Hey everyone, just wanted to drop by and say hi!
I'm from Houston, TX, and for some time, I've been thinking about meeting other people who also play shmups as well, in light of me coming out as a newly emerging shmup player. Besides me, I only know of two - three other friends of mine who know about shmup games in my area (That I know about, at least), and while there are a few more, they don't really play much shmups, besides a few games, and even then, they only play sparingly, unfortunately, meaning they're not into them much.
Yeah, thinking of that, and seeing how hard it is to get other people to play these types of games (I think I talked to a dozen people so far, and well, it hasn't really gone anywhere, except for maybe a couple, but that's it. The effort was rather vain, so to speak) I've been thinking a bit about how to meet other people who also play shmups, that it can't be that it would be just me and a couple other guys, as I'm certain there's others out there (That, and to make matters worse, I don't see those few couple friends of mine who know about shmups and play them very often. Sometimes, I could almost believe I'm talking to myself
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I mean, yeah, I'm a member here, and I like it very much, almost like I'm at home, and besides here and one other forum I go to that's also related to shmup games, that's about it for interactions online. Outside of that, I barely know anyone that's interested in shmups, besides 2 - 3 I already talked about and me not seeing them often, so I'm more-or-less by myself), so after a while, I decided to look here in this section of the shmup forum (Yeah, I haven't really looked here, despite being a member for some time... Well, a couple months, but yeah. Took me long enough, lol
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), and I see a Texas-related thread here!
So, with that said, I'll just throw myself out there for the others who also live in some part of Texas! I know I still have a long way to go, there's a lot to learn, and I'm still working at honing my skills, but I sure do hope to meet some of you someday!
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