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mouseish Trick Member
Joined: 25 May 2005 Location: Lafayette Indiana |
20. Posted: Sun Oct 02, 2005 12:05 pm Post subject: |
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Oh believe me. I've waited....and had to wait and save money. If I studied more I would actually start looking at an arcade machine (which I have)
See, I love the CF, because even though its unlike the arcade pad IT WORKS RIGHT.
There are tens of DDR pads that try to look like the arcade but almost all of them SUCK.
This is why I am interested in this pad and its arcade sensors (if thats a fact and not fiction)
Finally, the bar does not make the pad, as much as alot of companies and yourself make it seem that way. I could play perfectly fine without the bars as the true aspect of any DDR pad is the platform texture, switch/contact accuracy, and overall durability.
EDIT: The bar on that pad you linked looks thicker than the TX-x000 pads, but still isn't as thick as the arcade.
EDIT AGAIN: Im suprised that I didn't catch this earlier, but what's up with those arrows? Looks like someone doesn't know the difference between red and blue.
ONE LAST EDIT: I emailed MMB last week and asked some very specific questions about the pad....they answered, but with no relevant answers. |
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mymyboxusa Basic Member
Joined: 08 Sep 2005
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21. Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:27 am Post subject: Queston for DDR BlueShark Metal pads & Sensors? |
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Queston for DDR BlueShark Metal pads & Sensors? |
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Agent J Trick Member
Joined: 29 Feb 2004 Location: Dimension X |
22. Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 7:04 am Post subject: |
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mouseish wrote: |
Finally, the bar does not make the pad, as much as alot of companies and yourself make it seem that way. I could play perfectly fine without the bars as the true aspect of any DDR pad is the platform texture, switch/contact accuracy, and overall durability.
EDIT: The bar on that pad you linked looks thicker than the TX-x000 pads, but still isn't as thick as the arcade.
EDIT AGAIN: Im suprised that I didn't catch this earlier, but what's up with those arrows? Looks like someone doesn't know the difference between red and blue.
ONE LAST EDIT: I emailed MMB last week and asked some very specific questions about the pad....they answered, but with no relevant answers. |
Hey, I didn't notice those flip-flopped arrows before. That is indeed odd. On 3rd party soft pads and Konami DX pad knockoffs like the Ignition and Ignition clones, the arrow colors were switched. Why? Wish I could tell you. However, they were correct on pretty much every metal pad I've seen. On this one, however, they're switched around again. Now, that being said, I don't have very high hopes for this pad. At this point, it looks like a TX-2000 with a nicer bar, which is something I really couldn't care less about at the moment.
Oh yeah, just made a slightly interesting discovery: MyMyBox allows you to browse at least certain directories on their servers, like the folder where the Blueshark images are stored. I was just looking at one of the pictures, and took the file name off the end of the URL. They just uploaded some new pictures today, and it looks like they may have settled upon a final design, which is a RedOctane Afterburner knockoff. *Sigh* |
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mouseish Trick Member
Joined: 25 May 2005 Location: Lafayette Indiana |
23. Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 9:11 am Post subject: |
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what I think will happen is the "deluxe" blueshark will be the arcade pad look alike and the "lite" pad will be the afterburner ripoff.
DO YOUR OWN THING!!!!!!
Dont copy another pad design or order from the same provder they do. Make a good pad that's like the arcade pad that ^%$Y#*$(U^$Y works and we will buy them. Make a crappy pad and we will let the dumbest of us all buy one and then all laugh at your pad when it sucks...which will be now if you use an afterburner clone.
(I think it goes without saying that the blueshark should be an ASC) |
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Shufflefield Trick Member
Joined: 16 Jun 2002 Location: Ohio |
24. Posted: Thu Oct 06, 2005 4:48 pm Post subject: |
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Forget the bar - Are those arcade style sensors? It looks like it is around the edge of each well. Can anyone correct me, I am not exactly sure what to look for, but this doesn't look like the inside shots of pads I have seen with foil or copper contacts... I might be blind though.
http://site.mymybox.com/img/blueshark/blueshark0003.jpg
This is going to sell for 200? _________________
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mouseish Trick Member
Joined: 25 May 2005 Location: Lafayette Indiana |
25. Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 4:47 am Post subject: |
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This shot is of a pad with arcade style sensors.. As the directory shows, there are pictures of 2 different pads. One is an ASC lookalike and the other is an afterburner ripoff. The ASC thing should have these sensors it looks like (even though the arrows look like cheap TX arrows) and the afterburner clone will have foil on whatever they want, but not these. I'm pretty sure the asking for the "Deluxe" blueshark will be in the neighborhood of $700 |
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Shufflefield Trick Member
Joined: 16 Jun 2002 Location: Ohio |
26. Posted: Fri Oct 07, 2005 12:08 pm Post subject: |
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700, yeesh... I was reading up on the Beat Gears and that is about how much they were suppose to go for. Too much for my blood right now, but it's good that someone is finally doing it, and a company like MyMyBox would hopefully be able to do a better job of getting the pads to the customers than the guy from Peru did. It's about time someone picked up where he left off.
