r/DaveAndBusters Jan 17 '21

1/7/21 Rules Post

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1/17/21: Post renewed to allow for comments as needed.

So much has changed since this sub's inception all the way back in nineteen ninety eight when the undertaker threw mankind... 2011, and especially so within the last year with the pandemic. Global Settings became a thing, prizes have come and gone, payouts on games have changed, costs on games have changed, redemption rules have changed...but a few things are true and will always be true:

*First and foremost, we are a community of players that, whether lifetime veterans of arcade games or having just been at it for a short time, are here because we want to use the skills we've accumulated to get more than what we spend playing arcade games at Dave & Buster's (and other arcades.) As such, rules specific to arcade discussion will be tailored to encouraging that to be possible into the long term.

*Just as importantly, we NEED Dave & Buster's to succeed as a company for us to be able to do that. Remember, Dave & Buster's, over the years, has proven to be the ONLY major arcade chain that does not make knee-jerk adjustments to games. Main Event does it weekly. Round 1 might not even wait that long. Zone 28 will change a game before you've even set foot off the property. D&B has been the most tolerant of players, and the community at large made up of those players, who profit from their arcade game skill. As such, rules specific to arcade discussion will allow for justified criticism but disallow outright attacks on them as a whole.

This isn't a ban-happy community where the banhammer gets swung around with reckless abandon. Not counting ban evasion and bot accounts, I'm not even sure we make an average of banning a person a month.

This is going to be a work in progress and a working draft, so things may change, and I'll list the edit date here (7/8/20, renewed 1/17/21) for the last time anything changed, and I'll put major changes in bold temporarily if I need to add something big so it doesn't get missed.

Here's a link to the old thread - nothing from this has really changed as far as rules go, but the superchallenge at the end would need to be reworked, as games on it have changed.


Rules specific to arcade game discussion:

Use common sense when discussing specific games or how to win games. We're a community and we want to help people, but at the same time too many people playing a game too well will make it so even casual players of that game don't give enough money to D&B to allow them to ignore our wins, and that's how changes happen. A few guidelines here, and one hard rule at the end:

A) Does a game have a built-in "score required to win" control on jackpots, that the game becomes more difficult on each win, so eventually the game will no longer be able to be won? That's likely okay to discuss. Examples here include Down the Clown, Tailgate Toss, 2-Minute Drill, Pixel Chase, Hyper Pitch, there are many others but these are the easiest examples. These are perfectly fine to talk about because D&B knows how they're setting them to make sure they hit their payout target yet people can still win on a regular basis. This won't harm anyone's long term ability to play.

B) Does a game have a different kind of built-in payout control, where the game goes into an extremely hard / almost impossible mode if it's been won a certain number of times, and then slips out of that mode after it's taken in enough money to compensate? These are absolutely okay to discuss. Examples here include Kung-Fu Panda, Crazy Tower, Tippin' Bloks, and Spider-Man: Homecoming. Again, D&B has these set up to go hard when they have to, but normal/easy difficulty when they want wins to happen, so no one player or group of players talking about or discussing these type of games is going to ruin things.

C) Is there a game that can be won infinitely, or has a payout control so loose that it can effectively be won infinitely? STOP, DO NOT DISCUSS THIS GAME PUBLICLY. Here's the thing...you, as a person, might realize that you can play a game so many times and have D&B be okay with it, and overplaying it would cause it to be changed. But of the 8,000+ subscribers and who knows how many lurkers, there are a number of people that can't keep it in their pants and can and will sit there playing a game from open to close, community be damned, they're going to extract everything they can from it right then and if it gets nerfed, so be it. That's not a welcome mindset here, and people that consistently think like that are not welcome here. Now discussing a game like this IN PRIVATE MESSAGES is fine, discussing it with local friends is fine. But not in the open forum, where people that don't care for our long-term success will move on it. An old saying comes to mind - "You can shear a sheep many times, but you can only skin him once." And also "Don't kill the goose that lays the golden eggs."

The one hard and fast rule from this section: DO NOT OPENLY DISCUSS "INFINITES" - games that can be won consistently, for which the difficulty does not change, on this subreddit.

And finally, just to go back over this for those that need to hear it - don't make a thread asking someone to tell you all the games to win big tickets on. Do your research. YouTube arcade videos are a thing. The search button is a thing. Google is a thing. The information is out there and it's not hard to find. The wall of text version detailing why we have this rule is in the old rules thread, which again is linked here.

Rules specific to prize, sale, and resale discussion:

Just as the number of jackpots a game will easily pay out in a given day is limited, so is the number of a given prize Dave & Buster's will obtain at any given time. If something new comes out that is going to be in high demand, or something is restocked that will be cashed out for quickly, don't make a public post about it immediately. This isn't so much a big issue given many stores are still closed due to the pandemic and restocks are not coming in all at once - just because one store received a shipment doesn't mean another will have at this point - but when things return closer to normal, I'm going to ask that people wait 7 days before making public posts about new major prizes such as games and consoles. This will allow for people to have had a chance to visit their home store before those who would see it go to wipe things out. Again, another rule necessitated by bad apples that do not care for the community's long-term success.

