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[jpj]

name: chris
age: 24
nationality: scandinavian
location: UK since about 10 years ago
height: 5'11
weight: 75kgs
occupation: retail
status: long-term relationship
high score initials: jpj

hobbies: playing videogames, playing guitar, talking about videogames, talking about guitars

first shmup: ikaruga
latest purchase: futari
most played: silvergun/ikaruga/doj bl
other games: street fighter and king of fighters (series), camp puzzle games, generally 2d/retro styled
games that affected me: playing bubble bobble with my dad, aged 5, on our c64; wasting all my pocket money on the street fighter 2 cabinet in the local youth centre, aged 10; playing ikaruga when i was 18; playing zelda link to the past, aged 19. (i kinda missed the whole 3d revolution)

tv: comedy (peep show and father ted), sport, and documentaries.
films: not so much, my film knowledge is at least 5 years out of date.
music: anything with bass guitarists i respect. rock; blues; jazz; funk; soul; hip-hop; mostly stuff with strong rhythmical style etc
food: steak; lamb; beef; bacon; sausage; black pudding; chicken; etc. blood and flesh, basically
drink: grolsch; guiness; pepsi max; cherry coke; grapefruit juice; tea and coffee
vices: down to just smoking at the moment

likes: people who don't need to be loud and brash to get their point across; sunshine; long lie-ins; short cute girls

dislikes: people without consideration for others; shit weather; early mornings; tarty women (opposite of the above basically )

edit:
hair: blonde
eyes: blue
fav book: the yellow pages

[jonny5]

name: cody
age:26
country:canada
nationality: irish
first game: star trek on a c64 i think
first shmup: prolly 1942
fave shmup: too many, prolly anything by cave....any danmaku
hobbies: gaming, computers(building/fixing), muay thai, mixing
job: receiver
game i want to play most: mushi futari
likes: relaxing, shmupping, hanging out with my g/f
dislikes: people in general, none of you of course......and things that get in the way of my likes
vices: trying to quit smoking(cigs and maybe herb), rarely drink, often very unmotivated to do stuff that isnt playing shmups
fav foods: thai, pizza, mexican, chinese, japanese...not sushi....i dislike fish, cooked or otherwise
fav tv show: dont watch TV
fav movie: dawn of the dead(original)...or anything with zombies in it
music: metalcore, hip hop(underground), drum n bass, instrumental jazz,gabber, old horror soundtracks

[KindGrind]

Name: Simon
Age: 30
Nationality: Canadian
Location: Quebec
Height: 6'1
Weight: 85kgs
Occupation: Teacher
Hobbies: Videogames, movies (lots of them), MTG, baseball.

First shmup: Pulstar
Systems I own: Megadrive, Saturn, Dreamcast, PS1, N64, PS2, 360, PS3, SNES, PSP, DS, Game Gear, Wii.
System I wish I'd own: Neo Geo AES, Virtual Boy, Duo RX.
Latest purchase: Ketsui DS.
Most played: Ikaruga, Mushihimesama Futari, Zanac Neo, Border Down.
Other games: Super Metroid.
Games That Affected Me: As an adult, Shadow of the Colossus. As a kid, FF2 and Super Metroid.
TV: The Office (UK)
Films: Tarr, Malick, Herzog and recently Aronofsky.
Music: Punk and lots of everything except country/rap.
Food: Pretty much anything.
Drink: Coffee.
Languages spoken: French, English and Spanish.

[jp]

Name - Jonathan Patrick
Location - Huntsville, AL
Age - 24
Hobbies - Shmups, videogames in general, math, optics, music, writing
Initials For Score Entry - JP or JP.
First Shmup Played - Space Invaders I guess, when I was like, 3.
Favorite Shmups - Blast Wind, Radiant Silvergun, Batsugun Special, Border Down, Mars Matrix, Twinkle Star Sprites, Game Tengoku, Thunder Force III/AC/IV, Hyper Duel, Scramble
First Shmup owned - King's Knight/Sky Shark (got both at the same time)
Shmup Characters - Uh... I don't really pay attention to the characters.
Shmup Bombs - As long as it kills everything on the screen I'm happy...
Shmup Most Wished to Play - Sapphire. Because during the brief time I owned it I was never able to play it, and now that I know that the GOOD people from Tecno Soft made it, I really want to play it.

