London Casino Crew meets (RIP the Arcade)

Smraedis · Post by **Smraedis** » Mon Mar 09, 2009 11:06 pm

I haven't committed to that weekend yet, but what weekend would it be changed to? Though I think the 11-12th is one of the only weekends that Icarus can make it, wherever he is at the moment..

Post by **spadgy** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 2:40 pm

Lets confirm the 11th then yes? We'll just have to have a get together with DEL at some point...

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 3:47 pm

Don't worry about me. The Meets are so strong and so many players have met through them that this London Meet won't notice my absence

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I'd make it if I could, but I've got another STG player on the way and there's a lot of family-time needed right now.
Go with the dates Icarus can make it to London.

Smraedis · Post by **Smraedis** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 5:44 pm

We'll miss you..

Okay, I'll book my travels later on tonight, and will make sure to be there.

Post by **Icarus** » Wed Mar 11, 2009 8:27 pm

DEL wrote:Go with the dates Icarus can make it to London.

I won't be coming down at all now due to a change in plans, so feel free to change the dates for the big meet if you all want, if indeed it is going ahead this year (as it seems there isn't as much interest this time around). Once you guys decide on something, I'll edit the title of the other thread to reflect the change.

I'll be coming down for IC '09 instead.

<lurk>

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 10:21 am

Wot about May then?
May would be a possible for me.

Skykid · Post by **Skykid** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:57 am

As long as there's enough notice, I should be fine for any weekend. I'll be seeing a lot of you at IC09 also I hope.

freddiebamboo · Post by **freddiebamboo** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 5:50 pm

The good ol' Casino gets a mention in eurogamer's review of Blazblue:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/blazb ... ger-review

cools · Post by **cools** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 5:59 pm

freddiebamboo wrote:The good ol' Casino gets a mention in eurogamer's review of Blazblue:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/blazb ... ger-review

Review done by none other than the poster above you

Post by **spadgy** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 8:33 pm

Nice one Skykid - I didn't know you were still punting stuff that way!

And we still need to talk over freelance work mate...

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 10:25 am

Nice Blazbleu review Skykid

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Its now on the other side next to the newly installed Street Fighter IV HD cabs.

mr_m0nks · Post by **mr_m0nks** » Fri Mar 13, 2009 4:47 pm

Anyone else down tonight??

I should b there around 7ish

Skykid · Post by **Skykid** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 10:39 am

DEL wrote:Nice Blazbleu review Skykid .
Its now on the other side next to the newly installed Street Fighter IV HD cabs.

Didn't even know that was up yet...

EDIT: Had a read, just want to say in my defence, I'm not entirely happy with some of the changes the editor has made.

Why Arc System as a developer is now referred to as an 'it' rather than a 'they' seems odd...

Anyway...

mr_m0nks · Post by **mr_m0nks** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 1:45 pm

SFIV had quite a crowd on Friday night.

Had a go on the new GTI club game upstairs. What is the point of a driving game where you can only go 40mph?

Post by **spadgy** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 4:12 pm

Sorry I missed you m0nks! I've bit a bit rubbish with posting these last few days.

I'll definitely make it down next week. Thurs or Fri?

So they have SFIV in Casino - how is the cab/sticks? Better than at the Troc?

mr_m0nks · Post by **mr_m0nks** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 4:29 pm

Looks like the same hardware as Troc, mid you I'm no expert

I overheard someone say that one of the Joysticks at Troc had broken and it had been replaced with a really bad joystick. Maybe it will get busier at Casino because of that.

I'm not going to be in London on Friday but I can make it on Thursday next week.

Taylor · Post by **Taylor** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:38 am

It was a cool review, someone told me about it and I kind of guessed you were behind it before I loaded it up :p. Maybe could've had a little more on the drive attacks, since they are the most distinctive part of each character, but no biggie I'm just happy to see the name out there.

Kind of a shame it's got such a low mark compared to SFIV, though. Even if it does have a high one. I'm worried BlazBlue is going to slip under the radar for most and there will be little online community; I got Battle Fantasia on Friday and I've yet to find a single person online...

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:58 am

mr_m0nks wrote;

Had a go on the new GTI club game upstairs. What is the point of a driving game where you can only go 40mph?