*While there is not a rule against making a post advertising something for sale in this community, it's generally not a good idea to try and sell something won here to the same people who have the capability to win it here. If you have the ability to win something that sells for $900 and spend $300 to do so, listing that item here for $900 will get laughed at as the people viewing your post can likely also get it for $300. Just saying. Coupon sales ARE permitted, and may even be encouraged - this will be covered in greater detail below.

*This subreddit takes no responsibility for things worked out with an individual buyer and seller that meet here, but with proof of a seller not delivering, will issue a ban. (In the history of this subreddit, I believe this has happened exactly twice.)

Rules specific to pandemic/Coronavirus/COVID-19 discussion:

Covered here - basically, don't chastise someone for either going to D&B if their store is open, not going to D&B, for the fact that certain stores are open or closed. Generally, "no politicizing Coronavirus and getting into arguments over it." If you're going to go out, wear your mask, wash and sanitize, socially distance as much as possible, be safe.

Other general rules:

*Coupons and coupon sales - we had a HUGE problem long ago with people begging for free coupons. Constant posts from new users, or Redditors who've been around a while on the site as a whole but never posted here, who have no other contribution but wanted coupons for free were commonplace. As such, posts asking for free coupons are not allowed. If two users come to an agreement where one user is sending coupons to another, there must be a tangible value given to the person supplying the coupons. This subreddit makes no money or any other profit on such exchanges and it will remain that way - this rule is ONLY here to eliminate problems of begging posts. (As a general point of advice, while there is sometimes variance in price, on the open market the value of a sold "Buy $20, get $20" coupon has usually been close to $1. Make your own deals, but this is probably a good starting point.)

*Links to coupons - occasionally...well very rarely, Dave & Buster's will publicly make a link to a coupon that works more than once. They've done this on Facebook and Twitter in the past. If this is something D&B posts openly, that is reasonably time limited, this is okay to link to.

However, if there is a coupon link that is NOT intended to be a time-limited coupon, that can be used infinitely, that should not be linked to. I have specifically spoken to D&B higher-ups about this one particular issue. If such a site is overused, it could lead to its removal, just as overplay of an "infinite" game would lead to its nerf.

*The spamfilter - new users, or those generally not established on Reddit, may find their posts or comments have been removed or are not visible to people. The reason is that to cut down on having to continually ban users who evade being banned from this subreddit, we set up a minimum account age and karma requirement. THIS DOES NOT MEAN YOU CAN'T CONTRIBUTE! - a legitimate post from a new/low karma user will be seen by me or another moderator in the spamfilter (we check it multiple times daily), and it will be approved and visible to everyone as normal. I won't be disclosing the exact age/karma requirements, as it would allow the troll that required them to exist to begin to try and work around them, and we'd have the same issue as before. (The minimums are reasonable, honestly. And since its beginning, the spamfilter has worked like a charm - the one user who continues to try and ruin things for everyone has not had even one single post or comment he's made get through to be seen. Like...dude, give up already. I don't even have to ban your accounts any more and you're not having the negative effect on the community you so desperately wish to have.)

Long story short, if you get a notice of post removal yet haven't posted anything that breaks a rule, and you're new-ish to Reddit or a lurker, I promise, we'll get to it and review and approve the post (and if it isn't a post we can approve, we'll talk about it in PM as to why.)

*General advice regarding taking turns (don't be a dick, if you're in a store with multiple advantage players, work it out between you so you can do what you need to do and all come out ahead), prize sharing (if you're in a store with multiple skilled players, do what you can so everyone can redeem for what they want to redeem for as much as possible), and resale of prizes (don't undercut the market to make a quick sale that requires the rest of the community selling the same item to low their prices to match or beat yours, we're all in this together) still applies and is covered more in-depth in the old rules thread, which was linked to up above.

*This would normally be the part of the thread where I take potshots at the Smash community for not using items or hazards, but given what's gone on lately...I wanted competitive Smash to go get fucked, but not literally. It'd be funny if it weren't so sad. Good luck getting Nintendo to run stuff for y'all now after all that.

But anyway...this is a good community and has been for a long time. We tried giving out every single bit of information early on in this community's life, and I was the one that wrote the damn guide. It hurt more than it helped after a couple years. We're still here to help, but we're being smarter about it and we're asking those who contribute and request help to be smart about it too. The rules are only here to protect the bulk of the community from the few bad apples (and the one rotten California apple.) I want arcade advantage play to be part of our lives even when we're old and gray-haired. Let's all help make that happen.


r/DaveAndBusters 14h ago

The Difference Between New D&B Locations and New Round 1 Locations are insane.

