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9/11/ 2010 Meetup - at Galloping Ghost Arcade - Brookfield IL
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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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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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I'm in. I have tons of old (unused) guides and sealed PS2, PS3, 360 games. I lose track of what I buy/sell/trade. If you guys are looking for anything send me a PM and I will see if I have it. I also have a lot of comic and Anime related items like toys, books, t-shirts, etc. I have to move some of this stuff as I am running out of space. I will pass along the CAG discount!
 
[quote name='D_Icon']I'm in for the PS3 party. Maybe hire strippers too??
I kid, unless we split the cost
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Do midget strippers cost half as much?
 
Supply and demand, i'm sure. Easy to find a normal height girl willing to take her clothes off. Harder to even find a midget to begin with, let alone one willing to get naked.
 
On a more srs note, the Hollywood Video in Rogers Park (Clark and Granville) is closing and their stuff is at 70%. I grabbed a sealed copy of Jeanne D'Arc for PSP and it was actually 80% off. Although most of the games they have left are rental copies. Most DVDs are also $2 apiece.
 
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That would be cool if we could get a naked girl to serve us drinks or something. Wish I knew some hot, scandalous chicks who'd do it for fun. Anyone got a sister?

I think if we can keep it to a manageable amount of people, say 15 or so, I think it could be good. I'll give it some time to see if more people show interest so I can set a solid date. Like I said, maybe May 29th or so.
 
Switching gears for a while.

Theres this dilemma. I have two PS3s, a 40GB with a bad laser and an 80gb with a bad motherboard. So I got this plan, we go shopping at Gamestops for these two specific models make repairs on the defective ones and make the return of the purchased PS3s. What is this "we"?? I don't have the $300+tax to get the PS3s, so I need someone to come with me to buy these PS3s. Upon the retun of the systems you'll get your $ back. Whats in it for you? After repairing the 40GB PS3, you can keep it along with a DualShock and HDMI cable, blurays, critrions etc.. but that's not all. I'll let you swap out the 80GB harddrive from the 80GB to the 40GB PS3. Another problem is that the only GS that has an 80GB w/ bc is "La Porte Plaza SWM". Anybody know where that's at? Road trip anyone? What I find strange though, yesterday the 80GB PS3 was available only on "Poplar Creek" now this morning it changed location. Could it be that somebody beat us to the punch?

PM me.
 
Or buy my stuff, I need $180 for the motherboard or $110 for th laser.

I got

I have Blurays, DVDs, Zoom H4 Digital recorder, and various guitar tuners.

The BuRays that I have are as follows:
Hulk
The Watchmen
Flags of our Fathers
Gran Torino
Bullitt (1968)
Punisher: War Zone
Natural Born Killers
The Last Emperor
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Band of Brothers set

DVDs:
American History X
American Psycho
Apollo 13 (2-disc)
Aviator (2-disc)
Alien vs. Predator
A Beautiful Mind (2-disc) (sealed)
DejaVu
The Descent
Domino
The French Connection
Lord of War (2-disc)
Shawshank Redemption
The Haunting In Connecticut
Spirit
Tenecacious D
Constatine
DareDevil (sealed)
Hell Boy
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
The Punisher
V For Vendetta
The Immigrant
Morirse en Domingo
We Were Soldiers
Windtalkers
ToyStory
Blade (sealed), Blade 2, & Blade Trinity (2-disc)
A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, & The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly
The Lord of the Rings, The Lord of the Rings 2, &The Lord of the Rings 3
The Omen 2, 3, 4, and The Omen (2006)
Ultimate Edition DVDs: John Cena 3-disc set with new shirt, Shawn Michaels 3-disc set with new shirt
 
Ugh. Had my house broken into yesterday, stole both of the tvs, my 360 and all my games. Plus, a controller, charger for the controller, and yes, even a headset.

And my insurance fucked me over.

Awesome final week of the semester.

Edit: Don't suppose anyone would know a way for me to contact Microsoft and they track if anyone goes online with it? Slim chance, I'm sure...
 
