The 2013 BYOAC User Choice Awards needs your nominations!

[rablack97]

Hell you gotta see what heck your voting for right.....

When i see a link, i immediately ignore it, that means one more click to see, and then if its trash, your pissed cause you wasted your time.

This isn't peek a boo, if you nominate show some love to who your nominating.........


I wanna nominate Joe Builder's P.O.S, then you click this......Awesome Build

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[rablack97]

Hardware

Degenatron's and Sharpfork's Kade Encoders

[PL1]

Sorry, Rodney.

Looks like the Howler will have to wait for next year, accordinig to this post.

Dec 15, 2013:

I have sent the final PCB files out and should hopefully be getting the new boards sometime in January! In the mean time I will be working heavily on the firmware and drivers. The colour of the board has been chosen and it will be BLACK! Here is a rendering of the final product with screw terminals (click image for full screen view).

Scott

[yotsuya]

Good call, Scott. The KADE is definitely eligible for this year, having shipped in March.

[rablack97]

Ah ok, so the item has to be shipped out....gotcha....

I wasn't sure on kickstarter protocol.......Thanks Scott.

[rablack97]

Hardware - He's done some cool things this year!!


Haruman's custom bartop's

[yotsuya]

I wanna nominate Joe Builder's P.O.S, then you click this......Awesome Build

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But... but... but... that's how I nominated you this year!

[rablack97]

I believe it, compared to some of the work of arts in this forum man, i totally believe it.....

Oh by the way i purposefully wired your harness incorrectly......

[Le Chuck]

I think he meant the link style and not the crapmame nom but I could be wrong.  That gives me an idea anway...... 

[CraftyMech]

Hardware: I second the Kade nomination!

Great little device, currently working out how to integrate with the control scheme of the Shmup cab I'm planning.

[yotsuya]

I believe it, compared to some of the work of arts in this forum man, i totally believe it.....

Oh by the way i purposefully wired your harness incorrectly......

Yeah, it's quality, bro. Not CrapMAMEy, homes.

[rablack97]

LOL, i figured you were just being your old joking self by taking another shot at me........

My apologies, I'm cramping, and a little sensitive today 

[ChanceKJ]

Mmm, theres a pill for that.

[EMDB]

There is. Relax, it should resolved soon.

BTW, EMDB, if you are also nominating Sjaak's actual FIFJr cabinet, you should nominate that in the appropriate category. Thanks.

So to be clear: I nominate Sjaak's Fix It Felix Jr implementation of the game for the software category and his Fix it Felix Jr cabinet to the full cab category.

Software: Sjaak's Fix It Felix Jr game implementation.



The game not being publically available should not be an issue. Every single cab is not publically available 

Fullsize cab: Sjaak's Fix It Felix Jr cabinet.

[ChanceKJ]

I second HaRuMaN's Bartops.

Very fine work the man does and he should be recognized for it. 

Hardware - He's done some cool things this year!!


Haruman's custom bartop's

[Nephasth]

The game not being publically available should not be an issue. Every single cab is not publically available 

But build pics and techniques are, thus they better the community.

[Sjaak]

The game not being publically available should not be an issue. Every single cab is not publically available 

But build pics and techniques are, thus they better the community.

I've discussed this with the UCA board and we decided that the best thing to do is to allow the whole Fix It Felix Jr. project (cabinet including software) to be nominated in the full size category. We also decided that the software alone cannot be nominated in the software category.

So please no more discussion about the topic in this thread.

[Nephasth]

Censorship, I love it.

[Le Chuck]

Healthy discussion is never bad discussion. 

I second Sjaak's FiFJr Replica for the fullsize category. 

This isn't an issue of "sjaak made a game but there's no download link waah!" it's that sjaak's game doesn't really fit the bill of what the software category is all about.  Just like his Pac Man Battle Royale it was built for a specific build and we think it should be judged within that build since it isn't a stand alone item.  He's got stiff competition this year for sure, he ran away with the cocktail win last year, the only question is...

 can He DO IT AGAIN?? (cue montage music)

[DaOld Man]

Someone beat me to it, but Louis Tulleys Tiny Galaga rocks.

[Nephasth]

This isn't an issue of "sjaak made a game but there's no download link waah!" it's that sjaak's game doesn't really fit the bill of what the software category is all about.  Just like his Pac Man Battle Royale it was built for a specific build and we think it should be judged within that build since it isn't a stand alone item.

I'm pretty sure if Banana Royale was completed, it'd win software for sure.

[Nephasth]

I'd like to nominate Ond for the Forum Contribution category for his Metropolis tutorial.

[Le Chuck]

This isn't an issue of "sjaak made a game but there's no download link waah!" it's that sjaak's game doesn't really fit the bill of what the software category is all about.  Just like his Pac Man Battle Royale it was built for a specific build and we think it should be judged within that build since it isn't a stand alone item.

