Thanks for calling it in!  I see on the service log that it was taken care of last night. 
Today, I oiled the pedal as well.  Yes, those Need For Speed games were way too loud.  Turned down now.  Also, I thought the DM was set on the quiet side, so it is livened up with maybe too much volume?

Thanks for the reports.  Appreciate the input as always.

Yeah to echo above comment, I called this in yesterday.
The bass pedal stopped responding after my 2nd set.  Failing on really easy songs because of it.  AutoBass is no fun =/

Regarding the DM - pads seemed OK but bass pedal is very loud - might have a loose hinge that needs tightening or perhaps just some WD40...

More importantly, I think the machine needs to be moved from where it is placed right now.  It is sitting right next to that punching-bag machine and I'm sure others are going to find this intolerable if they play this on a busy night.  The NFS racing game to the right is pretty loud and can drown out the sound as well, and the pinball machines to the left make some pretty distracting noises at random intervals even when they aren't being played.   The volume on the machine seemed sorta low, but this might have been more due to the noise from the stuff mentioned above...

Be sure to report back how good it is! I'm stopping by wednesday to give ITG and DM some lovin too

Thanks Bill for the update-I'll stop by the cade tomorrow and give the DM some love.

Sweetness!

DM is finally back. 

The new Terminator Salvation game is also there.  Please give opinions on Terminator.

weekdays afternoon to evenings there is usually no one. Trust me, these are the times I go at. That or Saturday and Sunday when they open. Most people show up at night on the weekends or weekdays.

As a general rule, what times is the ITG machine the least crowded?  Around opening time during the weekdays maybe?

Or is there almost always someone playing?

Alright, thanks Bill!  Got the next couple of weeks relatively free so I will pay the refurbished DM quite a few visits!

Let's make Chis really happy!  Yes, the DM board is working and is test burning in the shop right now.  It should return to Acme this coming Monday.  Also, looks like the new Terminator Salvation will be running and finally there too.

Clearly! XD

I ignored everything but the news about the drummania board-here's hoping!

Though I plan to go play DM V6 in Vancouver this weekend anyhow, but....can't do that all the time!

One time, Tony and I actually managed to hit a security guard in the head with an errant Air Hockey puck. Clearly, we just need to keep doing this - then they'll be happy with us for sitting on the table instead of using it. Problem solved! 

Or fuck, sitting in the car is what I usually do for a break. Get all that noise out inside Acme and relax for a bit.

Why not just sit on the floor? it's not gonna kill ya. That's what I do

Whoa..........
Thanks Triksy, agreed.  No ruckus needed over this!  We only provide the games, and the house rules are up to Acme to set.  Why not just get a little folding stool you can carry in with you?

I really don't think getting into arguments with management over sitting on an arcade game is really a good idea...  I'm a bigger fan of "kill 'em with kindness", not scream at them until they discriminate more against the community and actually try and do something about it.

Why is this such a big deal?

   Yeah you jog in place all the time I know... And I always move if I see anyone want to play, I think certain security guards just actually don't like the DDR crowd and single us out to pull that BS on. I've seen kids on skateboards in the arcade and security doesn't do shit so they can go to hell, I'm just going to let them know the owner said it was fine and cause more of a ruckus with the managers if they can't get that stick out of their asses. And sometimes I do grab chairs from the party rooms when no one's looking But not always feasible

I agree.  Another reason is that little kids can be sheepish.  Sometimes, I see little kids look lovingly at air hockey, but they don't want to ask the scary big kids to move.  That's a financial loss for Acme, and I like to keep my arcade well funded. =p

And what are you kids sitting down for anyway?  You should be jogging in place in between sets!

I've never had an acme employee tell me to get off because it breaks the game or anything, a reason is never given.  Some reasons I can think of are image/climate (related to loitering) and operational (with people sitting on the machine, it becomes a bench and not a game). 

You could probably steal a chair from the fighters or sit over by the lanes or something

Whether or not they'd believe you is one question...whether or not that would affect their response is another.

Soo.. technically we CAN sit on the table as long as nobody is playing... Wouldn't this bring up an excuse to tell the people at acme?

Hey gerrack,
I personally could give a crap if someone sits on the hockey table as long as nobody wants to play it.  However, it sounds like that is an Acme rule, so I guess you need to duck when security comes through.  Would a little folding stool be a pain to haul around with you?  I like those things, but yes, I am an old man, hahahaha. 

They only have chairs in the Street Fighter 4 section 

Hey Bill, since they won't put chairs in the arcade can we in the dance games community have permission to sit on the air-hockey table provided no one wants to play it? Obviously it does no harm to the table, I just get tired of hearing the security guards threaten to kick us out for something so ridiculous, and I'd rather not sit on the floor