I'm guessing that means you're not planning on being at GK saturday?

GK/Backspace sunday 1-4:30, Avalon Sunday 5-8ish or 9ish.

If there's anyone in Seaside this weekend I'm there all weekend.

I suck badly at ITG 2 though.
More of a PIU guy.

Speaking of which if anyone's feeling ghetto I'm probably gonna hang out at Ultrazone (lol) if the machine's up.

When you going to UZ?  I might have a dollar or two to waste.

Headin' to GK to actually play some DDR tomorrow. (today lol)

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Anyone going to check out the Pump Pro update (new songs, half double, etc.) this weekend?

This is definitely something I'll want to check out soon.  I'll probably head up next weekend if I can get a ride. (I've still got, like, $20 on my Bigals card)

hey all, I just moved to the area and would love to find some people to play DDR or ITG with.  I've been playing for a long time (since 3rd mix days...yes, I am kinda old...) but what I love most about DDR is the community and hanging out with other people playing.  I've looked over the forum and didn't see a ton of people gathering or playing at one specific place.  One thing I did notice was a comment that Avalon would be losing their Extreme machine, but I was there earlier this week (tuesday or wednesday) and it was still there, so I am not sure if that is true or not.

Anyway, my name is Derek.  Hopefully i will get to meet some of you sometime.  I still have to check out other locations, but I am on the east side (near mall 205) so Avalon and Lloyd Center should be pretty close for me.

thanks!

Awww jeez, I have been avoiding going there just kind of assuming it was gone

Oh hey, I almost forgot to post this here, but in case anyone's interested, I'm at the Lloyd Center Tilt! almost every weekday from about 2 to 3/4 playing ITG. Have a lot of scores there now. Come by and play sometime!

I can't afford to spend money (I seriously need to really start pinching pennies, so I'm not even going to be playing a game or two here and there) until after Kumoricon, but I might stop by and chill with you some time.


About the DDR machine, I was surprised when I heard on Tuesday that it was still there.  I guess the people I talked to misunderstood something.  They're having a separate entity sell it, but it hasn't actually been bought yet.  Unfortunately, that means it could disappear any time without notice, but 20 cent DDR hasn't left us all together!


Also, hi Derek!  Nice to see a new person around here!

Derek Shaw...  Derek Shaw...  why does that name sound familiar?  I've known too many Dereks...
So where are you from?

If anyone wants to play DDR with me before Kumoricon or get my Bigals card from me before it expires, Monday's your chance.

lol, I used to live in Delaware a few years ago...I think we may have played DDR and other bemani together (beatmania or pop'n at jeremy's house??)  unless that is a different schlagwerk.  but yea, if that's where you know me from, that's cool. 

anyone get together to play DDR or ITG?  I want to play but i hate playin by myself.  I think I might hit up Avalon tonight. 

I got a call from a friend Saturday night saying that the machine at the Avalon is actually gone now.

Verified?

If so, I'm going to update the DDRFreak listing so it says it has DDR 5th Mix, Max2, and SuperNOVA just to fuck with people. >=D

I can confirm I am "that" Schlagwerk with "You got a perdy mouth, boy" & "No man should be able to sing Toxic that well"
It's pretty awesome to run into you again.  Do you still play IIDX or Pop'n at all?
I haven't progressed much in DDR since back then, but I still play occasionally for fun. It's a shame we're on opposite sides of Portland, but Ground Kontrol downtown has a decent Extreme, Lloyd Center has ITG2, and I'm all for hanging out again.  (also Sunset Bowling Alley in Beaverton has a SN2, but the damn thing taunts me incessantly because it's broken in some way or another every time I try to play it)

The P1 side of the machine at Clack Town Center works pretty well, but the left arrow will usually start sticking after 7 or 8 songs.  It's a great place to go stomp out a set if you feel a need for some SuperNOVA on a weekend (the arcade is open publicly during weekends and whenever they have full staff).

