South Coast Slam III: Return of the Slam
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Good stuff. Hopefully a constructive point...
If at all possible (ie, probably given a little more floor space) I'd like to be able to have 'up to' 2 plays on each game. So you can take your 1st score if your happy with it, or not, asthe case may be. Possibly at an extra charge. I know it'll never happen, but the problem for me was, I knew I was hopeless at Jedi, SI was ok, liberator I'd oly ever had on the workbench, but the rest, I'd either never ever played before, or in the case of Tron, you really can't get a reasonable score on the light cycles if you haven't played for a couple years.
So 1 warm up would have been good. Yes, I know all the answers that will come out, and it'll never happen but there we are. Personally though, it was priced right. Any more and I'd have just looked, thought "I'm crap at them" and said no. As it happens, it was cheap and great fun so
But I did do badly
Surprisingly, I fared better in the pin tournament, which was thoroughly awesome
Anyway, cheers Phil, Adelaine and Sal !
If at all possible (ie, probably given a little more floor space) I'd like to be able to have 'up to' 2 plays on each game. So you can take your 1st score if your happy with it, or not, asthe case may be. Possibly at an extra charge. I know it'll never happen, but the problem for me was, I knew I was hopeless at Jedi, SI was ok, liberator I'd oly ever had on the workbench, but the rest, I'd either never ever played before, or in the case of Tron, you really can't get a reasonable score on the light cycles if you haven't played for a couple years.
So 1 warm up would have been good. Yes, I know all the answers that will come out, and it'll never happen but there we are. Personally though, it was priced right. Any more and I'd have just looked, thought "I'm crap at them" and said no. As it happens, it was cheap and great fun so
But I did do badly
Anyway, cheers Phil, Adelaine and Sal !
stevearcade said:In fact there were a few faces I recognised from photos but you'd be gaming, talking to other people, doing stuff etc whenever I wasn't gaming, talking etc. I mean Rogueio had "Rogueio" printed across the back of his T-Shirt ffs. You couldn't miss him. But he was generally chatting to people or playing, so I didn't want to disturb him you know. Maybe I'm a shrew, but I didn't want to just barge into other peoples conversation or hijack them as they finished a game to chat to them. I'd like to think I'm not alone in this. I mean aren't we mostly all video game geeks, and aren't video game geeks supposed to be socially awkward by nature?
lol made that just so that people would know who they were talking to and to sort of introduce myself. just wish that i knew who other people were to chat to. socially awkward i suppose i am but am always keen to talk to gamers.
also wanted to bump in to you to say hi
ps the pac man money box seem to be a great earner as people just want to hear it so put money in to it for me
martin2012-04-16 20:29:40
martin said:ps the pac man money box seem to be a great earner as people just want to hear it so put money in to it for methanks d-type
Thank Will, it was so last minute, he couldn't get any trophies in time.
I'd already bought the Swiss chocolate bunnies from my local Co-op in Zürich, post Easter bargain, but Will threw in the money box as an additional top prize.
Nice one Will!
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Alpha1 said:Infact the one thing that did bother me about the entire event was no one other than Virtvic came and said hello. I posted here 3 times asking for people to come and say HiHow am I supposed to beat you at games if I can't play against you on any of the games?
With all due respect, and having only found out who you were when loading NBA Jam on the Sunday, you're an absolute man mountain (I'm 6ft 6, so no exaggeration) and I imagine many a geek would think twice about wandering up to you at random and saying "Hi, I'm Mr Monkeyspank, and who might you be?" .....
..... especially if the geek in question was expecting a little old fella with a white beard and Atari turban
Seriously though, kudos to you, Rav, Will, Ivan and everyone else who make these shows happen. All the hard work is seriously appreciated
Just want to say (finally after day 5 of slam haulling as I put it) that we are definately able to make a donation to the charity and I know we're "well over £3k" with the final costs going intoday for fuel, haulage etc the final figure should be here soon - I just cant get over how generous people were for the raffle - when I say I know 3 people who alone paid over £100 into the raffle for tickets - and they're vidders not pinheads - its made an exceptional difference and goes to show the prizes trully were wanted - hell - I wanted that Gorf marquee!
As for will there/wont there be another slam... All I can say is that none of the 4 of us "slam team" said "no" today - frankly the buzz of everyones comments, views, opinons and the event itself I know is personally keeping me on a high (the beer is purely a muscle relaxant!!!) - I expect something WILL happen, but we WILL need to pick up WILLs efforts as he'll have a new addition next year and cannot possibly do what he did this year!!! Olls already stepping up to the plate by all accounts
- exactly as I did after I experienced the Slam last year and KNEW it was the place ukvac HAD to get mixed in with!
Kudos for phil and co running the compo - just seeing the results must demonstrate how much data is collected, recorded, processed and computed and equally shows how much effort you all put in - and HA! glad I made for a nail biting finale! Im glad you nagged me to enter - apart from a solitary game on Gravitar on Sunday it was the only video game contact I got over the entire weekend (except a sneaky go on P-man's exterminator once I'd finsihed unloading!
