Also consider voting for the Vigolix.

[Vigo]

Hey All,

About a month ago I posted a thread about the instructables game life contest, telling everyone with a cool project to enter in. Well, nobody took advantage of entering, even though you people have some of the more amazing projects I have ever seen. So, I decided to represent BYOAC myself with the Vigolix, and could use some votes to secure my project as a finalist. It will only take a minute if anyone can help me out:

1: Click here to sign up for an account. If you don't feel comfortable using your name/email, I think you can just make stuff up. There is no validation/activation step.

2: Go to my project link.

3: Click on the Orange Vote ribbon on the upper right of my page. Then vote for me under the Game.Life.3 contest. You can also vote for me for those other contests if you want.

 

[Gray_Area]

I missed that project. That's quite clever.

[Vigo]

Thanks, Gray! 

[yotsuya]

Voted.

[Dervacumen]

That's pretty slick Vigo.  I voted, but not before checking out the project.  I might need to build one of these for a friend.  Damn you for getting my interest up again.

[Vigo]

Voted.

Thanks, man! Much appreciated. 

That's pretty slick Vigo.  I voted, but not before checking out the project.  I might need to build one of these for a friend.  Damn you for getting my interest up again.

Thanks for the vote and looking the project over, Dervacumen! Its a fun little cab. My oldest, who is only 2, plays* it every day. After I send him to bed, I usually play a game or two myself. When he is at his grandparent's place, he loves to play the racing version as well.


* By plays, It is more accurate to say he fires up the machine, selects the game "Swimmer"  and then jams on the joystick until the guy runs into a log about a dozen times. At this point I put in something a bit classier, and he plays a game of "try to die the fastest", giggling like crazy when the character and dies. I then resolve to show him how the game is played and only relinquish the controls after he prys it from my hands.

I do have to admit, there is some dark humor in the fact that my kid loves throwing frogger under a semi over and over and over again.

[kahlid74]

Ugh, another site I have a username for that I don't remember.  I hate having to do the forget username/forget password shenanigans lol.

I voted for ya!

[wordsworth]

Voted  GL!

[Vigo]

Thanks Kahlid and wordsworth!  Much appreciated

[chopps]

done and done!  good luck 

[jmike]

sorry I missed this thread Vigo...
just voted for you in all 3.


 

after I created an account and voted I realized I already had one  so you got twice the votes from me.

[lilshawn]

got my vote(s)

[Vigo]

Thanks guys! Much appreciated! 

I think today is the last day to vote. Anyone else who can spare a minute to vote is appreciated!

[Hoopz]

Voted! 

Anybody bust your chops about the bezel yet?   

KIDDING!  Great job and good luck!

[Vigo]

  They should, but they haven't. I myself have been wanting to change it out, but my kid is so abusive to the cabinet that I don't bother. The less they notice, the better....at least until the contest is over. Then they can grill me. 

[Le Chuck]

Vigo, I really like your post on the all in one SNES build.  Don't know if you've put that one on here before, if so I missed it.  Great job!

[Vigo]

Vigo, I really like your post on the all in one SNES build.  Don't know if you've put that one on here before, if so I missed it.  Great job!

Hey, thanks Le Chuck! Yeah, I did post it here, but got too lazy to really give a full detail of my progress so it ended up being a short thread. It was also a bit hard to get back on topic after I told the tale of "Vigo Mystery files: The Case of the Defiled N64 Controller." on page 2.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,107220.0.html

[Vigo]

Well folks, I just got an email from Instructables telling me that I am a finalist in the contest. 

Thank you kindly for all your support! I will probably know sometime next week if I am a winner.



You can check out all the finalists right here:

http://www.instructables.com/contest/gamelife3/?show=FINALISTS

[Hoopz]

You are already a winner.  This is just icing.

Congrats!

[Vigo]

You are already a winner.  This is just icing.

Congrats!

Thanks, man!  You can be sure that If I do place, I will be wearing that award more prominently than a medal on a banana republic dictator.

[Hoopz]

You are already a winner.  This is just icing.

Congrats!

Thanks, man!  You can be sure that If I do place, I will be wearing that award more prominently than a medal on a banana republic dictator.

In the words of our recently displaced family troll...pics or it didn't happen.

[Howard_Casto]

Family Troll.... isn't that a new sitcom coming to NBC this fall? 

Seriously, nice project Vigo, it turned out well. 

[Vigo]

BOOYA!!!!

[Le Chuck]

BOOYA!!!!

Congats!  Nice looking prize pack too!

[Vigo]

Thanks! I hope that tote really comes to me filled with groceries. 


So............NRFT next years winner? 

[Nephasth]

Badass! Congrats Vigo!

[Le Chuck]

Thanks! I hope that tote really comes to me filled with groceries. 


So............NRFT next years winner? 

Heh, one can hope.  Gawd, I've really gotta get after it.