Svens Ketsui Challenge! - MAY 17th!! - video update 081119!!

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:19 am

yeah i had pretty good response from the last meet i hosted and i got a kickass idea for the next one, game in focus this time will be Ketsui and the tournament prize will be cash just like last time.
50SEK entrance fee that goes straight into the pot.

after debating with my fellow countrymen we decided on a date.
MAY 17th

anyone here interested in attending? good/bad dates?
any questions, thoughts, ideas?

ed: for all of you thinking of atending here are some hostels you can look into:
http://www.goteborgsvandrarhem.se/
http://www.slottsskogenvh.se/
http://www.minihotel.se/

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:41 am

mulletgeezer and his friend came over last time and i learned two things from that:

1, it is possible to fly to gothenburg with ryanair for practically no money at all if you book about a month in advance.

2, there are very cheap hostels but they also have to be booked a month in advance.

PROMETHEUS · Post by **PROMETHEUS** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:59 am

sweden + shmups... ownage! ^^

I may well be interested, depends on the date and the games that would be available~! I have no chance at Ketsui since I have no access to it though :p How about a DDP tournament ?!?! ^__^ (j/k)

Last week end of april should be good for me. Almost any week end is I think...

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:27 am

my setup for this meet wil ofcourse be bigger and badder than the last meet

ill have 3 cabs running ketsui back-to-back for the tournament (sorry no other tournament games thistime).

ill have 1 cab for highres stuff (typex, naomi) and 1 dedicated cocktail for horisontal games.
and 2 or 3 egret 2s for running whatever JAMMA the people attending feel like. (most games available)

you are very welcome prometheus, i would love to see you play!

PROMETHEUS · Post by **PROMETHEUS** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:34 am

wow that's a lot but wtf do you have 3 ketsui boards ? @___@

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:02 pm

PROMETHEUS wrote:wow that's a lot but wtf do you have 3 ketsui boards ? @___@

lol no im perfectly content with one.. the other two are from local friends of mine.
after years of relentless shmups plugging im finally starting to have an effect on my surroundings

mulletgeezer · Post by **mulletgeezer** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 12:27 pm

I doubt I'll be able to make this one as I have two holidays planned within the next 3 montrhs already, but I'd strongly recommend this to anyone else who's interested as Sven is the shmuphost ever

Also for anyone interested in other games (especially fighting games, RTS and FPS) Stockholm is worth checking out as there's an excellent games centre there - my friend and I had two evenings of top notch gaming for free

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:25 pm

too bad you wont make it MG would have been nice to have you over again, you have a solid Ketsui HS aswell!

thanx for the praise aswell, im glad you guys enjoyed your stay

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 2:41 pm

some of the swedish fellas have suggested MAY 3rd for the meet, anyone have any objections with that date?

Post by **Dave_K.** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 3:46 pm

I recommend a head-to-head stage 1 chip collection (ala "Ketsui Cup") challenga, as that was a hit at one of my past shmupmeets. Good luck with the meet Sven!

Segafan4life · Post by **Segafan4life** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 2:14 pm

How much for a plane ticket form the US?

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:14 pm

Segafan4life wrote:How much for a plane ticket form the US?

i have no idea mate.

cool idea Dave but the comp will be a balls-to-the-wall score comp im afraid, im hoping for some fierce competiton!

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 8:40 pm

date is set, may 17th.

btw ill have plenty of egret 2s for sale at about this time so if anyone wants a couple of those it'd be a good time to do a trip to sweden!

ptoing · Post by **ptoing** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 3:54 am

Damn, it's on my birthday

I am rubbish at Ketsui, given i only played it a couple of times, but I would enjoy playing some shmups I do not have general access to and meeting more shmups people. The Londonmeet was great fun.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:49 am

ptoing wrote:Damn, it's on my birthday

I am rubbish at Ketsui, given i only played it a couple of times, but I would enjoy playing some shmups I do not have general access to and meeting more shmups people. The Londonmeet was great fun.

yeah im still really dissapointed i missed it

hey what better way to spend your birthday than in shooter heaven

haha..

ptoing · Post by **ptoing** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:13 pm

Well, I do not celebrate my birthdays since I am 16, getting older is no achievement, not in the civilised Western world anyway.

There are good chances I will be coming.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:58 pm

ptoing wrote:Well, I do not celebrate my birthdays since I am 16, getting older is no achievement, not in the civilised Western world anyway.

