well, I did only just move here 3 weeks ago, so it's not like it has been here very long.  couple that with getting settled into a new job, a new apartment and a completely new life, and that's why you only just found out about it.

I have waffled back and forth on whether to lease my machine out to an arcade or theater, but I actually had problems getting insurance, unless the place it is at wants to cover insurance.  If they don't, I can just imagine some kid breaking a leg or arm on the machine and the parents suing me cause I am the owner and am taking the profits (stupid american who love to sue)...I guess if you wrote up the lease agreement good enough you could get out of it, but then I would need to get a lawyer or something...

Personal insurance wouldn't cover it, and my state farm agent had no idea how to write up a policy to protect someone like that.  Plus there is the wear and tear, which I am VERY scared about.  The biggest nightmare for this move was actually me dreaming that i got the machine here but as we unloaded it from the truck, people dropped it and it smashed into a thousand pieces.  Luckily that didn't happen, but I'm still paranoid about damage to it, so that I don't think I could take it to a con or even put it out in a public place. 

And in the case of re-sale (which I am not planning on doing, but you never know) I want it to be in the best condition possible.  It is not like you can get another one of these...and I pretty much got the last one.  I was in conversations with Roxor right before the lawsuit and pretty got the news that they were going to get bought out before it happened. I posted it on DDR freak and then a few weeks later it was official.  So, my machine probably is one of the last ITG dedicabs that was ever sold.  I've had some offers in the past couple of years for more than what i paid for it, and I am hoping those stay since they are no longer being produced.

But I agree with you guys...its a big shame and waste that possibly the best machine in the area is currently unused in my living room.  Definitely ironic.  Hopefully I can get a house in the next six months and move it in there.  But, I don't think I can lend it out to the CON or even put it in an arcade quite yet.  It is still too much of "my baby"

So yea, that's the scoop.  The Lloyd center ITG2 machine was crap and made me just want to play mine.  Haven't been to GK but I guess I should check that out.  Otherwise, doesn't sound like much DDR or ITG in portland.

Talk to you guys later.  Gotta get back to work.

derek

I guess once you get your house set up you can just make that a location. Like Blake did in California.

Darn, I was hoping I'd only have to make one cab for Kumoricon.

Completely understandable though; I honestly wouldn't loan something like that out either; maybe an upgrade, but not a dedicab. (certainly a StepMania cab made by me though; I always feel a lot more comfortable letting stuff get beat up when I make it; doesn't bode well if I ever have kids.)

Man after playing on a dedicab yesterday I really wish we could have one up and working here. Would you be willing to rent it out to say, PSU? They keep super good care of what machines they have right now and have more than enough space... plus it would fit the mood there quite well.

PSU would charge ridiculous amounts to play it.

but if they charged ridiculous amounts....then I could charge ridiculous amounts to rent it out to them.  plus i could always play for free cause I have the keys.   

hmmm, i'll think about it.  i still want to get more settled in, plus i would like to have it a little closer to where I am at, although I am pretty far out on the east side.

probably going to check out ground kontrol this afternoon for a bit.  should hopefully be fun...

Going to Ground Kontrol tomorrow.  I have a bunch of money and my leg's feeling better, so I'll probably be trying to finish FC'ing all the Nonstop courses.

Oh rry? Maybe I'll show up. What timeframe are you looking at?

Couldn't get any of them.  The pads aren't good enough for me to be consistent. :[

Almost FC'd Be Lovin' on one of the courses I've had trouble with, but a pad-miss on Air made that moot anyway.  Got 3 greats on 321stars immediately afterward just to say "fuck you".  I can consistently get 3 or 4 greats on that song now, although re-AAA'ing it has been problematic.  The attendant at Tilt! gave me a refund (in tokens) and told me they would be fixing the pads tomorrow - they definitely need fixing.  I'll probably check it out Thursday if I don't have plans.

Probably going to GK today around 1. Been a week and a half or so, hoping that the "take a break" method will give me a little boost in skill.

