Anyone want to play today? I got nothing going on, wife is out of town, I've got the little one, but she'll be good enough to let us get a couple of game in at a time. All my shit is unplugged and on the side in the basement, but I've never had problems with the NES, just have to bring it upstairs.
I'm near 294 and 88, PM me or post and we'll figure something out
poolstroke does; MR RBI does.
I hop in the car and be right over...how does about 4pm today sound.
Sure :)
was this a love connection fellas? we need updates.
I think TBT decided not to make the 7 hour drive
darn, cuz if you had about $300 bucks, i might have made the flight. communicate, man!
TBG, did manfreddi ever hook up with that marhsall guy, whos in the cotut coming up and lives in cali?
i should proly be pm'ing manfreddi about this......
yeah... do you mean mike vike or jason williams?
actually i have no idea who you're talking about. our other closest dude is crashing bore, where is this marshall guy from?
marshall was filming a documentary on the phenom that is rbi/cotut. he lives somewhere very close to pasadena..15 minutes from there(or whever the stadium is where trojans play).
i passed his email onto manfreddi, cause he was looking to get some gaming in against some opponents he wasnt familiar with. so what rich did with that i do not know.
Maybe he meant Randy Moss...he went to Marshall.
Anyone want to get some games in this weekend?
i have to go to tinley park on saturday...maybe i can get a few games in before/after. the thing i need to attend is at 7:30, so i am thinking maybe beforehand? you don't live too far from there, do you?
I'm probably 15-20 minutes north of tinley. Is it near LaGrange Rd. (Rt 45)
i believe i have to go to morraine valley community college...which i think is somewhat near la grange.
I'll PM you, I'm about a mile west of Lagrange Rd. at 41st probably about 15 minutes from MVC
I may be down for a mini gathering depending on time but would love to play some RBI. Strassy text me with a confirmed time if you go.
Too many of us in Chicago not to get together at least once every 6 weeks to play...
i am going to meet my dad by 7:30 in tinley park...so if i were to meet ultimate, i would think maybe 5, 5:30 would be a good time.
unless of course, gantry wants to meet up later on, and afterwards we can hit up the illustrious bars of the SW suburbs....judy and her fat friend live near ultimate, maybe we can make a night of it!
I'm going boozing tomorrow night with Carly and company, so earlier would be better. We should shoot for 4:30 or 5pm for ultimates.
U7 - PM your address and lets see if we can make this happen. Not guaranteed, but it should work...
4:30 or 5:00 is fine with me, PMs sent
I'm game for a couple hours - Strassy let us know your plans...
i don't see why i couldn't make it by then. count me in.
ultimate, if you check this thread beforehand, can you let me/us know if there are any reputable places in your area where one might acquire NES games? i don't know if i've ever been to western springs before, and I like to check it out when I am on new turf.
No place really close that I know of to buy used games. The Hollywood video used to have a few, but they went out of business a few months ago. The nearest game stop is about a 10-15 minute drive northwest of me.
those bastards at game stop stopped selling NES games years ago.
i may have to google for pawn shops in western springs
so we are looking at 4:30?
fine by me. i was thinking of leaving here around 3:45...is 45 minutes enough time to get there?
Should be about right, plus or minus 15 depending on traffic
I'm in for 4:30, assuming there is no blizzard. I don't know anything about the weather right now but it's starting to come down. But odds are I'll be there...
Hopefully it'll stop snowing in an hour and they'll be able to clear up the roads. If not I'd have no problem if you can't make it due to the weather, it's pretty bad right now.
Looks like it has stopped snowing here.
If either of you have a good controller, bring it. I have 3 working controllers, but only one I really have used regularly so I'm not sure how great the other 2 are.
snow is no excuse...if i can drive a mustang around in the snow, anyone can get around.
If the snow stays gone for the next hour, I'll be there...
Still snowing out here, I'm probably out. Sorry to be a party pooper folks, but I don't want to drive in snow and our streets still have no plows out yet...
