2015 SRK Tech Talk Awards

Tech Talk
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All votes are decided. Added Modder, Member, and Company.

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Vynce is one of the coolest guys on the planet.

Cool enough that JTM gave him his own holiday. And emote.

So yeah.

I’ll have to mull over the categories.

I’m honestly not sure whether to nominate Brook for their converters or their fightboard. Both deserve it. I think no one else can come close, although seeing Paradise’s breakout board for the Brook fightboard I’d have to consider that as well.

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I voted for the board/PCB combo since it’s going to be the first solderfree PS4 solution with no 8 minute timeout available at retail.

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updated my votes, these are my final picks. opted out on some categories due to lack of knowledge. can’t vote with confidence without first hand experience.

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Let me calm down first XD. Thanks @manbehindthewires and @“Jasen Hicks” !

2015 New Arcade Stick(Non-Custom) of the Year
Panzer 2 with the Systems of Systems hands down.

2015 Arcade Stick Revision of the Year
Hori Real Arcade Pro. 4 Premium VLX for PlayStation 4

2015 Arcade Stick Mod of the Year
@hibachifinal Suzo 500 in a HRAP DoDonPachi stick

2015 Tech Talk Company of the Year
Paradise Arcade shop, even with moving pains and delays @armi0024 and @SusanInParadise have held steadfast and have provided great service!

2015 Custom Arcade Stick of the Year
Mad props to @b15sdm for the Soundwave mod but I was rather pleased with @DeeQue Ergonomic Stick so I will cast my vote for him.

2015 Custom Arcade Stick Maker of the Year
The man @jonyfraze for his sick customized sitdown and bartop.

2015 Arcade Stick Modder of the Year
I will say @Gummo for his different contributions this year.

2015 Tech Talk Member of the Year
TBD. Man this one is hard right?!

2015 Tech Talk Accessory of the Year (PCBs, Parts, Bags, etc.)
Brooks PS4/PS3 PCB

2015 Tech Talk Rookie of the Year
@dponwakeup has been around and I appreciate his contributions.

2015 Artwork of the Year - for any top panel or arcade cabinet art (or art series) that you think is the best one made this year.

2015 Fighting Game Controller/Pad of the Year
Definitely the HRAP4

2015 Artist of the Year
@hibachifinal

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@JRDIBBS, didn’t Frank win Modder last year for that project?

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I was going to ask why Frank is considered modder of the year this year as well but didn’t want to come off as rude.

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I think I’m going to do this, after Vicko’s post

I’ll add more to this post later.

Tech Talk Accessory of the Year - Brook PS3/PS4 Fightboard.
Tech Talk Company of the Year - Brook. PAS is always great, always innovating for sure, but they have brought out so many options for next gen players this year that I can’t not see them miss a nomination to this category.

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2015 Tech Talk Accessory of the Year (PCBs, Parts, Bags, etc.)
Paradise Arcade OBS-MX (PCBs are a dime a dozen and console specific. Buttons are universal, not to mention these are really nice.)

2015 Custom Arcade Stick Maker of the Year
FoeHammer (FoeHammer stepped their game up)

2015 Tech Talk Member of the Year
@Moonchilde (Pro)

2015 Arcade Stick Modder of the Year
@EJM (all the sticks he mods look perfect, his padhacks are flawless)

2015 Arcade Stick Revision of the Year
Hori Real Arcade Pro. 4 Premium VLX for PlayStation 4 (No contest here)

2015 Arcade Stick Mod of the Year
@hibachifinal Suzo 500 in a HRAP DoDonPachi stick (HRAP EX-SE is already godlike… add the suzo and sexy buttons… and its 6 button…)

2015 Tech Talk Company of the Year
Paradise Arcade Shop (Big selection, fast shipping, awesome customer service, really nice store exclusives and chocolate.)

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Added.

Also added a separate “Artist of the Year” category, now where are my freakin’ nominations/votes?

@hibachifinal please mark which of you edits are new. I honestly don’t know which ones are.

Actually, just post the new ones below and just never edit old posts since it’s harder to keep track of them.

@jimmy_shoegazer and anyone else who has undecided votes. Post your updates below this post.

Yeah, the project was mostly for last year, though some of it was only finished this year. Since he did win it for that, that specific mod is no longer eligible. However, nominating him for modder of the year is still fine.

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Also, with the increasing number of categories, is anyone willing to help double check the vote count?

