The Ten Arcade Commandments (humor)
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Greetings, and welcome to another episode of GamePro Theater. Today's performance illustrates one of my pet peeves--like, my
greatest pet peeves in the world, up there with people who don't use their turn signals and "Family Matters"'s Steve Urkel.
When you go to the arcade, there are rules about how to act in the presence of the big quarter-crunchers, not to mention
other people playing them. But it seems that most people have no concept of these simple courtesies, and arcades have become
increasingly unfriendly environments. Next time you head out to blow some change and impress people, make friends instead of
enemies by being aware of the following rules of Arcade Etiquette.
THE TEN ARCADE COMMANDMENTS
The Rules
Quarters Up!
This is probably the oldest and most well-established arcade rule of all. If you want to play the next game, put your
quarter (just one, regardless of the price of the game) up on the ridge between the control panel and the screen. If you're
waiting for a deluxe or sit-down game without a ridge, like Alpine Racer 2 or Sega Super GT, just stand nearby or behind the
machine to show that you want to go next. And while you're waiting...
Back The Hell Up
The Rookie recently gave Johnny Ballgame the willies by standing way too close during a heated Marvel Super Heroes vs.
Street Fighter battle. Players need personal space when they play, and you never know when an elbow is going to suddenly come
out and accidentally smack you (at least, JB claims it was an accident...). Don't crowd the person at the machine, whether
you're playing with them or just watching.
Ask First
"Squatter's rights" are assumed--if you're on a machine, you own a machine. If you see someone playing MK4 alone, there's a
good chance that they're trying to learn the moves for the first time and don't want competition just yet. Yeah, it's a free
country and you have as much right to play the game as anyone else, but it wouldn't hurt to offer a simple "Can I join in?"
or "Mind if I play?" before you put the quarter in the slot. Furthermore, if it's a fighting game, it's polite to let the
person playing finish a round before jumping in--or, if they're on the ropes, sneak in before the computer kills 'em so they
don't have to spend another quarter.
Don't Point
No matter how impressed you are with a game's visuals or some cool background element, please don't point at something on
the screen--you're blocking the game with your hand, and you smudge the screen. Most people don't carry Windex with them.
Wash Your Hands
Ever see the "No Food Or Drink" signs in arcades? That's so that when you go to use the machines, someone else's lunch isn't
waiting for you on the joystick. Sweat is bad enough, but there's nothing more disgusting than stepping up to MK4 only to get
a palm full of someone else's hand salsa. Napkins, Wet Wipes, paper towels, a bar of soap--lots of stuff works.
Don't Talk Smack
Unless you're playing a friend, it's not cool to start insulting the person you're playing with after a win. In fact...
Be Complimentary
If someone performs a good dunk in NBA Hangtime or a particularly nice VF3 combo, a brief "Nice" or "That was cool" will
often break the ice with a total stranger. You've got skills, and you'd want to be complimented if you did something
impressive--why not offer to do the same thing when you see someone else do a good job? Note: Saying "That move is so cheap"
doesn't count.
Cool It, Romeo
Some guys take girls on dates to the arcades, especially to places like GameWorks. Do NOT use the time the guy's on a
machine as an opportunity to hit on his date! Win her hand the chivalrous way be taking the guy out on the game!
Respect The Machines
Don't you hate it when you put money into Mace: The Dark Age, only to find out that the Evade button is broken and the
joystick doesn't want to move to the left? Well, snapperhead, guess how it got that way--people taking out their frustrations
on the machines. If you're pissed about losing to the computer or another player, no matter how much you might want it to be
the joystick's fault, it's not. Bashing the hardware just costs the arcade owner repair money--money that could be better
spent buying new games. Don't beat up the machines.
It's Just A Game
Oh, and don't beat up on other people, either. True story from the files of Johnny Ballgame: Two guys playing Street Fighter,
one gets defeated with a foot sweep, and the loser takes the fight from the screen to the real world. By the time the
ambulance came, the "winner" had his head literally bashed into the corner of the control panel so many times, he was
bleeding a small river. Is a cheap combo worth losing bodily fluids? No. If you don't like your opponent, walk away and come
back later.
Ultima
[snip]
> Quarters Up!
>
> This is probably the oldest and most well-established arcade rule of all. If you want to play the next game, put your
> quarter (just one, regardless of the price of the game) up on the ridge between the control panel and the screen. [snip other stuff]
I wanted to comment on this. This is a particularly amusing custom to me
in this country. In my country, we just dump our quarters in the game
and wait until the next person gets off. We mentally keep track of who's
got next. The reason why the "Quarters up" custom is so amusing to me is
because back home, if this was done, people would simply steal the
tokens right off the machine. Hell, they would steal it while you're
looking at them stealing it, and they wouldn't care.
Even though I've gotten used to this custom, it still never fails to
amuse me when I think about it. "They would NEVER do this back home" is
never far from my mind.. :p
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If an arcade doesn't have a version of SF or SS in it, then it's not an
arcade
Kid Vid
>got next. The reason why the "Quarters up" custom is so amusing to me is
>because back home, if this was done, people would simply steal the
>tokens right off the machine. Hell, they would steal it while you're
>looking at them stealing it, and they wouldn't care.
Considering I'm about 195 lbs and somewhat trained in the martial arts, I'd
be curious to see if anyone would try to steal *MY* tokens. There would
need to be one heck of a crowd there for me not to see what's going on.
I did have someone try to CLAIM that those were his tokens on the machine,
but I set him straight. He looked pretty sad that someone had taken his
tokens and I almost gave him mine, but my game was up next.
Speaking of the Quarter's up rule, have you seen it where someone would put
multiple quarters up and claim that they get to play each game until their
quarters were gone? That happened to me on a pool table as well.
"Fell how weak you truly are!" -Kid Vid
Jinston
A little insert here. The 11th commandment. DON'T PRESS THE OTHER PLAYER'S
START KEY. Hehe. People who remember my old post are probably laughing
now.
Jinston
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>
>[snip]
>
>> Quarters Up!
