Talking about fight club

[Well Fed Games]

So, I occasionally see vague references to other arcade forums but am not always sure what people are talking about. I personally visit:

1. Here, where creative genus flourishes
2. KLOV, great resource for parts, preservationists, first world problems, etc.

I've checked out coinopspace but not sure what the distinctive flavor is there.

What else is out there? Are they invite only or something? Am I missing out on anything important? Any other forums I should be spending time on for arcadey goodness? What really happened in Roswell?

[emphatic]

arcadeotaku.com if you like Japanese cabinets. Oh, and Fight Club, what is that? Sir?

[Vigo]

There is a lot of crossover from the Shoryuken forum. That is a forum for fighter games and builders of fight sticks and cabs based around fighters.

[ChadTower]

There are like a hundred arcade forums out there.  Some are regional, some are niche forums like this one, but I think a lot of them are splinter forums started by people who were sick of how one of the aforementioned forums was run.  BYOAC has a splinter, KLOV has many splinters, I'm sure pretty much all of the major forums have them.

[HaRuMaN]

There is a lot of crossover from the Shoryuken forum. That is a forum for fighter games and builders of fight sticks and cabs based around fighters.

I hate the layout of that forum.... blech.

[Well Fed Games]

There are like a hundred arcade forums out there.  Some are regional, some are niche forums like this one, but I think a lot of them are splinter forums started by people who were sick of how one of the aforementioned forums was run.  BYOAC has a splinter, KLOV has many splinters, I'm sure pretty much all of the major forums have them.

I guess the splinters are what I am curious about. I am pretty sure I wouldn't like the tone of the KLOV splinters (and they wouldn't like me, since I butt heads with at least one guy who started one over there) but what about BYOAC? Is that post purgatory that I hear about from time to time? Is it mostly off topic stuff?

arcadeotaku.com if you like Japanese cabinets.

Yeah, I need to check that one out.

I hate the layout of that forum.... blech.

Agreed. Lots of good info though.

[CheffoJeffo]

There are like a hundred arcade forums out there.  Some are regional, some are niche forums like this one, but I think a lot of them are splinter forums started by people who were sick of how one of the aforementioned forums was run.  BYOAC has a splinter, KLOV has many splinters, I'm sure pretty much all of the major forums have them.

I guess the splinters are what I am curious about. I am pretty sure I wouldn't like the tone of the KLOV splinters (and they wouldn't like me, since I butt heads with at least one guy who started one over there) but what about BYOAC? Is that post purgatory that I hear about from time to time? Is it mostly off topic stuff?

There are splinters, where somebody set up an arcade-related public forum, and then there are the private forums, which contain relatively little arcade-related content.

Or so I hear, anyway. 

[Stingray]

Is that post purgatory that I hear about from time to time?

I'm pretty sure that place doesn't really exist.

-S

[Vigo]

Is that post purgatory that I hear about from time to time?

I'm pretty sure that place doesn't really exist.

-S

I don't think I ever mentioned how much I like your avatar.

[Stingray]

Thanks. Pachinko Palace balls are actually pretty easy to find on eBay if you're looking.

-S

[Well Fed Games]

Come on, I am no Brad Pitt or Edward Norton but I could be your Meat Loaf. 

[TOK]

I went on one non-US forum and was called an ---uvula--- for having a crew cab pickup to move arcade games.



As if I needed that to be an ---uvula---!

[drventure]

BYOAC has a splinter,

Really?

Do tell....

[Stingray]

I could be your Meat Loaf. 

Not sure how to respond to this, but it is the best offer I've had all day.

-S

[Well Fed Games]

I could be your Meat Loaf. 

Not sure how to respond to this, but it is the best offer I've had all day.

-S

Fight Club reference. Self deprecating. So seriously, what is PP and why a splinter from BYOAC? The water is fine here. I'm newer, and have no historical context.

[Stingray]

The water here is lovely and much nicer than drinking PP.

