SF Bay Area shmupmeet: March 6th

[Dave_K.]

Another shmupmeet done!

Thanks again to the SoCal crew for making another long roadtrip (Frenetic, AKRATEN, and Dan), and draging along newcomers Gunbu and danox574! Gunbu and Frenetic had a great rivalry going on with Strahl. Dan dominated Joust, setting hefty highscore I'll have to try beating.

Was also nice to meet a few fresh faces this time around, Dunpeal2064 (w/Lisa), kyuzo, and hedorah.

Thanks to Aru-San for livestreaming the event, next time we will be more prepared with drivers for the quickcam.

gs68 rocked Ketsupatchi, and Kitaru racked up some major achievements on Tetris Grand Master 3 for the TypeX.

BER got his first 1CC on Ketsui (PCB), and also rocked pretty much all the 360 port arrange modes.

Thanks to antron for reviving our post lunch shmupping by bringing his jamma-genny, and spare xb360!

And thanks to the regulars Mikhail, Ish, Alec, IlMrm, louisg, and Zach for keeping things lively as usual.

bitkid was the only MIA, so hope everything is ok.

I tweeted a bunch of pics from my iphone, which you can find on my yfrog stream.

[TonK]

Hey, I was kinda there

[Kiselgof]

Another great meetup, thanks Dave! Bunch of a fun as usual and cool people all around.

Yeah, TonK wishes he could be there. He told me he was watching the Livestream for hours

[Alec]

Hey Dave, thanks for hosting again! Hangin' with the shmups crew is always awesome!

[louisg]

Awesome meet! Thanks, Dave, for hosting.. and it's awesome that the shmuppers from LA have become regulars That's an epic roadtrip!

[Kitaru]

...and Kitaru racked up some major achievements on Tetris Grand Master 3 for the TypeX.

Not quite, haha. To be honest, today was a poor day for Tetris; my scores were strictly lower across all modes. I was much happier with my improvements in Ketsui and Robotron.

Thanks again! I had a great time hanging out with everyone and playing games.

[dunpeal2064]

Lisa and I both had a blast, thanks again Dave! It was awesome to meet all you guys.

Im craving some Yagawa now though, and all I have is a garegga demo.

[Aru-san]

Things I remember fondly of the shmupmeet:

- lol Raizing corner AAAAAAAAA
- lol security camera mode again
- *#@% YOU GS68 AND YOUR TROLLING ON STRAHL
- Fuse explosion. RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF MY KETSUPACHI GAME, TOO.
(o hai arcade game talk and stuff)
- 13 million something on Ketsui. Still stuck at Level 2.
- ROFL fruit milking on Hacha Mecha Fighter (at 10K per fruit).
- AAAAA AQUA RUSH GET HYPE
- Pink Sweets, lol inevitable rank manageme--waaait...arrange mode...hey, how do I play this? "Oh, you just use your bomb to rack up your multiplier." Sure, I'll give it a go...(2 games later) AAAAA PINK SWEETS ARRANGE LOOKS AWESOME I WUNA BUY IT >=O
(o hai music industry and going indie talk and stuff)

In other news, videos to come soon on YouTube. All 4 of them (and maybe more, if I feel like exporting my old school camera footage to the comp).

[IlMrm]

Thanks Dave for all your hard work. Great meet guys!

Video one.
Video two.

[BER]

Thanks again for hosting, Dave! I had a great time.

[AKRATEN]

Thanks Dave for having the meet it was awesome.
I had a blast playing so many good games with so many cool people.

[antron]

Was indeed a great time, good to see everone again. Thanks Dave!

[gs68]

More details on my thoughts on the shmupmeet.

[Aru-san]

Here are the four videos from the shmupmeet.

[Frenetic]

Dave_K. and Nina: I remember people asking me at the first meet me and the crew had driven up to from So Cal.

"Wow, you drove up all the way here? And are gonna drive back tonight?"

We did it again, and it was totally worth it. Dave_K. and Nina were ever the gracious hosts. Hats off to Nina, really missed that guacamole dip and the conversation, especially about coordinating a friend's wedding. Great advice. We showed up at 10 am and it was solid playing all day. Awesome to seeing the 8ing/Raizing corner--Battle Bakraid (dang that 1cc was kinda close!) and Armed Police Batrider. Also awesome to be able to play the Pink Sweets/Muchi Muchi Pork AND DFK Black ports on candy cabs. I loved playing Strahl and really trying to take Gunbu's score, I had a little rally towards the end but unfortunately not enough. The joy was in the friendly competition though! I've been playing some UPL shmups on MAME, good stuff. Hacha Mecha Fighter was definitely different and cool to see. Love those cute'em ups. Tetris the Grandmaster 3/Aqua Rush/Joust/Robotron/Stargate cool to see all those other games.

Dave_K. - Again, really thank you for having these meets. Hope you'll be in So. Cal one of these days and we can show you some of our hospitality.

Aru-San - For livestreaming the shmupmeet and posting YouTube with great commentary.

gs68 - Nice meeting you and I hope your shmup panel goes over at Fanime.

BER - Guy is a gentleman and great player. I love his guides and it is sick to watch him play.

IlMrm - Cool seeing you again and thanks so much for your tips. Great Psikyo player.

Kiselgof - Nice running into you man.

segasonicfan - Dang all you "fan" guys look alike. J/k. Cool seeing you rock the Sega titles especially Twinkle Tale.

louisg - Nice meeting you again.

dunpeal2064 - Awesome you came up from Modesto. That's the way to do it!

antron - Thanks for being the jamma Genesis, it was cool to see those games. My eyes have been opened!

hedorah - Thanks for the talk about Blast Citys.

Last but not least, thanks to my buddies who made the ride up - AKRATEN, danox574, Gunbu, and Dan

-the F-man

[J-Manic]

Damnit. I need to quit messing around and attend one of these meets. I'm only an hour away from you, Dave.

[NOAH]

Damnit. I need to quit messing around and attend one of these meets. I'm only an hour away from you, Dave.

You're not the only one. I've been stuck on weekends at my job for a while now and it kills me to see what I'm missing. Any chance of an Akai Katana release meet in May?

[Dave_K.]

J-Manic, you have no excuse.

Any chance of an Akai Katana release meet in May?

I believe Antron may host the next one. It gets too hot in my garage for any meets during the summer, so sometime in the fall will be my next one.

[antron]

J-Manic, you have no excuse.

Any chance of an Akai Katana release meet in May?

I believe Antron may host the next one. It gets too hot in my garage for any meets during the summer, so sometime in the fall will be my next one.

Wow, I didn't even know this was getting a port. We can do this.

[J-Manic]

Dave, the only excuse worthy of making is school and having to share my car with my mom and gf almost everyday. Sucks! :/