The 2015 BYOAC User Choice Awards need your nominations!

[UCA]

Welcome to the 5th Annual BYOAC User Choice Awards Nomination Thread!

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NOMINATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED!

Please make your votes in the threads below:
-2015 BYOAC UCA Voting Thread: Bartop of the Year
-2015 BYOAC UCA Voting Thread: Upright of the Year
-2015 BYOAC UCA Voting Thread: Dedicated Upright of the Year
-2015 BYOAC UCA Voting Thread: General Project of the Year
-2015 BYOAC UCA Voting Thread: Restoration of the Year
-2015 BYOAC UCA Voting Thread: Product of the Year
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We are back to recognize the most innovative, well executed, original, and fun builds completed in 2015 across a broad range of categories.  Feel free to nominate more than one project and don't feel obligated to nominate something for every type of build.  Your participation is paramount to having another great event so let us know what knocked your socks off.   

As you may well know the UCAs are administered by a board of forum members to ensure that the BYOAC UCA process remains above reproach.  This year's board is chaired by pbj, and ChanceKJ who will use the UCA account to open UCA threads and post any administrative actions.  UCA is a non voting entity.   

The Rules: 

• To be eligible a project must have been POSTED as completed between 01 JAN 2015 and 31 DEC 2015.  We get it, sometimes things don't get posted on time, that's okay, we do this every year.  If it was that good it'll still be that good next time.
• Users are NOT allowed to nominate or second their OWN projects. Nominations should come from the community at large.
• Projects must have at least 1 other user to second the nomination to be qualified for the vote. Those that don't will be awarded honorable mentions at the end of the nomination window.
• Any UCA board member recommended and confirmed for a category will recuse himself of having anything to do with that category.
• Decisions on whether or not something is a valid entry (fuzzy dates, versions, completeness) will be made by the consensus of the board and once published are not subject to a flame war.
• Voting will be conducted in the same automated manner as every year, board members can vote, and their role is purely administrative.
• As the the nominations are received, project types with 3 or more nominations will be given their own category, the remainder will go in a general category for voting. So, if 4 bartops, 3 Cocktails, 2 v-pins, 1 restoration, 2 minis, 2 dedicated uprights, and 6 uprights get nominated. we would have 4 categories: a Bartop, a Cocktail, an Upright, and a "General". Categories will be decided on by the UCA board after the close of the nomination process.
• As in the past the BYOAC would like to recognize vendors who have made contributions to the community with new products. As separate from the project nominations, please also nominate a new product from a vendor for the "2015 UCA Product of the Year”. These products can be from larger more established companies, or from single individuals selling their creations in the vendor thread. The same nomination rules apply

Any projects that pass the nomination process will make it to the voting threads which will open 01 FEB 2015.  That thread will close on 01 MAR 2015 so make sure and scrub through this last year's builds then put up the links that you think progressed the hobby, just make sure whatever you're nominating was "completed” after 12:01am, 01 JAN 2015 and before 11:59pm,  31 DEC 2015. 

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2015 BYOAC UCA Bartop of the Year Nominees:
-edekoning's NES Bartop
-Fast351's Moon Patrol Bartop
-sfinx333's Minicade Bartop
-johnrt's Pole Position Bartop
-Locke141's Out of Africa Bartop
-vwalbridge's Mini Qbert Bartop
-Solar's Gas Fire Arcade Bartop

2015 BYOAC UCA Upright of the Year Nominees:
-danny_galaga's Meet George Jetson! Upright
-Vidiot's The Dream Machine Upright
-StefR's Project Neon Flynn's: Yet Another Flynn's Arcade! Upright

2015 BYOAC UCA Dedicated Upright of the Year Nominees:
-Well Fed Games' Raiden Dedicated Upright
-ChanceKJ's Donkey Kong: Ultimate Dedicated Upright
-MK3FAN's Mortal Kombat X Dedicated Upright
-Yotsuya's Janky Kong Dedicated Upright

2015 BYOAC UCA General Project of the Year Nominees:
-vwalbridge's Micro Coleco Donkey Kong Mini
-GSXRMovistar's The CoffeeCade Cocktail
-holaplaneta's Maquinita To Go Portable

2015 BYOAC UCA Restoration of the Year Nominees:
-Malenko's TMNT Restoration
-MK3FAN's Ms. PacMan Restoration

2015 BYOAC UCA Product of the Year Nominees:
-Arcadenut's Any Coin V2
-eds1275's Ramp & Roll

[yamatetsu]

If you need to refresh your memory, check out the I completed my project! I posted a pic and a link to my project thread sticky.

