awesome, can't wait for the pop'n machine.  I wonder where it'll go... personally hoping for the one of the back corners, because that thing when played is really loud.

yah one of the back corners would be nice.

Yes, will be in the bacl corner where your favorite Stock Car Challenge is presently.  Also, check out the DM and GF again.  Worked on them for hours today.  Chris, thanks for the phone call and great details.

My pleasure, Bill.
I will try to stop by tomorrow after work and test the recent configurations out.  Thank you so much for all your work on this.  Rest assured, I will repay you with slightly more frequent arcade attendance!
Chris

OH MY GOD I AM CRYING TEARS OF JOY

THANK YOU

THANK YOU SO MUCH

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More seriously, I can't wait to play some new GFDM.

i am eagerly awaiting the pop'n machine. but i can't play until saturday.

I stopped by after work yesterday and saw Bill finishing up with GFDM.  Volume's rebalanced on both machines, the right speaker on GF has been replaced, the dead hi hat and slightly weak snare have been restored to perfect condition (I tap lightly to cycle difficulties as a hi hat test every time I play, normally even Bill's machines take me 5 hits to get to extreme, it only took 4 right after they got done), and the bass is not longer ghosting.  Session untested because nobody's at Acme when I stop by on days that I get off an hour or two early (I got there around 3:00).  The cables and stool chain are still too short, but I pointed them out as Bill was leaving and Alpha's already posted about it, so we might be seeing some changes relatively soon.

If Pop'n's going in before 3:00 on Friday, I'll stop by and test it out since I almost always get off between 12:30 and 2:30 on Fridays.

I'm gonna miss stock car challenge

Bill,
Stopped by ACME after an incredibly stressful day at work today.  The well-working GF11/DM10 hit the spot!
I'll be by again tomorrow (Friday) with housemate in tow~
Best,
Chris

This would be funnier if you actually went to acme.

I just got back from a trip out, stopped by Acme. GFDM are working great, and the new Pop'n Carnival machine is pretty awesome. The volume is really good, too. Props to Bill and his techs!

bill has my love of 10000 ridills. also is the screen on pop'n suppose to be that yellow?

Glad everything is working out.  As for the Pop N screen, honestly, "hell if I know".  Never seen a Pop N 13 before.  But the techs said they tweaked that monitor before if went out.  Enjoy!

Hooray, I might go down there today to check it out.
I thought it was going to be 14 though, so now I need to look at the 13 songlist for songs that I want to try, haha.  I'll just have to go to GW every now and then to see if I can pass that silly "37" progressive baroque hyper.  anthem trance (35) is much harder

I read through the thread for no reason at all and learned that tada's negativity towards acme and positive attitude towards GW both started at the instant bill said he was acme banned. I actually thought that was funny (and only noticed it because his posts earlier in the thread all were something like "if acme got popn, screw GW")

I think I mentioned this before... but I don't mind if it is a Pop'n 13 actually... I believe the game has ee'mall 2nd ave, 14 only has 1st ave.  Thats like 40 songs right there, good stuff too!

I just tried Pop'n at Acme and I just wanna say it's fuckin sick. I'm walking back there to play it =)

i think that was only when it was connected to eamuse, while fever has all of 1st avenue all the time. which is shitty because 2nd ave has motherfuckin Old "O" and nothing else does.

anyway i'm hoping i can get some time in on this tomorrow afternoon.

ubertreffen?  Put it on random and it is really easy

also Scrotum Stellarum is a hard 35

Snare on the DM seemed a bit unresponsive, Pop'n was a tad bit too loud, imo - there were plenty of people in the arcade, but as most don't go to the back corner, there isn't a whole lot to counter the pop'n. Although, not quite as loud as the IIDX was at times.

Oh, and pop'n 5th mix was pretty fun too.  

pants> i like playing popn w/o random. i passed scrotum though (well, 27 bads, clear on extra gauge... I think 27 would be a pass)

Bill> The pop'n screen like someone said seems a bit yellow, but I don't know if there's much you can do about that.  Also, I managed to have the 7 button (right green) stick briefly, but I didn't think it was a chronic problem so I didn't call it in.  Maybe just something to keep on the checklist for the next routine checkup.

Thanks for the info.  As for the buttons on Pop N, they will occasionaly stick due to their design.  A cure?  Carry a bottle of windex in your car.  When a button is sticky, squirt just a little windex around the edges of the button.  It will actually serve as a lubricant for awhile and the buttons will work great.  Something with an oil base would be even better, but that would attract and hold on to dirt and grime, worsening the issue over time.  Arcade secrets 101 class now over.  :-)

Good tip. I probably wouldn't have thought that would work, since Windex usually is used to make DDR/PIU pads non-slippery. Now that I know it does work, though, I'll try it out next time I have a problem.

Initial D 2 kept starting automatically with no credits and start button doesn't seem to be sticking so it's probably an internal problem

got to play pop'n for a while today. machine is really nice and the buttons feel really good. volume is also very nice and loud. the monitor does seem to hvae too much yellow, perhaps just increasing the contrast a tad would help. can the timer be increased any more? it feels really short right now. i may be the only one, but that back corner feels really weird. it's really hot and feels kind of claustrophobic to me. i even hit my elbows against the wall a couple times. but if it's the trade off for high volume then i can live with it. maybe when some other new games come in it can be repositioned back there to have a little space around it. right now it's hard to watch others play and battle mode is really cramped. but those are all minor gripes really. thank you so much for getting this machine here and i hope we can get upgrades some day too. :D

i also like the pop'n 5 banner

So yeah, 7 (and only 7) stuck on me several more times so next time I'll be sure to bring some windex :O
Need to call in: ITG's 1p up arrow is weak? weird in general? It doesn't feel right to me whatever it is.