SOCAL Gathering Let's Do This!!!!!

Count me in also .. I'm hella down to contribute in any way possible to make this happen .. Ive got an Aes and a few titles for it .. Also I'm the proud owner of 2 Big Red's and have some MVS carts I can bring over to the meet .. I'm ready for some Samurai Showdown 4 friendly competition !! @ DJ Daishi when's the next meetup at Super Arcade ??

Two location recommendations for a SoCal get together

Blipsy Barcade - Korea Town - dive bar meets early 90s arcade - descent selection of machines and cheap drinks

Sassony Arcade - Downtown LA - This arcade is huge, full of Neo Geo machines and right next to the Los Angeles Brewing company

DonMontG said:

Two location recommendations for a SoCal get together

Blipsy Barcade - Korea Town - dive bar meets early 90s arcade - descent selection of machines and cheap drinks

Sassony Arcade - Downtown LA - This arcade is huge, full of Neo Geo machines and right next to the Los Angeles Brewing company

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I'll be moving to LA in a couple of weeks. Definitely down to meet up and play some games!

Frenetic has a meet going down--in May--on the SoCal scene.

Got to PM him to get in though.

DBS said:

I'll be moving to LA in a couple of weeks. Definitely down to meet up and play some games!

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Send me a PM when you come to town

SoCal Gathering

Hi guys! Alright, we're doing this! I've posted this meet over at shmupsforum. Limited space, so first come first serve. The meet is free but you must bring a main course to feed 8 people for the potluck. PM me with what main course dish you are bringing. I have a charcoal grill, so if you feel like bringing chicken/steaks/marinated pork chops/ for 8 people I can grill that up too! I also have an oven and a rice cooker.

Items needed:
Webcam/DVD recorder/streaming setup (I have Verizon FiOS it is FAST)
Surge protectors and a couple of extension cords.
If you have a folding/portable chair, please bring one so you can chill out in the backyard, chat with fellow shmupsforum members, and enjoy a cold refreshing beverage and a plate of delicious hot food.

When: Saturday, May 18th 11am-8pm

Where: My house in Long Beach, CA (please PM me to RSVP and I will send you my address/details as we get closer to the date. Thanks!) One of the bedrooms is a dedicated game room. I have the living room for extra candy cabs and supergun setups if you guys want to bring one down. Got a huge backyard with a patio and lawn for hanging out and talking about shmups. If the 100 Yen documentary is out there will be a DVD screening.

How much: Free! But I'd really like to have a snack/drink potluck like last time, so if you guys could bring a main dish to feed 8 people that would be great. I have a grill, oven, and a rice cooker.

Pictures:
Pics from the past SoCal shmupmeets are here:
http://imgur.com/a/wxEOW#0 and here http://imgur.com/a/C5GdA#0 Lookit how much fun we all had. Don't miss this one!

Setups so far:
1x New Net City Vertical w/Xbox 360 and Namco JVS-->JAMMA adapter
1x New Net City Horizontal w/Xbox 360 and Namco JVS-->JAMMA adapter
1x Egret 3 w/Toshiba Pure Flat monitor Horizontal
arcade game's cabinets:
1x Egret 3 Vertical
1x New Astro City Vertical
1x other candy cab Vertical
1x Large Sony TV w/S-video console setup Wii/PS2/Dreamcast/Xbox 360 (I have a Hori Real Arcade Pro 2 stick with Dreamcast adapter) this will be for Fighting Games (SFIV:AE on Xbox 360, people are welcome to bring other fighting games) Also getting Gradius Breakdown "Director's Cut" and will do a screening of the Konami History documentary short in it.
1x 14" TV that can be tated with Component and S-Video for consoles
1x Laptop for Doujin/PC games and speaker setup w/Xbox 360 stick.
I also have Xbox 360/PS2 pads if you prefer.