Food - Chicken, chili, fish, greens, bananas, oranges, apples, etc.
Drinks - Sweet tea, orange juice, skim milk, water
TV Shows - Eek the Cat, Animaniacs, Adventures of Brisco County Jr., Batman the Animated series, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, South Park, Family Guy, Discovery Channel, The Tick, and The Critic.
Movies - Big Trouble, In the Mouth of Madness, The Beyond, Little Nemo the Dream Master, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, Clerks, Chasing Amy, Army of Darkness, Akira, Hellraiser: Inferno, Transformers (old one)
Music - Hip-Hop, Late 80s-Mid 90s rap, 80s metal, Rock, videogame soundtracks, classical, uh... tons of stuff really.
Singers - I dunno.
Hilary Duff or Lindsay Lohan - Hilary I guess?

Preferred Shmup Character's Attributes - Tight controls, a strong main shot, auto-targeting sub-shot.

[captain ahar]

Well, i entered this here before, but i'm doing one again, because (a) it's been two years, and (b) i've been away for so long no one knows who the fuck i am. now, shall we:

General
Name: Austin Shmostin Bo Boston
Birthday: 11-16-1984 (somehow this one hasn't changed)
Social Security Number: 271-10-8991
Sex: Male
Height: 5'11'' and some change
Weight: Whale - Dog
Hair: Brown
Eyes: they're brown (full of shit, you see)
Location: Michigan
Religious Affiliation: Atheist though strangely i love Judaism
Little Known Fact: I am a wanna' be drummer.
Hobbies: video games, spending every cent I earn, reading, music, bicycling, and eating

Favorites
Favorite TV shows: Buffy, Gilmore Girls, Veronica Mars, MST3k, The Shield, Angel, Firefly (i'm a joss whedon whore!)
Favorite Movies: Move Over Darling, Lucky # Slevin, Love Actually, Emperors New Groove, Live Free Or Die Hard, Street Fight
Most Disliked Movies: Birth Of A Nation, nuf said
Favorite books: Evasion, Battle Royale, Hackers, Masters of Doom, Tacky the Penguin, Ender's Game, His Dark Materials (best series on the f'in planet.)
Favorite artists: Bosch, Breugel, Lichtenstein, others I don't know the names of.
Favorite bands: Blood Brothers, David Bowie, DEVO (early shit), Man or Astroman?, the Cramps, Tom Waits, Jet Set Radio (soundtrack), Misfits, Entombed, Acid Bath, Agents of Oblivion, Celtic Frost, many others and a little bit of everything

Video Game info
First game I played: Ghost Busters on Colecovision
First shooter played: Dodonpachi or such like, can't quite remember.
Systems I own: Saturn (JP), PS2 (US & JP), PSone, Dreamcast, Xbox, Gamecube, PC Engine Duo, NES, SNES, Genesis (2), NGPC, DS (broken screen joint. no work ), PSP 2.0, Xbox 360 (love it)
Systems I want (like, now): arcade set-up (Taito Egret II), PS3 (in a couple years)
Favorite Shooters: Zero Gunner 2, Nemesis '90 Kai, Harmful Park, Gradius Gaiden, Raiden 2,
Shooters I most want to play: Steam Hearts, any cave game from the past 3-4 years.
Favorite games (that aren't shooters): Cool Cool Toon, JSRF, JSR, Grim Fandango (true love), Cannon Spike, too many others... oh oh and Earthbound
Games I am now playing: Triggerheart Excelica, Zing Zing Zip, Strikers 1945 II, Dodonpachi, couple others casually

that's me in a nutshell... help! help! i'm in a... yeah, anyway

[Zaarock]

Name - Aaro
Location - Espoo, Finland
Age - 19
Hobbies - video games, vector graphics, brazilian jujitsu
Initials For Score Entry - ZAA

