Hello again (8 years later...)
Hello again (8 years later...)
So, guessing few remember me, I see some familiar names, but thought I would drop in and give a quick update on where life has taken me since I used to be quite active here.
To get it out of the way, no, not really gaming. Hasn't been a focus in a long time except for some stuff on my phone. Can't say I really miss it.
Big updates would be I have a family, am in medicine and life is going well. Think I was in 2nd year of university last I was really active, since then finished my degree, traveled, worked, did some graduate training too. Moved around Canada over the years, from Ontario to BC to Manitoba and back again, got married a few years back and like I said life is going well.
Anyway, that's about if for me. All the best, VNM
To get it out of the way, no, not really gaming. Hasn't been a focus in a long time except for some stuff on my phone. Can't say I really miss it.
Big updates would be I have a family, am in medicine and life is going well. Think I was in 2nd year of university last I was really active, since then finished my degree, traveled, worked, did some graduate training too. Moved around Canada over the years, from Ontario to BC to Manitoba and back again, got married a few years back and like I said life is going well.
Anyway, that's about if for me. All the best, VNM
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I do remember you. Welcome back. Good to know that life's been kind to you.
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Whoa, old-school shmups crowd represented. Good to see ya.
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I remember. Brand new Osman kit prices have increased like tenfold since you left. Hope you kept a couple.
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I remember you, though I wasn't too active in the early years. And yes, prices for many games are easily X5-X10 what they were then. Glad life is going well with your profession and family
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Hah, ah yeah, the Osman thing. Seems I left at the wrong time financially. Sold my Ketsui board then the price tripled, Osman kits are way up. Funny story, in the end due to exchange rates shifting selling those Osman kits didn't yield much, but people seemed to enjoy them and I'm guessing some of them have cashed in over the years.
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charlie chong
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i remember you from 2003 era shmups.. i always looked up to the scores you and randorama used to get.(believe it or not very few people posted good scores back then)
After a few years i actually got good enough to beat some of them
anyways glad you're doing well!
After a few years i actually got good enough to beat some of them
anyways glad you're doing well!
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I missed that boat too. Well, there's always MAME.Venom wrote:Hah, ah yeah, the Osman thing.
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RE good scores circa 2003
Pretty sure old Matty boy clocked a few Bakraid & Batrider biguns on his epic custom superguns!!
Pretty sure old Matty boy clocked a few Bakraid & Batrider biguns on his epic custom superguns!!
Venom wrote: To get it out of the way, no, not really gaming. Hasn't been a focus in a long time except for some stuff on my phone. Can't say I really miss it.
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Welcome back! Glad life has been good for you.
And yes I remember the list about hell that you posted some time ago...
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/contra/hell.html
And yes I remember the list about hell that you posted some time ago...
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/contra/hell.html
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Heh, here's a name I haven't glimpsed in a bit - glad to hear things have been going okay for you in the meantime.
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Need more of the old crew back on the board.
SHMUP sale page.Randorama wrote:ban CMoon for being a closet Jerry Falwell cockmonster/Ann Coulter fan, Nijska a bronie (ack! The horror!), and Ed Oscuro being unable to post 100-word arguments without writing 3-pages posts.
Eugenics: you know it's right!
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Back to Ontario, everyone always come back
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Good to see some familiar faces are still around. Haven't checked many of the high score boards in a while, just looked, my Dangun and Strikers 1945 II scores are still near the top, but others are way down...
Anybody know what happened to sikraiken? Used to rack up some great scores back in the day.
R79 - They were very nice superguns, still remember I took a flight once and had it in carry on, really confused security. Can't remember what I called it, but definitely not a "supergun".
ST Dragon - I had totally forgotten about posting that and entering into that discussion. Been a while.
charlie chong - great job topping them
Anybody know what happened to sikraiken? Used to rack up some great scores back in the day.
R79 - They were very nice superguns, still remember I took a flight once and had it in carry on, really confused security. Can't remember what I called it, but definitely not a "supergun".
