Yes! And I come at it entirely from a "street" perspective, so it's all about the game to me. Some of the most fun games I've had have been on pins that most people would scoff to own, like the time I put fifty cents in a decent Hardbody and scored a replay on every game for almost an hour - it's just a good, fun game! There's nothing like getting the 20 million on Bad Cats, or getting all the targets down on 2001 on your first ball, or chasing the red dot on Stars.

Forums always bring out the worst in people (I mean, just look at Reddit) and it's something I've seen in almost every hobby forum I've ever been on, where everyone gets whipped into a frenzy of demanding consternation and neediness thanks to the faceless echo chamber nature of posting online. The best thing you can do is play as much pinball socially as possible, I think - go play at a barcode, or have people over, etc. The more you focus on pinball in terms of a trading market, the worse it gets, I think.