First Shmup Played - 19XX - the war against destiny
Favorite Shmups - Hellsinker, Senko no ronde, Armed Police Batrider, ESPGaluda II, Space Invaders: Infinity Gene(XBLA), Raiden Fighters Jet, ESP Ra.De., Darius Gaiden, G-Darius
Least Favorite Shmup - R-Type Final
First Shmup owned - Gradius V
Latest purchase - Space Invaders Infinity Gene(XBLA), ESPGaluda II
Favourite Shmup Ship - Silver Hawk(darius), R-GRAY-0(rayforce)
Favorite Shmup Boss - G-Darius bosses
Shmups Most Wished to Play - Ketsui, Dodonpachi DFK, Ibara
Systems I own - PS2, 360 and a Mac mini

Favorite Non-Shooter games Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram, Okami, Bayonetta, Metal Slug(s), God Hand, Shadow of the Colossus, Escape Velocity Nova, Ferazels Wand
Most Influential Video game Wipeout 3(music, logo art style, 3D art)
Favorite Book - stuff by H.P. Lovecraft, Douglas Adams, James Clavell
Favorite Drink - Coffee
Favorite TV Show - Battlestar Galactica(remake)
Favorite Movies - stuff by Alfred Hitchcock, Tarantino, various
Favorite Music - VGM, house, various

edit: updated dec. 2010

[Erinu]

Name - Andew Anderson
Location - Manchester
Age - 23
Hobbies - video games, eating
Initials For Score Entry - ABA,
First Shmup Played - Raiden
Favorite Shmups - Touhou, Mushihimesama, Daioujou, Dodonpachi, Ikaruga
Least Favorite Shmup - Mars Matrix
First Shmup owned - Raiden DX (PS1)
Latest purchase - Raiden Fighters Aces
Favourite Shmup Ship - Progear
Favorite Shmup Boss - Mushihimesama Stage 5
Shmups Most Wished to Play - Ketsui, Raiden Fighters Aces
Systems I own - SMS, Megadrive 2x, SNES 2x, N64, Saturn, PS1, PS2 2x, DC, 360

Favorite Non-Shooter games ICO, Gitaroo Man, Bomberman, N+, Metal Slug series,
Most Influential Video game: ICO
Favorite Book - Hogfather, Terry Pratchet
Favorite Drink - Instant chocolate milk
Favorite TV Show - The Daily Show, Two and a Half Men, LOST
Favorite Movies - none
Favorite Music - VGM - Naganuma, Koshiro, Iwadare, Sato, etc.

[Rob]

Age - 22

UPDATE

Age - 26
What's awesome: Mars Matrix, Psikyo, metal, Lost, The Beach Boys, Resident Evil 4
I want: Takumi DS shooter, Shenmue 3, Yakuza 2 in English, 10 million dollars

Least Favorite Shmup - Mars Matrix

wtf?

[ROBOTRON]

Name - Kinn Henderson
Sex: Male robot
Location - Detroit, MI
Age - 40
height: 6'1
weight: 240
Hobbies - video games, collecting action figures, fishing, boating, R/C
Initials For Score Entry - KIN
First Shmup Played - Space War
Favorite Shmups - Zanac x Zanac, Gradius V, Darius Gaiden, R-Type Delta, Space Megaforce, Axelay, Border Down, Blazing Lazers
Least Favorite Shmup - Deep Blue
First Shmup owned - River Raid
Latest purchase - Last Hope, Blast Wind
Favourite Shmup Ship - Vic Viper
Favorite Shmup Boss - R-Type 3rd stage motherships
Shmups Most Wished to Play - Metal Black, Stardust
Systems I own - Neo Geo, PS2 import, PS1, NES, SNES, Genesis, SMS, DC, GBA, NGP, SS, XB, TG16, N64, Gamecube, O2, 2600
Favorite Non-Shooter games: 2D Fighters
Most Influential Video game: Mr. DO!
Favorite Book - Epoch
Favorite Drink - water
Favorite TV Show - JLU, BTAS, STAS, The Batman, Spiderman 60's, Are you being served?
Favorite Movies - RONIN, Heat, Ninja Scroll, Goku: Midnight Eye, Day after 2morrow
Favorite Music - Acid jazz, old school, electronica
Automobile: 99 Jeep Gran Cherokee 5.2
marital status: M

[Twiddle]

Age - 22

UPDATE

Age - 26
What's awesome: Mars Matrix, Psikyo, metal, Lost, The Beach Boys, Resident Evil 4
I want: Takumi DS shooter, Shenmue 3, Yakuza 2 in English, 10 million dollars

Least Favorite Shmup - Mars Matrix

wtf?

