I guess you ran out of salt.
While his comments were strong, I think he prefaced with enough information to show you where he was coming from - that of someone who loves these types of cabs and has a strong opinion on how they are handled.
This is exactly it. Strong, but completely comes from a place of passion. And let me point out the first few lines of my post. Grain of Salt, and If you like it that's all that matters, and If you're looking for critique...yadda yadda.
If you read my original post I apologise it was uncalled for. If I had the skills, resources and funds I would do things better.
I took it with a grain of salt. This isn't my first rodeo.
But to be frank, you obviously do have the skills given how far you've come with this. You just need to hone them towards making good design choices. This hobby requires both a design sense, construction ability, and at least the basics of wiring.
Resources? Well, this forum is a great resource.
Funds, well that's something you gotta work out yourself.
And I didnt post it here to get praise, was just hoping to join a community of people that can help me learn, didn't expect the first comment I received to make me feel like I am just some hack that isn't worthy of posting here
Well I don't know. The thing that throws me off is that you posted the entire progress log in one day, without even waiting for comments that could have gave you more guidance in certain areas of the project. That leads me to believe you don't really want any input, since you already went ahead without hearing anyone's opinion. Does that not look like fishing for approval? And being a part of this "community" doesn't mean dropping in and expecting everyone to like everything you post.
But you say you're here to learn, well you just learned how a faithful restore like Psykicks could be something you could do. I didn't call you a hack, but if you feel that way, then that's a personal thing. We all have our opinions, and I gave you mine in the most delicate way that I was comfortable with. I only pointed out that it's not my cup-o-tea, and I've seen this cabinet done a different way that is pleases the essence of that cabinets design.
People are much worse in giving their opinion than I am. I'm a pussycat in comparison to some of the more, acidic members here
You and the other guy basically said the same thing, you both prefer a proper restore and would've done it different from me. Yet you managed to say it with out completely sh.ting on everything I did and making a first time poster feel like they aren't welcome here.
Well I guess my 40 mins of writing you a thoughtful, objective post, as well as hunting down photos and a video example for you to refer to counts for nothing...
Hey, I didn't write all that to make you leave this forum. I wrote it to help you see what the potential this cabinet has. It breaks my heart when I see cabinets restored or converted in a way that does a disservice to their original glory.
Also,
please don't work around the profanity filter. (it's one of the forum rules) It's there for a reason. If you want to cuss, then ---smurfing--- go for it. The profanity filter gives the option to those who don't want to see curse words.
I found the "not a good thing I can say'' and just let Frankenstein's monster die implication rather harsh.
Perhaps my Frankenstein statement was misconstrued. I meant that, instead of making it look beautiful again, restoring its former glory, you ended up with a mismatched cabinet, only just to get this thing to live again. It has much more potential than that, which is why I gave you an example of Psykicks beauty.
Like I said, I like the clean-up, but if you're going to paint the whole thing black (which is a Japanese arcade cabinet crime) then that totally negates the one thing I liked about it. And your plans for all the gun and guitar mounts...well, I'll leave my opinion about that out of this.
One area I will not concede is my second screen. I don't care what anyone says, what I did with the instruction leaflet insert area of a stock Sega Super Megalo 2 cab is bad ass. Psykicks cab is 95% better than mine but when it comes to that I got him. He put a printed out plain Marvel v Capcom move list in there, and I put a LED panel that displays move lists of whatever game you choose and changes each time you select a new game and is viewable at ANY angle. And I integrated it into panel without having to alter the stock cab in any way, but if there isn't a 'single positive' thing one can say about my build I guess that's fair. Right?
Fair enough. Given that you're going full mame and all-games-every-created in one cabinet, it makes sense to have a update-able instruction space via an additional screen. But please, at least round out the corners of that plexi covering the instruction space. This can easily be achieved by either using a router or dremel, or if you don't have those tools, a simple File and some elbow grease can be used. It'll fit cleaner into that space, as well as look more pro.
Personally, I don't normally enjoy having another brightly lit screen glaring at me when I'm concentrating on the main display. It mucks up the main focus, and adds an additional complexity to setting up the hardware. Power, heat, space, etc...
This is just my preference. But most people would probably agree with you.
As for the artwork, I in all honesty cannot give you that one. You didn't create the art, you only arranged it. This is the trouble with artwork on the net. People grab it willy-nilly, then throw it together in a way that fits their needs, then call it their own. When in fact, you are not the original artist. As an artist myself, I know the pains of being on the other end of having my work being claimed as someone else's.
But you did a good job piecing them together in that arrangement in Photoshop, or Gimp, or whatever art software you're using.
It looks like they're split into 5 different prints? I know not everyone can afford a full-length print job, but could you have cut them along the black lines, rather than having the seams in the middle of character images? (Ryu's is down the middle, Guile's at his shoulder) Having the seams down the edges of the black lines would help make it look better IMO.
Alright, I'm tired of typing.
Please don't leave the forum. Grain of salt, man...grain of salt...
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