Just a heads up, I was doing REALLY bad at first when I hopped on the machine.  Like, 45-60 greats per song.  Got re-synced after a while and I was doing okay, but don't be surprised if K-Con fucked your video syncing.

I dunno. I went from getting 9 on songs I usually flag to flagging songs I haven't flagged in months to AAA'ing Xenon. 

Fuck, you AAA'd Xenon already?

I seriously need to start practicing.  I'm never going to catch up at the rate you're going.

DUUUUUDE what's everyone doing today? I just noticed this subforum is barely alive.

Anyone want to hang?

MONDAY IS MY DAY OFF, NOT SUNDAY.

If I had any money at all, I'd say Friday at Tilt!.

But I'm totally broke, and I have a flat tire on my bike and no way to fix/replace it, and I lost my flash drive.

So I guess I won't.

But if anyone wants to, you know, hang out or something, like, just sit around and throw rocks at dogs or something, that's chill.

In rocks, Russia throw dog at you.

so i've recently found quite a few machines that aren't listed on the oregon machines list, a supernova at the movie theater on 82nd on the east side, another one at the clackamas movie theater, and a supernova 2 at some arcade in gresham.  i really want to meet some other people that play ddr in portland (i know...there are like 5 people total) so we should try and get something together in the next couple of weeks, especially since people will be off for the holidays (except me.     Any takers? maybe this weekend or sometime in the evening next week??

What machine list?  The one on this site?  That hardly counts.  All of those locations you mentioned are on DDRFreak's listing.

Although, nobody's deleted Avalon yet; my mods are still up though:

9/12?  I should run for public office!  That's 75%


On topic, I'd love to meet you some time.  Have you been to Tilt! yet?  I'd actually be down to meet up at the Clackamas Town Center and see if I can get myself 10 or 20 more AA's for my recall before the year is done. 

tilt....i don't like playing at tilt.  it just reminds me that i have a GOOD ITG2 machine in my apartment that I can't play. 

But clackamas would be good.  I'm nowhere near as good as you (only 1 AAA and that was probably 4 years ago...Go Freckles!!!) but I'd love to play and meet other DDR players around here.  What are you doing this weekend? hopefully the weather will be better, or at least no snow.  we could try or some other time, but i work m-f 8 to 5 so it would have to be at night otherwise.  let me know.

When you say "nowhere near as good as you," are you referring to the community in general?  Because I only have 1 AAA as well, although that was only about a year ago.

Last time I checked, the theatre/arcade there had a policy that made it so that you have to buy a movie ticket to get in on weekdays, so a weekend would be best.

Does January 4th work for you?


btw, I totally understand the notion about not liking to play at Tilt!.  Back when I had working pads at home, I used to hate playing at the arcade alone.  Why should I spend money to play alone when I could be playing more songs on a higher resolution with a better framerate and less dropped steps for free on Stepmania?

It's my birthday.

I had a party planned for Big Al's last night but only Sean and Wes showed up, which was very chill, but I would like to see more of you guys!

So, we are thinking of going to either Tilt! or Ground Kontrol sometime tomorrow. I'm having lunch at Todai first at 1PM, then heading out to one of the two from there. Why don't you come to Todai either at 1 or a little later, and then we'll head out from there? Ok sounds gooooooood

Seeya then

tofu, sorry i never got back to you. the holidays were fun and I got a ps3 so i've been busy playing that.    i would still love to meet up to play sometime. what about this next weekend? i am totally free both saturday and sunday.  let me know what works. i don't check this site too often, but I will try and check before the end of the week.

i misread your original post, i thought you were talking about AAA but it was only AAs, so that's why i thought everyone was sooo much better than me. 

anyway, get back to me and let me know.    have a great day!

OMG!  If I could get 10-20 AAA's in one day of DDR, my name would be MTJ and I'd be RIDICULOUS.

Sunday should work for me.  I'll also be around Ground Kontrol on Saturday, but I don't expect to play much DDR, since I'll hopefully be meeting up with some people to start planning for MEW Con.

I'm going to Big Al's in an hour. Hope to see someone from here there.