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Hahahaha! What an idiot.

Alienware sucks. My friend bought a computer from them, and it didn't work. So I decided to help him fix it. I concluded that the motherboard was bad and need to be changed so I called them up and I had to talk to this horribe tech support guy named Esteban. First he said "It's the RAM, not the motherboard." So they send replacement RAM. The computer still doesn't work. I call back and get him AGAIN!! He says it's the video card. But instead, we received a sound card. I called back and got someone else, and then they sent another video card. The computer still didn't work. I kept telling them that I switched it out with my graphics card and computer doesn't work. Then they say "Send it back and we'll fix it." What a crock of crap computer company. Build your own damn computer if your going to buy an Alienware. But back on topic, you are the lucky guys that have the cool arcades with all the awesome games. [Jack Nicholson] You don't know what it's like in the real world, man. It's all MvC2 in the real world here, man! This ain't no picnic happy go lucky arcade world, man! [/ Jack Nicholson] Damn I wish those kinds of arcades were around here.

Gahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Wow. I don't mean to be mean or an a-hole, but Virtual Fighter 3 hasn't even been emulated yet. (Or has it? If it has, then I'm an idiot.)

Ah yes! I love the tunes! Very catchy soccer playing music. It is so simple, yet so fun.

Well buying coffee from a coffee house, unlike arcade gaming, is trendy. Also, getting coffee from Starbucks, for example, is a sign of doing well. It's more a social thing than the actual coffee. I mean it tastes great, but I don't think $3.50 is worth for a Frappucino (but damn they're tasty.) It's the same reason why people buy clothes at Banana Republic, when they can easily get the same garment at their sister store, The Gap. Well usually atleast, unless it's a finely knit cashmere sweater, then I'll splurge at BR. Antiwinner makes a very good point about image and arcade. It's true that going to an arcade doesn't make anyone look cool, but rather the exact opposite. The only people that I see at the arcades are the supposed social "outcasts." Which can't be farther from the truth because we are all comfortable with our own group, and everyone else are outcasts. But I think the image of gaming has changed and has become a lot more mainstream but mostly only in the console market. Since the original Playstation, video game playing has become much more popular and accepted. Sure the SNES and previous consoles (and even PC but that's a totally different realm of games) were popular to us, but how many people actually owned the systems compared to the sheer amount of PS2, XBOX, and Gamecubes sold now. This gradual shift has slowly killed the arcade. Before, we needed to go to arcades to get our fill of top of the line badass games. Everything I just said here has been already said so I'm beating a dead donkey. But hell, I'm bored and I have to go to class.

I don't have the option of adding a poll to this thread. And I don't think a new thread has to be opened just for a poll. You're a moderator, can't you add the poll?

It's a pity that true gamers are hard to find in this new generation of shithead children. I remember once I was in Electonics Boutique and these two 11 year olds (I'm assuming they were 11 because they were so stupid) were arguing which game was better based solely on GRAPHICS! I think they were comparing Ratchet and Clank and the new Prince of Persia game. They weren't comparing how those 2 games actually play totally different from each other and have completely different styles. They were rationalizing their decisions solely on graphics. If one of those kids was my child, I would have smacked him upside the head and forced him to play the classics. "Sit! Now play Super Mario Bros.! Play Zelda 1! Play Pitfall!" And the future is going down the toilet

I'd be scared to beat Eminem at anything. He'd probably send the G-Unit after me. But seriously, wow. You're a lucky biznatch to have a cool arcade like that. Where is this arcade located?

GameGen Maiden Masher (More than just Street Fighter also)

Hey! I'm from the south and I don't have a weird accent! I hail from the New Orleans, Louisiana area. Mardi Gras is next week! WOOHOO! Booze, chicks, and half a week off of school!

Awesome!! They are one my favorite bands too! I have 4 ultimate bands and a whole bunch of other cool ones. The other 3 ultimate bands on my list are: Weezer Nirvana Rage Against the Machine

What happens when you receive a warning? Are there any immediate ramifications?

The Jimi Hendrix Experience - The Ultimate Experience

You've made some very nice points, Lestat. Thanks for the input.

