I know you’re being facetious, but Mike is an asset to the community.
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Im sure he is- and im not trying to take anything away from that, I just think some people are too set in their beliefs of whats right and whats wrong.
This is all a journey and if a 4 player multicade/multiplatform setup with bells, lights, and whistles is what draws them in then let it be what draws people in.
It drew me in.... I started with emulation on modern lcd panels. That moved into collecting mini console systems.... then I built this cab, that evolved into getting CRT's and learning what made that technology tick. That led me to collecting ORIGINAL hardware and now I have a soldering lab in the basement and replacing capacitors / refurbishing original console hardware. My next goal is recapping CRT boards and calibrating them.
Hopefully I'll get good enough to help local hobbyists with their CRT/PVM/BVM recapping and callibrations and offer restorations for old consoles in a dying hardware tech hobby.
So by starting with what some would consider wrong- I went down a path where I developed a understanding and appreciation of the original technology and preserving it.
I understand the gesture.... we want to preserve this history.... People see these non traditional builds as breaking from tradition and losing that history. But if a bunch of people would of jumped onboard to discourage me from building in the first place (regardless of design) I would of never went down the path of wanting to restore some of this old tech.
I just dont see the positives of discouraging people. Most people who want to build have an idea already whether they want a traditional design or a nontraditional design. If someone is unsure like the poster in this thread..... theres no harm in giving opinions, but I feel its messy to do it on someones build thread and blatantly call their design bad based on opinion. It might be a horrible design to some.... it might be the greatest thing to others..... but to label it a "bad design" like its fact for everyone is disingenuous.