Game requests:
Frenetic's PCBs: Tenkomori Shooting (English), Illvelo: Illmatic Envelope, Muchi Muchi Pork, Ketsui, Ibara, Dangun Feveron, Dodonpachi, Battle Bakraid, Armed Police Batrider, Strikers 1999 (aka Strikers 1945 III), Dragon Blaze, Twin Cobra, Sky Shark, Raiden DX, Tetris the Grandmaster 2 Plus: The Absolute, D&D:SoM, Aero Fighters, Dodonpachi DaiOuJou Black Label, Gekirindan, Progear, and ESP.Ra.De, Tatsujin, and Neo Geo 131 in 1 multicart. All the shmups for Xbox 360 and Dreamcast, many of the PS2 shmups.

Softdrink 117: 1x SLG (VGA) 1x VGA/DVI tateable monitor. Capable of accepting 15kHz input over VGA.
2x PS3/X360/PC Arcade sticks.

blackoak: PVM 2530 with cabling all ready to go for rgb/scart systems (or a supergun). Can bring the chipped Saturn again too. Xexex pcb, Dragon Saber pcb, Black Heart pcb, D&D: Shadow of Mystara setup

Sparky: Outzone, Kono e Taco, PC Engine Core Grafx with Turbo Everdrive (Caravan shooters and such), Sony PVM monitors 20" PVM-M2, Sony PVM 14", KIC Control Box Model 045DX (supergun),

jepjepjep: Batsugun pcb, Rapid Hero pcb

arcade game: Battle Garegga pcb, delicious candy cabs

dannysaigon: HDTV, Vogatek supergun, Star Soldier PCB

JelloMan581: PC w/Jamestown and 4 USB ports for 4 player Jamestown action!

Necronopticous: Donpachi

Tournaments/Live Demos:
Tenkomori Shooting (now in English) tournament
Head to Head Hudson Shooting Watch Duel
Jamestown 4-Player demo
Chronoblast

Trading/Buying/Selling:
Also feel free to post your games you'd like to sell/trade. You'll get to test the game out in person and no shipping or Ebay/PayPal fees. WOOT! Make a post in the thread, and I will edit this post so everyone will get a good look at your stuff.

Frenetic's WTB: 2L12B Egret 2/Egret 3 panel (FOUND)

Game collections:
Frenetic's game list:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc ... XdkE#gid=0

Sparky's game list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc ... sp=sharing

jepjepjep's game list: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc ... jZlE#gid=0

Attendees:
(If you have PCBs, please feel free to share your Google Doc list, and I'll put them up on this thread ) Would love to see some demos by the particular game you're good at. Here's your chance to stream in person!

RSVP'd attendees:

Food 1: dannysaigon - bratwurst & burgers or korean bbq or steaks
Food 2: mikehaggar - Chili?
Food 3: JelloMan581 - fabuloso goolash
Food 4: Softdrink 117 - Diddy Riese cookies
Food 5: Sparky - Carne Asada
Food 6: jepjepjep - food/snax
Food 7: Tyranix95 - 2x bags of Ruffles or 2x bags of Wavy Lays or 1x bag Ruffles, 1x bag Wavy Lays
Food 8: arcade game - delicious candy cabs?
Food 9: Necronopticous - Something delicious TBA
Food 10: DonMontG -
Food 11: NEO G-TRON
Food 12:
Food 13:
Food 14:
Food X: Akraten (exempt since coming from a long distance)
Food X: blackoak (exempt since bringing equipment)

Looking forward to seeing some of you again and meeting some of you for the first time,
Frenetic

It's going to be a blast
Like the last one

I hope i get my capcom mini cute in time so i could take it to tha meet

What should I bring? What kind of food or drink does everybody want.

Damnit - Would have LOVED to go to this to get to put some faces to names, but I'm working that day.

Have an awesome time everyone!

Let's run some MM at the meet and post the scores.

Should be fun.

LOL, have fun.

Several items were stolen at my last SoCal get together. I wont be hosting an open invite one again.

voltronbadass said:

LOL, have fun.

Several items were stolen at my last SoCal get together. I wont be hosting an open invite one again.

