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 6 months agoIt 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.
CausticFlames@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
Sanctus@lemmy.world 6 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.
CausticFlames@sopuli.xyz 6 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.
Guntrigger@feddit.ch 6 months ago
I bet you’re a spinner at foosball as well.
Sanctus@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Because it shows you don’t have the coordination to stay on the mat…
grandkaiser@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yeah, well, there’s also a warning label on Q-tips to not stick em in your ear canal.
Sanctus@lemmy.world 6 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.
I_Has_A_Hat@startrek.website 6 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.
hark@lemmy.world 6 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.
Sanctus@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I have a gentle ear cleaning tool that is designed to use warm water to clean your inner ear, and then you clean the outer area with a q-tip. They’re great tools, just not for your inner ear. If your ears aren’t prone to infection I highly recommend a water cleaning device for your ears.
Pinklink@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Uh, then wtf is it’s intended purpose?
ysjet@lemmy.world 6 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.
Sanctus@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Okay, I just linked the fucken manuals for the machines. Sticker 7, do not hold.
Rodeo@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
First time hearing about liability?
Sometimes companies will say things that they don’t even believe themselves, just to protect themselves from the law.
It’s called LI - A - BIL - I -TY
Sanctus@lemmy.world 6 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?
Pinklink@lemm.ee 6 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?
pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
My toaster oven’s manual says I have to power it down, clean out the crumb tray, and unplug it after every use or risk starting a fire. After every use. That’s literally what it says. This is what you get when you give the lawyers free rein over the technical writing. It’s insanity.
Sanctus@lemmy.world 6 months ago
If you like to dance around, while grasping something that is immovable. Go for it. You’re gonna hurt yourself like I watched tweens do all throughout the 00’s at Gameworks. The bar was not made to grab.
Plavatos@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Found the 2018 East Regional DDR runner up.
Sanctus@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yep
Rakudjo@lemmy.world 6 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?
Sanctus@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Since Gameworks closed down in Phoenix I haven’t been to tilt studio to check. The only DDR machine that I know of by me is in a Main Event. I’ll have to check it out. I doubt it has the warning to not lean on the bar. I stated somewhere in this chain that it doesn’t matter anymore. But back in the day it was a big deal. Which is what I interpreted this meme as meaning.
Viniyur@yiffit.net 6 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.
KuroiKaze@lemmy.world 6 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.
Sanctus@lemmy.world 6 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.
gears@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
youtu.be/aKACMk4a7GM
Sanctus@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I was there, Gandalf. You were a weak ass bitch if you held onto the bars. Kids were brutal. I’ll die on this hill cause it was true and I lived it. Even if its not true anymore.
pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Psh, he only got a C. Amateur.