Chicagoland Winter Carnival 2011 - March 4th-6th

drboom · Post by **drboom** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 1:08 am

Actually, I have a copy of Fire Shark on the way, but its not here yet - so definately bring yours. I'll be interested to check ot that Genesis flash cart too.

Just an fyi - I won't have any beer here, so those of you looking to booze it up, grab some on the way. I did happen to buy a shitload of soda, water and snack food.

See you tomorrow night szycag!

mrtie · Post by **mrtie** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 1:43 am

Is there going to be cabs and or superguns there or do I need to bring my supergun? So far I plane on bringing Ibara, Striker45 II, Aerofighters, and Boogie wings.

gunbird18 · Post by **gunbird18** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 2:40 am

mrtie wrote:Is there going to be cabs and or superguns there or do I need to bring my supergun?

Oh there's going to be cabs there, mrtie! I am not driving 6 1/2 hours for some Famicom and Genesis games...oops, sorry Recca fanboys...

Yeah, there is going to be some cab action, with some oldskool Toaplan love!

szycag · Post by **szycag** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 2:51 am

Hey make no mistakes, the cabs are the main attraction

I'm betting only drboom will appreciate my retro stash, and we'll probably blaze through most of that stuff the night before anyways :X

I'd imagine if you've got a supergun mrtie it would be appreciated just so we can get through more games and people will be able to migrate to what they want to play. drboom mentioned bringing that stuff if you've got it in the first post.

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 4:16 am

gunbird18 wrote:Oh there's going to be cabs there, mrtie! I am not driving 6 1/2 hours for some Famicom and Genesis games...oops, sorry Recca fanboys...

It's PC-ENGINE, not Mega Drive. Don't forget it.

gunbird18 · Post by **gunbird18** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 4:30 am

No worries, I love the pc-engine too...

I guess I was referring to the rare Famicom cart, and "Genesis games" just got in between "Famicom" and "Recca fanboys"...

I love all the systems, no prejudice here.

drboom · Post by **drboom** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 4:47 am

Yup, definately some hot candy cab action. 2 Astro City's to be exact.

The supergun would be a great idea - definately bring it. The NEC XM29 I have will work great with it.

Looks like there will be about 10 people staying over on Saturday night. I have a feeling we'll be playing very late.

Ayanami · Post by **Ayanami** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 7:31 am

Do you have wireless internet capabilities at your house drboom? I intend to bring my 360 with my monitor to play it on but would need some way to access the internet for arcade games.

EDIT - Wait a minute, if it is my own 360 and not another with my hard drive attached on, does it need to be connected to the internet?

handsome_rakshas · Post by **handsome_rakshas** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 8:41 am

What kind of snacks and drinks do you guys want me to bring?

drboom · Post by **drboom** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 1:18 pm

@ Ayanami: Got wireless internet if you need it.

@ handsome: we have a ton of snacks and drinks but no beer, if you want to bring some.

szycag · Post by **szycag** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 1:35 pm

if it's your own 360 you shouldn't need to go online to activate the licenses unless you bought the games on another 360 originally. isn't Sonic R bringing his NTSC-J one? I'm gonna bring my SF4 controller so people can have that option.

TriggerHeartExelica · Post by **TriggerHeartExelica** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 1:55 pm

szycag wrote:if it's your own 360 you shouldn't need to go online to activate the licenses unless you bought the games on another 360 originally. isn't Sonic R bringing his NTSC-J one? I'm gonna bring my SF4 controller so people can have that option.

Yup we are bringing the Japanese 360 as well as whatever the hell else he promised to bring.

mrtie · Post by **mrtie** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 5:56 pm

TriggerHeartExelica wrote: Yup we are bringing the Japanese 360 as well as whatever the hell else he promised to bring.

Good I'll be bringing a madcatz SE stick with a ls-32 and Sanwa's along then in case anyone is stick player instead of pad.

Davey · Post by **Davey** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 10:33 pm

drboom wrote:we have a ton of snacks and drinks but no beer, if you want to bring some.

Does anybody else like stouts or IPAs? I bought some good stuff a while back but haven't really been drinking lately. So yeah, free beer if people like that kind of stuff.

