It worked, we sent service, it was repaired Friday evening.  Thanks for the heads up.

i drew this at my work, SushiLand, right next to ACME

lal

happy holidays guys

Heads up everyone.  One of the Acme owners sent me a picture of the ITG stage covered in Baby Powder.  They are asking that this mess is not left behind in the future.  Please, plesa, please, clean up your Baby Powder after playing.

Also, wishing you all a Merry Christmas!  :-)

I want to laugh, but...

I tried really hard to warn you guys that this was a problem. Please get it together so we can keep ITG???

Why use baby powder? Just git gud

baby powder users, can you not

whoa what's happening

When I was a kid my mom would use baby powder on me
Needless to say I don't use pads so those never got dirty :blush:

wat

Hey guys!

Hey guys! A couple of things.

Working on troubleshooting the e-amuse readers. We think the problem is a cable not working properly. Tony is coordinating with our contact on the East Coast to help me get this figured out. I'm sorry it's taking us so long! 

Also, I wanted to give you guys a heads up that I'm going to be out of town for a couple of weeks; specifically, I'm gonna be in New Jersey learning all kinds of things about arcade hardware from said East Coast contact so that I can bring that knowledge back here!

While I'm gone, please call Bill's help line for minor maintenance issues like coin jams and under- or over- responsive sensors, and PM Tony here on the forums for emergencies like "ITG won't boot." (If you don't get a response from him quickly, feel free to PM me so I can direct his attention to it.)

Thanks and I can't wait to come back with a whole bunch of new skills.

What about pod madifications, specifically if it's a setting that affects just performance? Do we call Tony or Bill for help, or someone who knows how to mod pads?

Isn't there a modded machine nearby tho? I mean it would suck to not have this baby working at all times but I think there's that crazy modded upgrade cab that even has easy timing windows so you don't have to worry about getting greats ^^; I get so jealous knowing how many machines are just one state over *_*

I'm only going to be gone for a few weeks, and the pads were, as far as I know and have been told, perfect when I left, so there should not be any issues. The mods are fine and should not need to be adjusted for any reason. The only problems that might come up are related to the responsiveness of the sensors themselves, and again, you can call Bill's help line for that.

@RubberDude
I only know of one machine that's near me, and the only other modded public cab is down at Narrows but that's too far for me, having no stable mode of transportation. Playing with a looser judgment window doesn't exactly let you enjoy how well you actually perform, it's pretty much just bowling with the rails on the sides.

@Laura
I suppose pads are fine now, when we last checked them together and fixed the over-sensitive tape issue, I haven't been to ACME for a while because of work. They are definitely better than many default pad settings, although I do hope they are fit for playing stuff harder than 10s, and still being able to play 10s. If there is any issue with the pads, I'll definitely let Bill or you know.

have any regulars here taken notice of the round 1's construction progression? Just curious if anyone is as excited as I am. Last time I was at Southcenter they had started working on the elevator shaft but that was a month ago. Just wondering lol

Playing on any modified version of ANY arcade game illegitimizes your scores because it eradicates the existence of a machine to machine consistency and standards. That's why I don't play ITG too seriously lol. It truly is Stepmania in a cabinet :O

I do agree, and I can say the same for software standards if the judgment is changed. I mainly play on modded pads to achieve the ability to play harder songs though, without having to step into craters, but it would be impressive to play on stock pads. I would be okay playing stock pads with regular danceable charts though , but I prefer "dancefloors" to be almost flat.

Amen broseidon

Did X3 ever get connected to Programmed World? Not that that matters now..I was wondering if it could get some kind of unlock all patch or something. Last time I played it (which was like a few months ago) it was missing a lot of the songs. Now that PW is dead I think it's the best option

e- actually i guess X3 doesn't have an unlock all figured out just yet so nvm

Does anyone still add packs to the ITG machine? Haven't seen anything new in a while, but I also haven't visited in a while because of it.

If you're going to SakuraCon, that would be a prime (heh, Pump..) opportunity to get new packs added. A bunch of the community will be hangin around the cabinet for 3 days straight; maybe Ben or someone won't mind sticking some additional packs on there~

Oh shoot, forgot, better get my ticket soon!

so are you implying Acme's machine will be at Sakura Con? If so, what else should I expect? First time being at the con proper

Yeah, they take the machine up to Sakura Con every year and I think they hold tournaments or just full on free-play all three days

I wanted to go last year but I couldn't because I wasn't of legal age yet, and I didn't feel like making anyone my chaperon. But now I'm LEGAL BABEH