[quote name='itchyeyeball']Ugh. Had my house broken into yesterday, stole both of the tvs, my 360 and all my games. Plus, a controller, charger for the controller, and yes, even a headset.

And my insurance fucked me over.

Awesome final week of the semester.

Edit: Don't suppose anyone would know a way for me to contact Microsoft and they track if anyone goes online with it? Slim chance, I'm sure...[/QUOTE]

Dude, that totally blows. If you have the serial number for your 360, then contact Microsoft immediately. As soon as that puppy goes online I'm sure they would be able to track it down. Let us know and we'll have a big CAG gang up on him/her. Hope everything works out.
 
I would assume serial numbered consoles are similar to mobile phones, call M$ and have it suspended. They should be able to trace it if it goes online. I would also check Craigslist to see if anyone is selling similar items to what went missing.
 
[quote name='D_Icon']Funny, someone contacted me via Craigslist to trade both my broken PS3s for an Xbox Elite.[/QUOTE]

I'll get the pitchforks and torches ready...
 
[quote name='itchyeyeball']Ugh. Had my house broken into yesterday, stole both of the tvs, my 360 and all my games. Plus, a controller, charger for the controller, and yes, even a headset.

And my insurance fucked me over.

Awesome final week of the semester.

Edit: Don't suppose anyone would know a way for me to contact Microsoft and they track if anyone goes online with it? Slim chance, I'm sure...[/QUOTE]

If you registered your system you can log into xbox.com and go into there support section, it should show your serial number their. Even if you had it repaired they should have updated the serial number for you (or at least they did for me).
 
Well apparently my deduductible is 1,000 bucks; a total of 1,200 dollars in stuff, give or take, was taken. Not really worth it since I dont have that kinda money now anyway. Guh.

And although I registered Mr. Elite, it's not showing up on xbox.com for some reason. I remember distinctly doing so the very first day I got the damned thing (which was only like 7 months ago). So, I have no idea how to find it out after the fact; the box it came in has no info and Microsoft hasn't returned my question about that (I figured they should be able to see what S/N my Live account was logged onto...)

I live in Oak Park right near the edge of Austin-area of Chicago.
 
Sup, Duders? I haven't forgotten about the potential get together at my place. I'm finally done with school until the 21st, so it'd have to be the weekend of the 14-16th, or the 21-23rd.
What day(s) works well for you guys?
 
Huge Garage Sales
Garage Sale (Saturday, May 15)
West Walker Civic Association
25th Annual Community Garage Sale
Saturday, May 15th
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Rain or Shine!
Alleys of West Walker (Irving Park to Montrose, Pulaski to Central Park)
Shop the granddaddy of the community garage sales for bargains galore! Baby supplies, toys, electronics, furniture and antiques. Over 75 garages participating! Shop early, and often!

Garage Sale (Sunday, May 16)
Ravenswood Manor Community Garage Sale
(Kedzie to Chicago River, Montrose to Lawrence)
Sunday May 16, 2010
Over 100 garages participating.
 
Getting our A/C fixed tomorrow, so probably not. I dropped a bunch on my ride, too. Hurting for the next month or so.

I've missed the West Walker the past 3 years in a row.
 
I'm blanking, but where is that exactly at? I wanna check it out tomorrow.
 
Not sure if anyone is into nerdcore here, but mc frontalot is doing 2 shows this weekend in IL. the first is in chicago on saturday and the second is in dekalb on sunday..they are both at bars. I'm going to the dekalb one, just wondering if anyone else is going.
 
1. Sweet heads-up on the garage sales; I hope I can make it to them.

2. I am not into nerdcore but I still remember the name MC Frontalot from my days reading Penny Arcade.

3. There was what I assumed to be a ghetto bird hovering around my neighborhood for more than half an hour earlier today, but we turned on the news and saw it was more likely due to the Lee DeWyze guy (American Idol) doing an outdoor show tonight. Seems like every storefront in town has LD propaganda in its window.
 
Additional note, it's funny that West Walker has a civic association but they're not on any of Wikipedia's Chicago neighborhood pages, either as a semi-official (U of C / Census) "community area" or a locally-referred-to-as neighborhood.
 
