So this guy thinks DDR killed the U.S arcade?

[Travelsonic]

Reading an article on Slashdot about a rant on how the game arcades of the U.S are dead, I went to the full article and noticed that his main gripe happens to be with games like Beatmania, Guitar Hero, and mentioned the harshest, DDR.

[AA Bob]

[DeVolver]

First of all it says BLOG in the URL.

And noticing that, I don't give a poopy what he thinks.

He wants to be too much like Maddox, and fails miserably.

The rule is, if you want to have a blog and be like maddox, you can't.

End of story.
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[TyTiger]

[Travelsonic]

Yeah... forgot about that.... (sorry)

Just because (according to /.) he is editor for GamePro magazine doesn't make his opinions worth a damn to me, or anybody here anyways.

[shadow0290]

1. GamePro magazine sucks.
2. He says he hates it bc it is a non-violent game.
3. His view is not accurate. From what I remember, one of the joys of going to an arcade was to play awesome games which were 10x better than any game possible at home. Now, it has reached the point where arcade games suck compared to the power of games at home, especially now with online play, completely eliminating the need to play against another skilled person.

[Wakka Lakka]

He also misses the point that the 'house of tank simulators and street fighting' was a 'haven' for 'lamos' long before DDR arrived there. If he really was knowledgable he would at least know that DDR is a grey market cabinet and was never intended for the US - the 'Travola' reference is as innacurate as much as it dates the author. Considering that a majority of DDR players are going to associate Travola with Pulp Fiction and not dance. If you read the comments at the end of the article they give away the real answer to what killed the US arcade - monster consoles with high resolution 3D and stereo sound, and at least 2 aisles of games at every Target. If DDR did anything it kept the arcades around a little longer.

[mydixiewrecked]

[NVWC2006]

welcome to the new generation. our arcades allow us to play video games where we actually do something productive for our money; we move. if we want fighting games, you can always buy a Mortal Kombat game and pwn it at home with the comfort of your own console controller.

"Americans play videogames for one reason and for one reason only, to kick ---." no. that's not the one reason, that's the MAIN reason , which we do at home on games like Halo, SSBM, or the many many others.

but, excuse us, we don't only play video games for the sole purpose of feeling good about being better than someone else, we also do it for FUN. gasp!

edit: i quoted the article w/out realizing it said something that is filtered out, so i just put a --- in it's place. i'm sure you know what to fill it in w/.

[Jing]

He sounds like a wannabe tough-guy. Like, he's not actually a tough guy, so he simulates it by playing "manly" games. That's my take on it.
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[Captain Canada]

I bet he has a ponytail.
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[DDR_mulletman]

Yikes, you'd think he was some kinda crusader for Arcades....

He obviously hasn't been to Ocean City, New Jersey; there's 6 arcades on the boardwalk up there, and all of them are doing great business. And, shockingly enough, the games most people are there to play are either DDR or PIU .

It's people like this joker who give people with any kind of long hair a bad name; my name here says it all . And yet, i'm not a biased, bad tempered SOB like this chucklehead.

(sigh) When will game mag editors learn...
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[Fallingwalls]

If you dont like it, no ones making you play it. Plain and Simple.

[mister_doublea]

He seems to miss the fact that these games provide the arcade with most of the money for repairs OF the other games. So, he needs to go F*** himself.
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)D(D)R(!)K(I)D( wrote:

Nyanko Pudding wrote: Well, you could use any noun as a verb; it's not like the grammar police are going to find you and kick your ass. Someone has obviously never met the grammer police ::points at Nyanko Pudding::

[LouieT]

I've been to some arcades where the DDR players were so bumhole-ish, awful and full of themselves to hang around that I quit going to those places. I think that's what he might be talking about.

I don't agree with this:

[ColorOfSakura]

Well - I presented my stance on it. I was trying to be objective and not a jerk.

Here's what I said:

[KyahRyorin]

Am I going to be able to comment on this without blowing up on this turd of a man? *sighs and takes a deep breath* I'll try my best.

Okay. First off, tell me where you can find an arcade that has DDR. So, when you go in there, instead of only focusing on the DDR system there, why don't you actually freaking OPEN YOUR EYES and look at SOMETHING ELSE in the arcade. OMFG, what a F***ING CONCEPT.

Okay, if you DO take a look around, what else is there? Hmmm... let's see... there's the ski ball ramps, but of course, they're not video games, so they can't be good, right? What else is there? Oh yeah, there's miniature golf courts or bumper boats at some of the places... but those just couldn't POSSIBLY be used for "family fun", right? Then there's basketball hoop games, air hockey, and the ever-so-famous-yet-deadly "Knock a token in, hit the flag, and get so-many-numbers of tokens back!!!" games (of which I reluctantly boycott, they are VERY addicting). Gee... now if you were to say that Konami has invented something that's killed the US arcade, I'd first say, aren't you taking things a little harshly?

First thing's first, you need to recognize what kind of shape the American arcade was even BEFORE DDR showed up. With the continuous streams of new game systems, all the arcade games were quickly getting turned into home system games, until finally, most new games that came out skipped coming out on an actual arcade and just went straight to home systems. The truth is, my near-sighted friend, that although you may not want to admit it, the American arcade was dying.

When DDR came along, it was taken into arcades as a plea for survival, because most Japanese games always created a new revolution of the arcade. By the time the 7th mix (DDR MAX 2) arrived, this new game took America by storm.

Now, before you go on blabbering that the game only makes people turn into "Travolta wannabes," think about this: about how much exercise does the average American get in a week? Anywhere from 3 hours to NONE AT ALL. Now, granted, there are people who DO get on the game and act like idiots, but they do it on purpose. DDR is not only meant to be a game to play with music, but for exercising the body.

So, if you take all these thoughts, put them together and whirl them in a blender, they all come out with the same conclusion: DDR is NOT an arcade menace, it did NOT kill the US arcade, and it most certainly NOT be going away anytime soon. So if you're still going to go on and on and on, whining about how much DDR sucks and it killed the arcade, then please, by all means... *points to a corner of the room* If you're going to act like a child and can only complain about something WITHOUT looking at the positives... then go into the corner, suck on your thumb, and cry, complain, and b!tch however you'd like, because that's what you TRULY deserve.

I hate politics...

*nearly breaks something as she storms off*
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[ライス]

*sigh* I still like ddr even better than I do with ITG but here's what I posted.

DDR isn't made for the US market. Then again, I believe you're wrong about ddr being the abomination of the arcades. Sadly, enough you don't know anything about the arcade industry and how it works. It's clearly, that you hate non-violent games. I think the most important thing in the country is family. Which is why there's ticket redemption games. Hell if the kids like it then more power to them. People in the united states like the game and like it is because it's exercise and a social factor. I believe that what all americans do with video games. It's more of a social thing. Statistically speaking out of the entire world we rank number 1 amoungst people that are obese. In my honest opinion you're an idiot.
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[BobTheFish]

The problem with being near Liverpool is that DDR machines are often surrounded by scallies, who either spend hours on the machine, who stand on the pads without actually playing, or walk up, see someone playing on their own and jump on to the 2nd pad to start "playing along". They never attempt the latter when I'm playing (or anyone good - I haven't really seen any), because, well, they're teenage girls and they regard a 4 footer as amazing.

I hope I've caused no offense to any decent female teenage DDR players.
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[chipper900]

hey im a teenage girl and i think a three footer is increaably easy of course thats cuz i can play like heavy/oni songs so anything is easy