SoCal ArcadeMeet at Droids: Saturday May 28th 2011

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Hi SoCal Neo Heads,

It's been a long time since I've hosted a Neo Party, but was pleasantly suprised to see my name mentioned in a few SoCal meetup threads while trolling back. Alot of my time now is devoted to work and family, but for old times sakes, I'd like to extend an invitation to anyone interested in hanging out and playing some games at another SoCal shindig...without question it will be a blast! Hoping to see some of the old crew + new faces as well.

Date: Saturday May 28th 2011
Start time: 3pm
End: 10pm-ish
Location: Garden Grove just off the 22 fwy @ Brookhurst Blvd. 30 minutes from riverside...45 minutes from LA...1.5 hours from SD....6 hours from NoCal and 4 hours from Vegas.

I've diversified my collection abit since bitd, so I dunno how strong the interest will be for a non-pure neo experience, but I will have a neo 1-slot running in a cab or 2 for those craving a neo fix. I hope you guys won't be disappointed :) Unfortunately I'm relegated to the patio and garage so we will not be hooking up any AES or console stuff. But I'm fairly confident there will be enough to keep you guys entertained, don't want to ruin the surprise ;)

I'll provide the games and beverage. You guys will be on your own for food unless we decide to pool together. Good hygiene is a must. Nothing bombs a good gaming session like some unwanted funk and any offenders will be shown the door.

Please reply here or drop me a pm if interested in attending

1. Droid
2. Voltronbadass
3. Stuffmonger
4. Xray2
5. DewmanSNK
6. Zenimus
7. Bulletnyourass
8. Necronopticus
9. NeoGeoFunster
10. Fizgig
11. Shadowkn55
12. SNKJorge
13. Spark
14. Mikehaggar
15. SolidsnakeII
16. JDiamond
 
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Awesome Zenimus! I've tried to recruit you to play Gunsmoke on numerous occasions but have been unsuccessful ;) It will be good to cya again. Hopefully the revised collection will be up to par!

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Droids meets are the stuff of legend and his setup/selection of games is crazy awesome, I hope to see some of you locals there

Good hygiene is a must. Nothing bombs a good gaming session like some unwanted funk and any offenders will be shown the door.

Fine Droid, Ill hose myself off before I come over this time, but only because you asked nicely
 
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droid

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Heheh I've never had a problem with you or Andrew. There was one dude (not one of the usual peeps) last time that was abit over ripe for my taste. It never fails, there usually is at least one in the bunch when I hosted regularly bitd, but it had been good until that last time, lol.

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Fine Droid, Ill hose myself off before I come over this time, but only because you asked nicely
 

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Thanks for the kind words man, but I think you're overexagerrating abit, heh. I was gonna leave the lineup as a surprise, but since the Neo-heads haven't broken down the doors like they've done in the past, mebbe I better list the games that will be available to entice them to show?

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Droids meets are the stuff of legend and his setup/selection of games is crazy awesome, I hope to see some of you locals there
 
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bulletnyourass

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You live in Garden Grove now? You know I deliver mail in that city. My route is off of Garden Grove blvd and Beach. I have to work that day, but if it's okay, I'd like to stop by for a little bit after work. Let me know.

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Yeah unfortunately the hygene thing must be mentioned when hosting these meets. The other day at work there was an individual who stunk up the whole building with his breath, yes his breath, smelled like rotten salami. One of my employees was dry heaving from the smell. We had to open all the windows and doors to air it out.

Also I don't think you have to mention all the games that will be there. I promise that if your a fan of arcade games at all then you will be glad you showed up.
 

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Awesome Zenimus! I've tried to recruit you to play Gunsmoke on numerous occasions but have been unsuccessful ;) It will be good to cya again. Hopefully the revised collection will be up to par!

Droid

YES! Gunsmoke! I love that game. Pig Joe won't stand a chance!

Your collection is always full of good old stuff. I'll play just about anything. :)
 

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Hey man, what set ups you rockin? I mean control wise, seimitsu, sanwa. Also what type of cab's we talking here? Also, do you got a Garou MOTW, FFS or KOF 2002 set up going on?
 

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Yep we're renting a friend's house in GG hoping the price of housing drops a little bit more. Trying to save for a down payment but that's a tough task when supporting an arcade collecting addiction. Yes, Please stop by after your shift man :)

Droid

You live in Garden Grove now? You know I deliver mail in that city. My route is off of Garden Grove blvd and Beach. I have to work that day, but if it's okay, I'd like to stop by for a little bit after work. Let me know.

Phillip
 

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Hey there Lord Krauser,
I have 3 candy cabs: (2) Egret2's w/4 button neo layout and a Sega Astro2 with 6button SF layout..The sticks are all Sanwa JLF's. Recently picked up some Octagon restrictor plates. Hopefully that will improve diagonal response because I wasn't overly impressed with the stock 4/8ways.

As far as Neo fighters go, all I have is: SS1-2, LB 1-2 and KoF98. Kinda weak I suppose. I probably oughta track down a MotW and SSVS.

That said, you're more than welcome to bring a preferred fighter cart, I just don't want lots of people bringing games as I have tons of pcbs and stuff which I'd prefer not to have to keep track of. Besides 7 hours will go by in a blink and we will likely scratch the surface of just a few select pcbs as I've only got 3 candies..I've had to downscale the candies to allocate space to my other collecting addiction which is dedicated classic arcade cabs.

As we get closer, I may ask my wife for an earlier start time, but to be a good neighbor and husband, we're definitely cutting power at 10pm, heh.

Hope you can make it to game with us LWK!

Droid

Hey man, what set ups you rockin? I mean control wise, seimitsu, sanwa. Also what type of cab's we talking here? Also, do you got a Garou MOTW, FFS or KOF 2002 set up going on?
 

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Damn, I wish I could be there. It's too bad I will be coming back from overseas and need to catch up on work related stuff. Tom always does have legendary meetings.
 

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Thanks man, now that you've thrown down the gauntlet I'm feeling the pressure to measure up, lol. 300wins, you will be missed man. Fortunately, between the fighter hookups and DaveK's equally legendary shmup meets, the NoCal crew has plenty to look forward to :)

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I may make an apperance if I'm able to. I now live in So Cal Droid. :D
 

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SNKJorge added to the list! And now for some teaser pix of what to expect Saturday for those of you brave enough to hang out with us!

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I was gonna keep this as a surprise, but figure this might generate more interest to attend for folks. VoltronBadAss this pic is for you brother!

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