There are good chances I will be coming.

you are welcome

let me know if you have any questions or if you need help organising your stay.

ptoing · Post by **ptoing** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:14 pm

Ta, where exactly will the meet take place? I would have to fly to Stockholm (Skavsta), which is the only destination in Sweden the closest Ryanair to me flies to. I would prolly come earlier and stay longer at a friend near Stockholm.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:34 am

ptoing wrote:Ta, where exactly will the meet take place? I would have to fly to Stockholm (Skavsta), which is the only destination in Sweden the closest Ryanair to me flies to. I would prolly come earlier and stay longer at a friend near Stockholm.

i live in Gothenburg which is on the other side of Sweden, plenty of trains and airplanes between stockholm and gothenburg tho, mulletgeezer and his friend did the same trip when they were over earlier this year, not sure what the cost of the trainride was?

mulletgeezer · Post by **mulletgeezer** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:37 am

The train cost about 750 SEK each - quite pricey but that was first class (just nu 1 klass i think it's called, first class but without a meal) which was very nice, a youth ticket in 2nd class on the fast train was about 500 SEK I think. I'd say it would be better to take a flight for anyone young enough to qualify for a youth ticket.

I also landed at Skavsta; anyone who plans to go via that airport should be aware it's actually over 100 miles from stockholm and for me the bus ride into the city took nearly as long as the flight from England

PROMETHEUS · Post by **PROMETHEUS** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:00 pm

I could take a train to Marseilles and then fly to Gotenbug with Ryannair but what I heard about Ryannair from the people who wanted to go to the London Meet is not very engaging --;

Do they tell you several days in advance if your flight is cancelled ?

ptoing · Post by **ptoing** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:06 pm

Hm, how old can you be max for a youth ticket (I am 28 on the 17th of May) But 500 sek would be ok, I do not need 1st class. Poo that ryanair does not go to Gotenburg from Stockholm :/

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Wed Mar 12, 2008 8:52 pm

ptoing wrote:Hm, how old can you be max for a youth ticket (I am 28 on the 17th of May) But 500 sek would be ok, I do not need 1st class. Poo that ryanair does not go to Gotenburg from Stockholm :/

its 25 and under im afraid

prometheus> yeah ryan air suck bigtime but to be honest if you pay £10 for the ticket its worth a shot, i was looking for tickets like a madman after mine got cancelled and the closest competitor was like £250

PROMETHEUS · Post by **PROMETHEUS** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:01 am

yeah I could get tickets for quite cheap but the important point is : will they tell me before I am in Marseilles if my flight is cancelled, and less importantly will they refund me ?

mulletgeezer · Post by **mulletgeezer** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 12:46 pm

ptoing wrote:Hm, how old can you be max for a youth ticket (I am 28 on the 17th of May) But 500 sek would be ok, I do not need 1st class. Poo that ryanair does not go to Gotenburg from Stockholm :/

1st class is really cool - you get unlimited drinks, a massive bowl of fruit and free fast internet access for the whole journey, also the seats are excellent. There is another type of train you can take that's about half the price I think, but the journey takes around 5 hours

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:55 pm

as an added bonus this meet will take place at my new adress, located right in the middle of Gothenburg within walking distance of just about everything!

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:07 pm

This is in the middle of the week I had to plan for vacation (had to plan this last november already)...

Though I'll not be able to challenge you a lot, I'd love to come over and be a part of this.

If you don't mind me coming over I can book for that time...

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:23 pm

Super Laydock wrote: If you don't mind me coming over I can book for that time...

i dont mind at all, in fact i encourage it, you are very welcome

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Tue Mar 25, 2008 3:53 pm

Why not make this another international meet?

For the peeps out of the UK (for example) it's only a few bucks for the flight.
If someone (or more ppl) contacts me well in advance, we could book a room somewhere together.
If this isn't possible for whatever reasons, hostels can be a cheap alternative (I staid almost week in london in january for under 100 Euro in a top class hostel so Gotenburg should be doable as well).

Come on people, a few days of Sweden could be good for anyone (into tall blond girls

).

I am waiting till after the 1st week of April to book rooms so let me know if interested. We all could work something out.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:52 am

Super Laydock wrote:Why not make this another international meet?

I am waiting till after the 1st week of April to book rooms so let me know if interested. We all could work something out.

excellent initiative, step up folks!

i can easily get a list of hostels here in gothenburg, i think the cheapest i found for mulltegeezer was about €20 a night, looked like a pretty decent standard on the place aswell, everyone speaks english here but lmk if you guys need any help with anything.