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Spoiler

2015 New Arcade Stick(Non-Custom) of the Year
Jasen’s Customs, PFS 2.0

2015 Arcade Stick Revision of the Year
Hori Real Arcade Pro. 4 Premium VLX for PlayStation 4

2015 Arcade Stick Mod of the Year
@hibachifinal Suzo 500 in a HRAP DoDonPachi stick

2015 Tech Talk Company of the Year
Jasen’s Customs

2015 Custom Arcade Stick of the Year

2015 Custom Arcade Stick Maker of the Year
@JaceBuilder

2015 Arcade Stick Modder of the Year
@EJM

2015 Tech Talk Member of the Year

2015 Tech Talk Accessory of the Year (PCBs, Parts, Bags, etc.)
Paradise Arcade OBS-MX

2015 Tech Talk Rookie of the Year
@dponwakeup

2015 Art of the Year
@EJM Engraved FH hitbox

2015 Artist of the Year
@hibachifinal

2015 Pad of the Year
Hori FC4

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Sure, happy to keep check on it. I won’t be eligible for any of the awards (not created ANYTHING this year), so should be impartial.

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2015 New Arcade Stick(Non-Custom) of the Year - @“Jasen Hicks” - the Panzer 2 and system of systems = gdlk
2015 Arcade Stick Revision of the Year - Hori PS4 VLX Kuro
2015 Arcade Stick Mod of the Year - @hibachifinal 's DoDonPachi Stick like WHOA
2015 Tech Talk Company of the Year - Brook due to their amazing community support from @“GOGO.Zippy” and speedy responses and firmware updates!
2015 Custom Arcade Stick of the Year - @b15sdm Beats stick for @jimmy_shoegazer
2015 Custom Arcade Stick Maker of the Year - @souji5 cuz hes a true artisan and truly loves his craft.
2015 Arcade Stick Modder of the Year - @FrankCastleAZ for the amazing work on the TE restoration and Qanba database
2015 Tech Talk Member of the Year - @Darksakul for the tough love that keeps everyone motivated, if hes really counting himself out then @Vicko for the same thing.
2015 Tech Talk Accessory of the Year (PCBs, Parts, Bags, etc.) - Brook FB
2015 Tech Talk Rookie of the Year - the homie @dponwakeup just beats out @JRDIBBS only because JR is actually an OG =)
2015 Artwork of the Year - @hibachifinal - everything he does is DOPE
2015 Fighting game controller of the year - Hori FC4 Pro for the hack-ability, its trigger swap functionality, and actually being a solid pad to play on.

…And holy crap guys thanks for the nomination for custom stick maker! Appreciate the love =)…

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My votes are all TBD at this time

2015 New Arcade Stick(Non-Custom) of the Year
2015 Arcade Stick Revision of the Year
2015 Arcade Stick Mod of the Year
2015 Tech Talk Company of the Year
2015 Custom Arcade Stick of the Year
2015 Custom Arcade Stick Maker of the Year
2015 Arcade Stick Modder of the Year
2015 Tech Talk Member of the Year
2015 Tech Talk Accessory of the Year (PCBs, Parts, Bags, etc.)
2015 Tech Talk Rookie of the Year

Thanks for the nominations guys but I agree with @NENDO and @Vicko that if you guys vote for me on something, it shouldn’t be because of the [TE Revitalization project](TUTORIAL/PROGRESS - Revitalization of 11 TE and 2 SE Madcatz sticks -IMAGE HEAVY- COMPLETE as that’s a big reason why I won modder of the year last year.
If you guys DO want to vote for me on something, it should be due to my informational threads all started this year, and my continued promotion of “How to Mod” info and panels at events and conventions. I have no idea what type of category that would put me in, whether it be modder of the year or member of the year or something else. I’m just trying to do what I can to promote the enjoyment of learning and working on sticks and share information and create databases of information for people to utilize. :slight_smile:

-----Definitive PS4/PS3 Retail Arcade Sticks List with Info/Facts/Photos/Advantages/Disadvantages/Etc
-----Hori Real Arcade Pro Thread for all versions (IN PROGRESS, COULD USE YOUR HELP AND INPUT) v2
-----Definitive Eightarc/Qanba Arcade Sticks List with Info/Facts/Photos/Advantages/Disadvantages

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Regular

or Pro

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/412ypY7GgpL.SX425.jpg

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@d3v this one Pro. Will edit my post.

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Also, I feel I need to repeat what I said last year:

B15 is awesome, but he will always win, and people like @souji5 or Foehammer should have the opportunity instead.

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TE2+ stick of the year

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@dev Whatever won’t split the vote. They’re the same to me, I don’t make use of any of the pro’s specific features.