>>
>> This is probably the oldest and most well-established arcade rule of
all. If you want to play the next game, put your
>> quarter (just one, regardless of the price of the game) up on the ridge
>
>I wanted to comment on this. This is a particularly amusing custom to me
>in this country. In my country, we just dump our quarters in the game
>and wait until the next person gets off. We mentally keep track of who's
>because back home, if this was done, people would simply steal the
>tokens right off the machine. Hell, they would steal it while you're
>looking at them stealing it, and they wouldn't care.
>
>amuse me when I think about it. "They would NEVER do this back home" is
>never far from my mind.. :p
>
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>http://members.xoom.com/Ultima1 - The Street Fighter RPG Manifesto!
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>
>If an arcade doesn't have a version of SF or SS in it, then it's not an
>arcade
Don't take this the wrong way, it's not an insult. I've met some of "Your
People". And it pisses people off around here. They go up to the machine,
see the quarters on the game and have no clue why they're there. So they
push the playing players' knees aside and shove a quarter in the game. The
people w/ their quarters up are awed and stupefied! They think "He's
donating his quarter!" Then when the match is over he cuts in and presses
start and plays. People go "Oh no! That Dick!" And if the person that was
next is bigger or just plain a jerk, he shoves the person aside, takes his
quarter off the game and hands it to that guy and says wait your turn. The
quarter inserter has no clue what's goin' on and gets pissed. Sometimes a
fight breaks out, sometimes a person waiting explains the rule.
Here's another thing that's sorta related. Assholes that are playing and
know they're going to lose. Shove a quarter in and don't get up. And just
keep playing the guy until they run out or someone grabs 'em off the
machine. THAT I HATE!
Jinston
Kid Vid wrote in message ...
>multiple quarters up and claim that they get to play each game until their
>quarters were gone? That happened to me on a pool table as well.
>
>
>"Fell how weak you truly are!" -Kid Vid
Oh yeah! I've met those people! Those bastards! = ) Kinda like those
people I wrote about in my reply to Ultima who shove in more that 1 quarter.
John Hayes
and have taken Judo here for the last 20 years. But hey I'm just kiddin'
;-)
In article <XosA2.2723$_2.80...@storm.twcol.com>, "Kid Vid"
<wpa...@columbus.rr.com> wrote:
> Ultima wrote in message <36D23C08...@rit.edu>...
> >got next. The reason why the "Quarters up" custom is so amusing to me is
> >because back home, if this was done, people would simply steal the
> >tokens right off the machine. Hell, they would steal it while you're
> >looking at them stealing it, and they wouldn't care.
>
>
> Considering I'm about 195 lbs and somewhat trained in the martial arts, I'd
> be curious to see if anyone would try to steal *MY* tokens. There would
> need to be one heck of a crowd there for me not to see what's going on.
>
> I did have someone try to CLAIM that those were his tokens on the machine,
> but I set him straight. He looked pretty sad that someone had taken his
> tokens and I almost gave him mine, but my game was up next.
>
>
> Speaking of the Quarter's up rule, have you seen it where someone would put
> multiple quarters up and claim that they get to play each game until their
> quarters were gone? That happened to me on a pool table as well.
>
>
> "Fell how weak you truly are!" -Kid Vid
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>in this country. In my country, we just dump our quarters in the game
>and wait until the next person gets off. We mentally keep track of who's
>because back home, if this was done, people would simply steal the
>tokens right off the machine. Hell, they would steal it while you're
>looking at them stealing it, and they wouldn't care.
We do this here as well, but there are some arcades that you wouldn't do it
in. You'll know the ones I'm talking about the minute you walk in.
Cheers,
Ka.
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Ultima
[snip]
> Don't take this the wrong way, it's not an insult. I've met some of "Your People". And it pisses people off around here. They go up to the machine, see the quarters on the game and have no clue why they're there. So they push the playing players' knees aside and shove a quarter in the game. The people w/ their quarters up are awed and stupefied! They think "He's donating his quarter!" Then when the match is over he cuts in and presses start and plays. People go "Oh no! That Dick!" And if the person that was next is bigger or just plain a jerk, he shoves the person aside, takes his quarter off the game and hands it to that guy and says wait your turn. The quarter inserter has no clue what's goin' on and gets pissed. Sometimes a fight breaks out, sometimes a person waiting explains the rule.
Ah yes. It may or may not have been people from my country, but it could
have been. When I first started going to arcades here, this may have
happened to me once or twice, but it was obvious what the quarters were
up on the machine were for, so I quickly adjusted. I just thought it was
so strange that no one would attempt to steal one or two and claim them
as his own (hell, I still think it's strange).
Even now, the practise of just showing my tokens/quarters into the
machine and waiting is more natural than leaving them on the machine. :\
> Here's another thing that's sorta related. Assholes that are playing and know they're going to lose. Shove a quarter in and don't get up. And just keep playing the guy until they run out or someone grabs 'em off the machine. THAT I HATE!
I haven't encountered more than a few people like this. It's a serious
pain in the ass, yes... >:(
Jinston
<snip>
>I just thought it was
>so strange that no one would attempt to steal one or two and claim them
>as his own (hell, I still think it's strange).
>Ultima - The Right Arm of Scrub Voltron
>http://members.xoom.com/Ultima1 - The Street Fighter RPG Manifesto!
>http://members.xoom.com/ShinUltima - U's Ultimate Rambling Page
>
>If an arcade doesn't have a version of SF or SS in it, then it's not an
>arcade
It's the same thing that stops people from stepping up to the machine w/o
putting a quarter in and playing. Some honor. I'm surprised people don't
do that where you come from. People do try to do fake claims, but usually
when people put their quarter up they then proceed to ask everyone around
what their order is. This prevents theft. If someone is heard lying, then
they are obviously confronted by everyone he's supposedly in front of.
Jonathan Winkler
Jinston wrote:
> Ultima wrote in message <36D23C08...@rit.edu>...
> >I wrote:
> >
> >[snip]
> >
> >> Quarters Up!
