My access to arcades is limited since I don't have a car. It's pathetic to be in Houston without a car. I'm pretty much the only person my age that I know of without a car in Houston.
Loved playing Guilty Gear, but only one guy would ever play with me, and he refused to learn combos. Since everyone else quit after I did combos on them (half of them were just improv shit on characters I didn't even know how to play) I really lost motivation to get better at the game.
I can at least pull off some strings in F/UC since it's fun just practicing the combos by themselves. I use a pad, so I could never pull off the 649 stuff though. I mostly played Archer, but again that was just against people that couldn't beat arcade mode.