[quote name='bigsick']Not sure if anyone is into nerdcore here, but mc frontalot is doing 2 shows this weekend in IL. the first is in chicago on saturday and the second is in dekalb on sunday..they are both at bars. I'm going to the dekalb one, just wondering if anyone else is going.[/QUOTE]

Please tell me he is not at Otto's in DeKalb. Hopefully it is Fat Boys or something.
 
[quote name='slowdive21']Please tell me he is not at Otto's in DeKalb. Hopefully it is Fat Boys or something.[/QUOTE]

yes he is doing ottos. Is that a bad thing? I've never been there before, but i can't make it tonight to chicago so i have to catch him tomorrow in dekalb.
 
[quote name='bigsick']yes he is doing ottos. Is that a bad thing? I've never been there before, but i can't make it tonight to chicago so i have to catch him tomorrow in dekalb.[/QUOTE]

Otto's is?/was a biker bar. Motorhead played there. Blue Meanies had a crazy show there. They may have changed the venue since I was there last. I like Otto's but it does not seem like the proper venue for "nerdcore" as most of the patrons would not like "nerds". I just checked out their website...It looks like the place is a little more mainstream now. You should be safe. ;)
 
Just to let you guys know, the GameCrazy/Hollywood Video store on 95th St. in OakLawn, IL has officially closed this evening (May 19th). Today is apparently its final day before transferring the remaining inventory to a liquidation wholesaler. All items were 70 - 80% off throughout the day. Farewell, my beloved. Any intel on other neighboring GC/HWV in the area that are still open?
 
[quote name='FatBoyInside']Just to let you guys know, the GameCrazy/Hollywood Video store on 95th St. in OakLawn, IL has officially closed this evening (May 19th). Today is apparently its final day before transferring the remaining inventory to a liquidation wholesaler. All items were 70 - 80% off throughout the day. Farewell, my beloved. Any intel on other neighboring GC/HWV in the area that are still open?[/QUOTE]

Not looking too promising:

http://www.gamecrazy.com/storelocator/mappoint.aspx#startaddress
 
Any of you guys go to the Supa Mario Galaxy 2 midnight launch at Bestbuy? I got 4 Limited Edition Animation cells #500 and 8 SMG2 drawstring bags. They had a costume contest and this chick went dress as Bowser. She was smoking. She won first place ($250 GC), a 4 year old Daisy was 2nd ($150 GC) and a black "hood" mario won 3rd place ($100). Pretty fun overall.
 
[quote name='Estebon']Any of you guys go to the Supa Mario Galaxy 2 midnight launch at Bestbuy? I got 4 Limited Edition Animation cells #500 and 8 SMG2 drawstring bags. They had a costume contest and this chick went dress as Bowser. She was smoking. She won first place ($250 GC), a 4 year old Daisy was 2nd ($150 GC) and a black "hood" mario won 3rd place ($100). Pretty fun overall.[/QUOTE]

I can't believe I missed out on the event. Any pictures of the giveaways or cos-play winners to make me feel extra bummed-out? Congrats on the nice haul.
 
No pics yet but I will try to get you some of the swag later. The Bowser chick, sorry. She had a decent set of boobs too, but no pics. Sorry.
 
[quote name='Estebon']Any of you guys go to the Supa Mario Galaxy 2 midnight launch at Bestbuy? I got 4 Limited Edition Animation cells #500 and 8 SMG2 drawstring bags. They had a costume contest and this chick went dress as Bowser. She was smoking. She won first place ($250 GC), a 4 year old Daisy was 2nd ($150 GC) and a black "hood" mario won 3rd place ($100). Pretty fun overall.[/QUOTE]

i was going to go but figured that I did not want to wait outside since I feel Im too old for that.
 
Since there was talk of People Play Games a few pages back, check out this article I did for my website. It's basically a profile of the store. Lots of pictures included too.

The store is great, and if you're anywhere near the city there's no excuse for you not to check the place out. There are just a ton of games there. It's a pretty awesome store.

Anyway, here's the link to my post.

Check it out, thanks! ;)
 
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