(Topic ID: 233208)

Dear manufacturers: get rid of the bubble level

By ryanwanger

5 years ago


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    #30 5 years ago
    Quoted from bluespin:

    I use the pinguy app and it works great, pitch and side to side leveling

    Never heard of this app, gonna use it!

    Quoted from ryanwanger:

    An op with 30 years experience sent me this recently: “A weird thing on the Beatles: the pitch gauge was saying to jack up the front legs”.
    One of my players sent me this pic of the final setup
    [quoted image]
    Sorry if you’re reading this Mr Operator, but please know that I’m putting the blame on the manufacturers here, not you!

    I figured Beatles is supposed to be more flat since it’s an early 80’s design and those games were pretty darn flat

    Quoted from ryanwanger:

    I've seen people walk up to my games on location, look at the bubble level, and mansplain to their friend: "see, this game isn't level" and move on without having actually played it

    This made me physically cringe. Please never use Buzzfeed vocabulary again, it gives legitimacy to dumb slacktivist terms.

    Most ops I’ve seen just remove the level, it’s literally 2 screws, fast and easy. Most people can’t even read a normal one correctly.

    #39 5 years ago
    Quoted from bzbatl:

    Much irony.
    Yeah, those bubbles are worthless. You don’t even want to see how I have MMR setup to compensate for lumpy carpet.

    It was meant to be ironic, but at the same time, Slacktivist was coined to specifically to refer to these people who make up online crusades that serve no real purpose other than to make the people behind them feel morally superior.

    Some synonyms would be the “Price Police” or “Keyboard Warriors” that we so frequently run into here!

    #48 5 years ago

    The digital levels sound the best in my opinion. Those are sweet, and modern. Also love the idea of legs that are embossed with “front” and “rear”

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