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Title: BYOAC made the news (sort of)
Post by: lordnacho on June 04, 2014, 10:38:35 pm
My friend send me this.  Almost positive I saw this guy's apt on here, anyone got the topic thread?
http://gothamist.com/2014/06/04/murray_hill_man_transforms_bedroom.php (http://gothamist.com/2014/06/04/murray_hill_man_transforms_bedroom.php)

It says "...and riled up some backlash on video game forums."  I do recall something about the SF pedestal
Title: Re: BYOAC made the news (sort of)
Post by: lordnacho on June 04, 2014, 10:41:35 pm
Ok found it, http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,135635.msg1401692.html#msg1401692 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,135635.msg1401692.html#msg1401692)
Reading now  ;D
Title: Re: BYOAC made the news (sort of)
Post by: JDFan on June 04, 2014, 10:41:57 pm
Already a thread about this in the Everything Else sub forum :

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,139550.msg1443298.html#new (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,139550.msg1443298.html#new)
Title: Re: BYOAC made the news (sort of)
Post by: lordnacho on June 04, 2014, 10:46:07 pm
Doh, I searched for Gothamist
Title: Re: BYOAC made the news (sort of)
Post by: pbj on June 04, 2014, 11:01:58 pm
Meh, whole thing's a troll.  Don't believe a word of those articles.

 :cheers:
Title: Re: BYOAC made the news (sort of)
Post by: lordnacho on June 04, 2014, 11:29:58 pm
Yeah I'm confused, figured it was just a little blog post, but Wired too??
Title: Re: BYOAC made the news (sort of)
Post by: keilmillerjr on June 05, 2014, 06:42:49 am
What did he expect?! I could have predicted that one. Girls always be hating on a guys toys. The worst possible thing you could do is take your fun stuff and put them in the house. And bedroom is a woman's domain.

I actually started my project because my ex girlfriend loved video games, and I thought it would be a nice way to have fun together. She left me right as I started for other unfortunate reasons. Not in a hurry to finish now. I could care less about playing video games. This project is very cool though, and I'm having fun building it. I probably won't use it when I'm finished.
Title: Re: BYOAC made the news (sort of)
Post by: Well Fed Games on June 05, 2014, 09:33:53 am
I typically really like the Wired game reporting (especially the Chris Kohler stuff), but yeah, kind of a middling article. With only 3-4 arcade forums of note (that I am aware of) and the hobby growing (at least from what I can tell from the prices/demand of things) I assume BYOAC will make it into many more mainstream news sites. If nothing else I can link to the articles on Facebook to show my family that while I am weird, there are other weird people out there, too.

And I continue to believe that anyone who blames losing a significant other to their hobby is covering for other relational issues, or chose that significant other very poorly to begin with.
Title: Re: BYOAC made the news (sort of)
Post by: keilmillerjr on June 05, 2014, 09:41:16 am
And I continue to believe that anyone who blames losing a significant other to their hobby is covering for other relational issues, or chose that significant other very poorly to begin with.

Let me rephrase better. Girls don't mind guys hobbies. Girls just don't want a guy who's hobby seems to be the most important thing in their life, maybe even more important than her.

When I was young, my father bought be a new kdx220 dirt bike for cheap. It was used only 3 times. The guy loved it so much that he kept it in the living room and polished it clean after each ride. His girl was so pissed that she said to choose her or the bike. He choose the bike. A month and a half later, he said he would sell the bike and she moved back in. He should have just kept it in a shed or garage.
Title: Re: BYOAC made the news (sort of)
Post by: ChanceKJ on June 05, 2014, 01:04:29 pm
Remind me why we all hate this guy so much?  (Aside from not dumping the rom on his FF Jr Cab)
Title: Re: BYOAC made the news (sort of)
Post by: yotsuya on June 05, 2014, 01:49:13 pm
Remind me why we all hate this guy so much?  (Aside from not dumping the rom on his FF Jr Cab)

NOOB.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,135635.msg1401692.html#msg1401692 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,135635.msg1401692.html#msg1401692)

Start here.
Title: Re: BYOAC made the news (sort of)
Post by: pbj on June 05, 2014, 01:49:47 pm
Remind me why we all hate this guy so much?  (Aside from not dumping the rom on his FF Jr Cab)

Because he wears jeans and flip flops.
Title: Re: BYOAC made the news (sort of)
Post by: zanna5910 on June 05, 2014, 01:56:51 pm
My friend send me this.  Almost positive I saw this guy's apt on here, anyone got the topic thread?
http://gothamist.com/2014/06/04/murray_hill_man_transforms_bedroom.php (http://gothamist.com/2014/06/04/murray_hill_man_transforms_bedroom.php)

It says "...and riled up some backlash on video game forums."  I do recall something about the SF pedestal

Just when I thought I was out...they pull me back in. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPw-3e_pzqU#)

Title: Re: BYOAC made the news (sort of)
Post by: ChanceKJ on June 05, 2014, 03:32:51 pm
Remind me why we all hate this guy so much?  (Aside from not dumping the rom on his FF Jr Cab)

Because he wears jeans and flip flops.

