Comment on should i??

• Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It says on the arcade machine not to hold onto that rail. Page 9, sticker 7. https://www.manualslib.com/manual/1756526/Konami-Dance-Dance-Revolution.html?page=9#manual. Most people who did this received injuries, not high scores.

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  • KuroiKaze@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Boy you couldn’t be wronger here, pretty much every perfect attack champion plays like this because it’s an unfair advantage. We shamed these people at our arcade but it doesn’t stop them from setting the highest scores no matter how stupid it looks. Dancing stage fixes this problem well enough.

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    • Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You can say that but I grew up in Gameworks. The people who grabbed the bar were inexperienced. If you played at home with the matt in between sessions you didn’t need the bar. We used to run town on the fools tied to the machine and not free to move their feet. But all the more to ya I guess.

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      • gears@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        youtu.be/aKACMk4a7GM

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  • CausticFlames@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It literally says verbatim: “please do not lean or hang on the handrail”

    LEAN or HANG. Not saying the guy isn’t doing that, but it says nothing about just grabbing it? You can grab it just fine.

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    • Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Dude, what do you do when you grab it? You usually follow the grab with your weight. Nobody is just holding it shyly like their first date at the movies. They’re putting their weight on it so they don’t slide off-axis to the dance pad arrows. The intended use doesn’t matter anyway, because this was a sign of a disrespectful player. If you did this while up against someone else you were a dirty player. Thats the truth. Thats why this comment on the chastity belt is funny.

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      • CausticFlames@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        And why exactly is it considered “dirty” to begin with? Because its EFFECTIVE. This is what you do to get an advantage, like someone already said.

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  • grandkaiser@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, well, there’s also a warning label on Q-tips to not stick em in your ear canal.

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    • Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You also shouldn’t do that. https://hms.harvard.edu/news/why-you-really-truly-should-not-put-q-tips-your-ears. Thats just proven bad. Unlike my losing battle elsewhere. Which, trust me, it was a big deal if you held on. Everyone can argue it. But all I’m seein’ is a bunch of bar grabbers.

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      • I_Has_A_Hat@startrek.website ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Ah yes, warnings written to protect the .02% of users who are too fucking stupid to know not to shove them in as far as possible.

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      • hark@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I stopped using q tips and had so much wax buildup that I could barely hear out of my ear. Was a terrible week or so before I finally got it cleared with a softener and water administered through a flared syringe. I went right back to using q tips as I had for decades before. All it takes is a bit of sweeping at the entrance of my ears for me to avoid that crazy buildup, so it’s well worth it.

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  • Pinklink@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Uh, then wtf is it’s intended purpose?

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    • ysjet@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s for holding onto while playing, there’s literally stickers on the machine saying to do it. The old machines even advised it during the health/safety prompts. This guy has absolutely zero fuckin idea what he’s talking about.

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      • Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Okay, I just linked the fucken manuals for the machines. Sticker 7, do not hold.

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    • Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I have no idea, but its not for holding onto while playing. You’re more likely to twist your joints that way. Maybe it stops you from backing off the machine on accident?

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      • Pinklink@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        There must be a legal point where something is so obviously meant for a use that no amount of “not meant to be used for this super obvious purpose” can no longer protect a company, right?

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  • Plavatos@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Found the 2018 East Regional DDR runner up.

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    • Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yep

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      • Rakudjo@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Somebody clearly hasn’t played dance games since 2004. The old bar-vs-no bar argument has since been shored up with “just play the damn game.” Regardless of original intention for the bar, it’s even highly suggested/nearly required for high-level play anymore.

        I haven’t actually read machine manuals for recent releases, but does DDR Ace/SMX/Pump Phoenix still outright state not to lean on the bar?

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  • Viniyur@yiffit.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It says “not to hang or lean on during play,” not hold on to. You can hold onto it. Just don’t lean or apply significant pressure onto it.

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