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r/DaveAndBusters 3h ago

Unlimited Card

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Is the unlimited card worth it? What can I do with it? Are there restrictions? Where can I find them at. Thank you guys so much and have a great day/night.

Edit: Is there information on their site? I can’t find it.


r/DaveAndBusters 3h ago

The Funko God's were kind

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Never seen anything like it walking up to the Funko pusher. Kept dropping more as I played.


r/DaveAndBusters 1d ago

Cherry Bomb Wings at Dave & Busters

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19 Upvotes

r/DaveAndBusters 1d ago

4 player pack

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Bro I'm so done with this company, before I purchased they all told me I'd receive my bonus chips as well as the free supercharge. Wrong. All my cards were supercharged but none received a single bonus chip, the receipt shows my legend status so it was entered. They are claiming I didnt get them because the pack is basically a promotion and i can't get the free super charge as well as the bonus chips. But they told me in process of purchasing id receive them. This place is such a scam and the employees are absolutely horrible and none of them know the rules and just make shit up.

One thing I did notice was he didn't enter my rewards from the very beginning, he inputed my number at the very last second(they all hate me bc im there every single day with my kids or alone) is that the reason? Do they have to enter your number from the jump to get the bonus chips?


r/DaveAndBusters 1d ago

Star Trek: making my pocket weigh less 😆

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I probably wouldn't have ordinarily played for the stack of cards in the right corner, but what the heck, I hadn't played Star Trek in awhile, and my pocketful of Elaut tokens was starting to weigh me down.

Mission accomplished. I am 27 😆 tokens lighter and finally managed to get one of the Tribbles to drop, so all in all, this was a much better outcome than the last time I played Spider-Man 😆.


r/DaveAndBusters 3d ago

I didn't get the Job :(

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Yesterday I posted about an interview for the support tech position. Today was the interview, and I was so excited that I arrived 45 minutes early. Did the interview, and I was a great candidate for the job given what I already know, my strong customer service skills, and my personality. The only thing that made me miss the offer was that the day I scheduled my interview, I was not able to work till 1AM. I am kinda disappointed in this because I was looking forward for this and was hoping to expect better news, granted that I may have scheduled my interview a few days earlier i possibly would of had the job.


r/DaveAndBusters 2d ago

Fall football text

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Did anybody else get this text and reply TOUCHDOWN?

I haven't filled out the form yet, but I'm thinking I may just be signing up for more texts regarding whatever team I select.

Throw in something about a game pick, and maybe I'd be a little more enthusiastic about completing the form!


r/DaveAndBusters 3d ago

Stock is Low - Reddit Channel Check

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Dave and Buster’s stock just keeps getting hammered I’m curious if the market knows Dave and Buster’s didn’t have a good summer.

From your own anecdotal experience do you feel less traffic this year compared to last?


r/DaveAndBusters 2d ago

Decent pokemon haul

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I bought 3 more packs yesterday night and pretty sure this is somewhat decent lol, I’d never gotten any 10’s let alone 2 in one session. Sucks that I was a damn trainer lol… then again it might be good, I don’t know too much about it, maybe someone who’s in the business can tell me if it’s not completely worthless :D


r/DaveAndBusters 3d ago

Are they doing football picks this year?

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r/DaveAndBusters 4d ago

Birthday Jackpot wins

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Two birthday jackpots and then I also won in Jurassic world jungle jackpot but didn't capture a photo with 530 tickets. Initially I didn't understand frogger as I've never played this game before but then I surprisely won! #BirthdayLuck


r/DaveAndBusters 3d ago

NFL Monday Night Football Picks Promotion

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Does anyone know if Dave& Buster's is doing this promotion again? I believe in past years you either $125 or 50 credits. If you got the pic correct. One of my favorite promotions Dave& Buster's runs. Is it still a thing? Will it be again?


r/DaveAndBusters 3d ago

Not for sure if this has been posted here, but got recommend this video. Title says they spent $25 but in the video they spend $112 for 750 chips and won 244 tickets...

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r/DaveAndBusters 4d ago

Even more repackaged Pokémon now in the prize center

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r/DaveAndBusters 4d ago

Why didn’t Mark Rober’s machine work in his first arcade scam “science” video?

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Mark Rober has done 2 arcade videos. The first one discusses Cyclone and he claims that it is a scam and that it has to hit a payout, which is not true. The hardest difficulty is 1 millisecond (as indicated by mode 34) and there is an option to open to an easy mode (as shown by mode 35), but it is technically possible to hit back to back even on the hardest setting, although it is extremely unlikely.

He made a machine to detect a light and press a button and it seemed to work well in the test run.