I know Strassy is taking a Mustang out there and is a trooper, but he has to be in Tinley Park afterwards while I'm going right back to Wheeling to drink at the Tiki Terrace with Carly. I'm definitely down for an organized monthly RBI gathering, be at Ultimate's or on a rotating basis...
what's the Tiki Terrace? sounds enticing
Quote from: Gantry on 12/01/07, 03:09:26 PM
Still snowing out here, I'm probably out. Sorry to be a party pooper folks, but I don't want to drive in snow and our streets still have no plows out yet...
I know Strassy is taking a Mustang out there and is a trooper, but he has to be in Tinley Park afterwards while I'm going right back to Wheeling to drink at the Tiki Terrace with Carly. I'm definitely down for an organized monthly RBI gathering, be at Ultimate's or on a rotating basis...
No problem, I fully understand we can do it some other time when conditions aren't so nuts.
Strassy drive safe assuming you are still in.
Quote from: Strassy on 12/01/07, 03:12:41 PM
what's the Tiki Terrace? sounds enticing
Some bar with hawaiian type drinks, yet it's on Camp McDonald and Wolf Road so it can't be too classy. Never been there, and apparently this is the last weekend it's open. You are definitely invited after your dads, but at that point we may be somewhere else. But text if you are down for a late night gathering...
This monthly RBI gathering needs to happen, the key is a consistent time. Saturday afternoons are probably best. Since Ult has a kid we should do it at his place a couple times. Hopefully I can get Lips or Sperling to come along as well...
well, i may be putting the cabosh on this as well....i just checked travel times, and the time spent on 290 is allegedly going to be 47 minutes. given than it takes me at least 20 minutes to get to 290, and then another 10 or 15 (?) to get to ultimate's, we are looking at about an hour and a half...i think i may actually skip my dad's altogether. damn this chicago.
by the way guys, it would never take an hour and a half to get 24.9 miles in Bloomington-Normal...
But if you went 24.9 miles from Bloomington-Normal, you wouldn't get anywhere.
So looks like it's off for today
you'd make it to Lincoln, IL...and how can you go wrong with a town named after Abraham Lincoln? answer: you can't!
Quote from: Gantry on 12/01/07, 03:19:01 PM
This monthly RBI gathering needs to happen, the key is a consistent time. Saturday afternoons are probably best. Since Ult has a kid we should do it at his place a couple times. Hopefully I can get Lips or Sperling to come along as well...
Rack is of course welcome as well, not sure he's played much ATG though. Seriously once a month at a rotating location, I could probably make it most of the time. We only need 3 or 4 of Ult, Gantry, Strassy, Lips, Sperling, Rack, plus maybe a couple random others each month to make it each time. Beales could probably make it once in a while as well.
i have a friend who is not a member of the forums, but he is a huge RBI fan. in fact, since nacho and I ceased to live in the same town, he is the only person i have played with outside of dee-nee gatherings. he would most certaintly be game, but he works on saturdays. if we ever meet on sundays, i am pretty sure he would be down at least a good portion of the time.
Sundays should work for me
Sundays after the football season is also doable, the key is to get 3-4 people and setup a consistent schedule...
I should be able to host this Sunday, if anyone is interested I'll make sure I've got clearance.
i feel like i have something to do in the back of my mind, but i cannot recall what it might be...so pretty much, you can count me in
We really need to organize these shindigs, preferably well in advance. I want to get some games in....
what about this saturday? I believe we discussed it last week...cheap beer and RBI...or for ultimate, cheap water and RBI?
I'll confirm tonight, but Saturday should be good for me.
I'll be in Chicago Saturday.
But will likely be watching the UFC PPV in some bar.
I can host on Saturday, Gantry or anyone else want in?
gantry hasn't reponded to this thread yet (obviously) but last week, we were discussing him heading into the city. i don't know if you would be willing/able to come here (or even if gantry is still willing/able to come) but that might be the plan as of right now...
I might be able to make it out there, depends on time and other possible plans.
If the gathering was this week for RBI, it would have to be by Strassys. I'm not up for a whirlwind strassy/u7 tour in one day.
