Soldato
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I've been had... (Xcade)
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Sharing the non-descript Geo Location data of an IP address without specifying the IP address or the user involved certainly does not warrant GDPR scaremongering
Exactly;
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I stated previously that the quality i received was printed at a much lower res than what i sent, small chips in a couple of places, the cut on the side plates was a little rough on the chamfered edge (cleaned up with displex though).
Not sure why my critique would make me Ronald, or even a posterboy for his business?
I ordered two sets, one a custom set of my own design, and the other a Retropimpz design (see pic) as a spare if i ever got bored of my own.
The spare set in the cardboard box it came in, he spared no expense.
I harassed the bejesus out of the bloke, if i hadn't i am pretty sure i would still be in your position now.
I hope you have some level of success.. whatever the outcome.
I stated previously that the quality i received was printed at a much lower res than what i sent, small chips in a couple of places, the cut on the side plates was a little rough on the chamfered edge (cleaned up with displex though).
Not sure why my critique would make me Ronald, or even a posterboy for his business?
I ordered two sets, one a custom set of my own design, and the other a Retropimpz design (see pic) as a spare if i ever got bored of my own.
The spare set in the cardboard box it came in, he spared no expense.
I harassed the bejesus out of the bloke, if i hadn't i am pretty sure i would still be in your position now.
I hope you have some level of success.. whatever the outcome.
Well, I do have to say that's some really nice taste in artwork for your cabinet
What are you using as internals, to properly run NAOMI games and Ikaruga?
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Well, I do have to say that's some really nice taste in artwork for your cabinet
What are you using as internals, to properly run NAOMI games and Ikaruga?
It's pc based, probably overkill for what i need it for. Saddened that the journey of building it is at an end, because it was something i wanted to do for years and got immense enjoyment from doing it.
Still have a genuine arcade Time Crisis gun to mod so it will work on the cab, sure that will be fun and headache inducing.
Specs on the arcade:-
Intel Core i5-9600K 3.7GHz (Coffee Lake)
Asrock Fatal1ty Z370 Gaming-ITX
16GB DDR4
EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC 6144MB GDDR5
Would like to build another, but my wife is already asking where this one is going to go.. and me saying "your side of the bed" isn't going down too well.
It's pc based, probably overkill for what i need it for. Saddened that the journey of building it is at an end, because it was something i wanted to do for years and got immense enjoyment from doing it.
Still have a genuine arcade Time Crisis gun to mod so it will work on the cab, sure that will be fun and headache inducing.
Specs on the arcade:-
Intel Core i5-9600K 3.7GHz (Coffee Lake)
Asrock Fatal1ty Z370 Gaming-ITX
16GB DDR4
EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC 6144MB GDDR5
Would like to build another, but my wife is already asking where this one is going to go.. and me saying "your side of the bed" isn't going down too well.
I empathize with the wife comments
Mine ended up with a Bubble Bobble theme (quite nice, actually) so it wouldn't elicit frowns from her for having a more "aggressive" theme.I'm running mine on a Raspberry Pi for the time being, so anything more recent than a PSX is a gamble. That Time Crisis gun project sounds fantastic - will you also get a pedal for the cabinet?
Enjoy it!
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Well hes not replying to me, and mine is a completely custom design without a front fascia so i cant even do a full set of artwork elsewhere as i would have to somehow figure out a fascia panel for the monitor... paypal emailed him on my behalf also.... i dont know what to think at all :/
Thanks for showing me that picture, you know I just woke up in the middle of the night a few weeks back with the thought that I stupidly allowed myself to be lead along the primrose path for so long... one coffee & a joint later I was Mr Conspiracy Man... either way thanks for putting my mind at rest, Ronald hasn't responded to my emails fired off to his gmail account, I thought I'll give him until end of February this year, I'll have to email him making my intentions clear and if there's no response well... £358 quid is £358 quid... I mean it's not like I was asking for the moon on a stick was it... my games 97% done, the PC gubbin's is all ready to rock and I'm just languishing in angst... you know I'd be fine for another six months if only he emailed... any excuse would do... legs gone rotten, cats trapped under a ****-mountain, transgender mishap has robbed me of my balls... fine fine fine... just as long as I can believe in good people again... I'm such a gullible pilf! - but one day... I shall have a working machine... so hey ho...
Everything about this man seems phoney...
Below is a working link to his xcade website, just a random link found by chance...
Link to random bar-top kit pdf file
But the xcade.co.uk domain I thought was dead/off-line especially after my emails bounced back to me in Dec-2018.
