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Since the Southern CA Thread is up, I figured it might be a good idea to post a thread for the locals of the Bay Area. Maybe we can do some face-to-face trades, make posts of inventory in various local stores, post any local sales, etc.


Send me a PM and I will put your name on the list below (PM's are easier for me to keep track of everyone). I will send you a confirmation when I put your name on the list.:


Those that currently reside in the bay area
Xevious- Berkeley, CA
Freshwillis - Oakland, CA
trytej- Novato, CA
Murcielago77 - Novato, CA
62t - Hayward
dino3333- San Leandro
Oktoberfest- South San Jose
Over easy- Davis, CA
Kayday - Oakland
judyjudyjudy - San Jose
vietgurl- Berkeley
PaP3rKuT -Oakland
SOSTrooper - Berkeley
XCutioner93 - Daly City
vdawg5 -San Francisco (Frequents Berkeley)
simgizshad - San Jose
soulyogurt- San Rafael (Works in Vallejo)
humidore- San Mateo
Viperx116 - San Francisco
invinceable104 - San Francisco, CA
HERETOSTAY - Hayward
CouRageouS - Alameda
Orga- San Jose
kristianator- Santa Rosa
BrerDan - San Jose
rudeboie - San Jose
dieless - Castro Valley
woolsey11 - Santa Rosa
BaZoOKajOe - San Jose
ajaxmojo - Campbell (works in Sunnyvale)
dude2003 - Oakland
Andrigaar- San Francisco/Martinez
oxidative- Napa (works in Vallejo)
praystation - Daly City
whiteboy - San Bruno
Larson - San Jose
j-fever - Sunnyvale
Missingdata- San Francisco (goes to school in San Jose)
beguile - Davis (Visits San Francisco during the weekends)
Rusty Ghia - Pleasanton
magic toilet- Cupertino
asianxcore- Novato
Phoenix_Rogue - Union City
masterchief066 - Union City
weedofwisdom - Richmond (works in Berkeley)
KiySeph - San Jose (works in Santa Clara)
Mospeada_21 - San Jose/Santa Clara
CounterSeal - San Francisco
spider24 - Novato, CA
expane - Daly City, CA
stainremover - Berkeley/Cal
martin8me - South San Francisco
kiyoshi67 - Concord
chunga - El Cerrito
Sn0brawler - Pleasanton
toolverine - Fremont
rendil - Morgan Hill
tipp007 - Pacifica
jazzyjas7 - Mountain View (works in San Mateo)
GD-Man - San Jose (goes to school in UC Berkeley)
Mr. Bungo - Albany (Works in Berkeley)
Bootymastr (jasonthemc) - San Leandro
Nachdiddlyacho - Vallejo
wizard341 - Palo Alto
photopants - Oakland (Work in Walnut Creek
Collect Vintage Games)
Darkyoshi1-Milpitas
sinewav - San Jose
grimlock49 - San Jose
sr20det - San Francisco
T3kN- Santa Rosa
SCUD4LIFE- Daly City
Renzo_ - San Francisco
EastBayAnt - Alameda
eliter1 - Santa Cruz
Batmonkey -Morgan Hill
Scumchummery - Alameda (works in Downtown Oakland)
abcbadcat- San Jose
Pr0JectNymPh0! - Pittsburg
joserjerr - Cupertino
jello00 - San Francisco
sonicsam - Watsonville
Civickid96 - Sunnyvale/Tracy
Mr. Beef - Daly City
metaly - Portola Valley (works in Palo Alto)
jpc168 - San Leandro (school UC Berkeley)
imamanwithaplan - Albany
gotrice415510 - San Rafael
freakyzeeky - Oakland
filanime03 - Daly City
peteaboda1 - Mill Valley
Belgand - San Francisco
BlackBradPitt - San Francisco
mysticeden - Hayward
carbogo - Daly City
Kali Bear Man - San Francisco
Chocoburger - Albany
CarlosX360 - San Mateo, CA
polizia - Willits
chronodev - San Francisco
nem2k2 - San Jose, work in Cupertino
Dorgon - Oakland
dkl415- San Francisco (Richmond district)
Superchivo - San Bruno
SLACKBAKK - San Jose
Donholio - Boulder Creek in the Santa Cruz Mountains
Friscodude- Daly City
playing mantis - Rohnert Park, CA (next to Santa Rosa)
Nam - Sunnyvale (I go to school in merced but I go back a lot)
nakedninja - San Francisco (xbox 360: asenseofmadness)
Bomfy - Santa Cruz
lightzout - San Rafael
Xaliqen - Los Altos
DrunknIronRabit - Concord
Chinese_cuisine - San Leandro
HARDCOREJRM - Alameda
goengland - Santa Clara
Pained Auron - Concord
Zeeman - Berkeley (works in SF)
Zero_Kirby - San Jose
aleraiders - Pittsburg
Dakinggamer - Martinez
vanilleslegs - Vallejo, CA
King Pluto - SF (SOMA)
LeafPanda - SF
subtek- Oakland (works in SF)
krazyazn01 - San Jose
RawrrSlayer - Vallejo,CA
w00tJames - San Jose,CA
Mafoofoo - Sunnyvale/Cupertino Area
Spanky - Pinole

