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**DESIGN PERIOD COMPLETE - 2007 BYOAC Token FRONT SIDE Design Thread**
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RandyT:
Ok, here's a submission.  Not a final design, so anything goes.



*edit*  Bling removed

BTW, why two separate threads for this anyway?  Trying to separate the front and back of a token is like trying to arrange your box end wrenches into right and left handed piles.  ;D


RandyT
Pixelhugger:

--- Quote ---BTW, why two separate threads for this anyway?
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Yeah, it is a pain. Although I think it works better that way.

My understanding in the past was that the "front" should be specifically the BYOAC side, with a strong BYOAC logo or design. The "back" could be more obscure and may not even reference BYOAC.

Without separate voting on each side (and especially throwing MAME into the mix) you could end up with two winning designs which both felt obscure, or non BYOAC related, or this year both MAME themed. The voting gets a bit hotly contested, and people are likely to get upset if one of the two winning designs is nixed for a less popular one because neither feels like a good BYOAC side.

I guess the point is that IMO one side should feel like it represents BYOAC and the back supports the hobby in general. If you look at each of the past 3 years that's how it has played out. 2004: BYOAC / Happy P1 guy 2005: BYOAC / Upright cab 2006: BYOAC / Cocktail cab. Each has a distinct logo side and a supporting side, even if the supporting side references BYOAC. Of course, you could argue that having a specific BYOAC side isn't important, but I think that's what the tokens are all about. After all the tokens are meant to represent BYOAC, not to be arcade tokens sold through BYOAC. Obviously it's just my opinion, and it is a pain to have multiple threads. But I think it does help keep a design focus that works in the end. 2 cents  :dunno

EDIT: Plus if tokens weren't meant to have heads and tails God wouldn't have made them with two sides. :soapbox:  ;)
Pixelhugger:
Here's a slam dunk winner.....

ROM...go vectorize that exploding hex background of yours. Nothing, nothing would look cooler stamped in metal.
RandyT:

--- Quote from: Pixelhugger on May 16, 2007, 03:08:56 pm ---Without separate voting on each side (and especially throwing MAME into the mix) you could end up with two winning designs which both felt obscure, or non BYOAC related, or this year both MAME themed. The voting gets a bit hotly contested, and people are likely to get upset if one of the two winning designs is nixed for a less popular one because neither feels like a good BYOAC side.

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So....why not just pull the the best BYOAC related design for the front and and the best BYOAC related, or not, design for the other side?  Might eliminate some cross postings and make things easier to keep track of.

At minimum, state the exact requirements for each side (must be BYOAC related for the "front", etc...)

RandyT

Pixelhugger:
Hmmm. Good point. At least all the desings and discussion could be posted to the same thread.... and the designers could specify how they'd like the design grouped for voting-front back or either.
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