London Meet VI! (Mar 1st and 2nd '08 definite)

Skykid · Post by **Skykid** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:28 pm

Hey good work with the Progear progress Tom.

Cheers Rupe, I blew it up! Whether or not such feats can be repeated remains to be seen though...

caincan · Post by **caincan** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:16 pm

it's awesome & shocking how much energy and pcb you put in those cabs without thanks from the director

of the Arcade. will you in the future find some people (as killercabs forums arcades owners) who have personal cabs and can host such an event ?

hoping pictures and videos for distant people (past years pictures were so rare :/)

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 3:09 pm

caincan wrote;

it's awesome & shocking how much energy and pcb you put in those cabs without thanks from the director of the Arcade. will you in the future find some people (as killercabs forums arcades owners) who have personal cabs and can host such an event ?

Home meets are a good idea for a small number of people and a Host with the Most (cabs and new titles). Hosting a meet in a surviving arcade in the centre of a huge city enables meets like London Meet 4 to happen with 32 attendees. 32 wouldn't fit in one person's house.

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 4:20 pm

New Poster to go up in the arcade as usual

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 7:44 pm

lol.. im a special guest star?

Skykid · Post by **Skykid** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:39 pm

I can bring some boards down for the weekend if anyone is interested?

My Shmups include:

Battle Bakraid
Dragon Blaze
Battle Garegga
ESPrade
Ibara
Parodius
UN squadron
Carrier Airwing
Raiden Fighters 1 & 2 (might have an RF2 cart for sale too if anyone wants it straight up on the day no shipping - thinking £70?)

Let me know guys, I'm happy to donate for the weekend. If possible I'd rather just bring a couple rather than loads, so let me know what you'd prefer to see on the day/s.

ill6 · Post by **ill6** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:17 pm

DEL wrote:caincan wrote;
it's awesome & shocking how much energy and pcb you put in those cabs without thanks from the director of the Arcade. will you in the future find some people (as killercabs forums arcades owners) who have personal cabs and can host such an event ?

Home meets are a good idea for a small number of people and a Host with the Most (cabs and new titles). Hosting a meet in a surviving arcade in the centre of a huge city enables meets like London Meet 4 to happen with 32 attendees. 32 wouldn't fit in one person's house.

I could accomodate - I have a couple of cabs and plenty of pcb goodness of most kinds (except fighters)... I think it would be pretty wierd to have a load of people round to play videogames! An arcade seems more natural!

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 10:32 pm

ill6 wrote:
DEL wrote:caincan wrote;
it's awesome & shocking how much energy and pcb you put in those cabs without thanks from the director of the Arcade. will you in the future find some people (as killercabs forums arcades owners) who have personal cabs and can host such an event ?

Home meets are a good idea for a small number of people and a Host with the Most (cabs and new titles). Hosting a meet in a surviving arcade in the centre of a huge city enables meets like London Meet 4 to happen with 32 attendees. 32 wouldn't fit in one person's house.
I could accomodate - I have a couple of cabs and plenty of pcb goodness of most kinds (except fighters)... I think it would be pretty wierd to have a load of people round to play videogames! An arcade seems more natural!

same here, i know i live on the other side of the pond but thanx to ryanair flying out of london is cheap as hell, mulletgeezer and his friend paid £10 (incl tax) each for their tickets

skykid> im working on some garegga action at the moment actually so if youd bring that id be happy

caincan · Post by **caincan** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:19 am

this poster is so powerful à la flight of phoenix

(imagine a load of cabs with powersupplys ready to play inside this hulk

)

there are some people who could attend such an event in uk i guess (forum : www.killercabs.com and exists too another arcade collectors UK forum), in germany vossens-arcade could host such a thing, and in france someone too and of course Dave.K in usa !. But yes despite the director's attitude, a real arcade has such a feeling, adrenalin, ambiance, crowd.

(and yes i'm so disappointed to miss this event too, bad dates :/)

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:32 am

caincan wrote;

there are some people who could attend such an event in uk i guess (forum : www.killercabs.com and exists too another arcade collectors UK forum), in germany vossens-arcade could host such a thing, and in france someone too and of course Dave.K in usa !. But yes despite the director's attitude, a real arcade has such a feeling, adrenalin, ambiance, crowd.

^You're very well informed caincan. All the above is true.
Random trivia: Dave_K who you mentioned, has met me in Casino arcade and so has Ayanami.
The Killercabs crew will be down for this meet, as you say.
At the moment we have people guaranteed from Sweden, Germany, the UK (including Wales), maybe France and Italy too.

Maybe its best to leave the actual names of attendees secret until the actual start of the Meet

Skykid · Post by **Skykid** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:53 am

im working on some garegga action at the moment actually so if youd bring that id be happy

Anyone else for Garegga?

If Sven isn't going to get to play it cos the superguns are occupied by games more favoured by the attendees, it might not be worth bringing - let me know if this (or any others I listed) are wanted by anyone.

Thanks!

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:11 pm

Guys, how about video interviews? XD
Like "bla-bla-i'm-Del-myfirstshmup-myfavshmup-bla-bla-bla"
I't must be really fun for rest of us

charlie chong · Post by **charlie chong** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:18 pm

what happened to dr ians proposed documentary of last years meet???

LUNardei · Post by **LUNardei** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:27 pm

charlie chong wrote: what happened to dr ians proposed documentary of last years meet???

