Funland arcade close it doors

[wetworker]

Man today is the worst day I’ve had in a long time, me and two of my cousins went down town
Toronto today to buy some gear and to see what’s going on in the big city, after getting a bite to
eat at my favorite pizza joint, I asked if they would like go play some games, they said why not.

Upon arriving at the door to the arcade things didn’t look too right, the place was all dark inside
so I decide to push the door open, to my surprise all the games were gone and the only thing
insight was the guys that I’ve known for so long, I could see the uncertainty in their eyes and
I guess they saw the same thing in mine when I asked what was going on. My first question
was what’s going on, new renovations, no, no one of the guys said, we are closed, what do
you mean closed I asked, we are closed for good. … we are closing up shop.

These are some of the memories I’ve had at funland:

I’ve been going to funland since maybe 1987-88, and they always seem to get the latest
games, especially the big street fighter cabinets, Virtual fighter, Samurai Showdown, Killer instincts,
you name it they had it, they also had a crazy collection of old school type games like Gyrus, Centipede etc.
I can recall at one time they had 2 giant street fighter cabinets with the Hugh screens, man those were sweet.

That place was a magnet for street fighters from all over the city, North York, Etobicoke, Mississauga, Brampton,
Scarborough, you name it, they all flocked to that spot. Funland was the place to test your skills, get your ass
handed to you and get respect from so many different styles of fighters.

We also had a code of conduct amongst us regulars, no throws in street fighter, mercy rounds, and respect for
all players regardless of skill, if you broke those rules, it would be us against you, so one guy would have to fight 3
guys sometimes, and if he tried playing again he would face all elite’ players.

In closing that place not only gave me a bunch of friends that I hang out with, but it also kept me off the street
where I could have been getting into all sorts of trouble, so If you were a regular at Funland don’t forget those good
old days, …it seems fitting that the new street fighter is bringing back the old school style of play.

Man now I have to go buy a 360 and a good controller or find a new spot to play street fighter 4.
…….I WILL MISS THAT PLACE. :shake:

lol.

sorry for your loss, though

Thx man, I’m a 100% arcade player, I hate consoles for games like street fighter,nothing better than having a good game in front of live people, but it sucks when u loose as well.

It actually closed on the 22nd I think...

There is always playscape in Pacific Mall and Lovegetty in Richmond Hill though.

It sucks though because I go to Ryerson, and Funland was the place I'd waste my time at in between classes.

For real, i know a bunce of guys that use to go to Ryerson when i was going to Gerorge Brown for graphic design, ya that was the spot.

do u have address for those places, i have to be there when SF 4 Drops.

Video Link of funland

LINK (http://youtube.com/watch?v=QxA2WRqtUkk)

LINK (http://youtube.com/watch?v=C7Sb3dUnl6E&feature=related)

[PINKHAT]

We also had a code of conduct amongst us regulars, no throws in street fighter

lol.

sorry for your loss, though

[Hisham]

It actually closed on the 22nd I think...

There is always playscape in Pacific Mall and Lovegetty in Richmond Hill though.

It sucks though because I go to Ryerson, and Funland was the place I'd waste my time at in between classes.

[DevilJin 01]

I'm sorry this has forced you to make multiple back to back posts.

[wetworker]

I'm sorry this has forced you to make multiple back to back posts.
It's all good.

[Branh0913]

Oh my I know how it feels. Its happened to me quite a few times. But the I took it personally when Gamewarp in Atlanta closed down. I had so many memories in that place, and I looked forward to going to that place every week to see what games they packed in their. Do you know why they closed it? Arcades disappear with little warning, especially when you thought they were doing good business.

[nGuman]

It actually closed on the 22nd I think...

There is always playscape in Pacific Mall and Lovegetty in Richmond Hill though.

It sucks though because I go to Ryerson, and Funland was the place I'd waste my time at in between classes.

Lovegetty, although its got probably the best people I've ever met, is far, Pacific Mall isn't exactly up to date, last time I went there it still has GGXX #Reloaded.

[NotGood]

We also had a code of conduct amongst us regulars, no throws in street fighter, mercy rounds, and respect for
all players regardless of skill, if you broke those rules, it would be us against you, so one guy would have to fight 3
guys sometimes, and if he tried playing again he would face all elite’ players.


Sounds like a horrible place to play......glad it's shut down for good.:lovin:

Go play on GGPO or something, another arcade down is not news.

[Green]

It actually closed on the 22nd I think...

There is always playscape in Pacific Mall and Lovegetty in Richmond Hill though.

It sucks though because I go to Ryerson, and Funland was the place I'd waste my time at in between classes.
Who are you?

[Hisham]

A random person (screen name is my real name btw)... I am not really a part of GTASF. I have gone to a couple of casual's at Brett's house and met Jed, Yasanagi and a couple of others and have been to a tourney at Rae's house but other than that I am pretty disconnected from the GTASF scene.

I just know those arcades because I have been to each once... I know they are far from funland, but if you are dedicated to the arcade, making a trip weekly shouldn't be too hard, unless you are a broke ass student and don't have your own car like me.

[Kyokuji]

We also had a code of conduct amongst us regulars, no throws in street fighter, mercy rounds, and respect for
all players regardless of skill, if you broke those rules, it would be us against you, so one guy would have to fight 3
guys sometimes, and if he tried playing again he would face all elite’ players.

That is mad gay, lol. Unless you were talking about it strictly in a reminiscing fashion.
I had to deal too much of that shit in Scarborough when I was a kid. Most of those pricks would only enforce their "rules" on people smaller than them.

