Arcade and Retro forum beers! (AKA the night of the scandalously drunk retro geeks)

MrVestek

Retr0gamer wrote: »

There's too many birthdays around February between friends and family so it's the only day I can have it unfortunately

Including my birthday party tomorrow night with a sci fi theme.

It's going to be deadly, rented out a smoke machine for it. Decorated the place with a blow up dalek and Silurian life size cardboard cutout. I'm also heading to Maplin later to grab a blue police box swirly light thing... will have star motifes on the walls too.

If any of you are around the Monkstown area you're more than welcome to come along.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

o1s1n wrote: »

Need I mention my drinks cabinet again?!!? :pac:

I'm sure you can change his mind before the 9th

If I could change his mind I would have done already >: I'd rather go to the dentist than go out

o1s1n

Retr0gamer wrote: »

There's too many birthdays around February between friends and family so it's the only day I can have it unfortunately

No golden wallpaper for Retr0

Achilles wrote: »

Including my birthday party tomorrow night with a sci fi theme.

It's going to be deadly, rented out a smoke machine for it. Decorated the place with a blow up dalek and Silurian life size cardboard cutout. I'm also heading to Maplin later to grab a blue police box swirly light thing... will have star motifes on the walls too.

If any of you are around the Monkstown area you're more than welcome to come along.

That sounds deadly! I hope you're wearing a TNG uniform?

Sera wrote: »

If I could change his mind I would have done already >: I'd rather go to the dentist than go out

Sure come out to mine without him. It'll be much more craic

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

o1s1n wrote: »

Sure come out to mine without him. It'll be much more craic

Don't be encouraging me! :P (already thinking about it lol)

Retr0gamer

Sera wrote: »

Don't be encouraging me! :P (already thinking about it lol)

johnny_ultimate

Sera wrote: »

If I could change his mind I would have done already >: I'd rather go to the dentist than go out

Ha you make a night out with Retro's friends sound like such an enticing prospect

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xILm9Eohji4

o1s1n

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Don't listen to this emotional blackmail Sera. You know where all the cool kids will be that night. :pac:

Atavan-Halen

Retr0gamer wrote: »

:'(

Oooh, Trouble in paradise!

Come to o1s1ns, we'll be doing coke off naked hookers.

There will be hookers right?

o1s1n

atavan-halen wrote: »

There will be hookers right?

You're coming aren't you?

If so, then yes :pac:

Atavan-Halen

o1s1n wrote: »

You're coming aren't you?

If so, then yes :pac:

Grand.

I should be there anyway!

Andrew76

Actually when you think about it, retr0's birthday happens every year. Beers at o1s1n's is a much rarer event indeed. :cool:

About as rare as retr0 not sh1tting on someone's new GET.
About as rare as Cidey resisting trading in that new game he never played only to re-buy it later.
About as rare as an evening passing without Atavan spewing drunken verbal diarrhea on the forum.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Ha you make a night out with Retro's friends sound like such an enticing prospect

sure they're all like not into anime or the same game I'd play,
so dunno what normal things people talk about, politics? films I've not seen? babies?

o1s1n

Football. It's always football

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

o1s1n wrote: »

Football. It's always football

oh stop! I go comatose, everytime my brother comes out he'd talk to my dad about it for hours, not even just footy, almost every other sport too.

johnny_ultimate

There was a really good score yesterday though, from the far side of the field.

I also heard some lad moved from one team to some other team for like £1,000,000,000 per week or something.

Et cetera.

o1s1n

Just to note, there is a policy in place in my house where if someone mentions football, they are locked in the pantry for an hour with the ghosts.

johnny_ultimate

Best not to exalt the virtues of Marco's Magic Football just to be safe?

Retr0gamer

o1s1n wrote: »

Just to note, there is a policy in place in my house where if someone mentions football, they are locked in the pantry for an hour with the ghosts.

Hint: This is a good time to steal the beluga caviar.

CiDeRmAn

So, is there a retro gaming safe sport?
Formula 1?
Rally Sport?
Pretending you're in an issue of Initial D, with the arrangement drifting, Hill climbs and descents and teenage angst?
Curling?
Sonic 2 Speed Run?
Fishing! Just ask Sparks, his second favourite subject after Repton!

o1s1n

I should probably start provisioning for this seeing as it's this Saturday!

So how many heads should I be expecting?

If anyone is unsure how to get out, send me a PM and I'll forward you on the directions. As I was saying before, it's extremely easy to find

With regards to consoles, I have the following set up.

Megadrive & Mega CD with Everdrive (not many Mega CD games though)
Saturn with lots of CDRs
PC Engine with Everdrive
PSone with lots of CDRs
Snes - this is my downfall, most of my Snes games are in storage so I don't have too many
Gamecube - Not many games for it though
Dreamcast - lots of CDRs. If someone has Powerstone that might be worth bringing
Arcade cab - if someone can bring an MVS multi cart it might be handy, saves me switching games all night

CiDeRmAn

I'll bring the MVS multi thingy!

