Xscape/Incredible Pizza is closed

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Xscape/Incredible Pizza is closed

Post by Fluffyumpkins » Mon Jun 07, 2010 6:46 pm

Who saw that coming? The venue wasn't bad at all. I could easily get passed the obnoxious kids, but I couldn't get passed the shitty pizza entry fee.

Apparently it is closed for 3-4 weeks. It has been bought by Incredible Pizza Company. No idea what will happen to PIU.

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Re: Xscape is closed

Post by WhiteDragon » Tue Jun 08, 2010 6:28 am

Hopefully Incredible Pizza will fix the place a little bit and make it a bit less sucky. :?
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Re: Xscape is closed

Post by Merk » Tue Jun 08, 2010 9:16 am

Dude indyDDR needs to open its own arcade. We can call it "Indianapolis Dance Dance Revolution punto Commercial"

Or hell we can just call it "indyDDR" because that's a pretty neat name for a music game arcade plus it will give us brand name recognition in the future.

Who wants to take a ride with me on this business venture? Let's penetrate this motherfucking market boys!
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Re: Xscape is closed

Post by Ho » Tue Jun 08, 2010 10:24 am

I actually considered such an idea several years back. The business end of it was just more than I wanted to take on. Also, I think the prime time to capture a music game market has passed at this point. Good luck to whomever is brave enough to give it a go though.
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Re: Xscape is closed

Post by Fluffyumpkins » Tue Jun 08, 2010 12:58 pm

Ho wrote:I actually considered such an idea several years back. The business end of it was just more than I wanted to take on. Also, I think the prime time to capture a music game market has passed at this point. Good luck to whomever is brave enough to give it a go though.
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Re: Xscape is closed

Post by Ho » Tue Jun 08, 2010 1:24 pm

No. I wasn't and I'm not.
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Re: Xscape is closed

Post by Merk » Tue Jun 08, 2010 1:32 pm

Yeah you would make no money unless you were in either Texas, California, or NYC.

I mean really you could just keep your operating costs low, we already have the cabinets, and we could write this shit off on our taxes. This venture would be a secondary form of income because honestly if I tried to make a living off of this venture I would be bankrupt in probably a year or five.

How is Daniel Hughes' business going by the way? Anyone know?
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Re: Xscape is closed

Post by DAVE101 » Tue Jun 08, 2010 2:20 pm

Merk wrote:Dude indyDDR needs to open its own arcade. We can call it "Indianapolis Dance Dance Revolution punto Commercial"

Or hell we can just call it "indyDDR" because that's a pretty neat name for a music game arcade plus it will give us brand name recognition in the future.

Who wants to take a ride with me on this business venture? Let's penetrate this motherfucking market boys!
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We can obtain ITG2 from that one arcade that has 3 of them.
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Re: Xscape is closed

Post by Amp Divorax » Wed Jun 09, 2010 6:04 am

Fluffyumpkins wrote:Are you a bad enough dude to open an arcade?
Bad Dudes Reference! I'm going to make a controversial decision and consider that to be 2 drinks on the IndyDDR drinking game.

Also, this news is not too surprising.
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Re: Xscape is closed

Post by Cbav » Sat Jun 19, 2010 3:04 pm

What's the status on this location? Incredible Pizza bought this location, right?
Anyone know if the Extreme machine is still there? I'm DYING to play some extreme again.
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Re: Xscape is closed

Post by DAVE101 » Sat Jun 19, 2010 5:49 pm

Cbav wrote:...I'm DYING to play some extreme again.
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Re: Xscape is closed

Post by Fluffyumpkins » Thu Aug 09, 2012 10:14 am

I was driving on I65 the other day, and happened to notice the sign taken down. It isn't exactly new news, but America’s Incredible Pizza Co. is gone.

http://www.ibj.com/lafayette-square-amu ... icle/33540

What does this mean for you, the enterprising arcade starter-upper? Avoid obviously dangerous, less affluent, decaying venues.

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Re: Xscape/Incredible Pizza is closed

Post by Merk » Sat Aug 11, 2012 10:30 am

Their sign has been gone for a while now, I'm kind of surprised you hadn't noticed! lololololl
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Re: Xscape/Incredible Pizza is closed

Post by Ho » Wed Aug 15, 2012 10:17 am

They just had a Groupon or LivingSocial (it probably means something that I usually don't know which and it's also often both) deal a few less than a month ago.

EDIT: I guess it was LivingSocial.
http://www.livingsocial.com/cities/17-i ... game-cards

It looks like 196 people are going to be disappointed. I actually thought about getting the deal just to go over there and see if/how it had changed.
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Re: Xscape/Incredible Pizza is closed

Post by Fluffyumpkins » Wed Aug 15, 2012 12:47 pm

Ho wrote:They just had a Groupon or LivingSocial (it probably means something that I usually don't know which and it's also often both) deal a few less than a month ago.

EDIT: I guess it was LivingSocial.
http://www.livingsocial.com/cities/17-i ... game-cards

It looks like 196 people are going to be disappointed. I actually thought about getting the deal just to go over there and see if/how it had changed.
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