Grant.
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Post by Grant. on Dec 21, 2005 13:29:46 GMT -5
So I bought a new pad about a week ago, and I have been forced to use my old broken one to work out now.
The new one has some foam sheet in it, which makes the thing slip like nobodies business. I fell, almost broke my ankle (due to the position of the fall), and the pad ripped.
But I guess my safety is compromised for $20.
Oh, and their email complaint thing doesn't work.
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Post by The Charming Canuck on Dec 21, 2005 14:58:41 GMT -5
Take it back and insist that they return it or exchange it cause you nearly broke your ankle and that it is a piece of crap and not worth 20 bucks. I know that if you bought it at Wal mart, they return everything, they even return the stuff they're nto supposed to, i.e. cd's, movies, video games, ect for cash or store credit. At least at the one I worked at tif the customer got pissed enough they would.
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Post by legend on Jan 2, 2006 8:48:59 GMT -5
my parents keep telling me" your lucky with what you have i don't think a metal mat is nessisary" and I'm telling them I've detroyed 5 madcatz mats and I almost twisted my ankle when I slipped, the point to this is I'm on your side,I HATE MADCATZ
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Post by zeldy2 on Jan 12, 2006 22:13:40 GMT -5
madcatz are not so bad, i mean, for softpads, obviously compared to metal pads they suc*s but they are nice in my opinion as soft pads. But yes they are kind of dangerous, i slipped on once but now i'm careful ( i still have it but going tio make my own metal pad  ) |
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Post by muffindancer07 on Feb 21, 2006 20:10:06 GMT -5
>_< I have a madcatz. It was good for about a month, it still functions but not so hot....but I dunno...I want a red octane.
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Post by muskokan on May 7, 2006 8:07:55 GMT -5
my husband prefers his madcatz pad to the konami one that I use but ever time I use it I just about fall on my face before I remember to remind myself I'm using a different pad
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Post by talon on May 7, 2006 9:52:58 GMT -5
did you get version 1 or version 2? version 2 has a nonslip rubber bottom to keep it in place, I have been using mine heavly for the passed two months or so and I havent found any problems at all, I play on standard and light settings, I dont know if it would move on heavy or oni but when I get that good at this game I will just build a hard pad  anyways I just wanted to say that madcatz use to suck alot when it came to dance pads or anything for that matter but their new stuff is showing marked improvement. (I did get a madcatz soft pad without insert, and it felt like silk on the bottom, it was that smooth, I steped on it once and wound up flat on my back, nearly broke my neck on my coffie table, I took it back to EB Games and got it replaced with my version 2 foam insert madcatz soft pad.) |
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Post by muskokan on May 7, 2006 18:48:45 GMT -5
(I did get a madcatz soft pad without insert, and it felt like silk on the bottom, it was that smooth, I steped on it once and wound up flat on my back, nearly broke my neck on my coffie table, I took it back to EB Games and got it replaced with my version 2 foam insert madcatz soft pad.) We have the one like the first one you described it is VERY slippery and folds over itself at just about every step but we've had it now since x-mas so I don't think we can return it. We're hoping to get someone to build us a metal pad. Has anyone modified a soft pad like the madcatz one to make it easier to use/not so slippery? |
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Post by abrannan on May 7, 2006 19:36:27 GMT -5
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Post by muskokan on May 8, 2006 10:08:54 GMT -5
great link. Now I just hope that our madcatz pad isn't a total loss and it still works well enough to do that..
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Post by talon on May 12, 2006 18:22:25 GMT -5
update on my previous post. my skill has improved a little bit and I am able to start doing 5-6 step songs, I am noticing a bit more movment on the pads part, its not to bad but it can mess me up while I am playing as it can cause miss steps. I will either mod it (hurray for cheap dollar store velcro strips) or I will tear it apart and build a metal pad.
in closing this pad is great for beginers and even light users, standard may have some trouble with it and I wouldnt even look at it for heavy.
hope this helps
best wishes all
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Post by socialdisconnect on Jul 26, 2006 12:22:40 GMT -5
MadCatz is just cheap consumer crap. Anything I've bought from them, a controller, anything, has gone to hell because of it's poor quality. They're in it for the money, not the quality. It's total crap. And most stores won't return stuff like that. So you're basically screwed. If you're a prolific DDR'-Er (?), then it would be probably be best to invest a mat a LITTLE nicer than MadCatz. Though, everyone would love a metal dance pad <3
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Post by talon on Jul 27, 2006 0:44:08 GMT -5
just in regards to the return problems, EB games offers a five year in store exchange waranty on any and all madcats products.
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Post by xstatic on Jul 27, 2006 16:33:26 GMT -5
I have never had problems with the soft pad that madcatz makes. It was super cheep and lasted longer than my foam insert ever did...If you tape them to a dead softmat (aka my expensive ignition) they work like a comfey gem.
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Grant.
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Post by Grant. on Jul 28, 2006 0:17:44 GMT -5
Yeah, ironically, the pad that was broken actually works really well now.
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anyways I just wanted to say that madcatz use to suck alot when it came to dance pads or anything for that matter but their new stuff is showing marked improvement.
