Chicagoland Winter Carnival 2011 - March 4th-6th

[drboom]

OK 0- we are now live streaming!

channel is suicidebullets on Livestream, just started the Nexzr '93 2-Minute Mode scoring competition.

[drunkninja24]

Cool, guess I can be there in some form then

[drboom]

Live stream is over - thanks for watching! I'll post a recap of the weekend on suicide bullets but Zerst killed it on Nexzr and on Zoo Keeper. Guy is a monster.

[drboom]

Thanks to evertyone for attending this weekends meet - I had a great time and as usual, everyone was super respectful of the consoles and cabs, which is awesome. Big thanks to Andi for taking charge at dinner and becomming my co-pilot.

I set a new high score for myself at Ketsui at 78 mil and change, which I feel pretty good about. Zerst tore up Nexzr 2-Mintue mode to the tune of 521,xxx and change. Super good. He also destroyeed Zoo Keeper, the midnight scoring game, with something like 3.3 million score on his first run, which kinda left everyone shaking their head. Ugh. Guy is a monster.

We live streamed the whole weekend, shoing a good chunk of the Nexzr competition, then some DDP which was nearly looped by Zerst, some PCE Bommerman multiplayer, Ketsuipachi, Aero Fighters (?), Elemental Master on the Mega Drive, and a few other titles. Got a lot of good chat going on and for something as specialized as a gaming meet, we had 8-9 people signed on the whole day. Ber even complained when I said we had to sign off! Thanks to all who watched and hung with us. Anyone watching during the dinner break got treated to a live bootleg of Sleep playing in Tallahassee in 1994.

Thanks to all who attended! I will be posting up a full write-up on Suicide Bullets when I get the chance this week with lots of pics.

[gunbird18]

Thank you, drboom, for hosting another great Chicagoland Winter Carnival. The soda and snacks were plentiful and your hospitality is always a treat! I am also stoked to find out that our tastes in music are very similar! Haven't really talked about that before!

Thank you for letting us play on all of the great consoles and cabs.

Thank you Zerst, Machine Ares 1CC, Davey, Croikle, and Andi for putting up with my mediocre skills. I may not be the best player at the meet, but I enjoy myself at every one of these meets. I get to see some of the best players in the genre, and I learn something new and helpful every time!

Save up some of that stimulus money and try to make the summer meet in Missouri!

See ya!

[Matskat]

Anyone watching during the dinner break got treated to a live bootleg of Sleep playing in Tallahassee in 1994.

Alright, now I'm super pissed that I couldn't make it.

How's the quality of that bootleg? Any chances of me scoring a copy?

From one Sleep fan to another....gotta keep it alive, man! Get at me!!

Save up some of that stimulus money and try to make the summer meet in Missouri!

Hell yeah! No way am I missing the next meet. Make it happen, Todd! I need an excuse to get out your way so I can steal that "Truxton" sign on HWY70

[drboom]

For sure I can get you a copy - I started a Sleep live bootleg trading blog a week or so ago - doesn't show up yet on Google (submitted then as well) but check out this link:
http://sleepbootleg.blogspot.com/

Let me know if you need anything and I'll see you at the next Missouri meet.

[robivy64]

One of these days, I will attend.

[drboom]

Yeah man, you definitely should! Will you be back from Kuwait in the fall?

[brentsg]

Thanks for the streaming. I checked in here and there.

[MR_Soren]

Sounds like a lot of fun. I regret having to miss it, but perhaps I can attend the next.

[Matskat]

For sure I can get you a copy - I started a Sleep live bootleg trading blog a week or so ago - doesn't show up yet on Google (submitted then as well) but check out this link:
http://sleepbootleg.blogspot.com/

Let me know if you need anything and I'll see you at the next Missouri meet.

Shit man, thanks for the linky...

When I get home I'm gonna rock out...work proxy is blocking the videos

Thanks!!!!!!

[drboom]

The videos aren't actually on there, but just hot me up and I'll make some dvd's for you.

Didn't want to piss off the band by releasing all the stuff onto the web...

[drboom]

New topic on the next meet here for Feb 2012 in the shmupmeet section, just posting here to get you all to go there for those of you who are subscribed to this topic.

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=39543