List of Folks who are from the Bay Area but they live somewhere else
ph33r m3
Redeema
Zoglog
 
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Born and raised in Fremont, though I commute to SF for school. Any of you gamers in the Bay Area play miniature based games or card games? I've been wanting to get back into Warhammer/machine or any number of card games, but since Scenario Game and Hobby closed, it's all but impossible to find someone to play with.
 
Sunnyvale/Cupertino here no good deals on games near here. And if there are any good deals people snipe them up. F'in hoggers if I find you i'm gonna run you off the 280.
 
[quote name='topnotch97']so who's going to WonderCon?

wait. it's this weekend right?[/quote]

Yeah, Friday through Sunday.

I should be there with a couple friends.
 
[quote name='topnotch97']so who's going to WonderCon?

wait. it's this weekend right?[/QUOTE]

I've never been, but a couple of people from work are going. I don't like comics or TV, so I'm not terribly interested.
 
well you can check out the panels. most are like movies for the summer. i remember paris hilton didn't show up, coz she lost her cellphone or something. LOL!

i wonder if the batman movie panel will be there, minus heath, though.
 
[quote name='topnotch97']so who's going to WonderCon?

wait. it's this weekend right?[/quote]

Want to go, but am going to Monterey for the weekend. I hope the rain stops (and stays away) before then... :whistle2:(
 
[quote name='topnotch97']so who's going to WonderCon?

wait. it's this weekend right?[/QUOTE]

I will be there Saturday (Day 2) with my girlfriend.

Should be fun. Always look forward to checking out all the dealers tables and spending lots o' money.
 
Just letting people know that there's going to be a Brawl tourney in SF this Saturday.

http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/KnFMt3BjmYvIGiGjIfIXqkuretT-KLyA

If the link doesn't work, here's the info:

[quote name='Nintendo']
Mario and friends are hosting four regional Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournaments in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston and New York. Be among the first 256 individuals to register in person at any of the four Regional Tournament locations and you will be able to compete to be your region's winner and advance to the Tournament Finals in New York City! Regional Tournament winners from Los Angeles, San Francisco and Boston will receive hotel and airfare to the New York Tournament Finals. Runners up will receive $500/$250 Best Buy™ Gift Cards. One lucky Tournament Finals grand prize winner will receive a custom-designed, crystal-covered Wii, an LG Home Theater system from Best Buy and other prizes. All participants will receive a $10 Best Buy gift card. See Official Rules for full details.
Even if you don't compete, join the brawl at select Best Buy store's Midnight Madness Launch. Please visit www.bestbuy.com/supersmash to see if there will be a midnight opening near you.