As of now I'm in for saturday and some NES. GoReds, we demand more info on where you'll be Saturday night....
I cant make any guarantees. But I am almost certain I'll be in the Skybridge building downtown watching the UFC PPV and getting stoned/drunk. If I had to guess Friday night I'll be at Nevin's in Evanston partying up.
Maybe if there isnt a party in the back room I can get Ro to open it up and hook up some free pool.
What the fuck are you doing in that swank castle?
My buddy owns a place there. He's the same guy that owns both Nevin's (evanston and Naperville). Both of his parents are doctors and I believe he has a load of IBM or Microsoft stock his parents bought him when he was a kid and gave ti him when he graduated college.
Thats the place I'd be living if I wouldnt have pussied out of my moving to Chicago...which is a constant open option to me, but I dunno if I really wanna bartend for the rest of my life.
But why would you be watching the UFC there? Is there a bar in the building?
No, but there is certainly plenty of area to smoke pot, which is at times frowned upon doing at a bar. Not that I havent before.
just cause you'd be bartending now doesn't mean you'd be doing it forever
Yes it does.
I could certainly go over all of my extremely lame excuses for not moving to Chicago...but any idiot could find 1000 holes in any of them.
So when are you coming in on Sat GoReds? Any chance you can hit up the casa de Strassy a little early?
I'm actually coming in tomorrow early afternoon to see friends. I dunno what my schedule looks like still other than Saturday night we're watching the UFC fight at my buddies place downtown.
so gantry, does this mean that we are hanging out on saturday? let me know so i can clear my schedule, otherwise i have to find someone else to get drunk with i have a lot of important plans
I'm definitely down for shit on Saturday, perhaps starting late pm? I like the NES/GoJim/Liquor Store concept, if you had other ideas in mind let me know...
I'm pretty sure around 5 or so Im gonna be at Nevins to grab some dinner and a few drinks tonight. If at all possible, it would be a great if someone showed up there and we could discuss plans for Saturday afternoon.
Otherwise my # is 812 707 1196. If I dont answer, leave a message.
I'm leaving Seymour at 10.
Quote from: Gantry on 02/01/08, 07:16:37 AM
I'm definitely down for shit on Saturday, perhaps starting late pm? I like the NES/GoJim/Liquor Store concept, if you had other ideas in mind let me know...
that sounds fine to me...perhaps hit up buy low and head back here for a while to pound some cheap beer and nintendo...then meet up with reds, since it sounds like he will already be out.
i gotta say that it will be dicey, me getting to nevin's tonight. i have to work (albeit only until 2) but getting up to evanston is this weather will be a huge pain in the bungholio...
You at the Nevins in Evanston? Lips, Sperling and I are going to the Northwestern wrestling meet tonight, which starts at 7pm. Maybe we can hit up the one afterwards if you'll still be there. This is all tentative, as Sperling has army drill tomorrow and I haven't checked with Lips...
Strassy - sounds like a plan for tomorrow...
Yeah in Evanston, my buddy works at five and Im just gonna ride with him and grab the old free meal....I plan on hanging out for at least a while.
Just call me if you head to Nevin's Gantry...if not someone call me tomorrow anytime and I'm sure I can probably find my way around town to Strassy's to drink a couple and chill for a while.
Quote from: GoReds on 02/01/08, 08:18:26 AM
Yeah in Evanston, my buddy works at five and Im just gonna ride with him and grab the old free meal....I plan on hanging out for at least a while.
Just call me if you head to Nevin's Gantry...if not someone call me tomorrow anytime and I'm sure I can probably find my way around town to Strassy's to drink a couple and chill for a while.
I would double your expected drive time based on the weather here
Will do, but the meet likely won't be over till 9:30 or so, think you'll still be around? We could also go early but that means braving the dreaded Friday rush hour traffic out east in awful weather. I'll check with the fellas and get back to you...
Sorry fellas....had a bad time and couldnt make it to Chi town. See AG thread for details.
