"They even put a sign on it that says it should not be played by anyone."

By ChadTower

November 15, 2012


11 years ago

I took my son to hockey practice last week and a South Park had appeared at the rink. Never seen a pin there before. Looks fully functional. I am playing it and a guy comes up behind me and asks why I plugged the game in. I say I didn't, it was already on. He goes on to say he has complained to the rink owners about the adult game and that they assured him it would be left off and no children would be exposed to its language (it has the mild language set). He points up at the backglass and says "See, they even put a sign on it, that says this game should not be played by anyone."

15 minutes later he comes back over and says he really would appreciate my not exposing the children to this game. There are five small kids watching me play. I ask him if these children's parents are in the arena and he says "yes, they are all over by the snack bar." I ask him if maybe he should have them move their children away from the machine rather than blame the person playing it. He says that's not the point and walks away. I am still waiting on his point.

This morning, same place, same machine. I am playing it for a while because the replay is low. Eventually I stop and a woman behind me says "Finally, I thought you'd never stop, my daughter has been waiting all this time." She never said anything. I would have given the little girl my replay credits if I had known she was waiting... and then it hits me. Friday night I get lectured about how bad the theme is and saturday morning there is a parent aggravated that her 4 year old can't get onto the machine fast enough.


I guess you can't please everybody, or in this case, anybody at all.

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Comments

11 years ago

Just put the game on mute.

11 years ago

Poopy multiball

11 years ago

Give the kids what they want and ignore the humorless adults. Or you could just stand there with the game and say to the big ones: Mmmm-kay?

11 years ago

Ask them to install a headset jack kit. : )

11 years ago

Stupid people shouldn't breed, but if they do; they need to "control" their children more effectively if they're worried about their kids being negatively influenced by a goofy pin... can't shelter them from everything, always - but there are people out there that try apparently.

11 years ago

... and momma should have spoke up or at least appeared in your peripheral - all for getting kids into pinball, even if it is SP... better then Scarred Stiff for the young ones;)

11 years ago

They may be put off by the name of the game and not the sound.

South Park is not a kids show.

11 years ago

Bizarre! You can't protect everyone from everything!

11 years ago

Sounds like one of those people who are offended by everything. Puppies, kittens, Christmas, Halloween, hot dogs, the flag, football, bikinis and everything else that makes the world fun. Lighten up, coin up and get over it. As far as the little girl goes, my grandfather used to say "waitin' in line builds character"

11 years ago

Let the kids decide!

10 years ago

Where was the hockey rink ?

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