Quoted from Bryan_Kelly:

But if you want to get out there and meet others and share in this great hobby, it's better done by letting us know who the hell you are.

Quoted from Bryan_Kelly:

Oh trust me, I've met a flake or two in this hobby, but they are maybe one in a hundred. On the other hand, I've met tons of great people and have made friends all over the States. I think part of it is because I actually post as ME. Not something like "dickwad 2000", although that may be fitting.
My wife travels for work, now and then, and I get to go with. I don't know how many times I've posted on RGP that I'll be in an area on certain dates and I will always get an invite to join some friends at someone's house for a get together. Most of these guys have become good friends and we stay in touch.
I guess what I'm saying is, if you don't want people to get to know you, that's cool. I have guys I've done numerous restorations for who read RGP constantly but never post. They have no interest and also don't care if people get to know them or not.
But if you want to get out there and meet others and share in this great hobby, it's better done by letting us know who the hell you are.
Bryan (CARGPB 14)
http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/bspins
dung said:gweempose said:POSTED 20 MINUTES AGO | # QUOTE | !! |
Bryan_Kelly said:
What has always bothered me are people who don't give their real names. If you want personal, at least sign your posts with a first name or put that in your info section ... I know it's old school in this techno world today, but if anyone really wants me to get to know them, you better tell me who the hell you are.
Bryan, I hear what you're saying, but you also have to realize that a lot of people are coming at it from a completely different angle. You have been involved with the hobby for a long time, and you are entrenched in the community. You also operate a pinball related business, so it puts you even more in the public eye. I agree that some people choose the anonymity simply so that they can act like assholes and not be held accountable for their actions, but it's understandable that a newbie might be reluctant to share their personal information until they feel more comfortable in the community.
I would advise against it regardless of your intentions. The community is online and you don't know who you are dealing with. Once you start to learn about a particular person you can make that decision, but even then you don't know what you are getting into.
Case in point I offered to help someone with a machine. Few messages went back and forth and the guy started making me uncomfortable. I have shown the messages to several people and they all say the same thing, stay away from him. So I stopped responding.
Please note, no one was being a jerk and while the emails were on good terms, some of the things he talked about gave me a bad feeling. So much so that my fiancee literally said on no uncertain terms is the guy allowed to set foot in our apt.
Fast forward a month later. I haven't heard from this guy in awhile and have forgotten all about it. He calls up another collector (actually a friend of mine) and starts saying how I am going to help. He tried to get this friend to come help when he comes to visit, yadda yada. Then everything goes quiet. After awhile I get a message saying he is finally going to bring his machine out and to be honest I tried to back out. Instead of backing off this total stranger has the gall to invite himself over to spend the night in my apartment on top of trying to get free help. When I told him no I got a very nasty email for my troubles. I wasn't making anything off this. I did my best to trouble shoot over pm's, but in the end got shit on because this guy has a screw loose.

Quoted from Bryan_Kelly:

Oh trust me, I've met a flake or two in this hobby, but they are maybe one in a hundred. On the other hand, I've met tons of great people and have made friends all over the States. I think part of it is because I actually post as ME. Not something like "dickwad 2000", although that may be fitting.
My wife travels for work, now and then, and I get to go with. I don't know how many times I've posted on RGP that I'll be in an area on certain dates and I will always get an invite to join some friends at someone's house for a get together. Most of these guys have become good friends and we stay in touch.
I guess what I'm saying is, if you don't want people to get to know you, that's cool. I have guys I've done numerous restorations for who read RGP constantly but never post. They have no interest and also don't care if people get to know them or not.
But if you want to get out there and meet others and share in this great hobby, it's better done by letting us know who the hell you are.
Bryan (CARGPB 14)
http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/bspins

Quoted from Russo121:

I could go on and let everyone know that BVM and I have been trading 'words' via PM since i exposed him in this thread. Started off nasty...mid way gets nicer....ends up offering me a night out and a cup of tea..... But that would make me a snitch...wouldnt it? dammit, i hate snitches...oh well.....

Man im such a nice guy, it makes me want to puke......

Quoted from jonogo:

Russo121 said.s: I'd rather sh*t in my hands and clap than sign up for facebook. Its the devil and i'm highly religious....
Man, this is comedy gold.