Maybe I should just wait... grrrr... decisions decisions.... _________________
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kamron_1 Trick Member
Joined: 15 Nov 2002 Location: YAY AREA |
27. Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 11:02 am Post subject: |
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bump, but look at this
http://store.mymybox.com/ddracc20.html
it's a sensor for the blueshark, but it also says that it will work on a ddr machine! i'm watching this pad closely. _________________
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mouseish Trick Member
Joined: 25 May 2005 Location: Lafayette Indiana |
28. Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 7:54 am Post subject: |
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It looks like they did it....
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kamron_1 Trick Member
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29. Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 8:53 am Post subject: |
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mouseish wrote: | It looks like they did it....
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ewww.... it looks.... yuck _________________
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mouseish Trick Member
Joined: 25 May 2005 Location: Lafayette Indiana |
30. Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:05 pm Post subject: |
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I'm seeing TX-2000 with added corner brackets, thicker arrows and arcade sensors.....I hope to god its not the real deal...
I was promised:
and got that crap |
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Shufflefield Trick Member
Joined: 16 Jun 2002 Location: Ohio |
31. Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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I don't think it looks yuck. And I don't think anyone was promised anything. If that thing has those sensors in it, and the inside is solid, that is what is really going to matter. Other than the different panels in the 2 pictures directly above, and that I can't see the brackets on the purported actual blue shark, it looks the same.
Hold judgement til we get some feedback from some people who actually used one. But it looks good to me, maybe not 700 dollars good, but pretty damn good. _________________
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kyj197 Trick Member
Joined: 23 Nov 2004 Location: irvine, orange county |
32. Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 2:01 pm Post subject: |
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It looks like they finally did it! I was thiking that they failed to make it.
I wornder what is going to be the price.
only 2 senrosr? hmmmmmmm
2 (sensors)X 6 (arrows) X $29.99 = $359.88
6 (arrow buttons) = $149.94
hmmmm It must be over $700
No one will be able to buy this blueshark metal pad, I would rather buy two CF. I like those design though
mouseish wrote: | It looks like they did it....
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kyj197 Trick Member
Joined: 23 Nov 2004 Location: irvine, orange county |
33. Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 3:05 pm Post subject: It seems that mymybox have blueshark series! |
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It seems that mymybox have blueshark series!
blueshark deluxe pad
blueshark xpert pad
blueshark metal pad
so they should have blueshark piu metal pad and blueshark piu non slip pad all kind of blueshark |
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mouseish Trick Member
Joined: 25 May 2005 Location: Lafayette Indiana |
34. Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 4:41 am Post subject: |
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This = good (better than most), but still only set up like a solo platform. We need a pad with 4 sensors per arrow and only 4 arrows |
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Agent J Trick Member
Joined: 29 Feb 2004 Location: Dimension X |
35. Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 9:21 am Post subject: |
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Hmm, I can't decide whether I like that design or not. On one hand, it doesn't look like a slightly thicker TX-2000 with a nicer bar, but on the other hand, it's a very odd design. Very... blue (THANKYOUCAPTAINOBVIOUS!). o_O However, this pad looks like it won't be using the same copper foil that nearly every other metal pad out there uses for its sensors, which is potentially a big improvement. The pad needs to be made well throughout, though. Even if the sensors are great, if the soldering and wiring is junky it won't really matter. Another issue is price. If the rumors are true and this thing ends up costing $700, it would be the most expensive DDR pad currently on the market, beaten out only by the impossibly rare and discontinued Konami DDR ASC.
In short, Pluses: New sensor design that might be better than the junky construction seen on TX models, doesn't look as bad as I thought it would
Minuses- Too many unknowns. The pad could a wiring disaster on the inside for all we know. Aside from that, I can't make up my mind on this design. Possibly astronomically expensive. |
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kamron_1 Trick Member
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36. Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 12:23 pm Post subject: |
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mouseish wrote: | This = good (better than most), but still only set up like a solo platform. We need a pad with 4 sensors per arrow and only 4 arrows |
if you really really wanted, you could just remove the sensors from the corner panels, since in their design notes, they wrote that they were going to put metal panels or something in place of the diagonal arrows. it really shouldn't matter, but it if does, that the alternative
also, just for the record, they claim that the blueshark pad sensors will work with an arcade pad too _________________
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mouseish Trick Member
Joined: 25 May 2005 Location: Lafayette Indiana |
37. Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 2:45 pm Post subject: |
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I noticed the sensors only because I cant play on a solo pad at the arcade well (and thats exactly how theyre setup. I could spend another 120 bucks and yank the corner sensors but thats alot of work.
Oh and whoever quoted me...1) where did you get the second pic, and 2) wherever you did, it wasn't in my quote, so careful what you misquote. do you work for MMB?
EDIT: I was kinda promised the pic I posted above. I was sent an email from MMB a couple weeks back with that as a picture after I explained I may buy a pair for our college's club. |
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DX Manaic Trick Member
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38. Posted: Thu Oct 13, 2005 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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Oh my, those are the sensors used in arcade pads...
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kyj197 Trick Member
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