Also:

Hobbies - video games, eating

[Rob]

I didn't want to say anything.

[Erinu]

Least Favorite Shmup - Mars Matrix

wtf?

I can't stand Mars Matrix, nor can I stand any shmup that's in yoko and tries to be fullscreen to make it seem like more of a game. The bursting attack, the shield, the electronic music.. yeah.

And my mother's a chef so yes, I love eating.

[sven666]

heh.. 3 years later and the only thing thats changed is my age
i guess i wouldnt pick ESPrade on my favourites list anymore and ofcourse by now ive played Ibara.. but other than that.. same old same old.

[Rob]

nor can I stand any shmup that's in yoko and tries to be fullscreen to make it seem like more of a game.

Not sure what you mean.

[Ed Oscuro]

sounds like horis to me

or Salamander's second stage?

[Erinu]

nor can I stand any shmup that's in yoko and tries to be fullscreen to make it seem like more of a game.

Not sure what you mean.

I don't like vertical shooters that are full screen. It's just a personal taste issue, but I guess I shouldn't get picky considering this is a niche genre (then again, everyone here is picky.)

[worstplayer]

Name - Paul S.
Sex: Male
Location - Bratislava, Slovakia
Age - 24
height: 170-something cm
weight: 75kg
Hobbies - games, graphics, music
Initials For Score Entry - WPL
First Shmup Played - Armored Scrum Object
Favorite Shmups - Bakraid, Dodonpachi... (see my top 10)
Least Favorite Shmup - all memorizers
First Shmup owned - River Raid
Latest purchase - Steel Saviour (see "Least Favorite Shmup")
Favourite Shmup Ship - Ikaruga
Favorite Shmup Boss - Cyvern 2nd boss
Shmups Most Wished to Play - DDP DOJ, DDP Daifukkatsu, Ketsui
Systems I own - Megadrive, PSX(broken), 2600, PC
Systems I want - Dreamcast, PSX(fixed)
Favorite Non-Shooter games: FPS, run&gun
Most Influential Video game: DDP
Favorite Book - manuals
Favorite Drink - beer, vodka
Favorite TV Show - random stuff on Youtube.
Favorite Movies - Matrix, Rambo, Robocop and other dumb action flicks
Favorite Music - psytrance, rock, metal(no extreme subgenres plz), drum'n'bass, happy hardcore
Automobile: rusty Skoda 105
marital status: not

[Etrian]

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[Zebra Airforce]

Name - Ryan
Sex: Male
Location - Arizona
Age - 19
height: 6'2"-6'4" (not sure)
weight: don't know

Hobbies - whining, procrastinating, games, music, doodling, really a bunch of stuff, maybe too much

Initials For Score Entry - R.M

First Shmup Played - Some NES shmup, I think it might have been Abadox

Favorite Shmups - Ibara, RFJ, Super Spacefortress Macross II, Spirit Collect, Gradius Gaiden, Blood Brothers, Mushihime sama Arrange

Least Favorite Shmup - Doujin shmups with hitboxes in akward places represented by a tiny red square that easily dissappears into the player sprite.

First Shmup owned - Ikaruga, I think
Latest purchase - Nanostray 2
Favourite Shmup Ship - Ixion
Favorite Shmup Boss - They all must die

Shmups Most Wished to Play - Super Spacefortress Macross II (emulation is crappy), Ketsui, Muchi Muchi Pork, Border Down, Mamoru (praying it has the DNA of RFJ in it), Ibara Black Label, Raiden IV, Futari... Essentially all of the new ones I can't have

Systems I own - NES, SNES, N64, Gamecube, Wii, Gameboy, Gameboy Pocket, Gameboy Color, Gameboy Advance (screen scratched to hell), 2 DSs (both handicapped), Genesis, Dreamcast, Neo Geo Pocket, PS2 (2 of them), PSP, 360
Systems I want - JP 360

Favorite Non-Shooter games: Puzzle, Rythm, Platforming, Run 'n Gun, Racing, Fighting, Adventure

Most Influential Video game: Ikaruga, as it got me interested in arcade games and ended up making me the horribly jaded and defensive gamer I've become today.

