The 2014 BYOAC User Choice Awards need your nominations!

[Sjaak]

I nominate: Martijn Multiball Madness for Pinball

I second Multiball Madness,

I third Multiball Madness

I also nominate for Pinball: jaharr01's "Scooby Doo Mystery Pinball"

I second Scooby Doo Mystery Pinball

[jaharr01]

I also nominate my Iphone for the taking horrible grainy washed out pictures class

[ChanceKJ]

I nominate that pincabs should be illegal to build because I almost got divorced while I was building mine

  Gotta work on that "spousal approval"

Who wants to put money down that Yot's is gonna come up here to Calgary and cut me for making all these crazy nomination posts?

I also nominate for a hope of a Cabaret category:

Cabaret: shrunkenmaster's "Rocks! Scratch-built Asteroids Cabaret"
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,141197.0.html
I'm nominating this because of the builders meticulous attention to detail.  This build is show room quality and by far one of the best builds I've ever seen. Every bit of this build from the art, to the buttons, the coin door was well planned and comes off amazing. Looking closely at the build pictures you can see the crazy attention to detail. I really wish I had this exact cab in my living room. This is how it's done.


Cabaret: skyblast's "Mame Joust themed cabaret"
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,137192.msg1415069.html
I'm a big fan of this build. It's not often you see a joust cabaret built. Sure, it's a popular game, but it's nice to see a build that's not Nintendo, Mrs PacMan, or FIFJ. This is a great authentic looking build. And I love how polished it looks.

[jaharr01]

I nominate that pincabs should be illegal to build because I almost got divorced while I was building mine

  Gotta work on that "spousal approval"

Who wants to put money down that Yot's is gonna come up here to Calgary and cut me for making all these crazy nomination posts?


Cabaret: 404's "Nintendo Style Cabaret"
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,136459.0.html

Second
Cabaret:]shrunkenmaster's "Rocks! Scratch-built Asteroids Cabaret"
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,141197.0.html

Second

[jaharr01]

I nominate that pincabs should be illegal to build because I almost got divorced while I was building mine

Gotta work on that "spousal approval"

This is no $hit, she got so mad at me over that friggin pincab,when I went to Lowes one day, she somehow dragged it up 2 stairs around corners through 3 rooms and put it on the back porch by herself,somehow without scratching it. Now that's a special kind of crazy.

[ChanceKJ]

I nominate that pincabs should be illegal to build because I almost got divorced while I was building mine

Gotta work on that "spousal approval"

This is no $hit, she got so mad at me over that friggin pincab,when I went to Lowes one day, she somehow dragged it up 2 stairs around corners through 3 rooms and put it on the back porch by herself,somehow without scratching it. Now that's a special kind of crazy.

...Holy ---fudgesicle---!

Can we nominate your wife for something?!

[jaharr01]

Well she's better now that she is medicated, but yes.

[Louis Tully]

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[Locke141]

2nd all. Lets get a restore category going. I'll try to find more stand out examples to nominate. 

Point taken, and Sorry

Got a little carried away. I don't think I have much chance to win as so many great builds are included (LT I'm looking at you). That said I am very surprised and proud to have a build nominated. I would hate to diminish any one else's nomination buy flooding a category. I'll give much more thought to any more nominations, 2nd's, or 3rd's.   

[Nephasth]

It's happening again...

[Le Chuck]

I don't really think its cool for a user to go all nom happy just to push an agenda of the way he/she thinks things should be once we're in the middle of execution when there are literally 9 months of open space to discuss this sort of thing.

These awards are surprisingly important to people.  Will they be as important if the process gets diluted into a rolling contest of who can nominate the most stuff the fastest?  No idea.  Guess we'll find out tho.   

[Nephasth]

404's DK cabaret is blue, not orange. And also, never finished (at least from what's posted in his thread).