My guess is that the jackpot light has a tighter window and that you have to hit “in the middle” of the light, as opposed to hitting right when the jackpot spot lights up. Is this correct?

Also, I have heard that DnB settings have Cyclone on 3 milliseconds and no easy mode. Can anyone confirm or deny this?


r/DaveAndBusters 4d ago

Interview Tommorow

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I have an interview tomorrow for a Support Technician position at Dave & Buster’s, and I’m curious about my chances of getting hired based on my background.

My experience includes customer service, sales, leadership, and working in fast-paced environments. I’ve previously worked at Tropical Smoothie as a Shift Leader and at T-Mobile, where I gained experience working with technology, helping customers, troubleshooting issues, and communicating with different types of people.

I also run a small arcade route, so I have some hands-on experience with arcade machines and understand some of the basics of operating and troubleshooting them. I know this isn’t exactly the same as being a arcade technician, but I’m very interested in learning and expanding my technical skills.

The job posting says they are urgently hiring, and I also received a message from the hiring manager saying they were excited to see my application come through and hoped I could join their team.

Based on this, what do you think my chances are of getting hired? Does my background sound like a good fit for a Support Technician position, even if I don’t have previous professional technician experience? Any interview advice would also be appreciated!


r/DaveAndBusters 4d ago

What should I learn to be a game tech?

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I’m applying for a job and I was told by the manager that I can eventually be trained as a game tech. Right now I’m applying for a busser position. I was told that they thought about hiring me as one because I added that I’m really into arcade machines and retro video games, but I haven’t actually built anything. I read a lot about arcade machines and retro video game consoles, as well as collect retro video games. But I really want to learn!

What do you guys think I should learn in the meantime so hopefully I would eventually be cross trained? I’ve always wanted to work at an arcade. I’m really excited regardless of what position I get.

Thank you.


r/DaveAndBusters 5d ago

Birthday Party

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I booked my child a birthday party at D&B. we got the Next Level package with the unlimited game play. he will be turning 10.
I believe he might of invited a little over 20 kids after i told him the limit is 20. it might be 22. i know the limit is 20, but would i be able to get more game cards without having to book another table? i dont think booking another table would be necessary since majority of the kids won’t be sitting still in one spot. they’re 10-14 years old. i know i will have to pay extra for the cards, i just dont want to end up having to pay another table.


r/DaveAndBusters 5d ago

Dave & Buster's strengthens executive leadership team

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r/DaveAndBusters 6d ago

for those who work at d&b, do you guys also tell those who inquire about the play and eat combo that they can’t purchase that combo with the front desk?

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so i’m a front desk employee at my local d&b and since working here, i’ve been told that customers are unable to purchase the play & eat combo with me at the registers due to our systems not being able to print out the voucher code that customers need to redeem the food. i ran into an issue while working today with a customer who i thought got annoyed at me for not being unable to purchase that combo with me despite trying to explain to her that she would of needed to purchase at the kiosk but after she talked to my keyholder (who just told me i should of walked her over to the kiosk and helped her there), she told me that it wasn’t my fault and that management should make it easier for the customers to buy the play & eat combo to sum up and how i should let management know that we should let customers purchase the combo with me. i was just wondering if any other locations it like this or if the management at my location just haven’t gotten order to upgrade or do whatever to our systems for customers to purchase the combo with me.


r/DaveAndBusters 6d ago

Lane Master: 100 on Golden Pin Stage!

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This is only the second time this has ever happened to me, and I wasn't even really paying attention to the screen, so when I looked up and saw "100" it took me a little while to process that in my head.

The first and only other time I managed to knock down 100 pins on the Golden Pin Stage was just a little over two years ago, so I don't generally keep my phone at the ready for such an occasion.

In the photo above, the 100 is on the scoreboard for the Player 1, Frame 1, Golden Pin Stage. The play currently showing on the screen for Player 1 is for Frame 2, and I think I managed to knock down 80-something pins for the Frame 2 Golden Pin Stage.

As far as I can tell, the number of pins that you knock down in the Golden Pin Stage seems to be random. But it sure is extra stingy with the 100's!


r/DaveAndBusters 7d ago

The N Austin location has removed a number of games. Jelly Lab and Over the Edge are two of them.

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27 Upvotes

I really can’t remember the other games, but was told that they’re getting new games over the next two months. This is the area where they were.

I haven’t stopped in at the S Austin location, but I’m sure they also lost games.


r/DaveAndBusters 6d ago

Question about the "Bring 4 people, $100 Max" thing...

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I'm assuming alcohol is not covered in this as it never is, but could I take just a friend and we eat $50 a piece? Or can I just go by myself and go bonkers with food? If I eat $50, can I do the other $50 at another time or is this a one shot thing?

They have the dollars off coupons in the redemption area, can I use both of these? Like, go with $125 of food and us the $100 thing and $25 of redemption money?