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2011 BYOAC User Choice Awards needs your nominations!
Le Chuck:
Welcome to the 2011 BYOAC User Choice Awards!
Before we get too deep into spring and everybody is in the garage working on their builds it's time to take a few minutes and identify some of our favorite, ground breaking, or all around well made builds of 2011. Feel free to nominate more than one and don't feel obligated to nominate something for every category.
Please take a look at the categories and their description. To nominate please reply with this format:
Category: Name of Build or Project: Link
<optional description of why nominated for that category>
Any project nominated twice (by different users ;)) will make it to the vote thread which will open NLT 23 MARCH 2012. This thread will close on 17 MARCH 2012 so make sure and scrub through this last year's builds then put up the links that you think progressed the hobby, just make sure whatever you're nominating was "complete" after 01 JAN 2011 and before 31 DEC 2011.
Here's a list of this year's categories and a brief definition:
Fullsize cabs - Uprights, cockpits, V-Pins and showcase cabs that demonstrate outstanding theme, style, balance, and execution.
Small cabs and non standards - Bartops, Cocktails, and cabs more easily defined by what they aren't, cab in furniture, cab disguised as something else that demonstrate outstanding theme, style, balance, and execution. Depending on quantity and type of submissions this may get split into two categories, but for now it's one.
Hardware Contribution - minis, custom built or modified controls, lighting, or other physical cab elements that were new or improved this past year and advanced the hobby. NOTE: If the hack is a hacked or modified peice of software then that would be a Utility nom. I apologize for mixing terms.
Software Contribution - this can be a piece of code or specialty tool user written or created this past year that created or improved emulation capability or generally increased software flexibility to include software hacks.
Forum Contribution - helpful forum members recognized for their dedicated commitment to lending a hand, proffering sound advice, and going out of their way to ensure you can complete an awesome build (serious entries only here, if you have a beef take it elsewhere).
Thanks for taking the time to nominate your favorite(s) and help us document the best projects of 2011!
<Edit: As I have been nominated under two categories I have been advised by my team of lawyers to publicly recuse myself from the voting process as I am chairing this year's event. I will not nominate or confirm nomination for my own builds. I am infact rather partial to them but will not recommend them in any way for recognition. Voting will be done via the forum's automated closed voting polls which I will post but I am subject to the same voting rules as everyone else. I will have no hand in tabulating votes and will be unable to alter the results as all this is automated. Hopefully this alleviates any concerns of partiallity from this process on my part. I can upon request spout more legal sounding mumbo jumbo to the same aforementioned affect if it is deemed necessary. ;D>
Le Chuck:
Confirmed Nominations by Category
These have the requisite two nominations to make the vote-off in late March
Fullsize Cab: Pixel Hugger's Mission Control, Martijn's Marvel vs Capcom, Fearsomefearful's Pac-Man 30th Anniversary, Knievel's Kisskade, macattack's Big Bang Bar, Chris77's Big Bang Pin
Small Cab/Non Standard: Leedsfan's Mini Star Wars, Woodshop Flunky's American Ace, Unstupid's Neo-Geo, Shrunkenmaster's Star Wars Custom Caberet, Le Chuck's Darkade, tom_g's A Cocktail Coffee Table Cab
Hardware Contribution: Bender's Mini DK, Le Chuck's Wireless Triggerstick Hotswap,
Software Contribution: JoyChoose, 720 Spinner Hack,
Forum Contribution: DaOld Man, Ken Layton, DrVenture, Calamity, Loadman, Andy Warne
Nominated Projects that need confirmation
These have the high honor of being nominated by one of our users as the best of 2011 but have not yet received a seconding vote. Please give these some consideration, somebody thought they were good enough to nominate and perhaps you might agree and get them into the vote off.
Fullsize Cab: tommywright's Street Fighter Cab,
Small Cab/Non Standard: Evetsllub's Cafe au Cade, Mountain's Jukebox Kit, Jordancbr's Tron Cocktail, Shrunkenmaster's Burgertime Cabaret
Hardware Contribution: TerraHawk's Servo Joyswitch, Vcoleiro1's mini space invaders
Software Contribution: DrVenture's ControllerRemap Utility, Headkaze's Utilities, DaOld Man's Mrotate3
Forum Contribution: MKChamp, Saint,
After you get done checking out these head over to the Trophy Design Contest thread and get your entry in!
TopJimmyCooks:
I second the nominations of Joychoose/Utility and DaOld Man/Contribution. Hear hear!
Nephasth:
Gotta throw the obvious hat into the ring for full sized... Mission Control
And American Ace for small cab.
Green Giant:
We need to add oddball items like photo booths ;).
As for cabs, does Ond's count? If I nominate him do you think he will finish faster?