[Shifty Nevers]

Ottawa's last arcade closed last week as well..... defiantly a sad time for arcades.
Funland was some good times. a great mix of new and classic games. it will be missed

[Ghostal]

We also had a code of conduct amongst us regulars, no throws in street fighter, mercy rounds, and respect for
all players regardless of skill, if you broke those rules, it would be us against you, so one guy would have to fight 3
guys sometimes, and if he tried playing again he would face all elite’ players.

Worst fucking arcade ever.

[The Chopper]

We also had a code of conduct amongst us regulars, no throws in street fighter, mercy rounds, and respect for
all players regardless of skill, if you broke those rules, it would be us against you, so one guy would have to fight 3
guys sometimes, and if he tried playing again he would face all elite’ players.

So elite players who don't use throws?

[psychochronic]

A random person (screen name is my real name btw)... I am not really a part of GTASF. I have gone to a couple of casual's at Brett's house and met Jed, Yasanagi and a couple of others and have been to a tourney at Rae's house but other than that I am pretty disconnected from the GTASF scene.

Come by my house sometime next week or so and get stomped in VF5. :nunchuck:

[rukawa_kaede]

We also had a code of conduct amongst us regulars, no throws in street fighter, mercy rounds, and respect for
all players regardless of skill, if you broke those rules, it would be us against you, so one guy would have to fight 3
guys sometimes, and if he tried playing again he would face all elite’ players

looool.

[Atb_555]

Oh man there's a FunLand here in London. I hope they dont close that too.

[jeenyus1]

I've actually been there once.

I live about an hour away from the city so visiting arcades isin't exactly something I could do regularly.

I guess it makes sense that arcades in Canada just can't make profits like they used to 20 years ago due to the popularity of console and computer gaming.


PS: OP, that 'code of conduct' you had is very weird... When I used to play in arcades for Street Fighter 3 (about 8 years ago at the arcade in Albion Mall) our 'code of conduct' was to always give a mercy round. Man I used to love playing at that arcade, owning 20something year olds with Akuma when I was like 12 years old lol.

[wetworker]

Lovegetty, although its got probably the best people I've ever met, is far, Pacific Mall isn't exactly up to date, last time I went there it still has GGXX #Reloaded.

Hope fully they bring SF4 when it drops, i guess that will have to be my new spot in the mean time.

[DevilJin 01]

You guys are crazy...no throws was the way people played SF back in the day across plenty parts of North America. No surprise. Nothing wrong over reminiscing over something very real back in the day. It was hard times back then. People didn't have SRK to look at learn from all day so when things got cheap they took action. :lol: Arcades were good times for everyone back in the day. Even past the skill level of the players at an arcade...like the topic creator said its about the relationships built and being able to play people face to face. You just don't get enough of that these days now that the cool thing is to play over computer inputs across a network.

I use ... way too much.

[Ghostal]

Fuck all that, applying that rule in this day and age with nearly unlimited ST footage, discussions and tutorials is just sadistic.
Who wants to reminisce about a time where sucking was all we knew how to do?
I'm all about forming friendships based on a largely mutual interest, but why even play the game on your own dollar if people get all pissy because you're playing well, and expect you to play on the level of an ignorant chimp to not get practically jumped in a damn arcade? You might as well find a social atmosphere to form relationships that doesn't have hilariously bad 'rules'.

[Rhio2k]

So elite players who don't use throws?

Sounds like elite scrubs...usually the kids who thought they were the shit, but squalled like a wet cat the moment you jumped in with no attack, and threw them just ONCE. ANY mind game, no matter how simple and shallow confuses them. The second round usually results in you winning with a perfect. Then they give you a "Good game" as they walk away, as if it took any effort to beat them. :rofl: I LOVED playing against these guys.

[orochi ryu]

Fuck :sad: that sucks!
Sad indeed.
we used to play no throws in sf2 as well.

And no, elite scrubs arent the ones who dont like to use throws. Its scrubby newcomers that take honor and respect for granted.

[Ghostal]

Honor and respect in the fighting scene is playing your A+ game and playing to win, using the most effective way possible. Not only to get the win, but to show you're willing to play your hardest and play to help teach them to counter certain tactics.
Not babying players by sandbagging and giving courtesy rounds.
The scene would have remained completely stagnant if that were the case.

Sounds like elite scrubs...usually the kids who thought they were the shit, but squalled like a wet cat the moment you jumped in with no attack, and threw them just ONCE. ANY mind game, no matter how simple and shallow confuses them. The second round usually results in you winning with a perfect. Then they give you a "Good game" as they walk away, as if it took any effort to beat them. :rofl: I LOVED playing against these guys.
:rofl: fucking truth.

[DevilJin 01]

People just dealt with it back then I guess. I mean seriously...a lot of people I'm sure didn't play SF then to BE THE BEST OF THE BEST. Just wasn't like that. I know it wasn't like that for me. I was just there to hit some buttons and beat a couple people here and there if I could. I'm sure there were definitely a lot of tournaments and what not...but this was back when there were so many different fighting games to play other than SF. I usually went for like some SNK game or Marvel Super Heroes or something random that I couldn't play at the house. I rarely went to the arcades to play SF2 or Alpha 2 or anything like that since I already had them at home. There was no super elite competition at the arcades that I went to. Main reason I went was just to play the sheer selection of arcade games that had graphics that were way better than my Sega Genesis or Saturn at the house.

Unfortunately I only started getting competitive at fighting games long after the arcade boom of SF2 and never got to experience getting beat up for throwing someone. :lol:

[YellowS4]

Dogshit arcade.

[orochi ryu]

yeah, thats pretty much it. Those were different times back then.
Like you said, maybe it was cause we didnt take sf as seriously as we do now.
I mean that doesnt mean that we were ultra scrubs. And about the "Good game" remark, Thats called good sportsmanship. You are the one looking like an elite douche for looking down at someone who appreciates the ass whooping enough to say good game.

[Canto]

Sucks.


So no one could ever choose Zangief?