St Louis, MO
I just took about a 6 or 7 year break from the hobby, but got a couple nephews who have started showing interest in the machines so I’m getting back into it a little.
Playing with friends and family is awesome, but I’ll say returning to Pinside was a bit of a buzzkill. It’s an amazing site filled with awesome people and useful knowledge, but I stumbled right away into some of the Bond threads and was immediately reminded of what I didn’t miss about the site. A few middle aged men fighting over pictures as if they’re the resident expert and any dissenting opinion is a personal insult. One mob saying it’s the worst machine ever and another proclaiming it’s the second coming all based off of some security guards Nokia phone picture. Also all the random threads with horny old men posting cheesecake pictures of women while simultaneously and oddly straying into politics is just kind of….sad. Posting something deliberately inappropriate on a pinball forum and then complaining about having a moderator address it is just too much internet edge lord badassery for me to handle. I think I’ll be here for the technical help, but leave the rest just for mental health.
