I've heard from some of the less-hardcore and not-so-regular attending players say similar things. There's just so many songs that they quickly get overwhelmed with choices. It sounds like a stupid argument to some, but I can completely understand what they mean. I have the same issue whenever I go play on Tom's machine.

Yeah there is so much stuff on there that has been there for months that nobody plays.

If you want to feel less overwhelmed try just playing songs from the "Try to Quad" pack (and ITG 1-3 and Rebirth 1-2 of course!). These were hand picked by Laura, Tony, and myself (and probably a few others) as being some of the most awesome of the custom songs we've added! Or you can sort them by desired difficulty and generally look for good songs with 98+s on them (i.e. have probably been played multiple times by people). Anyway hope this helps.

I shall swing by tonight between 10:30-11pm, for a couple hours.

Hulk visits acme will play couple hours Hulk eat big turkey first.

Anyone up for some quality arrow stomp at Acme? I'm thinking about heading down there and actually playing the S.P.E.R.G.I.N 2 charts on a real machine as opposed to my home setup.

I'll be up there tomorrow around noon-ish.

Heads up!  The computer is having problems at Acme on ITG.  Our techs were checking the pads in I/O test, as Allan called in a problem.  Anyhow, the machine will not leave the test menu page.  this per one of our guys who just phoned from Acme. 
Machine is unplugged, does anyone know how to get it out of the menu?  Even on reboot, it goes back to the same menu.

Maybe the service button is stuck?

Tony hasn't updated yet, but yes - it was just the service button that got stuck.
(I believe that means the machine is fully functional again)

LOL's,
We need to add you guys to our tech crew.  :-)

Since Tony hasn't posted here, I'll just confirm that the machine is working again on his behalf.  He got some pretty beast scores yesterday.

I'll confirm that the machine seemed fine last night.  (I didn't play on it, but it was busy for 60-90 minutes with people who play at double digit difficulties, so it must have been working.)

Pushing the service button a few times unstuck it.  Holding down the service button causes the same behavior, definitely seems to me like the service button was just stuck, though it was not visibly jammed when I took a look on Sunday (then again, the service button does not move very far when you push it and the service panel is not well lit, so it could just be too hard to see).

I never posted about this, but I did test the new OS drive before I left a month ago and it wouldn't boot.  I've remade the drive and have ITG running under the new OS on my computer, so I'm going to try and swap it in tonight.  I'm only back in the area until tomorrow, so I'll make sure Jon knows how to fix it if something goes horribly wrong after I'm gone should I leave the new drive in place (that is, if it seems to work).  Just a note before anyone gets their hopes up, I have not configured and tested USB drives on the new OS, since I can't until the drive is in the machine - it should work with just a little bit of setup time, but there's no guarantee.  If I can't get USB working tonight, I'll give it another try when I'm back in town long term at the end of September.

FOLLOWUP: New OS is mostly working, but a couple things are a little finicky, so I reverted to the old OS since I didn't have enough time to resolve everything.  Didn't even try to get USB working as I couldn't seem to get on to Boxorroxors today, and that's the only place with a USB setup guide (the site is, of course, working fine now that I've given up for the day). 

Hello friends!

I've successfully added 15 songs to Gerrak's Pumpin Kicks, namely the following:

Horizon, 9 (Crossovers)
Mr. Simple, 9
Pina Colada Boy! 10   (...and when the sun goes down, you make my boobs feel round!)
Split the Atom, 10   (Tricky timing, teals and such)
Summer Kamp, 10
The Grasshopper Song, 10   (ling ling linga linga! Slow foot switches, ridiculously catchy)
Dreaming Snowdrop, 11   (Foot switches)
Fly High, 11 (Very good long song, mid 130s runs and purples)
Louder, 11
Love Mera Hit Hit, 11   (Foot switches)
Nervous, 11
The Sadness Will Never End, 11   (Dubsteppy and foot switchy)
Ala Rosso, 13   (Foot switches and complicated corner stomps in end-run, similar to Flash's Bring Me To Life)
The Battle of Lil' Slugger, 13   (Reasonably straightforward, 200BPM, no ridiculous runs)
Over Drive, 15 (Very 'tastefully' done 177BPM long runs, "candle-steps" especially, and generally well-written stream, no purples really. Not for the faint of will)

I hope you all enjoy  

I think i spent a good 5 minutes just scrolling through songs and ended up picking an ITG2 song lol.

Anyways, machine ate a quarter again but seemed to be in good condition. Acme was sure busy for a wednesday night unless if it's always that busy.

Hello again, friends!

I took the many hours to sort through many tournament packs to hand-pick the best from each and put them on the machine. Additional thanks to Travis and Tuan for their help finding others to add!

