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9/11/ 2010 Meetup - at Galloping Ghost Arcade - Brookfield IL
top row:shieryda, CAG 79, ryosnk, slowdive21, mrosnwo, chi.bri
bottom row: Blackout, Ruben (ryosnk brother), dpac andWeaponX2099
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Hello, I am a Chicago guy so I would like to start a Chicago thread so maybe we can help each other out by letting Chicago area cheapasses find cheap deals.
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-Saturday, April 5 at 3PM Dunaly's on the Square 3137 W. Logan Blvd.-



7/31/2007
Would anyone be interested in a CAG Chicago meet up at game works (in woodfield)? They have a special for $10 on thursday for all you can play from 9 to midnight.

More info here: http://www.gameworks.com/events_deta...?location_id=6


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HOME OF THE 2005 WORLD CHAMPION CHICAGO WHITE SOX
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Chicago member List (Now I know who gets my games :wink: j/k)

akilshohen
Apossum
Birbo
bobo2k4
Chickenhawk
Darkside Hazuki
Dpac
EdS25
FlipSide
Flybrione
Gameboy415
heffaji
JJAPPLE
jaykrue
jonnyfivealive
Johnny Postman
Jonny Polychronopoulos
Loserboy
mario23air
Maynard
Minqqq
peccosan
Prepster
Ragingbull2380
Rig
rly723
Rocksolidaudio (1up located in San Francisco)
ryosnk (Addison and austin)
SEGA128DC
SeraphiMichael
shadd01
shieryda (located near Six Corners)
Slipknot9762
souNReAL
Stoneage
tmei03
tqm11
Vicious
Walt Jay
Watchman
WeaponX2099
Wiseguy


Here are some little known stores in the Chicagoland area.

VideoGames Etc.
4351 N. Harlem
Norridge, IL 60706

Gamerz Garage
6128 Cass Ave
Westmont, IL 60559

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Also, y'all better stay away from my Half Price Books this Sunday (j/k). Someone's gotta tell the buyer at the Highland Park location to stop accepting Steam-activated PC games.
 
I have some questions for you guys:

Do any of you guys have comcast internet that has a wired AND wireless connection?

What router do you use?

Was it provided by comcast?

I have a phone modem and a netgear 614 that they provide, but it severly lags when gaming and on wireless in general. (Speedtest says 30bps on my desktop and I get anywhere from 2-15 bps on my laptop and ps3.)
 
When I had comcast before I moved, my modem had no wireless access. I just used a linksys router and was good to go. I miss it, because the internet was pretty good, but now I have Directv, and I'm not paying their insane price for internet only(w/o cable it's very expensive). Anyway, from experience and word of mouth, as a general rule of thumb, most wireless solutions provided from the ISPs themselves all usually suck. Then again, I didn't know comcast provided a phone modem either, I thought it was all cable. Hell, my mom has the triple play package, and the phone itself actually gets fed right from the cable line(a phone port on the modem) instead of a wall phone jack.
 
Do any of you guys have comcast internet that has a wired AND wireless connection? No, in fact I bought my own cable modem with docsis 3.0.

What router do you use? Netgear WNDR3700 (it was been rock solid)

Was it provided by comcast? Nope, laid down the cash and has been totally worth it.
 
[quote name='slowdive21']I have some questions for you guys:

Do any of you guys have comcast internet that has a wired AND wireless connection?

What router do you use?

Was it provided by comcast?

I have a phone modem and a netgear 614 that they provide, but it severly lags when gaming and on wireless in general. (Speedtest says 30bps on my desktop and I get anywhere from 2-15 bps on my laptop and ps3.)[/QUOTE]

It might be your router or the laptop.

From the netgear model, it looks like the best it can do is 802.11g.

Does your laptop use 802.11 a/b/g/n?
 
[quote name='mrspicytacoman']do you guys know if disc replays carry any good retro video game stuff?[/QUOTE]

The Orland Park location has a mild selection of pre PS2/GCN/Xbox games. The cool part is that they have a buy 2 get 1 game free if it is $3.99 and under.
 
[quote name='mrspicytacoman']do you guys know if disc replays carry any good retro video game stuff?[/QUOTE]

You pretty much just need to go and see. It's all about who sold them what, so it's all down to luck on what is in stock. I've seen stuff all the way back to old Atari's from time to time in those stores. I'm sort of a poor judge on what that kinda stuff is worth, because I'm pretty sentimental with my old games. Therefore, whether the prices are any good is subjective. I will say this, though, you stand a much better chance of seeing systems themselves then you do a good selection of games. I usually always see at least some nes/snes/psx/n64's there. Check out Half-Price Books as well. Seen some neat old stuff in those stores too.
 
[quote name='52club']Do any of you guys have comcast internet that has a wired AND wireless connection? No, in fact I bought my own cable modem with docsis 3.0.

What router do you use? Netgear WNDR3700 (it was been rock solid)

Was it provided by comcast? Nope, laid down the cash and has been totally worth it.[/QUOTE]

Thanks for mentioning this! I'm looking hard at ordering it because my wife is tired of not having wifi at home for her iPhone, and my daughter wants access on her PC, and I was jealously keeping the connection wired for gaming.
 
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I guess it was because I was wearing a Nintendo "Who Are You?" hoodie that I got from my Game Crazy days...
 
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Hey All,
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I grabbed one without a pre order.

just a heads up


this message is good as of 8:10AM (when I left)
 
[quote name='Xellos2099']Anyone here use U-verse as internet service? I am thinking of switching over from att dsl but i hear soem horrible story.[/QUOTE]

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[quote name='Josh5890']Isn't NATO great or what?[/QUOTE]

It didn't seem nearly as bad as everyone expected it to be. I'm just glad it's gone, so I don't have to hear about it any longer.
 
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