>
[snikt]
>
> Don't take this the wrong way, it's not an insult. I've met some of "Your
> People". And it pisses people off around here. They go up to the machine,
> see the quarters on the game and have no clue why they're there. So they
> push the playing players' knees aside and shove a quarter in the game. The
> people w/ their quarters up are awed and stupefied! They think "He's
> donating his quarter!" Then when the match is over he cuts in and presses
> start and plays. People go "Oh no! That Dick!" And if the person that was
> next is bigger or just plain a jerk, he shoves the person aside, takes his
> quarter off the game and hands it to that guy and says wait your turn. The
> quarter inserter has no clue what's goin' on and gets pissed. Sometimes a
> fight breaks out, sometimes a person waiting explains the rule.
>
> Here's another thing that's sorta related. Assholes that are playing and
> know they're going to lose. Shove a quarter in and don't get up. And just
> keep playing the guy until they run out or someone grabs 'em off the
> machine. THAT I HATE!
Sometimes an asshole will put 18 quarters up and just shove more in every time
he loses, no matter how many people are waiting to play the game. I really
*hate* that. (Even more when there are two of them.)
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I wrote in message ...
By the time the
>ambulance came, the "winner" had his head literally bashed into the corner
of the control panel so many times, he was
>bleeding a small river. Is a cheap combo worth losing bodily fluids? No. If
you don't like your opponent, walk away and come
>back later.
This along with a few other rules sound very familiar...I've seen them on
another site.
John E Larkspur
: THE TEN ARCADE COMMANDMENTS
I follow all of these, with a couple exceptions:
: Ask First
: "Squatter's rights" are assumed--if you're on a machine, you own a
: machine. If you see someone playing MK4 alone, there's a
: good chance that they're trying to learn the moves for the first time
: and don't want competition just yet. Yeah, it's a free
: country and you have as much right to play the game as anyone else, but
: it wouldn't hurt to offer a simple "Can I join in?"
: or "Mind if I play?" before you put the quarter in the slot.
: Furthermore, if it's a fighting game, it's polite to let the
: person playing finish a round before jumping in--or, if they're on the
: ropes, sneak in before the computer kills 'em so they don't have to
: spend another quarter.
I'm a big fan of the rescue at the last second rule. But if the
person loses or (worse) beats the game, then starts putting in more
quarters, they go down regardless of whether they want a fight.
: Cool It, Romeo
: Some guys take girls on dates to the arcades, especially to places
: like GameWorks. Do NOT use the time the guy's on a
: machine as an opportunity to hit on his date! Win her hand the
: chivalrous way be taking the guy out on the game!
No. Well, okay, if the girl is actually playing, then I'll leave the
couple alone. But if it's one of those deals where the guy plays and
plays and plays and the girl just has to stand there watching for hours,
I consider hitting on her to be the chivalrous thing to do. At the very
least she might start getting some attention from the guy she's with.
I'm also convinced that one time a gal hit on me so that her date
would take her the hell out of the arcade. I say this because, 1. I had
just beaten the tar out of her date and then the game, and she spent much
of the time talking about how impressive I was and how bad he is, and 2.
that was the only time I have ever been hit on by a complete stranger in
my life. Meanwhile, her date is right in front of us playing the game,
and he's bigger than me (which is saying something), and all the sudden
he starts losing in a hurry. Never saw her again.
: It's Just A Game
: Oh, and don't beat up on other people, either. True story from the
: files of Johnny Ballgame: Two guys playing Street Fighter,
: one gets defeated with a foot sweep, and the loser takes the fight
: from the screen to the real world. By the time the
: ambulance came, the "winner" had his head literally bashed into the
: corner of the control panel so many times, he was
: bleeding a small river. Is a cheap combo worth losing bodily fluids? No.
: If you don't like your opponent, walk away and come back later.
I saw a kid punch a guy in the face once during a game. Turned out
to be the arcade manager. Then the police came, and the kid wigged.
I decided later that that's what a newsgroup troll looks like in rl,
although I suppose he must just have had tourette's.
Another true story, I once had a couple guys cheer me on during a
game, only to find out later that they were doing it because "one of us
has to beat those cheap asian mother<expletives>!" It really makes you
wonder how worthwhile this hobby is when the vast majority of people you
meet doing it are spastic morons.
Lord BBH
>I wanted to comment on this. This is a particularly amusing custom to me
>in this country. In my country, we just dump our quarters in the game
>and wait until the next person gets off. We mentally keep track of who's
>got next. The reason why the "Quarters up" custom is so amusing to me is
>because back home, if this was done, people would simply steal the
>tokens right off the machine. Hell, they would steal it while you're
>looking at them stealing it, and they wouldn't care.
Wow, so South Texas isn't the only place that does this ass-backwards custom!
Sheesh... I grow up here thinking that that is the proper way of doing things,
putting money into the machine ahead of time... then I move to Austin, where
people put their quarters up on the machine... I adapt and find that more
natural... then back home at the local arcade I see a few guys playing EX2, so
I put my token up on the machine instead of putting in my money ahead of time.
They just stare at me and give me a "Why the HELL did you put that token
there?" look.
sigh
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Jinston <1JJC...@MtSAC.Edu> wrote in message <7atuuk$3ur$1...@remarQ.com>...
>>Back The Hell Up
This is very true for me. I like my personal space.
>>Wash Your Hands
>>
>> Ever see the "No Food Or Drink" signs in arcades? That's so that when you
>go to use the machines, someone else's lunch isn't
>>waiting for you on the joystick. Sweat is bad enough, but there's nothing
>more disgusting than stepping up to MK4 only to get
>>a palm full of someone else's hand salsa. Napkins, Wet Wipes, paper
towels,
>a bar of soap--lots of stuff works.
You should check out Monash uni. I swear I saw the menu of the cafeteria
once on a Tekken machine. :')
>>Respect The Machines
>>
>> Don't you hate it when you put money into Mace: The Dark Age, only to
find
>out that the Evade button is broken and the
>>joystick doesn't want to move to the left? Well, snapperhead, guess how it
>got that way--people taking out their frustrations
>>on the machines. If you're pissed about losing to the computer or another
>player, no matter how much you might want it to be
>>the joystick's fault, it's not. Bashing the hardware just costs the arcade
>owner repair money--money that could be better
>>spent buying new games. Don't beat up the machines.
