2015 SRK Tech Talk Awards

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Updated Votes, Highlighted BOLD.

2015 New Arcade Stick(Non-Custom) of the Year - I’ll vote here if I need to.

2015 Arcade Stick Revision of the Year - 2015 Hori VLX PS4/PS3. These are just cool looking sticks. Glad they came back for this generation.

2015 Arcade Stick Mod of the Year - I’ll have to dig around and look.

2015 Tech Talk Company of the Year - I want to go out of comfort zone here and vote for Arcade Shock because of the pull they have with Hori convincing them to release a new VLX and the tremendous amounts of licensed items they brought out, but I am going to go with Paradise Arcade Shop. Why? They brought out a lot of neat things this year: OBS-MX, Kaimana Mini and by extension of believing in the value add and stocking it in their store Kaimana Khameleon, the Pink (or Rose depending on what site you look at) iL joysticks, etc. When it comes to parts they go all in and create markets other shops seem to follow.

2015 Custom Arcade Stick of the Year - I’ll have to dig around and look.

2015 Custom Arcade Stick Maker of the Year - I’ll have to dig around and look.

2015 Arcade Stick Modder of the Year - @Gummo, but only by a slim margin over @Vicko. Both awesome guys and modders. I had the opportunity to share a spot with them at SCR2015 and both are great at what they do. The GIMP design Gummo did nudged it in his favor. It is a product he and many modders use, not for public consumption/sale, and he’s OK with it. He’s very humble about the work he does and shares a lot of information with the community, building a master race of modders, that with some time can do what he does cutting into his livelihood.

2015 Tech Talk Member of the Year - @Vicko. Just because he’s the best grammar hound around and a great modder to boot :slight_smile:

2015 Tech Talk Accessory of the Year (PCBs, Parts, Bags, etc.) - The OBS-MXs by Paradise really pushed the envelope with what a shop can do if they are willing to invest in themselves and the community and assume some risk; that is noteworthy on its own. The GamerFingers are cool in the fact they use mechanical switches, but that design choice was so bad. The fact I can upgrade a Sanwa with mechanicals and use my existing stuff is great for a couple of bucks is great. I used them in game finally and once I got them installed was thrilled with them, I hit combos I haven’t been able to in the past (though this may be because I am terrible at actual play and much better at the technical side). They are awesome, so much so that I felt it necessary to switch my vote.

2015 Tech Talk Rookie of the Year - @JRDIBBS because he is eligible and has stepped in as a regular when other ROTYs got busy with school :slight_smile:

**2015 Artist of the Year - Hibachifinal. I’ve printed a couple pieces of artwork for @PinoyPryde that @hibachifinal did have been impressed with the designs every time. I even commissioned him this year for some work and it came out brilliant.

2015 Fighting game controller of the year: Hori FC4 for its PadHack ability. It provided some goodness in the dark times of custom sticks.**

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Added.

Also wanted to announce that someone is donating some prizes, which will likely go to the member of the year. That said, if anyone wants to donate some more, then please do so.

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Doesn’t look like the OBS-MX went up to 7 w/ Jasen’s change.

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2015 New Arcade Stick(Non-Custom) of the Year - Panzer 2
2015 Arcade Stick Revision of the Year - VLX Kuro
2015 Arcade Stick Mod of the Year - B15 Soundwave Sound/Light Mod
2015 Tech Talk Company of the Year - Brook
2015 Custom Arcade Stick of the Year - B15 Soundwave Stick
2015 Custom Arcade Stick Maker of the Year - Foehammer
2015 Arcade Stick Modder of the Year - Gummo
2015 Tech Talk Member of the Year - myself, no shame. I set out this year to help out as much as I could and I am glad my efforts were recognized.
2015 Tech Talk Accessory of the Year (PCBs, Parts, Bags, etc.) - OBS MX
2015 Tech Talk Rookie of the Year - JRDIBBS

New categories for 2015:
2015 Artwork of the Year - hibachifinal
2015 Artist - hibachifinal
2015 Fighting game controller of the year - FC4 Pro i guess lol

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2015 New Arcade Stick(Non-Custom) of the Year
Jasen’s Customs Panzer FS

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

2015 Custom Arcade Stick of the Year
b15sdm Soundwave

2015 Custom Arcade Stick Maker of the Year
souji5

2015 Arcade Stick Modder of the Year
Gummo

2015 Tech Talk Member of the Year
Vicko

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

2015 Fighting Game Controller/Pad of the Year
HORI Fighting Commander 4 PRO

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2015 Arcade Stick Revision of the Year
Chun Li TE2

2015 Arcade Stick Mod of the Year
Guitar Stick

2015 Tech Talk Company of the Year
Paradise. Bryan is a down to earth and friendly person.

2015 Custom Arcade Stick of the Year
My “All the systems” GiantSword stick

2015 Custom Arcade Stick Maker of the Year
GiantSword

2015 Arcade Stick Modder of the Year
Vicko, cus he’s a cool dude and makes great modding company at tournaments.

2015 Tech Talk Member of the Year
Vicko. He might not always know the correct answer, but he sure does try to answer a lot of questions.