Quote from: ultimate7 on 02/01/08, 08:23:56 AM
Quote from: GoReds on 02/01/08, 08:18:26 AM
Yeah in Evanston, my buddy works at five and Im just gonna ride with him and grab the old free meal....I plan on hanging out for at least a while.
Just call me if you head to Nevin's Gantry...if not someone call me tomorrow anytime and I'm sure I can probably find my way around town to Strassy's to drink a couple and chill for a while.
I would double your expected drive time based on the weather here
I guess I should have said double your expected number of cars
I had a dream last night I was buying a TON of used NES games (along with Lips) at this awesome store on Weiland road, where the video store used to be. You know, that same shopping center as Cravings and the Mongolian BBQ?
Anyways, that inspired me to look up used NES places, since Strassy had a whale of a time in B/N. I found this place, you been Strassy?
4353 N Harlem Ave, Norridge, IL
(708) 457-2260 - 1 review
Not too far out of the way, and got some decent reviews (http://www.yelp.com/biz/videogames-then-and-now-norridge#hrid:7OcAJhl0FBd5qlNw-9CTsQ/query:video%20games), you down today Strassy? I think Sperling might be down for this afternoon as well...
I play ultimate quite a bit at Schiller Park at Irving and Cumberland probably about a mile from there, I may stop in when I get a chance this spring.
I'm in that area quite a bit too, and may have to add it to my "extended lunch" trips I make to Rolling Stone Records and Beyond the Limit (for hackeysacks). Harlem & Irving, WHAT?
Quote from: Gantry on 02/02/08, 09:56:21 AM
I had a dream last night I was buying a TON of used NES games (along with Lips) at this awesome store on Weiland road, where the video store used to be. You know, that same shopping center as Cravings and the Mongolian BBQ?
Anyways, that inspired me to look up used NES places, since Strassy had a whale of a time in B/N. I found this place, you been Strassy?
4353 N Harlem Ave, Norridge, IL
(708) 457-2260 - 1 review
Not too far out of the way, and got some decent reviews (http://www.yelp.com/biz/videogames-then-and-now-norridge#hrid:7OcAJhl0FBd5qlNw-9CTsQ/query:video%20games), you down today Strassy? I think Sperling might be down for this afternoon as well...
i would definitely check that place out. is sperling coming down to booze it up as well?
it is ironic that you had a dream about that strip mall. in like 1992/1993, they DID have a place that sold games. it was pretty kick ass. some asian guy ran a VHS/video game rental store, and he would sell ANY game that he was renting. i believe it was $10 for NES, $15 for Genesis, and $20 for SNES.
if i were old enough to have had a job at that point, i would have been going berserk. as it was, as soon as i had enough money, i would go there and get a game that had probably just come out, for $15. my current roommate actually used to do this a lot as well. i don't remember what i got there, besides for Phantasy Star 3. for obvious reasons, this guy didn't stay in business very long.
Sperling is likely in, I say we meet up at your place then video game store, then foremost liquors, buy low and back to the casa de strassy...
What time works for you, maybe like 4pm or so?
sounds like a plan to me...i am very psyched for this store. i also have 11 NES games coming via ebay any day now. with luck, they will arrive today. i know you want a list of the games, which topic shall i post them in?
NES Victory... PM your address and I'll be there at 4pm sharp!
I'm getting bored already, make it 3:30...
Quote from: Reds on 02/01/08, 07:25:23 AM
Otherwise my # is 812 707 1196. If I dont answer, leave a message.
This number just called me.
Reds is dumb.
A few months ago I got a text from it saying something about going to the gym or something.
I think I may send it a pic of my dick when I'm at the bar tonight.
I misdialed....sheesh!
This thread has been an epic failure
That's a shock...
Just re-read, I had no recollection of missed connection from 10 years ago. I probably haven't played a real 2 player game of RBI since. And if any locals are really bored Friday night, I can once again host with family out of town.
I was really just trying to bait another snowstorm
That Tiki Terrace place was silly, Tiki bars fucking suck. And Orbit (RIP tomorrow) doesn't count since nobody buys the Tiki drinks