London Casino Crew meets (RIP the Arcade)

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 3:24 pm

Kaede made a Special Guest Star appearance last night, with a Progear 1CC (screen fixed).
Mr Hong Kong came in to trouble the Pork Rankings again.
Uncle CHI was loitering with intent.
Inti & Cristina were playing Blazbleu.
KOLA dropped by.
News at eleven.

Taylor · Post by **Taylor** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 4:08 pm

Bah, I live too far away!

You going to be around this Friday or weekend, Del? I haven't caught you for a while.

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 4:31 pm

^I'm not gonna be around this friday or the next, more trade shows to do. Speaking of which, I don't think I'll be around for the ATEI.
I will be around tonight, weds & thurs.

mr_m0nks · Post by **mr_m0nks** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 11:21 am

i wont be around the next two fridays either as I'm back in gloucestershire for the week

Post by **spadgy** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 1:18 pm

Gonads - I'm planning on making it down on Friday. Anybody going to be there. Monks - I was looking forward to you passing on those MMP tips, as I forgot everything I learned already!

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 2:54 pm

spadgy wrote;

Gonads - I'm planning on making it down on Friday. Anybody going to be there. Monks - I was looking forward to you passing on those MMP tips, as I forgot everything I learned already!

Just watch Mr Hong Kong or Uncle CHI, they'll show you some tips. Its a very simple game really.
I'll probably be down for the third night in a row....
Tonight

Taylor · Post by **Taylor** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 2:43 am

I was down today but I don't think I saw you :O

Didn't get to the second loop this time, though, so meh.

I'll be down Friday. It's going to be packed with BB players from the sound of things.

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Thu Jan 22, 2009 1:24 pm

Ah yeah, I didn't make it yesterday.
Most likely tonight though. I must stave off the advances of Mr Hong Kong.
Friday will be packed.

Post by **spadgy** » Fri Jan 23, 2009 4:43 pm

I’m so knackered I might fall asleep at an Electrocoin, but I’ll see you there soon. I’ll be there at about 7.20pm I think…

Pointman · Post by **Pointman** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 12:00 am

Had a few credits on MMP in Casino today, well my first ever credits on the game really. Gotta give kudos to the stick, it felt very nice and responsive. It's nice to see the effort you guys put into making sure the control is just right. As for the game, it definitely has got a new convert. I was never really that impressed with it from looking at videos but finally getting around to playing has changed my mind. BlazBlue was another pleasant surprise and was even getting some serious attention at 12.30pm there today.

All in all it's heartening to see the flames of arcade fire still burning. Keep it up over there you London fellas

Taylor · Post by **Taylor** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 9:49 pm

John has just put the BlazBlue machine on 60 seconds and 65% health. Hilarious, it’s like he doesn’t want people to turn up.

Progear was on £1 for 1 credit as well, though spadgy got that fixed

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Sun Jan 25, 2009 10:06 pm

thats a bit of a piss take that price

Post by **spadgy** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 1:45 pm

Taylor wrote:John has just put the BlazBlue machine on 60 seconds and 65% health. Hilarious, it’s like he doesn’t want people to turn up.

Progear was on £1 for 1 credit as well, though spadgy got that fixed

Such a shame, as I really felt like John was investing a lot of time and effort in Casino, with the arrival of BlazBlue, and a few machines getting fixed up a little.

To be fair to John, Progear on £1 per credit was just some fault, and he apologised, and promptly reset the pricing and even treated me to a free credit.

But what's he playing at with BlazBlue, he finally gets the arcade busy again, and people queuing for a cab, and he ups the price?

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 1:56 pm

Taylor wrote:John has just put the BlazBlue machine on 60 seconds and 65% health. Hilarious, it’s like he doesn’t want people to turn up.

Progear was on £1 for 1 credit as well, though spadgy got that fixed

priceless

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 5:54 pm

well there all going to be at insertcoin-09
you pay a fee to get in and all the games are free.

www.insertcoin-09.com I am so fucking hyped for this its untrue!!!