But yeah - badges, meeting points and a compo on jamma cabs are the lessons learnt - dammit! it we want a wall of candy cabs next time to match the black knight 2000 pinball alley next time!
And until then, keep plugging at that ukvac hi-score section of the forum to keep the fires burning!
Ravage2012-04-16 21:13:46
As for will there/wont there be another slam... All I can say is that none of the 4 of us "slam team" said "no" today - frankly the buzz of everyones comments, views, opinons and the event itself I know is personally keeping me on a high (the beer is purely a muscle relaxant!!!) - I expect something WILL happen, but we WILL need to pick up WILLs efforts as he'll have a new addition next year and cannot possibly do what he did this year!!! Olls already stepping up to the plate by all accounts
- exactly as I did after I experienced the Slam last year and KNEW it was the place ukvac HAD to get mixed in with!Kudos for phil and co running the compo - just seeing the results must demonstrate how much data is collected, recorded, processed and computed and equally shows how much effort you all put in - and HA! glad I made for a nail biting finale! Im glad you nagged me to enter - apart from a solitary game on Gravitar on Sunday it was the only video game contact I got over the entire weekend (except a sneaky go on P-man's exterminator once I'd finsihed unloading
!But yeah - badges, meeting points and a compo on jamma cabs are the lessons learnt - dammit! it we want a wall of candy cabs next time to match the black knight 2000 pinball alley next time!
And until then, keep plugging at that ukvac hi-score section of the forum to keep the fires burning!
Ravage2012-04-16 21:13:46
Oh and FWIW I know another pinball event is coming soon called the Uk Pinball Party in Daventry which is a hoot which the Highwayman puts on - Im sure he'd love to filla side room with vids like last years console room... Take it away boys! BOOM!
Take it away boys! BOOM!Something else I forgot to mention...Thanks to P-man, who helped set up the machines on Friday night, promised to help out on Saturday at the start and then got sick on Saturday morning because of too much beer Chinese food.
When he did make it to the event, we were already up and running, having swapped out the Space Invaders which had rubbish on the screen at boot. He managed to fix it and we swapped it back in again, then he fixed it twice when the fire button packed up. Twice!
When he did make it to the event, we were already up and running, having swapped out the Space Invaders which had rubbish on the screen at boot. He managed to fix it and we swapped it back in again, then he fixed it twice when the fire button packed up. Twice!
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Oh yeah, I assume the fella who looked like Simon Pegg was actually Simon Pegg?
Him and his mate pulled up in new-ish beamer on the Friday night whilst we were loitering out the back of the Charmandean waiting for the usual residents of the building to vacate and you could easily have put them down as "ne'er do wells" there to shake down the Slam participants for "protection" money!
I joke of course, although there was a genuine moment of "ooer, here we go" when they wandered over, to be replaced with "assume they're here to drop off a cab" to "that bloke looks a lot like Simon Pegg, only taller than I imagined"
Edit: Apologies Mr Pegg, although I'm sure you'll appreciate me showing restraint by not farting on you and saying "sorry, Shaun" as most people probably think of doing
Senor_Herer2012-04-16 21:32:01
Him and his mate pulled up in new-ish beamer on the Friday night whilst we were loitering out the back of the Charmandean waiting for the usual residents of the building to vacate and you could easily have put them down as "ne'er do wells" there to shake down the Slam participants for "protection" money!
I joke of course, although there was a genuine moment of "ooer, here we go" when they wandered over, to be replaced with "assume they're here to drop off a cab" to "that bloke looks a lot like Simon Pegg, only taller than I imagined"
Edit: Apologies Mr Pegg, although I'm sure you'll appreciate me showing restraint by not farting on you and saying "sorry, Shaun" as most people probably think of doing
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Just come and say Hello next time. Infact the one thing that did bother me about the entire event was no one other than Virtvic came and said hello. I posted here 3 times asking for people to come and say Hi
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Hey I shook your hand at the bar Oll!
I only actually played on 3 pinballs in the end and put in a some good time on the arcade cabs. Spent a fair bit of time chatting and meeting up with people. Was good to meet Dan, I played that Astro Blaster, what a bloody great game. Also great to play Extermintor atlast after all these years and to have a chat with Andy about it. Rav looked rushed off his feet keeping the engines running on those cabs, I saw the happy look on that boys face when you and Bazfish got the Starblade going. Great to meet others from the forum and thanks Stevearcade for the lift to the venue (with all my bags and boxes
). I hope the raffle stuff went off to good homes. Big thanks to Kdoe too for the paperboy bits I needed.
I felt the event was great, just as good as last year if not better. Well done to all of you that brought pins/cabs along, I think logistically getting it all in and getting things running must have been damn hard work. As we all know they are not the sort of things that like to be moved about.
