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Did Pinball actually commit suicide?

By Blitzburgh99

8 years ago


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    #88 8 years ago
     
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    Quoted from vid1900:

    No, he actually just hated the pinball division and the people he employed to build it.
    Neil did not even allow people from the pinball division to move into other departments. They had to apply for job openings like anyone else off the street.
    Don't take my word for it, the next expo you attend, buy a few rounds for Gomez or Ritchie and let them just naturally start talking about Niel.

    It's a good thing Neil Nicastro couldn't shut down Stern.

    Basically, he failed. The designers and programmers went to Stern.

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    #98 8 years ago
     
    JTK

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    All right, let's review.

    #1 Bars are not going out of business all over the US.

    #2 Barcades are going to be around a lot more than a "couple of years."

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    #100 8 years ago
     
    JTK

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    Quoted from LTG:

    And in a few years he laid most of them off.
    LTG : (

    Ritchie, Lyman, Gomez, and Sullivan are still there.

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    Quoted from LTG:

    Some returned once the investors got in there and turned things around.
    Read old posts on RGP about those days. Pretty sad.
    LTG : )™

    Oh, I'm aware of what happened in 2008-2009.

    Ritchie and Lawlor were independent contractors back then.

    Ritchie is a Stern employee now.

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