London Casino Crew meets (RIP the Arcade)

[Illyrian]

I won't be doing vocals James, There is a court order against me ever doing that again.

[JDE]

Casino Crew Monthly Meet #01

Date: Saturday 26th July
Time: 3PM - Late
Venue: The HoG (AKA The Heart of Gaming)
Website & Map: http://www.theheartofgaming.com
Nearest Tube Station: North Acton

It's been a long time coming, but regular Casino Crew meets are back! Come down to The HoG on the last Saturday of each month for an epic gaming session: shmups, fighters, racers, rhythm games, light-gun games... the works! Entry is £10, then you can stay until closing and all the machines are on free play.

It would be great to have as many of the Crew (and guests too) as possible for the first of our new monthly meets - let's make it a big one!

[Blinge]

Provisional yes from me, i might not be able to make it

[Illyrian]

I'm there!

[PAPER/ARTILLERY]

I'm in Leeds this weekend

[PAPER/ARTILLERY]

Actually, does anyone know if there's an arcade in Leeds at all? Seems possible.

[Rupert H]

I'm definitely up for this Saturday. Who else is up for it? Will? Dan?

[dan76]

I'd like to go but I've a ton of work to get done. Might be able to make it down for a couple of hours in the evening. Will people be bringing games?

[Illyrian]

I can bring various Cave shmups and my arcade stick but there is also House of the Dead I on an arcade cab with 2 guns and a bunch of other interesting stuff in house as well!

[Geist]

Hello guys, I might come down too, as I have always wanted to check this place out.
Will there be a possibility to play Muchi Muchi Pork?

Hyper Japan is also on, anyone going?

[MX7]

I'd love to come. £10 is a bit steep but haven't seen you guys in aaaaaaages...

@geist Oh wow I went to Hyper Japan last year with HZT and it was awesome. Actually it sucked but we got really drunk and got lots of free badges and other tat.

[nuskool]

I'm in London for the day and was planning to pop along later. Probably won't have met any of you guys before (unless there's anyone going that went to Stunfest) so if you see a guy with a black rucksack/glasses/short hair wondering around please say hello.

[Illyrian]

Going to be there at 2.30 ish, or thereabouts.

HOTD beckons!

Edit: I'm bringing some xbox shmups but NOT my arcade stick as I don't have space in my backpack with the other stuff.

[JDE]

Hello guys, I might come down too, as I have always wanted to check this place out. Will there be a possibility to play Muchi Muchi Pork?

Hope you can make it Geist! I'm not sure if The HoG have Muchi Muchi Pork, but they do have some 360 setups, so if someone brings it you can definitely play it. Illyrian, are you taking any porky goodness with you?

I'm in London for the day and was planning to pop along later. Probably won't have met any of you guys before (unless there's anyone going that went to Stunfest).

To make it easy for anyone new to find the other shmuppers, I'm bringing a messenger bag with a big sign saying "Casino Crew" taped to it: that'll be with me all day, so come and say hi if you see that and I can introduce you to the rest of the Casino Crew!

[Rupert H]

What time are people getting there? Give me a list of 360 shmups you what to see there and I'll bring them along.

[JDE]

Illyrian, Blinge and I are here now - if you could bring the original Mushi and Pork that'd be awesome Rupert!

[Rupert H]

Sure guys. I'll be leaving in the next 30 mins.

[DEL]

Missed it, Dammit.
I'll be round da HoG this week though, Tues, Weds, Thurs.
I have X360 Pork with me of course.

[Blinge]

So most of HoG's vert shmups were lent to Hyper Japan on saturday, bit of a shame.
Mark's asked us to give him some advance warning next time we show up, I'll volunteer to do that.

Twinkle Star Sprites is pretty cool, I enjoyed using my shmup skillzz to challenge and destroy anyone i saw playing.. except for JDE.

[JDE]

We had a pretty good turnout on Saturday with myself, Illyrian, Blinge, Rupert H and Nuskool - good to meet you dude! As Blinge said, a lot of the verts were being loaned to Hyper Japan which is a bit of a shame, but The HoG's owner Mark Starkey said that if we let him know when the next big meet is, he can make sure that there's a good selection of shmups for us when we arrive: the more of us that show up, the more we'll get.

Spadgy, could you please update the OP to say that the Casino Crew now have a regular Monthly Meet at The HoG, on the last Saturday of each month?

[DEL]

Walked round to Da HoG last night like a Schmuck . Closed on Thursdays now, used to be Mondays.
Anyway, back for a week in a week's time. Will drop by.

[Mills]

Too tired to make the 1hr plus journey after work. Anyone take any photos or video footage?

[JDE]

Blinge took some photos at the last Monthly Meet, but I'm not sure if they're online yet.

[JDE]

The official Space Moth Pre-release thread is live! Check it out:
http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=51158

[Blinge]

http://imgur.com/a/IpxLr

Took some shots of the arcade itself. Be warned: I'm no photographer.

[Aliquantic]

I will probably be gone on the last Saturday of this month (the 30th) I might drop by on the 23th if anybody will be around, but it looks like pretty awful timing.

[JDE]

Don't think I'll be able to make it on the 23rd Aliquantic, sorry.

[DEL]

Went to da HoG after SVB, the right side flooded the day after SVB so Simeon and Starkey weren't too happy. Played some Border Down. Went to Las Vegas arcade again and saw Gunbird and Raiden II and a tall guy named Toby who seems to be trying hard to make the downstairs work.

[Mills]

Wet weather has been on and off over the past couple of weeks, hope the damaged caused wasn't too bad.

[DEL]

Mills - It OFF'D one side of the arcade room, but I not sure how badly..?. Starkey had those machines switched off as a precaution.