Errrr.... does this apply to machines that swallow your change?
>A little insert here. The 11th commandment. DON'T PRESS THE OTHER
PLAYER'S
>START KEY. Hehe. People who remember my old post are probably laughing
>now.
hehehehehe.... :')
Cheers,
Ka.
=== A suggestion to future medical students... ===
A cure-all headache tablet for women. :')
kayin/ka khiong kwok
John E Larkspur wrote in message ...
> No. Well, okay, if the girl is actually playing, then I'll leave the
>couple alone. But if it's one of those deals where the guy plays and
>plays and plays and the girl just has to stand there watching for hours,
>I consider hitting on her to be the chivalrous thing to do. At the very
>least she might start getting some attention from the guy she's with.
> I'm also convinced that one time a gal hit on me so that her date
>would take her the hell out of the arcade. I say this because, 1. I had
>just beaten the tar out of her date and then the game, and she spent much
>of the time talking about how impressive I was and how bad he is, and 2.
>that was the only time I have ever been hit on by a complete stranger in
>my life. Meanwhile, her date is right in front of us playing the game,
>and he's bigger than me (which is saying something), and all the sudden
>he starts losing in a hurry. Never saw her again.
This has never happened to me (I should be so lucky), but it has happened to
a guy I was playing against. A whole bunch of girls literally stood outside
the arcade, sent a representative in, and ask if he was interested. I swear
it was bloody amazing the way he kept his cool. Peronally, I was thinking
"hoho... go on you idiot, this is just a game..", anyway, he still beat me.
Pretty badly I might add. :')
Having said that, I haven't seen him in an arcade in yonks. I think one of
the girls got to him. Who posted that thing about school girls taking over
the world... hmmmmm? ^_-
>: It's Just A Game
> I saw a kid punch a guy in the face once during a game. Turned out
>to be the arcade manager. Then the police came, and the kid wigged.
>I decided later that that's what a newsgroup troll looks like in rl,
>although I suppose he must just have had tourette's.
As I've said before, there were instances were knives were drawn and punches
thrown. Then again, you get that in a chess match.
> Another true story, I once had a couple guys cheer me on during a
>game, only to find out later that they were doing it because "one of us
>has to beat those cheap asian mother<expletives>!" It really makes you
>wonder how worthwhile this hobby is when the vast majority of people you
>meet doing it are spastic morons.
Regardless of the interest, there will always be morons. It's like no matter
how much you bath, you'll still never ever be totally clean.
kayin/ka khiong kwok
Jonathan Winkler wrote in message <36D3CB91...@concentric.net>...
>Sometimes an asshole will put 18 quarters up and just shove more in every
time
>he loses, no matter how many people are waiting to play the game. I really
>*hate* that. (Even more when there are two of them.)
Seen that once. Bloody annoying that, then again, sometimes I'm guilty of
continuing after been beaten. But I usually check that no one's waiting
though. Sometimes, you just get a guy who puts up a decent fight, and you
want to make sure that they really are better then you. :')
kayin/ka khiong kwok
Lord BBH wrote in message <19990224142213...@ngol08.aol.com>...
>Wow, so South Texas isn't the only place that does this ass-backwards
custom!
No offence to anyone, but from my understanding, isn't South Texas more or
less like Tasmania, only more backward?
Lord BBH
<ka...@mpx.com.au> writes:
>>Wow, so South Texas isn't the only place that does this ass-backwards
>custom!
>
>
>No offence to anyone, but from my understanding, isn't South Texas more or
>less like Tasmania, only more backward?
I dunno. South Texas is a deceiving name anyway... it's more like "North
Mexico".
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I
>
>I (I...@I.COM) wrote:
>: THE TEN ARCADE COMMANDMENTS
>
> I follow all of these, with a couple exceptions:
>
>
>: "Squatter's rights" are assumed--if you're on a machine, you own a
>: machine. If you see someone playing MK4 alone, there's a
>: good chance that they're trying to learn the moves for the first time
>: and don't want competition just yet. Yeah, it's a free
>: country and you have as much right to play the game as anyone else, but
>: it wouldn't hurt to offer a simple "Can I join in?"
>: or "Mind if I play?" before you put the quarter in the slot.
>: Furthermore, if it's a fighting game, it's polite to let the
>: person playing finish a round before jumping in--or, if they're on the
>: ropes, sneak in before the computer kills 'em so they don't have to
>: spend another quarter.
>
>person loses or (worse) beats the game, then starts putting in more
>quarters, they go down regardless of whether they want a fight.
This only follows if your coin was up or credited. Otherwise, this individual
was not informed of your desire to play. If he ignores you...a prompt ass-kicking
is in order.
In particular, I enjoy celebrating players who line up coins on the console and sit
on a stool with their knee blocking the coin slots. Also, those weasels who insert
their coins to allude saving you after you just lost the first round against the computer.
Then when you are at your dying breath... ooopsy, he presses the start button too late.
True story: My favorite morsel was this dude who was inconspisiously playing with his
keys in front of a SF32i cabinet. Upon closer inspection, this maggot had opened the
console and creditted himself around 12 games. Ah...the temptation to inflict pain on
this individual was inconcievable. I am salivating by just reminiscing this episode...
Let me just say that he *earned* every game...;-)
>: Cool It, Romeo
>
>: Some guys take girls on dates to the arcades, especially to places
>: like GameWorks. Do NOT use the time the guy's on a
>: machine as an opportunity to hit on his date! Win her hand the
>: chivalrous way be taking the guy out on the game!
>
> No. Well, okay, if the girl is actually playing, then I'll leave the
>couple alone. But if it's one of those deals where the guy plays and
>plays and plays and the girl just has to stand there watching for hours,
>I consider hitting on her to be the chivalrous thing to do. At the very
>least she might start getting some attention from the guy she's with.
