London Casino Crew meets (RIP the Arcade)

Taylor · Post by **Taylor** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 12:40 pm

Sweet.

Also, I'll be down today.

Post by **spadgy** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 1:22 pm

I'll see you there then mate.

Anyone else?

mr_m0nks · Post by **mr_m0nks** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 2:10 pm

MEEEEEEEEEEE!

about 7ish

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Fri Jan 09, 2009 3:53 pm

oh to live in london, on the upside the cost of living is a lot cheaper but at what cost, AT WHAT COST?!

Taylor · Post by **Taylor** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 1:00 am

I think I missed you spadgy, I ended up double booking the day and left 7:30 until 10:00 :)

I did meet Chi and mr_m0nks though, and it was good fun... despite the MMP stick still being fubar and the BlazBlue machine already broken... sigh.

mr_m0nks · Post by **mr_m0nks** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 4:44 pm

We got a few games in on muchi after you gus left however it wasnt with he pink stick, he tried to fit that but there must have been a problem with it. but its got a standard casino green on it and it seems ok.

just need to figure out what the hell is going on in the game!

reckon anyone could do a beginners guide?

freddiebamboo · Post by **freddiebamboo** » Sat Jan 10, 2009 5:17 pm

EOJ has a guide written over at his cave-stg forum:

http://www.cave-stg.com/forum/index.php?topic=31.0

Skykid · Post by **Skykid** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:01 pm

Casino = rubbish.

How they expected to put Blazblue in an old Electrocoin cab and not have it overheat I don't know. Still could someone let me know if it's back up and running again before next weekend? If so I'm going to come down to London for a few games.

Taylor · Post by **Taylor** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 1:37 pm

Apparently it's the only cab they have with a HD screen.

Post by **spadgy** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 8:11 pm

Good to see a few of you there on Friday - and sorry I missed you Taylor.

CHI, where did you go? Just as we started chatting, Cola got involved in his own special way, and next thing I know you'd vanished from sight. Sorry our conversation lasted less than ten seconds!

So, MMP is fixed with a lovely new stick, and me and mr_m0nk's are both a little rubbish but had a lot of fun. I could have stayed playing all night if I didn't have to dash off.

A RupertH, I was delighted to discover Amazon are out of Hori EX2's and are were charging something like £40 or £50, so having paid £16 cash + £40 of trading in crap modern games wasn't too bad.

And m0nks - had a go at Fallout 3 yet? I hope you like it.

And finally - Skykid - so you might be in London this weekend, and guess what - I'm off down to sussex for a house party. It really does seem that every time you leave the count I enter it. One day that House of the Dead 'VHS' will be yours. Perhaps I should just tuck it behind a cab at Casino!

Skykid · Post by **Skykid** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 9:02 pm

spadgy wrote: One day that House of the Dead 'VHS' will be yours. Perhaps I should just tuck it behind a cab at Casino!

Fucking... NO! Don't do that!

There's a possibility I won't be down in London on the weekend - it depends on how some of the events pan out during the week. I'll let you know nearer the time if you think there's a chance of catching up. What are you up to during the day? You can pop round for a go on the E2 and get your ass handed to you on the Japanese version of Progear if you like?

Post by **spadgy** » Sun Jan 11, 2009 9:08 pm

Skykid wrote:
spadgy wrote: One day that House of the Dead 'VHS' will be yours. Perhaps I should just tuck it behind a cab at Casino!
Fucking... NO! Don't do that!

Of course I won't!

I'll just leave it with a tramp on Tottenham Court Rd... Actually, Rupert can't be trusted

Anyway - for the weekend I'm actually over Eastbourne way for a mate's leaving do, in the tiny village of Herstmonceux... which isn't in France despite the name...

Skykid · Post by **Skykid** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 12:07 am

spadgy wrote:
Skykid wrote:
spadgy wrote: One day that House of the Dead 'VHS' will be yours. Perhaps I should just tuck it behind a cab at Casino!
Fucking... NO! Don't do that!
Of course I won't!