Favorite Book - I guess those Brian Jacques fantasy books with the mouses who fight with swords I used to love so much

Favorite Drink - Various juices, partial to tangerine, peach, mango, cranberry, apple, and orange. I also like water alot, and the occasional Ginger Ale or Root Beer.

Favorite TV Show - Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job

Favorite Movies - Alot of cheesy action flicks, love corny/cheap kung-fu movies, mushy stuff is good, Strangers With Candy, Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy, and others.

Favorite Music - Electronic, Video Game, Chip, Butt Rock (seriously), Bossa Nova, and various sub genres I'm too lazy to list.

Automobile: None
marital status: Heh

[Lordstar]

Name - Matthew Lord

Sex: male

Location - Liverpool UK

Age - 31/03/1981 (im almost 27)

height: 6ft precisley

weight: dont weigh myself but my doc said about 2 months back I was underweight but healthy.

Hobbies - video games, making tees, DJ'n, drawing

Initials For Score Entry - LSX

First Shmup Played - R-type

Favorite Shmups - Gradius , Ikaruga , Trigger heart , R-type final,Mushime samma, Parodious guys and blazing star

Least Favorite Shmup - not sure last hope

First Shmup owned - blazing star . . Wich i went on to sell

Latest purchase - some little gashpon ships also I in the process of choosing a Gshock (i collect them when my wallet is a bit fat)

Favourite Shmup Ship - the ship in blazing star with the flame spark type thing. Also I like the parodious guys

Favorite Shmup Boss - Progear first boss (cyber punk theme is awesome)

Shmups Most Wished to Play - Munchi munchi pork.

Systems I own - MVS cabinet, dreamcast, PS2 , XBOX , PC

Favorite Non-Shooter games: 2D Fighters and puzzles

Most Influential Video game: Street Fighter 2 then final fight then puzzle bobble.

Favorite Book - My familly and other animals

Favorite Drink - Coke (not pepsi thats shit)

Favorite TV Show - Moral Orel, south park and a shit load of anime (too much to list) also twin peaks

Favorite Movies - Laputia

Favorite Music - UK D&B, Hip Hop, Metal, Electro . . Pretty much
everything apart from country

Automobile: A shitty cleo. When i pass my test I may get something a little special. . . im thinking japanese

marital status: single.

Job: I make apparel for small business I also make custom tees.

most like to say: fuck yeah!

First game owned: who framed roger rabbit for the PC

First arcade board owned: darkstalkers (but the guy never shipped it
despite it being mine becuase i payed for it) an MVS cart (likely samurai showdown 2 shortly after that vampire savior)

[Skykid]

Name - Tom
Sex: Male
Location - United Kingdom
Age - 26
height: 5,6? (actually not sure, I'm short though.)
weight: 11,5 st
Hobbies - Hardcore gaming and paying loads of money for out-dated games that are really old. Also like film, writing and illustration.
Initials For Score Entry - TOM
First Shmup Played - There's a question. Gun.Smoke on the NES I reckon, I consider that a shmup.
Marital Status - With a hot chick long term.
Employment: Game journalist

Favorite Shmups - DDP DOJ BL, ESP II, Progear, Gradius V
Least Favorite Shmup - Ghost Pilots
First Shmup owned - Giga Wing
Latest purchase - MMP
Least favourite Shmup Ship - Truxton. Its a dumb size and shape for avoiding bullets.
Favourite Shmup Ship: Gradius 5 Vic Viper
Favorite Shmup Boss - Be praying, be praying, be praying (that one.)
Shmups Most Wished to Play - DFK BL
Most overrated shmup: Ikaruga.

Updated and removed out of date and embarassing rubbish.

