Otakon Shmupmeet?

Balzac · Post by **Balzac** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 5:24 am

Lets show some shooting love amidst a sea of Halo and fighting game setups.

I've also heard there will be a shmup panel on Saturday evening.

So is anyone going?

Nullsleep · Post by **Nullsleep** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 8:46 pm

I will most likely be going, although I have not worked out any of the details yet. Where are you staying?

Balzac · Post by **Balzac** » Fri Jul 28, 2006 6:50 am

Nullsleep wrote:I will most likely be going, although I have not worked out any of the details yet. Where are you staying?

I'm crashing an internet buddy's room at the Tremont Plaza.

Also, it seems there will be not just one, but two shmup panels.

sfried · Post by **sfried** » Fri May 04, 2007 2:06 am

Bumping this thread, as I'm going this July.

ayuh · Post by **ayuh** » Tue Jun 05, 2007 12:54 am

i'll be there and i'm down for a meetup

i'm also the saturday night dj @ 9, so if you are a shmup head feel free to hit me up and i'll get you 'backstage' for whatever that is worth

also look forward to me playing okusenman and an imperishable night remix

fev · Post by **fev** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 9:35 pm

I'll be going, but I'm gonna be manning a table in the artists alley the whole weekend.. but i'll see if i might be able to squeeze soem time in...

please do lemme know if anyone knows any further information regarding a panel (i don't see any confirmation on their panels page), as i WILL leave my table to hit it

shinsage · Post by **shinsage** » Sat Jun 23, 2007 4:12 am

ayuh wrote: also look forward to me playing okusenman

dude..awesome.

When is Otacon?

sfried · Post by **sfried** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 5:29 pm

shinsage wrote:When is Otacon?

July 20-22. I'll be gofering there.

bay · Post by **bay** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 6:46 pm

who is going this year?

Nullsleep · Post by **Nullsleep** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:23 pm

undecided.

sfried · Post by **sfried** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 12:38 am

I'll have to.

bay · Post by **bay** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 1:42 am

Nullsleep wrote:undecided.

decide. we only got a couple weeks

sfried · Post by **sfried** » Tue Jul 10, 2007 12:44 am

I have one question: How would I recognize any of you guys?

Nullsleep · Post by **Nullsleep** » Sun Jul 15, 2007 9:03 am

bay wrote:
Nullsleep wrote:undecided.
decide. we only got a couple weeks

I'm leaning toward "yes" -- still not 100% though.

sfried · Post by **sfried** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 2:22 am

Nullsleep wrote:
bay wrote:
Nullsleep wrote:undecided.
decide. we only got a couple weeks
I'm leaning toward "yes" -- still not 100% though.

Less than a week away...

Gwyrgyn Blood · Post by **Gwyrgyn Blood** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:56 pm

I've heard they are having more strict rules about what hardware you can bring in to the game room this year. I don't know how much truth there is to that though, but I doubt there would be any Tate going on anyway unless someone brought all their own equipment (including display).

I'll be there regardless but I'm unfortunately not planning on bringing ESPG2 for a number of reasons. :I

sfried · Post by **sfried** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 5:22 pm

Gwyrgyn Blood wrote:I've heard they are having more strict rules about what hardware you can bring in to the game room this year. I don't know how much truth there is to that though, but I doubt there would be any Tate going on anyway unless someone brought all their own equipment (including display).

I'll be there regardless but I'm unfortunately not planning on bringing ESPG2 for a number of reasons. :I

There was tate, but no ESPGaluda. On that note, Ikaruga, Under Defeat, and Trigger Hearts Excellia were played tate, while Einhander, R-Type, Senko o Ronde and the usual hori-fare were all yoko-normal.

Sadly, the Radiant Silvergun game that was suppose to debut was taken out of commision due to technical difficulties with the Saturn.

Gwyrgyn Blood · Post by **Gwyrgyn Blood** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 7:52 pm

Trigger Hearts must have been the one random shooter I didn't recognize. I played Under Defeat for the first time anyway... it was fun for a few plays but didn't really grab me too much.

As for the rules, they basically said no arcade hardware from regular people. The only 2 supergun setups were brought by staff. Hence the lack of us having Karnov's Revenge or TRF2. :/

It was an alright Otakon anyway, but no arcade hardware really sucks. I mostly stuck to GG in the game room this year.

JJG · Post by **JJG** » Thu Aug 09, 2007 10:10 pm

All that was really there was Twinkle Star Sprites, Under Defeat, Rez, Einhander, Ikaruga and Senko no Ronde.

Otakon as a whole has just really gone downhill. It wasn't as fun as it has been previous years and I don't know if I'll be going next year.

Gwyrgyn Blood · Post by **Gwyrgyn Blood** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 3:44 am

If I end up going to AnimeUSA, I'll probably bring ESPG2 with me. That convention isn't really great, BUT the gameroom people are usually pretty cool about bringing in stuff.

JJG · Post by **JJG** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 4:48 am

I'm looking to go to another convention in the MD/VA area, can anyone recommend one?

Gwyrgyn Blood · Post by **Gwyrgyn Blood** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:50 pm

AnimeUSA is in NoVA right around Tyson's Corner. It's not great but I usually have a good time since these is plenty of room for PC setups, and you can usually get stuff you want to play setup if you talk to the right people. Probably better for fighting games though.

Katsukon is also in MD but I have no idea about the quality of the game room there. It's supposed to be a very good anime convention though.

There really isn't any shmup heavy convention that I know of around here.

JJG · Post by **JJG** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 1:37 am

It was thinking that it'd probably be pretty easy to set up a shmup panel at one of the conventions if we wanted to. If you work at a panel you also get free admission. We could also decide to bring more shmups to these conventions, I have an extra dreamcast sitting around.

I'll look up info on Katsukon...

AnimeUSA isn't supposed to be that great, my friend did a panel there last year.