I'll just leave it with a tramp on Tottenham Court Rd... Actually, Rupert can't be trusted

lol. No worries matey, I'll catch up with you soon I'm sure.

mr_m0nks · Post by **mr_m0nks** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 2:07 am

Yeah Fallout 3 is great, a little hard compared to Oblivion but great none the less.

Skykid · Post by **Skykid** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 3:08 am

spadgy wrote: A RupertH, I was delighted to discover Amazon are out of Hori EX2's and are were charging something like £40 or £50, so having paid £16 cash + £40 of trading in crap modern games wasn't too bad.

I wanted to get my hands on one of these recently. I've got a shit load of CEX vouchers - do you get any in Rupert?

Spadge, did you trade in some of your mainstream junk at game focus for the Hori EX2? I might need to follow this course of action - I have about four copies of High School Musical sitting here.

mr_m0nks · Post by **mr_m0nks** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 12:42 pm

High School Musical?? doesn't that have a negative trade in value??

Skykid · Post by **Skykid** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:35 pm

mr_m0nks wrote:High School Musical?? doesn't that have a negative trade in value??

Should do. You should have to pay them to take it off you.

caincan · Post by **caincan** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:33 pm

spadgy wrote: Perhaps I should just tuck it behind a cab at Casino!

casino, the place where we trade and hide

PROMETHEUS · Post by **PROMETHEUS** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:50 am

mr_m0nks wrote:Yeah Fallout 3 is great, a little hard compared to Oblivion but great none the less.

I like the idea but get so bored instantly when playing this :( I don't understand why it got such high marks at all, what people like about this game.

Skykid · Post by **Skykid** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:08 pm

PROMETHEUS wrote:
mr_m0nks wrote:Yeah Fallout 3 is great, a little hard compared to Oblivion but great none the less.
I like the idea but get so bored instantly when playing this I don't understand why it got such high marks at all, what people like about this game.

It's because it is instantly boring, but if you give it a couple of hours and are prepared for a long haul, it's one of the most engrossing games in forever.

BlazBlue: Anyone know if Casino has this running yet??!!

Post by **spadgy** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:46 pm

Skykid wrote: BlazBlue: Anyone know if Casino has this running yet??!!

Not heard a thing.

By the way Skykid - you've got PM...

mr_m0nks · Post by **mr_m0nks** » Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:34 pm

Will be down tonight as per usual

mr_m0nks · Post by **mr_m0nks** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 4:56 am

Casino was the busiest i have ever seen it last night, must have been well over 50 people wandering around, almost every fighter cab was in constant use when i was there, guess thats what happens when Blazblue is working.

Was good to meet up with Taylor and Chi though, and thanks to Chi for explaining MMP to me

Taylor · Post by **Taylor** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 1:52 pm

Yeah, it was packed tight. The 3rd Strike and Guilty Gear cabs in Troc are dead so they all came down to Casino, and all the Tekken 6 spectators came down to check out BlazBlue. The engineer was fixing up the machines and when he opened Mushi I asked him if he could pop into service mode and reset the (screwed up) scoretables, but he said there's no such thing... I left it.

Post by **spadgy** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 3:29 pm

As far as I know, even reseting Mushi boards doesn't help in the long run. I may be wrong though.

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 6:07 pm

yeah, sadly you can't erase the mushi scores

Smraedis · Post by **Smraedis** » Sat Jan 17, 2009 6:26 pm

That's a shame about Mushi.. is it even saving scores on Maniac now, or is it just sticking those same few scores over everything?

Taylor · Post by **Taylor** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:16 am

I'm not sure, I don't think I can beat the bugged score :P

It'll be interesting to see what happens, with #1 being lower than #2 and all. I still love our record breaking Ultra table.

Edit: Oh, and I'll be down today around 2ish. Intention is to play BlazBlue, though.

Smraedis · Post by **Smraedis** » Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:18 pm

I dunno if I should learn Maniac just too see if it'll make things even worse on there

I guess the screen is still dodgy?

Taylor · Post by **Taylor** » Mon Jan 19, 2009 12:22 am

The screen is much clearer now... but the engineer opened it up and doubled the horizontal overscan for whatever reason. First they giveth, then they taketh away.