London Casino Crew meets (RIP the Arcade)

[dan76]

I should be down thursday.

[Lordstar]

Looks like i will be local to the area on the 27th-29th of August.

Not a lot in the way of shmups but if theres something i can bring along give me a buzz. My MVS collection is pretty hardcore with all the major KOF games.

[Skykid]

I certainly won't be

So who is going to SvB Fri-Sun?

Me! I'll see you there dude.

[spadgy]

Right - I'm at Casino tomorrow (Wednesday). See you there punks!

[Lordstar]

if anyone wants some tee shirts making and want me to bring them down on the day give me a PM. give me some spending money while im in london.

[spadgy]

Cool - I'll get my order over in a bit then, in case there's time for you to get it done for the meet!

[Skykid]

if anyone wants some tee shirts making and want me to bring them down on the day give me a PM. give me some spending money while im in london.

Good idea, I've been meaning to order some. Will you be able to do that Guwange we talked about?

[Taylor]

I certainly won't be

So who is going to SvB Fri-Sun?

Me! I'll see you there dude.

Cool, hope I catch you.

[Tigershark]

I may put in a guest appearance today. Performance will depend largely on how many beers I've had beforehand.

[spadgy]

This arcade machine-based art gallery has opened not far from Casino. Anybody been yet? If not, let's make a visit!

[Mills]

Is that for real, where is that place and how long before Ketsui get taken out?

[DEL]

It looks pretty wild and its in Greek Street as far as I can remember, probably near Bar Italia and Ronnie Scotts.

[Mills]

Just google street mapped that place, will check it out friday.

[Ravid]

Anyone going down t'arcade this week?

[spadgy]

It's been quiet few weeks as we're all plugging away at STGT'10.

By the way - I bought myself a Dodonpachi DOJ kit. Anybody interested in that going in Casino? Maybe when we loose Ketsui?

And where the fuck is mr_m0nks? Has anyone heard from him?

[Skykid]

And where the fuck is mr_m0nks? Has anyone heard from him?

Spadgy in swear shocker!

Been exchanging too many PM's with me.

[spadgy]

Spadgy in swear shocker!

Is it really a shock? I thought I was generally pretty foul mouthed...

[charlie chong]

i'm meeting my bro at maryleborn today.. gonna head to the casino for a few games if anyone wants to join.. probbly chill all afternoon or until i spend a tenner!!11

[charlie chong]

KETSUIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

[spadgy]

Sorry I missed your visit man.

How did Ketsui treat you?

[charlie chong]

had a good time.found the place easily and also found the burrito place del mentioned
not many people there. a few people were playing ketsui tho. i think i got to level 5 with 65 mill which was ok seeing as i not been in practise..the screen angle and super stiff sanwa were a bit weird tho but still more than playable my bro just lives at euston so i'll probbly pop down again in the future when visiting my mum or brother.Then went to an amazing barbecue in hackney.korean beef and pork mmmmmmmmm nom nom

[spadgy]

Hackney's my 'hood! Was that at a particular eatery?

[charlie chong]

nah it was my brother in laws and a schoolfriends moving away/moving out party.lots of intelligent people to chat to so was good times!met a few game fiends,cute girls and even a 26 yr old bread enthusiast !i never met anyone so enthusiastic about bread lolz

[CIT]

Will be in London October 15 to 17. Anyone gonna be at the Casino one of those nights? Would be nice to get to know some of the UK shmuppers.

[spadgy]

Will be in London October 15 to 17. Anyone gonna be at the Casino one of those nights? Would be nice to get to know some of the UK shmuppers.

Great CIT. I'll do my best to be there one of those evenings. My diary (the one in my head!) is empty for that weekend, but I'd better check with my wife who is far better at remembering when we've promised to meet with friends or go to a gig or wedding or something. Pretty sure I'm free one of those nights though, so it would be great to welcome you to our dingy arcade! We can go visit some others as well if we have time. Hopefully we can get a handful of us down there...

[CIT]

Sweet! I'll PM you my cell phone number so we can hook up.

What are some of the other arcades in Soho worth visiting? Back when I lived in London I went to Namco World a lot, but that was ages ago and it's probably closed down right?

[spadgy]

Namco World is still going, but I've never been there - perhaps we should change that. Really there's just the Troc other than that, but they've got some new stuff in there recently.

As I said in my PM to you, my wife is off on a holiday with her girl mates that weekend causing absolute carnage, so I'm free the whole time. Hopefully a few of us can meet when you stop by.

Rupert H, Dan76, CHI, Ravid, Taylor, mr_m0nks and co might be around. I'll send a group PM sometime soon...

[Rupert H]

Count me in, I'm all up for meeting fellow shmuppers from around the globe.

Namco Station is still running (opposite the Houses of Parliament) but Namco Wonderpark (Piccaddilly Circus) has long-since closed. Station has very little in the way of decent games (not one single shmup that I can recall) where as Wonderpark was arguably the only Japanese arcade ever to grace the UK, hence we all frequent Casino instead.

[spadgy]

Namco Station is still running (opposite the Houses of Parliament) but Namco Wonderpark (Piccaddilly Circus) has long-since closed.

Of course - another example of me being confused!

Be great to see you Rupert!

[Skykid]

where as Wonderpark was arguably the only Japanese arcade ever to grace the UK.

It was like a dream...

Guys, are you all coming to this beginning of November? If you're not, you're basically all nuts. Even Gail Porter's going.

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