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Daigo Umehara: "I got punched in the face repeatedly in the arcade"
- Thread starter Kalmakov
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Saw someone pull out a knife and swing it at the arcade back in Mexico, didn't see what caused it though, dood probably picked Rugal lol
I never did get into any altercations, just uncomfortable moments. The guy that ran the arcade I went to did get shot in the head and killed from some people robbing the place, so it definitely wasn't a good part of town. RIP owner of The Wizard in Pasadena TX, you were awesome.
Things routinely got heated in the arcades in the 80's and 90's. At least around me they were places I wouldn't really want my kids to be. At the same time, I had a ton of fun at the arcades and miss them.
I got threatened a couple times as a kid. The most memorable time was when I was 11 and some guy, who looked like he was in his late teens or early 20s, threatened to take my chain/necklace and my cousin's chain/necklace after playing MK3. He finally left us alone when his girlfriend - with a baby in a stroller in tow - told him to knock it off. I lived close by so we ran to my house after that. I laugh about it now but we were shitting ourselves that day. lol
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Its funny because now that I think about i was also on risk of getting beaten up at the arcade, cause when i was young, my dad used to take me to the arcade and i was good at mvc2 so i would beat people up and they were super salty that a lil kid was beating them. And I remember my dad used to tell me they would leave super mad.
I mean if you are going to fall asleep in random places you'll run into the wrong person at one point.
The arcade scene in early 90's in Philly was pretty bad. Was playing KOF 98 and this guy was literally breathing down my neck trying to intimidate me to give the guy I was up against an advantage. Probably one of his friends or something. Dude threatened to gank me after I won a round.
It was definitely interesting time period for the arcade scene.
Yeah I've seen this before at my local arcade too. Never knew why people get so upset at throws. It's like let's play rock paper scissor but NO ROCK!!!
That and killing the other player in 1983 Mario Bros. by knocking them into enemies. I came close to getting my ass kicked a few times.
Blame Netflix, they don't release weekly so you have to wait till all the episodes are release, which will be at the earliest in December. Fansubs are available if you just can't wait.
Listen to the 10 min talk and don´t just read the headline. Daigo drops some legit life lessons.
I moved to Germany in 1997. The arcade scene was dead then and I was way too poor for videogames before I immigrated from Russia so I never had to chance to be part of the scene. I played a few Sega machines in a casino (gambling is legal here and I only entered to play the games) and on a ship once.
So I took my punches in other ways. It´s not fun to get a blow to the face, oh no.
I moved to Germany in 1997. The arcade scene was dead then and I was way too poor for videogames before I immigrated from Russia so I never had to chance to be part of the scene. I played a few Sega machines in a casino (gambling is legal here and I only entered to play the games) and on a ship once.
So I took my punches in other ways. It´s not fun to get a blow to the face, oh no.
Reminds me in the 90s when we'd get the fuck out of the arcades when hells angels/rock machines rolled into the place.
Mortal Kombat indeed.
Mortal Kombat indeed.
Going to arcades in the 90s was definitely something. I was a teenager way back then and got robbed and almost beaten with pool sticks among other things. And there was this bouncer who was obviously keen on underaged boys... I also met one of my very best friends there. First words I spoke to him were: « I heard you knew the code to unlock the bosses in SF2? » We're talking SNES world warrior here. 92 I guess?
Edit: Setting is a medium-sized french town.
Edit: Setting is a medium-sized french town.
Huh, back home in Glasgow you'd just get a knife in the gut. You wouldn't even need to play, just have a pocket full of change. Good times.
Hey, I'll love you... even if you can't love yourself...
Because any other game, you can blame someone when you lose. FGs are almost like chess; if you lost, it's because YOU made the choices, not someone else.
When I hear about how violent arcades would get it makes me feel glad I was never into any scenes.
If MOBAs were on arcades in the 90's they probably would have had a murder rate it's sounding like.
People can be trash, and trash people can like the same hobbies as people that aren't trash.
The arcade I went to in the 80s-90s was a seedy-ass gang hangout that was so permeated by cigarette smoke if you stayed in for more than an hour you'd come out with a greasy film on you. Gang fights in the parking lot happened pretty much every weekend, there was a back room with the illegal Chinese gambling games, and I was there on two occasions when the cops actually raided the place.
On the cabs, however, it was a pretty safe place. Unless you were throwing people in SF2 and then all bets were off.
On the cabs, however, it was a pretty safe place. Unless you were throwing people in SF2 and then all bets were off.
Lol this is so true. I got my ass whipped by 3 college-age dudes when I was 16 playing Killer Instinct at the bowling alley. Just kept beating them with TJ Combo over and over and being a smug prick about it.
Went outside to smoke a cig or something (maybe I was just leaving, I don't know why I would have smoked outdoors at a bowling alley in 1994 HA!) and they came out and jumped me, just stomped my ass into the sidewalk outside for a good minute. I was by myself and had to drive home feeling like TRAASSH.
I had a huge group of friends that hung out at that arcade a TON in high school and all the times I was there afterwards those guys never came back, because if I wasn't alone that night there would have been a bodybag in the parking lot if the usual crew was hanging out.
I don't smoke but if I ever get lung cancer, I'm blaming the arcades of my youth.
I've had people try to throw down because I beat them at Street Fighter. Thankfully never actually exploded into physical violence.
What do people do if you beat them at DDR, challenge you to a breakdancing tournament?
What do people do if you beat them at DDR, challenge you to a breakdancing tournament?
Yeah it was pretty bad for a long time and still is depending on the game. Several years ago there was an incident at a tournament broadcast that blew up when a player who was commentating tried to argue that sexual harassment was normal and just party of the atmosphere.
I've been watching Smash Tourney rage compilations sporadically the past few weeks. Pretty sure I saw this one. Guest caster was making a rape joke, then tried to defend it and they ejected him and apologized on stream.
This made me genuinely laugh, and recall the horrors of hearing that. People get piiiiiisssssed of when you throw them, especially repeatedly
This one was on a Street Fighter X Tekken promotion. It was Aris Bakhtanians responding to the question "Can I get my Street Fighter without sexual harassment?"
(cw: a fucking asshole defending sexual harassment)
There wasn't really a FGC back then, and lots of people that caused shit weren't usually the gaming type. SFII cabs attracted everyone.
Nah I can't imagine more than only the tiniest fraction of gaters would dare say the shit they say in front of an actual gangster.
No, this was just arcade culture during the '90s. Arcades were grimy and frequently hotbeds of drug use.
