention to cabs that might otherwise be over-looked, but their involvement shouldn't be absolute.
A good cab might not be a popular cab and vice versa..... at some point there is going to have to be some sort of panel... even a ridiculously huge panel that says "no this one doesn't qualify" or "even though nobody mentioned this cab, it's outstanding and we should put it up for review".
Because if we are only going to review via which one is the most popular then one could simply write a script to tally the most viewed cabs/cab threads and be done with it.
That's why I kind of suggested that every cab be reviewed..... to make sure. It wouldn't have to be a deal where the reviews were publically seen.... it's just every cab needs to at least be glanced at.
Le Chuck:
--- Quote from: Howard_Casto on February 20, 2012, 07:43:30 pm ---I think the community should be involved in terms of bringing attention to cabs that might otherwise be over-looked, but their involvement shouldn't be absolute.
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I agree.
--- Quote ---A good cab might not be a popular cab and vice versa..... at some point there is going to have to be some sort of panel... even a ridiculously huge panel that says "no this one doesn't qualify" or "even though nobody mentioned this cab, it's outstanding and we should put it up for review".
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A small (5 to 10 member) panel could thin the nominations down to a manageable representative number while having the authority to include any non recommended gems that they see fit.
--- Quote ---Because if we are only going to review via which one is the most popular then one could simply write a script to tally the most viewed cabs/cab threads and be done with it.
That's why I kind of suggested that every cab be reviewed..... to make sure. It wouldn't have to be a deal where the reviews were publically seen.... it's just every cab needs to at least be glanced at.
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I think that for cabs as a finished product it is feasible for the aforementioned panel to take a look at whatever was finished in 2011 for instance but I don't think they can accurately tackle the entire list of categories we've presented. Perhaps that isn't necessary tho. Individual panel members will likely have good representative examples for each category in mind when they come to the table. If they don't see those examples among the BYOAC community recommended then the onus is on the panel member to bring that up for internal review and possible addition.
I make it sound like a damn inquisition but I am really trying to help design something useful and simple. If it's a nine to five job to serve as a panel member ain't nobody going to accept their nomination.
Generic Eric:
Give this link a check http://www.thewayiplay.com/mainforum/index.php?topic=1850.0 Its the top 20 on "The Way I Play" forum.
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