Are we allowed to choose the "Free" option, rather than adding coins?
This seems to allow people to start on a consistent framerule. Rather than mashing select after starting the game to add a coin, only to mash start again.

i've never played a real vs super mario arcade but i think it's possible to do, they're supposed to have switches to set the different time speed etc, and also it's not a giant advantage so i don't see a problem