Home or Arcade?

nforcer06164 · Trick Member Joined: 28 Jun 2002 Location: Burbank, IL

I have and always will find the arcade pads more stable, accurate, and enjoyable than the home version pads, be they hard or soft.
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muchacho timido · Trick Member Joined: 26 Oct 2002 Location: ...........

I find the arcade better because I get to hang out with my friends and I have fun!
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Gruffian · Trick Member Joined: 23 Jan 2003

I cant stand home playing .. maybe because I dont have decent pads, but they move way to much for me. I can do EE no problem at the arcade, but I cant pass it at home. Although for some reason I cant pass Orion Civi at the arcade but I can at home .. I think if I had some nice CFs or something at home I would pick home. Because its hard to impress people when there are so many insane players in my area who just pop of the hard 9's and 10's like they are easy. People dont often notice the guy who can get a nice combo going on most every song or just barely pass difficult rythem 9's.

53xy N0 Ju75u · Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2003 10:41 am Post subject:

Well, if you have a metal pad at home..... Arcade is better (unless the arcade version is at you house then..?..never mind

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barcodeplane · Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2003 12:21 am Post subject:

Even though, I own a Cobalt Flux with a psx->usb adapter, and hundreds of songs...

I still prefer playing at the arcade versus at home. Why? Because it's not just the game, it's the atmosphere. You meet people, they become your friends, you hang out with them. It's a social thing, it's competitive. Who else can you compete against (or show off to) at home.

Oh and on the thing with the freeze arrows. I have a tad bit of trouble holding them at the arcade. This is because the pads are okayish and don't respond very well. If I shift my weight a bit, I usually lose them. (I play tip toed) Sometimes even I will put my foot flat footed for freeze arrows, so I can put my pressure down. As for at home, I have no trouble with freezes because my Cobalt Flux is very sensitive and I take good care of it.
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rebelnugget · Trick Member Joined: 05 Oct 2002

I agree much with that.

I started out playing at home on a pretty deace pad and the first time I went to an arcade I was just like, "Splooge in my pants" and continue to feel that way every time I go. The pads aren't really better, despite what everyone says. I have played on perfect condition pads at arcades and they are no better than my soft pad at home, but the machine itself just kicks buttocks and having a cheering crowd is so boss. There is no feeling like having 20 or 30 people* cheering for me and my friend playing catas in an arcade.

ARCADE PWNS!

*note: this is pretty easy to get going since I live in Wisconsin

Party Hop · Basic Member Joined: 02 Jun 2003

I agree, alot of chicks dig watching and that makes me have even more fun in the arcade, well um uh... thats whole-nother thread. As for at home, its better when you put the pad on a hard surface.
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simdude · Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2003 10:56 am Post subject:

i don't own my own home pad....yet! But i have played over a friend's and he has a metal (which i am gettgin cuz i'm not dealing with the plastics that don't feel right) As for the arcade you can't beat the oringial unless you desgin your own arcade pad. But it's not just the pad that makes people like the arcade better. It's that the machine has better songs, more songs, and many other things that just place it over a home television.
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Delphy · Trick Member Joined: 05 Mar 2003 Location: Las Vegas, NV

Both have their distinct advantages/disadvantages for me. I use them to complement each other. At home, it's easier for me to get practice in on those difficult songs so I don't have to burn tokens, or if I don't feel like going anywhere. Arcade is the application of what I've learned or practiced; also to meet people. Am not exactly the type to draw attention to myself, but DDR tends to get people to notice me at least a little bit. Now if only that attractive blonde watching me a couple weeks ago wasn't married...

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Bemanixgamer · Trick Member Joined: 21 May 2003 Location: San Francisco

to me, it doesn't really matter, but I like the arcades more because there is a crowd that is watching you play, so yeah. Home versions can be boring at times unless you have alot of DDR friends in your house, the that's a different story. I really like the arcade sized pads better though. Soft pads are nothing compared to the real official arcade DDR metal pads.

nick. · Trick Member Joined: 09 Jul 2002 Location: Studio city, CA

I despise the arcade pad, I alwas get goods and greats when I know DAMN well I should be getting better grades, and I always gt screwed over when oing turns on the arcade pad, I always have a much higher PA, and over all better grade on my ignition pad

NW330 · Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 4:33 pm Post subject:

I like arcades better. The pads are very accurate when fixed up and stuff.
Although I've never played on a Cobalt Flux I still say arcades are better because you get something around that quality without having to buy something so expensive.

Crowds are a plus too so I'm going with arcades all the way.

Bing · Trick Member Joined: 15 Dec 2002 Location: ABQ, NM

I would say arcade is much better then home. Unless u have Konami metal pads, then its all good.

cRazY FeeT · Trick Member Joined: 25 Dec 2002 Location: SoCal

On songs i can usually get between 10-20 greats at home, i get 100+ greats at the arcade. I say i like home better.

ddrmaniac2k · Basic Member Joined: 01 Jul 2003 Location: Y-town, VA

the arcade platform is harder because the arrows are slightly lower than the platform itself....i have just recently started playing at the arcade and im not very good at it yet but i find it as more of a challenge so i like arcade play way more
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dj Zeph · Trick Member Joined: 18 Jun 2002 Location: Florida

I like the arcade a lot better than at home. One big point, is that if you are using a soft pad at home that you bought with your own money, you're going to want to take care of it and not want to wear it out as fast, so people like me actually try not to play as fiercely at the arcade, thus doing worse at home. Lol, but when I'm at a machine, I don't care one bit about the pad messing up (they have great durabality anyway), so I do better there. It's a little bit of a psychological thing. @_@ But my home experience does screw me up, as my aiming for the arrows is occasionally off at the arcade. This CAN be a big problem for someone who has played at home for a while and first trying the arcade. I am pro arcade!

nick. · Trick Member Joined: 09 Jul 2002 Location: Studio city, CA

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