- Monthly tournaments
- A port for HDMI, DVI or VGA output for hooking up to streaming
- An available plug ideally nearby for charging cameras
- A place clearly designated for posting tournament fliers in the arcade
- Sanwa JLF sticks with sanwa buttons
- Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo as the side cabinet
- A short chair/stool for each cabinet.
Reasoning:
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Monthly tournaments
Every month, or possibly every two months. This is SRK, so naturally most of us here would want this. -
A port for HDMI, DVI or VGA output for hooking up to streaming
This is closely related to the monthly tournaments. There are already some community members that have capture equipment, and video footage would be a great way to promote our scene as well as the arcade. On a side note, I’ve heard a powered splitter may be required for this. -
An available plug ideally nearby for charging cameras
Not just cameras, but if anyone is going to be bringing capture equipment, they’ll need a power source. As I recall, there are some outlets in difficult to reach locations. Something near the machine would be useful. (Unlike charging cameras, capture equipment would need to be near the HDMI/DVI/VGA output). -
A place clearly designated for posting tournament fliers in the arcade
Not just tournament fliers, but news and updates as well. It’s cool that we get a sneak peak on upcoming game aquisitions, but I’m sure other arcade visitors would like to know as well. This idea is also closely related to other things on the list (leaderboard rankings, display of the maintenance number, etc.), which can all be merged into one location. -
Sanwa JLF sticks with sanwa buttons
This is my preference. I won’t say it’s the best, because the best will vary for each indiviudal. I was pleasantly suprised to find BlazBlue with these sticks (and Tetris). -
Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo as the side cabinet
Among the SSF4 scene, the older title that would have the most appeal is surely Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo. We used to have tournaments for this game and it would help encourage some of those ST players that dislike SSF4 to come and be present at gatherings. It would be great if there was an extra video out for this as well, for recording. -
A short chair/stool for each cabinet.
During the 8 months or so when I was a regular at Acme Bowl, the staff had said there was no problem with us borrowing stools from Acme, as long as we returned them when we were finished. I don’t know if this has changed or not, but even if it hasn’t… the traffic for SSF4:AE is likely to be much greater than for BlazBlue, so it would be useful to have some dedicated seating.
Some notes on things I didn’t vote for:
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Cup holders that perfectly fit the glasses Acme uses
As I recall, beyond Acme’s rule of “No outside food or beverage”, you weren’t supposed to bring any food or beverage into the arcade (even from Acme Bowl). I remember something like this coming up, but I’m not 100% positive. Might be good to get clarification from the staff. -
Drink special arranged with bar for drinks/a specific drink for a specified night of the week
I don’t drink alcohol so I can’t be sure… but don’t they already have something like this? I know they have food specials… I remember trying a lot of different things during my time as a regular there. I wanted to vote for this, because encouraging the scene to eat at the venue is good for everyone, but I think it already exists.