London Casino Crew meets (RIP the Arcade)

Post by **spadgy** » Fri Jun 27, 2008 4:07 pm

Any luck with snagging that Ibara 2nd loop score last night Del? You weren't far off of that pesky extend when I left you!

EDIT: Also, renamed this thread and jazzed up the first post, with a map and such...

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Mon Jun 30, 2008 9:23 am

^My Ibara scoring still sucks, but I'm much more concerned about distance at the mo. I find the 2nd loop fast but fun

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With all the myriad of things that can go wrong on an Ibara run, its just a game that takes attempt after attempt after attempt. I think this is the way its gonna go at the Minieet - many attempts.

Post by **spadgy** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 1:38 pm

Right – I’m down there tonight, very briefly on Thursday, and on Friday too. Three days of Progear focus!

Anybody down there? Tigershark, you said you might be down this week.

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:57 pm

I was down last night. Met up with Big CHI, Masamune and the infamous chunkis!
Will be down again on Sunday for sure to meet with Damien, CHI & possibly Inti again.
Thurs and Fri are also maybes.

Masamune · Post by **Masamune** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:44 pm

lol funny thing, ive been summoned to a meeting sunday about 1300 around harrow yatses for neo empire business...

hopefully it wont go on to long but i then have to trek all the way back to central lol...

saw mr spad playing progear yesterday hehe, its fun watching him play cuz theres so much drama whenever he loses a life

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Thu Jul 03, 2008 1:04 pm

Masamune wrote;

lol funny thing, ive been summoned to a meeting sunday about 1300 around harrow yatses for neo empire business...

hopefully it wont go on to long but i then have to trek all the way back to central lol...

saw mr spad playing progear yesterday hehe, its fun watching him play cuz theres so much drama whenever he loses a life

I'm down Harrow on Saturday. Shame CUZ I could have driven you back.

spadgy life loss drama eh?! At least its not the violence when I lose a life

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Post by **spadgy** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 8:37 am

Jesus there was drama last night. Final boss with a life in stock, meaning six bombs, and I get so bloody excited I still manage to tit it up and then rampage around the arcade cursing.

Still not quite as fuming as I've seen Del though!

That said I did get further into that boss than ever before, so I'm getting close... and got a new high score... but was so frenzied I entered my name wrong!

Also, I met another Forum member, who is apparently more of a lurker here, and shamefully I just remember his posting name began with R, but very impressed with his rapid progression with Mushi! Nice bloke.

I'll be down tonight, if anybody's there...

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 10:40 am

spadgy wrote;

Still not quite as fuming as I've seen Del though!

Once I reach a certain level of competency on a game, I stop fuming. So far (last 2 months) I've been on the Ibara learning curve, so tantrums are guaranteed, but I'm entering the 2nd loop with high frequency now, so I've reached a calm plateau over the last few days.

Glad to see you're getting close on Progear, I will probably see you there tonight.

Post by **spadgy** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:02 pm

Glad to hear you might be there DEL.

I'd say my reaction to death that Masamune enjoys is actually part of the adrenalin of pushing yourself in a shooter. Sometimes when I end a game of Progear I'm literally shaky, out of breath, and nervous and hyped, which is the reason I love them I guess...

It's anger and frustration with myself too of course!

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Fri Jul 04, 2008 12:22 pm

spadgy wrote;

I'd say my reaction to death that Masamune enjoys is actually part of the adrenalin of pushing yourself in a shooter. Sometimes when I end a game of Progear I'm literally shaky, out of breath, and nervous and hyped, which is the reason I love them I guess...

Well that's what I was saying to you the other night. The adrenaline rush from a hard stressful run is both what we seek and what causes the natural agression to rise (at least in me). Its part of the male make-up, linked into our survival instincts, raising agression to make us more effective against enemies. Or something like that

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Like I said, all I need to do is vent that anger briefly and then I'm fine.

Ravid · Post by **Ravid** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 7:08 am

Since I ran into spadgy the other day, I thought I'd come out of the shadows and say hi.

I've been to Casino Arcade four or five times now, on the advice of this thread, and I'm loving it as I've only got MAME available at home so I've never played on a cab, or indeed any shmup released since 2001.
Hopefully I'll have some sort of high score on Mushi's Maniac mode to post up sometime soon

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 8:47 am

Welcome to Earth Ravid.

Tigershark · Post by **Tigershark** » Sat Jul 05, 2008 11:13 pm

spadgy wrote: Tigershark, you said you might be down this week.