> I'm also convinced that one time a gal hit on me so that her date
>would take her the hell out of the arcade. I say this because, 1. I had
>just beaten the tar out of her date and then the game, and she spent much
>of the time talking about how impressive I was and how bad he is, and 2.
>that was the only time I have ever been hit on by a complete stranger in
>my life. Meanwhile, her date is right in front of us playing the game,
>and he's bigger than me (which is saying something), and all the sudden
>he starts losing in a hurry. Never saw her again.
Rule of thumb: Don't take your girlfriend to an arcade.
>: It's Just A Game
>
>: Oh, and don't beat up on other people, either. True story from the
>: files of Johnny Ballgame: Two guys playing Street Fighter,
>: one gets defeated with a foot sweep, and the loser takes the fight
>: from the screen to the real world. By the time the
>: ambulance came, the "winner" had his head literally bashed into the
>: corner of the control panel so many times, he was
>: bleeding a small river. Is a cheap combo worth losing bodily fluids? No.
>: If you don't like your opponent, walk away and come back later.
>
> I saw a kid punch a guy in the face once during a game. Turned out
>to be the arcade manager. Then the police came, and the kid wigged.
>I decided later that that's what a newsgroup troll looks like in rl,
>although I suppose he must just have had tourette's.
I recollect a little tussle I had with some dude who similarly displayed
this type of frustration. It turned out that he passed judgement and
I ended up ridiculing him for his brash behavior. However, I have a feeling
that he still does not understand me.
> Another true story, I once had a couple guys cheer me on during a
>game, only to find out later that they were doing it because "one of us
>has to beat those cheap asian mother<expletives>!" It really makes you
>wonder how worthwhile this hobby is when the vast majority of people you
>meet doing it are spastic morons.
The game itself feeds off the competitive instincts of all players. The
players addiction eventually becomes perturbed and belligerent juveniles are
manufactured. You're right. It seems that the repercussions of playing video
games are indeed overlooked.
PermaJ
>and sit
>on a stool with their knee blocking the coin slots. Also, those weasels who
>insert
>their coins to allude saving you after you just lost the first round against
>the computer.
>Then when you are at your dying breath... ooopsy, he presses the start button
>too late.
>
hey man. .sometimes i'm not paying attention at that moment!!
>
>Rule of thumb: Don't take your girlfriend to an arcade.
yup. .never. Unless that's where you met her. My GF likes video games, but
not arcade games. I took her in one time, and instead of staying for a couple
hours it was like 12 min.
Side note: 99% of girl arcade gamers are sexy.
kayin/ka khiong kwok
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>I dunno. South Texas is a deceiving name anyway... it's more like "North
>Mexico".
So the Mexicans are finally invading huh? ^_-
kayin/ka khiong kwok
I wrote in message ...
True, there are a lot better things you could be doing with your girlfriend.
** COUGH ** ** COUGH** ** WINK ** ** WINK ** **Hrrmmmmmsaynomore** :')
2 The Limit
Refrain from putting a mountain of quarters on the console or
shoveling in a king's ransom of quarters.
2) Don't Trashtalk
Don't whine at, gloat at, or otherwise goad other players.
3) Give 'Em Room
Don't invade the space of any nearby players. Basically the same as
"Back The Hell Up" but this is so important that I have to agree.
4) Put Asshole Players In Their Place
Shut up and finish them off with a super when their life is low (if
they block it'll tank 'em anyway).
5) Don't be Gross
No spitting on the screen or whatnot (I've seen this one, YUCK!).
6) Limit the Frank Language
Swearing at an opponent who wins (i.e. "That was Fuckin' Bullshit!")
also violates #2 above. If you bite the dust and have to say "Shit"
or something, keep it barely audible. What do other people think if
you're swearing loudly at an inanimate object?
7) Use Purell or other Hand Sanitizer lotion
Who has handled that joystick before you? Someone with a cold? A
nose-picker? Who knows...
8) Don't steal someone else's high score
If a player gets a high score but doesn't put his/her initials up
(i.e. not satisfied with the high score, or just sees no need), don't
sneak up and tap in your own. If you're waiting to play the next
game, just hit "END" to leave a blank.
On Wed, 24 Feb 1999 08:08:19 +1100, "kayin/ka khiong kwok"
<ka...@mpx.com.au> wrote:
>
>Jinston <1JJC...@MtSAC.Edu> wrote in message <7atuuk$3ur$1...@remarQ.com>...
>>>Back The Hell Up
>
>
>This is very true for me. I like my personal space.
>
>>>Wash Your Hands
>>>
>>> Ever see the "No Food Or Drink" signs in arcades? That's so that when you
>>go to use the machines, someone else's lunch isn't
>>>waiting for you on the joystick. Sweat is bad enough, but there's nothing
>>more disgusting than stepping up to MK4 only to get
>>>a palm full of someone else's hand salsa. Napkins, Wet Wipes, paper
>towels,
>>a bar of soap--lots of stuff works.
>
>
>You should check out Monash uni. I swear I saw the menu of the cafeteria
>once on a Tekken machine. :')
>
>>>Respect The Machines
>>>
>>> Don't you hate it when you put money into Mace: The Dark Age, only to
>find
>>out that the Evade button is broken and the
>>>joystick doesn't want to move to the left? Well, snapperhead, guess how it
>>got that way--people taking out their frustrations
>>>on the machines. If you're pissed about losing to the computer or another
>>player, no matter how much you might want it to be
>>>the joystick's fault, it's not. Bashing the hardware just costs the arcade
>>owner repair money--money that could be better
>>>spent buying new games. Don't beat up the machines.
>
>
>Errrr.... does this apply to machines that swallow your change?
>
>>A little insert here. The 11th commandment. DON'T PRESS THE OTHER
>PLAYER'S
>>START KEY. Hehe. People who remember my old post are probably laughing
>>now.
>
>
>hehehehehe.... :')
n00body
2 The Limit wrote in message <36d83d5e.13215880@news-server>...
>8) Don't steal someone else's high score
> If a player gets a high score but doesn't put his/her initials up
>(i.e. not satisfied with the high score, or just sees no need), don't
>sneak up and tap in your own. If you're waiting to play the next
>game, just hit "END" to leave a blank.