Dates and Locations
Orpheum Theater
Feb. 16
3 p.m.
LA Region Winner - David Segal

Ten15 Folsom
Feb. 23
2 p.m. 1015 Folsom St.
San Francisco, CA 94103

Worcester Polytechnic Institute
March 1
3 p.m. Olden Hall 100 Institute Road
Worcester, MA 01609

Best Buy (NOHO)
March 8
5 p.m. 622 Broadway
Between Bleeker and Houston
New York, NY 10012

Tournament Finals Prizes
Grand Prize Winner: One Crystal Wii video game console with Super Smash Bros. character skin, and an extra Wii Remote and Nunchuk Controller, one copy of the Game, an art piece inspired by the Game, and a LG home theater system from Best Buy, consisting of one LG 42" 1080p Flat Panel LCD HDTV and one LG 400W XM Ready 2-Ch. Home Theater System.
1st Runner Up: Wii video game console with extra Wii Remote and Nunchuk Controller, and $1,000 Best Buy gift card.
2nd Runner Up: Wii video game console with extra Wii Remote and Nunchuk Controller, and $500 Best Buy gift card.
3rd Runner Up: Wii video game console with extra Wii Remote and Nunchuk Controller, and $250 Best Buy gift card.[/quote]
 
I dunno. I like Smash Bros., but some of those guys get way into it. I don't think I'm playing the same game.

Those prizes are pretty amazing, though.
 
I don't plan on going to it. Some people are saying they're going at 7 AM.

Yeah, forget it. I'm not that crazy for the damn game.
 
So, I decided to go to the Brawl tourney to check it out with a few of my friends.

The thing was located in some bar/club. Nothing special to look at on the outside, but inside, they had a few Wii podiums set up.

Go down this ramp and that's where the Brawl action is. There were eight podiums set up, two people at each one. Rounds consisted of four minute battles and the only stage they could play was Battlefield. It wasn't that the only stage unlocked was Battlefield, it's just that Nintendo made it a requirement for that specific stage to be played, only.

Place was kind of crowded, but died down after each round.

I only stuck around for the first ten rounds or so. I saw lots of Peach, Kirby, Fox, Zelda/Sheik.

The only Dedede player I saw was owning face, along with some Olimar players. Ike was doing alright. Pit seems really good. Pokemon Trainer is awesome, also. Someone I know +10'd a Link player with Pokemon Trainer, haha.
 
[quote name='topnotch97']wow. what a long day.

just got back from WonderCon.[/quote]

How was that? What celebrities did you see?
 
ok, i got some pix from WonderCon uploaded in my photobucket. but i don't wanna flood this thread.

well, got lazy anyways, but i did post them at another forum. you guys wanna check it out from there?

aight.... here it goes. click this link, righty here:

WonderCon 2008 Pictures

hey, don't blame me if it's written in another language. LOL!
 
[quote name='topnotch97']

aight.... here it goes. click this link, righty here:

WonderCon 2008 Pictures
[/quote]

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Those costumes! Ha ha ha....
 
Wondercon was so fun. Great pics!

I didn't see the rest of the Cobras on Saturday. When I first got there I saw a couple of the blue Cobra troops walking in front the parking garage a block away. Awesome costumes.

I saw the Brain Age guy walking around during the day. It was pretty funny.

I do have to say that it was a bit sloppy in terms of how it was run this year. Shutting down the reg upstairs and having everyone go to one of the ballrooms downstairs was annoying. Mostly because that area is really heavy on traffic anyway and making it even more congested.....ugh.

It was definitely more crowded this year than it's been in a while.
 
Soo.. are we having a CAG meetup? They CAGcast talks about one in NY and Japan. The one in NY is going to be at Dave & Busters. We could do the same but to be honest D&B isn't that great. Last time I went there all I did was get drunk and play Mario Kart.
 
where's can i find the cheapest rent if i wanna work in the game industry? i'm looking around the redwood shores area. i attended the game developer's conference and most people said i should look in san jose because rent is cheaper there since its spread out.

right now, i kinda live an hour away from san fran in the north bay, where there's not too much video game companies.
 
[quote name='mentos888']where's can i find the cheapest rent if i wanna work in the game industry? i'm looking around the redwood shores area. i attended the game developer's conference and most people said i should look in san jose because rent is cheaper there since its spread out.

right now, i kinda live an hour away from san fran in the north bay, where there's not too much video game companies.[/quote]

What's your price range? Rent is pretty brutal around Redwood Shores and on the peninsula in general, unless you have roommates lined up or are OK living in a shady area. Around San Jose the rent will be better, but commuting to Redwood Shores will be pretty bad. I think Namco has an office in Santa Clara, which would be a little more manageable.
 
i guess from the craigslist postings i've looked at...around 800.00 (with roomies?) or less would be good. how come the commute will be bad? isn't santa clara and san jose in the same vicinity? thanks.
 
