London Meet MMXI (Fri 22nd Apr to Sun Apr 24th)

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Re: London Meet MMXI (Fri 22nd Apr to Sun Apr 24th)

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Guardians Knight wrote:wot was that raiden rip off game in the Troc called? trying to find it in mame but cant remember the name :oops:
It was Air Assault, by Irem. Unless it's Air Duel, also by Irem. Even though they are both on my WTB list, I still always muddle them up in terms of which one is at The Troc. Pretty sure it's Air Assault though.

EDIT: Just checked - it is indeed Air Assault there - AKA Fire Barrel.
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Cheers mate found it as Fire Barrel dunno what ver is Air Assault, nowhere has any record of it being called that, made me spend ages looking for it :evil:
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A couple of vids from the meet, more to come later.

Dodonpachi (Prometheus, A-L, 2-4 to 2-7, 248mil)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azS4QiHFubU

Time Crisis 4 (Smraedis, ALL Clear, 5.09mil)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7q3lDt3oRE
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Taylor wrote:Kind of gutted I missed the 'main' day but Sunday was really fun. Really nice to finally meet people (and catch up with those I've met before, of course!).

I think I'll save state the second loop and get practicing for next time :)
Sorry we jumped in in your DDP game :oops:

We had a potentially broken MMP on our hands and were trying to figure out where to put it to have it work (other than Futari or the too-bright DOJ screen). The engineer popped a few credits back in DDP for you but you vanished!
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So did MMP make it in? How have things changed?
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Great week end in London, really happy to have met you guys. Everyone was very friendly and cool.
It was surprisingly fun to play DDP on a cab with stick, on that run. Starting to get the hang of it, feeling more comfortable with it. It's becoming a different, cool experience.

Looking forward to the next London Meet. Shmuppers rule !

See you next time ;]

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Hanging out at Trocadero watching Smraedis@Rail shooters.

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Pub time Sunday evening.

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Chinese dinner on Saturday.
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I think I had a nerdgasm when I saw that picture of Prometheus playing Crimzon Clover.

I might come overseas for one of these meets - they look great!
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Do join us! They're really good fun, and it's a great chance to talk nerdy and see some awesome skills.
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spadgy wrote:So did MMP make it in? How have things changed?
I ran down to Casino when I heard the engineer was there, only for the grumpy git to tell me he "should have left 30 minutes ago" even though I'd been carrying the board around for three days waiting for him. :roll:

We avoided Futari (just because) and DOJ cabs because of the brightness of Pork probably suffering on that monitor, and tried RFJ. It wouldn't boot and the LED kept blinking on and off. We then asked Taylor if we could interrupt his DDP game to test it on there and the same thing happened. The engineer was like "it doesn't work" which freaked me out because I thought I'd toasted the board by carrying it around in the hot sun for a few days.

When I got it back to my folks place I put it on my bro's cab and it works fine, it's just Casino's shitty cabs and fluctuating PSU's. The cabs at the back must be set on different (lower?) voltages than the Futari cab where it's been hosted before. Anyway, pork is safely with me back in Brighton. If you want to play it, come down here! :D
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Hey, I had a really great weekend with you guys, nice to catch up with you all.
It's always nice to see others playing shmups, and how different everyone plays on them.

Though I really hate the condition of all of the games at the Troc, my scores were really poor compared to normal, except my really good scores on TC3 that you all missed! At least I still 1CC'ed a lot of games.
And here is a proper run on the PS3 DeadStorm Pirates, No Miss ALL. It's a shame that it was set so hard, but then so is everything at the Troc...
Good to hear about the PS2 spadgy, I'll make sure to do a proper demonstration next time, and on other games too.
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Sounds like you had a nightmare Skykid. So many sincere thanks for your effort!
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Finally - my pictures from the meet!

FRIDAY:

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MX7 gives DDP some trouble...


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...and is joined me smraedis who gives RFJ a good lickin'


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Skykid pulls in a crowd at the Futari 1.5 cab


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DDP legend PROMETHEUS shows us how it's done...


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...while Dan76 ponders whether haircut relates to skills


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A nice busy arcade! The flame still burns!


SATURDAY:

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Lordstar and I take on the Akina downhill


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smraedis takes to the high seas with Jack Sparrow in the passenger seat


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More of smraedis on Dead Storm Pirates


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Lordstar under the watchful eye of a mystery rhythm action maestro


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Icarus, hzt and smraedis enjoy one of the weekend's few quiet moments


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Icarus plays a round of pool


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Time for a quick business meeting


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MX7 on an incredible nail biting run of the last level of DDP (1st loop)


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Icarus controls smraedis via a USB Saturn pad


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Raven improving on his best at Futari 1.5


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More of Icarus showing Crimzon Clover who's boss


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Lordstar and Skykid try SSFIV:AE


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Rupert H assumes the classic 'Electrocoin Stoop'


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CHI and smraedis rip through some more Futari


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hzt nonchalantly helps MX7 take on DOJ by employing his massively long arm (but not his eyes)
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awesomeness! So when are we just going rent/buy casion and put our own arcades in it. I cant stand the electrocoin sticks they are almost as old as me. :lol:
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You what DEL?
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shot innit!
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Looks like everyone had fun.
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