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yotsuya:
Until Vigo builds the Urkelcade, these awards won't mean a damn thing!

leapinlew:

--- Quote from: Le Chuck on February 19, 2012, 06:38:58 pm ---Mamey = fried chicken

Besides, I'm with Dave, they tended towards the predictable but yes, this gets to a similar end as the Mamey but I think can provide a secondary service and if we tie it into the forum perhaps it can have sustainability.    

Edit:

I went back through the Mamey site and there are a lot of comments like this:


--- Quote ---...it is a modification on the original cocktail design, plus it's like a freaky transformer, and it's shiny.
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Which is fun, and totally true, but isn't how the judge's commentary would need to be to have the project be educational.  The cab referenced in that quote is Pott's cocktail.  It's stunning, but it's a cocktail with one side by side CP eliminating cocktail mode from a cocktail.  Does that make or break it, no, but it should be referenced and the pros and cons should be considered.  Same deal with the some of the button placements.  What happens when we judge <academically weigh the merits of> this cocktail against other cocktails?  That sort of review might give a browsing forum member the springboard to go into unknown territory that can split the difference between Pott's great build and a more classic cocktail build that is equally well executed.      

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Are you suggesting the judges should have taken a more pragmatic approach to the nominees? The Mameys are supposed to be just a fun award system based on the opinion of a few guys. I think the comment you quoted by Zakk is fine. It's fun and not serious. It's not like people were lined up to discuss the pros and cons of a build.

shmokes:
What's the point when we all know that there is one particular cab, a long time in the making but recently finished, that will sweep every single category.   ;D

Le Chuck:

--- Quote from: leapinlew on February 21, 2012, 01:52:45 pm ---Are you suggesting the judges should have taken a more pragmatic approach to the nominees? The Mameys are supposed to be just a fun award system based on the opinion of a few guys. I think the comment you quoted by Zakk is fine. It's fun and not serious. It's not like people were lined up to discuss the pros and cons of a build.

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No, the Mamey's were great and highlighted some really awesome builds in a fun way.  If the group was still active I doubt this conversation would be happening in the same manner.  I think that if something like the Mamey is to be resurrected it's worth discussing a more pragmatic approach.  We're not carving in stone here.  My use of Zakk's quote was to illustrate a different approach and not critize a past event. 

I am definetely not trying to put the Mameys on trial but as you're a [former?] Judge I am very much interested in your opinion and recommended approach. 

Le Chuck:

--- Quote from: shmokes on February 21, 2012, 01:57:34 pm ---What's the point when we all know that there is one particular cab, a long time in the making but recently finished, that will sweep every single category.   ;D

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I like OND's cab too, it's cool and orange and curvy and immaculately built, but there is a lot out there that is just as ground breaking as far as builds are concerned.  I think that he has relied heavily on DaOld Man's plugins and previous work for his rotation, I think that while his button mod is pretty fantastic it was been improved upon since by Secret Squirrel and FrancoB's are completly off the chain.  So yeah him done good but there is plenty of great stuff worth recognizing. 

Unless you were talking about the Urkelcade too, in which case I have no argument. 

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