So today we see a rather nicely crafted '404' page upon visiting his website which with a cursory eye you'd be forgiven for thinking his websites off-line... but no, he's deliberately hiding...
He's lying to us all, he's closed down his mailbox on that domain deliberately not because the host has kicked him off for non-payment as you'd expect, but because he's actually closed the mailbox down himself to cease all discourse and to ignore the problems and to avoid payments in the hope they would simply go away, probably why he's not answering this gmail account either, he's duplicitous, deserves to be sued, I'm going to expose him in the courts.
Below is a working link to his xcade website, just a random link found by chance...
Link to random bar-top kit pdf file
But the xcade.co.uk domain I thought was dead/off-line especially after my emails bounced back to me in Dec-2018.
So today we see a rather nicely crafted '404' page upon visiting his website which with a cursory eye you'd be forgiven for thinking his websites off-line... but no, he's deliberately hiding...
He's lying to us all, he's closed down his mailbox on that domain deliberately not because the host has kicked him off for non-payment as you'd expect, but because he's actually closed the mailbox down himself to cease all discourse and to ignore the problems and to avoid payments in the hope they would simply go away, probably why he's not answering this gmail account either, he's duplicitous, deserves to be sued, I'm going to expose him in the courts.
Have any of you thought of measuring up your kits bought and posting the specs online at all?
Surely a site zcade or something giving away what appears to be his kit might serve 2 purposes...
Stopping others fall foul of this chap
Get his actual attention opposed to the ignored emails
At the end of the day any device could be programmed to cut these and I'm sure there'd be someone come along quick enough to do it
Surely a site zcade or something giving away what appears to be his kit might serve 2 purposes...
Stopping others fall foul of this chap
Get his actual attention opposed to the ignored emails
At the end of the day any device could be programmed to cut these and I'm sure there'd be someone come along quick enough to do it
I did actually think of that, I have the PDF file supplied to me by xcade for the so called 'x-plates' for my machine which was unusual as it was a vertical bar-top machine and recently I gave that PDF to an American chap who has a similar business making arcade machines, but this was in the US and I thought surely someone closer to home can do this kinda thing... anyway great idea none the less, I hope someone picks up the mantle.
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Why would he craft a 404 page and not just take it offline? I can't imagine he will be using the xcade name again given what comes up when you Google it.
Maybe the same reason why he's deliberately shut his xcade domain mail-box down in December and perhaps the same reason why he's not answering his gmail account... and probably the same reason why I'm not the proud owner of a £358 bar-top arcade machine I was promised for over two years... because he's a duplicitous ** Fully start out swearing *** ... he'll respond to the bailiffs when they come knocking hopefully, the first legal step for me now was to email him warning him of my intentions with a small claims court... which I've done, he's been silent on his gmail account, bit of a mistake that on his part... that £358 quid he took off me will turn into £600 or more when I win in court, the most reliable records are tax records they say so he'll be tracked down by the courts in the end, I hope any future business he intends to create suffers badly, he can run... but he can't hide forever.
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i have had no reply myself from his gmail either. i do not get how some people have managed to get stuff out of him...! 
I hate to be that guy but this post regarding an individual, the info you have access to and have shared is a pretty big no-no under the GDPR rules no matter how good the intentions are.
Pretty sure this is for businesses not private individuals
I self-censored as I typed but it just wasn't enough, so my hideous verbiage although cloaked somewhat inserted itself into your brain and became wrong-think & rude... ****y ( that's sorry by the way )
Soldato
It's pc based, probably overkill for what i need it for. Saddened that the journey of building it is at an end, because it was something i wanted to do for years and got immense enjoyment from doing it.
Still have a genuine arcade Time Crisis gun to mod so it will work on the cab, sure that will be fun and headache inducing.
Specs on the arcade:-
Intel Core i5-9600K 3.7GHz (Coffee Lake)
Asrock Fatal1ty Z370 Gaming-ITX
16GB DDR4
EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 SC 6144MB GDDR5
Would like to build another, but my wife is already asking where this one is going to go.. and me saying "your side of the bed" isn't going down too well.
That isn't overkill at all
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That's why i followed it with "for what i need it for".That isn't overkill at all
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I went through the same frustration that you and everyone else still waiting went through, and right up until the parcel arrived i still believed it wasn't happening.i have had no reply myself from his gmail either. i do not get how some people have managed to get stuff out of him...!
There were times for me towards the end when i could have happily pounded on his face for a few hours.
Not sure how the man can sleep at night, but he's obviously doing it on fluffed pillows stuffed with everyone's hard earned cash. Guy needs locking up!