BYOAC 2004 Custom Token Design Thread.

[Santoro]

Oops, I didn't mean to create a new one, but I do like it better.  I'm nominating it to the list.

[maraxle]

GAME FREE OR DIE
ALL YOUR GAME ARE BELONG TO US
LET'S GAME
GAME ON!
JUST ONE MORE GAME
1 COIN 1 CREDIT 1 CAN O' WHUP --I'm attempting to get by the auto-censor and should be beaten after I re-read the rules--
1 COIN TO RULE THEM ALL

[patrickl]

1 COIN TO RULE THEM ALL

That's the first one that made me smile

:edit: Still needed to put up my vote:

ONE COIN TO PLAY THEM ALL
THE GAME IS NEVER OVER
PLAY ONE CLASSIC

[SirPeale]

I like "Good For One Credit" because, well...it is.

[MinerAl]

Good for one free load  

[AmericanDemon]

Lets poll it with the choices and give it through monday.  

[Chris]

Well, we need to winnow down the list.  I think we have more than enough choices, so unless Santoro disagrees (it's his show) please vote for three of the ones on the list (including his addition, since it's his show).

[Chris]

Lets poll it with the choices and give it through monday.  

Polls only accept eight items, which is why I suggested doing it this way. By Sunday night we should have few enough to have a poll.

Santoro, this is your show.  Do you like this process enough to make it the official last say on the matter?

--Chris

[Santoro]

I think this process will make clear which slogans are not popular, then we can do a poll on what's left.  Let's give it a shot.

I am really, really, hesitant to open a sixth active thread on the topic of these tokens.

I will lock the polling about whether to wait until Monday (because we will).  Maybe one of the mods could lock the topic it so it scrolls away.  



 

[Stingray]

THE GAME IS NEVER OVER
GAME NOT OVER
1 COIN TO RULE THEM ALL

That last one gave me a grin too. When was that nominated, this is the first reference I've seen to it.

Also as long as I'm here I'll say that I like stippling on both sides and nickle better than brass.

Whatever is decided I'll be buying at least 200 of these. 400 if I really like them.

On a related note, has anyone come up with a cheap source for mechs in this size?

-S

[AmericanDemon]

1 Coin to Rule them all <- Love that.

Top 3 of those listed:

Better Living through Gaming
Good for Extended Play
My Edit:  The Game Never Ends

[Aceldamor]

Better living through gaming sounds like some kind of ad for a medication....not a big fan.

My top options:

Game Not Over
Just One More Game...


What about something like:

"Aedilis Agito"  Latin for "the games live on"

[Santoro]

"Aedilis Agito"  Latin for "the games live on"

Clever - I like it.  You wouldnt pull a fast on on us non latin speakers would ya?  I hope this doesn't really mean "bearer is son of a serving wench" or something.  

[Aceldamor]

No...the literal translation is "Games Live" since there are no latin words for "The" and "On".  Either way I thought would be something different.

[patrickl]

How about "VENI VIDI VICI" for a latin gladiator line  

BTW does "Aedilis Agito" really mean "Games Live"? I don;t have my latin vocabulaire handy, but Agito seems like "agitate" to me.

:edit: OK looked it up and "Aedilis" means "building". "Aedilis Agito" means whorehouse or something?
:edit2: or "Aedilis" means "commissioner"

[Chris]

I have it as "The magistrate of games thanks".

[BASSOFeeSH]

GOOD FOR 1 CREDIT
GOOD FOR EXTENDED PLAY
THE GAME IS NOT OVER
1 COIN TO RULE THEM ALL

[Santoro]

What's the Latin for Huge, Heavy, Expensive Game?
 

[Chris]

1 COIN TO RULE THEM ALL

Please tell me you're all joking with this.  I'd hate to see this get on the token just because people think it's funny.

[Pixelhugger]

Ludo Ergo Sum

"I game therefore I am."

or maybe more literally I play therefore I am?

Pretty sure that's the right conjugation and use of LUDERE. BTW isn't game LUDO or something similar? Can't remember much Latin from High School... but then, I spent most of the time screwing around. On our HS Latin trip to southern CA we made a shirt that read "We Came. We Saw. We Left..." since we only went to hook up with co-eds and go to the beach. Little wonder I can't put two words of it together now.  

[Chris]

Ludo Ergo Sum

"I game therefore I am."

or maybe more literally I play therefore I am?

Just as with the original BYOAC issue, this would put us in the position of having to explain it to everyone who saw them.

[Santoro]

1 COIN TO RULE THEM ALL

Please tell me you're all joking with this.  I'd hate to see this get on the token just because people think it's funny.

I plain out don't get it.

[Pixelhugger]

Just as with the original BYOAC issue, this would put us in the position of having to explain it to everyone who saw them.

Yeah, I wouldn't actually vote for that one myself.   Never been a fan of Y Pluribus Unum either...for the same reason.  

[Calawala]

I think we should stay away from latin for the same reason we wanted BYOAC spelled out: not everyone knows what it means.

In no particular order of prefference...
GAME NOT OVER  -  simple, short, doesnt get to fancy, everyone know's what GAME OVER is from
GOOD FOR ONE CREDIT  - as someone said, it states the functional truth.

Didnt really have a third choice.  "The Game Never Ends" I guess. (edit: should read: "The Game is Never Over")(edit2: my third choice is posted below)

One Coin To Rule Them All is cool, but do we want a Lord of The Rings reference on this coin?

[patrickl]

1 COIN TO RULE THEM ALL

Please tell me you're all joking with this.  I'd hate to see this get on the token just because people think it's funny.

I plain out don't get it.

Ehm ... you build one machine to play them all?