Good question!

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:39 pm

I've PM'd Masamune about the monitor for the meet.

Dr Ian's doc is surely missing, but we could do another, as P_HAT suggests.

Kaede · Post by **Kaede** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:49 pm

Guys, mind if I bring down my camera for a few snaps? Just got myself a Canon dSLR, hopefully I can get some good ones.

Post by **spadgy** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:00 pm

Awesome poster - great pic too - is it a real plane?

On the subject of venues, although 'host with the most' events must be cool, I like the fact this is in a real working arcade. Where could be more fitting?

And finaly, I'll see if I can bring a nice camera along. The wife does TV editing, so we have a decent camera at home, and plenty of editing stuff. It would be wicked to get a nice video of the event. That said I can't use any of it for shit. Maybe my misses will feel inclined to come along with me and do a spot of 'shooting A-roll' or whatever they call it!

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:32 pm

spadgy wrote;

Awesome poster - great pic too - is it a real plane?

Thanks. Its much the same as the poster I made for London Meet IV.

Is it a real plane? = Yes its a LUN

Experimental attack craft (LUN)
Wing Span 144 ft (44 m)
Length 242 ft (73.8 m)
Weight 400 tonnes - loaded
Engine 8 x VK-87
Maximum speed 550 km/h
Range 3000 km
Armament 6 x 80M "Moskit" (LUN only, original military use)

The Lun-class (Russian: "Hen Harrier") (NATO reporting name: "Utka"; Russian: "Duck") ekranoplan Wing-In-Ground effect vehicle was an extremely unusual aircraft designed by Rostislav Evgenievich Alexeev and used by the Soviet & Russian navies from 1987 to sometime in the late '90s. Wing-in-ground-effect aircraft use the extra lift of their large wings when in proximity to the surface (about one to four meters). It is also interesting to note that this aircraft is one of the largest ever built, with a length of 73m, rivaling that of the Hughes H-4 Hercules "Spruce Goose" and many modern jumbo jets.

This Meet needs LUNs

Regs, DEL

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 12:05 am

i will also bring my camera.. my memorycard only allows for 2 hours of quality film tho

Skykid · Post by **Skykid** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 12:47 am

I'll bring my balls, and my word.

caincan · Post by **caincan** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 5:00 pm

a shmup_mumentary would be so gorgeous.

remember bang the machine (dedicated to sf2 cult followers) :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7cLvPmxtVM

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 6:11 pm

looks like ill spend all friday wandering around town aimlessly, if anyone wants to hook up lmk

Skykid · Post by **Skykid** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 12:33 pm

I'm working on Friday Sven, otherwise I'd be happy to meet up - sorry dude.

There's plenty to see though around the Central London area, from Covent Garden to Chinatown, the Trocadero (which has turned into a third rate dilapidated shopping mall from Blade Runner) or The National Gallery or sumthin.

Post by **spadgy** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:24 pm

DEL wrote:spadgy wrote;
Awesome poster - great pic too - is it a real plane?
Thanks. Its much the same as the poster I made for London Meet IV.

Is it a real plane? = Yes its a LUN

Christ! That is beyond amazing! If one comes up on the trading station I'll have it!

Sven - I start a new job that day. A shame as it would be nice to wander about. I'd advise just wander Soho and the surrounds. Really nice and varied. Greenwhich is nice too. Something a bit different and less frantic...

Masamune · Post by **Masamune** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 3:50 pm

caincan wrote: a shmup_mumentary would be so gorgeous.

remember bang the machine (dedicated to sf2 cult followers) :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7cLvPmxtVM

yeah but has anyone seen it apart from me?

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:50 pm

Sven - You won't be stuck for ideas all day on friday, the Meet will start on friday evening anyway. Main day is saturday.

Post by **spadgy** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 7:29 pm

DEL wrote:Sven - You won't be stuck for ideas all day on friday, the Meet will start on friday evening anyway. Main day is saturday.

It's so close now, is it time to make final plans yet? Like what time are we meeting on Friday and where?

Del - where you in Casino last Friday night? I was having a terrible time on Progear, trying to score high and learn the system rather than progress, and then when I looked at the pics of last years meet later I could swear the guy sitting next tom me on Friday was the guy who is you in the pictures...

Plasmo · Post by **Plasmo** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 7:33 pm

Im not there on Friday but what about Sunday? Will anybody be there?

Post by **spadgy** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 7:42 pm

Plasmo wrote:Im not there on Friday but what about Sunday? Will anybody be there?

I'm sure plenty of us will! I can be for sure. I hope we all manage to make a weekend out of it...

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 7:52 pm

spadgy wrote;

Del - where you in Casino last Friday night? I was having a terrible time on Progear, trying to score high and learn the system rather than progress, and then when I looked at the pics of last years meet later I could swear the guy sitting next tom me on Friday was the guy who is you in the pictures...

Naah. Not me. Yet again you missed me

. Last friday I was in Madchester (Smraedis territory).

Plasmo wrote;

Im not there on Friday but what about Sunday? Will anybody be there?

I'll be at Casino arcade (Goodge St tube) from 6pm'ish friday evening 'til late. All day saturday as well, but Sunday...I doubt I'll be able to make sunday.
The rest of the crew should still be around on sunday, even if I can't make the last day.

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