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How classy of someone

Yeah its kind of sad how one shitbag can ruin these for everyone. Ive been hosting my own very small meets for the past 3 or 4 years and never had a problem until now. This last one I invited a good handful of new people Ive never met and a few people I dont know too well (just about everyone who showed up is a neo forum member) and I also allowed folks to bring guests. Sure enough some d-bag pocketed a few expensive items. The worst part is not knowing who the thief was, it makes everyone who attended look bad, and like I said if I do host again, it will only be a handful of people I know I can trust around my shit.

This was a few months back but I figured it was time to post about it so other locals can be wary if they host.

That's some totally fucked up shit. Sorry to hear that VBA. Ruined an otherwise awesome meet up. I can see why you've always kept it small in the past. What got stolen? If any of it pops up here, it'd be good to know.

voltronbadass said:

Several items were stolen at my last SoCal get together. I wont be hosting an open invite one again.

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That is unbelievably fucked up. Who ever did that, is a total piece of shit scum bag.

loegan43 said:

What got stolen? If any of it pops up here, it'd be good to know.

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A few console gaming items that I want to be quiet about and see if they pop up, Ive got some pics that should prove they are mine if I see them pop up for sale or in someones collection.

Maybe the item I should tell you about is this:

Its a fairly expensive cycling light, I used it as a flashlight when I was messing with my cabs. I know I had it out and used it that night, and several people were admiring it. That was the last time I saw it. So has anyone who attended my meet on March 15 seen this little gem in another locals stuff? I would love to know about it.

Since that meet I have moved and slowly combed through my house for the suspect missing items, Im 100% sure things were stolen.

That is truly fucked up. I can't imagine that enough things could go missing that it would be remotely a mistake on someone's part.

Stranger danger!

I'm sorry to hear about that VBA. That really sucks man.

voltronbadass said:

LOL, have fun.

Several items were stolen at my last SoCal get together. I wont be hosting an open invite one again.

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voltronbadass said:

Yeah its kind of sad how one shitbag can ruin these for everyone. Ive been hosting my own very small meets for the past 3 or 4 years and never had a problem until now. This last one I invited a good handful of new people Ive never met and a few people I dont know too well (just about everyone who showed up is a neo forum member) and I also allowed folks to bring guests. Sure enough some d-bag pocketed a few expensive items. The worst part is not knowing who the thief was, it makes everyone who attended look bad, and like I said if I do host again, it will only be a handful of people I know I can trust around my shit.

This was a few months back but I figured it was time to post about it so other locals can be wary if they host.

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voltronbadass said:

A few console gaming items that I want to be quiet about and see if they pop up, Ive got some pics that should prove they are mine if I see them pop up for sale or in someones collection.

Maybe the item I should tell you about is this:
http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr338/voltronbadass/cygolite_zps77e56b5f.jpg
Its a fairly expensive cycling light, I used it as a flashlight when I was messing with my cabs. I know I had it out and used it that night, and several people were admiring it. That was the last time I saw it. So has anyone who attended my meet on March 15 seen this little gem in another locals stuff? I would love to know about it.

Since that meet I have moved and slowly combed through my house for the suspect missing items, Im 100% sure things were stolen.

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Stealing is messed up--esp. from another forum member.

I'll keep my eyes out for your cycling light, BA.

And hope you find it in the mean time.

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Also: I can say that I rolled to the meet with Jep & game, and saw them leave the meet empty handed.

Hope this info helps.

Shame a few bad apples ruin the fun Norm

Wow Frenetic's meetup is gonna be crazy awesome! I'm up to bring some food and Neo gaming goodies ...

Id love to go to one of these once again like the old days. Can bring some stuff as well, like a 161 in 1. Or SVC Chaos for AES for example.

THEMAN said:

Damn!! Is this gathering ever going to happen? I'd love to see it go down. What ever happened to the old SoCal gatherings hosted by droid. Those were EPIC!!

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Does where a lot of fun indeed!!