Other than that and BiGal's, we've basically gone through everything in Portland.  The Pump It Up at Ultrazone is absolute trash now; I have not seen a machine in worse condition than that one since last time I went to Chuck E Cheeses.

well...you haven't gone through everything.... I actually own my own ITG2 dedicab...unfortunately I live in a one bedroom apartment and so i can't play it or even set it up.  So the machine is in my living room, the top is in the closet, the bars are in the coat closet, and the pads are under my bed.  I know, its a shame that it can't be played, but I am hopefully purchasing a home soon and then I will have room to set it up and play it.  It even has r21 on it...

schlag, yes I still play pop'n and IIDX.  I have my japanese ps2 with all the pop'n games and styles 7, 9, and 11 for IIDX.  I actually have 2 IIDX controllers too, so we could definitely play.  I'm not super good, as it isn't my favorite bemani, but its still fun.

that is sad about avalon.  An extreme machine with memory card slots brought back a lot of good memories and I had some great edits that I had made.  Oh well...

so, unless anyone knows a SAFE place to keep my machine, its staying in my apartment.  It is also horrible to move, so I don't want to move it unless I have to. 

but, we should meet up to play some ITG or pump or something sometime.  I could travel over to the west side of the city, I have already done that quite a few times to go running with some people I met over there.  hit me up on msn messenger if you have it.  i am dmsderek on there.  hopefully catch up with you soon (or meet you in the case of dancingtofu)

NICE.  We should collaborate and run tournaments with that.

There aren't really any public spaces that would be safe for an ITG2 machine; Ground Kontrol's the only place I'd trust a machine if I had one (hopefully soon), but they don't really bring in enough to maintain the pads if you're running tapeswitches.

There's a little joint on 26th and Powell called Chaos (it's a Cafe) you might want to check out; it would be near you and they're pretty chill.  I was going to have a release party there for my DT600's but wound up canceling due to a blackout.  Even then, they were chill with it when I called in to cancel short-notice and their food is FANTASTIC.  Anyway, you could talk to them about the possibility of setting up your machine in the back room or something.

I love Oregon. Some guy owns an ITG2 machine going unplayed and we just find out about it now.

Personally, I think you should talk to some arcades about hosting the machine for a while until you want it back or can use it. GK probably isn't your best bet because ITG2 would be too new, though you could give it a shot as it's easily the best arcade in Portland. Other than that, movie theaters around town could totally benefit from the machine.

Also Charlie, getting this machine set up for Kumoricon sounds like a fabulous idea to me.

I would be great, but I was trying to figure out details before I proposed that.  Zeppy recommended that I just run ITG2 off a couple computers in cabinets for the con rather than using StepMania, so if I can do that, this would be absolutely fine and dandy, as long as Derek would feel comfortable lending his machine out like that.  My other concern would be the pads.

First, I don't want Derek feeding his pads to Kumoricon; people there are scary.  My pads can handle it, but it would be too easy for some 300lb Naruto to come up and stomp too hard and dent a panel or break a tapeswitch.  Second, It's not as easy nor destructive if they're dancing on one of my pads because the panels cost less than a dollar each and the sensors are virtually impossible to break just by stomping on them.

Also, I want to be able to repair any problem with any pad in under 2 minutes in case something comes up during the tournament, because I wound up spending most of the tournament at Sakuracon figuring out all the quirks of the Afterburners so I could fix them. (I kept fixing one right as another would break and we wound up switching pads around every 3 or 4 matches.)


So, Derek, if you have some primal desire to bring your machine in, you're quite welcome to do so, and I can probably work something out so you could get in free and stuff, but just let me know, preferably before I crank out the money to build two StepMania cabinets.

Man, I'd be afraid to take a personal machine and set it up anywhere public.  It would pick up so much wear and abuse.  I have plenty of room in the garage of my current apartment for arcade cabs, but my roommate doesn't want to stay another year, and I don't really know anyone else (that I trust) who could room with me..  I'm gonna have to relocate in late Sept or Oct and who knows if I'll even be able to set up my Yamaha DTXpress in a new apartment let alone a whole ITG cab

Anyhow, I've got msn (for an entire single person I talk to over it) so I'll find you on there and we can catch up