Starwars Yoke - DIY

[patrickl]

Why are you reposting pictures of an old ghetto yoke if not to attack the "little Jealous children"? It doesn't even work ...

[Xiaou2]

 The yoke is not meant for them.   Its meant to share with anyone
who has a desire to make a Starwars yoke.
 
 If it so happens that it does offend the others... then that is Their problem
and not mine.

 And yes, it does work when fully assembled.

[Ginsu Victim]

And yes, it does work when fully assembled.

I can't find the link on your site to order the snake oil.

[ark_ader]

 This isnt about me, so much as it is about the general state of being here.

 Im sick of the constant dark clouds that roam here, throwing stones at people.

 If such things go on persisting... nobody is going to want to hang here...
post anything,  nor put up any pics.

 People seem to think that just cause this is the Internet... that they should
be able to behave 10times worse than in real life.  And that Should not be the
case.

 And yes, I have to Lower myself to a certain level to get the point across...
cause these people dont understand any other way.

 As for the edit... If it was anything... it was a single word of sentence.  I tend not to
use curse words if at all possible.  However, that does not mean that the words
do not lack teeth.  But, for everyone else's sake, I will edit them after class...

 If you really think Im deeply hurt, then you are mistaken.  However, it just goes to show
the gratitude of these people.  You try to be nice, giving...etc.. and you get rocks
thrown at you from coward punks hiding behind bushes.

 The point here is that everyone should be treated with decent levels of respect.

 In case you didnt notice... plenty of posts not written by myself were removed
rather than edited.   I think that says it all right there.
 
 The yoke was completed years ago, and pics have been up for over all of
those years.  I just never got around to posting the final modifications of the internal gearing that was done about 3 weeks after the failure of the zip-cord gear.

 Yup, it was a good time to pull it out of the hat.   But make no mistake... Ive helped
plenty here with ideas, artwork, and much more for longer than I can remember.

 Theres a big difference between someone who throws rocks... and someone who
helps a person cross a river.   Both in moral decency, and in the effect it has on the
community and people all around that person.

 Im not perfect.. .never claimed to be.  But at least Im a decent person trying to be
the best I can be... not out to hurt others, to boost an ego, or gain satisfaction use out
of people... cause I empty inside and nothing really satisfies me...

That is why I do not post my projects anymore.  I do not want to give those of commercial interests, insights into my product line (even if it is limited).  I do want to show others my mistakes and accomplishments, but lately there has been less constructive opinions.  I myself have been known to sling the odd stone, if my feelings are strong enough to warrant one.  Some projects are plain ugly, but they are supposed to be as we are not all master craftsmen.

Learning is part of the hobby.

The yoke in question looks different.  It is supposed to be different as it is a project originated from your own head.  It ceased to be an Atari inspired yoke, to your yoke.  That is an accomplishment worthy of its own merit.

I like it, and it is totally different from my old yoke attempt.  But it did give me some new ideas when I get around to make a second attempt it again.   

Keep posting your projects though.  Kudos for your efforts.

You have more experience and imagination than I do. 

[Xiaou2]

I can't find the link on your site to order the snake oil.

 LOL.   How old are you?!  You crack me up.        Umm, I dont make a single
penny off my site.  In fact, I Pay to even have a site posted - for the Privilege of
such stupid quotations and abuse.

 Explain to me how spending a week of off and on work to build a phoney yoke,
and paying a host site to post it would give me a gain in life.   lol    Tell you what....
why dont you post YOUR phoney yoke and show us all how easy it is.
In the mean time...  Ill refund the money you sent me.  Ohh yes, a check for $0.00 is
on its way.  However, Ill have to charge a 10% fee for the mailer + my
handling time, and 5% for my web host costs.  Where can I send the bill?


 Ark,

 Thanks for the Positive and realistic / Logical comments. 

 I personally dont pick on peoples projects.  If I see something that Impresses me,
I will post.  If I see that a person is asking for help, then I may give suggestions.
However, if the person is happy with what they have done..  who am I to stomp on
that?  Everyone has strengths and weaknesses. 

 Some people cant draw a stick figure,  yet I can draw quite well.  I dont brag about
it,  But,  I am proud of some things Ive drawn.  Certainly, there are better artists out there.  But for me to pick on the guy who had trouble drawing a stick figure is really in
low taste.. no matter how bad the drawing is, or how proud he is of it.

 There is no right and wrong.  There is only creation.   What is worse, better, and
best... are mere opinions which only really matter to the person who actually uses
the said creation.

 You may prefect looks over function... where I prefect more function over looks.
Trashing my project cause you dont like how it looks doesnt mean a thing to me...as
you will never convince me otherwise.   You arent playing my control panel... so
why bother trying to School me on how You would have built it?  Make fun of me?
It doesnt do a thing to change my mind... and what does it do for you? 

 Anyways, you can tell a lot this isnt really directed at you.

 

You have more experience and imagination than I do.

 Thanks man.  We all have our strengths. (Im weak in almost all other areas)
As for experience... that is mostly due to repeated attempts and lots of failed
results.  You can only fail so many times before you have no other option but to
succeed. 