-S

[Vigo]

why a splinter from BYOAC?

[missioncontrol]

Is that post purgatory that I hear about from time to time?

I'm pretty sure that place doesn't really exist.

-S

sounds like a asshat type of place

[Well Fed Games]

Alright, I will let it go I guess.  I did manage to get some old-school posters to come back around with this thread! 

[Stingray]

Alright, I will let it go I guess.

Let it go? LET IT GO??? If this imaginary website you've been talking about existed (and I'm eleventy percent sure that it doesn't) letting it go would be completely against the spirit of the place.

-S

[NIVO]

splinters hurt and arent worth the effort of acquiring. Fear change. NOBAMA

[Well Fed Games]

why a splinter from BYOAC?

Man, I wonder what horrible things Michael Bay is going to do to Splinter. 

[Bones]

Lately I have developed a real crush on that cutie from the Mamas & The Papas. Not the fat one that chocked on a ham sandwich but the cute little one with the goofy overbite. I wonder where she hangs out.....

[Vigo]

why a splinter from BYOAC?

Man, I wonder what horrible things Michael Bay is going to do to Splinter. 

Knowing Michael Bay, splinter will turn into a robot and explode at the force of 10 megatons. 

[Stingray]

Lately I have developed a real crush on that cutie from the Mamas & The Papas. Not the fat one that chocked on a ham sandwich but the cute little one with the goofy overbite. I wonder where she hangs out.....

Oklahoma.

-S

[Gray_Area]

Coin-Op Space is a sort of combination of here and KLOV, in a blog format. While lots of people there are collectors, there's little to no MAME-hate. The format, and intent I'm sure, is more personable - and of course 'share-able'.

A fairly old and now pretty obscure place is Petes-Emulation.com . Of course, there's MAMEWorld. There's the place that Darth Nuno frequents....  The arcade community is small enough that other than the big four either fade into obscurity/die out, or acquire a small die-hard set.

Oh, there's also Arcade Crusade. For example, Frizzlefried's arcade: http://www.asshatarcade.com/

[danny_galaga]

There's an Aussie one called aussiearcade.com.au . Obviously an arcade bent, but covers all things arcadey and console related. It is THE place to go if you are into pinball. The guys there know ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- no one else seems to, anywhere in the world. Top advice, repro plastics, even complete repro motherboards emanate from there. Most of the international members there joined to get advice on pinball.

[boykster]

Ever wonder where those threads go that aren't good enough to stay in the main forum, and aren't bad enough to go to post hell?

Yeah - that's the place. 

[NIVO]

Lately I have developed a real crush on that cutie from the Mamas & The Papas. Not the fat one that chocked on a ham sandwich but the cute little one with the goofy overbite. I wonder where she hangs out.....

with Alex the seal of course

[Stingray]

I wish I would have said Belgium. Can I have a do over?

-S

[ChadTower]

Is that post purgatory that I hear about from time to time?

I'm pretty sure that place doesn't really exist.

-S

sounds like a asshat type of place

Nope, Asshats is a different splinter of a different arcade forum, and frankly just sucks.

[CheffoJeffo]

Is that post purgatory that I hear about from time to time?

I'm pretty sure that place doesn't really exist.

-S

sounds like a asshat type of place

Nope, Asshats is a different splinter of a different arcade forum, and frankly just sucks.

Somebody missed the memo ... 

[ChadTower]

Or there is more than one which is distinctly possible. 

[Stingray]

Or there is more than one which is distinctly possible.

I can neither confirm nor deny.

-S

[Chris G]

We want........ a shrubbery!

[pointdablame]

We want........ a shrubbery!

A nice one!

[Le Chuck]

We want........ a shrubbery!

A nice one!

And not too asspensive!

[nostrebor]

We want........ a shrubbery!

A nice one!

And not too asspensive!

With guaranteed basement fittage!

[CheffoJeffo]

Don't forget the noisy!

[Le Chuck]

Don't forget the noisy!

There's a spray for that.