I have RomCenter but never use it. Even though I have working rom sets, it doesn't recognize them. Weird. So I just use the forum posts as my ROM manager.

Well, I happen to be on that other side of the spectrum. Another reason I avoid arcades is because it's dominated by some loser and his loser friends that spends all their allowance money at the arcade. I don't have a chance to improve my game playing skills because they feel it necessary to deride and mock me when I lose. I don't feel like playing the game with these fat, obnoxious, losers. I'm not going to waste my money to be mocked everytime I lose. Sure I knock out atleast 2 of his characters so it's not a complete loss. But they act like they wiped the floor with me. I just want to hit them in the face with a frying pan and yell "YOU ARE USELESS MEMBER OF SOCIETY!" But then I regain my composure and remember that I'll be owning their ass in 8 years. I mean, you should see this arcade hawks. They act like tough gangsters. It's terrible. That's why none of my friends ever go there is because of them. I just wish they'd have a KOF game and then I'd show them how to play . But alas, all they have is Sniper Scope (or whatever it's called), MvC2, and Tekken 4. And Dance Dance Revolution but I'm the only one that really ever plays that one. My point here is that there isn't enough incentive to go to an arcade. The people suck, the games suck, the atmosphere sucks. They should ban smoking in arcades. And people should be forced to shower before they enter. I can't stand to play a game next to sweaty oaf who hasn't showered in 4 days. And the locale for these arcades is pretty far of in crappy neighborhoods. We have drive atleast 20 minutes into this shady ass place to get to the arcade. I hear from one of my friends in Los Angeles, that they have a nickel arcades there. Now that would be awesome, but those will only work if there is a steady amount of arcade players. And it's a state of the art (pretty cool looking) arcade plex. DAMMIT! I keep forgetting what I have to say!!!!

Yeah that'd be nice but that costs mondo amounts of money. The fact is that most arcade machines are in crappy multiplex theatres, and not autonomous arcade establishments. The neighborhood arcade has died thanks to console games that play exactly (or ever better) like their arcade counterparts. Game companies need to do in America, what they do in Japan. Arcades are huge in Japan. There isn't much arcade enthusiasm anymore. People don't say "Hey dude, let's go get something to eat and then hang out at the arcade." The only arcades that I see now are part of huge family funplexes (ie. Celebration Station) that are mainly filled with kids trying to get the most tickets for cheap crappy trinkets. Uh damn...lost my train of thought.

The State of Arcade Gaming 2004 This is a rather sad and poignant article. The arcade is dying...

Warn him again for that, Disoblige!

Yeah all you bored people, it's good to be bored. (Well better than doing schoolwork all the damn time.) But when I'm not doing work, I get bored very quickly. I usually pass my time by playing ROMs and watching Seinfeld. If I'm lucky enough to have 2 hours free, I watch a movie. While I work, I take little 10-15 minute breaks. That's when I play ROMs, post here, check the news, check on games, do a little quick chatting. Ah the horrible, boring, tedious life of a pre-med student.

Ha! I wasn't going to send a real picture of myself. Perhaps if I find a decent picture of myself (in which I don't look like a total idiot) then I might submit it.

Well the photoediting software because we had to paste the picture into something (and we're not using Paint ), Winamp because we are listening to music, and downloading and chatting on mIRC. 1emulation is open just because it's so badass.

Dalton isn't the worst. George Lazenby is the worst. The Living Daylights was a veyr good Bond movie. It's my fourth favorite one actually. He was more of an upfront and blunt "Don't flock me Bond." It's a pity that License to Kill was just so bad. And the Rocketeer was awesome!

Kazaa is overloaded with too much crap. Kazaa is for people that are new and relatively clueless to file sharing. I used Kazaa once, got a trick song, and use Emule, IRC to get my stuff.

Sean Connery, hands down. No Bond is smoother, sexier, or just plain badass like Connery. Watch Trainspotting for a good explaination why Sean Connery is the best Bond. He schmoozes coolness through everything he says and does. He is the epitome of the ladies man. If I were a woman, I'd flock Sean Connery. His actions and demeanor just say "Bond. James Bond. Don't flock with me unless you're a hot chick." The odd thing is, he wore a piece in all the movies because he was already going bald by that age.