IMO, you should only nominate a cab you would or plan to vote for. Yeah, a cabaret category would be great. But to be honest, the DK is a KLOV project (as stated earlier, and if you actually read 404's thread, he gave his unfinished cab away), and that Joust, while nicely done, doesn't scream "cream of crop" to me. Let's try not to turn the UCAs into peewee league flag football...

[Malenko]

I'm ok with a pinball category because it's an apples to oranges comparison with MAME cabs, but I don't think there were enough  restorations to merit a category. If there were MK3Fan's Mario Bros would win it anyway

[UCA]

As of this post the field is as follows:

Confirmed Nominations by Category
These have the requisite three nominations to make the vote-off in February   

Fullsize Cab (9): Blip by Markc74; Super Spacefortress Macross by Yotsuya; R-Pod MKII by Space Hedgehog; Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime by Sjaak; Flyn's Arcade by ChanceKJ; Broad Street Bullies by Malenko; Clint by Yamatetsu; Track & Field by Shrunkenmaster; Multiball Madness by Martijn;

Small Cabs and Non-Standards (7): Mario Pedestal by Louis Tully; Game of Thrones by Le Chuck; Missile Command Cocktail by jahilbert; Asteroids Deluxe by Louis Tully; Turtlebox by PBJ; Beat'em-Up X by Locke141; Asteroids by Shrunkenmaster

Bartops (2): Sega Bartop by Grippie; Outrun by JohnRT;

Hardware (1): Ultimarc Ultimate I/O Board by Andy

It's a long month, lots of time for the field to change. 

The following have been nominated and seconded but don't have the final nomination yet: Jacie's Arcade; TMNT Pedestal; Outrun View Selection Circuit; Moon Patrol; Nostalgia; Mario Bros, Stratovox, Rampage, MK, Asteroids cocktail, MKI, MKII, MKIII, Scooby-Doo Pinball; 

The following have been nominated once:  Streetfighter; R-Kaid-R; Pattern Generator; Super Playchoice; Plywood & Walnut Supergun; Howler; Q-bert; Scottboxjr; Kiss Minipin; Nexus Micropin; Joust Cabaret;

[Nephasth]

Hardware
CraftyMech's Test Pattern Generator. An AWESOME tool if you spend ANY time working with real arcade monitors.

Seconded.

[yotsuya]

I like cheesesteaks. I think we need to have a cheesesteak category.

[yotsuya]

IMO, you should only nominate a cab you would or plan to vote for.

This.

Let's try not to turn the UCAs into peewee league flag football...

Double this.

[EMDB]

I think Sjaak's Tweak battle project deserves a nomination in the Fullsize cabs too: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,143010.0.html

[elvis]

Hardware
CraftyMech's Test Pattern Generator. An AWESOME tool if you spend ANY time working with real arcade monitors.

Seconded.

Third.

[DeLuSioNal29]

Anyone know if this was finished in time?

X-men Arcade re-mixed by gbeef
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,141874.0.html


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[Generic Eric]

Anyone know if this was finished in time?

X-men Arcade re-mixed by gbeef
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,141874.0.html


D

I don't think so:

I bought an Aim Track Unit trying to figure out the best way to hide it. Anyone have any ideas? Or links?

[yotsuya]

He also talked about some bezel stickers that haven't been posted. Plus, he never declared it as complete. Too bad, too. He and Malenko did 4 players in a great, tasteful way.

[Malenko]

I like my layout better, but I like his stick and button color coordination. Also , his art puts mine to shame.

[jaharr01]

yeah its too bad that marvel cabinet is awesome

[ChanceKJ]

I went and edited my previous posts in this thread to give my resons for all my nominations.

yeah its too bad that marvel cabinet is awesome

Agreed. I spent some time looking for that thread last night only to be disappointed when I realized it wasn't finished as per the rules. That's too bad, but at least it's been dug up and shown in this thread, more people get to see how to do a proper homage to a classic the right way*

(*Subjective comment is subjective)

[Locke141]

Edited my last post to give apologies.