Ayanami · Post by **Ayanami** » Fri Feb 27, 2009 11:22 pm

You have my attention with the IPAs sir. What kind? Great Lakes or some thing more exotic? I should get some fancy beer for the trip.

Davey · Post by **Davey** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 12:27 am

Altogether, here's what I have:
Great Lakes Blackout Stout (4 pack)
Two-Hearted Ale (6 pack)
Bell's Hopslam (6 pack)

Misc individual bottles:
Dogfish Head 90 Minute IPA (x1)
Old Rasputin Imperial Stout (x2)
Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald (x1)

I need to break my kid-in-a-candy-store mentality when I go beer shopping. I always buy too much. Better than drinking too much I suppose...

mrtie · Post by **mrtie** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 12:28 am

I may also need to grab a 6'er or two so of some good Midwest brews.

drboom · Post by **drboom** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 12:31 am

Davey wrote: Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald (x1)

Mine.

Soooooooooo good.

croikle · Post by **croikle** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 1:10 am

I'm still hoping to make it out, but there's a bit of work left to do convincing my family that it's safe to drive 4 hours each way to meet with people I don't really know, and all that. Is there still floorspace available for crashing Saturday night?

drboom · Post by **drboom** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 3:52 am

Yup. There's floor space. Come on out. We're all friendly, I'm old and most of us are married with kids. We're responsible adults. Except for those of us who are violent drunks and child molesters. Which is like only half.

I can't seem to find my Genesis, so if anyone has one to bring, I'd appreciate it. szycag and gunbird18 are here and we're all playing something at the moment, making sure all the carts and pcb's work...

Sonic R · Post by **Sonic R** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 5:50 am

drboom wrote:Yup. There's floor space. Come on out. We're all friendly, I'm old and most of us are married with kids. We're responsible adults. Except for those of us who are violent drunks and child molesters. Which is like only half.

I can't seem to find my Genesis, so if anyone has one to bring, I'd appreciate it. szycag and gunbird18 are here and we're all playing something at the moment, making sure all the carts and pcb's work...

I can bring along my Genesis 3 if necessary? (I need to find it first lol) otherwise I'll bring the X'eye.

Looking forward to meeting everyone tomorrow!

EDIT - I have found my Genesis 3 - I'll be bringing that - it has a wide slot for Mega Drive games.

drboom · Post by **drboom** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 1:32 pm

Perfect! Thanks Sonic_R!

jonny5 · Post by **jonny5** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 2:48 pm

have fun today guys.....im sad i cant make it...next one for sure

drboom · Post by **drboom** » Sat Feb 28, 2009 11:02 pm

Taking a break for a late lunch - here's a couple pics. Super fun so far. Andi is killing Alzadick and Dave won't let go of the Recca controller.

drboom · Post by **drboom** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 1:55 am

More pics, evening now, serious competition on the Carnival titles. Ketsui, Strikers II, Deathsmiles and DDP DOJ BL EX being played at the moment.

handsome_rakshas · Post by **handsome_rakshas** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 3:33 am

Thanks again Doc, I had a wonderful time! If someone still there reads this could you drink the bottle of Mad Dog 20/20 I left in the fridge? That's expensive stuff.

drboom · Post by **drboom** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 4:56 am

Done and done.
Thank for comming out.

drboom · Post by **drboom** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 4:48 pm

The meet is over and what a weekend. I did a write-up about it on my blog so if you want to read all about it, click the link in my sig.

Here's some pics from the weekend. I'll be dropping all the pics I took into an album on photobucket and I'll post the link once I get them uploaded. Thanks to all for comming out.

mrtie · Post by **mrtie** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 7:28 pm

DrBoom Thanks so much for having this event, I had a blast. Your place is great and many a good game was played. Also thanks for the stout that was awesome as well. Everyone I met were very very cool as well. Glad I could make it.

Sonic R · Post by **Sonic R** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 1:10 am

I would like to give a huge THANK YOU!
for drboom for his hospitality and for putting together this gathering and tournament.

My wife and I enjoyed our selves and a good time was had. Next time I think us Michigan (and Toledo) folks can agree it will be better to stay in town for the night

It was a pleasure to meet everyone and make friendship with folks who share the same passion and interests! Looking forward to future gatherings.