For me these events are more about the atmosphere and meeting up with people with bonus attraction of playing some darn fine games and having a beer or two.
A big thumbs up from me to all that organised and helped out and made it all possible.
Bensonrad2012-04-16 22:46:10
Just come and say Hello next time. Infact the one thing that did bother me about the entire event was no one other than Virtvic came and said hello. I posted here 3 times asking for people to come and say Hi
Hey I shook your hand at the bar Oll!
I only actually played on 3 pinballs in the end and put in a some good time on the arcade cabs. Spent a fair bit of time chatting and meeting up with people. Was good to meet Dan, I played that Astro Blaster, what a bloody great game. Also great to play Extermintor atlast after all these years and to have a chat with Andy about it. Rav looked rushed off his feet keeping the engines running on those cabs, I saw the happy look on that boys face when you and Bazfish got the Starblade going. Great to meet others from the forum and thanks Stevearcade for the lift to the venue (with all my bags and boxes
I felt the event was great, just as good as last year if not better. Well done to all of you that brought pins/cabs along, I think logistically getting it all in and getting things running must have been damn hard work. As we all know they are not the sort of things that like to be moved about.
For me these events are more about the atmosphere and meeting up with people with bonus attraction of playing some darn fine games and having a beer or two.
A big thumbs up from me to all that organised and helped out and made it all possible.
Bensonrad2012-04-16 22:46:10
Epic conversation at the toilets:
British guy hears Pieter and I talk Dutch so he asks: "Ahhhuuuhhmm you guys are from Holland right ?"
I reply: "Yeah yeah, that's right !"
British guy: "Ah so you came over here and now are missing the Dutch pinball open championships then ?"
I reply: "The what ? Ahh oohh uhhhh no, no.......we're here for the video games".
British guy shows totally puzzled look somewhere between amazement and bewilderment and doesn't say a word anymore and walks out.....
Pieter and I going totally LOL !
British guy hears Pieter and I talk Dutch so he asks: "Ahhhuuuhhmm you guys are from Holland right ?"
I reply: "Yeah yeah, that's right !"
British guy: "Ah so you came over here and now are missing the Dutch pinball open championships then ?"
I reply: "The what ? Ahh oohh uhhhh no, no.......we're here for the video games".
British guy shows totally puzzled look somewhere between amazement and bewilderment and doesn't say a word anymore and walks out.....
Pieter and I going totally LOL !
It was a fantastic event again and me, my wife and two boys 4 and 7 loved it. Congratulations to everyone who had a part in staging this - as Ben says it was the best so far. I think I recognised Oll and intended to say hello whilst not busy keeping tabs on my youngest, but as I'm short I was concerned he would not notice and tread on me if he had a machine to sort out. I really hope the Slam continues
Just in case anyone want to see the local ITV press coverage for the scs12 - see http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2012-04-14/retro-arcade-proves-a-pinball-hit/
Theres a video pre-slam and one mid-slam linked on the same page
Theres a video pre-slam and one mid-slam linked on the same page
guddler said:
This is an absolutely valid suggestion and if I'd have known the entrant numbers and loading beforehand, I think that would have worked fine.
However, last year, I didn't know how many people would compete, so I allowed I think 3 (or it might have been 5) entries per person maximum, but only 1 person decided to buy a second entry (which was a wise move, as it enabled him to win the tournament!).
Something we did for the European Pinball Championships in 2009, when we had over 160 competitors, 18 qualification machines and lots of on the day assistance, was to have a Joker, a physical card that the player hands to the referee which entitles them to play one of their games again. It worked great and several European tournaments have copied our format exactly, but we've never used the Joker since because we're always close to running out of time.
At the end of the day, I had to make a call regarding how may players would register, how much time it takes to play a game, how much it would cost and also factor in that I didn't have any time beforehand to advertise for helpers (i.e. expecting to have to run the whole thing on my own). There was also no time to set up the machines on tournament settings and 100 other factors.
Nonetheless, next time, whenever that is, hopefully conditions will allow some better preparation up front, more discussion and involvement with you guys to make it cool and get some buzz, and maybe it will not cause as many surprises to some of the visitors on the day!
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My mate Mike took some pictures:
https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=514B6B4349371C71&id=514B6B4349371C71!813
Here's Steve Ritchie showing me how it's done on my No Fear!
I choked and got a terrible score though, my Payback Time / Multiball strategy backfired.....
Sorry for not saying hello to people I didn't know, I spent a fair chunk of the show keeping the games going and then enjoyed the rest of the time flipping and playing NBA Jam.
https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=514B6B4349371C71&id=514B6B4349371C71!813
Here's Steve Ritchie showing me how it's done on my No Fear!
I choked and got a terrible score though, my Payback Time / Multiball strategy backfired.....
Sorry for not saying hello to people I didn't know, I spent a fair chunk of the show keeping the games going and then enjoyed the rest of the time flipping and playing NBA Jam.
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