Point taken, and Sorry

Got a little carried away. I don't think I have much chance to win as so many great builds are included (LT I'm looking at you). That said I am very surprised and proud to have a build nominated. I would hate to diminish any one else's nomination buy flooding a category. I'll give much more thought to any more nominations, 2nd's, or 3rd's.

Edit: When I was in Undergraduate Student Government (USG) every time something exciting came up, like when we would rent out a night club or the time we had The Roots come to perform, we would form an event committee to do all the planning, organizing, and work to make that event happen smoothly. Then report back to the body for final approval. Any one in USG could have join the committee and participated, but it was always the same small group that showed up and did all the work.

How ever, when it came time to report back to the body for final approval, there were always a few people that couldn't have been bothered put in the time, but they would want to make changes then and there. Some times some of them would have a good idea, more often it was an idea that was discussed at the committee meeting and was decided against. If you (in this case I) did not put in the time to contribute when every one else did, be respectful to those who gave the time and energy that did.

I get it now and again my apologies. 

[Sjaak]

I want to nominate in the Full Size category

Project Retrocade

[ChanceKJ]

I want to nominate in the Full Size category

Project Retrocade

2nd this one for sure! It was a big help for my build. And I have a massive soft spot for Metal Slug. It's how i'd do a 2 player Fullsize, no question.

[yotsuya]

Edited my last post to give apologies.

Point taken, and Sorry

Got a little carried away. I don't think I have much chance to win as so many great builds are included (LT I'm looking at you). That said I am very surprised and proud to have a build nominated. I would hate to diminish any one else's nomination buy flooding a category. I'll give much more thought to any more nominations, 2nd, or 3rd's.

Edit: When I was in Undergraduate Student Government (USG) every time something exciting come up, like when we would rent out a night club or the time we had The Roots come to perform, we would form an event committee to do all the planning, organizing, and work to make that event happen smoothly. Then report back to the body for final approval. Any one in USG could have join the committee and participate, but it was always the same small group that showed up and did all the work.

How ever, when it came time to report back to the body for final approval, there were always a few people that couldn't have been bothered put in the time, but they would want to make changes then and there. Some times some of them would have a good idea more often it was an idea that was discussed at the committee meeting and was decided against. If you (in this case I) did not put in the time to contribute when every one else did, be respectful to those who gave the time and energy that did.

I get it now and again my apologies.

 

[pbj]

Don't sweat it.  This thing devolves into an internet slap fight every single year. 

[yotsuya]

Don't sweat it.  This thing devolves into an internet slap fight every single year.

...says the slapmaster. For example, here's a post from the 2013 UCAs...

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.   

Just sayin'...

[Nephasth]

Ah ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---... Yotsuya just quote stalked pbj... 

[DeLuSioNal29]

I want to nominate in the Full Size category

Project Retrocade

2nd this one for sure! It was a big help for my build. And I have a massive soft spot for Metal Slug. It's how i'd do a 2 player Fullsize, no question.

Third nomination.  This is SHARP!

D

[DeLuSioNal29]

I second Scooby Doo Mystery Pinball

Third nomination.  It's awesome!

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[yotsuya]

Ah ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---... Yotsuya just quote stalked pbj... 

Just pointing out the troof.

[DeLuSioNal29]

I nominate for small cab class"scottbox jr."

Completed December 2014.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,142809.0.html

Seconded!  The attention to detail was pretty amazing.  You need to take a peek at this thread!

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[DeLuSioNal29]

I'd like to nominate for Hardware:
Wolfware Howler:
http://www.wolfwareeng.com/?page_id=25
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=135324.0

Seconded for Hardware.

[DeLuSioNal29]

Small Cabs and Non-Standards: Out of wall space “Q*Bert”

I love 2084's wall mount builds and his latest "Q*Bert"finish up his wall nicely.

Seconded.

[yotsuya]

Sorry to interrupt your seconding spree, Delusional.

[DeLuSioNal29]

Sorry to interrupt your seconding spree, Delusional.

No worries, I'm done.  (For now).   

(Although technically, I can fix that.)