I'm pretty sure if Banana Royale was completed, it'd win software for sure.

Maybe a "home brew game" category?  Would need enough competition tho.  I really liked that one alien shooter that guy made this year.

[Nephasth]

That's the thing, though. (If it were finished) You'd have to put it somewhere in an existing category, and software would have to be it until there were enough other similar projects to create a new category. Hell, look at the small size category so far (I'm sure it'll get broken up, but...) there is a wide range of types of projects represented in that category so far. Speaking of... Pinball Unleashed is thrown in the small size, yet v-pins are defined as full size.

[yotsuya]

That's the thing, though. (If it were finished) You'd have to put it somewhere in an existing category, and software would have to be it until there were enough other similar projects to create a new category. Hell, look at the small size category so far (I'm sure it'll get broken up, but...) there is a wide range of types of projects represented in that category so far. Speaking of... Pinball Unleashed is thrown in the small size, yet v-pins are defined as full size.

Good eye, Neph. Fixed.

[pbj]

Which one of you clowns is using the UCA account?

You guys have created so many categories and rules that everyone can win.

Konkey Dong finally got a control panel in 2013.  I didn't bother posting it.   

[ark_ader]

I nominate KADE. 

[Le Chuck]

Which one of you clowns is using the UCA account?

You guys have created so many categories and rules that everyone can win.

Konkey Dong finally got a control panel in 2013.  I didn't bother posting it.   

Three years in with the same categories and now you have opinions?  You're a gem PBJ.  Hey, was your dooshy nuke all your posts meltdown in 2013? Maybe you should get a trophy for that.

[Nephasth]

Which one of you clowns is using the UCA account?

You guys have created so many categories and rules that everyone can win.

Konkey Dong finally got a control panel in 2013.  I didn't bother posting it.   

You can't bail, nuke all your posts, come back, and ---smurfette--- about how ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- is ran around here. UCA rule #67-3829.3.

[ark_ader]

Which one of you clowns is using the UCA account?

You guys have created so many categories and rules that everyone can win.

Konkey Dong finally got a control panel in 2013.  I didn't bother posting it.   

Three years in with the same categories and now you have opinions?  You're a gem PBJ.  Hey, was your dooshy nuke all your posts meltdown in 2013? Maybe you should get a trophy for that.

It was his IP so he has to right to nuke his old posts.  It was funny though.
Something I wouldn't mind doing myself.

While I have you on the line, how about we nominate your R2D2?

[ChanceKJ]

I nominate pbj's Chair repair project.

Not sure what it would fall under, hmmm

[pbj]

That chair repair is actually holding up quite well.


 

[Le Chuck]

It was his IP so he has to right to nuke his old posts.  It was funny though.
Something I wouldn't mind doing myself.

While I have you on the line, how about we nominate your R2D2?

Need to finish it first. Thanks for the nod tho!

[Louis Tully]

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[PL1]

I'd like to nominate Ond for the Forum Contribution category for his Metropolis tutorial.

Forgot to mention it earlier, but Felsir is currently wikifying Ond's thread here for anyone wanting to see the tutorial in a distilled form without all the usual thread banter.


Scott

[sharpfork]

I'd like to second rablack97's The Shrine.

[tron84]

Hardware - He's done some cool things this year!!


Haruman's custom bartop's

My vote also for Hardware, Haruman really has done very cool things this year. 

Fullsize cab: Maximus's Paperboy.  That is just plain Amazing.

Small cab & non standards: Superfrog's Popeye CRT Nintendo Bartop.  That is a Beauty!!! top notch work.

[stripe4]

Software - MAWLER by ids - http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,136193.0.html
MAWS was a fantastic resource and was sorely missed when taken down.  No rom information aggregator after that has come close to the functionality and flexibility of MAWS.  That is until ids recreated it in java, then proceeded to exceed the functionality of the original.  This app makes it possible to quickly create a list or find information based on any metadata.

I second this nomination. MAWLER thread did not get stickied for nothing.

[rockyrocket]

For me my first choice was always going to be quiz_kids build, so I hereby 3rd 4th or 5th that one .
Secondly sjaaks fixit felix is just so clean so I also give a redundant second to that one.
Thirdly what can I say it has to be black ops - what a build!, but then there is howards fix it wrapper so a nomination goes to that one to.
Lets face it really there are not any that do not get my vote .

[roknrol]

Small cab and non-standards: I'll second Maximus' 1943 Tiny Pilot (the custom artwork alone is worth the nomination).

Forum contributor: Since PL1 (Scott) is already confirmed, let me also nominate Maximus/Griffindodd for all of his (82?) build threads. Very thorough, inventive, always entertaining.

I've learned so much in the last year from reading through all the information on this site. Thanks again to all contributors, big and small.