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Re: >>> EUROCADE 2011 <<< 3 september 2011 - Europe's own CAX :)
« Reply #480 on: September 06, 2011, 01:27:33 AM »
Hey Aart, it was great meeting you after some nice e-mails between us !

It was amazing to watch you play, while in the mean time answering some questions from people etc.

I have to say that Aart actually liked the idea of doing an official world record try at Eurocade. HOwever it was a bit of a short time still to arrange that because it would have required an exactly right board set, a good reliable camera set-up and not the least a good reliable working board set.
Since my own board set has the multi kit installed, the try would have been invalid anyway.
However , as mentioned the board failed during Eurocade, so i was pretty happy that we didn't try it.
(Aart scored that 555550 on Robins board that was "flow in " quickly after dinner...)

As mentioned, You ar always welcome for just a game or two ;) or a serious WR try, it would be totally cool to have it set on my Galaxian.....


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Re: >>> EUROCADE 2011 <<< 3 september 2011 - Europe's own CAX :)
« Reply #481 on: September 06, 2011, 09:06:43 AM »
Hi guys!  Finally got signed up to DLF...

Welcome here Aart !
Now we got 2 world record holders (as far as i know) on board  :spaceace:

I really enjoyed meeting you, i never had the pleasure to meet a celebrity   ;D
What an amazing gameplay you showed us !, and like billy mitchel, also just continue the conversation without loosing your cool !

Very impressive !

[Geeky mode on]
I think that not only for me, your visit was somekind of special, beeing a worldrecord holder
[Geeky mode off]  :lol:

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......I actually died twice by accident, and twice on purpose to get that final score after 1½ hours. ;D
It's unfortunate that the flags stop (showing) after wave 48, i too would have liked to have seen what flag 50 or 100 would look like :P.  My game yesterday was around 150 flags total, and my personal record is 540 flags.

 :o :o :o :o :o

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Hey is it possible for someone to make a short list here of all (or at least most of) the ppl who were there, their nicknames, their names, their country or region, and their cabs at the event? Like for example as far as i could figure out, Muerto / Michael / Denmark/UK / (Gravitar?)?

Soon i will make a topic like a "attenders gallery" if all the people agree, i dont know if there is somebody that dont want his photo with the details in the public internet, if not, i will remove that line.

Don't know yet when that is ready, because i still have some other posts to do..

time time time, i need more time  :)

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All-in-all the feeling is that i didn't pay enough entry-fee & that i donated much too little for the event...
I think 4x the current entry-fee would still be a good deal  8)  Sry i didn't have any cabs to bring with me (would have looked funny in the train and bus), and i do apologize for forgetting to bring drinks or snacks  :-\  

Dont worry, it was a previledge to have you as our mystery guest, and as far as i know we played even financialy, so no worries there !
 
Too bad that Dazza was not there, then we would have 2 worldrecord holders at the event !

Anyway, glad you have joined this wonderfull forum !

ps. when you plan to do a record attempt at Andre's, give me a shout, i will sure drive to ridderkerk to be a refferee  ;D
« Last Edit: September 06, 2011, 09:08:25 AM by Etienne »

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Re: >>> EUROCADE 2011 <<< 3 september 2011 - Europe's own CAX :)
« Reply #482 on: September 08, 2011, 10:08:05 PM »
IS there some Eurocade pictures available on other boards by the way? 

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Re: >>> EUROCADE 2011 <<< 3 september 2011 - Europe's own CAX :)
« Reply #483 on: September 08, 2011, 10:09:52 PM »
I posted mine also on arcadezentrum. No new ones though.

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Re: >>> EUROCADE 2011 <<< 3 september 2011 - Europe's own CAX :)
« Reply #484 on: September 09, 2011, 08:53:30 AM »
Speleo returned from his short vacation in Netherlands and made a stopp in our hall to pick up his Breakout and Tank. I'm sure there will be pics he and his wife Elke have made on arcadeinfo.de :)

I posted my pics on arcadezentrum and arcadeinfo. Not sure if I should do it on Jamma+ in UK...

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Re: >>> EUROCADE 2011 <<< 3 september 2011 - Europe's own CAX :)
« Reply #485 on: September 09, 2011, 09:01:30 AM »
IS there some Eurocade pictures available on other boards by the way?  
I put links to your and Etienne's picture thread on KLOV forum. Also included your video there...

Nice comment from Gary from Funspot there !