Around here, the highscores aren't saved on most games..so it doesn't
really matter.
>On Wed, 24 Feb 1999 08:08:19 +1100, "kayin/ka khiong kwok"
><ka...@mpx.com.au> wrote:
>
>>
>>Jinston <1JJC...@MtSAC.Edu> wrote in message <7atuuk$3ur$1...@remarQ.com>...
>>>>Back The Hell Up
>>
>>
>>This is very true for me. I like my personal space.
>>
>>>>Wash Your Hands
>>>>
>>>> Ever see the "No Food Or Drink" signs in arcades? That's so that when
you
>>>go to use the machines, someone else's lunch isn't
>>>>waiting for you on the joystick. Sweat is bad enough, but there's
nothing
>>>more disgusting than stepping up to MK4 only to get
>>>>a palm full of someone else's hand salsa. Napkins, Wet Wipes, paper
>>towels,
>>>a bar of soap--lots of stuff works.
>>
>>
>>You should check out Monash uni. I swear I saw the menu of the cafeteria
>>once on a Tekken machine. :')
>>
>>>>Respect The Machines
>>>>
>>>> Don't you hate it when you put money into Mace: The Dark Age, only to
>>find
>>>out that the Evade button is broken and the
>>>>joystick doesn't want to move to the left? Well, snapperhead, guess how
it
>>>got that way--people taking out their frustrations
>>>>on the machines. If you're pissed about losing to the computer or
another
>>>player, no matter how much you might want it to be
>>>>the joystick's fault, it's not. Bashing the hardware just costs the
arcade
>>>owner repair money--money that could be better
>>>>spent buying new games. Don't beat up the machines.
>>
>>
>>Errrr.... does this apply to machines that swallow your change?
>>
>>>A little insert here. The 11th commandment. DON'T PRESS THE OTHER
>>PLAYER'S
>>>START KEY. Hehe. People who remember my old post are probably laughing
>>>now.
>>
>>
WhoaMoses
Put one to two quarters/tokens up at a time (depending on how big the machine
is) and wait your damn turn. Keep track of who's next so you don't get gypped
outta your turn, and a fight doesn't ensue concerning who's next to get their
ass whupped. Oh yeah, one more thing, don't steal other people's quarters!!!!
2. Who you callin a foo???
Don't swear at other people. E.G. "You piece of cheap $hit! How dare you use
that bull$hit on me you biotch!" You may not want to do that unless the person
is a close friend or you want to start a small riot. However, it is okay to
vent some frustration at the game. E.G. "Stupid piece of $hit! I pressed the
buttons! I moved the joystick! And I still lost?!??!!?!" It's preferable to say
something stupid or comical so that people don't think you're a mentalcase.
For example, the other day when I went to pick Colossus, and the damned game
gave me ARTHUR of all people, i went into a swearing frenzy that people simply
cracked up about.
3. I NEED PERSONAL SPACE!!!!!!
Don't rub up against players, grab their asses, etc. There was this one little
kid who always stuck his head between the two players so he could see the
screen......one time he knocked one of their arms and the guy lost. After a
swift elbow to the gut, the kid wised up.
4. ***VERY IMPORTANT***
LAY OFF THE NACHOS!
Yesterday there was someone who kept ripping out big ones, and let me tell ya,
it wasn't a pretty sight. Ya know, that's what BATHROOMS are for ya little
turd!
5. Don't gloat (too much)
If you beat that annoying guy with the 20-win winning streak, tease the shit
outta him. But it you're the one with the winning streak, there's no need to
make fun of your opponents after winning. It just makes you look like a
conceited asshole.
6. Wash those hands!
There's nothing worse that gettin skanky hands from a video game!
7. Hands off!
Don't hit your opponents buttons you cheatin bastard!
8. Look out below!
Don't put soda or food or anything on top of the game! If it falls, not only
will the game be broken (there goes thousands of dollars outta your pocket!),
but you'll have a soaking wet, sticky, and pissed off opponent ready to do a
shin-shoryuken combo on your ass in real life.
9. Avoid the -isms!
No, not the A3 isms. I mean racism, sexism, or ageism. If somebody is a
different race than you, or a girl, or older than the average gamer, it's OKAY!
Everybody is entitled to play a good game. And chances are if you make fun of
them for being different, you'll get your ass thrown out by a mob of angry
gamers.
10. Don't be a bore
Try not to pick the same characters EVERY time you play and use the exact same
strategies over and over. That just makes the game boring and repetitive and
people just tend to go home a lot quicker.
Atsuko "Nuku" Natsume
should write down what I've been seeing in the past... So here it is.
1. Don't hit on people. I know that most of you guys just run into other guys, but
I've had my fair share of idiots who try to come on to me during a game... This
includes 'letting' someone win... I have also had my fair share of people who do
this... I'm there to play, dammit! I want some competition!
2. Don't begrudge someone if he or she beats you, unless you have a legitimate
gripe (joystick is broken, buttons don't work, etc.). I saw someone out there who
runs a Dan appreciation page (linked off of Kao's page) and was flipping through
his list of things that annoy him about the people he plays against in SF... one of
them was that if a girl happened to beat him. It was all I could do to not whip out
that baseball-bat of truth and whap him a good one. I don't care about your male
ego, if I'm better than you, you'd BETTER take that loss like a man!
3. Be polite about everything. Some people out there are jerks, but some others are
nice... If you walk up like you own the machine and don't treat anyone with
respect, you can't expect people to treat you with respect either.
I don't have much to say about this... but in the off-chance you guys meet a girl
in the video arcades (who knows, it might be me! ^_^), keep these little guidelines
in mind. Heck, you should keep them in mind anyway, since it's all common courtesy.
--Nuku
Atsuko "Nuku" Natsume
Ace-ISM wrote:
> What happens if it's the *girl* who tries to hit on a guy during the game?
> ^_^.
Hmmph. I never said this is a 'Guidelines for guys who happen to run into a girl
in the arcade', I said it was a standard Guideline, including girls who happen
to go to arcades to look for guys. I guess that was implied, but not completely
understood... but I guess, if you guys run into anyone like that, you will
probably be able to think up some appropriate response...
