Tachikoma said:
You'd have fit right in, in late 80s to 90s japanese arcades, here it was almost customary. For more competitive matches, winner would keep playing and people would approach, put their coin for play on the edge of the machine (or on top of someone elses, then wait their turn), if they lost they stand and watch, if they win they get to wait by the machine and be challenged - it made being good at the game make playing it cheaper - and spurred much more competitive play - it was of course, customary to if you were going to leave the machine and stop being the winner that stayed on, you would put down the money for next play and let someone else use it for single player until they were challenged. Back in those days, if you lost you'd clap and applaud the winneron their skill - now people ragequit and send shitty messages - arcades will always be superior for me. |
The internet can bring the worst out of people because of the anonymity. It's easy to call someone names when you're hiding behind a screen. I wish some arcades would open at night and have similar "old school" nights.