[johnrt]

NES Bartop
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,133712.0.html

This bartop is so well built. The attention to detail is outstanding!

[Slippyblade]

I second the NES Bartop.  Loved the entire project and the thread was very lively. 

[harveybirdman]

I nominate Well Fed Games' Raiden Upright

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,116055.0.html

[Slippyblade]

I nominate the Micro Coleco Donkey Kong Tabletop.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,145663.0.html

[ChanceKJ]

I second the Well Fed Games' Raiden Upright, and Micro Coleco Donkey Kong Tabletop.


I nominate:

Fast351's Moon Patrol Bartop
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,143230.0.html
Awesome, true to form build, themed after a Williams classic.



Locke141's Out of Africa Bartop
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,146172.0.html
For both reasons as to why this build was made, and the creative use of materials to make it.



MK3FAN's Mortal Kombat X dedicated upright
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,144573.0.html
-An amazing dedicated cab that fits the line with the actual factory made ones of the past.



vwalbridge's Mini Qbert
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,146091.0.html
-It's a Mini Qbert! Nuf' said.

[johnrt]

I second Fast351's Moon Patrol Bartop and vwalbridge's Mini Qbert.

[markc74]

On my mobile so no pics but I'd like to nominate:

Project Neon flynns
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,147459.0.html

Just a beautifully put together cab with not just an awesome marquee but a really nice and consistent design that hangs together superbly.

And:

Donkey kong ultimate
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,142574.0.html

For being not only being the best dk scratch build I've seen, but with artwork surpassing the original Imo

There's others but they're the 2 freshest in my mind.

[johnrt]

Ohh! I second ChanceKJ's Donkey Kong Ultimate. This restore is probably the reference thread for Nintendo cabinet builders/restorers.

[acvieluf]

I know i'm newer here, but the machine that really blew me away upon seeing it was the "Meet George Jetson" Cab, by Danny_Galaga.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,144934.0.html

[GSXRMovistar]

There are several builds I think should be included but I've narrowed my nominations down to three:-

Bartop - NES Bartop
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,133712.0.html

Great theme/detail, clean looking and very well built.

Full size - The Dream Machine
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,145188.40.html

Just a fun well polished arcade machine that's been built to a fantastic standard.

Mini - Minicade
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,143657.0.html

Such a tidy little package, so much crammed in without looking messy and despite its size it still screams arcade machine.

If being pushed to choose just one from the above I'd vote for the Minicade.

[edekoning]

Donkey Kong: Ultimate (Project Code Name: Regal)
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,142574.0.html

The CoffeeCade
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,148135.0.html


Meet George Jetson!
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,144934

[yamatetsu]

I second Vidiot's Dream Machine, GSXRMovistar's CoffeeCade and sfinx333's Minicade.

[Phreakwars]

I nominate the Micro Coleco Donkey Kong Tabletop.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,145663.0.html

I second it. Damn sweet build.

[mattsoft]

There are so many amazing builds this year, but the 2 that stood out for me are:

Full size
ChanceKJ's "Donkey Kong Ultimate"
Donkey King Ultimate


johnrt's "Pole Position"
Pole Position


Both are inspirations for attention to detail and works of art. 

[vwalbridge]

I'm extremely humbled to have even been nominated among such incredible builds this year. Thank you.

Here are the builds that I would like to nominate (a couple have already been confirmed):

ChanceKJ's "Donkey Kong Ultimate"
Donkey King Ultimate

johnrt's "Pole Position"
Pole Position

StefR's Neon Flynn's
Neon Flynn's

edekoning's NES Bartop
NES Bartop

[Vidiot]

I am truly honored to have my Dream Machine nominated! Thank you guys!

So many great builds have already been mentioned but I would like to nominate Dr. Zhark's RetroBox:



http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,148325.0.html

This was his first build and it looks like he's been doing it for years! He makes great use of dual monitor for the marquee. I really like the control panel layout and the artwork is beautiful. I like how he spent months designing and planning before he started the build. I like how he got creative and built his own circuit for switching to freeplay. The lighting is cool and not too over the top.

