Quoted from MapleSyrup:

The Power Posters will win the Forum War, and Jeremy will win at REAL LIFE.
The response to his post IS what sucks about Pinside. The only people who don’t know that, are so far up the ass of this Forum that they can almost see their well worn keyboards through their gnashing teeth!
It’s not that most people here don’t know what it takes to actually make a pinball machine... it’s that most people here don’t know what it takes to make ANYTHING.
One of the absolute GEMS of modern pinball stopped by here to say he’s proud of his latest project, and that it’s hard for him and the team to take dismissive, uninformed and sometimes vitriolic cristisism.
Why?? Because he fu$&ing CARES about his work, and the people he works with.
The problem here is that there is a vocal minority that are not pinball obsessed... they are Pinside obsessed.
I love pinball. I should love the World’s greatest Pinball Website, but I don’t. I love some aspects of it. There are a LOT of great people, and tons of useful information here... but a few arseholes ruin the vibe for everybody.
They will yell, “Grow a thicker skin!” And “Lighten Up. It’s just my opinion”, and “If you don’t like it go somewhere else”... we’ll that’s what just about everybody who’s truly important in Pinball has done.
Because they can’t take it. Because they CARE about their work. Because they care about Pinball.