Macaw wrote:Do you really think people would walk in, play a game once, and then leave the arcade because they 'aren't allowed to play again' ??
Not because they are not allowed to play again, but perhaps because other players might look down on them for doing so.
I know, it doesn't make sense, since the only way to get better is to play as much as you can -- and how could someone look down on you for trying to improve? -- but since I explained so many "alien" concepts in the article (alien, at least, to those who haven't been exposed to real arcades), I guess it's understandable that a question such as this would pop up. Whatever, it's no big deal.
One thing I'll say though is that sometimes, when I know people are waiting behind me, I pretend not to see them and just start over after I lose. I did this a lot with Espgaluda II, for example -- especially at first -- because I just couldn't bear having to wait in line for hours at a time just to play a single fucking credit. And no one has so far managed to summon up the courage to come up and reproach me, though I can ocassionally hear people fuming in the background. Or they loudly slap down their credit on the cab in a show of annoyance after I decide I've had enough of the game and get up to leave.
But hey, whatever. The Japanese expect foreigners to be impolite. I'd rather not disappoint them.