[harveybirdman]

Interesting results so far....  I've weighed on weather to make any further nominations this year, for fear of saturating the candidates with builds that I might not ultimately vote for to win or that might be very good, but not five stars.  However I cannot let the following two builds go without any recognition, and would honestly strongly consider them for my vote for 2015.

Yotsuya's Janky Kong

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,146709.0.html


Solar's Gas Fire Arcade

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,145208.0.html

[BadMouth]

I wondered where this thread had been moved, then realized it had probably been stickied.
The sticky is a traffic killer IMO.  Only first time visitors and the people who are actively looking for it will notice it up there.

I need to start bookmarking more builds.....

[Superfrog]

Donkey Kong: Ultimate (Project Code Name: Regal)
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,142574.0.html

The CoffeeCade
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,148135.0.html


Meet George Jetson!
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,144934

I like your choice +1

[saint]

Unstuck

[n3wt0n]

I would like to nominate wp34's Tron Legacy cabinet.

[ChanceKJ]

I would like to nominate wp34's Tron Legacy cabinet.

Unless i've missed something, this project isnt listed as finished yet.

[Token]

I second the Out of Africa bartop. That hand-carved DK side-art! 

[jdbailey1206]

Looks like I didn't  get nominated for my Fix It Felix.  Time to rage quit...

[n3wt0n]

Unless i've missed something, this project isnt listed as finished yet.

My mistake. I thought it was done.

[haynor666]

The Dream Machine
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,145188.0.html

Reminds a bit Bomb Jack (colours and stripes)

Moon Patrol Bartop
http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,143230.0.html

Classic beauty

[yotsuya]

Looks like I didn't  get nominated for my Fix It Felix.  Time to rage quit...

Dude, this thread is for nominations, not self-promotion. That's almost as bad as putting a link in your signature file begging people to vote for you.

[jdbailey1206]

In case you haven't seen my build  check out my signature.

[yotsuya]

In case you haven't seen my build  check out my signature.

Your sig isn't bad. It's when it's specifically trolling for votes that it raises my hackles.

[ZexisStryfe]

I second MK3FAN's MKX upright!

[jdbailey1206]

In case you haven't seen my build  check out my signature.

Your sig isn't bad. It's when it's specifically trolling for votes that it raises my hackles.

Definitely not.     There are far better and more original builds on here that deserve the accreditation.

[vwalbridge]

jdbailey1206's Fix It Felix was a cool build so if I still can, I'd like to nominate it.

However, I honestly had in my head that was a 2014 build.

...I even had to go back in the build thread to prove myself wrong. It technically ticked from 99% to 100% on the 28th of DEC 2015. (it was 99% done for 11 months unless I'm missing something)

I bet a lot of people thought it was a 2014 build.

[yotsuya]

jdbailey1206's Fix It Felix was a cool build so if I still can, I'd like to nominate it.

However, I honestly had in my head that was a 2014 build.

...I even had to go back in the build thread to prove myself wrong. It technically ticked from 99% to 100% on the 28th of DEC 2015. (it was 99% done for 11 months unless I'm missing something)

I bet a lot of people thought it was a 2014 build.

Of course you CAN nominate it, but I hope this doesn't lead to a lot of self-promotion in this thread.

If you really want your cabs nominated, people, bump your own build threads. This thread exists for people to recognize cabs THEY like, not for you to say "HEY Y'ALL, WHAT ABOUT ME!!!1!"

[Token]

I'd like to nominate eds1275's Ramp & Roll program for the "2015 UCA Product of the Year."

Version 1.0 was officially released on January 31st, 2015.

[Token]

I will also nominate Arcadenut's Any Coin V2 (replacement coin mech) for the "2015 UCA Product of the Year." Released March 20, 2015.

[pbj]

I will also nominate Arcadenut's Any Coin V2 (replacement coin mech) for the "2015 UCA Product of the Year." Released March 20, 2015.

I second that nomination.

[yotsuya]

I will also nominate Arcadenut's Any Coin V2 (replacement coin mech) for the "2015 UCA Product of the Year." Released March 20, 2015.

I second that nomination.

Thirded.

[Admiral688]

I will also nominate Arcadenut's Any Coin V2 (replacement coin mech) for the "2015 UCA Product of the Year." Released March 20, 2015.

I second that nomination.

Thirded.

Fourth