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DaveMMR:

--- Quote from: Sir Auros on February 05, 2008, 08:41:09 pm ---I read it correctly the first time. Maybe if people feel that strongly, they should stick more to the collector's boards or just stay out of project announcements if they can't behave themselves.
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So basically you're saying "anyone who has an opinion that differs from mine should stay off those threads"?  Is that fair?  Has anyone told you to "find a different thread" when you expressed a difference of opinion?  Yeah, some people express their opinions harshly.  But as someone pointed out, it's the nature of the internet.  If anyone can't deal with critism, then don't post your creations/modifications/projects to a public space and ask for opinions.

And yes, there's a vocal minority.  But I suspect there's a larger group who just look at projects like that "modified" Dig Dug, and shake their head in disbelief without saying anything.  And yeah, I'm one of the silent detractors of butchering cabs irreversibly (not referring to the topic starter's cab, btw - it's pretty much reversible).  

EDIT: I see as I was typing this you were getting verbally angry at someone else for caring about a pristine Smash TV.  If it bothers you so much, perhaps you need to take a breath and relax for five or ten minutes.

EDIT 2:


--- Quote ---Finally, I never implied that MAME cabinets were built from scratch or entirely conversions. However, I'd put money on most MAME cabs being conversions. There's no way to prove or disprove that, but it seems logical to me.
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You added the above as I was typing my original response.  There is a way to prove it.  There's an example link on this site that let's you filter our "scratch-built" and "conversions".  I don't know which is more plentiful and I don't care because that's immaterial.  Again, I was referring to "butchered classic cabs", not "conversion of a gutted and/or generic" cab.  Although now that I think about it, we should be able to filter out cabs that were originally a Tron or Centipede but transformed into a MAME machine with a 6-foot wide panel.

CheffoJeffo:

--- Quote from: Avrus on February 05, 2008, 08:53:59 pm ---Yes, if he was modding the Stingary on Neptune, I would pay shipping (through UPS no less) to have it shipped to Canada to save it.

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 :laugh2:

 :applaud:

EDIT: Before anybody gets offended, it is the shipping through UPS to Canada that is funny ...
fixedpigs:
aye...

just get zakk to pay the brokerage fees...
CheffoJeffo:
As a reminder that it isn't just MAMErs who sometimes do bad things to good cabs ...

http://www.brentradio.com/Hellcade.htm

 :cheers:
Avrus:
For the record regarding the Smash TV cabinet.  I told my friend (who's not a MAME'r but is the same age as I am) what the guy was doing with the Smash TV Cabinet.

His response.

'Why would he do that?'  'Why would he want to do that?'

I think that sums it up.
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