Ultima
[snip]
> I never said this is a 'Guidelines for guys who happen to run into a girl in the arcade', I said it was a standard Guideline, including girls who happen to go to arcades to look for guys. [snarf]
There are girls who go to the arcade to look for guys?
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Ace-ISM
Atsuko "Nuku" Natsume wrote in message <36D8E2BA...@yahoo.com>...
>Well... I guess it had to happen. I'm one of a very select few, and I guess
I
>should write down what I've been seeing in the past... So here it is.
>
>1. Don't hit on people. I know that most of you guys just run into other
guys, but
>I've had my fair share of idiots who try to come on to me during a game...
This
>includes 'letting' someone win... I have also had my fair share of people
who do
>this... I'm there to play, dammit! I want some competition!
What happens if it's the *girl* who tries to hit on a guy during the game?
^_^.
Girl: Oh, can you do that combo again on me? It looks so cool *blush*
Boy: <Thinks> Argh! Will this damn bimbo go away so I can play some real
challengers? <Out loud> But it's only low forward and hadouken!
Girl: Ooh. But that combo looks so hard for me. I have this game at home, do
you think you could come over and "teach" me it? *blush*
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Jinston
Ace-ISM wrote in message <36d8...@news.syd.fl.net.au>...
>What happens if it's the *girl* who tries to hit on a guy during the game?
>^_^.
>
>
>Girl: Oh, can you do that combo again on me? It looks so cool *blush*
>
>Boy: <Thinks> Argh! Will this damn bimbo go away so I can play some real
>challengers? <Out loud> But it's only low forward and hadouken!
>
>Girl: Ooh. But that combo looks so hard for me. I have this game at home,
do
>you think you could come over and "teach" me it? *blush*
>
>--
>Ace-ISM
>
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If I am playing a not so good player I beat him quick. You will be stupid to
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with his face soaked in a puddle of blood. As for Respect. I give a person
his due when it is needed. Like if a person beats me I give him his props I
am not a sore loser. The only thing that makes me mad is when PPL knock SF
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>Atsuko "Nuku" Natsume wrote:
>
>[snip]
>
>> I never said this is a 'Guidelines for guys who happen to run into a girl in the arcade', I said it was a standard Guideline, including girls who happen to go to arcades to look for guys. [snarf]
>There are girls who go to the arcade to look for guys?
There are girls who go to the arcades, period?
Damn, what's up with that. For like, a month or 2 there, Denis' on
Belmont actually had like, a 15% female population. For a us arcade,
that's amazing.
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Ultima wrote in message <36D9C9F5...@rit.edu>...
>There are girls who go to the arcade to look for guys?
Yes, and I've seen it before. Any other safe refuge of single men has been
breached. Okay, so that means we've lost the pub, the racetrack, the gym,
and now the video games arcade. That leaves only the men's showers and I'm
not touching that with a fifty foot pole. :')
Beef
>
> Ultima wrote in message <36D9C9F5...@rit.edu>...
> >There are girls who go to the arcade to look for guys?
>
>
> Yes, and I've seen it before. Any other safe refuge of single men has been
> breached. Okay, so that means we've lost the pub, the racetrack, the gym,
> and now the video games arcade. That leaves only the men's showers and I'm
> not touching that with a fifty foot pole. :')
Your fifty foot pole, or mine?
*okay, sorry! I want to apologize to everyone for this post. It's
lewd, crude, and one that makes everyone wanna smack me upside the
head. This whole thread is kind silly, except Nuku's(sp) original post.
Which reminds me of a story. This past weekend I was playing with a
couple regulars at the arcade that happened to be unusually packed. One
of the was complaining that all the girls here had boyfriends. I just
wanted to ask him what he was thinking. All the girls here are here
because they're with their boyfriends. They wouldn't come here willingly.
They've got other things to do than watch some guys pound a few buttons.
And none of them here are here to play. I don't even bother striking up a
conversation with any of them because of that fact.
At leat that's the thing up here in Brew-town.
Mark
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> > I never said this is a 'Guidelines for guys who happen to run into a girl in the arcade', I said it was a standard Guideline, including girls who happen to go to arcades to look for guys. [snarf]
>
> There are girls who go to the arcade to look for guys?
GRRRRRAAAAAAAAHHH! Goddammit, this brings so much memories of my
ex-girlfriend!!!!!!! JESUS!!!!
I want to put an ax in someone's head NOW!!!!!!!
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Myke
spmc...@midway.uchicago.edu (Shaun Patrick Mcisaac) wrote:
> In article <36D9C9F5...@rit.edu>, Ultima <jas...@rit.edu> wrote:
> >Atsuko "Nuku" Natsume wrote:
> >
> >[snip]
> >
in the arcade', I said it was a standard Guideline, including girls who happen
to go to arcades to look for guys. [snarf]
> >There are girls who go to the arcade to look for guys?
>
Wait 'till your arcade gets all those Konami beat and rhythm games. One
arcade here has had beatmania and dance dance revolution for some months now,
and just last night (a typical Monday night), the arcade was literally packed
with girls, I'd even say they were in the majority. OK, so they were mainly
annoying little highschoolers, but girls just the same ;)
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Ace-ISM
Myke wrote in message <7bfjo8$o5k$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
<snip>
>> There are girls who go to the arcades, period?
>
>Wait 'till your arcade gets all those Konami beat and rhythm games. One
>arcade here has had beatmania and dance dance revolution for some months
now,
>and just last night (a typical Monday night), the arcade was literally
packed
>with girls, I'd even say they were in the majority. OK, so they were mainly
>annoying little highschoolers, but girls just the same ;)
Heh. Coz they're not old enough to go to dance clubs ... poor girlies ...
someone needs to sell some fake IDs at the front of those arcades ^_^.