CathalDublin

When I get the music going on the pinbal.
l beers will be in mine I promice
Quote me in the repair thread

o1s1n

Only two interested people so far :eek:

Don't tell me I'm going to have to Rule of Enternow my own beers?! :pac:

krudler

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

So, is there a retro gaming safe sport?

WWE, its real life No Mercy :pac:

CiDeRmAn

Sorry man, but sure at least the event will be of an "intimate" nature, and if there's only the three of us we can revisit the "pants must be worn" rule!!
Time to start PMing people, come on guys, this may be the only chance we have to see a real pantry, outside of Downton Abbey!

Jack burton

I'd love to go but I'm going to Kilkenny for the night for 2 birthdays and one of those amazing hotel baths the next morning!

o1s1n

Retr0 already used the Birthday excuse. You'll have to try harder than that :pac:

MrVestek

I've run out of money trying to buy a Silverline arcade cab... oops.

DinoRex

I have to use the same excuse as Sera as it's my girlfriend's birthday on Saturday apparently.

CosmicSmash

I might put in an appearance tomorrow, How many are heading down to you? At least it's a lot less daunting than trying to find Cidermans rustic dwelling.

o1s1n

Monkeykube wrote: »

I might put in an appearance tomorrow, How many are heading down to you? At least it's a lot less daunting than trying to find Cidermans rustic dwelling.

The plan was to have it on Saturday. Only two confirmed so far. I'll leave the invite open until the end of today - if everyone is pretty much tied up in other stuff I'll call it off and have it another evening.

DinoRex

Have Fridays been more successful for us, historically?

CiDeRmAn

Historically yes, sexually, you'd have to ask Atavan
And, since when did Dinorex have a girlfriend?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOuqEzmg304

DinoRex

Bizarrely someone on here actually asked her to go to o1s1n's independently of me!

Myrddin

EnterNow wrote: »

The Beer Night Template:

Poster 1 - Beers at Mine, yay!

Poster 2 - Great, I'll be there for 8pm
Poster 3 - Great, I'll be there for 8pm
Poster 4 - Great, I'll be there for 8pm
Poster 5- Great, I'll be there for 8pm
Poster 6 - Great, I'll be there for 8pm
Poster 7 - Great, I'll be there for 8pm
Poster 8 - Great, I'll be there for 8pm

The Beers Night Arrives:

Poster 2 - May not make it, somethings come up
Poster 3 - I'm out for tonight guys, have fun
Poster 4 - Forgot about something lads, can't get there
Poster 5 - I'm working tonight, can't get out of it
Poster 6 - Argh, I have the flu
Poster 7 - Possibly may not make it tonight
Poster 8 - Can't wait! (Likely Atavan)

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Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

DinoRex wrote: »

Have Fridays been more successful for us, historically?

I think they've been okay but some people don't go if it's like super far and working. But I've a funeral either tomorrow or Saturday so still couldn't go
(T-T)

CiDeRmAn

So, in a nutshell, we have to wait another 5 years before going to O1s1ns for a Beers??

o1s1n

Hah!

We can have a beers in mine literally any weekend. I've no kids, a girlfriend who doesn't mind and no Birthdays/weddings/funerals to attend any time soon that I know of.

The hardest part is getting all you feckers in a room at once!

CiDeRmAn

It's true, well, we'll wait for you to call the ball O1s1n.
We'll get to yours eventually!

o1s1n

How's folks availability next Friday/Saturday?

DinoRex

Friday is good.

Saturday Pretty in Pink is showing at the Lighthouse.

o1s1n

Friday should be alright for me next week as I'll be finished work at 15:30.

Saturday is good too.

As is Sunday.

Feck, I really need to start making some plans for my weekends!!! :eek:

johnny_ultimate

Next Friday would be best here too.

Apparently Wreck It Ralph himself John C. Reilly is playing country rock in a church in Dublin this Saturday night. I'd feel bad missing an event of such profound oddness.

CiDeRmAn

Friday is ok, should be anyhow......
I'm working but sure, I'll be there by 9 or so....

CiDeRmAn

DinoRex wrote: »

Friday is good.

Saturday Pretty in Pink is showing at the Lighthouse.

I'm trying to pick between Muriels Wedding or Roman Holiday on the 14th....



Oh, sorry, Mariels Wedding!

pdbhp

Friday is fine for me, though i'll have to record Tallafornia

Atavan-Halen

So it's next Friday now? That should be fine by me.

Retr0gamer

It's my birthday again next Friday.

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

I've no plans til March really this is the only week I'm busy

MrVestek

Retr0gamer wrote: »

It's my birthday again next Friday.

Again?! It's like you go out of your way to have one of those every year...