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Do you care about location play?

By kermit24

8 years ago


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    “Do you seek out location play and support operators?”

    • Yes! Not only do I seek out location play, I also update the Pinfinder and/or Pinside location database. 101 votes
      43%
    • Yes! I look on Pinfinder and/or Pinside for locations to play and seek them out. 71 votes
      30%
    • Kind-of: I'll play pinball on location as I run into it but won't intentionally seek out location pinball. 44 votes
      19%
    • No. I play my collection or my friends. 19 votes
      8%

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    #59 8 years ago
     
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    Quoted from Ed209:

    How can anyone into pinball not like location play?

    Location play is like sex. There's good sex and bad sex, and I won't pay for bad sex.

    I've had some great location experiences at Pizza Depot (Bay Area), Lyons Classic Pinball and BumperNets.
    I've had just as many bad location experiences.

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    #60 8 years ago
     
    JMS

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    Eric, check out the GA licensing rules that make it expensive to operate a pin. If you put your game out on location without a sticker you run the risk of having it confiscated by the state of GA.

    The only way I'd put a game on location is if it's within 2 miles of my house, monitored constantly, and doesn't cost me anything. I would set it on free play to avoid the archaic licensing fees.

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    #101 8 years ago
     
    JMS

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    I actually know of the perfect place to open a location. A Blockbuster's closed next to a really good pizza place. The pizza place stays busy even though the mall is pretty quiet and largely deserted. The layout of of the Blockbuster is asymmetric, and I know it could hold 30-40 pins easily.

    The problem is that the mall owners don't necessarily drop their lease rates just because a place has been sitting empty for years.

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    #106 8 years ago
     
    JMS

    swampfire

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    Quoted from lordloss:

    You'd need to cut a doorway into the pizza place and integrate the two.

    That's what I was thinking.

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