You know you're a shmupaholic when....

Zweihander · Post by **Zweihander** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:31 am

you swat a bee or wasp, and mutter, "Fucking Hibachi..."

You watch TV in TATE.
+1 if you're just too lazy to re-flip the TV.
+2 if there are cobwebs present in said TATE setup.

You can predict the enemy patterns at the beginning of a shmup you've never played. (i.e. the left-right-left-right pattern for verts, or up-down-up-down *coughGradius* for hori's)

You have over 50 hours clocked into Ikaruga.
+10 if you actually 1CC the damn game within those first 50 hours.

you cream your pants upon the mention of a new Cave title.
+1 if you actually emit any love-juice at the mention of a new Cave title.

you take a $18 Team Shanghai Alice game and spend well over $1k making a dedicated cabinet for it.

you plan to get a Japanese X360 for the sole purpose of playing RSG3.

....any more? c'mon people, let's see what ya got!

And feel free to use Hibachi.
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Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:42 am

-You stop playing the game when you lose your last life.
+10 pts. if you did not lose a life.

-You write down your score so you can post it on shmups forum.
+10 pts. for a good score.

Feeling creative today.

Neo Rasa · Post by **Neo Rasa** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:46 am

When you despise SCEA.

When you realize that the only music in your car is shmup music.

When walking around in public you refer to your small children as options.

When half the games you play in a given day have 19 in the title.

When measure with dal instead of feet.

When you rush through EVERYTHING as if it's a time attack.

When you refer to dealing with a large number of co-workers at once as a boss rush.

When you own more games developed by Cave than by Square, Konami and Capcom combined.

SAM · Post by **SAM** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 8:14 am

Neo Rasa wrote:When you own more games developed by Cave than by Square, Konami and Capcom combined.

YES!!! I am not a shmupaholic.

Since I own, more Konami games (mainly Gradius and Parodius series plus Axelay, Twin Bees, Trigon) than Cave's.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 8:18 am

-When you get excited that Cave has announced a new game.

-When you pre-order Cave games.

-When you put Cave artwork in your signature at shmups forum.

UnscathedFlyingObject · Sat Jan 21, 2006 8:25 am

-When everything you play has to have that Shmuppy feeling.

Shmups have ruined me. I can't play anything that's not fast paced, adrenaline pumping anymore.

Ramus · Post by **Ramus** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 8:28 am

-When you pay over $1000.00 USD for a single game.

-When you are willing to pay over $50.00 USD for a flyer which is just a piece of paper with pictures on it.

-When at least 50% of your games are shmups.

DC906270 · Post by **DC906270** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 8:59 am

When walking around in public you refer to your small children as options.

heh

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 10:07 am

-When you think about who to save first in the event of a fire: your kids or your shmups. (Sorry, it's late)

-When you go to the gym and hit the punching bag and you count each punch as: "One chain, two chain, three chain..."

-If you're a swinger, and assign multiplier values to each consecutive girl you've nailed during the month.

(+10 points of you keep pictures of them with the value written over them.)

-When you grab a Pocky stick and pretend to conduct the orchestra (It's all synths, though) while listening to the Ikaruga soundtrack.

-When you have actually named someone to inherit your shmup collection on your last will.

-When you cheer a friend on a drinking contest with "Just a couple more shots!"

it290 · Post by **it290** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 10:43 am

-You make a friend play 'training sessions' of a game by themselves until they're good enough to play 2p with you.

-You wake up a couple of hours early in the morning just so that you can have a couple cups of coffee and get a few runs in during the 'prime time' before work.

Edge · Post by **Edge** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 10:44 am

...When you try to explain the police officer, that your car didn't collide with the school bus. That this has to be a bug because your hitbox was out of it's range.

sjewkestheloon · Post by **sjewkestheloon** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 11:43 am

+5 if the bottom of your left hand and the little finger of your right hand are extended by at least a few millimeters due to excessive joystick wiggling and button pounding hardskin friction. reverse if your are a lefty.

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 11:54 am

- When you can't sleep at night, because you keep seeing swirly blue and pink bullet patterns.

- When you English spelling and grammar and are become messed up to the full extent of the jam.

- When you install Sanwa buttons as lightswitches in your apartment.

- When you practice on the Takahashi Meijin Button-Mash-O-Meter everytime you ride the bus.

Plasmo · Post by **Plasmo** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 11:58 am

- When you can't sleep at night, because you keep seeing swirly blue and pink bullet patterns.

happened to me yesterday with mushi ultra patterns......

Edge · Post by **Edge** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 12:09 pm

Seven Force wrote:- When you can't sleep at night, because you keep seeing swirly blue and pink bullet patterns.