Shaun Patrick Mcisaac
Myke <myk...@my-dejanews.com> wrote:
>In article <F7wA6...@midway.uchicago.edu>,
> spmc...@midway.uchicago.edu (Shaun Patrick Mcisaac) wrote:
>> In article <36D9C9F5...@rit.edu>, Ultima <jas...@rit.edu> wrote:
>> >Atsuko "Nuku" Natsume wrote:
>> >> I never said this is a 'Guidelines for guys who happen to run into a girl
>in the arcade', I said it was a standard Guideline, including girls who happen
>to go to arcades to look for guys. [snarf]
>> >There are girls who go to the arcade to look for guys?
>Wait 'till your arcade gets all those Konami beat and rhythm games. One
>arcade here has had beatmania and dance dance revolution for some months now,
>and just last night (a typical Monday night), the arcade was literally packed
>with girls, I'd even say they were in the majority. OK, so they were mainly
>annoying little highschoolers, but girls just the same ;)
You're in Cali, aren't you?
Myke
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>Nope, Sydney, Australia.
Still looking forward to the traffic jams are you. >:')
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It's damn sight better then Outlook. Hell, nn is better then Outlook.
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>Still looking forward to the traffic jams are you. >:')
>(A little bit of inter state nastiness here).
Hey, we get traffic jams already -_-. Damn car accidents and trucks breaking
down on major roads ... (at least one every morning).
Anyway, any of you Melbourne people coming down for the Olympics? Maybe we
can have our own SF2 Olympics hehehe
kayin/ka khiong kwok
Ace-ISM wrote in message <36de...@news.syd.fl.net.au>...
>Hey, we get traffic jams already -_-. Damn car accidents and trucks
breaking
>down on major roads ... (at least one every morning).
hehehe... as Natasha Stotts Despoja pointed out, it's not going to get much
better. :')
At least you guys don't have to deal with really bad ticketing machines. Not
saying I don't want them (cause they mean more computing jobs), but really,
they should've been better implemented.
>Anyway, any of you Melbourne people coming down for the Olympics? Maybe we
>can have our own SF2 Olympics hehehe
Good idea, but what performance enhancing substance will we be tested for?
^_-
she...@excellencemodels.com
"Atsuko \"Nuku\" Natsume" <nekomus...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Well... I guess it had to happen. I'm one of a very select few, and I guess I
> should write down what I've been seeing in the past... So here it is.
>
> 1. Don't hit on people. I know that most of you guys just run into other
guys, but
> I've had my fair share of idiots who try to come on to me during a game...
This
> includes 'letting' someone win... I have also had my fair share of people who
do
> this... I'm there to play, dammit! I want some competition!
I've had more than a share, telling people calmly that you
want to be left alone works, or not going by yourself to
arcades.
Clearly people aint gonna be coming in here to read then
follow your guidelines.
And hell yeah, I've known and have seen other girls in arcades who
came purposely for guys, sure this rule goes both ways but who
is stopping anyone?
> 2. Don't begrudge someone if he or she beats you, unless you have a
legitimate
> gripe (joystick is broken, buttons don't work, etc.). I saw someone out there
who
Heh, the immortal excuse of "joystick is broken" won't
disappear that fast. For some people I play against, it
is a second nature to say it whenever they lose!
> runs a Dan appreciation page (linked off of Kao's page) and was flipping
through
Does Kao still lurk in this group too? I'm totally out of it
these days.
> his list of things that annoy him about the people he plays against in SF...
one of
> them was that if a girl happened to beat him. It was all I could do to not
whip out
> that baseball-bat of truth and whap him a good one. I don't care about your
male
> ego, if I'm better than you, you'd BETTER take that loss like a man!
It definately annoys most guys if a girl (especially if
they _don't_ know her) beats them, some more than others.
Can't do anything about that.
But taking the loss like a man? What's that mean?
> 3. Be polite about everything. Some people out there are jerks, but some
others are
> nice... If you walk up like you own the machine and don't treat anyone with
> respect, you can't expect people to treat you with respect either.
>
> I don't have much to say about this... but in the off-chance you guys meet a
girl
> in the video arcades (who knows, it might be me! ^_^), keep these little
guidelines
> in mind. Heck, you should keep them in mind anyway, since it's all common
courtesy.
Closer to common sense.
-Sheila aka Mai
http://i.am/sheila - sheila [khosla] design
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jl...@netcom.com (John E Larkspur) wrote:
> I (I...@I.COM) wrote:
> : THE TEN ARCADE COMMANDMENTS
[cut other rulez]
> : Cool It, Romeo
>
> : Some guys take girls on dates to the arcades, especially to places
> : like GameWorks. Do NOT use the time the guy's on a
> : machine as an opportunity to hit on his date! Win her hand the
> : chivalrous way be taking the guy out on the game!
>
> No. Well, okay, if the girl is actually playing, then I'll leave the
> couple alone. But if it's one of those deals where the guy plays and
> plays and plays and the girl just has to stand there watching for hours,
> I consider hitting on her to be the chivalrous thing to do. At the very
> least she might start getting some attention from the guy she's with.
Chivalrous my ass, if the girl was loyal to him and
they were obviously a _couple_ she would get her guy
to beat your ass down for hitting on her.
Who knows, maybe she spends hours shopping and he waits
while she tries stuff on, or something like that.
Couples do make "sacrifices" and change to suit the
other person, you can't tell if this is something
she agreed to do. Also can't tell if he twisted her
arm to wait for him.
You don't know anything for sure, but you DID know
she's taken and isn't there for you to hit on.
I make my boyfriend wait, and he does. If some girl pulls
that crap while I'll playing she's gonna check into the
smack down hotel with a fist in her mouth and a foot in
her ass!
> I'm also convinced that one time a gal hit on me so that her date
> would take her the hell out of the arcade. I say this because, 1. I had
Sounds like they have a communication problem, thats
between them.
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> Another true story, I once had a couple guys cheer me on during a
> game, only to find out later that they were doing it because "one of us
> has to beat those cheap asian mother<expletives>!" It really makes you
> wonder how worthwhile this hobby is when the vast majority of people you
> meet doing it are spastic morons.
I feel the same way, I came across parallel situations.
-mao, who is a very VERY jealous creature when it comes to these things
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