[aeriyu]

Graham doesn't have access to the coin box for obvious reasons.

Like everyone else has already said in the thread, don't let one manager's antics muck up your arcade experience here. Graham may have his reasons for his attitude; regardless of what that may be it doesn't change the situation. It'll generate less rage if you stop the thought process at "fuck, the machine doesn't work" -- as a result, I no longer rage as much at broken machines.

I don't know about you guys, but I consider gaming to be serios business. Especially for those people who spend a long time to commute to the arcade expecting a good few hours of fun, arriving only see that their favourite machines aren't working. We've all had this experience before and can likely confirm that it sucks royally. Just so happens that some arcade-goers have some connections with managing/maintenance staff and are distracted from their rage because they can simply approach these people and inform them of the problem with confidence that they'll do something about it. We don't all have this privilege, nor do we all have the motivation to speak to a wall.

We've already gone over CHQ's management style so there isn't a need to gloss over that shit again; let the horse rest in peace.

If you don't mind playing DistorteD the machine at espot works great, albeit having a weird monitor... and some people don't really like the keys but I actually prefer them to CHQ's DJT. Give me a PM if you're interested in giving espot a try; I drive and wouldn't giving you a ride down there, dmfever.

Good job guys for raging against the usual. And thanks for confirming what you said earlier about the bemanistyle community, Mark. Lawl @ generalizing conclusions

PS -- I'm guessing from your name that you play DM... at least your trip to CHQ isn't 100% wasted, since you can always bang on the drums ;3