The 2012 BYOAC User Choice Awards need your nominations!

[Nephasth]

It had thick rainbow colored stripes coming off of the buttons? I think I remember what you're discribing.

Starcade!

It's gorgeous, but keyboard drawers are killers.  Man.  Decisions.

Was that the one you were looking for? You first said it was white...

[Nephasth]

Here's another Full Size to nominate:
RyoriNoTetsujin's The Final Stage

Another:
g-rock26's Project Morph

[Le Chuck]

It had thick rainbow colored stripes coming off of the buttons? I think I remember what you're discribing.

Starcade!

It's gorgeous, but keyboard drawers are killers.  Man.  Decisions.

Was that the one you were looking for? You first said it was white...

Nah, but your rainbow comment sent me running in that direction.  There is another. 

[PL1]

It had thick rainbow colored stripes coming off of the buttons? I think I remember what you're discribing.

Starcade!

It's gorgeous, but keyboard drawers are killers.  Man.  Decisions.

Was that the one you were looking for? You first said it was white...

Nah, but your rainbow comment sent me running in that direction.  There is another.

Probably not it, but Project Ataray and Frosty's unnamed slim cab (unfinished) are the other ones that came to mind.   
 


Scott

[rockyrocket]

Here's another Full Size to nominate:
RyoriNoTetsujin's The Final Stage

Hell yeah!, look at that, I missed this one and  a driver as well.
Put me down to second that one.

[edekoning]

Hardware: SwitchCade by TopJimmyCooks: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,112889.0.html
Because of the awesome swappable panels implementation.

Fullsize cabs: Space Invaders by jahilton2002: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,116374.0
Superb finish and style.

Fullsize cabs: Two-Headed Beast by Nephasth: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,108719.0
Fantastic wiring, love the CPs and led lighting, it has two heads!.

Need to browse the forum some more for the other categories.

[kahlid74]

Hardware: TopJimmyCooks for SwitchCade's modular panels

I second TopJimmyCooks modular panels.  I love the sophisticated look and the neatness and attention to detail.  I'm also a fan of panels without artwork as they show off the natural craftsmanship.

[Nephasth]

It had thick rainbow colored stripes coming off of the buttons? I think I remember what you're discribing.

Starcade!

It's gorgeous, but keyboard drawers are killers.  Man.  Decisions.

Was that the one you were looking for? You first said it was white...

Nah, but your rainbow comment sent me running in that direction.  There is another.

Probably not it, but Project Ataray and Frosty's unnamed slim cab (unfinished) are the other ones that came to mind.   
 


Scott

Frosty's was the CP I was thinking of. Thanks Scott!

[Le Chuck]

It had thick rainbow colored stripes coming off of the buttons? I think I remember what you're discribing.

Starcade!

It's gorgeous, but keyboard drawers are killers.  Man.  Decisions.

Was that the one you were looking for? You first said it was white...

Nah, but your rainbow comment sent me running in that direction.  There is another.

Probably not it, but Project Ataray and Frosty's unnamed slim cab (unfinished) are the other ones that came to mind.   
 


Scott

Frosty's was the CP I was thinking of. Thanks Scott!

That's not white either! 

[Nephasth]

That's not white either! 

My memory works in negatives.

[Nephasth]

Fullsize nom:  jahilton2002's Space Invaders

Seconded!

This one isn't on either list, confirmed or waiting to be seconded.

[RyoriNoTetsujin]

Here's another Full Size to nominate:
RyoriNoTetsujin's The Final Stage

Another:
g-rock26's Project Morph

Wow... Seriously? That's awesome!  I have exactly zero chance of winning with the other cabs in the category, (especially the Two-Headed Beast! Hello, I mean DAMN that's a piece of work!) but in all honesty, the fact that 2 people actually remembered/acknowledged my project at all makes me feel really, really good.  Truly an honor just to be nominated. Thank you! 

While I'm here, I'll second the RamjetM2Borderless application. I use it and it works brilliantly.

[Nephasth]

Well mgb, I'm wanting to nominate this build for the 2012 UCAs. Did you finish this one up?

It looked completed when I took a look at it.  (And I got to play it too!)  There's nothing quite like playing vertical games on 27" monitor.  I definitely second that nomination.

D

Thanks a lot guys.
yes it is finished. I'm very honored to have nominations.

Looks like you can add mgb's Vertical Retrace to the growing list of full sized nominees.

[mgb]

I definitely want to second the nomination for Rockyrocket's Tempist(ish) cabinet
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,123455.0.html

And its nice to see NinjaSquirrels black ops bartop is done
I'd like to nominate it for the bartop choice.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,101426.200.html

[yotsuya]

I definitely want to nominate the Tempist(ish) cabinet
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,123455.0.html

And its nice to see NinjaSquirels black ops bartop is done
I'd like to nominate it for the bartop choice.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,101426.200.html

Semantics, I know, but there ARE rules in place...

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,101426.msg1324322.html#msg1324322

Beautiful build, but he said specifially that he wasn't completely done.

[mgb]

I definitely want to nominate the Tempist(ish) cabinet
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,123455.0.html

And its nice to see NinjaSquirels black ops bartop is done
I'd like to nominate it for the bartop choice.
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,101426.200.html

Semantics, I know, but there ARE rules in place...

