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Malenko:

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--- 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
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+1   ;D

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 -1 :badmood:

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schmuck

drventure:
Wow, that is a nicely done cab.

Honestly, I'd say billpa is right. Moving things to a cocktail isn't going to make people want to play the cab any more than on the upright. Heck maybe even less, because it'll be much more inconspicuous.

I guess my feeling would be this

There's really 3 elements at play here
1) Your love of playing the games
2) Your love of building the cabinets
3) Your friends' love of playing the games

You're likely not gonna change (3)

so the real question is between 1 and 2. If you love building cabs (or just building) more than playing, I'd say gut it. Use the experience to make the next build even better.

But if you lean toward (2) and the build aspect just prevented you from enjoying the games for a few months, then I'd say leave well enough alone and just enjoy your cab!

RyoriNoTetsujin:
Thanks for the input thus far, folks.  So much to consider!

I think I'm less concerned with the fact that my friends/guests don't play.  You can't really force someone to be "into it," even if they are of the appropriate generation.  I'm 30, most of my friends are within 5-10 years of that either way (mostly on the older side.) 

In fact, if it were only me playing... which, I guess, if I'm being honest, it really is... I wouldn't mind the cocktail at all (obviously, or I wouldn't be thinking about building one.) 


--- 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

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LOL.  ;D That said, as an aside, I do love RockBand and modern gaming - and I love the live/in-person social aspect games like RB have helped to create.  LOVE Robotron though I do (notice the twin-joysticks on QH?) you can't really do that with Robotron...

The thing is, I'm effing proud of Quarter Heaven.  Granted it's not perfect, there are some definite carpentry errors if you look really closely... but damnit... I designed that from nothing.  I'm no engineer or architect (I have an MFA in Acting for christsakes!) but I saw something I wanted to do and I did it, and there it stands -- and it's a behemoth!  And that's a good thing, but then there's this: 

--- Quote from: Epyx on July 31, 2009, 12:00:08 pm ---... 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
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With the exception of not liking the design, I echo Epyx entirely.  I want to do more, build more... but I'm not in a position to do it without some sacrifice.  Hearing other people's opinions/experience is helpful ... keep it coming!

z:
If your friends don't play the games on your upright (which is sweet!) I doubt they'll give any more time to the cocktail  :-\.  Before you look at dismantling QH you might try to add some other emulators to see if that pulls in any more interest.  If your friends didn't spend much time in arcades they might instead be lured in with some SNES or Genesis flashbacks.

If you do go with the cocktail plan I think you will enjoy it.  They are fun cabinets to build and on slow nights they can still hold a game of Scrabble or Blokus while serving as a jukebox.

billpa:
Forgot to add...maybe you need to show your friends some more social games...group trackball games like shuffle shot, world class bowling, american horeshoes, shuuz, golden tee, etc. Or even some fun 4 player games like Sunset Riders, Simpsons, X-Men, etc.

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