[dpful]

NAME: David Payne
AGE: 32
LOCATION: Downtown Salt Lake City Utah in 3000 sq. ft. zombie attacked shithole building, slowly being renovated into fine mansion with arcade in basement (so I guess I'm a construction worker).
OCCUPATION: Music Teacher-- directing 20 kids 10 to 15 in a Doors tribute concert right now.
HOBBIES: Rock and Roll, Shmups-- play the keytar an a group. Plus the Guitorgan in another, and sing and play guitar in a few (drums in another one one).
FAMILY: Wife, 2 one-year-old girls
FIRST FAV SHMUP: 2 player lifeforce on NES, 30 lives.
LIKE TO READ: Pulp horror and barbarians like HP Lovecraft and Robert Howard.
LIKE TO WATCH: Thundar the Barbarian

FAV SHMUPS: Dodonpachi dai ou jou, Gradius IV, Shienryu, Darius Gaiden, Turboforce

ARCADE STUFF: Have a lot but am slowly moving to emulation and gonna sell a lot of it.

OFFICIAL TITLES:
I guess
father, husband, musician, music teacher, music producer, shmup collector, shmup fanatic, pulp short stories nerd, reverend (so I could marry some friends once- I suppose that's the only OFFICIAL title ha ha), nerd (I only own black pants and black t-shirts).

[Lordstar]

TOM (blessed with a name that fits the high score table.)

Its not a blessing I can assure you! I used to do MAT but then this otehr guy in my local town (likely more used to use that name too) I would imagine theres a few TOMs out there

[Machinehead]

Name - Justin
Location - Canada
Age - 23, I actually had to check my license for that
Hobbies - games and lots of 'em, and designing board games
Initials For Score Entry - MH

First Shmup Played - Gradius (NES)
Favorite Shmups - I actually don't know, guess I'm still looking for one
First Shmup owned - Gradius V
Favorite Shmup Character - Vic Viper
Favorite Shmup Bomb - The black hole from Darrius Gaiden
Shmup Most Wished to Play - Any in an actual arcade

Favorite Food - Beef, chicken, fish
Favorite Drink - Jagermeister
Favorite TV Shows - Law and Order: SVU
Favorite Movies - 13th Warrior, The Vikings, 300, Beowulf, Call of Cthulhu, Dagon, anything Zombies
Favorite Music - Viking/Power/Death Metal
Favorite Singer - Bruce Dickinson, Eric Adams, King Diamond

Preferred Shmup Character's Attributes - A clear hitpoint, Options (or some kind of secondary fire) and an impressive looking forward shot

[Skykid]

TOM (blessed with a name that fits the high score table.)

Its not a blessing I can assure you! I used to do MAT but then this otehr guy in my local town (likely more used to use that name too) I would imagine theres a few TOMs out there

Hey Lordy, don't go raining on my parade!

To be honest, all the other Tom's have had the exact same Idea as you, so have all changed their tags to something else, leaving me as the only Tom on the high-score tables, probably in the world. Well, at least on the games I play anyway.

[JoshF]

Name - Josh Funt
Location - United States
Age - 20
Initials For Score Entry - ASS

First Shmup played: Ikaruga
Favorite Shumps: Thunder Dragon, Master of Weapon, Platypus
Favorite Shmup Character: The Ikaruga
Favorite Song: Dishwalla - Counting Blue Cars
Favorite Bands: Chavelle, Taproot, Switchfoot, Everclear
Favorite TV Show: Hangin' With Mr. Cooper, Yo Momma, Robot Chicken
Favorite Gaming Websites, GameSpot, GameFaqs

[Battletoad]

Nice topic that I found here.

Name - Mark
Age - 23
Location - Germany (Görlitz)
Hobbies - music, playing guitar, video games, movies, writing reviews, cycling, basketball

Systems I own - PC, Super Nintendo, Sega Mega Drive, Sega Dreamcast
Most wanted systems - Playstation 2, Xbox 360
Favourite genres - Shoot 'em Up, Sidescrolling Beat 'em Up, Action
Favourite games (other) - Contra: Hard Corps, Streets of Rage 2, Donkey Kong Country 2, Zelda: A Link to the Past, MDK 2, Soul Calibur, Battletoads (Arcade), Thief: The Dark Project, Thief II: The Metal Age, Gothic 1 & 2, Max Payne 1 & 2, Crazy Taxi
First system owned - Sega Master System II (around 1995)
First games owned - Alex Kidd in Miracle World, Sonic the Hedgehog (MS)

