yeah I find weird when North Americans ask if they can join in. Also they always try to chat with you…
Things are different in Mexico
Oops yeah it’s that one i think, the adress is Via Carlo Farini, Pizzarito [shitty fake italian restaurant] is probably nearby. Was it New Rocky games or something right?
If you were playing against real Italians, the guy would’ve quit half way and joined your side.
yeah, i think so. it’s near the hotel ata presdident or something like that… a really big, nice hotel.
Actually, we have alot more than that for 3S.
Now that I think about it…I’ve NEVER had anybody ask me if they could play. Inside and outside of CA.
Well damn. I thought that was something common. Guess not.
I never asked if I could join in 'til my friend told me it was mean beating people and they lose their token for only one match.
Now I put my money in and wait ‘til they might die or they’re on their last fight.
What I don’t get is when peeps yell at you and they’re the ones that joined in!
Back at this one arcade I lived by, there was this biker, like serious ZZ Top lookin’ dude. If you could rank him it’d be “Knew What He Was Doing”, but that’s about it. But he’d always join in for some TTT, I’d beat him, then he’d call me a girl or a fag. Awesome trash talk from a 40yr old biker dude.
Another time, our small scene had gathered around our new T4 machine. Soon a group of asians came up. Two little kids, their mom (i assume), and a kid our age around high school or college. My guess was that the kid our age was from Japan 'cause of the accent and couldn’t speak a lick of english and the rest of them spoke perfectly so my guess is ‘cause it was their cousin or somethin’ visiting.
Anyways… We were there for a while and the Japanese guy just stood and watched. Now we all know when someone wants to join it, but something’s holding them back. So we turned and offered him to join. We had to beg a bit, but he did.
Not a scrub. He used Heihachi and did a lot of ballsy stuff like jumping over into BT4. He won a few against some other guys, but my friend and I stayed on top.
His family came back and we all said goodbye. The only thing in english he said was “You’re Good!” in a very thick accent.
Maybe near you, Daine. I think we have about 5 here in Brisbane. 
jokes
Seriously tho - I’m just weeks away from grabbing a Candy cab, and I’m going to start regular monthly casuals at my place. Gonna train up some Brisbane talent if it kills me! Someone needs to take down you southerners! :wgrin:
pwnd!:lol:
dude… my dad’s too fucking stupid to make a video game, much less any sort of sense when he talks… now you know where i get it from.
When I was in Cali a few months back and I played in some arcades, I thought you yanks were all right, when I won or got beat.
Spoke to a few of the guys and shit and everything was cool, even me copying Dudley’s saying of GUTTER TRASH in my posh english voice when I won.
On fat Americans.
The American worker is one of the most productive in the world. Not only in hours put in, but also in work acomplished per hour. That’s also one of the reasons why American labor is so fucking expensive, but the quality is better. Yes there are other good nations, but America + parts of asia generally lead the world. Also the fact that America = capitalism (eat what you kill) instead of more socialist european nations (free hand outs) makes sure that those who aren’t productive are driven to the bottom of our society, those who are rise to the top.
Our being fat is entirely diet. Red meat, fried foods, lots of starch (french fries and corn are a diet staple here), animal fats (milk cheese) are all either horrible for you (all but milk and cheese), or only good in small amounts a week (milk and cheese). Yet your typical American meal is fried read meat, fried starch, soda sweetend with corn, and cheese… that’s why we are so fucking out of shape. The stress of our active lives only makes it worse but it’s largely the Mc Diet so many of us live on.
Also US statistics get thrown out of proportion. Compare our unemployment and median income to most nations in europe and we look quite good. Compare us to asia or south america and we look a LOT better. We aren’t the worlds economic super power because we are a bunch of lazy good for nothings that don’t work.
Concerning asking if it’s ok to play the person at the machine: I watch the person play. If they’re a scrub, I’ll give a polite “mind if I play?” or I’ll just continue to watch. If I play and beat them, and they leave, I give up my game and let them play. If they know what they’re doing, I barge right in their match.
That’s exactly what I do. Also if it’s someone I know, I join put my money in too.
This obviously isn’t the thread for it, but in my opinion you’re delusional if you think that’s how it works in reality.
Almost everbody at CF plays fighting games seriously and looking for challenges so there is no need to ask.
Back in the day when arcade machines were in local shops, you had to ask unless you knew the person on the machine.
Psh, more like they’ll be speaking American. Seriously, the only foreign-language-speaking places I’ve been where anyone learns British English instead of American are Holland, France, and Britain’s old colonies, and in my experience a good number of people in those places spoke American anyway. Anyone else I’ve ever met who spoke our language, spoke the American version. Finnish, Swedish, German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, Indonesian, Egyptian, Israeli, Afghanistani, Brazilian, Mexican, Peruvian, Cuban, Honduran, I mean you name it, they have no idea what rather, battiboy, trousers, or any other crazy British slang words mean. Sorry England, it’s our language now. Zing!
And yeah, America works ridiculously hard compared to nearly anyone out there. I’ve lived and studied in three other countries and I’ve visited half a dozen more, and apart from people who needed to work extremely hard in order not to starve, none of them have come close.
Anyway, about arcade etiquette, if I’m in an arcade I’ve never been to before and the cabinets are side-by-side instead head-to-head, I’ll always ask the guy playing if it’s cool if I play.
I still see it as, “2 controllers are there for a reason, so i’m going to play. No need to ask.”
America is a mixed economy. We reside somewhere between a free market and a controlled market. America =/= capitalism.