Quoted from absocountry2:

Dung, 2 out of your 3 posts are using profanity. I feel it really detracts from your points. I have a son that likes to read here as well and I can see it makes him uncomfortable reading your posts with profanity in them. I understand this is an open forum but Robin has asked we think about everybody. Is there anyway you could tone it down? I think you will still get your point across?
Am I the only one that feels this way?

Quoted from Bryan_Kelly:

My apologies. I'm new here and probably should have lurked a while before posting to get a better feel for how things are done.
Having said that, please do not let your son listen to my bits on the Spooky Pinball Podcasts.
Bryan (CARGPB 14)
http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/bspins
absocountry2 said:Dung, 2 out of your 3 posts are using profanity. I feel it really detracts from your points. I have a son that likes to read here as well and I can see it makes him uncomfortable reading your posts with profanity in them. I understand this is an open forum but Robin has asked we think about everybody. Is there anyway you could tone it down? I think you will still get your point across?
Am I the only one that feels this way?

Quoted from Bryan_Kelly:

Having said that, please do not let your son listen to my bits on the Spooky Pinball Podcasts.

Quoted from absocountry2:

Most people are very good, I just feel it has no place in writing. If something happens to me I do not want profane posts to be what my friends and family have to remember me by.

Quoted from Bryan_Kelly:

Oh trust me, I've met a flake or two in this hobby, but they are maybe one in a hundred. On the other hand, I've met tons of great people and have made friends all over the States. I think part of it is because I actually post as ME. Not something like "dickwad 2000", although that may be fitting.

My wife travels for work, now and then, and I get to go with. I don't know how many times I've posted on RGP that I'll be in an area on certain dates and I will always get an invite to join some friends at someone's house for a get together. Most of these guys have become good friends and we stay in touch.

I guess what I'm saying is, if you don't want people to get to know you, that's cool. I have guys I've done numerous restorations for who read RGP constantly but never post. They have no interest and also don't care if people get to know them or not.

But if you want to get out there and meet others and share in this great hobby, it's better done by letting us know who the hell you are.

Bryan (CARGPB 14)
http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/bspins

Quoted from bluevegas:

Hey Bryan,
Thanks for the lead on the bacon Jam! Stuff was awesome! And for the record, dickwad 2000 is a great guy
Bryan_Kelly said:Oh trust me, I've met a flake or two in this hobby, but they are maybe one in a hundred. On the other hand, I've met tons of great people and have made friends all over the States. I think part of it is because I actually post as ME. Not something like "dickwad 2000", although that may be fitting.
My wife travels for work, now and then, and I get to go with. I don't know how many times I've posted on RGP that I'll be in an area on certain dates and I will always get an invite to join some friends at someone's house for a get together. Most of these guys have become good friends and we stay in touch.
I guess what I'm saying is, if you don't want people to get to know you, that's cool. I have guys I've done numerous restorations for who read RGP constantly but never post. They have no interest and also don't care if people get to know them or not.
But if you want to get out there and meet others and share in this great hobby, it's better done by letting us know who the hell you are.
Bryan (CARGPB 14)
http://usergallery.myhomegameroom.com/gallery/bspins

Quoted from dung:

Or let him look at many of the threads on this forum involving pictures of women/breasts/butts/etc. Please keep him from looking at videos/pictures of the machines as he might stumble across South Park, Family Guy, sopranos, playboy, etc.

I am not picking a fight here, but there are a number of things about pinball that are not appropriate for children. The majority of the themes are mostly harmless, but it has very much been a male dominated industry. As this is a male dominated forum there is quite a bit that young eyes probably shouldn't be exposed to (but will probably find on their own anyways).

Quoted from gweempose:

F-word or C-word.

Quoted from Butterflygirl24:

I agree about names... But I have always been Butterflygirl24 on just about every group I am on, it is even my Ebay name...It is not that I am hiding my name, it has just always been my nickname on online groups that I am on.

Quoted from absocountry2:

Bryan I will let him listen. I feel that writing and speaking are different. I am able to leave profanity out of anything I write because I can delete adn it takes thought. If you meet me in person you would know that I cuss in person. Speaking is more of the cuff and hard to stop. I watched your coin door video and thought it was just fine. I suspect that if you were to type the directions to restore a door it would not be the same word for word.
Most people are very good, I just feel it has no place in writing. If something happens to me I do not want profane posts to be what my friends and family have to remember me by.

