No matter how upset you get, don’t punch arcade game machines. Please.
In Japanese, punching arcade cabinets is called “dai-pan” (台パン). Note that the term “gamen panchi” (画面パンチ), meaning “monitor punch” is sometimes also used, but also can refer to punching home TVs.
Dai-pan happens when folks get angry or frustrated while playing and physically lash out at the game, wrecking arcade property.
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Not everyone is doing this! Do not think that. But dai-pan is still so famous among arcade players, that when they see a cabinet with its monitor covered by cardboard and an out of order sign, they immediately wonder if it’s been punched.
台パンでもあったんか？ pic.twitter.com/MaB6KYvrxM
— ◆どせいさん (@__dosei3__) November 5, 2016
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It looks like this is such a problem in this arcade that these notices ask players to refrain from hitting the cabinets.
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Punching arcade machines is bad! Other players hate it, and doing so not only destroys property, but also breaks the law.
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艦これACに台パン要素なんかあるか…？ pic.twitter.com/hYMJQ0jp8j
— ラスおじ (@raskun7474) September 22, 2016
梅田ラウンドワンのWLW誰かが台パンして画面割ったみたいで警察来てる pic.twitter.com/kW8IMTKzXN
— ぶ (@busido_transam) June 27, 2016
台パンやばい pic.twitter.com/xKz8KTD0gb
— HIZATORO(ひざとろ) (@holic_nitro) June 2, 2016
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今気づいたけどまた台パンで壊されてるやんなんなんこの店www pic.twitter.com/VdlMtgxHl3
— アルフォート (@alringosun) December 30, 2016
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台パンするやつまじゲーセンくんな pic.twitter.com/nMhTqgHjXa
— しげる (@ttabh0328) February 6, 2017
カイゼルが台パンしてボタンとれた pic.twitter.com/OC0m2DMAqt
— いにどたけ (@Merrlitak) September 23, 2016
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マジかよ、ラウワンの艦これ台パンで画面やられたのか(^_^;) pic.twitter.com/kh8V0ELTxq
— Gift Frederick (@nagitti0) September 19, 2016
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Throw virtual punches, not real ones, m’kay?
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