Smraedis · Post by **Smraedis** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 8:22 pm

Sad to hear about Blazblue.. I guess it'll make more money with those settings.. for a while.
If progear was kept on £1 for 1 play, that would make the game even more annoying

Hmm, where is that event going to be held? Also they seem to have a good game list, mmm Bakraid

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 8:43 pm

there is a location on the site and a full map along with all kinda of motorway and train routes.

here is the node

http://www.insertcoin-09.com/node/5

Taylor · Post by **Taylor** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 8:52 pm

Apparently the BlazBlue machine is dead now. You're probably better off watching the neoempire thread for information on it.

Event looks really interesting, I'll definately try to get down there. In addition to millions of freeplay games on proper cabinets there's also mention of a cabinet group order, which will be good as I've been meaning to get a cabinet to replace my broken TV and speaker combo (and killercabs is dead!).

Shmup tournament sounds interesting, but it looks like they’ll pick some Raizing stuff given the line-up. If they just picked Progear, Deathsmiles and Mushi though... ;)

Smraedis · Post by **Smraedis** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 9:10 pm

Oh it isn't really far away, I think I'll be going to this then.. it already sounds very good!

Yeah, it would be nice to finally play some Raizing outside of my place

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:22 pm

im waiting for one of the senior members of the IC09 staff to post it up. there are a lot more games on the way

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Wed Jan 28, 2009 6:58 pm

Lordstar wrote: www.insertcoin-09.com I am so fucking hyped for this its untrue!!!

Oh shit me too

I think I might splash out, stay in a hotel and go for both days. It's going to be awesome, like Glastonbury for nerds

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:50 am

i would offer to share one with you dude but i Already have a bunk buddy

Post by **spadgy** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 1:53 pm

Brilliant night down Casino last night with CHI.

CHI, straight after you left I got 37mil on RFJ! Then I hit between 32 and 35 mil several times in a row without any shit credits between. It suddenly clicked - maxing out floating medal just at the end of level one and learning the way you showed me to make 'gold bars' raise in value.

And then, just before I finished my last credit I had money for, for the first time I suffered at the hands of Casino's brutal shut down policy - suddenly, all the cabs, lights and everything were turned off at once - before I got to take a picture!

I'd made a mental note of my score, which I promptly copied down - 37,215,370 - 10mil up on my previous best, but having transcribed it from my sketchy memory I don't feel I can add it to the hi-score table here. Gutted to loose a score that way! Bloody place!

And CHI - I never got that text mate.

Smraedis · Post by **Smraedis** » Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:07 pm

Nice one spadgy! It always feels so good when things go right in RFJ, but something always goes wrong for me, I need to play it more

I can update your score to the table with something like 37,200,000 if you want.

Also I'd like to share a room with someone for the expo, though I know its still quite a while away.

Post by **spadgy** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 7:17 pm

I might be up for sharing a room smraedis. Unless I can drag a mate along, I'll be up for that I reckon.

And no worries on entering the score. I'll get a proper one thats 37.2mil+ ASAP!

Met with John and Craig and a guy I forgot the name of already at Casino today. To tired to play much though, and the RFJ cab was off, which probably means screwed. They have SFIV at The Troc or cheap and nasty cabs, so BlazBlue was almost unused...

And RupertH, you got feed back for the Hori EX2 I collected. Thanks for that mate.

poolchamp · Post by **poolchamp** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:04 pm

Taylor wrote:Apparently the BlazBlue machine is dead now. You're probably better off watching the neoempire thread for information on it.

Event looks really interesting, I'll definately try to get down there. In addition to millions of freeplay games on proper cabinets there's also mention of a cabinet group order, which will be good as I've been meaning to get a cabinet to replace my broken TV and speaker combo (and killercabs is dead!).

Shmup tournament sounds interesting, but it looks like they’ll pick some Raizing stuff given the line-up. If they just picked Progear, Deathsmiles and Mushi though...

I see were here too ok i cant give the comps line up to you boys but it wont be all raizing stuff but 2 of the 3 names of games listed here will be in them so its a start

Post by **spadgy** » Sun Feb 01, 2009 9:14 pm

Oh - and BlazBlue seems to be working fine - not sure of the pricing no though

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:51 am

Damn, I was planning on visiting the arcade today, but it looks like due to the snow I wouldn't be able get back. Just my luck

mr_m0nks · Post by **mr_m0nks** » Wed Feb 04, 2009 10:43 pm

Well I'm back in London so I will be making my usual foray down to Casino this Friday from 6:30-7ish

CHI · Post by **CHI** » Sun Feb 08, 2009 1:48 am