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why are some people so rough on an arcade machine?

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Jakobud:

My friend Frank goes crazy on my cabinet playing Robotron.  I think he actually jerked the left joystick almost loose one time.  Sometimes it seems like he's gonna pull the entire control panel off cause he is getting so in to it :)

Minwah:


--- Quote from: Gunstar Hero on September 12, 2004, 10:36:21 pm ---The next day my 5'3 fiancee and I decided to throw down some Street Fighter, and within 5 minutes she tears the joystick loose! Well, she looked SO appalled I thought she was gonna die, because she was sure she'd just killed my new baby!!

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I've noticed some girls are pretty damn rough too.  A couple of girls who've had a go on my machine have been particularly crap, and equally hard on the controls.  Basically constant joystick waggling / button mashing without any co-ordination or thought as to what's actually going on on-screen.  Any advance through the game is by pure luck...

DYNAGOD:

I remeber when i was a kid going to the arcade i believed that those cabinets were stuffed FULL with electronics and mechanical gizmos and doohickeys.
i thought they were industrial strength.. i imagined that when you opened the rear door, their wouldnt havebeen enough free space to slip a thin dim in there.
I mean why else would the cabinet be so big?!

I cant express how let down and extremely dissapointed I was when i found out that those awesome, magical cabinets i imagined as packed to the brim with electronics and wonder were filled with more cobwebs and empty space than anythin else.
talk about your classic wizard of oz complex.

SO yea, people who dont know what makes a cabinet tick, think theye are tanks..i know i did..

Stingray:

My father-in-law is pretty rough on mine, but hey it's a real arcade cabinet and controls, the control panel is made of steel. It's not like he's going to hurt anything. If he went as far as kicking it., I'd have to cut him off, but mostly he just yanks on the joystick and slams on the buttons. No harm done. I get a charge out of watching people get that into it actually.

-S

RayB:

It's really interesting to see this thread because I recall a thread a few weeks back about how to mount joysticks. I was in favor of following what the pros did and use carriage bolts straight through. But people argued against me that screwing joys in from underneath, and/or using T-nuts was just as strong enough. Well here's proof that I was right dammit!

 ;D


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