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Restoring vs. Maming a cabinet - The complete rule book
brandon:
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--- Quote from: brandon on February 05, 2008, 06:08:27 pm ---If I had the parts I could undo what he has done in a week or less.
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He mangled the speaker panel pretty good, not to mention what he did to the monitor mounts and such.
Regardless of that, your claim doesn't mean much. There are plenty of people that could build a Galaxian from the ground-up in a week or less if they had all the parts.
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then you made my point for me.. If what he did is easily UNDONE then its not a big deal that it was ever DONE in the first place.
MaximRecoil:
--- Quote from: brandon on February 05, 2008, 06:27:20 pm ---then you made my point for me.. If what he did is easily UNDONE then its not a big deal that it was ever DONE in the first place.
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I didn't say anything about "easy"—you did. Because something can be done in a week or less; that doesn't necessarily make it "easy".
Most any damage to most anything can be "undone" in a sense; including total destruction. That doesn't mean that damaging stuff is to be commended.
brandon:
--- Quote from: MaximRecoil on February 05, 2008, 06:34:04 pm ---
--- Quote from: brandon on February 05, 2008, 06:27:20 pm ---then you made my point for me.. If what he did is easily UNDONE then its not a big deal that it was ever DONE in the first place.
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I didn't say anything about "easy"—you did. Because something can be done in a week or less; that doesn't necessarily make it "easy".
Most any damage to most anything can be "undone" in a sense; including total destruction. That doesn't mean that damaging stuff is to be commended.
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The fact that it CAN be undone with minimal time and effort means this.. You can't compare it to killing off some endangered species. According to KLOV:
--- Quote ---Of the 40,646 video games (3,114 unique) tracked by the Video Game Preservation Society, this game ranks a 81 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on ownership records
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Mortal Kombat only scored a 63.. so its actually less common.. Also, "5 VAPS members currently looking for this game." yet, 7 VAPS members are looking for MK... So, it would seem that Mortal Kombat is more rare and in fact, in more demand that Galaxian. Do you honestly think everybody would be freaking out if he Mamed an MK machine? According to the stats they should.. Oh I "GET IT" just fine. I just think you folks are overreacting.. especially since the "damage" is done and you're accomplishing nothing by chastising CSA3D
DaveMMR:
Brandon, the stats on KLOV pertain to members who own the game in some form (PCB, dedicated, coversion). It's not a scientific indication of anything being "rare" or "common". You forgot to read this part afterwards:
--- Quote ---Rarity is NOT necessarily an indication of value. Some common games show up as very rare here because collectors don't want them (they are common because arcade operatos might be sitting on tons of them in warehouses), while some fairly scarce games are grabbed by collectors every time they show up.
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Back to the debate at hand: I can understand everyone's stance. But the fact is some people seem to have this general disrespect for others' passions. Many people are here because they have a love for the technology and design of classic cabs and are trying to recreate that feeling. Some, however, just want to stick a computer in whatever cabinet comes their way and just get at playing some games - no matter if it's rare and desirable or not.
And you know what, again... it's his or her cab. But you can't go destroying a classic cab and then act all confused when the arcade collectors who frequent this board get insulted and/or angry at what's been done. Some people may not understand why this is. But it's almost as if you go on some record collecting message board and showing off pictures of how you're using the "butcher cover" of The Beatles' "Yesteday and Today" to chop vegtables. Yes, some people have a great deal of respect for the original cabinets. It's just the slightest bit disrespectful to laugh it off and say "what's the big deal" and have no idea what the heart of this hobby is all about.
Again, if you want a big box with games inside, empty, gutted cabinets are easy enough to obtain to those who look. And building one is not that hard.
Sir Auros:
The problem with your argument, of course, is that this isn't strictly an arcade collector's board, and judging from the name, the book, and probably the majority of the threads, this board seems aimed much more towards MAME cabinets.