SF/SJ Bay Area Shmupmeet conclusion *group shot pic added*

Post by **Dave_K.** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 1:50 am

The first Bay Area shmupmeet just ended, and we had a pretty good turnout with 6 members and some friends showing up (9 total). Thanks to Kage 8 for bringing the pizza, Shariar07 for bringing his saturn, psx, and some PC dojin games, and everyone else for chiping in with other various food/drink.

Bernard was the first to arrive, and quickly 1CC'd DDP on his very first attempt! Quite a sight to behold, given this was the first time he had ever played the real PCB on a 29" cab. 8 1/2 demonstrated some masterful chaining on DDPDOJ, and ESPRade skills. Outside of that, there weren't any other super high scoring runs (everyone else, including myself, are pretty much average players).

IlMrm and I will be posting some pics from the meet soon.

IlMrm · Post by **IlMrm** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 6:28 am

Yes it was great fun indeed. Thanks again for hosting. I am very happy to finally spend some time with the Cave shooters. I am gonna post some pics on the main thread.

mannerbot · Post by **mannerbot** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 10:43 am

Wish I could've made it.

Post by **Dave_K.** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 4:36 pm

Thanks for posting pics IlMrm, I'll post mine as soon as I get them hosted.

Here is the thread in the main forum w/pics.
http://forum.shmups.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3317

BIG · Post by **BIG** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 4:57 pm

That's a nice Namco cab.

B-

shariar07 · Post by **shariar07** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 5:32 pm

Thanks to Dave_K i was totally impressed at his setups man i was shocked it was a like a arcade joint, got my first taste of Ketsui and like it a lot. It was really fun and exciting seeing other people play and learn a few tricks here and there, hopefully we can do this shmupmet again, maybe when Mushihimsama comes for PS2.

8 1/2 · Post by **8 1/2** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 9:31 pm

Big thanks to Dave for hosting. It was great.

Gozur · Post by **Gozur** » Sun Jun 19, 2005 9:53 pm

Dave is the man... All I can say is wow

Had my head spinning at the site ofhim game room for at least 10 mins... I probably just mumbled and said "damn" alot..

The Bullet Dodger · Post by **The Bullet Dodger** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:50 am

mannerbot wrote:Wish I could've made it.

same here

kage 8 · Post by **kage 8** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 3:11 am

Thanks for hosting Dave, lots of fun. Hopefully we can do it again sometime. Next time I'm going to make you play street fighter...

BER · Post by **BER** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 6:09 am

Dave, thanks again for making this shmupmeet possible. I appreciated the opportunity to play all these awesome games that I've never played before. And I guess I have someone local to consult when I start working with real arcade game hardware. :)

. . .

Now to all,

I wrote some impressions about the games that I've played in yesterday's meet, which you can find here:

Also, we were considering having another shmupmeet sometime shortly after Mushihime's PS2 release. I would like to start thinking about when we should do it now. Should I start a topic on this?

8 1/2 · Post by **8 1/2** » Mon Jun 20, 2005 6:39 am

Yeah, Mushi's release would be a perfect opportunity. If Dave's willing, I say we go ahead and plan on it.

I'll be getting the game as well, so perhaps we could even set up multiple machines so we could have a bunch of people all on the same game. It'd be no problem to bring my J-PS2.

Post by **Dave_K.** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 4:55 am

Sorry for the delay, I just posted my pics in the thread on the main forum. Including the group shot.

http://forum.shmups.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3317

Post by **Dave_K.** » Tue Jun 21, 2005 9:49 pm

Although a Mushiheme release party would be cool, I have to many committments around the end of July. So its looking like the soonest I'd be able to host is the second weekend of August. We can track the next meet in a new thread.

pixelcorps · Post by **pixelcorps** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 1:31 am

I can bring a mushi too, whenever you manage to do it again..

i'll have to get a ride from SJ caltrain station, unless i can get picked up from san mateo!!!! I moved here from the UK a year and a bit ago and STILL havent gotten my license!

IlMrm · Post by **IlMrm** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 6:11 am

pixelcorps wrote:I can bring a mushi too, whenever you manage to do it again..

i'll have to get a ride from SJ caltrain station, unless i can get picked up from san mateo!!!! I moved here from the UK a year and a bit ago and STILL havent gotten my license!

I could give you a ride, since San Mateo is on the way to SJ.

Must take a while to adjust to driving on the other side.

pixelcorps · Post by **pixelcorps** » Wed Jun 22, 2005 5:51 pm

awesome! i'll wait patiently til the next get together!

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SF/SJ Bay Area Shmupmeet conclusion group shot pic added

SF/SJ Bay Area Shmupmeet conclusion group shot pic added