i agree that the bemani at GW is in poor condition but if you are looking to play any other type of game then this place is a haven

That is true.

right pad on the supernova machine shrucks brawls but the left is quite good

EDIT: the extreme cab pad's arnt bad u just have to step in the right places.......heh

Konami made the 4 sensor per arrow design explicitly so you wouldn't have to step "in the right place."

I haven't felt like I got my money's worth at GW any time in the 4 years since the first time I went there.  Even the times I was playing for free.  And everyone's heard my story about almost getting kicked out.  Yeah, worth avoiding when possible.  And it's always possible to avoid GW.

I'd go play some Fzero if the 33 freeplay coupons from sakuracon hadn't expired.  And the machine was actually calibrated.

That's why not many of us frequent here.  That doesn't even include parking or bus fare.

Sheesh, $5.00 for a game of doubles?  /r/ that SN's price be written in bold red, and if possible, with flames coming out of it.

[TIP WORKED AS OF 2007 BUT IS NO LONGER VALID. SEE LATER POSTS IN THE THREAD] PRO TIPS FOR PEOPLE CONSIDERING GOING TO GAMEWORKS:

I actually don't mind going to Gameworks often, because there are actually many ways that you can save a lot of cash when you're there, and the price actually becomes pretty reasonable.

1) Only buy $25 game cards. I think they never expire anymore, and for this, you get 250 + 200 bonus points, effectively a $45 card.
2) Happy hour. 4-7pm Mon-Fri is happy hour, and every non-redemption game is half off. (Also, most bar appetizers are half off.)
3) VIP card. This is probably the least effective of all of the money saving methods, but if you go often enough, it ends up being pretty nice. After spending about 2000 points on a card (not including bonus points) your card obtains VIP status, and you get an additional 10% off every game at all times.

All together now: ($25 / $45) * 50% * 90% = 25% of the price. So, that 26-point Supernova ends up being only the equivalent of $.65/play. For four songs. A pretty good deal if you ask me. Extreme ends up at $.45/4 songs, Wangan Midnight 2 / Initial D are $.43, and nearly every other game is just as cheap.



edit> I'm putting this into the first post for relevance.

Hmm, the $25 card on weekdays doesn't sound that bad after all.

exactly and a couple of those sensors arnt working and NOW U HAVE TO STEP IN CERTAIN SPOTS...........shesh i was just there 2 days ago dude

Hence your claim that Extreme's pads aren't bad being wrong.  I figured that was implied, I guess I was wrong.

they should either make the extreme or usa machine a ITG2 cab........anyone with me on this? we would also get new sensors too  

They should get a pump FX cabinet. Then I'd go all the time. Actually I think I emailed them about it, haha.

that would be sick! DDR ITG and PIU all in one convenient nice looking location with 24hr technition......*drolls on keyboard*

Actually, a true DDR fanboy would look at other dance game high end charts and say "FAXX is harder", even though it isn't by a mile.

I would know, I once said that with PSMO when I saw someone do PIU. I was so dumb back then.

You mean Acme before PIU was pulled before low income?  Because even if GW had all three machines, they definitely don't have a 24 hour technician.  They have three guys who try to look like they know what they're doing as they stomp on the panels until the IO test reports the sensors have triggered.  When one fails to trigger... they stomp harder.  Plus I'd prefer if my PIU came came without the 150% Gameworks tax.

Also, Tyrg is right about the fanboys.  Sakuracon 2006 was an amazing proof of this fact; Foy played Driven Intense with 4 or 5 extra mods added for a crowd, the response at the end was "hey, that's cool and all... but I'm going to play Daikenkai now."  Same thing happened any time anyone did anything to show off to a crowd.  A lot of people have heard about Jerrad's video from the middle of the night (3am, IIRC), where he filmed the arcades lines... one person (me probably) on Pop'n, Mark and Val over by ITG, couple people at the other 3 games and 20 people in line for DDR Extreme.

If someone thinks FaxX is harder than my 2000+ step edits, they fail.  End of story.

Faxx is harder than quite a handful of 12s on ITG, honestly.  It's up there.

agreed like vertex and go 60 go

FAXX without the gimmicky speed changes wouldn't be so bad, but FAXX is a pretty nasty challenge as is.  I gave up even bothering with it, since a lot of the challenge is learning where the speed changes are and reading 100 runs on 1.5 reverse.  And pre-patch, reverse was terrible since the visual offset gets reversed too (I haven't tried it since the patch).  I'll stick to more entertaining BS charts.

personaly i dont think that the speed changes are that hard as they go perfectly with the music although the Dumbass gallops in the middle rly piss me off...easy but still..... :twisted: .....anywho i have yet to try challenge on Faxx and was wondering is it much harder then hard mode?

Sup thread title. Keep it on topic, please.

im going tomorrow

I might.

Heaven forbid I run into a furry playing WMMT.

Oh noes. ps there's like three or four that do, seriously. haha :roll:

I really haven't been able to make it to Gameworks much lately; T/Th are the only days I don't have work during happy hour, and most of that time is spent sleeping or doing homework. :\

ddr usa is pointless. that's pretty much all i got out of going here.

but all the pads are good.