Red Octane Afterburner

tepp · Trick Member Joined: 07 Apr 2005

DO NOT BUY THIS PAD.

AVOID AVOID AVOID

I just got mine today.

I take it out of the box. Hook it up. I haven't even removed the frigging plastic from the panels yet... I start to play my first song on the xbox.

10 steps in: Insert Controller 1. It passes, but I get two boos. It continues to pop up every 10 steps.

I have checked every connection. I have checked the connections to the control box. I have checked them to the xbox, I even unplugged the xbox end to the usb cable and reseated it to make sure it was on tight. NOTHING gets rid of this.

I can't even get more than 10 steps without that stupid error message.

I tried to file a return with redoctane. I get this from their returns.asp:

ADODB.Command error '800a0d5d'

Application uses a value of the wrong type for the current operation.

/returns.asp, line 354

So I sent them an email. Well guess what, they won't be in the office till Monday.

I am NOT paying 60$ shipping to send this back. If I have to I am going to get my credit card involved to have them settle this, cause I am NOT paying for a broken piece of junk.

I am so mad right now, I could scream. I can't believe I paid 200$ for this piece of crap!

tepp · Trick Member Joined: 07 Apr 2005

I should've never bought this pad. I should've just bought a damn cobalt flux... I can't believe it arrives BROKEN right out of the frigging box....

tepp · Trick Member Joined: 07 Apr 2005

nekura · Trick Member Joined: 02 Feb 2003 Location: Bellevue, WA.

Congratulations, you got a bad pad. It happens.

Meanwhile, the first song I played I AAA'd (My Summer Love on Heavy).

Edit: I should note that the above accomplishment was on PS2. I'm currently in the process of testing out Xbox support.

Edit 2: Well I'll be a monkey's uncle, the pad didn't function at all with my Xbox. HOWEVER, this problem lies with the Xbox plug that was shipped with the pad. I removed it and switched it with the one that comes with the Ignition 3.0, and the pad works fine on the Xbox now.
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tepp · Trick Member Joined: 07 Apr 2005

It doesn't work on the PS2 either. Tried playing DDR Max. It spazzed through all the menus then got stuck endlessly trying to pick some song... couldn't even get it to respond. Unplugging the pad from the controller didn't fix the problem... unplugging the control box from the ps2 at least got the ps2 to stop spazzing.

I removed the plastic... it's still frigging busted.

Congrats on your AAA. Just hope your pad doesn't die within hours. I wouldn't gloat if I were you.

Such a promising start for a brand new series. So much for RedOctane's new "quality" control.

Oh, it won't take the old metal pad controller. I tried to see if I could swap control boxes, but this one only has 9 pins and the old one has what, 14? won't work.

The Letter K · Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 7:05 pm Post subject:

Thomas Hobbes · Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 7:09 pm Post subject:

Bleh, you just happened to get a faulty pad. That doesn't mean all their pads are going to be bad. Nekura is having a good time with his, you just happened to not.

Talk to RedOctane about it and see if they'll sort it out.
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xpguardian · Trick Member Joined: 11 Mar 2005

they were prolly just defective pads. its like video games released on computer....it comes with bugs, but after you download a few things everything is ok. and im sure RO will listen to the complaint emails and fix minor bugs and replace your defects.

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DDR_mastor1 · Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 8:20 pm Post subject:

lol he acts as if all things in the world are supposed to work 100% of the time. People are always like "bad things never happen to me mwhahahaha" well bad news dude, bad things have to happen to someone, why not you? As stated before, im sure redoctane will cooperate with you. After all isnt that what a warranty is for?
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do_da_cha_cha · Trick Member Joined: 06 Oct 2003 Location: NWI

if it's under warranty, you shouldn't have any problems at all

and there is an Edit button you know....for the future....cuz people can get really ticked off when people double or triple post....

and I don't play on standard ever, so I don't know about red room's jumps....but play drop out heavy and try and do those jump sequences and you'll know what I'm talking about

I'll still wait for some more reviews before I decide anything...it's a shame that the first post about it was a negative review though :-(
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Kyrandian · Trick Member Joined: 24 Mar 2002 Location: Portland, OR

SO awesome. And it works perfectly. A few things I've noticed:

- The panels have some bounce to them, and feel pretty nice on one's joints.
- As of now the panels feel windex'd and it's very hard to slide around in shoes.
- The brackets feel like they get in the way a little more than at the arcade, but other than that the feel is really arcade like.
- Nothing *feels* like it's going to crack.
- I was playing stepmania on it and was getting some very nice scores, and ***ing 8s and 9s without trouble. This is the most sensitive pad I've ever played on. It feels like all parts of every panel are really responsive.
- It handles quads and triples beautifully. I had no trouble FECing Anubis on it, nor did Queen of Light or Dawn give me any problems. I can trigger this thing with my fingertips.

Cobalt Fluxes have got NOTHING on this pad! I'd say more, but I'm really tired out from all the pad SM. I can't wait till ITG gets released so the pad can finally serve it's purpose.

NGX · Basic Member Joined: 08 May 2005 Location: Florida

Wow... That pad is very nice. I've been having a mental struggle for awhile now, deciding between the Afterburner and the CF. I'd much rather have the AB, because of the lower price, but I'd like to know if it'll stay in good condition. I think I'm going to wait a month or two, then read more reviews. I'm not sure why everyone bashes RO so much? I've had my Ignition 2.0 for like a year or something, and it still works beautifully. But, hey. To each his own.

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Dog_E · Basic Member Joined: 19 Apr 2005 Location: MN

Hmm... so it seems we so far 2 out of the 3 pads people recieved are working very well and 1 is either DOA or just not X-Box compatible.
Hopefully mine will arrive in fine working shape with no problems

The X-Box thing wont be a problem for me though, as I only use a PS2 and Gamecube.

And by the way, congrats on your AAA Nekura!

Its really great to hear that the pad has a very "true to the arcade" feel to it and seems to be very solid.

Mmmm... only 2 or 3 more days and my pad will be here...

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do_da_cha_cha · Trick Member Joined: 06 Oct 2003 Location: NWI

the amazing review I was looking for has finally arrived...but I will also be waiting a few months
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Sinistar · Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 9:27 pm Post subject:

Thomas Hobbes · Posted: Sat May 14, 2005 9:30 pm Post subject:

But you got to make a new control box for that though. >=P
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