So, I just got accepted to graduate school at ISU and will be moving up late summer/fall and was wondering if there was any kind of scene there. I’m currently in Gainesville and while there’s a scene here, they mostly play on days I can’t attend so I’ve got no local competition. I play online, but there’s no consistency with skill level and I need to level my game up. I mostly play UMvC3, but do own all the other fighters and am willing to learn them if someone wants to teach (Tekken, SSFIV:AE2012, KOFXIII, SC, and will probably get SFxT).
I dont go to ISU but I live in Normal. There is a couple of us here but I honestly have never heard of many ISU players sadly. Either there isnt many playing or they just dont post/know about SRK. We have a decent scene in Champaign though.
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Though there aren’t many now, you’ll at least have one more player in Normal because I really want to be apart of some local offline scene. How far away is Champaign?
And completely unrelated, if you know people looking for roommates or decent cheap places to live in Normal feel free to let me know.
Champaign is about an hour away. They play every friday night from 7-late.
I go to school there. I haven’t had luck finding anyone who plays, there. I lived in the dorm and held a tournament that was advertised for like two weeks beforehand and only two guys besides the guys I planned it with showed up. They only showed up just to check it out. I’ve tried posting on the University’s reddit page, but didn’t get many responses. A friend and I would be down for whatever kind of FGC thing come fall. We should try to set up some weekly events to see if we can get a community going if there isn’t some untapped one we don’t know about.
You are here in town at ISU? We have a facebook page for the UIUC group called “UIUC Fighting Games” and then there is the large Chicago group which has players from all over called “Chicago Fighting Game Community”.
I know a couple guys so far that live in Normal/Bloomington. It has always been small around here but glad to see someone else.
What games do you play?
I would definitely be down for a weekly event of some kind come fall. When I move up, I’ll get in touch so we can start something.
And to echo Humbag, what games do you play?
when are you moving to the area? any time soon?
Sorry I’m taking so long to reply. I play AE, I have Marvel 3 but I’m pretty awful at it, and I’m waiting for Persona 4 Arena to come in the mail. I’ll be down in Normal on the 16th. My roommates would be down to heading to UIUC every once in a while to play. I have a friend at UIUC who might be interested in playing, too. He has AE and SCV, as far as I know.
EDIT: I’d be down for trying to set something up in Normal, too. I’d like some people to play with in person to get better and I don’t want to have to go all the way out to Champaign.
EDIT 2: I posted on the reddit page again. Figured it’d be worth a try. I’ll post again once the semester starts up and everyone’s moved in. http://www.reddit.com/r/ilstu/comments/y14r5/any_fighting_game_players/
ISU player here. As floatsuits roommate and friend, I support this whole fgc idea. I move in the 13th, so ill be down to play AE or umvc3 anytime.
scrub at both fyi.
we should all play together before the semester starts.
So counting me makes 4 dudes? lol.
I’m actually moving into my apartment today and my parents are staying to help me buy some furniture things and set them up. I should be all moved in and parentless by Sunday afternoon/evening.
thanks, friend :).
Maybe we should try to schedule something for the second weekend after classes start. I’d assume we all want to go out with our friends the first friday. I forgot to mention. I am a pretty huge scrub at every game I play.
I found two people on reddit. One SCV player and one Marvel player. I’ll keep you updated.
Glad to hear there are more and more players popping up in Normal heh. I’m out of school now (went to UIUC) but I am just living in Normal for the time being.
http://www.facebook.com/groups/207199516039708/ this is out UIUC group page on facebook feel free to join
I just moved back to Normal last week. When do you guys want to meet up? And where can we meet up? If any of you guys live in the dorms, we can probably use one of the common areas to play.
Unless anyone tries to come after 10, then you have to be signed it. The dorms probably aren’t the best place to do this kind of thing.
I could possibly host sometime in the future. I just live in north normal and my friend lives right near there as well.
If games end up happening anywhere let me know.
Anyone want to meet up this weekend? I have work to do, but I can squeeze a few hours out for fun.
I could be down for things this weekend. I can host in the future, but right now my apartment is a warzone because I live with the guy that does maintenance at my complex and he acquires treasures from the apartments when they’re flipped and stores them there until we figure out what we want to keep and get rid of. The only time I’m not really free is early Saturday afternoon (12:00 - 3:00ish) and Sunday evening (5:00 - 9:00ish).
I got a crappy cold so probably nothing for me this weekend. I am up for playing during the week though.
Anyone playing anytime soon?