Eh, sadly you're doing better than I am. The only good machine near me is an ITG2 dedicab, but the place is supposedly shutting down tomorrow, so I kinda got raped in the ass with a machete.
We do have a DDR SuperNOVA upgrade and PIU NX cab, but holy hell do they suck. The SuperNOVA machine is just...awful. It's just...unspeakably terrible. Let's just say, having the bar nearly come out while doing Unlimmy doubles was a traumatic experience for me -- and probably Sharde, for that matter, since he was standing behind me at the time.
The PIU NX has sticky buttons liek wut. I have a hard time passing hard charts on that game, let alone crazy charts. Very eww.
Are you still incapable of playing with the bar?
Frackin' nice!
You've improved a ton since that one time you were in Oh-hay-oh and we sexed hung out.
Oh right, I forgot about the NX at the Dave & Busters! ...which was in Austin. =p That was a nice machine, though the screen had been replaced with a plasma TV, which looked silly in the DX cabinet. Regardless, I played for a while and found out I was half-decent at Pump.
S -
Dr. M CZ
Greenhorn CZ
Will O' The Wisp CZ (lucky run)
Csikos Post CZ
A -
Beethoven Virus CZ
Winter CZ (I seem to alternate between failing and doing well)
Final Audition CZ (PAIN)
Also, I got to play an NX2 in the most
beautiful arcade I had ever been to while in Reno. The place had IIDX Gold, Pop'N Music (can't remember which), DDR Supernova, Stepmania (actual machine with makeshift banner and about a thousand songs, I lol'd), PIU NX2, and a bunch of other stuff. Unfortunately, my parents were passing through and I only got to play for an hour and a half. Since that was the first time I ever got to touch a real IIDX machine, most of my time was spent on there, but I did pass Energizer CZ (fun!) and did half-well at FAEP 2-2 HD. I think I pass up to 1-skulls right now without using the bar.
Speaking of which...
I mostly justify my lack of bar-use because I figured 'well, I can't ever EVER
EVER beat the experts with the bar, so let's see how far I can get while not using it'. Plus, if nothing else, it tends to impress those who don't know much about the game more when you don't use the bar, so hey. I tried playing with the bar for a couple of days and found that all it really did was tire my arms out instead of my legs, decided 'hell with it, I don't want to practice with this thing because I feel silly with it' and went back to playing without it. And then I passed ! Expert for the first time and cried from happiness.
...man I can't wait until the 21st when I come back up to PA and play REAL machines with GOOD players. As amusing as it is to see my name plastered all over the scores at Main Event, it's embarrassing how small the community is here. =(