Metro Atlanta Gaming Gathering, tentatively set March 15, 2008

I am planning on holding a Metro Atlanta Gaming Gathering on or around March 15, 2008. It will be a general gaming gathering, as well as a social occasion on which forum members get to meet eachother. I went to a similar gathering at Circa2113’s house in July 2007. Here is the thread for that event:

http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/showthread.php?t=165316&highlight=north+georgia.

(Lest anyone accuse me of plagiarism, I borrowed Circa’s format for this post.) I had a nice time there, and I got to meet some cool people. So this will be my way of giving back to the community.

WHERE?

My warehouse in Roswell, GA (suburb North of Metro Atlanta).

Why my warehouse? Because that is where all my cabs are. I have too many cabs to keep at home, so I keep them at work. Plus, it has a lot of convenient accommodations: we have numerous offices, a breakroom, conference, restrooms. It is clean and quiet and closed on the weekends. There is plenty of places there for gaming, gathering, socializing, even sleeping. (The only drawback is that there are no showers there, so if you need to take a shower, you will need to do so before you come.)

WHEN?

Tentatively set for March 15, 2008. It is a Saturday. Why wait till March? Because that is when I finish my Master’s Degree, and I will be too busy before then for a gaming gathering. July 14th. (Saturday) I would allow people to arrive as early as 8-9 AM, but the actual gaming may not get under way until a good bit later. The meet can go as late as people are interested, really. Some things can be carried over into Sunday if anyone wants to stick around and get some more gaming in.


WHO'S INVITED?

Any member of this forum who wants to. Special invitation is extended to everybody who attended Circa’s gathering in July, including:

Circa2113
68K
DJDD
T.A.P.
Deuce
Craig
Ryan (whatever his screen name is)
Other forums members whom I have not personally met are also invited provided you get in contact with me first. (If you do not have any feedback or posts, I may request you provide me with other forum members who can be references for you. No offense, but I will have an awful lot gear around, and I don’t want anybody stealing it.)

FOOD/ACCOMODATIONS

There are many reasonably priced hotels in the immediate area. I can also offer a place to stay for a few members. (PM if interested)

Snack food and drinks can be provided throughout the day within reason. Lunch willl probably be take-out brought to our warehouse. We can then all go out for dinner. Feel free to make suggestions.

MY GEAR/SETUP

Cabs:

1. a dedicated 1-slot MVS cab
2. a dedicated 4-slot MVS cab
3. an Ultracade cab with 195 games
4. a Maximum Force gun cab (which is plug-and-play with Area 51, Area 51 Site 4, and Zero Point)
5. a Zero Point gun cab (which is plug-and-play with Area 51, Area 51 Site 4, and Maximum Force)
6. a Gals Panic cab
7. a dedicated Sega Golden Ax cab
8. a dedicated Sega Die Hard arcade cab with ST-V motherboard
9. a dedicated Speed Buggy cab
10. a dedicated Pleiades cab

I also have a dedicated Beast Buster: Second Nightmare Hyper Neo Geo 64 project cabinet, which I am working on which will hopefully be operational by then.

Arcade Hardware:

Consolized MVS
Consolized Atomiswave
Consolized PGM

About 60 MVS games
Hyper Neo Geo 64 w/ all 4 fighting games
Taito F3 w/ 10 games
Taito G-Net w/ 5 games
Sega Naomi w/ 7 games
Sega Naomi GD-ROM w/ 6 games
IGS PGM w/ 8 games
Sammy Atomiswave w/ 10 games
Jaleco Mega System w/ 2 games
Capcom CPS2 w/ 20 games
About 25 JAMMA PCB’s
5 Non-JAMMA PCB’s


Home Systems:

I have darn near every home system that ever came out (including an AES), except for the Xbox 360, PS3, and the Wii. (Sorry, this generation is too new for me to collect.) So if anybody wants to play one of these 3 systems, you will have to bring it with you. I can post a more detailed list later.

GENERAL GAME PLAN

This is the by-product of random brainstorming. I need all the help I can get on scheduling things and planning out the day.

We will have 2-4 tournaments depending on time restraints and everyone's interest throughout the day. They will be for prizes (undecided at the moment), but I don't plan on them being terribly in-depth or intense. I would like everyone to feel comfortable with their skill level.

-Start with some light warm-up play/social blabber.

-Eat some lunch

-Have the first tournament

-Some more casual gameplay

Second tournament

-More game playing

-Dinner

-Third tournament

-Light gameplay until people start heading out...


TOURNAMENT INFO.

We can have several tourneys through the day: Both fighters and shmups. I will let you guy make suggestions, and we can vote on it.





GROUND RULES

1) There will be zero tolerance for drugs and alcohol. If you do drugs, have enough sense to keep that fact a secret from me. If you drink, I can accept that, but I won’t have any alcohol present on this occasion.

2) Don't come high/drunk/hung over.

