Aug 20th - PA/NY Racketboy Meetup @ Knoebels Arcade!!

[dsheinem]

Saturday, AUGUST 20th, 12PM-4PM @ the arcade in Knoebels Park in Elysburg, PA (BBQ and console games afterward at dsheinem's).

In:
dsheinem (+1)
weasels
littlecallen
saturnfan
brunoafh
o.pwuaioc (+1)
fvgazi

Maybe:
MattJay


IMPORTANT INFO:

Directions to Knoebels
*I'll hand out flyers with my address and directions on them when we meet up at Knoebels.


Meet @ 12pm near the benches between the Playland Arcade and the Roaring Creek Saloon and Gaming Parlor. I'll be the 5'7" guy with a beard and a white Phillies hat. PM me for my cell phone info if you want it.

You should certainly feel free to come earlier and explore the park instead of/in addition to playing arcade games, but it would be nice if we could all meet at the arcade and play some games before going to my house around 4:00.


Console Gaming Plans (@ dsheinem's) - LET ME KNOW IF YOU CAN ADDRESS ANY OF THE NEEDS

CRT TV1 (32") - Sega Station - Guardian Heroes, Three Dirty Dwarves, Contra Hard Corps, Golden Axe, Ballz 3D, Weaponlord

HDTV 1 (55") - Sony Station - Twisted Metal Black, SSF4, BlazBlu, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core, PSN Brawlers (X-Men, TMNT, Scott Pilgrim, etc.)

HDTV 2 (43") - Microsoft Station - Castle Crashers, Raiden Fighting Aces, Steel Battalion
NEED: (another copy of SB would be awesome for link play. )

CRT TV2 (21") - Nintendo Station - TMNT III: The Manhattan Project, Mario Kart 64, and Dr. Mario.

MAME Cabinet - shmups and whatever else we might want...

Feel free to bring anything else you might think folks would like to try, but be sure to label whatever you bring!


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Original Post:

I have been kicking this idea around since last summer, but I think it is time to gauge interest in a potential meetup for folks in and around PA and NY similar to what folks in TX and CA do regularly...

Specifically, I am interested in finding out how many would be interested in coming to a meetup/BBQ at Knoebels Amusement Park in Elysburg, PA sometime in mid-August (the 13th or 20th, probably). I chose this location for two reasons.

1) They have a decent arcade with about 30 machines in it. It's not the best arcade I've ever seen, but Playland Arcade is far from the worst. Knoebels is also a full-fledged and FREE amusement park (you pay per ride) that's a lot of fun for families, so you could bring your non-gaming friends and family members and they could also have a good time. Food and rides are very cheap, especially for an amusement park.

2) It is about 5 minutes from my home, so at some point we could come here and play console games for almost any system you might want. I can't offer a guest room, but I can offer private camping space on my property. Alternately, there's plenty of campgrounds and several hotels to stay in around here.

My current thinking is to spend time @ Knoebels from like 10am-4pm, and then afterward people can come over for gaming and a BBQ at my place, if they'd like.

I realize that we're mostly spread out across NY and PA. Knoebels is about an hour from Scranton, 90 minutes from Harrisburg or Allentown, 2 hours from Philly, NYC, or Binghamton, and probably about 4 hours from Pittsburgh. If this was something we decided to do once or twice a year, it would be great to see it move around from place to place...

Anyway, let me know if you'd be interested by posting below. We'll try to make a decision late this month.

[dsheinem]

so...no interest?

[brunoafh]

Count me as interested, sounds like a pretty good time. I'll have to see what my schedule is looking like when it gets a bit closer to August though. I had some other plans in August but they're tentative.

[o.pwuaioc]

It's possible I and my girlfriend may also come. I'll be moving to NYC around that time, so that may conflict. But interest is there.

[brunoafh]

I've just found out my aforementioned tentative plans are set for August 6-13. If the meet-up was scheduled for sometime after this, I would most likely be in. I would probably bring some friends along too.

[dsheinem]

I've just found out my aforementioned tentative plans are set for August 6-13. If the meet-up was scheduled for sometime after this, I would most likely be in. I would probably bring some friends along too.

The 20th would be cool with me, I think.

I know there are a lot more PA people on the board...

[Sideroller]

I've been to Knoebles before growing up - and I can attest that it is a fun place. I haven't been there in a long time so I haven't checked out it's arcade.

This sounds like a lot of fun and I'm close enough to probably make it - maybe not this year since I kind of just joined the Racketboy community, but next year perhaps. Sounds like fun.

[s1mplehumar]

Did I just read Knoebels?! This could be a very doable meet for me. I'll swap planners with the wife and brainstorm.

Maybe we can finalize that Vectrex sale, Dave

[dsheinem]

Maybe we can finalize that Vectrex sale, Dave

I was thinking the same thing

[saturnfan]

I'd be interested