Guide to Japanese VFing - a proposal

not that I've ever seen.

 

What you do have in some is an entire floor dedicated to VF

 

In a day or so I will post a bunch of pictures I have of VF arcades.

Go here for Pics!

 

Most arcades are divided into sections. One I frequent, and very common setup would be

B1: VF and other fighting games, Gundam, etc.
F1: Print Club
F2: Sports Games and a couple of porn mahjongs

Of course, the floors do vary, but games are generally grouped.

I've never seen one w/ an entire VF floor, but I suppose outside of Tokyo it'd be possible. Some of the larger Sega arcades have a floor that's VIRTUALLY VF though. IE - the other games have few patrons.

3rd floor of Gigo was almost all VF people for a while, but Sega's doing a beta test of "The Key of Avalon" a new card-based TYPE RPG, so there's lots of geeks hanging around restoring each others mana and whatnot. You think VF people are maniacs... I ride by Gigo on my bicycle on the way to work at like 7:30 (arcade opens at 10) -- they're already lined up.... this is a weekday! One time, people were lined up when it closed the night before! Fuck that.

One guy, taking the piss out of these people, put on his VF Chat message (the one that pops up prior to the match) "I'm 10-dan on Key of Avalon". He's of course never played it.

 

Something quite depressing about that arcade.....looks like a hosiptal or something with all those symetric banks of Evo cabinets.

Also, I thought Japanese youths were supposed to be fashionable........are those puffa-jackets the players are wearing? lol.....

 

Fashion in Japan is a varied and sometimes frightening thing. You'll see some of the stupidest shit here, but also some well-dressed folks. In all honesty though, "street" fashion has changed very little in the 5 years I've been here, whereas the more than casual loook has kept up with the west.

The one thing that seems to change for the better is the amount of clothes the filthy little girls wear in the younger parts of town. Maybe I'm getting old or something, but shit, summertime is unreal. They might as well not be wearing anything at all sometimes. Of course, I'm marrying someone that wears long sleeves in the winter. /versus/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

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MAXIMUM said:

Something quite depressing about that arcade.....looks like a hosiptal or something with all those symetric banks of Evo cabinets.

Also, I thought Japanese youths were supposed to be fashionable........are those puffa-jackets the players are wearing? lol.....

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The cabinets are laid out like that due to the complex wiring of the VF.Net equipped cabinets, and to combine all of the wires for power etc. in one convergent chord, which runs through the floor (it might have been the ceiling though).

I have no idead why all of the people at the arcade has those jackets on, might have been coincidence, I will try to contact one of the kids in the picture to find out.



Personally I like this style of Arcade layout, it is more profressional and orgazined. The Sega VF Arcades in Japan are like chaos, with stupid shops and stores, with flashy booths and loud noise everywhere. This arcade is actually really relaxing and calm, the only problem is when it gets crowded, sometimes getting through the aisle is a pain /versus/images/graemlins/tongue.gif.

 

The arcade you showed pictures of is actually KOREAN. Or, at least, non-Japanese. Look at the button layouts and the stick shapes - they DO NOT look like the universal Japanese VF Setup AT ALL. The sticks are the Korean teardrop style instead of the Japanese ball-stick. Even the cabinets look unusual - they might be older model Japanese machines, but almost all serious VF arcades in Japan use the newer Versus, Blast, or Net City Sega cabinets. And where is the card input device on the control panel?

My theory? You're full of it. As usual.

I've got some pictures of Japanese arcades I can post up, and you'll notice a BIG difference.

 

Here's some arcade pics from me.

A few from Beat Tribe in Machida: (note that the machines were specially configured for the tournament going on that day)


If you look really close here, you'll see Yoro Kage...





Despite their popularity, Beat Tribe is actually a VERY small arcade. This is seriously what the place looks like from the outside:



You see, not ALL arcades in Japan are huge, multi-story affairs.

Here's a shot from Shibuya Sega, a much bigger arcade and one of Tokyo's biggest VF hotspots:



And that's less than HALF of what they have there...

 

Now those pics look like folk are having a ball - I'd totally love to be able to attend a gathering like that. Looks to be very informal, layed-back but competative at the same time. Hey, and not a puffa-jacket in sight!!

Can't wait till my Japan trip later this year (holiday + VF). This article will be much appreciated and invaluable.

 

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Zero-chan said:

The arcade you showed pictures of is actually KOREAN. Or, at least, non-Japanese. Look at the button layouts and the stick shapes - they DO NOT look like the universal Japanese VF Setup AT ALL. The sticks are the Korean teardrop style instead of the Japanese ball-stick. Even the cabinets look unusual - they might be older model Japanese machines, but almost all serious VF arcades in Japan use the newer Versus, Blast, or Net City Sega cabinets. And where is the card input device on the control panel?

My theory? You're full of it. As usual.

I've got some pictures of Japanese arcades I can post up, and you'll notice a BIG difference.

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Never said it was Japanese, just wanted to show a VF arcade. Who cares about the sticks etc., it was just for the actual layout of the arcade. Back to Back cabinets all lined in a row, same as your pics.

 

Truly you are lord and master of the edit function.

 

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Blessed_Entropy said:

Truly you are lord and master of the edit function.

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Never edited one post on this thread for what you are thinking...................that was lame man...

 

Indeed. I thought edit function expired after a day or so.

But those pics aren't even a "VF" arcade - there's only one VF4E there. The machine next to VF is a 2D fighter, probably GGXX from the little bit of it I can see, and the next one down looks like SC2...

Jeez, why bother?

 

Dude, you were explaining to MAXIMUM that the cabinets are arranged in this way due to the complexity of the VF.net wirings...Obviously you think that those were pictures of arcades in Japan....No card readers so what VF.net are you talking about? I don't wish to point out your mistakes or what but seriously you are misleading people.

 

Zerochan, sorry to change the subject but do you think you're going to do that guide? If you need or want any input or help let me know.

 

I can speak from experience -- VF arcade cabinets have one extra cable than any other 2-player Naomi setup...and that's the LAN cable.

All you have to do is stick a router near all the machines, plug each VF NIC into the router, then what you do with you lan connection (IE, ADSL, cable modem, etc.) is your business. This would be the only thing plugged into the wall.

I learned all this from hooking up a VCR at an arcade I frequent. The guy helped me pull it out and check. I also got to open it up and plug the VGA adaptor in --- the cabinet is almost empty to be honest.

 

Guys, he said -

Personally I like this style of Arcade layout, it is more profressional and orgazined. The Sega VF Arcades in Japan are like chaos, with stupid shops and stores, with flashy booths and loud noise everywhere. This arcade is actually really relaxing and calm,

In a nutshell, "I like this kind of arcade better than japanese arcades". Yeesh. Let's all gently remove our hands from the drama throttles and target something useful.

 

Creed, he said to MAXIMUM that he would contact one of the Japanese kids in the picture to find out why they are wearing puffy jackets.

'Also, I thought Japanese youths were supposed to be fashionable........are those puffa-jackets the players are wearing? lol.....'(MAXIMUM)

' I have no idead why all of the people at the arcade has those jackets on, might have been coincidence, I will try to contact one of the kids in the picture to find out.'(empnova)

But like i said, i jus dun wish anyone to be misled by those pictures. Correct, they are not SEGA arcades but he meant they are japanese arcades.

 

nowhere do I see him say "I will contact one of those japanese kids to ask." ... he simply didn't correct maximum's erroneous assumption that the kids were japanese (they look pretty korean to me). I don't think his goal was to trick anyone... but take it however you want. In the end, who gives a crap?