I don't know how rent is around San Jose, but it'll be tough to find a place on the peninsula for $800. (Unless you mean per roommate?) When my friend in Ohio told me his place cost him $400, he laughed when I asked if that was per person. :[

Santa Clara and San Jose are close, but I don't know how bad the commute gets that far south.
 
[quote name='Veronica Mars']At GS?[/quote]

Yeah, I'm lining up at a GS in the Daly City/Colma area. Might play in the little tourney, too.

Wii+Nunchuk is kind of sketchy, though.
 
So, I saw some mofo walking around with SSBB at Stanford.
He didn't wanna tell me where he got it.
Lucky we were at a store XD

I heard Wal-Mart is selling them.
 
What's HIN?

I put down my SSBB preorder the other day, at Toys R Us so I can use my Mario Galaxy giftcard. I'm just planning on showing up sometime during the day, so no lines for me.

Although, it was pretty fun hanging out and playing Mario Kart in the Wii line way back then. Hmm.
 
[quote name='metaly']What's HIN?

I put down my SSBB preorder the other day, at Toys R Us so I can use my Mario Galaxy giftcard. I'm just planning on showing up sometime during the day, so no lines for me.

Although, it was pretty fun hanging out and playing Mario Kart in the Wii line way back then. Hmm.[/quote]


I still don't know what to do.
I sorta don't wanna line up, cuz I feel like a loser, but then I don't wanna be driving around looking for a copy :/
 
[quote name='Veronica Mars']I still don't know what to do.
I sorta don't wanna line up, cuz I feel like a loser, but then I don't wanna be driving around looking for a copy :/[/quote]

Why don't you just reserve it somewhere? I'm not sure when stores usually put in their orders, but they usually order enough to fulfill at least the number of preorders they have. Plus at Toys R Us they actually give you a preprinted card specifically for that game, so they seem even less likely to oversell.
 
HIN = Hot Import Nights

It's in San Mateo. It's basically a car show with import models, with an additional concert later on in the night. The Dream is performing that day. Don't really like him, though. Not sure who else is performing that night. Last year, it was like E-40, The Pack, Mistah FAB, and some others that I forgot. Basically, all the Bay Area artists.

Anyway, apparently the line for the GS I reserved at, starts at 8 PM. Don't know if I'll go out that early to line up. I have to see what my friends want to do first. Really isn't that bad chilling in line as long as you have some friends with you, otherwise it's kind of strange. There's usually some major weirdos lining up and it gets really awkward.
 
8 PM, huh? I hope that means they're doing a midnight launch and aren't expecting people to be waiting in line until the next morning... Actually, does anyone know what day stores are actually selling the game? Having the release date on a Sunday is weird enough. I'm assuming stores will have their shipments by then and will just be holding them.
 
I'm tempted to change the thread title to "
Official San Francisco Bay Area CAG List - Much More Superior to the SoCal List"

I don't know if those guys can take a joke though.. :)

EDIT: San Diego has a lot more posts than we do though....
 
is ssbb going to be sold out in seconds or something? I honestly didn't anticipate it to be this popular. Or maybe I'm just not hyped up about it. I had it pre-ordered at TRU months ago. I don't really care if I get it a week late or something.
 
I'd only be worried about supply if I hadn't preordered. When I picked up SMG at Toys R Us, they were turning away people who hadn't reserved because they "only had enough for preorders." Whether that means they sold all their non-reserved copies earlier in the day (this was around noon) or if it was because they only ordered enough to fill preorders, I don't know.

I'd guess this will be harder to get than Mario Galaxy because it's the one all the Nintendo kiddies are rabid about.
 
^oh yeah thats right. I got galaxy pre ordered and some people try to come in and buy it but they only had enough to fulfill pre orders. Then again they were offering a $25 gc with it that's a total steal right there. I thought this was the reason why mario galaxy had so many sells.
 
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