I've wasted over $35 on a Beat Pad Pro.

[Almost Crimes]

The Konami pad that comes with the DDR Max2 game is very good, in my opinion, but after a few months the back arrow started to not work. So I thought I'd just go buy a new pad and everything would be alright.

So I go to EB and see a Mad Catz Beat Pad Pro for $35 and it looked like a nice pad.

I took it him and played a couple songs and it stopped working, so I fiddled with the cord again until the lights came back on strong and then played a few songs and then lost all responsiveness again. Something was messed with the wires, so I returned it for a replacement.

Now I kind of wish I would have just gotten my money back...

Simply, the Beat Pad sucks. I've noticed that I'm doing a lot worse than I used to, and yesterday I just put it on a light song and didn't worry about score.. I stepped on the left button, left arrow went off okay. I kept my left foot on the left button and stepped on the right arrow and.. both arrows triggered. Then I lifted my right foot off the right arrow and it triggered again. Then I put it back down and the BACK arrow was triggered.

Basically, I love this game but it's no longer fun because I get so frustrated failing 6-foot songs that I could ace with no problem before. If a song has a lot of stream, there's no way I'll pass it because 1/2 the time the arrows don't work or the wrong arrow triggers.

I spent another $10+ on a piece of plywood, cut it down and taped my pad to it and there's no change. Actually it's worse now because the house shakes more (I'm 190 pounds and I live in a not-very-sturdy trailer).

I'm just really frustrated. I don't know what to do. I don't want to spend any more money on a pad, especially if this is the kind of "quality" I get for nearly $50.

It's like playing your favorite fighting game on a controller where half the buttons don't work...
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