Will your shmupping life suffer with the end of summer...

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 10:26 pm

...or perhaps it will improve?

I probably work just as hard or harder in the summer, but somehow I'm still worried that come Tuesday (the start of classes) things will change for the worse. But I get nervous this time of the year every year.

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Sun Sep 04, 2005 10:40 pm

I think it will improve. With less light hours, I'll be going to bed sooner, so I'll be better rested.

ROBOTRON · Post by **ROBOTRON** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 12:11 am

My shmupping will increase since I will be indoors more...also I will probably spend more money on ebay to increase my collection.

icepick · Post by **icepick** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 12:33 am

Mine will probably improve as well. In the summer, I can't help but be out and about, enjoying the fresh air without a snowsuit and all... Plus, I like playing games and watching TV/movies around sunset, and as such, I'll simply be inclined to get more gaming in.

I'm actually going outside right now, though I'm inclined to play some SNS2.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 3:48 am

It'll probably be about the same for me...basically all that the transition from summer to fall means for me is changing the word "work" to the word "class" in my daily schedule, heh. Actually, my class hours are technically less than my work hours, though I'll also have to factor homework into the equation...my free time will probably end up roughly the same.

Tomtom · Post by **Tomtom** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 4:48 am

Yes, yes it will. Thank God.

gs68 · Post by **gs68** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 7:10 am

I've been investing in other games like Final Fantasy X-2 (don't give me that "omg graphics whore" or "get a girlfriend loser" look) and Wangan Midnight Maximum Tune 2, and lately I've been only occasionally playing shmups, specificially the ones I have on my PC.

So I don't think so. It doesn't look like I'll be shmupping a lot until I get Mushihime Sama for my 17th birthday this November.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 7:33 am

it will definetly improve, oct 1st is the last race of the season and after that i wont have to worry about spending all my cash on the motorbike

more time indoors = more shmupping...

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 2:46 pm

Same here; it'll definitely improve. Considering my summer work and commute took a total of about 12-13 hours every day from my first day off school to the last day before I had to get back to my dorm, almost anything would be an improvement on that.

Accutron · Post by **Accutron** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 3:11 pm

Fall/winter is always the best time for gaming...the chill in the air, the sun going down at 6:00 PM, the increased pre-Christmas release schedule. Summer sucks for games...the heat, the slow releases, the constant urge to go outside.

sjewkestheloon · Post by **sjewkestheloon** » Mon Sep 05, 2005 6:19 pm

well i've just started my first post uni full time job so my guess is fewer hours but more quality time and with some hard cash i'll be more able to pick up some of the things i've been looking at for a while... like a saturn

so sweet hopefully improvement. less time for me usually means more focus.

TWITCHDOCTOR · Post by **TWITCHDOCTOR** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 2:37 am

I play pretty much when ever I feel the urge to do so...regardless of seasons.
Although, I haven't been playing as much as previously, its due to other interests, etc.

When I get back up on my feet (financially allowing) I'll be back to buy video games on a regular basis...however, I suspect that everyone in the US will be feeling the "pinch", if you know what I mean.

Zero · Post by **Zero** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 2:41 am

Season doesn't really matter to me, I usually have time enough somewhere in the week. Now when I did have a gf that used to cost me lost of time " I didn't mind it though

". But go to work, the school and get my hw finished. Then I have plenty of time to play SHMUPS.

shiftace · Post by **shiftace** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 3:07 am

Yes, my shmupping time looks to suffer in the near future, although it is determined more by curiously sporadic computer access and a general lack of consoles than by seasons or climate.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 3:33 am

Actually it will get better now that I've been working for a month, and finally have some income of my own to spend on shmups!

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Tue Sep 06, 2005 9:47 pm

It's suffering now, since I'm now in Virginia without my laptop. All my (emulated) shmups are on my external hd, and my new comp hasn't come in yet. Before anyone says anything, I could only have 2 carry-ons and 2 checked bags. Therefore, no consoles.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 12:49 am

definitely, i am looking to actually "perform" in school this semester. better grades means doing my homework, which means fewer shmups (and i just got garegga too

).

popawell · Post by **popawell** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 1:35 am

My shmuping will defentaly suffer now that summer is ending. I share my computer with my Mom, who at a moment's notice will do allmost everything to mess me up and grab the computer for hardwood eucure online. The winter means less all day horse rides for her, and more computer. My sister lost my Gradius V a few days ago and that eliminates my shmuping on our big tvs (CURSE HER! NEVER LET OTHERS BORROW YOUR GAMES

). And my dad uses my little tv for football, so that eliminates the nes most of the time (its the only tv that will bring in fox66 in the house). My vic viper is going to sit in the hangar for the majority of this winter.

flux · Post by **flux** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 1:54 am

So far, starting college took my shmup playing up. Now that I don't have any Bemani (didn't bring any with me), I don't spend so much time with that. Plus, I have 1 hour breaks between a lot of my classes, so I play shmups until I need to go to my next class. I'll have to see if this continues when I get more work.

Diabollokus · Post by **Diabollokus** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 2:32 pm

Actually yeah my shmupping is going to go down this year, I've only a few left that I plan to buy so my cash flow this year will be slightly better.

I need minimum 2.1 at uni so I have to perform aswell, means I'm going to have to turn up from now on, 7:30 every morning..

Planing to buy either ps3 or xbox so rpgs here I come. Shmupping may go up once I build my ikaruga stick.

Post by **Icarus** » Wed Sep 07, 2005 4:17 pm

I go back to uni to start my Degree course in a fortnight's time, so theoretically my shmupping should suffer with study taking precedence. However, like all hobbies, you make as much time as you can allow to enjoy it, and I intend to keep playing to give myself a break between bouts of study and work. As it goes: "all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy".

Besides, I have unfinished business with all those Raizing shmups (and Ibara) that I love so dearly ^_^

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 4:33 pm

Just as I had worried: two consecutive days of no shmupping thanks to the schedule that comes with the beginning of Fall.

And tonight: the beginning of the NFL season. My shmupping skills are definitely going to take a dive.

SpooN · Post by **SpooN** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 6:18 pm

Hot weather makes me lazy and tired (that will end soon hopefully).
School makes me lazy and tired as well (I have 37(+3 free) hours a week, don't know about your schools but I think it's an awful lot).
But having an increasing carelessness for my grades and tests will be probably enough for my skills to remain on the same level.

captain ahar · Post by **captain ahar** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 6:44 pm

actually, just thinking. i will still play this fall (not as much granted). the thing is with work and school, i'll be playing late (like around 11 or 12 at night), so i will be incapable of improvement. damn life getting in the way better scoring in Battle garegga.

al138 · Post by **al138** » Thu Sep 08, 2005 10:56 pm

My time is already limited thanks to the obligations of work. I guess my gaming in general will suffer as I get into the habit of 60+ hour weeks again. Oh well, there's always Sunday...