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david656:

--- Quote --- Hey, where's the love for your BYOAC brother?
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 :-[ I saw them and thought they looked AWESOME but forgot to take a picture  :(

Did the BYOAC name badge idea never get going? As I was unsure how many were there from the forum.

 :angry: They sold it (Capcom machine) idiot! +1 for 'having a word with him'  ;D

I really wanted to get a ticket for the cabinet raffle, but after asking a few people about where you buy them and no one really knowing, I then went to the front desk only to hear someone saying to his mate "I wondered where you'd gone, I nearly sent the IRA after you!" (also realising this person ignored me earlier when I asked a question) I just walked away deciding not to bother. (Not wishing to get into politics)

Even though it wasn't exactly what I was hoping for, yes it was a nice weekend in general and I would go again - providing more classic cabs!  :D

PS who won the cosplay thing?
surface tension:
I didn't see the bit about badges.

Shame you didn't come and say hello. I did meet a couple of BYOAC'ers... though so many names were piped into my ears over the weekend, I can hardly remember any of them.

It sounds like you were there on the Saturday? The mini cabinet went on Sunday. I had the same issue with raffle on Saturday and didn't get any tickets. On Sunday, the machine was out in the foyer with a big "Win me!" sign on it, so there was no ambiguity.

I'm definitely with the majority on the classic cabs issue... but I think that would be tough as they are so expensive to get your hands on here in the UK. Unless there are willing owners happy to hire them out for the weekend. I think this is where the MAME cabintes came into their own. Candy cabs and Twisted Box. Loved Adam's Twisted Box cabinets with some amazing artwork.

I'm not up on characters, but the cosplay wasn't won by the Dark Nurses (as they made their costumes) as they couldn't find the entry either. Personally I think they should have won as they also played their parts well. The only way I recognised them at the bar later was by the walking stick!

Anyway, lots to be learnt from this show for next time. No doubt Grant will be checking this thread for feedback.


I thought the venue was an excellent choice. No, it wasn't bang in the middle of England, but it was a good size and location for the first one. I also have to say that it was in no way a huge commercial pitch for big vendors. The aim was to get small parts and cabinet vendors in as well as some larger ones. In the end, there weren't many of either, which is just poor support for the arcade community as a whole. Most of the people I spoke to had MAME cabinet at home, or wanted to make or buy one. It's hard to be a fan of arcades and not want a machine of some sort in your home, so there was a captive audience. Most people were there just to play though.

Sorry to single you out Craig, but "On the flipside I think more cabinet owners from within the resto/DIY/MAME community should have made a bit more effort as it essentially these contributions that will make the show" should be left for someone else to say.
Rusty Shackelford:
I think the cosplay was won by the guy dressed in the Racoon Police Dept uniform.

On the subject of cosplay did anyone see the guy on Saturday who had shaved his hair/grew a beard in the style of Zangief from Street Fighter?

If you are that guy you should have entered the competition I reckon you would have won hands down!
Turnarcades:

--- Quote ---Sorry to single you out Craig, but "On the flipside I think more cabinet owners from within the resto/DIY/MAME community should have made a bit more effort as it essentially these contributions that will make the show" should be left for someone else to say.
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Fair enough, I wasn't there and should have been, but circumstances were what they were and I couldn't get round it. I'm just trying to put a picture together from what others have said, and my personal experience early on before the show. Your comments make more sense to me anyway as you will have viewed the show from a similar perspective as I would need to. If the reality is more like you say then it sounds ok - all I'd read so far was the perspective of visitors, who seemed mostly non-plussed by the event - particularly people there to buy rather than sell or showcase as you would primarily have been occupied with.

Oh well we'll see what happens next year and maybe I can see for myself.  :cheers:
grantspain:
i have just got home from the madness and will post here some analysis of what went right and wrong at the event

a very important point to make is that many of the people leaving negative comments are saying there was very little in the way of mame and classic cabs and very little sales stands,we recieved very little support from both those communities-the only active support we recieved was from the candy cab community.
if people want to see classic and mame cabs then we need support from those groups as i cannot pull a star wars cockpit out of my arse-we need people to bring their cabs and get involved

on friday 4pm before the show we had no show happening,2 of our containers were being held in customs at felixstowe with over 80 of the cabs and many game boards,with much hard work and help we got clearence from customs at 4.30pm-the first container turned up at 9pm and the final container arrived at 6am saturday morning.this gave us 12 hours to unload and position the cabs,install 110 v stepdowns,install game boards,game test and pat test----it got done with alot of help from some amazing people

myself and alan have learnt alot from this years show and we are going to sit and talk about next years in a few weeks,imo we need 40-50 mame and classic cabs with support from those groups specialised sellers
i had a sales stand at the show with standard spares but due to the workload i could not get it operating until saturday afternoon

we also need more on the organiser's team,in particular looking after sales and cab donators

we think we did ok for a first attempt
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