3) Take a shower before you come.

4) Respect my hardware/home. I don't mind some intense gaming, but if you plan to abuse mine or anyone else's stuff, please don't bother to attend.

5) NO SMOKING INSIDE. If you must, just step outside (and wait 5 minutes for the wind to blow the smell away from you).

ROSWELL

Roswell is a suburb of Metro Atlanta that is easily accessible by all Metro Atlanta major freeways. It is about 20 minutes north of downtown Atlanta. I will provide directions to all those who attend.

Please leave your opinions. I can't decide everything on my own and I think a collabrative effort will make this a better gathering..

Awesome.


Just down the road from me .

I'm in.

BALLIINNNN


I'll bring some Cave goodness with me.

BigTinz should attend as well!

I guess I'll tag along with 68k

68k said:

BALLIINNNN


I'll bring some Cave goodness with me.

BigTinz should attend as well!

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Don't forget to bring along Truxton/Tetsujin. As Chong Li says in Bloodsport, "You break my record. Now I break you!"

Bibliophile said:

Don't forget to bring along Truxton/Tetsujin. As Chong Li says in Bloodsport, "You break my record. Now I break you!"

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Yes Rob...please bring your truxton

I can't wait.

Ahh yes the Tatsujin Oh, I ended up selling that because i'm a dirty Cave whore and Tatsujin Oh started to fetch prices too high to pass up.

I will have the following (and more by then i'm sure)

• Dangun Feveron
• Guwange
• DonPachi
• Batrider
• ESPrade

Put me down as "tentative."
Last time I made plans, I double booked on the day of a wedding.
Hopefully this time around I can actually attend.

68k said:

Ahh yes the Tatsujin Oh, I ended up selling that because i'm a dirty Cave whore and Tatsujin Oh started to fetch prices too high to pass up.

I will have the following (and more by then i'm sure)

• 
  [*]Dangun Feveron
• Guwange
• DonPachi
• Batrider
• ESPrade

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Ultra disco shootage?

Sexual.

68k said:

Ahh yes the Tatsujin Oh, I ended up selling that because i'm a dirty Cave whore and Tatsujin Oh started to fetch prices too high to pass up.

I will have the following (and more by then i'm sure)

• Dangun Feveron
• Guwange
• DonPachi
• Batrider
• ESPrade

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nah...you're just a PCB whore, doesn't matter what company makes it

btw, where's Deuce? he needs to haull his butt down here again!

68k said:

Ahh yes the Tatsujin Oh, I ended up selling that

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Blasphemy!!!!

I should be able to manage this... only about a 3 hour drive for me.

KagerouSama said:

Put me down as "tentative."
Last time I made plans, I double booked on the day of a wedding.
Hopefully this time around I can actually attend.

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Same here, I had planned on making the gathering last time, but could not get my car up and running in time and had to bail.

Deuce said:

I should be able to manage this... only about a 3 hour drive for me.

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Cool. Welcome!

lithy said:

Same here, I had planned on making the gathering last time, but could not get my car up and running in time and had to bail.

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Welcome. Where are you coming from?

Did I mention how freakin excited I am about this?

Thanks for the invitation. If I can scrape the money together for a plane ticket, I'll be all over this.

And by hook or by crook, Truxton 2 will be in attendance.

*Hits fist on the imaginary table in front of him*

T.A.P. said:

And by hook or by crook, Truxton 2 will be in attendance.

*Hits fist on the imaginary table in front of him*

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If you have a Truxton 2, you could sell it to me

and that could pay for your plane ticket

this looks like its gonna be a helluva get together

Deuce said:

I should be able to manage this... only about a 3 hour drive for me.

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I even have Hyper 64 both Rev 1 and Rev 2 boards, with all four fighting games. So at least this time we can enjoy the sound.

BTW, Buriki One is one of the funnest fighting games I have every played.

I would recommend it for one of the fighting tournaments.

I'm sure someone could score a Tatsujin Oh/Truxton 2 before the meetup. Starpine sells them all the time on YAJ (thats where mine originally came from).

At this point I can't really say if I'd be able to come or not, but it's only a 5 hour drive from here, I've made that drive several times.

I could bring any of my gaming stuff if we needed more. I've got an extremely tiny CMVS and a bunch of MVS games, as well as a 360, Wii, and just about any other system except for PS3.

GohanX said:

At this point I can't really say if I'd be able to come or not, but it's only a 5 hour drive from here, I've made that drive several times.

I could bring any of my gaming stuff if we needed more. I've got an extremely tiny CMVS and a bunch of MVS games, as well as a 360, Wii, and just about any other system except for PS3.

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I have a CMS, a supergun, and the MVS cabs listed, so you won't need to bring your CMVS. You may want to bring the 360 or Wii, if you or anybody else wants to play them.

I will post a list of my MVS games, and you can bring any that you have that I do not.

Thanks.