Thread is right here: http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=182875&highlight=eurocade
« Last Edit: September 09, 2011, 09:04:20 AM by Level42 »

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Re: >>> EUROCADE 2011 <<< 3 september 2011 - Europe's own CAX :)
« Reply #486 on: September 09, 2011, 09:02:54 AM »
Speleo returned from his short vacation in Netherlands and made a stopp in our hall to pick up his Breakout and Tank. I'm sure there will be pics he and his wife Elke have made on arcadeinfo.de :)
TANK !!!  Good reason for another Bavarian trip in the future ! :P

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Re: >>> EUROCADE 2011 <<< 3 september 2011 - Europe's own CAX :)
« Reply #487 on: September 09, 2011, 04:07:47 PM »
My poor eagle.....unable to fly forever..... :roll: :roll:



The left-over we found on the road:


Lesson learned: REMOVE TOPPERS before transporting cabs !!!

2 options to buy:

http://www.illinoispinball.com/oscommerce/product_info.php?products_id=4878

http://mad-amusements.com/product.php?id_product=768

The first one is a lot cheaper but it looks WAY too "bling bling" for me:



The one from "MAD" looks much more like the original color and is supposed to be of better quality than the original. But 175 bucks....ouch....

Wonder, would this be covered by any insurance ? ;) ;) ;)

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Re: >>> EUROCADE 2011 <<< 3 september 2011 - Europe's own CAX :)
« Reply #488 on: September 09, 2011, 04:12:30 PM »
call me crazy, but now you know why.....




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Re: >>> EUROCADE 2011 <<< 3 september 2011 - Europe's own CAX :)
« Reply #489 on: September 09, 2011, 04:22:03 PM »
MMmmyeah, well, all my videogames survived transport, but it was only a short haul.

I just checked the shipping costs for the "bling bling" one: USD 133.46 for 4.7 pounds (just over 2 kg !!!!!!)

HAVE THEY GONE MAD ?!?!?!?

Are they jumping aboard a plane to deliver it personally ???

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Re: >>> EUROCADE 2011 <<< 3 september 2011 - Europe's own CAX :)
« Reply #490 on: September 09, 2011, 04:25:53 PM »
AH, and I just noticed the MAD page says "Out of stock" !!!  :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

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Re: >>> EUROCADE 2011 <<< 3 september 2011 - Europe's own CAX :)
« Reply #491 on: September 09, 2011, 10:19:27 PM »
Got a reply from Illinois pinball and they can ship for 50 bucks using USPS, which sounds a lot more reasonable to me !


Something else:

THE PICTURES OF THE COOLEST PEOPLE IN EUROPE !!!



Now, I hope everyone is OK that this picture is up here (would be sad to blend out some people).

So....I numbered us all and put Avatar names next the nrs. However, to my utter shame I don't remember ALL of you guys, so please let yourself know if I forgot you or mixed you up (sorry !!!)

1) Kroustibat (Pascal)
2) PacWhiz (Aart)
3) Hi (Noel)
4) Polderarcade's friend (Rolf)
5) Capt. Kirk (Dirk)
6) Polderarcade (Bart)
7) Mr.Atari (Sijmen)
8 ) Superully (Ullrich)
9) Muerto (Michael)
10) Gyruss (Pieter)
11) CKONG (Erik)
12) ElPancho (Onno)
13) Psykick's friend (Pascal)
14) ElPancho's brother (René)
15) DarthNuno (Bruno)
16) AtariMania (Franck)
17) ChrisChris (Chris)
18) Luigi (Thorsten)
19) Cebulba (Oliver) (??)
20) Speleo_DE (Andreas)
21) Speleo's daughter Anna
22) Speleo's wife Elke
23) Speleo's daughter Verena
24) Ltd. Riker (Marcus)
25) Arcadegek's friend (Michel)
26) Belike (Béla)
27) Belike's GF (Zita)
28) PunckRockCaveman (Jörg)
29) Bencao74 (Jochen)
30) Bingovit (Evert)
31) Bingovit's dad (Ronny)
32) Niels (Mark's best friend)
33) Level 42 jr. (Mark)
34) Level 42 (André)
35) 2-Mad (Dietmar)
36) Etienne (Etienne)
37) Psyckick (Hasan)
38) RobinHolland (Robin)
39) Arcadegek (Donald)
40) Arcadegek's friend (Martijn)

Missing on pic:
Vnera (Wout)

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Re: >>> EUROCADE 2011 <<< 3 september 2011 - Europe's own CAX :)
« Reply #492 on: September 09, 2011, 10:21:18 PM »







The Netherlands, France, Belgium, Germany, Denmark and Hungary......

WE ALL SPEAK ARCADE !!!!

YOU GUYS ROCK !!!
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Re: >>> EUROCADE 2011 <<< 3 september 2011 - Europe's own CAX :)
« Reply #493 on: September 09, 2011, 10:31:20 PM »

24) Cebulba (Oliver)


I think that was the friend of mine ... Ltd. Riker (Marcus)


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Re: >>> EUROCADE 2011 <<< 3 september 2011 - Europe's own CAX :)
« Reply #494 on: September 09, 2011, 10:34:07 PM »
Corrected, sorry !

So 19 is Cebulba (Oliver) ?