Forum upgrades / TGA merges with PowerUp

[Keith]

I just updated a lot of features on the forum. We are now running vBulletin 3.6 which had a lot of updates. Also I upgraded the token system which fixed a few small bugs.

If you are using the default red theme for the forum, please go to Your User CP and under Options make sure that the forum is set to scarlet.

If you notice anything weird happening, let me know.




Anthony of TGA Edit:

cross posted from tokyogameaction.com

Originally Posted by Andy

It is with great honor, respect and pride that I can formally announce that Power Up Arcade is now officially under the management of Tokyo Game Action. Instead of dispersing the machines to several different gaming companies for big profits, Snooj he turned down the offers of the "big guys" and accepted our humble offer to purchase them. It is with bitter sweet sorrow, that he has officially passed the torch to us at TGA. It is with humility and gratitude that I take the reigns, move forward and welcome all the wonderful amazing games, the beautiful pieces of art, the memories, the history and legacy of Power Up into Tokyo Game Action.

For those of you may be in shock, wondering why and how this happened, please take a moment to read the words of Snooj, himself here


The Power Up community will forever live on through TGA. I decided to take this project on because Power Up has always been a close affiliate of TGA. . The Maine crew has always been wonderful to us, they are our friends and family members, they have support us through thick and thin, and I / TGA will always do the same for them.

It's not very often when I boast about TGA, I always try my best to be humble. However, if there was a time to be confident and be firm, it's now. Snooj and I, both know with complete certainty there is no other place on this planet that is more qualified to understand, handle and continue the traditions, memories and legacy of Power Up. Through TGA, the community of Power Up will live on. We will not let the blood sweat and tears of this community go down the toilet. We at TGA will work and work hard to keep the spirit not only alive but make it stronger and allow the games to take their place as part and members of Tokyo Game Action.

To everyone at Maine: I promise I will treat these machines like they were my own children. I will cherish, treasure, respect and give them the up most care and attention. I am truly honored to receive this honor from you. I will always give you my best, just as I have always done.

As fate would have it, the next step of the TGA evolution was to include a classic American arcade and expand our Bemani / Music section. ITG has been a serious discussion at TGA for the past two years, as I've always said it will happen when the time is right. Well folks, I think we can all agree, the time is now right. Well, I guess someone up above is working because now we are all able to realize our goals at once and in an abbreviated time frame.

After Bowlmani fest, I contracted construction crews to renovate the back rooms, fix the boiler problem, expand the current game room, get the lounge started and make room fo more games. Yesterday we had crews here preparing for the big day, so when the big day comes, we will all be ready to start operations immediately.

Thank you Snooj and your family for this honor, thank you everyone that supported this community from day one, to everyone who believed, to everyone who sacrificed and gave their all, this is the fruits of your labor, hold your head up high, you have once again made gaming history.

So, coming back down to earth, this is where in order for your support means more than ever. We are entering a new era once again, TGA is moving forward. We need your support, we need you to spread the word about TGA.

Please make sure you thank and appreciate Snooj for allowing this to happen. He could have said no to our much less impressive and more difficult offer and padded his pocket with a nice hunk of cash. He CHOSE for TGA to move forward and make history. HE made this possible, like always he has put the community first.

Your smiles and laughter are priceless, our memories, your memories, the friendships will live forever. We have made history and now we will make more history, we will grow stronger and help more people. We will move forward with our community, let us celebrate and look forward to welcoming our new family members with open arms!


LET'S WELCOME THE NEW MEMBERS OF THE TGA FAMILY!

Yes folks, for the same $25 dollars, you now have over 17 new games to enjoy! Brining your grand total up to
40+ games.

TGA will now include:

Music / Bemani

In the Groove 2 (yes, I will purchase an upgrade kit for 3)
Para Para Paradise 2nd mix
Beatmania the Final
Percussion Freaks 7th mix (This will be converted to a Drummania mix TBD)
A Percussion Freaks 1st mix machine (This will be also be converted to a Drummania mix TBD)
DDR Extreme / DDR 5th Mix
Shamisen Brothers

Racing

Battle Gear 2 (2 player)

Classic Games

Ms. Pac Man
Twin Eagle
Black Tiger
Rampart
Heavy Barrel
Bump n' Jump
Time Pilot '84
Rampart
Xenophobe
X-Men

Misc
A large screen MVC 2 cab (This will be used to house a game to be decided in the future, since we already own MVC2)
An orange traffic cone
Other surprises

More information will be posted soon relating to the moving and preparing for the big day. Stay tuned for more details over the next few days. Thank you for your continued support and understanding.

Respectfully,

A. McGuire
President
Tokyo Game Action

[Ben Speirs]

So can you tell us a few of the new features, or will we have to find out ourselves?

[TheFlyingSquirrel]

Well I hope the editing posts feature has been fixed.

[Keith]

Originally Posted by BEN.(SPEIRS) 7.0

So can you tell us a few of the new features, or will we have to find out ourselves?

You can read about the features here: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=186803

[sherl0k]

hey did you add in that warning system that was previewed?

[TheFlyingSquirrel]

These updates are so cool! Well worth the offline time.

[Panda]

Originally Posted by sherl0k

hey did you add in that warning system that was previewed?

Yeah, it's there.

[Ben Speirs]

By the way, NONE of the newupdates work on Pro-Vision X. I didn't even want this skin but for some reason I'm stuck with it and it SUCKS (for me anyway)!

[Excel-2008]

Can you put back that ever-convienient forum map on the bottom of a last post?

[Keith]

Originally Posted by jme a. calwell III

Can you put back that ever-convienient forum map on the bottom of a last post?

Ah yea, I will get that added back.

[Excel-2008]

And the thing that bolds the topic titles with new posts?

[BanYa4eVr]

Originally Posted by jme a. calwell III

And the thing that bolds the topic titles with new posts?

I knew something was missing.

I actually thought no one had posted all day or something.

[shungokusatsu]

The button on quotes is quite useful too. That way, there will be less manual backtracking through threads that contains many pages.

[megadan123]

I Hope they release Percussion Freaks on Gaming Console, I'm curious to see what kind of game is that.......

[Reenee]

Originally Posted by jme a. calwell III

And the thing that bolds the topic titles with new posts?

Secondified!