Just read through this entire thread from beginning to end. What an awesome idea and amazing art creation by Aioros. It's really a cool contribution that he offered up all of this work the SmashTV crowd. Thanks to Brood and the rest of you guys for providing feedback and measurements, and Rich for the printing.
So okay, I really hate to be critical because so many people contributed here, but I just have to ask: What happened with the cameras?!?!? Having them cover a portion of the playfield seems like a complete deal-breaker for this piece. Maybe its just specific to my play style, but I actually hang out in, and defend those corners when I play; it's like my prime strategy. I can tell by this photo that this bezel would never work for me:
I know you can tell your character is there, but it seems like having him covered would be distracting.
Looking through the various posts by Aioros it looks like the cameras progressed small, which I think was perfect:
…to bigger (this started out with the gold bars, which were removed, but the camera was left bigger, still okay:
…to this, much too large in my opinion:
So finally my question: Does anyone have the high rez, printable file of the early, small cameras version? I'd love to order that one. I also like Tom's idea above of keeping the larger cameras, but removing the big lens piece that covers screen.
Like I said, I feel bad criticizing all of this hard work. I love Smash TV, and think its awesome that this project went on, and that there's a bunch of you guys that are into this game too.
I just re-capped my monitor and am trying to fix a couple issues caused by a bad PS. This has motivated me to get this done ASAP so I can play some SMASH!
Cheers, Jeff