 Ive thought about trying to sell things... but Randy and Andy would probably
just bowl me over if I tried      I really cant complete with the technical
wizardry and business experience/knowledge that they have.

[Ginsu Victim]

I can't find the link on your site to order the snake oil.

 LOL.   How old are you?!

31. Most younger people wouldn't know the term "snake oil"

Umm, I dont make a single penny off my site.

Obviously you can't see my point about how you're trying to get us to believe something to be true, without offering proof yourself. A snake oil salesman would get up in front of the crowd and give an old man a spoonful of his oil, then suddenly the old man would burst into a song and dance, or say "I can hear! I can see! Oh glorious day!" The crowd saw something there were TOLD works, but really....where's the proof?

In fact, I Pay to even have a site posted - for the Privilege of such stupid quotations and abuse.

Rest assured abuse is not in short supply around here (at least where you're involved). Funny thing is it tends to be YOU who brings in the abuse first, not us.

Explain to me how spending a week of off and on work to build a phoney yoke,
and paying a host site to post it would give me a gain in life.

You're the one who built it, yet never showed it actually working, so you tell me.

Tell you what....
why dont you post YOUR phoney yoke and show us all how easy it is.

I could glue together any handful of parts and post a pic of that. It would work just as well as what you've shown us. (Until you show it working)

Here's my yoke:

[Xiaou2]

 Ohh how doth the Idiot drivel...

 A Snake Oil   "SALESMAN"   is motivated by the all mighty dollar.   Im not making money,
Im Losing them.

 You really dont have any concept of LOGIC at all.

Rest assured abuse is not in short supply around here (at least where you're involved). Funny thing is it tends to be YOU who brings in the abuse first, not us.

 More Comedy GOLD.   

 Every instance that Ive spoke up is when Ive DEFENDED what is right.  OR Ive defended
myself.   The Abuse was first dished out in the form of an attack on someone elses
creation.  And when I defended... I got attacked.   And yup,  I retaliated.   
 
 Do you know the Difference between  Attack  &  Defense ?   It would surprise me if
you did... considering you dont have any Logic within you mind.

 

You're the one who built it, yet never showed it actually working, so you tell me.

 Thats not the way it works.   You accuse me of Fakery, so you tell me.

 Lets suppose  200 people try to build my fake yoke.   Being that Ive posted my pics
up, as well as my location...  and being that I have a job which regards high reputational
standards...  I think I would stand to Lose a lot, once word got out...  Now wouldnt
I?!!!

 However... I welcome your funny deductions and conclusions.   All you can do is
point fingers because you cant believe that such a feat is possible.. Probably because
You cant imagine yourself being able to do it.  And sadly, I can see why.  You dont
seem like you could even reason your way out of a paper bag.

 Im sorry that this is the case for you.. but just because you can not do it.. does
not mean others cant.

 OR -

 You are trying to anger me to the point of re-assembly.   Which sorry... its not going to
work.  If anything.. it may make me decide to stop releasing further details,
and other information on future projects.

I could glue together any handful of parts and post a pic of that.

 We are all waiting for that.   Id be willing to bet you couldnt match the detail of
my yoke, even if yours didnt work.   Anyone can post a picture of a closed box.  Ive
got pics of every part, and in all the right places.    In fact... Ive got pics of the proto handles before they were slanted at angles.   Realizing that the wrists would get too much stress without the angle... I had to rebuild the handles.   A lot of effort for a fake yoke with real parts.

 So, as I said before... I welcome your attempts.


 Anyways... it was fun playing.   Im done with you now.

[erictrumpet]

Wow this is a really stupid thread! Ya just gotta live the internet sometimes
I think we can all agree Xaoiaouoauouaoiu's yoke looks absolutely terrible but hey, he/she likes it so more power to him/her.

[SavannahLion]

Now can I mention Redpaw

[TPB]

Now can I mention Redpaw

Are you referring to this ?

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=79502.80

[Ginsu Victim]

A Snake Oil   "SALESMAN"   is motivated by the all mighty dollar. 

You do know that "selling" something doesn't always involve money, right?

If you want to "sell" us on the fact that you made a working yoke, show us that it actually works and we'll be sold.

Sorry if you take words too literally.

[Hoopz]

Now can I mention Redpaw

Are you referring to this ?

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=79502.80

It's a article that has good advice for people who use the net, including a list of stuff to do/not do.  It's mostly common sense but is, nonetheless, very good advice.  Numerous links to it online but here's one [edit: or 2  ] :

http://www.fenixdev.net/welcome.php
http://www.fenixdev.net/welcome.php

[SavannahLion]

Now can I mention Redpaw

Are you referring to this ?

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=79502.80

It's a article that has good advice for people who use the net, including a list of stuff to do/not do.  It's mostly common sense but is, nonetheless, very good advice.  Numerous links to it online but here's one [edit: or 2  ] :

http://www.fenixdev.net/welcome.php
http://www.fenixdev.net/welcome.php

It's also worth reading again every so often. Once in a while, everyone falls prey and needs to be reminded of how the internet works.... Oh I'm sorry... how the tubes work. 

