Home or Arcade?

sakura06 · Trick Member Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Location: mars

arcade all the way. bigger song selection and the pads rock. plus i like how the speakers at my local hangout pump out the bass. it sounds freakin awesome on break down. also no hot girls show up and play at your house!

my only alternative would be a red octane ignition or a flux
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Caffeine_Boy · Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 4:44 pm Post subject:

OOOOOOOO lol .... i LOVE the arcade best but if i don't got money to go to one i play on my flux it's a beast
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BOUNC3N · Basic Member Joined: 02 Apr 2006

well, it's harder for me to score better at an arcade.. but, they have more songs than my UM2. And, like some other guys said, I like to have other people to play with, and to watch me play

. So, it depends on what mood i'm in i guess, i usually play at home to practice, and arcade for more seriouse stuff

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Caffeine_Boy · Posted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 4:48 pm Post subject:

There aren't that many UM2 songs on the machines...i would get all the PS2 games....
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abc12345 · Trick Member Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Location: New York

arcade pads are plain better but i dont go much so i got the home version. only bad part about home version is each game only comes with one ten footer

zappyalex · Basic Member Joined: 06 Apr 2006 Location: NE OHIO

i guess the only thing i have to say about the arcade is that i think i miss more there

Caffeine_Boy · Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 7:30 am Post subject:

abc12345 · Trick Member Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Location: New York

ya but i only got the early ps2 ddr like ddrmax nd extreme

Caffeine_Boy · Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 7:56 am Post subject:

OOOO well that sucks lol....go to the arcade then...
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DARREN HAYEZ · Trick Member Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Location: Michigan

I like playing at an arcade better, because people can see you play, and maybe you will find someone to play against. No one sees me when I'm flailing around on my Ignition in my basement. I wouldn't have wanted to play at an arcade until recently though, because I was still on only Standard before.

Tyrgannus · Posted: Sat Apr 15, 2006 10:33 pm Post subject:

-Arcade is mega expensive.
-Home is cheaper in the long run.

-Using edits in an arcade is sometimes impossible and requires technical knowledge.
-Home edits are self-explanatory

-Arcades make you wait in line with noobs playing Butterfly Beginner
-No line at home.

-Arcade is often in bad condition and releases freezes and what not.
-Home pads (at least higher quality ones) basically don't have problems and are durable. Of course, I'm assuming your using a top of the line metal pad.

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HOWEVER

-Tournaments don't happen in your house.
-No one cares about home scores
-Bar as opposed to nothing or a couch at the wrong height
-Social scene
-Good song selection without having to change a disc every few plays
-Double WITHOUT the two pads drifting away from eachother
Easier to flatfoot in an arcade (I don't exactly know why, but it seems true.)

I usually play at home, but I saw the pros and cons of both environments. I believe that practicing at home and then playing at the arcade is the smartest thing you could do. If you argue the perfect window will screw you up, well, just use the marvellous window. Problem solved.
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Caffeine_Boy · Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 5:00 am Post subject:

I agree. Practice at home (and if you have a metal pad you get a teancy weancy bit of the arcade experience, some even come with bars, i'm gonna build a bar for my flux so i can play max 300) then when you are ready play at the arcade. I didn't start goin to the arcade until i could AA 7's. No-one wants to see noobs. Begginner, Light, and Standard are best left at home. Why waste the money when you're not good enough to do alot of songs? It's like, you can't challenge anyone cause there's a 96% chance your gonna get owned.
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videoCWK! · Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 8:17 am Post subject:

Caffeine_Boy · Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 10:39 am Post subject:

At the bowling alley i go to there are 4 serious players me and my one friend have been playing the longest. My other friend almost a year. and this other kid i don't know. But the rest who play are just people who play heavy but are still noobs.
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Tyrgannus · Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2006 9:44 pm Post subject:

Yeah, well I live in noobville where I am THE ONLY serious player. There used to be 2 others, but they "retired"

I hate when DDR players retire.
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videoCWK! · Posted: Mon Apr 17, 2006 7:53 am Post subject:

DDR players "retire"? Thats weird. I know I'll never retire.

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dancerqt4207 · Basic Member Joined: 17 Apr 2006

well i have to say anything ddr is fine by me but i perfer the arcade

1- it's more fun having people watch
2- it's easier to find the arrows

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Caffeine_Boy · Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 2:33 pm Post subject:

Standard should be there cause then it's easier to AA normal Heavy 10's and light for doing freestyle.
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