That Bastard!
Title: Re: BYOAC made the news (sort of)
Post by: lordnacho on June 05, 2014, 03:57:29 pm
Were socks involved?
Title: Re: BYOAC made the news (sort of)
Post by: spoot on June 05, 2014, 04:51:45 pm
Remind me why we all hate this guy so much?  (Aside from not dumping the rom on his FF Jr Cab)

Because he wears jeans and flip flops.

Well, better burn me in effigy then too.   :laugh:
Title: Re: BYOAC made the news (sort of)
Post by: lordnacho on June 05, 2014, 05:23:06 pm
Remind me why we all hate this guy so much?  (Aside from not dumping the rom on his FF Jr Cab)

Because he wears jeans and flip flops.

Well, better burn me in effigy then too.   :laugh:
Socks?
Title: Re: BYOAC made the news (sort of)
Post by: spoot on June 05, 2014, 05:25:40 pm
Remind me why we all hate this guy so much?  (Aside from not dumping the rom on his FF Jr Cab)

Because he wears jeans and flip flops.

Well, better burn me in effigy then too.   :laugh:
Socks?

No.
Title: Re: BYOAC made the news (sort of)
Post by: ChanceKJ on June 05, 2014, 08:09:23 pm
Remind me why we all hate this guy so much?  (Aside from not dumping the rom on his FF Jr Cab)

NOOB.

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,135635.msg1401692.html#msg1401692 (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,135635.msg1401692.html#msg1401692)

Start here.

Oh I get it now. When that crap started I just left the thread.  You know, I was going to mention that any girl who wants to leave because of some guys hobbies is a girl ya just shouldn't be with in the first place. But now I realize his hobbies are the least of her worries. I don't know both sides of it, but the guy seems to be a strait up tool.

Good for her.   

Now here's hoping he can meet one of my Ex's and they can take each other off the market and save the rest of humanity from dealing with their ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---.   ;D
Title: Re: BYOAC made the news (sort of)
Post by: Le Chuck on June 05, 2014, 10:09:37 pm
Dibs on his carpet when it all hits eBay!
Title: Re: BYOAC made the news (sort of)
Post by: lordnacho on June 06, 2014, 12:09:39 am
Dibs on his street fighter action figure collection. 
Title: Re: BYOAC made the news (sort of)
Post by: ark_ader on June 06, 2014, 05:27:51 am
The dude spent 36K on all that crap?  :laugh2:
Title: Re: BYOAC made the news (sort of)
Post by: Malenko on June 06, 2014, 07:33:56 am
The dude spent 36K on all that crap?  :laugh2:

depends on which article you read. One says 24, another 36, and yet another said 38.
Title: Re: BYOAC made the news (sort of)
Post by: CraftyMech on June 06, 2014, 11:31:04 am
His story sure is getting milked for all it's worth. At first I had sympathy for his situation, but with all the media whoring I wonder where the line is between fact & fiction.
Title: Re: BYOAC made the news (sort of)
Post by: nitrogen_widget on June 06, 2014, 02:17:20 pm
The dude spent 36K on all that crap?  :laugh2:

depends on which article you read. One says 24, another 36, and yet another said 38.

Is there really a difference?
Dude is in Manhatten in an obviously not shoebox sized apartment.
He's ballin.  :D

I'm not jelly of his TMNT sheets on the futon he's sleeping on but am Jelly he has that much mad money to spend on a hobby.
Title: Re: BYOAC made the news (sort of)
Post by: TOK on June 06, 2014, 09:05:08 pm
The dude spent 36K on all that crap?  :laugh2:

depends on which article you read. One says 24, another 36, and yet another said 38.

Is he finally starting to feel like a smacked ass for spending 10 times what all that crap is worth? I can't wait till this dudes remaining 3 minutes of fame are burned up. You can look at the Project Announcements page here and find 10 cooler things than anything he's done in the span of a few minutes.

(edited because my initial reply was kinda harsh)