Ignite is on Clybourn right by the Western/Clybourn/Belmont intersection. It’s on the South-east side of the street. I think exact details are in the first post of this thread.
CHICAGO 2016-2017 Thread: Welcome New Players, check out the Facebook Group page as its more active!
I’ve been to Ignite before. It’s not too difficult to get parking but it tends to get crowded once in a while. You just have to get lucky. No parking lot that I know of, just park on the side of the street.
I have updated the GATHERINGS AND EVENTS FOR THE WEEK section to include all the info for Ignite Monday Sessions, Wed Night fights at GGA, and Thursday Meet-up at Gameworks for this week!!! All INFO such as addresses, dates, times and venue fees have been added!!! Waiting on DeadXIII to post his Tuesday gathering at AreaXIII before i add it to the list!!!
**Just about have somewhere to game ANYDAY OF THE WEEK EXCEPT the WEEKENDS which will most likely be decided upon some time soon!!
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Nives and I have also scoped out the place, and on a Monday it seems to be pretty dead. Nives has now spoken to the management a few times, and it seems every day except Monday has some sort of event scheduled, but we will probably own the venue on most if not all Mondays we schedule events.
Here’s a complete fighting game newbie’s point of view…
I wasn’t too interested in the whole fighting game scene until I visited UFGT7 because I found out it was happening literally down the street from me.
It’s really confusing for me so I lurk a lot on these forums/streams/etc.
I picked up my first fight stick because I had a little bit of an arcade background playing casual Tekken games as a kid…
So I’ll try to make it to gatherings as best as I can, but being 19 I won’t be able to stay as long as you guys can.
(I know I flaked out on many of the past week’s events, but that’s either because I had to help family with stuff or I had to get my blog posts done for this site I work with.)
I hope to make it to future events to meet you guys around the Chicago fighting game scene.
Is Ignite gonna have Marvel 3? If so, which system. crosses fingers it’ll be on PS3 lol
Reposting info. Anyone else who can volunteer to bring anything (power strips, or small speakers would be a big help too!), would be great.
we will have marvel 3, and will have both xbox and ps3.
Good Afternoon!
I am wanting to come out and meet some guys from the community and get some GGs in. I live on Harlem/Irving Park, in chicago. have a car, and love me some SSIV AE and Marvel. Also want to learn Blazblue and a few other games. A little info about me:
I play on XBL 8 days out of the week
Handle: The Mossad Man
Name: Andre Devine
SSIV AE - Makoto, Viper, Seth, Rufie, Cammy, Akuma. But 99% spent on Makoto (B on XBL, currently ranked around 60~70)
MvC2-MSP, Tron/Serbot/Doom
MvC3-Some combination of Dorm/Mag/Doom/Thor/Tron/Zero/Wesker and about 10 others, but my best is Mag(beam)/Dorm(hole)/Doom(beam) with Dorm(hole)/Thor(Smash)/Tron(Flame) coming in a close second.
I have an HD PVR for recording HD Video, and would love to record some casuals or tournaments for you guys
Free just about any night of the week for anything.
Not sure whatever else you need to know, but if I left something out just PM me.
I was wondering a couple of things. I read all of the OPs, and am tired of playing online. I’m going through all of the recent posts, but i wanted to post this before i did. I need some real matches. Also, I have a group of about 6 guys who live in the area who want to go to EVO next year, and we are trying to level up our game.
1-is it on for tomorrow night? I noticed that it said 6:30 on tuesdays in addison, which isn’t very far away from me. I’d like to join if that’s ok. Friday’s too.
2-I saw brookfield hours, but when do you guys actually meet up there? I’d go up there randomly but i dont’ want to fight the computer lol
3-Will you guys be there on this thursday for Gameworks? Seriously i will come to all of this…
4-MOST IMPORTANT- are you guys still meeting TONIGHT @ Ignite Network? I’ll bring my 360, arcade stick, a copy of SSIV AE MvC3 and Blazblue, HDMI cables, a power strip, etc.etc. if you guys still need it.
Guess that’s all for now. If things go well this week, I have 3 other 360s I can bring and some other stuff. Let me know something. PM me or email me @ andredevine@yahoo.com. I’m at work now so I’ll get back ASAP.
P.S.-If for some strange reason I can’t make it out tonight, I’ll do my best to make it to tomorrow’s or wednesdays in Brook field.
Thanks!
EDIT - Ah you reposted all of that as I was typing this long as message. Ah well. I’m going to try to come. Thanks!
Yeah I would be down to bring a power strip. If there are extra monitors not in use, I could bring my PS3/MvC3 as well. Let me know
yep, we are meeting tonight at Ignite Network. If you can bring your 360, games, and anything else, we could use the help. anything you can contribute would be helpful, thanks.
powerstrip and ps3/mvc3 would be awesome.
Yes all the info i posted is recent and that is exactly what we have scheduled for the week!! The amount of people can fluctuate on a weekly basis but anywhere from Spring till Fall the comp is at its best and you will see more people around! Welcome to the boards, have your friends come on here as well, we have a ton of people at beginner / intermediate level these past few months so join up and see how you fare in local play! Anyways ill see you at one or all of the gatherings!
Holy shit our scene is blowing up lol, things are looking real good for Chicago!!!
Sounds good. So count me in for bringing a power strip, PS3 w/ Marvel 3! (I don’t have Jill/Shuma)
No worries Franky ill bring my laptop for you guys to play KOFXIII, just bring a lagless monitor so i can see if their is a delay difference between my laptops display and a lagless one. Please dont touch the arcade games if you only pay the $5, dont fuck it up for all of us please…that goes for everyone.
People seriously need to learn KoFXIII anyway. From now on to avoid being scrubbed out in KOF tournaments I am just using Raiden if I don’t know you.
And Kratos too. I’m learning Kratos for GGA tournaments. If they allow that cheap of a character who only has like 3 bad matchups, they deserve it then.
looks like we need hdmi cords and speakers. since we are using monitors, we need speakers for the sound. they will give us headsets (which we can turn up the volume).
much appreciation to everyone who is helping!
EDIT: props to suiname got another hdmi cable.
Nives, Should I come earlier since I’m bringing the PS3? I’m down to lend a hand if needed.
i am probably going to get there around 6 pm, more than welcome to come around then, and then we can get more games too.
what is it about mondays and only people who tier whore with shitty connections being online?
orange bars + yun, ken, or fei + lag spam = i got robbed about 400 points in the last couple of hours
this is the second monday in a row…the same exact thing happened last week. lol ridiculous.
as for wednesday…does gga have any sort of policy about what can be played in the private room…? like do they have consoles hooked up already and we can only use what is provided…? just wondering if i’ll have to cough up the extra $10 to play kofXIII and also whether or not somebody will have AE on a disc
anyone who is bringing a system, please show up a bit before 7! thanks!
will be heading out soon.
Hey guys… The credit card is maxxxxed out lol. Don’t have any cash until Thursday. I would bring the system/all the other stuff but can’t pay the way in tonight. Maybe another night? Unless I could give them (or someone) an IOU lol. Hell, thought I’d at least check…
Or maybe someone needs a ride??? I can Pick a few people up or take some people home in exchange for the cover… Again, just thought id ask… REALLY want to come though…