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Psychological effects of cabinet cannibalism?
RyoriNoTetsujin:
Sorry, wall of text incoming...
Ok, this is going to sound peculiar perhaps to the veterans of this board (and the thread title is half-joking, for the record) ... but this scenario has literally been keeping me awake this morning. Hear me out...
I have been itching for a new build project. In particular I have some design ideas for a cocktail cab project.
I already have a scratch built/custom cab, "Quarter Heaven," which I have been very happy with for a couple of years now. (Here are pictures from back when it was first completed: http://quarterheaven.livejournal.com/) It was a great learning experience, and actually helped to get me through a tough time in my life. These days, however, it gets very little play time...
We host a dinner/gaming (PS3, Wii, the cab, sometimes poker) party usually about once a month, and even with a steady flow of new guests the interest is only nominal. "Wow, you designed and built that? That's cool! And I can play Joust? ... oh, it's my turn at the drum kit for Rock Band..." and then she sits and Circo's videos play, at random, into the night... and THAT doesn't even attract players...
(Don't misunderstand me; I personally fire it up at least 3 or 4 times a month and play alone, but I didn't build it just for myself - I thought it would get more play and use.)
At any rate, now I have this cocktail idea bounding around in my head, and it's a good one. It will tie together a couple of things (I plan on it being an always-on file/media server as well, and thanks to the "Cthulu board," the modular controls I have in mind will come in handy elsewhere...) By now you can see where this is going.
Since money, space, and materials are all interconnected and at a relative premium in my case (my apartment is nice and all, but it's not really big enough for two cabs) ... should I sacrifice Quarter Heaven's guts to this new project? I'd love to hear from anyone on this, but in particular I'd like to hear from fellow scratch-builders: Do any of you guys feel like this might be like killing a baby?
TOK:
Thats a nice cab, you have the wrong friends. Anyone that would rather play Rock Band than Robotron is a schmuck. ;D
I can't tell you how many people have come over and gone nuts over the fact that I have arcade games. They range from people from work that stop over for the first time to the service guy working on the heater (he was a pinball dude, but definitely a kindred spirit).
I say do what works for ya, but to me a cocktail cab has nowhere near the presence of an upright. I never saw them in arcades or anything, I think the only time I ever saw them "in the wild" was in Pizza Huts lobby so I never really connected with them like the uprights.
javeryh:
--- Quote from: TOK on July 31, 2009, 08:20:30 am ---Thats a nice cab, you have the wrong friends. Anyone that would rather play Rock Band than Robotron is a schmuck. ;D
--- End quote ---
+1 ;D
I'm about to gut my first cabinet for its monitor, computer and iPac2. I'm ripping the stuff out of a cocktail and using it for an upright. I'm definitely torn by it though. I spent so much time on the cocktail and it works but I never got to 100% on it and there have been lots of innovations in the last 3 years - I do plan to finish the cocktail cabinet sometime in the future though - it will sit lifeless in my basement until that time.
I know exactly how you feel - do whatever makes you happy. Only playing that thing 3-4 times a month is a shame and if you think a cocktail cab will get more play time then go for it. :cheers:
Bender:
It's not cannibalism it's recycling ;D
but maybe that's what soccer teams that crash in the Andes say
Epyx:
Hehe very appropriate title...I have been contemplating this very thing myself. I want to replace my first upright for a number of reasons:
- I was a newb builder and have learned tons since building it
- I don't like the angles and would now make them much smoother
- I would take more time on finishing touches...I rushed too much where I shouldn't have
- I learned how to use a router
- She is way to big to ever get out of the house...in fact the cab will likely never leave the room it's in!
- etc etc
But then I look at "her" standing there and I feel guilty cause it was the first project...Its like looking at pictures of those arcade graveyards in the late 90's all over again and this time becoming the "Jason" or "Michael" that committed those crimes...
But at the end of the day I know I will pick up the axe and go to town, so to speak, and just make the next one that much better.
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