London Casino Crew meets (RIP the Arcade)

[JDE]

Good luck with the exams HZT! Spadgy, I'll be at Casino this evening from around 7:00 onwards. Also I've just got Raiden Fighters Aces and am really enjoying it, so I might have a go on the Jet cab for once as well.

[dan76]

I should be there around 6:30 - see y'all.

[spadgy]

I'll have to do tomorrow I'm afraid. I just realised I have this meeting tonight about a charity thing in Nigeria I might be involved with.

Next week though - Tuesday it is!

[JDE]

Had a great time chatting with Dan76 and CHI this evening, and finally got the Futari 1CC on Original Mode as well! I think I'll practice Maniac Mode from now on, and maybe Raiden Fighters Jet as well.

[Skykid]

finally got the Futari 1CC on Original Mode as well!

Whoo, congrats dude, I know that's a good feeling!

[spadgy]

Awesome JDE! Is that your first Cave 1CC?!

And you beat hzt to it right?

I'll be down between 7pm and 7.30pm tonight.

[JDE]

Whoo, congrats dude, I know that's a good feeling!

It is indeed, and thanks!

Is that your first Cave 1CC?!

Second actually, I got the Progear 1CC in January remember?

[spadgy]

Oh yeah! Good work! And what was your score?

[Sapz]

Nice stuff, JDE!

[JDE]

And what was your score?

A meagre 189,941,017... so you're safe for now Sapz!

[msm]

i'm in london next week, definitely looking to head down to the casino at least one night, not sure how all this works but if it's ok for a noob to join in maybe see some of you guys there

[spadgy]

It would be a pleasure to have you join us msm. How does Tuesday evening sound?

[msm]

Sir, you are too kind! I should be able to make any day except friday

[spadgy]

Shall we do Tuesday then people?

Who's coming? All of you I hope!

[JDE]

I'll definitely be there, and it'll be good to meet you msm!

[msm]

cool, it'll be nice to meet you guys too, i'll be there Tuesday.

[Lordstar]

oh to live in London

[spadgy]

There's always an uncomfortable pile of sofa cushions at mine Lordstar!

(Actually, you'll be glad to know I've now bought a second air bed!)

EDIT: And Tuesday it is then.

Dan76, MX7, CHI, hzt and co - are you coming?

[msm]

Had a great time at the casino earlier, really nice to meet everyone who was there

[JDE]

I'm glad you had a good time at Casino msm! And it was nice to meet you as well

[spadgy]

Yeah - thanks so much for joining us msm.

Everyone heading down next Tuesday then?

[hzt]

I don't think I'll make it next Tuesday, or indeed any of next week (I probably won't be in London). It's a shame because I reached 4 of my goals today:

1. Get to Larsa a second time
2. Break 200 million
3. Get the second extend at the end of stage 3
4. Take back my two places on the scoreboard (and knock JDE off on his own PCB ( ＇∇＇)y-~~~ ｱﾊﾊﾊﾊ)

All I need to do now is clear the thing.

[spadgy]

Good work mate - you're surely going to get the 1CC.

Also - guess who can't make Tuesday now? spadgy the dickhead! I'm having to meet some game developers now.

What about Thursday (or Wednesday?).

[Skykid]

Chi came to Brighton for a visit. Had a blast!

We played:
-DDP DOJ BL
-Futari BL
-Gunsmoke
-OutZone
-Robocop
-Street Fighter II'
-Aliens

And in the beach arcade:
-SFII Champion Ed (bootleg. Chi reckons it's Rainbow ed., but I don't think it is as you can't switch characters mid round afaik. We got a funny vid of this tho.)
-Cadillacs and Dinosaurs

Saturn:
-Endless bouts of 3 Player Saturn Bomberman

Super Famicom:
-Contra III (Was doing an XRGB2+ example)

And we got destroyed on champagne cocktail pitchers Friday night. I'm still in recovery mode.

I'm hoping to organise a shmup meet for next month when the missus is away and Chi is back from Japan. Just putting the feelers out really to see if anyone is up or available for it.
The city is really nice in summer and there's plenty to do and see outside of just shmupping (although there will be plenty of that too.)
Weekends probably make the most sense and I can accommodate several people no problem - plenty of room.

[spadgy]

That sounds like awesome fun.

A B-town shmupmeet would be an amazing thing to do!

[hzt]

I'd be up for that, consider me in if we do this.

[Skykid]

Cool, well that's two. ^

I'm literally awaiting on finding out when the gal is getting her flight, then I'll be able to throw up some prospective dates. I've already figured out a fun weekend of activities and Chi identified pretty much the no-brainer of amazing buffet eateries as a great place for a meet-up dinner.

[spadgy]

And there's bumper cars on the pier too. Dodgems should be a regular at every meet now!

[Skykid]

And there's bumper cars on the pier too. Dodgems should be a regular at every meet now!

Yes, plenty on the pier to do. We can all go on the ghost train for a laugh as well.

[dan76]

What's happening this week - is it Wednesday? Good for me.