The following 101(?) songs have been added. Please let me know if you find any repeats on the machine:

Added to Customs:
Lupin (9)
Bling Bling (9)
Roly Poly (9)
Alien Cliche (10)
Conglomerate Alliance TEMPA (10)
Hexad (10)
Tokyo (10)
5.25.001 Orchestra (10)
Alejandro (10)
Fan (10)
Hey Sexy Lady (10)
Mami (10)
Predator (10)
Rock n' Roll (10)
Sleep Tight (10)
Civilization of Magic (10)
Dorcet Perception (10)
Jeg Vil Ha (10)
Matrix Dreams (10)
P.A.R.T.Y. (10)
Voyager Full 50% (10)
Around the World (11)
Call Your Girlfriend (11)
Caramelldansen (11)
What You Gonna Do (11)
Festivo (11)
Perfect (11)
Traffik (11)
Vogue (11)
Minus One (11)
Suddenly (11)
Last Burning (11)
Pirate Hooker (11)
Programmed Sun (11)
Rakuen (11)
Kamaitachi (12)
Cotton Eye Joe (12)
Happy Adventure, Delightful Adventure (12)
Foundation of You (12)
Mendes (12)
So Deep (long version!) (12)
Golden Cross (12)
Mechanical Love (13)
Pac-Man (13)
Violet Skies (13)
Forever (14)
Bonecrusher (15)
Vertex Beta (16)

I have also consolidated a few between Gerrak's Pumpin Kicks and Customs, and deleted a few repeats.

Added to Gerrak's Pumpin' Kicks (soon to be "Gerrak's Recommended"):

See You Again (9) (My best friend Leslie said: "oh she's just bein Miley")
The Koto Chill (9)
Can't Nobody (9)
Puppetry (9)
Cry for You (9)
End of Semester (9)
Perfect Star (9)
Touch Me (9)
Yo-Yo (9)
Colorful Cookie (10) (no this isn't off-beat! You'll get it if you play it)
Ooa Hela Natten (10)
Red, Yellow, Green & Blue (10)
Russian Lullaby (10)
From Paris to Berlin (10)
Evolution (10)
Blackout (10)
Programmed World (10)
Talli Hua (10)
Bandito (10)
Fuzzy Bell (10)
Sacrifice (10)
Silence (10)
Sunday (10)
The Master Plan (10)
You Make Me Feel (10)
Hold it Against Me (10)
Stereo Love (10)
Terminal (11)
Colors (11)
Ants (11)
Star Trail (11)
Throw Your Cards Down (11)
Unfinished Trance (11)
BLN (11)
Desert Rain (11)
Dirty Pop (11) (Oh yes, rocking the N*Sync)
Final Audition (11)
Jig (11)
Radical Faith (11)
Almace (11)
Crownless (12)
Children (12) (The long-lost Robert Miles one)
Eskimo (12)
Last Imouto (12)
Chinese Dance Machine (13)
Snow Storm (13)
Another Planet (13) (Corner-stomp hell...)
Can o' Salt (13)
Blue Army (14) (The actually-good one!)
Flames of the Sky (15) (Fast, very complicated long foot-switch runs)
Trisection (15) (Very long 140-purple runs)
Beyond the Universe (16)

I hope you all enjoy! There are a LOT of amazing songs and charts in here, something for absolutely everyone! It should also be noted there is a competition being held involving many of these new songs in Gerrak's Recommended! Details at http://www.pnwbemani.net/events-meetups/gerrak%27s-challenge/msg27814/#msg27814

I suggested these =D:
Blue Army [Cosmic Pope] (Tuan too)
Bonecrusher [Naota]
Conglomerate Alliance [Revolver]
Lupin [Mudkyp]
Mendes [Mandodo]
Roly Poly [Mudkyp]
Russian Lullaby [Newblue22]
See You Again [Flash]
So Deep (Long Version) [Archi]
The Koto Chill [Sudzi781]

And once again thank you sir for your efforts.

lol I was going to suggest Festivo but you found it before I can even do that.

Thanks to whomever alerted us to the bad sensor last night, replaced and ready for action

Banned 90s LUNCHABLEZ commercial

I GRIND MY CRACKERS INTO SHAKE, THEN I SMOKE EM
FEED MY BITCHES LUNCHABLES BEFORE I POKE EM

This is a chart on the machine now XD With the video. Hillarious, I couldnt resist... If it's too vulgar I can take it off...

I added actually a total of 14 songs, 2 to Gerrak's Recommended, and changed around just a few between GR and Customs as my final edits to the pack. Included in the songs added is Quit Playing Games, which is really like an 8... Anyway enjoy  

Heads up, Wednesday, Ot 10, Acme is hosting a private event from 3:00 P.M to 6:00 P.M., so no arrow smashing access. 

Regarding the PIU Fiesta 2 at Acme, if there is no picture, please switch on the LCD monitor.  It does not turn itself on when the game is first plugged in.

Let us know what you think of the new game.

Enjoy,
Bill

The machine is nice and pads are really good. It sounds like the subwoofers got blown out so all bass sounds come out as weird thumps though. Turning the bass down a touch (while keeping volume as-is!) would probably help.

Thanks for getting it!!


Oh yeah, Guitar Hero is kinda loud.

I know what I'm doing tomorrow!