Stop being mean dickhead :/

Considering it's the only ITG2 nearby and traveling to another one would cost you more than playing at Tilt, no... It's not a ripoff. And besides, dollar a game is standard. Anything better is a "good deal", which is rare in the arcade world and you can't ever EXPECT to get a good deal.

Is that a joke? Because I've been to a fair share of arcades in my 'time' and I've never had to pay a dollar, not for a machine that was worth it. Even when my regular location was at an indoor water park in the dells, and that's saying something, the cost was only 75c. Most arcades rip you off in one way or another but 1.00$ for 3 songs is a dick move, especially when the machine is an upgrade with a purple screen.

 I really think it would be a better deal to dish out the gas money and go play on a sick dedicab somewhere for a whole day every now and again. Regional sports center is only .50c a play and as far as any other dedicab.

Obviously if I decided to go that route I would play less, but the quality of play would be better (I might even be able to beast dragonforce, which is the only thing I care about besides other stamina) and it wouldn't be the first time I've had to drive to play. When we had to drive that distance to play we didn't just opt for DDR just because it was closer, we chose to wait and drive to pay for what we actually wanted.

I'm probably still going to kumoricon. If I knew more people I'd go to PAX too but I just moved here so I want to meet people in the portland area before meeting seattle area people. Not to mention it's probably kind of hard to meet locals at a 60k attendee convention.

think they give a Shit? Most places I've played here and overseas are 1.00.  Driving / traveling isn't an option for everyone, either. Dunno where all the cheap / functional arcades are. Washington? Guess I'll log in again in 3 months to see what's up.