Quoted from gweempose:

I will occasionally use profanity to get my point across. If you are trying to describe someone as an a**hole, there is no other word that will accurately convey your point (i.e. "jerk" just doesn't have the same effect). I do, however, generally insert a couple asterisks when I remember. As a moderator, I generally don't edit something unless it is particularly profane such as the F-word or C-word.

Quoted from dung:

What is the point of editing it to have asterisks?

Quoted from Bryan_Kelly:

Having said that, please do not let your son listen to my bits on the Spooky Pinball Podcasts. []

Quoted from gweempose:

dung said:
What is the point of editing it to have asterisks?

If my 8-year-old son or daughter happened to come across a page that I had up, and they saw a comment such as "Pingirl47 is a f*****g c**t, they would have no idea what it really meant.

Quoted from Erik:

This thread is a train wreck!
Funny story about TaylorVA .. When I first started hitting the pinball message boards/RGP I would always see his name (I think it was just written "Taylorva" at that time maybe)
This was right during the time when Tay Zonday was making the rounds

Quoted from Mr68:

Well I haven't filled everything in my profile because I wasn't sure if I was temporarily here or not. That and I can be spacey and lazy sometimes.
I've been Mr. 68 for so long that people actually call me Mr. 68 at the shows. And I like that by the way but either works. Jack Guarnieri (Jersey Jack) simply calls me 68 and I really like that.
My location I have no trouble listing. But my collection is always in flux and I don't desire another internet chore.
FYI: Bryan Kelly just crapped his pants finding that I'm here also. Welcome Newbie!!!

Quoted from dung:

gweempose said:POSTED 20 MINUTES AGO | # QUOTE | !! |

I would advise against it regardless of your intentions. The community is online and you don't know who you are dealing with. Once you start to learn about a particular person you can make that decision, but even then you don't know what you are getting into.
Case in point I offered to help someone with a machine. Few messages went back and forth and the guy started making me uncomfortable. I have shown the messages to several people and they all say the same thing, stay away from him. So I stopped responding.
Please note, no one was being a jerk and while the emails were on good terms, some of the things he talked about gave me a bad feeling. So much so that my fiancee literally said on no uncertain terms is the guy allowed to set foot in our apt.
Fast forward a month later. I haven't heard from this guy in awhile and have forgotten all about it. He calls up another collector (actually a friend of mine) and starts saying how I am going to help. He tried to get this friend to come help when he comes to visit, yadda yada. Then everything goes quiet. After awhile I get a message saying he is finally going to bring his machine out and to be honest I tried to back out. Instead of backing off this total stranger has the gall to invite himself over to spend the night in my apartment on top of trying to get free help. When I told him no I got a very nasty email for my troubles. I wasn't making anything off this. I did my best to trouble shoot over pm's, but in the end got shit on because this guy has a screw loose.

Quoted from Mr68:

Bryan, look at my Karma rating compared to yours.... I could buy and sell you like a pack of cigarettes.

Quoted from APOLLO_13:

it feels weird having people call me APOLLO lol

Quoted from Bryan_Kelly:

Well, all I can say is, I've been here for like 2 days and have exchanged Emails with a guy here who lives in St. Paul. I'm a half hour away. He's stopping over to check out the shop on Saturday.
I've got my fingers crossed he's not some f'ing headcase.

Quoted from jonogo:

Bryan_Kelly said:Well, all I can say is, I've been here for like 2 days and have exchanged Emails with a guy here who lives in St. Paul. I'm a half hour away. He's stopping over to check out the shop on Saturday.
I've got my fingers crossed he's not some f'ing headcase.

hahaha hold on a sec.. I just spit out the water I was drinking!
Looking forward to meeting you on Sat!
-j

Quoted from Mr68:

Bryan, look at my Karma rating compared to yours.... I could buy and sell you like a pack of cigarettes.

Quoted from jonogo:

I swear too! and I'm ANYTHING but normal.
But I'm alright still the same! You have nothing to fear.
-josh

Quoted from NimblePin:

Mr68 said:Bryan, look at my Karma rating compared to yours.... I could buy and sell you like a pack of cigarettes.
Well if that's true, I guess YOUR new name would be "SixWaysTillSunday" Mr68...
Man, this thread is hilarious.
Good to have both of you aboard BK + 68.

Quoted from Mr68:

And I always look forward to your selection of scantly clad women.