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Howard_Casto:
Well I think what everybody is going to have to understand (and it should be clear from the strange response that the original thread generated) is that even if you try to be a non-offensive as possible, and treat every entry and likewise every individual with the upmost respect there are always going to be a few that are offended just by the idea of a judging panel and/or are going to be outraged that their personal favorite cab wasn't featured or that a cab that they just don't like was featured.

My personal response to that is that everybody is judged constantly by everyone at everything they create or do, you just aren't handed the results.  ;)  So if everyone involved feels strongly that the project would do more good than harm I say go full speed ahead.  If on the other hand there are doubts amoungst the ranks, then I doubt we are ready to handle the kind of complications it could generate.


Nobody wants to intentionally make a flame war, but it's very very hard to give people a list of things they should do to make a fun, playable cab and have them take the advice without examples showing "see if you do things like we described it could turn out amazing.... like this"  Now personally I think it could be just as valuable to highlight a few stinkers, but since the forums are so dead set against it, I'm full steam ahead with analyzing the outstanding ones.

SammyWI:
I'm kind of torn on this one.  It's really a fairly positive idea.  But it could have lot's of pitfalls.

It's not really my kind of thing, but I hope it works out well.  Good luck.

Vigo:

--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on February 21, 2012, 06:41:41 pm ---FWIW, I think that BobA is one of the most positive contributors here and chimes in to help everybody. He reminds what I *should* be doing here.

Even I don't have the balls to ask him to come in and judge other people's work. He's a good guy -- don't put him on the spot like that.


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I agree, but I guess my impression what the "judging" on something like this should be along the lines of showcasing what makes a good project good, not really critiquing or scoring projects at all.

My point of view is that any award thing we do would be a simple pat on the back for a job well done for a few people each year. Follow the KISS rule as much as possible. Take a look back at our awesome work for the year and point out some of the things we did well. Set the bar for another year.

Howard_Casto:

--- Quote from: Vigo on February 21, 2012, 11:45:50 pm ---
--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on February 21, 2012, 06:41:41 pm ---FWIW, I think that BobA is one of the most positive contributors here and chimes in to help everybody. He reminds what I *should* be doing here.

Even I don't have the balls to ask him to come in and judge other people's work. He's a good guy -- don't put him on the spot like that.


--- End quote ---

I agree, but I guess my impression what the "judging" on something like this should be along the lines of showcasing what makes a good project good, not really critiquing or scoring projects at all.

My point of view is that any award thing we do would be a simple pat on the back for a job well done for a few people each year. Follow the KISS rule as much as possible. Take a look back at our awesome work for the year and point out some of the things we did well. Set the bar for another year.

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Well you are contradicting yourself there.  The only way to showcase what makes a good project good is to critique it in some way so that the good points can be expressed in less subjective terms.  Unless you are one of those people who aprove of awards like "I gave XXX an award because I liked it and thought it looked good."  ;) 

Vigo:
Not really, we all have a good notion about the standards of a home arcade cabinet. Saying "this cabinet is the best example of XXX for the year because of reasons a, b, c, d and e" won't be subjective because we all know that A-E are things above and beyond what you would find on the normal project.

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