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I'm a bit excited because I didn't know about the shop at all (I don't do the retro gaming thing, I can just about afford my 360 and a new game once in a while). If they're trying to get something interesting going, I'd be happy to help. I read the Guardian at the weekend and it's all about community organic herb gardens, when there are more important things in life.

Website is here if you're interested, Joe:

http://www.retrogamebase.co.uk/

I kind of know the guys there a little through a friend who, just as they were setting up, was looking to offload his ridiculously massive retro game collection as he was leaving the country. Perfect timing for both parties as it gave them a ton of stock and he gets regular payments from his stuff as they sell it. He's back in the country for a week, so we met up yesterday and headed down to RGB to see how they are getting on.

They have run SF2 tournaments there in the past, but like I say, the cab is supremely dodgy. Like, you'll be lucky to throw a fireball dodgy. They don't seem that interested in fighting games overall and when one of them was talking about setting up this new bar, said they're more looking for a casual bar setting and not interested in tournaments and such, so I don't know if what they're doing would interest you, but well, by all means go and have a chat with them. As a retro shop it's actually a nice set-up (and they have excellent Space Invaders, Asteroids and Neo-Geo cabs*), albeit pricey like all brick and mortar retro game retail.

* The Neo-Geo cab is one of my mate's contributions and has the truly brilliant fighter Breakers on there, so go and check that out if anything :)

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Walk the plink

Ultradavey Jones' Locker

You Hou ho (A Pirate's life for me)

Lots of fun games recently. Added a guy named Butcher Wing who has lots of fancy Oni tech. that I am stealing. We've been having very violent Oni mirror matches and they are fun. Also added a French Guile player. I was getting a bit salty playing against him because he had a mixture of wonderful execution but seemingly no thought behind his play. I lost five games in a row against him, then figured out what was happening and won the next ten. At the end of the set I had no desire to play against him again, which made it a bit awkward when he sent a really nice message and a friend request. His message complimented my Dudley and Sakura and said GGs and stuff. I sent one back just saying GGs and well played, but wasn't complimentary about his Guile because his Guile did about a billion flash kicks per round. He then sends another message saying "What do you think of my Guile?"

Motherfucker.

So I said it was good and that I'm looking forward to playing again soon because I have no spine whatsoever. Brilliant.

I also played some games against Dark Tatsumaki, who has 5,000PP. He played Cammy, Akuma and Seth against my Evil Ryu and I held my own against him reasonably well. Didn't lose every game and didn't get steamrolled in any of them. Quite pleased with that.

Lastly, this evening I had many fun games against Allystah as well as assorted random players. Having a three man lobby with team Jellistarr and a random was thoroughly entertaining. I miss the days when we'd do that with rllmuk lobbies and then coach/encourage the rllmuk player to triumph over the random. It was also fun when there'd be a lobby tyrant and we'd be lining up to try and beat him. It cannot be overstated how much it helps to have another set of eyes watching the match and commenting on your opponent's tendencies and what you're doing right or wrong. More importantly, beating the random player with something excellent and getting the appropriate props for it is the best thing.

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Was lovely to meet everyone tonight. Sorry I didn't say bye to some of you as I had to rush to get my 23:27 train (which I'm on now duh). Also I got booed by the crowd and was the only guy playing street fighter in a suit thus increasing my dickhead status

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Excellent. Other attendees, please do HoG write-ups so that I can live vicariously through you. You know if I had been there I would produce the writey-est of ups, don't let me down guys.

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I will leave others to provide the tales of what happened at the actual venue, but these were my thoughts on the way there on how I should greet all of these online folk in real life without looking like a total weirdo.

Imp and Choo- Easy- I've had years of working my charm on them and Imp used to listen to my podcast so I'm probably a celebrity to him (who sucks at sf) and whatever. No problem

Joeplus- very friendly guy who organised the league. The main contact we have had was playing our match in the league where he was a lil drunk and I spammed buttslam to get a fraudulent win. I didn't really mind doing that because we're not even on mic- I'm just a faceless man on the internet playing dirty for the sake of e-peen in a league. Well today I had to own up to that FACE TO FACE. Luckily his face had a big smile on it most of the time, and I tried to stare beyond it to see if it was a ruse, but no, he is a genuinely jolly man.

Hegg- Imp called Hegg right outside the venue. He said HI GRAHAM. This immediately confused me. Do I call him Hegg or Graham? What if I seem like a dysfunctional idiot who can only call people by their online handles in public making us both look like cocks? (Uzi is actually what all my friends call me in real life so no conundrum there for me) But I can't call him Graham- he will wonder how I found out his name like some creepy net stalker. We haven't ever even played much in lobbies I think. I can't be on a first name basis already like fucking Imp who is in the special name club. Hegg walked over. OH MY GOD THAT BEARD AND COOL HAIRCUT. I think I said Hi Heggam- mixing the two. I don't think anyone noticed. Phew. Hegg went on to say what I thought was "You're free uzi?". Fuck- what that's a little mean. I am shit but no need to introduce me as free m8! Turned out he said Freezy because he thought I was him. Whoops!

Camel- I actually made this joke in my head on the train over. I remember a bit what camel looked like because he was in some pics with donut/joeplus etc, and I remember mentioning he was tall so I imagine him saying I'm camel, and I would go, I know because you're tall! And everyone would laugh, including some people who had no idea who we were. Camel did walk over and I did recognise him but an awkward introduction where due to the loud stupid chip tune music and me slurring in a rush to deliver the joke, he misheard my name and was like "You're OZZY?" doing a face of "whothefuckisthat?" - it was then clarified and he introduced himself and I went I KNOW COS UR TALL RITE- delivered like david brent with an awkward smile afterwards. I'm sorry mate. I'm sorry. Lovely bloke.

Freezy- Luckily arrived after all of the above so I didn't get much of a chance to make a tit of myself as much. Just as nice as the others.

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