^Oh yeah

, I forgot to mention that new GTI Club game upstairs.

spadgy wrote;

So they have SFIV in Casino - how is the cab/sticks? Better than at the Troc?

Yes the sticks are better than the Troc. It got a thumbs up from Zak on NeoEmpire, but they say its running slightly slower than the Troc one.
The screens are perfect.
I still need to grab the owner and get him to put it on 50p.

Skykid · Post by **Skykid** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:54 am

Taylor wrote:It was a cool review, someone told me about it and I kind of guessed you were behind it before I loaded it up :p. Maybe could've had a little more on the drive attacks, since they are the most distinctive part of each character, but no biggie I'm just happy to see the name out there.

Kind of a shame it's got such a low mark compared to SFIV, though. Even if it does have a high one. I'm worried BlazBlue is going to slip under the radar for most and there will be little online community; I got Battle Fantasia on Friday and I've yet to find a single person online...

Hey dude. Word limitations are always the problem when going in depth. There was a lot of other content to shoehorn in.
I am really settled on the score though, future revisions will correct some of the unbalancing, and as ever, Eurogamer's audience is largely casual so I have to wonder what a first timer would think of it.

I think the 10/10 score for SFIV is stupid though. I would have been happy seeing an 8 or 9. The review lost credibility after he called the EX series 'mediocre spin-offs', which basically means he doesn't know what he's talking about.

Post by **spadgy** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:22 pm

Skykid wrote:
Why Arc System as a developer is now referred to as an 'it' rather than a 'they' seems odd...

I still can't get used to it, but in my experience that's the way it is everywhere, in games journalism at least. Companies are 'it' and not 'they'. Unless you're talking multiple companies.

Honestly - every article I write I have to go back through changing that one!

Skykid · Post by **Skykid** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:44 pm

spadgy wrote:
Skykid wrote:
Why Arc System as a developer is now referred to as an 'it' rather than a 'they' seems odd...
I still can't get used to it, but in my experience that's the way it is everywhere, in games journalism at least. Companies are 'it' and not 'they'. Unless you're talking multiple companies.

Honestly - every article I write I have to go back through changing that one!

Yes, I feel a little silly now. I PM'd to ask and the Ed told me it was standard.

mr_m0nks · Post by **mr_m0nks** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 11:55 pm

Wont be down tomorrow night after all.

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 9:37 pm

Popped in briefly the other day, had no idea Street Fighter 4 was there

I chugged a few £££'s into Muchi and loved it. The stick was particularly lovely; was it a Seimitsu? I managed to clock up a vaguely respectable 19 million from an hour or so's play: a long way off from the 150 million + score MHK had set

Post by **spadgy** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 10:09 am

Right - I'm definitely putting one evening down this weekend for a lengthy trip to Casino - Friday suit anybody?

And nice one on Mushi MX7. I'm just the wrong height for that cab and find it really uncomfortable. No idea on the stick.

mr_m0nks · Post by **mr_m0nks** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 1:04 pm

I'm out of London again from Friday for about 2 weeks so I will be down on Thursday.

Spadgy you got your headset fixed yet, I think the bydo need another visit!

RGC · Post by **RGC** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:42 am

I'll be down this Saturday (daytime) to witness Pork!

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:39 am

You might catch landlord, Mr Hong Kong or Uncle CHI on Pork. Sadly, I will be away.
I'll be down tonight and tomorrow night.

Post by **spadgy** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:18 pm

Shame I'm going to miss you all this (long) weekend. Enjoy the pork Captain!

CHI · Post by **CHI** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:52 am

RGC wrote:I'll be down this Saturday (daytime) to witness Pork!

will be down after 6pm Captain...

mind you PORK was off on sunday... turned it on and played a few credits... even LU beaten her personal best, second stage

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Thu Apr 09, 2009 8:32 am

I got the engineer to fix Pork last night. He completely replaced the monitor chassis and cleaned the screen inside and out. Picture is sharper than before too. One slight thing is that the left side of the screen bunches a little bit, due to the size of the new chassis. Nothing can be done about that, but its fine, still very playable.

Anyone caught smudging the screen gets a beatin'.