Originally Posted by mrosnwo Saw the sweet blockbuster bluray sale thread this weekend and went to go check it out. Somehow I totally missed the blockbuster on western by toys r us closing down. When did this happen? More importantly(or unimportantly since I haven't been in one for years), is there even a blockbuster still open on the near-north side? Every one I've been in is gone.

The one by me (Irving Park and Cicero) is still open, and I believe the one on Irving/Kimball(?) is still there.

in addition to ribfest, theres a new fest called 6 corners bbq fest. its supposed to feature some of the best bbq food around. Its taking place June 18th and 19th. Free admission but they are asking for a 5 dollar donation. More info here http://banguptvstudios.com/bbqfest/

Originally Posted by bigsick in addition to ribfest, theres a new fest called 6 corners bbq fest. its supposed to feature some of the best bbq food around. Its taking place June 18th and 19th. Free admission but they are asking for a 5 dollar donation. More info here http://banguptvstudios.com/bbqfest/

Any of you guys interested in meeting up there?

Originally Posted by Blackout Any of you guys interested in meeting up there?

I'm planning on going to ribfest at 6corners but I will be having the family with me.

Decided to skip ribfest this weekend, but maybe I'll head up to the bbq thing next week at 6 corners. I hate busing it anywhere, how far away do you think I'd have to park? I know, I know, I'm sure it's far away.

Also, just finished a pretty lengthy Mortal Kombat session on PSN. The new patch I installed today made the online run pretty flawless. I was shocked that the 3 of us playing king of the hill matches saw next to no slow down the entire night. Bravo Netherrealm! If any of you are still interesting in a little CAG MK KOTH, hit me up. I added ryosnk already, feel free to add me too. If anyone sees me online playing it at this point, I'm probably on with a friend or two of mine, so feel free to join us or message me to invite you. We play very friendly, none of us are pros. I'd classify us as "experienced". Plenty of experimenting going on in our games, and we don't just stick to using our mains the whole night, often times switching to someone different every single fight. So, no reason to feel intimidated in any way.

I just learned that one of my cousin's wives is on the Windy City Rollers. Been meaning to check them out for years; might have an excuse now.

Originally Posted by dfg I just learned that one of my cousin's wives is on the Windy City Rollers. Been meaning to check them out for years; might have an excuse now.

Oh man, I know some members of the team personally. My sister is the founder of the Dupage Derby Dames. I've actually seen the WCR's twice, being pressured into going by my sister, at the Pavilion. It's not as entertaining to me as the old school pro-wrestling-like derby that was on when I was little, but it's ok.

Originally Posted by mrosnwo Oh man, I know some members of the team personally. My sister is the founder of the Dupage Derby Dames. I've actually seen the WCR's twice, being pressured into going by my sister, at the Pavilion. It's not as entertaining to me as the old school pro-wrestling-like derby that was on when I was little, but it's ok.

Cool! I never had any connection or even impression of old-school derby, but when this revival started I thought it sounded awesome.

Originally Posted by dfg I just learned that one of my cousin's wives is on the Windy City Rollers. Been meaning to check them out for years; might have an excuse now.

ive never been to a windy city rollers game but i went to the Chicago syndicate derby a little while ago. its pretty fun.

I visited the Galloping Ghost yesterday, and it's great - definitely a place I could spend all day at...

I'm going back next Saturday as they're having Mortal Kombat, MvC3 and SSFIV tournaments - seems like it would make for a CAG meetup if anyone is interested.

Anyone attend the six corners BBQ fest? How was it? Worth attending?

Originally Posted by ryosnk Anyone attend the six corners BBQ fest? How was it? Worth attending?

i'm going today. ill let you know how it is when i get back.

edit: wasn't that impressed. Ended up donating 5 dollars to get in which wasn't a big deal. They had hardly any bbq stands, i believe 2 or 3 at most. The rest were mostly advertisement stands (i.e. sears, wisconsin dells, and more.) I wouldn't go against unless it was bigger and better.

Is galloping ghost the only arcade place in chicago? its way too far :(

Originally Posted by TooMuchCoolness Is galloping ghost the only arcade place in chicago? its way too far :(

Not sure, but GG is worth the trip. I have been several times.

ing storm! Car got hit with a tree branch driving home, and then when I got out to inspect the damage, I almost was blown over and then the wind whipped something into my face.

Schizo weather as usual here in Chicagoland.

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Originally Posted by TooMuchCoolness Is galloping ghost the only arcade place in chicago? its way too far :(

Originally Posted by Bug42 Not sure, but GG is worth the trip. I have been several times.

If we have a meet up again you can at least meet some of the Chicago CAGs. We buy/trade games and guides at meetups as well. It is a little far, but it is an easy drive from the Northern burbs, since you can avoid most of the city traffic.

I think there was some talk of this earlier in the thread, but do you any of you guys use U-verse for internet? How are the speeds?

And we definitely need to go the arcade again. I nominated in the next few weeks. LETS MAKE IT HAPPEN.

Originally Posted by TooMuchCoolness Is galloping ghost the only arcade place in chicago? its way too far :(

No, but it's the only one you'll ever want to go to ever again once you've been there! Really, to answer your question, there's Nickel City in Northbrook which isn't horrible but has gone downhill IMO, and a few others, but it's like comparing one of those tiny little eco cars to a fully loaded Escalade. The sheer vast array and variety of GGA blows away the rest.

Originally Posted by Blackout I think there was some talk of this earlier in the thread, but do you any of you guys use U-verse for internet? How are the speeds? And we definitely need to go the arcade again. I nominated in the next few weeks. LETS MAKE IT HAPPEN.

I've got the AT&T Elite plan for $19.99(usually like $40-45 I think), thru some promo like 8 months or so back. Not bad as far as gaming goes. Doesn't seem as quick as my Comcast was, but doesn't bother me at all. Keep in mind I'm not one of those who use software to measure DL/UL speeds, though. Also, I'm in for the arcade, I'm having withdrawl, it's been a couple months.

Originally Posted by slowdive21 If we have a meet up again you can at least meet some of the Chicago CAGs. We buy/trade games and guides at meetups as well. It is a little far, but it is an easy drive from the Northern burbs, since you can avoid most of the city traffic.

Got some games in my backlog through some clearence scores that I still have sealed that I wouldn't mind trading off(an extra Fable 3 LE being one). Who knows if I'm gonna get to these things, so I might as well bring along some to try and get some stuff I'm more interested in. Last time I didn't take part in the swap portion of the meet-up, since I came in on kinda short notice, the last week or two beforehand. I'm interested in it this time.

Thanks for the input. Do you have multiple people in your place using the Wi-Fi? How are the speeds then? My current internet sucks when I'm just using it, but when other people in my house start too it's unbearably slow.

Also how are download speeds for PS3 (game patches and system updates)? Faster?

I live on the 2nd floor of a 3-flat. My cousin lives in the basement, but will go out to the front porch and grab my router with his laptop. When he does, I don't notice any slowdown. Also, I'm living with my brother right now, and when we both have XBox's going, still, no difference. I have a linksys/cisco router though, not their own wireless option, if that helps. As for PS3, download speeds just suck balls no matter what you have. They sucked on Comcast, they suck on AT&T. I can download the exact same download on the PS3 and 360 at the same time(say, a demo), and I can have the 360 done and the whole trial played through by the time the PS3 demo finished downloading. Always been that way, no matter if I have every other item in my network turned off or not. Friends all say the same thing. I'd assume their network adapter inside the system is just inferior. System updates are dreaded, because I know it's always like 15 minutes or so before I can start something, including netlfix(which sometimes ruins my alotted movie viewing time).