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,101426.msg1324322.html#msg1324322

Beautiful build, but he said specifially that he wasn't completely done.

OOPS I'm sorry, I missed that, I thought it was complete.

[ninjasquirrel]

mgb, griffindodd and anyone else who tried to nominate the black ops bartop-thanks guys, I feel honored to be considered and remembered...and yotsuya is correct technically. I did say it wasn't complete, just tonight I put a small front panel jack in the back so I could play in peace (with headphones) and a few other small touches. Don't worry though there is still next year, hopefully it won't be forgotten by then    Fantastic work by the rest of the nominees, I missed quite a few of them over the last year!!

[yotsuya]

mgb, griffindodd and anyone else who tried to nominate the black ops bartop-thanks guys, I feel honored to be considered and remembered...and yotsuya is correct technically. I did say it wasn't complete, just tonight I put a small front panel jack in the back so I could play in peace (with headphones) and a few other small touches. Don't worry though there is still next year, hopefully it won't be forgotten by then    Fantastic work by the rest of the nominees, I missed quite a few of them over the last year!!

It's a beautiful piece of work, Ninjasquirrel. I hate using my teacher voice when people nominate your (well-deserved) project, but I've been tasked to oversee the rules, and well, you know.

Just take solice in knowing you set the bar high for 2013!

[griffindodd]

@Yotsuya Why you be hatin' on da squirrelz bro? They got your nutz? 

[Unstupid]

Shouldn't JKDubbs Cocktail be in the Small Cabinet category since it is 1, a cocktail and 2, a piece if furniture? 

[UCA]

Shouldn't JKDubbs Cocktail be in the Small Cabinet category since it is 1, a cocktail and 2, a piece if furniture?

Right you are.  Good catch.  Thanks!

[Nephasth]

Shouldn't JKDubbs Cocktail be in the Small Cabinet category since it is 1, a cocktail and 2, a piece if furniture?

Aren't all arcade machines pieces of furniture?

On a side note, I think JKDubbs Cocktail might be larger than the Beast... that thing is huge.

[PL1]

On a side note, I think JKDubbs Cocktail might be larger than the Beast... that thing is huge.

Scott

[Le Chuck]

It's biggish but undeniably a cocktail so there-ya go.  My current build is decidedly not furniture 

[Nephasth]

On a side note, I think JKDubbs Cocktail might be larger than the Beast... that thing is huge.

Scott

Should have check the the thread first. It's smaller than I remember...

[PL1]

Fullsize Cab: g-rock26's Project Morph
 
Small Cab: selfie's Acrylic Bartop (red)

Hardware: Andy Warne's ServoStik

Deserving nominees all.

Seconded.


Scott

[degenatrons]

Hey, wow! I'm nominated for an award on BYOAC.  How did that happen!

I do this stuff for fun so it is great to know that the community is finding the DIY keyboard encoder software useful.
...and I didn't do this all on my own either, there was lots of input and direction from this forum.  A big shout out to PL1, 404 and erm even PBJ.

This project has since developed into something much bigger and we now have KADE (a collaboration of me, Sharpfork and Bootsector).  KADE will be released very soon and I hope to see folks on BYOAC making good use of the open hardware and open source software.
I'm sure that without the input from BYOAC members, these projects would not have reached their potential.

I'll also be nominating PL1 for his input into the development of the DIY Keyboard Encoder and for his continued contributions to the KADE encoder project.

[ahofle]

Software:
GroovyMAME/GroovyUME 0.147u3 SwitchRes v0.014
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,128879.0.html

Seconded

[dgame]

Le Chuck mentioned that GroovyMAME came out before 2012.

[PL1]

Le Chuck mentioned that GroovyMAME came out before 2012.

True for the whole program, but the SwitchRes v0.014 is the new patch that is being nominated, not the whole program.

The committee already officially accepted your ammended nomination, dgame.

Nominated Projects that need confirmation
These have the high honor of being nominated by one of our users as the best of 2012 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.
. . .
Software:  Calamity's SwitchRes Patch v0.014 for GroovyMAME

Scott

[griffindodd]

I'd like to nominate Jessica Alba and Natalie Portman for anything we can fit them in to.

[yotsuya]

I'd like to nominate Jessica Alba and Natalie Portman for anything we can fit them in to.

Seconded.

[PL1]

I'd like to nominate Jessica Alba and Natalie Portman for anything we can fit them in to.

Seconded.

Per the rules, if you're nominating them for their builds, you're supposed to include a link.   

To nominate please reply with this format:

Category: Name of Build or Project: Link
<optional description of why nominated for that category>

Scott

[griffindodd]

I'd like to nominate Jessica for this build...



and Natalie for her Star Wars themed 'keep you upright' build

[yotsuya]

Portman build is not working for me. Boo!

[griffindodd]

Portman build is not working for me. Boo!

Sounds like a personal problem 

[PL1]

Natalie for her Star Wars themed 'keep you upright' build

Sorry, last update on that build was in 2005.

Doesn't look like there are any 2012 eligible options, unless IMDB missed something.


Scott

[Malenko]

need a new category, best restore

[Nephasth]

need a new category, best restore

Were there enough in 2012 for 3 nominees?

[HaRuMaN]

This thread needs a...

The sticky area is where popular threads go to immediately begin being ignored. Fact.

Sweet.  Stickied.