Had this several times, too.

if the bottom of your left hand and the little finger of your right hand are extended by at least a few millimeters

My thumbs are pretty extended, because of playing a lot of fighting games with joypads in the late 90's.

SAM · Post by **SAM** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 12:20 pm

Edge wrote:...When you try to explain the police officer, that your car didn't collide with the school bus. That this has to be a bug because your hitbox was out of it's range.

I like this.

ccovell · Post by **ccovell** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 1:22 pm

- when you know what path to weave around people while walking on the street, from here to 100 yards ahead.

- when fireworks festivals make you want to play games after you get home

- when Japanese festivals make you want to play Kikikaikai after you get home.

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 2:20 pm

+1 If you still still own a Genesis, Saturn, and Dreamcast, and no PS2, and all the games you own are shmups.

+1 If you have no shmup friends in real life.

+1 When you spend most of your money on imports

FRO · Post by **FRO** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 3:47 pm

Specineff wrote:When you have actually named someone to inherit your shmup collection on your last will.

Classic. Actually, I've thought about this...

-When you cheer a friend on a drinking contest with "Just a couple more shots!"[/quote]

ROFLMBO!!!

freddiebamboo · Post by **freddiebamboo** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 3:58 pm

Seven Force wrote:When you English spelling and grammar and are become messed up to the full extent of the jam.

I like

PsikyoPshumpPshooterP · Sat Jan 21, 2006 4:37 pm

the only time you turn on your ps2 is to play your shmups on a tated computer monitor via VGA

your shmups are the only cd's that arent stratched

you have a weird fascination wth choaniki

PsikyoPshumpPshooterP · Sat Jan 21, 2006 4:38 pm

edit:oops double post

Blade · Post by **Blade** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 4:48 pm

.....

What's this about RSG3????

Did someone say Radiant Silvergun!? *ears perk up*

Alpolio · Post by **Alpolio** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 5:09 pm

You turn down a canoe ride with a hot red-head because you're too busy playing a new hand-held shmup that someone brought to the lake-side party.

Yeah... it actually happened to me once.

Zweihander · Post by **Zweihander** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 5:12 pm

ccovell wrote:- when you know what path to weave around people while walking on the street, from here to 100 yards ahead.

- when fireworks festivals make you want to play games after you get home

...You got me. o__O yes, I think manic shmups have improved my crowd-weaving techniques-- which is a good thing, since I frequent Mitsuwa (a Japanese marketplace in Chicago, IL).

As for the fireworks..... "..that one looks like it'd be fun to <i>buzz</i> with...." ...yeah, I actually said that, last 4th of Jully. >_<

Neo Rasa wrote:When you despise SCEA.

When walking around in public you refer to your small children as options.

...you got me there. *H8 for SCEA* ..and although I don't have any kids, I would most likely refer to them as "options" if I did have any. XD You, sir, win an internet.

Edge wrote:...When you try to explain the police officer, that your car didn't collide with the school bus. That this has to be a bug because your hitbox was out of it's range.

This one, too, wins an internet, as well as...

Seven Force wrote:- When you English spelling and grammar and are become messed up to the full extent of the jam.

....because my spoken english has degraded by 10% since I started on shmups. >_< Is the engrish rubbing off on me, or is memorizing bullet patterns, enemy locations, and scoring systems eating up all of my memory? Sometimes I think by brain needs an external hard drive. ...but then I'd end up putting MAME on it.

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 8:27 pm

When your friends, after seeing you play games, think you own 10 copies of the same game.

No matter how drunk/fucked up you are, you can play the first stage of a given shooter perfectly and despite being on the verge of blacking out, you can still play better than your friends.

Ramus · Post by **Ramus** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 8:33 pm

Acid King wrote:When your friends, after seeing you play games, think you own 10 copies of the same game.

No matter how drunk/fucked up you are, you can play the first stage of a given shooter perfectly and despite being on the verge of blacking out, you can still play better than your friends.

Heh heh. That's all my friends (except one) in a nutshell.

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:06 pm

Zweihander wrote:Sometimes I think by brain needs an external hard drive. ...but then I'd end up putting MAME on it.

You win.

Tomtom · Post by **Tomtom** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:08 pm

I had a list of these a while back.

- You meet an Air Force pilot and recommend that he replace his flight yoke with a Sanwa joystick for more precise control

- You soup up your car and drive as fast as possible on the wrong side of the freeway, trying to "1CC I-5"

- You trade in your car for a motorcycle because it has a smaller hitbox

kemical · Post by **kemical** » Sat Jan 21, 2006 9:13 pm

Acid King wrote:When your friends, after seeing you play games, think you own 10 copies of the same game.

lol, thats how everyone is for me, especially the girls, i think in general females see things in different order/ways than males though.