Too busy at work this week. I'll be down on Thursday for definite next week.

Post by **spadgy** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 8:52 pm

Nice to meet you Ravid, and sorry I forgot your posting name!

I might well be there Thursday to Tigershark, so hopefully I'll see you there then...

Tigershark · Post by **Tigershark** » Wed Jul 09, 2008 5:01 pm

Tigershark wrote:
spadgy wrote: Tigershark, you said you might be down this week.
Too busy at work this week. I'll be down on Thursday for definite next week.

Err no I won't. Work is manic at the mo and I've got no chance now.

Post by **spadgy** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 8:05 pm

Yes! I beat Progear finally. Did it just over an hour ago at Casino! Craig was my witness, thank god, as I forgot my bloody Camera phone!

I'm so chuffed, and now I can play some other stuff there (though I'm up for beating my score (12.67million) again...

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:04 pm

Congrats spadgy!

PROMETHEUS · Post by **PROMETHEUS** » Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:24 pm

spadgy wrote:Yes! I beat Progear finally. Did it just over an hour ago at Casino! Craig was my witness, thank god, as I forgot my bloody Camera phone!

I'm so chuffed, and now I can play some other stuff there (though I'm up for beating my score (12.67million) again...

GJ

Masamune · Post by **Masamune** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 1:00 am

nice one, sheer determination!

do it again!

second loop!

did you figure out the 1up trick on s4?

Post by **spadgy** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 8:03 am

Thanks one and all!

Masamune - if you like my drama when I loose a life, you should have seen the celebration. Mainly it involved a lot of fingers stuck up at Progear, bad language, and proclaiming 'now I never have to play you again'!

However, now the excitement has worn off, I'm really up for going back to Progear, and I think, as I'm quite hard on myself when playing games, the fact that I've got the 1CC and the pressure is off, I should be able to progress a bit more by just being a bit more relaxed.

The real secret was not think of the last boss as some impenetrable wall that I could only panic bomb, and I just actually tried to out-maneuver the bugger, and it worked.

So, I'm going still give Progear some trouble, but I might also move on to RFJ now, while the board is still in the arcade!

And no - I still haven't learnt the extra life trick on stage 4...

Smraedis · Post by **Smraedis** » Fri Jul 11, 2008 6:37 pm

Grats Spadgy! I haven't cleared Progear yet, so I may have to get some help from you

Post by **spadgy** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 11:34 am

Smraedis wrote:Grats Spadgy! I haven't cleared Progear yet, so I may have to get some help from you

You at the London Minimeet this weekend coming Smraedis? I know it's a long way to come for you! Progear's there of course, so we can all have a go.

In fact, anybody reading this thread should head on over for 19th 20th of this month.

Here's the thread!.

Smraedis · Post by **Smraedis** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 7:01 pm

Yes, I'll do my best to be there, for both days too. Been playing a couple of random games lately, to train up, because evertything isn't just like DonPachi!

Post by **spadgy** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:46 am

DEL - you asked iLL 6 when he wanted Ibara back - is it leaving Casino?

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 8:16 am

spadgy wrote;

DEL - you asked iLL 6 when he wanted Ibara back - is it leaving Casino?

I'd like to keep it in for a little while longer, but ill6's boards normally go in for the purpose of Meets & eets, then get returned to the owner.
I wouldn't mind a 2-4 before it gets removed.

Post by **spadgy** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:42 am

DEL wrote:spadgy wrote;
DEL - you asked iLL 6 when he wanted Ibara back - is it leaving Casino?
I'd like to keep it in for a little while longer, but ill6's boards normally go in for the purpose of Meets & eets, then get returned to the owner.
I wouldn't mind a 2-4 before it gets removed.

My Ibara can go in there in it's place. I meekly admit I've barely given it much attention in recent months. Or, if something newer is needed for Casino, you're welcome to borrow mine DEL...

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:46 am

Cheers spadgy

, that would be awesome (if it comes to that).
We'll see what ill6 has in mind.

ill6 · Post by **ill6** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 12:29 pm

I had forgotten about it - keep it as long as you want.

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:36 pm

Ok a little longer then

. I just want to get further into the 2nd loop and torture some more Casino customers.

Cheers, DEL
I guess this board should be replaced when we have something newer to install (something that a local doesn't mind loaning for the purpose of the next Winter Meet).

ill6 · Post by **ill6** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:14 pm

I have a Ghost Pilots you can borrow indefinately!