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Title: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: UCA on March 01, 2016, 02:07:57 am
The polls are closed and the votes have been electronically tallied.  It's official and the results are in! The 2015 Build Your Own Arcade Controls User Choice Awards are complete.  The UCA board would like to take a moment to thank everyone who voted, nominated, or just stopped by to take a look at this year's batch of awesome projects.

Congratulations to all the winners!

2015 Bartop of the Year
-2015 BYOAC UCA Voting Thread: Bartop of the Year (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,149398.0.html)

edekoning's NES Bartop
Project Thread (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,133712.0.html)
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=344878;image)


2015 Upright of the Year
-2015 BYOAC UCA Voting Thread: Upright of the Year (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,149399.0.html)

danny_galaga's Meet George Jetson! Upright
Project Thread (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,144934.0.html)
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=144934.0;attach=332025;image)


2015 Dedicated Upright of the Year
-2015 BYOAC UCA Voting Thread: Dedicated Upright of the Year (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,149400.0.html)

ChanceKJ's Donkey Kong: Ultimate Dedicated Upright
Project Thread (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,142574.0.html)
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=344887;image)


2015 General Project of the Year
-2015 BYOAC UCA Voting Thread: General Project of the Year (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,149401.0.html)

vwalbridge's Micro Coleco Donkey Kong Mini
Project Thread (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,145663.0.html)
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=344884;image)


2015 Restoration of the Year
-2015 BYOAC UCA Voting Thread: Restoration of the Year (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,149402.0.html)

Malenko's TMNT Restoration
Project Thread (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,143795.0.html)
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=344882;image)


2015 Product of the Year
-2015 BYOAC UCA Voting Thread: Product of the Year (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,149403.0.html)

Arcadenut's Any Coin V2
Product Thread (http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,144539.0.html)
(http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=136713.0;attach=344886;image)
Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: johnrt on March 01, 2016, 03:34:47 am
Congratulations to all winners!  :applaud: :applaud: :applaud: Some great projects last year!
Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: edekoning on March 01, 2016, 06:43:09 am
Awesome! Thanks for all the support guys, and congrats to the other winners.  :applaud:
Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: harveybirdman on March 01, 2016, 06:52:53 am
Wow some surprises here.  Congrats again to all the nominees.

Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: n3wt0n on March 01, 2016, 07:13:34 am
Congrats to all the winners! Some tough competition in the categories this year. All nominees should be proud.
Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: yotsuya on March 01, 2016, 07:51:32 am
I'm glad the AnyCoinMechs got the recognition they deserved. Well done!

And thanks to the nine people who voted for my Janky Kong restoration. I'm very chuffed!
Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: Token on March 01, 2016, 08:54:15 am
I didn't vote for all of these, but looking at that line-up its clear they all deserve this recognition. We had some great builds in 2015.

Congratulations to all!
Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: pbj on March 01, 2016, 09:21:27 am
Great work, guys, those are some great looking projects.

Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: vwalbridge on March 01, 2016, 10:15:25 am
Congratulations to all the other winners and nominees!  :applaud: There were some really outstanding builds this year and it is humbling to be included.

Can't wait to see what everyone builds in 2016!
Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: reptileink on March 01, 2016, 12:43:02 pm
Hmm, interesting choices, but yea, it was a tough competition this year. All quality builds for sure!
Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: opt2not on March 01, 2016, 01:21:41 pm
Weak year for BYOAC...
Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: DeLuSioNal29 on March 01, 2016, 01:39:29 pm
Weak year for BYOAC...
I don't think so, some categories to tough to vote on!

Congrats to all the winners and for those nominated.  Outstanding job!

D
Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: opt2not on March 01, 2016, 01:53:04 pm
I don't think so, some categories to tough to vote on!

You're...delusional... :D
Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: Vidiot on March 01, 2016, 02:07:29 pm
Congrats to all the winners. :applaud: I am absolutely honored to have been nominated. I thank you guys for your support. Can't wait to see all the awesome builds 2016 has in store for us.

 :cheers:
Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: Malenko on March 01, 2016, 02:11:46 pm
Its great that I won the UCA for the restore work, I had a great time putting that cab back together. It'll always mean a lot to me. That being said, Raiden deserves a UCA more than I do.
Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: Token on March 01, 2016, 02:37:07 pm
Malenko, I'm confused. Your TMNT resto wasn't in the same category as Raiden.


Oh... I see...


"Yo, Chance, I'm really happy for you, I'ma let you finish, but Raiden was one of the best cabinets of all time! One of the best cabinets of all time!"

(http://i.perezhilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/kanye-west.gif)


Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: Malenko on March 01, 2016, 02:48:09 pm
Malenko, I'm confused. Your TMNT resto wasn't in the same category as Raiden.


Oh... I see...


"Yo, Chance, I'm really happy for you, I'ma let you finish, but Raiden was one of the best cabinets of all time! One of the best cabinets of all time!"

