Jul 11, 2013

DO NOT MASH LE BUTTONS: A Ruleset for Bohol Arcadium.

PLEASE DO NOT MASH THE BUTTONS

By Chady Araneta and the staff of Bohol Arcadium....but mostly, Chady Araneta


REASONS:


1.)SANWA parts do not come cheap and when they get broken, replacements have to be ordered from Japan and delivery could take awhile and they do not come cheap. I cannot stress enough how important this fact is. Have a little consideration. (NOTE: THEY DO NOT COME CHEAP.)


2.)To avoid unneccesary return-to-menu complications. When you’ve chosen your character, wait patiently, check your phone/notes/dick/etc., talk to your friends/enemies/self, change the music on your mp3 player...ANYTHING  just don’t press the damn buttons.


3.)As you might have noticed, SANWA parts are very sensitive, will react to your slightest touch and they give you the best arcade experience possible.  With that being said, do not get angry and ham out at the buttons/stick when the move you want didn’t come out. I can understand this frustration (We’ve all been there.) but please refer to rule #1 and the first sentence of this reason. I would like to write down suggestions though on what to think about when you, the player, is put in this situation:

Maybe it’s an off night for you and you just didn’t do the move correctly.
Blame the console/tv/monitor. Lag issues man. They exist.
You can also blame your friends and your surroundings. Outside factors can be very annoying.
Maybe it was a setup you weren’t familiar with and your reversal didn’t come out. Good tech is good tech. You can’t beat that.
Maybe God/destiny/karma/whatever your religious and superstitious belief may be (We don't judge hehe) didn’t want you to win that match.
And by far, the best reason I can think of:
Maybe you just suck and you’re being a whiny little bitch. Stay free and get bodied all the time.

But if you bring your own controller/ arcade stick...then by all means, MASH AWAY.

I'd be happy to fix anything you break...for a price :D

4.) This maybe the most out of context reason ever but as you all know, the Arcadium was made to provide not only as a place to play games but it’s also the place to develop and improve the Bohol Fighting Game Community (FGC).  Basically, we try to emulate what made the arcade scene so successful before the explosion of the internet and online games and that was the unique atmosphere it gave out and the sense of camaraderie that develops among players. Mashing not only makes you look like a scrub (Unless it’s Mahvel and you need those extra hits) but it just shows you’re just play for the heck of it (which is wrong), you make us look like morons for spending hours learning any fighting game and you just press all the buttons to make “something happen” and those hollow victories don’t mean anything to you because most of the time, you have no idea what’s going on. That’s just sad. We try our best to teach the neophytes of fighting games, the do’s and the don’ts,  and we tend to discourage mashing because “it ain’t right.”  

Do your part.   

IF THE MANAGEMENT FINDS OUT YOU BROKE SOMETHING, WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO ASK YOU A “DAFUQ MAN...” FEE TO REPLACE THE BROKEN PART. 


Peace out
-Chady

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