Initials for score entry - BTO
First shmup played/owned - Axelay (in 2007)
Favourite shmup developers - Takumi, Psikyo, Technosoft
Favourite shmups - Zero Gunner 2, Giga Wing 1 & 2, Thunder Force III & IV, Gunbird 2, Mars Matrix
Favourite shmup ships - Hokum, X-36, Rynex, Hellfire
Favourite shmup characters - Romi, Chery, Isha, Koyori, almost everyone from Gunbird 2
Favourite shmup boss - Zero Gunner 2 stage 6, Axelay final boss
Most wanted shmups - Homura, Mushihimesama Futari, Shikigami no Shiro 2

Favourite bands - Moonsorrow, Turisas, Finntroll, Waltari, Breach, Drudkh, Dark Fortress, Vader
Favourite video game composers - various Konami staff, Akira Yamaoka, Yuzo Koshiro, Dave Wise, Alberto José González, Eric Brosius, Jesper Kyd, Toshiharu Yamanishi, Tatsuya Uemura
Favourite movies - Back to the Future 1 & 2, Die Hard 1 & 3, True Lies, Braindead, The Lord of the Rings, Desperado, Saw, The Naked Gun 2 1/2, Hot Shots! 2
Favourite TV shows - Lost, South Park, Spongebob Squarepants, Ren & Stimpy, Invader Zim, Kalkofes Mattscheibe

[mesh control]

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[raigon50]

Name - Kyle Dock
Location - Parsons, KS USA
Age - 16 (a young shmuper)
Hobbies - Anime, Making Music, Shmups, Hunting down rare video games my friends never heard of and taunt them with them.
Initials For Score Entry - RAI

First Shmup Played - First one remembered: Gradius III (SNES) / First on played: Blood Money (AMIGA)
Favorite Shmups - Dimahoo, Daioh, Gradius series, R-Type series (includeing FINAL), Silpheed, Battle ____ series, Thunderforce series,

Touhou series, Blue Wish Ressurrection PLUS, Edens Aegis, Raiden, Ikaruga, Truxton I & II (Hope to see a III someday), RSG, dammit there

are others but this list will become extremely long...
First Shmup owned - same as first ones played
Shmup Characters - Solo Bang from Dimahoo
Shmup Bombs - The Truxton bombs
Shmup Most Wished to Play - Mushihimesama Futari

Food - Chinese, Ramen, and Pocky
Drinks - Water
TV Shows - Anime, Futurama, Anime, King of the Hill, Anime
Movies - I don't go to the movies often enough to make a list.
Singers - The singer from Kamelot, and that chick who sings for Shibayan
Hilary Duff or Lindsay Lohan - Space Ghost

Preferred Shmup Character's Attributes - Something that has a wide-spread shot with medium speed, or a straight forward beam with a homing

side shot.

[ratlhead]

Name: Mert
Age: 28
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Initials for Score Entry: RTH / MER
Hobbies: Music, playing guitar, video games, papercraft

Music: Paradise Lost, The Gathering, Katatonia
Movies: A History of Violence, Videodrome, Lost Highway, The Unforgiven, Somersault in a Coffin, My Neighbor Totoro, Ghost in the Shell
T.V. Shows: House M.D., Bones
Books: Discworld Series by Terry Pratchet
Foods: Chicken Ramen, Turkish cuisine
Drinks: Red wine, Gin-tonic, Ice tea, Pepsi Twist

Shmups: Dodonpachi Daioujou, Espgaluda, Sengoku Blade, Gunbird 2, Thunder Force III, Thunder Force V, Ikaruga, Gradius V
Shmup Ships: TFV RVR-02 Vambrace, Vic Viper
Shmup Bosses: Gradius Big Core, TFV Rynex/Vasteel Original
Shmup Characters: Ageha (Espgaluda), Junis (Sengoku Blade)

Other video games: Shinobi (PS2), Shinobi (ARC), Fatal Fury Special, Street Fighter Alpha 3, Psychonauts, Gabriel Knight. Sins of the Fathers, Policenauts, Shadow Hearts, Phantasy Star IV, Ratchet & Clank 2, Sonic 3, Yakuza 2, Shenmue II, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Metal Gear Solid, Puyo Puyo Tsu, Assasins Creed II