(http://i.perezhilton.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/kanye-west.gif)

Incorrect. And eat a butt for implying that Chance is in the same ballpark as my Tay Tay!
Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: yotsuya on March 01, 2016, 02:48:35 pm
(http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20160301/abeef44de49527f977b57ed5d520c9cf.jpg)
Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: johnrt on March 01, 2016, 02:50:11 pm
Please guys! Go get laid or something.
Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: yotsuya on March 01, 2016, 02:51:41 pm
The voters have spoken. Congrats to all the winners. Let's move on.
Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: Token on March 01, 2016, 02:54:45 pm
implying that Chance is in the same ballpark as my Tay Tay!

They both produce quality works and the "true artists" don't understand their near-universal adulation. What's the difference?  ;D

But yeah, Taylor is a bit nicer to look at.
Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: yotsuya on March 01, 2016, 03:06:50 pm
implying that Chance is in the same ballpark as my Tay Tay!

They both produce quality works and the "true artists" don't understand their near-universal adulation. What's the difference?  ;D

But yeah, Taylor is a bit nicer to look at.
MOVE ON!
Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: jdbailey1206 on March 01, 2016, 03:10:42 pm
implying that Chance is in the same ballpark as my Tay Tay!

They both produce quality works and the "true artists" don't understand their near-universal adulation. What's the difference?  ;D

But yeah, Taylor is a bit nicer to look at.
MOVE ON!

(http://rs1152.pbsrc.com/albums/p486/FuzzySapiens/Gifs/003d4ea7df88.gif~c200)
Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: Malenko on March 01, 2016, 03:19:42 pm
save the drama for your momma.




I dunno how me being nice to about Raiden turned into all this. *shrugs* The is UCA session is over, Im gonna try to look forward to next year.  :cheers:
Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: Token on March 01, 2016, 03:31:30 pm
In the interest of keeping the focus of this thread on the UCA winners, this discussion has moved to PM.



Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: yotsuya on March 01, 2016, 03:34:20 pm
PM? Just let it go. This stuff happens every year. There's people mad Lady Gaga's song didn't win an Oscar. Whatever. We're not curing cancer here.
Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: Token on March 01, 2016, 03:43:50 pm
PM? Just let it go. This stuff happens every year. There's people mad Lady Gaga's song didn't win an Oscar. Whatever. We're not curing cancer here.

Malenko PM'd me. I replied. No worries.
Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: harveybirdman on March 01, 2016, 03:51:03 pm
This is why there is an after action thread and we lambaste the moderation of the event and then refuse to do it ourselves the next year.  :soapbox:  UCA you might want to go ahead and start that thread, pretty sure there will be some pretty healthy mud slinging and I am eager to both defend and attack you.  I suggest even taking some of this thread and splitting it off into that discussion, no reason to take away from the winners.  Otherwise the awards themselves may lose more of their luster.


The reality is we don't have to like each other to ensure quality builds are recognized here.


I actually think these builds are pretty well done.


Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: Peabo on March 01, 2016, 04:44:28 pm
Congrats to all the winners!  Great work!
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Post by: ChanceKJ on March 02, 2016, 01:24:30 am
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Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: danny_galaga on March 02, 2016, 04:43:07 am

I completely forgot all about this and the voting, and then find out I was nominated. Thanks guys (",)
Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: Le Chuck on March 02, 2016, 04:03:04 pm

I completely forgot all about this and the voting, and then find out I was nominated. Thanks guys (",)

Nominated?  You won son. 
Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: solar on March 02, 2016, 06:30:07 pm
Congrats to the winners...

I was surprised / just as pleased to see mine had sneaked into the original running.
Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: JudgeRob on March 02, 2016, 11:02:06 pm
Those are some sweet cabs.  Congrats to the winners and thanks for the information and inspiration!  :applaud:
Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: danny_galaga on March 03, 2016, 02:55:38 am

I completely forgot all about this and the voting, and then find out I was nominated. Thanks guys (",)

Nominated?  You won son.

 8)
Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: Locke141 on March 07, 2016, 12:43:11 pm
I'm a little late to this but just wanted to say congrats to the winners, particularly to edekoning. That was one heck of a build.

Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: Well Fed Games on March 07, 2016, 05:10:35 pm
Raiden deserves a UCA more than I do.

Thanks for the kind words! It was nice to see that cab finally complete. Your TMNT is great! One of the few actual "cabinets" I have nostalgia for (not many arcades around where I grew up, but a Showbiz Pizza birthday party cemented TMNT in my brain forever).

Congrats to all the winners! Lots of excellent projects... hopefully I will have my pinball re-theme done in time for the 2016 competition. (1979 Williams Flash is becoming a 1979 Williams.... Mega Man!)
Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: Arcadenut on March 24, 2016, 06:06:56 pm
Thank you to all those who voted for the Any Coin Mech!  It's very humbling!
Title: Re: 2015 BYOAC Users Choice Award Winners!
Post by: yotsuya on March 24, 2016, 07:33:37 pm
Thank you to all those who voted for the Any Coin Mech!  It's very humbling!
It's totally worth it!