[Santoro]

Just a status update.  The font size seems to be OK, but the stippled background might raise the die cost by $40 per side.  The salesguy is running it by the engravers.  I hope to hear soon.

[Chris]

1 COIN TO RULE THEM ALL

Please tell me you're all joking with this.  I'd hate to see this get on the token just because people think it's funny.

I plain out don't get it.

Ehm ... you build one machine to play them all?

That goes back to MAME, and it was decided early on that this is not a MAME token.

What were're trying to accomplish here is to narrow the choices down, not add a bunch...

[Aceldamor]

shoulda been specific. I asked someone and he told me the rough  translation of  "Gamers Live" I'll ask about Games Live and be a little more specific this time  

*EDIT*

Okay...I won't since it's already been shot down.  

[patrickl]

1 COIN TO RULE THEM ALL

Please tell me you're all joking with this.  I'd hate to see this get on the token just because people think it's funny.

I plain out don't get it.

Ehm ... you build one machine to play them all?

That goes back to MAME, and it was decided early on that this is not a MAME token.

What were're trying to accomplish here is to narrow the choices down, not add a bunch...

It goes back to building a cab or at least the controls (=BYOAC). What emulator is used is besides the point. But maybe it should read "1 COIN TO PLAY THEM ALL".

BTW wasn't Good for extended play a derivative of mame's "Game Not Over"?  Good that that line gets axed too then  

[KevSteele]

It goes back to building a cab or at least the controls (=BYOAC). What emulator is used is besides the point. But maybe it should read "1 COIN TO PLAY THEM ALL".

I thought the same thing: 1 COIN TO PLAY THEM ALL sounds more appropriate.

That said, any LOTR reference is going to look awfully dated in a few years...

Kevin

[Calawala]

ONE COIN TO PLAY THEM ALL is much better I think.  Didn't like the word RULE because I didn't think it applied and it made the phrase to much like a rip-off of the Lord of the Rings.

I actually kinda like that...  That's my third choice.  If it fits.

[patrickl]

It goes back to building a cab or at least the controls (=BYOAC). What emulator is used is besides the point. But maybe it should read "1 COIN TO PLAY THEM ALL".

I thought the same thing: 1 COIN TO PLAY THEM ALL sounds more appropriate.

That said, any LOTR reference is going to look awfully dated in a few years...

The book is from 1954, but yes I guess it will have be some more generic line in the end.

It is funny to see how people try to find arguments against lines they don't like I will stop teasing now though ...  (or "Agito" in latin)

[maraxle]

That said, any LOTR reference is going to look awfully dated in a few years...

Um, you do realize that LOTR has been around a lot longer than the movies, right?  It was started in like 1939 and published in 1954 or so.  If it doesn't look dated after 50 years, it probably won't look dated after 60 either...

[Chris]

It goes back to building a cab or at least the controls (=BYOAC). What emulator is used is besides the point. But maybe it should read "1 COIN TO PLAY THEM ALL".

BTW wasn't Good for extended play a derivative of mame's "Game Not Over"?  Good that that line gets axed too then  

Since when is "Game not over" exclusive to MAME?  I would think anyone restoring or playing older games, no matter the form, would agree with it...  

[Santoro]

Talk about lousy timing.  

Unbelievably, I have been called away for the weekend.  I will probably only be able to check in 1 or two times before Sunday evening.  I can only imagine what creation I will come back to!

I trust that you kids can play nice while I'm gone?  The emergency numbers are on the fridge.  

Later
Dave

[KevSteele]

That said, any LOTR reference is going to look awfully dated in a few years...

Um, you do realize that LOTR has been around a lot longer than the movies, right?  It was started in like 1939 and published in 1954 or so.  If it doesn't look dated after 50 years, it probably won't look dated after 60 either...

Yes, I certainly do (read the books years ago) but LOTR is currently high up on the pop culture radar, and won't always be as "hot" as it is right now.

That said, I did change one of my votes to "ONE COIN TO PLAY THEM ALL"  

Kevin

[Chris]

That said, any LOTR reference is going to look awfully dated in a few years...

Um, you do realize that LOTR has been around a lot longer than the movies, right?  It was started in like 1939 and published in 1954 or so.  If it doesn't look dated after 50 years, it probably won't look dated after 60 either...

Yes, I certainly do (read the books years ago) but LOTR is currently high up on the pop culture radar, and won't always be as "hot" as it is right now.

That said, I did change one of my votes to "ONE COIN TO PLAY THEM ALL"  

Kevin

I guess if it wins, it wins.  I know I won't be buying tokens with a Lord of the Rings reference on it.  I'm in this for arcade tokens.

[KevSteele]

That said, I did change one of my votes to "ONE COIN TO PLAY THEM ALL"  

I guess if it wins, it wins.  I know I won't be buying tokens with a Lord of the Rings reference on it.  I'm in this for arcade tokens.

I know how you feel, but after thinking about it, "ONE COIN TO PLAY THEM ALL" has a nice ring to it - it's similar to the "ONE COIN ONE PLAY" type of line on tokens, yet has a bit of that "multi-game" vibe from MAME.

The fact that the phrase also evokes a LOTR memory is just a nice coincidence -- I definitely don't like the "Rule them all" version, as it's very LOTR-ish.

We may end up having to be very generic on this line, as I'm afraid any slogan is going to find detractors and limit the appeal, but I hate to think that "committee-think" blanded-down what is still turning out to be a great project.  

Kevin

[Santoro]

One more vote against LOTR references.  I don't get the connection.

[saint]

1 coin to play them all
Game not over
The game is never over

My top 3 choices, in order

--- saint