[TheShanMan]

Enjoying the show (click for animation).

[Cakemeister]

 There is no right and wrong.  There is only creation.   What is worse, better, and
best... are mere opinions which only really matter to the person who actually uses
the said creation.

Do you read Nietsche?

[FrizzleFried]

You go X...

[Xiaou2]

 I thank you for the Warning... but Ive known what you are pointing at, and have
been trying to convey for some time.

 The Internet has no Rules.  Its filled with People.  Not robots.

 
 If a bully beats the heck out of you...  do you just give him your stuff/lunch every
day?   Do you think that eventually said bully will change his ways and be a better person? No.  Being that he never gets confronted... he maintains that way of behavior.

 Kick the bullys knee out... and he will think twice about ever messing with you,
as well as messing with others.

 
 There is simply no excuse for obnoxious behavior, no matter where it is.  And the
said publications are just that.  A letter saying to 'Become a Doormat' and let
them walk all over you.  Trust me when I say that most of my childhood I did that
very thing...and it nearly killed me.  I am not taking crap from people that I, nor anyone
else deserves, anymore.

 
 In the past,  there used to be a message board on the old Mame site.  It went from
being interesting and cooperative... to an overflowing Toilet.   Several key posters
ganged up on people with nasty attitudes and mockery.  Most especially new people.

 Turns out that some of those new people were in fact game collectors... and being that
the mame people crapped all over them... it made it more difficult to get cooperation
and win auctions.  Let alone get people to Donate money to the project.   Nor to get
artwork scanned in.   And as I said... it wasnt just collectors... it was a good deal
of different backgrounds worth of people that were dumped on.   All of which were
given a bad reputation associated with Mame.  Most of which would decide not to help
the cause.

 Luckily, it was shut down as it was getting way out of control.... else the damages
could have been far worse than they were already becoming.

 
 For every Negative action you decide to unleash into this world... you will get
back a consequence.    Starting with your Own personal hell/unrest that you
create and exist within.   Next... on the people around you... and their actions.

 You honk the horn, cursing wildly, riding someones butt within inches of their
bumper... cause you are impatient, reckless, and being an A**....  and later realize
that the person you were cursing and angering... is the Bosses daughter of the company you work for.  (err - used to work for)

  This is the  Karma of the Instant kind.

 The effects you dish out, will effect many people.  Possibly you directly
(now or in the future) ... or for example, getting the site you once liked to visit, Shut down
forever.  Or turning away a future love interests because they found all the nasty things
you posted.  Or getting refused from a new job... for that exact same reason.

 And furthermore... never think that you are 100% invisible.   Everyone on the net
is able to be traced/tracked... should there be a person who has the desire to do so.

 Gain enough negative attention, and nobody is going to want to share a single
thing here.  The site will dry up like the desert.  Arcade related business will drop
off... and new opportunities,  such as people like Davida, will cease to produce
anything at all.  Lay your stink-mark on the son of the wrong super-power
father... and mame itself could become a target.

Do you read Nietsche?

 I have not.  But I have done quite a lot of in depth thinking (and exploring/experiments)  about the nature of reality.

[Hoopz]

Just because someone disagrees with you, doesn't mean they are a bully.  And just because someone wants proof of what you say, doesn't mean that they are a bully.

You post a lot of opinions that you think are facts.  Asking you to prove your opinions generally causes you to play the "I'm being attacked" card...

[TOK]

 Gain enough negative attention, and nobody is going to want to share a single
thing here.  The site will dry up like the desert.  Arcade related business will drop
off... and new opportunities,  such as people like Davida, will cease to produce
anything at all.  Lay your stink-mark on the son of the wrong super-power
father... and mame itself could become a target.

Its too late for MAME to become a target. If Nintendo, Namco, Sega and the 3,000+ defunct companies that spawned all the dumped ROM's were to somehow coordinate into some sort of MegaROMPolice and get MAME locked down right now, what effect do you suppose it would have?

Absolutely zero. The ROM's are dumped and spread throughout the world, as are all the versions of MAME. It's well past the point of controlling. What are they going to do, prevent the sale of joysticks and other parts for legit hardware?
Tell companies they can't sell keyboard encoders? In the impossible event they could do that, we'd just go back to the keyboard or gamepad hacks of the 90's.

[SavannahLion]

X's last post was way too long.

All I got was, he still doesn't get it. 

When this thread gets interesting again, will someone PM me and let me know?

Later.

[pinballwizard79]

death by unga bunga!!!!

[Barry Barcrest]

It's a article that has good advice for people who use the net, including a list of stuff to do/not do.  It's mostly common sense but is, nonetheless, very good advice.  Numerous links to it online but here's one [edit: or 2  ] :

http://www.fenixdev.net/welcome.php
http://www.fenixdev.net/welcome.php

It's so important he posted it twice...

[Ummon]

Hey, it's been a while since a class ten cluster ---fudgesicle--- has developed here. This is approaching that. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.