Dave & Buster's Homestead - November 2023

I often get asked for advice as to whether or not it's worth trying to get into advantage play at a given arcade. For Dave & Buster's I already know what the costs are, what the tickets are worth, so the only missing piece of the puzzle is how the games are - but so many of the walkthroughs I get miss the important things or show the games but not enough other information.
This is an example, using my home location, as to what I need to be able to tell you whether or not a store's worthwhile both from the standpoint of other advantage players being there (law of diminishing returns if you're sharing the same pool of jackpots) and whether or not the games are being maintained well enough. The best player in the world isn't going to be able to ring up 2-Minute Drill for 5,000 tickets plus in a day if it only has 3 footballs; the best Down the Clown player won't do shit if multiple clowns don't score when you hit them, etc.
For non-D&B locations I need a bit more information (cost of play, available coupons/discounts, etc., high-end prizes and how many tickets they're worth, etc.)
Make a point of showing jackpot values and requirements on ticket games in walkthrough videos, please!

[@arcadez8948]

This is a great idea for a vid! I'm glad you are pointing out some of the obvious stuff to look for if you are gonna win a jackpot. A good amount of walk-throughs ignore that kind of stuff!

[@MewtwoStruckBack]

There are so many things I didn't even cover here but hinted at a bit. I'm sure there are plenty of stores that have games set wrong that can be infinitely beaten but if I don't see the telltale signs, I can't advise someone to hit them (and cut me in on the profit for tipping them off to the misset, of course!)

[@brianl2607]

niche area of arcade AP, very cool. i think i subbed to you a long time ago finding you from reddit or maybe you had a website ? i forget

[@MewtwoStruckBack]

Definitely Reddit, that's where the subreddit for this stuff is and that's where the old AMAs were back when things were so open I could discuss absolutely everything with no concerns.

[@brianl2607]

@@MewtwoStruckBack thats neat, definitely a muddy area in terms of having a community vs keeping private info from spilling into D&B game managers spotlight. i am sure there are some good discord or telegram channels somewhere

[@MewtwoStruckBack]

@@brianl2607 I have some people going at me to pull THIS video down, even though it doesn’t reveal any missets or info that’s not already out there in some form. My philosophy now - I don’t post gameplay of missets or infinites while the game is still misset or an infinite worth playing. If the misset is fixed or game is changed, I post gameplay after that - like what I did with the Dodgeball Ultimate Arena video. Discord is probably a better resource than Telegram but everyone needs vetted in order to talk anout anything that’s more lucrative than intended.

[@skibola0228]

hi, just curious do you know around what time it was when you did the walkthrough, thank you

[@SmellyBaby-sv9vr]

Great video brotha, there's definitely a really good player at my location for tailgate toss, it's always at 11000, I can only beat whoever that dude is on the weekend when I have off and I get to go at 10am when it opens, slowly getting better at down the clown, finally hit my first jackpot by myself at 500. It is not an easy game, these aps make that game look so easy. My best game for now is flappy tickets(all time hi score being 505) my average is probably at 200 now, but I don't want to rely on that game only. If i'm not doing some of that, I can hit quik drop if the machine isn't having issues and it's on easy mode, gear it up, basketball pro doesn't reset at my location, 2 minute drill offers 2 games for just 1 credit at my place. I do want to get better at milkjug toss, I thought the global jackpot for that game is 250, but at my location it's at 1000 for 5/5 balls, and 500 for 4/5. Thanks for everything you do brotha, ain't exactly at the level at some of these aps but it's nice to be able to get my son some prizes everytime I go.

[@MewtwoStruckBack]

Tailgate doesn’t reset overnight. 11,000 isn’t super high either - I can get 13,900 with little issue. It is worth learning if the highest you see it is 11k and there are 12 bags. You have multiple missets in your favor - can you please DM me on Reddit (my username is the same there - I would like you to check your store for other missets!)

[@Runescape.]

what the point in going to arcade if you aint havin fun there, i mean if you wanna 'win prizes" just workin for 20 an hour wil give you enough money to buy them prizes. is it really worth you life to obsess over gettin the tickets? you aint even looking at the more fun games like DDR and contest of champions. you're treating this as a job, if you wanna job why not work at dave an busters as an actual employee?

[@MewtwoStruckBack]

There was a point where this was making $100 an hour. There are some people that's still true for - it's not common, but sometimes the circumstances to allow it are out there. I know people who lost their job that could not afford to pay their bills if it weren't for relying on this stuff while they got themselves situated. Why do people that do Uber, Lyft, Doordash, etc. do those side hustles? Income on their own terms, on their own time. I've played enough DDR over the years and still occasionally do, and I have no interest in a watered down fighting game like the arcade version of Contest. I went to look at your channel to see what it is you do as a hobby that you're showing off to the world...and see no content from you whatsoever - so why should I take your opinion seriously whatsoever?

[@SuperM4000]

It’s fun to find edges.

[@Konitama]

You realize you can sell the prizes for money and therefore make more than $20 an hour playing games for a living, right? lol Your alternative is work a crappy job and pay full retail price for stuff? How is that better? Also it's extremely fun to dominate these games and get console for like half the price everyone else is paying for them.