Konami Addresses Sync Issue in DDR SuperNOVA

AA Bob · Trick Member Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Location: Alllll right!

Alright...since my blatant sarcasm apparently went over Yarni's head, I'm going to have to be more forward.

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Once again AA Bob has the best post on this page.

Yarni, seriously, quite flamebaiting before Cutriss gets sick of the shit and bitch slaps you back to the days of your precious 5th mix..
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Cutriss · Staff Member Joined: 24 Jan 2002

Guys, if you're going to play the $10,000 Pyramid Quoting game at home, please at least try to trim the whitespace out of your posts so that it doesn't take quite as much vertical space.

Or, even better, just take it easy on the whole point-counterpoint thing. I know even I do it, but it's getting out of hand.
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TimeSpaceMage · Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 10:38 am Post subject:

OK, I think I'm starting to understand something here. Where I play, there are almost no DDR players any more and I can play as long as I want by myself. The rare times we get crowds are when the high school has an event of some sort, and if it's taking awhile for my turn then I'll just come back later since I just live across the street.

Most other regulars there play on Light or Standard (and a few on Heavy and around or above my skill level) and they're all very considerate. I've actually helped a lot of the less-skilled players get to where they are, since there's usually only the two of us there and I'll help them out when I'm not playing.
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Wolfman Jake · Trick Member Joined: 13 Sep 2002

I'd like to return to a minor point that was brought up earlier, but please forgive me if it has already been addressed somewhere in the sea of text that has swelled over the last few pages. As far as "not failing your first song" goes on SuperNOVA, I am told that IS what happens when you select "Tutorial" from the song difficulty sort menu. One freebee stage before the game starts really paying attention.
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AceJay · Trick Member Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Location: Princeton, NJ

Yarni, stop the elitist shit and go back to the fucking GameFAQs Bemani board.
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DemonHybrid · Trick Member Joined: 26 Apr 2005 Location: Matamoras, PA

dragontamer4600: and the syncing issues, are DEFINATELY not fixed
dragontamer4600: some of em are even worse
DemonHybrid23: like, what songs
dragontamer4600: max me
DemonHybrid23: =/
dragontamer4600: ed got 135 greats on heavy
DemonHybrid23: ouch.
dragontamer4600: and um, xepher is mildly off now
dragontamer4600: got like 60something on it, its adjustable tho

Those who have played the patch, confirm/deny?

I don't feel like wading through 30 pages of posts...
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All I know as far as syncing is that on the machine in Grapevine Mall(Grapevine, TX) I played Murmur Twins and got 118 greats. Went over to the Extreme, played HVAM and got 18. Xepher Oni was early as hell too.
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I'm assuming V1, this was last week at a Gameworks.
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Kalek · Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 1:11 pm Post subject:

TimeSpaceMage · Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 1:11 pm Post subject:

Well, next time remember to look for Flow -true style- or Fascination

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Wolfman Jake · Trick Member Joined: 13 Sep 2002

I called the Gameworks in Minneapolis earlier this week and talked to one of the technitian managers. He was clueless about the SuperNOVA software update, but told me he really couldn't call Betson himself to inquire. All of the Gameworks locations are regulated by one office, and it is they who must ultimately get their acts together and ship the updates to each of the individual locations. The manager did say he would try to get in contact with one of the higher-ups and find out what's going on. Here's hoping.

As for the Tutorial mode thing being the only way to get a free stage, I think that's really generous enough. The series lasted for at least nine major arcade versions before the idea was even introduced, and it didn't seem to discourage that many new players from sticking with it. In all honesty, you REALLY have to play quite poorly to not be able to clear a 1-foot Beginner song, and I would think (or hope) that most people would have the foot-eye coordination to clear such an easy stage on their first time playing the game, even if they just barely muddle through it.
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yyr · Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2006 8:11 pm Post subject:

Actually, MAX2 wouldn't fail Light players on the 1st stage, either... it would wait until the second song to kick them out of the game. And 3rd MIX had the Soft difficulty, which reduced step complexity and could just about qualify as a beginner's mode.

Seriously, if you don't think this is a problem... watch the tutorial. Actually sit through all six or seven long, painful minutes of it.

"A left arrow is coming up."
"Follow the instructions carefully..."
"Blah blah blah..."
"3... 2... 1... Now!"
"Great!"
Now repeat that like 12 times. It's overly redundant and would make most people feel like complete idiots. It sends things at you at such a slow and isolated pace that the game seems really, really, really easy.

Then, when you're done, it lets you pick one song on Beginner. (All other difficulties are locked.) It won't let you fail out, true. But I dare you to get someone who's never played before to stand on the platform, play the slow-paced Tutorial, and then choose Centerfold... which is, I believe, the default choice on the post-Tutorial song list. The song, despite being a 1-footer, is SO much harder than what the Tutorial gently tosses your way that most people will simply balk at it. In fact, I'd be willing to wager that most of the new 1-footers in SuperNOVA are much, much harder than the old 1s we're used to, like www.Blonde Girl, Firefly and Ordinary World.

And by the way, I've only seen someone play the Tutorial once, and that was when I suggested it. Most people--even people that haven't played before--see "Easy," and choose that. And then they fail 30 seconds into their first song. 1 dollar for 30 seconds of not-so-entertaining entertainment isn't such a good deal.

The best fix possible is to turn Autofail off, so that everyone gets to at least finish their first song.
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sephiroth1215 · Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2006 2:31 am Post subject:

But if auto fail is off doesn't that mean that your bar can't come back up after reaching 0?