2015 Tech Talk Accessory of the Year (PCBs, Parts, Bags, etc.)
Gimp SMD. Not many other modders got their hands on it since I didn’t really release it, but I did sell them to ones that asked. Made wiring up multiple pcbs together without needing multiple switches.

2015 Tech Talk Rookie of the Year
Vicko, cus he’s still a newb in my eyes <3

2015 Artwork of the Year
The one D3v makes for the Guitar Stick!

2015 Fighting game controller of the year
Hori Fighting Commander 4. Decent pad for fighters plus great for padhacking.

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2015 New Arcade Stick(Non-Custom) of the Year
Panzer 2

2015 Arcade Stick Revision of the Year
Chun TE2

2015 Arcade Stick Mod of the Year
Gummo Guitar Stick

2015 Tech Talk Company of the Year
Brook

2015 Custom Arcade Stick of the Year
B15 Soundwave Stick

2015 Custom Arcade Stick Maker of the Year
Foehammer

2015 Arcade Stick Modder of the Year
Gummo

2015 Tech Talk Member of the Year
Vicko

2015 Tech Talk Accessory of the Year (PCBs, Parts, Bags, etc.)
Brook Fightboard

2015 Tech Talk Rookie of the Year
JRDIBBS

2015 Artist of the Year
hibachifinal (which is the big thing for me, since hibachi’s the only other guy here who embodies my whole, “make it look OEM” philosophy)

2015 Fighting Game Controller (non-stick) of the Year
FC4 Pro i guess lol

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And I believe we’re done. If anyone wants to double check the votes, they can do so. Other than that, we’re ready to announce by next week.

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2015 Seal of Quality.

http://i.imgur.com/TC5mQln.png

http://i.imgur.com/TbzcGTz.png

Also, winners now highlighted on the second post.

If anyone wants to express their thanks, they can do so here as well.

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Thanks all for the votes and the nominations. As I said in my post earlier, I had one goal in mind this year and that was to help as much as I could. It really caught me by surprise with the one vote I got last year that I was making a difference, at least in one SRKer’s mind, so I wanted to do more and help more people and I did. Thanks to shoegazer for the prize, and thanks again everyone for the votes!

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@vicko you big softy… nice work!

To everyone who voted thank you. Susan and I work hard to try and provide innovation with service. To us this is more than a store or a hobby and it’s nice to see people recognize that. The OBS-MX was a project of mine that i wanted to see happen, and now we are looking forward to seeing what more we can do with it. There are some HUGE announcements in the upcoming weeks, stay tuned!

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FREEDOOM!!! Now no one have to go ham on me and say “you can’t do/say that you are the Tech Talk Member of the Year”. :triumph:

@Vicko Enjoy, you earned this. :tup: =)

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Huge thank you for everyone that voted for transformers “SoundWave” stick built by @b15sdm . Special shout out to Bryan from paradise arcade for all the LED work . Very proud to own this bad boy .

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The Panzer Fight Stick line is one of my favorite creations. Its simple, unique, and strong. The OG started it all and the 2.0 carrying the torch this year for a back to back win is humbling and awesome. Thank you #FGC and #SRKTT for all of your input, good and bad, to make the 2.0 a leap ahead of the PFS-OG. Without you this awesome achievement wouldn’t have been possible.

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So… Panzer 3.0 in 2016? :slight_smile:

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Thanks for voting for me for SRKTT artist of the year. Im quite dissapointed that nobody else was nominated. While it feels nice to be appreciated, i feel like there are a lot of people out there, not just in srktt, who could equally claim this title.

one of my main motivations on why i continue to be into “fightstick art” is to not be the best, but to increase the standard of quality when it comes to this “new” genre of graphic design.

I want normal people to appreciate that fightstick art isn’t just slapping together a collage of character art and tweaking them with photoshop filters. I want those who dabble in design to be more critical on their execution towards fightstick art. Taking into consideration the visual elements which complement the fightstick as whole, from simple spacing, color, and lines, towell thought typographical elements, overall design concepts and ideas.

Fightstick pcb’s, parts, modding and construction as a whole as evolved over the last 6 years. it’s time for fightstick art to level up and be treated with a similar creative explosion that stuff like skateboard decks have experienced.

While stuff that b15 does is indeed pushing the cieling when it comes to creativity in arcade stick construction, there are thousands more people out there who only have a flat surface and a cut of plexi express themselves with. We’ve yet to see the true potential of modding artwork into commercial sticks, I hope in 2016 there will be a new breed of “2DGODS” who can show how a simple metal panel surface with button holes on it can become exquisite works of art and design.

-hibachifinal

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Thanks to everyone who voted/nominated me, like I said in my previous post in this thread it truly is an honor. I’ve enjoyed my time here thus far and now know this is the place to be if you are passionate about the hobby. Everyone here has been really cool and inviting, which is something u don’t really find on forums these days. Also wanna give a personal shoutout to @NENDO for shooting me the invite and getting me onboard, I really appreciate it man. So here’s to an awesome 2016!

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Because none of you mooks nominated me.

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+1 for mooks