ST Dragon - I had totally forgotten about posting that and entering into that discussion. Been a while.
charlie chong - great job topping them
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The kit you sold me served me for many years! Amazing receiving a game with such lore surrounding it directly from the manufacturer! Thanks again! By the way, how did you ever land that contact with Mitchell?Venom wrote:Funny story, in the end due to exchange rates shifting selling those Osman kits didn't yield much, but people seemed to enjoy them and I'm guessing some of them have cashed in over the years.
Haha, I remember when you used to post about your 1CC quest using missles and people were likeVenom wrote:my Dangun and Strikers 1945 II scores are still near the top, but others are way down...
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He doesn't come around much often, but he still plays a few STG. He mostly plays Pump It Up these days though.Venom wrote:Anybody know what happened to sikraiken? Used to rack up some great scores back in the day.
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Ah, so he's still around. Interesting, think he was getting into the rhythm games around the time I left.trap15 wrote:He doesn't come around much often, but he still plays a few STG. He mostly plays Pump It Up these days though.Venom wrote:Anybody know what happened to sikraiken? Used to rack up some great scores back in the day.
Good to see you UD, I was quite surprised when I was able to get access to them. As for the contact, I think I'll leave a little mystery in the Osman storyundamned wrote: The kit you sold me served me for many years! Amazing receiving a game with such lore surrounding it directly from the manufacturer! Thanks again! By the way, how did you ever land that contact with Mitchell?
Haha, I remember when you used to post about your 1CC quest using missles and people were like
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Oh, yes, the Dangun bomb plans and the 1LC. It got some attention, but also pulling that off made playing more of a chore rather than fun and contributed to my leaving. Looking back I think I may have written the worst strat guide posted here, it was really of no use to anyone other than myself.
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"How Dangun Feveron Ruined My Life."Venom wrote:Oh, yes, the Dangun bomb plans and the 1LC. It got some attention, but also pulling that off made playing more of a chore rather than fun and contributed to my leaving.
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Ehi Venom,
glad to see you you're fine.
Rando
glad to see you you're fine.
Rando
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Good to see you too Rando. Sorry we didn't get a chance to meet up when I was in Europe a few years back.
Seems like a lot of the old crowd are still around. Good to see everybody.
Seems like a lot of the old crowd are still around. Good to see everybody.
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I guess to update this one again. Now 3 kids and an MD after my name. Went into primary care in the end, all is going well.
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BulletMagnet
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Need to edit your avatar to wear a white coat and wield a comically large syringe. "Next patient, please!"
In seriousness, congrats!
In seriousness, congrats!
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Hey Venom,
We've never talked previously, but I remember you from when I pulled off my A-B-4 Dangun stuff last year. Congrats man.
We've never talked previously, but I remember you from when I pulled off my A-B-4 Dangun stuff last year. Congrats man.
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Pixel_Outlaw
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Some of the best shmups don't actually end in a vowel.
No, this game is not Space Invaders.
No, this game is not Space Invaders.
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-Japan, 2016Venom wrote:To get it out of the way, no, not really gaming. Hasn't been a focus in a long time except for some stuff on my phone. Can't say I really miss it.
I don't remember you but WB. Shmups are forever.
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3 kids? Eh! Besides, you are now a real doctor, unlike me...
Chomsky, Buckminster Fuller, Yunus and Glass would have played Battle Garegga, for sure.
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Heh, BulletMagnet, I had the same idea. A white coat or stethoscope added to the avatar.
Thanks for the welcome backs and hellos.
Good to see you Rando. Yup, busy times doing the doctor and the daddy thing.
Thanks for the welcome backs and hellos.
Good to see you Rando. Yup, busy times doing the doctor and the daddy thing.
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And some more years later...
Finally all done training and out in practice. It all comes back around, now kind of regretting I didn't just put the old supergun in a box to pull out and have some fun with now.
Finally all done training and out in practice. It all comes back around, now kind of regretting I didn't just put the old supergun in a box to pull out and have some fun with now.
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There's loads of good superguns on ebay. Board prices are gonna make you cry though.Venom wrote:And some more years later...
Finally all done training and out in practice. It all comes back around, now kind of regretting I didn't just put the old supergun in a box to pull out and have some fun with now.