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DaveMMR:
I think it is a very good idea except maybe also have an All-Around Best Project category akin to "Best Picture". And the one thing about the old Mameys was there there was much predictability. The wide array of categories does indeed remedy this a little bit. Also, it always looked like there was only one entry with split opinions instead of a larger pool of entries narrowed down by voting. Will you be highlighting (albeit to a lesser extent) the runner-ups?

Howard_Casto:
I had a different idea of what you wanted when you suggested this in another thread.  I thought you wanted to review all cabinets (or all that are submitted, whatever) and give awards to those who were reviewed the highest, not seek out cabinets just to point out how great they are.  

IMHO it's only useful if it is explained, in detail WHY they are great.  Saying "The artwork is great, so I liked it"  simply isn't enough.  Things have to be picked apart in explained like the button placement or the layout in general... the overall functionality of the cab, asthetic things like the bezel to monitor ratio and other annoyingly boring things like that.  In terms of look artistically minded people can understand why one cab looks great and another doesn't instinctually, those who don't have that gift, unfortunately need their hand held a little more.  If you goal really is to educate, then you need to review.

Think of a game review... a game review isn't "I liked this game so we'll rate it highly" or "This game sucked... 0 out 5 "  they go into detail about all the things right and all the things wrong with the game both from an artistic standpoint and a technical standpoint.  Professional game critics don't just review the good games either, they review as many as they can.

Howard_Casto:
Actually, I would suggest a 20 point scale.  Every cab, prior to review has an automatic 10.... that's just for having a functional mame cab.  After that, one point is deducated for any "errors" in the design or execution and one point is added for anything that was done exceptionally well or any unique and well done features. 

So most of your cabs would fall in the 8-12 range.. definately nothing to be ashamed of, but nothing all that special either.  Your award winning cabs would be in the 15-20 range with 5 -10 really good things unqiue to the cab, your "cautionary tales" cabs would be 5 or below. 

And let me tell you getting below a 5 would be damned near impossible.... I know we rag on some of these strange ebay finds, but most of them don't have more than 2 or 3 things wrong with them.

Le Chuck:
I didn't start this thread because I had a master plan thought out but because the idea came up and I thought it warranted further separate discussion so any and all recommendations are welcome. 

The panel/counsel/reviewers would need a guideline by which to review the project and that guideline shouldn't be a secret.  The identity of the lead reviewer for a category should be if only to protect the reviewer from putting up with disenting opion in other threads.

Whether that is a point system or some other scale is up for debate.  I don't really envision this as a game style review.  For one, the forum serves that purpose on it's own already in my opinion.  Page views, comments, and longeivity, and questions asked by other users tell the builder and everyone else how their cab has been received.  For two this project would be an assload of work for some dedicated volunteers for a few weeks every year.  I don't see the utility of having it be an all the time thing here on the forum.  If somebody wanted to start a cab review website then by all means but I personally wouldn't submit my own cab for outside grading (yes I know that's exactly what I do by submitting here but it is inherently different).

I see huge value in going to a thread that has good analytical review of what is right with some projects, how it was done, and how it pushes the hobby forward so if a new user is interested in light up buttons he can go to the 2011 Lighting Awards link on the X stickied thread and see how and why it was done well. 

I absolutely support indept analysis of runners up because the main idea would be to distill the best practices of a certain category into one location. 

In the end this is a form of incentivising thread documentation and compilation.  If it can generate the spread of how to that is ideal. 
 

Generic Eric:
So this would be like the MAMEY?  I've submitted stuff to them, but didn't get an acknowledgment that it was received.  It made me wonder how active that was.

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