I'm in the same boat you are. As a kid, I would gravitate more toward arcade games when i was younger. I would play pins occasionally but never got really good at them. Since I've been collecting arcade games I've been adding some pins and I love them.....but I suck at them...haha. I still plan to buy more though

I'm no great pinball player or photographer, but enjoy both as hobbies.

Finally, a club for me!

I'm in!

We could share our embarrassing scores here, or maybe not.

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I am in. My combined best score for AC/DC (120k) and Metallica (74k) is less than 200k, and I have owned them for 20 months and 9 months, respectively.

If you are only scoring 200,000 combined on both games, then you have a SERIOUS problem

I think you meant MIL not K

I may not suck, but i am certainly not very good, having been involved with pinball as long as i have been, figure i would have gotten the hang of it now, but i am at that just so close almost got to that special stage.

Yeah, do you mean Million?

I just scored 139M on Met set at 4 balls, and that's GREAT for me!

I'm in, I suck at pinball.
My GC on Star Trek
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Yeah I suck too, I have to many things going on and to many pins so I just can't get good at any of them. But I'll keep trying and having fun doing so.

I prefer to think that I don't suck, I'm just middling.

I can put up some decent but not incredible scores, but only when the moon's gravitational pull affects the ball just right. My pretty horrible games far outweigh my good ones. I'd be happy right not to not be better per se, just more consistent.

In the meantime I'm definitely in the "have so much fun with pinball" part, and that's what counts!

Fun thats what its all about!

"Suck" is relative. I yell out "I suck" at least a dozen times a week while playing. I definitely suck compared to some of the players on here. There are no leagues or games on route by me, but I usually put my name up on popular games a half dozen times or so whenever I go to a show. So not sure how much I suck which motivates me to keep practicing and having fun.

yeah, millions! I feel better about myself already. lol. oops...

Fishing.

Talk about sucking. I can't finish the Wizard Mode on my TOTAN. I've reached it 11 times now and each time the genie summons the skeletons either the slings juggle the balls so it times out (too many skeletons are spawned) or I hit every single possible shot except for the necessary skill shots. On my Pinball Arcade version I can beat it every time, not on my real pin though...
I still have a highscore of 47 million on the real game though, only good thing I can say about my play skill. EATPM is definitely easier to play. TZ and Fish Tales are just recreational, I like them. They're relaxing to play.

Every score posted on here so far is really quite good in my opinion. Maybe you want this to be "I suck compared to the top 50 players in the world"?

Thank god...was about to say my kid @ 3 was doing better than that lol..

I'm average to suck. On my Star Trek Pro, I can get to KM multiball every so often, but I rarely get through any further missions after that and will probably never see Enterprise Amok. My good scores are in the 100 million area. No where near the 1 billion scores that some people post. My absolute best was 330 million, but that was shear luck, not plan. And then I updated my code, and it was gone.

330m is higher than anything I've ever heard of or seen on location. I played one of the top 10 players in the world in a tournament a few months ago, and he scored 300m, which *doubled* the grand champion score on the machine...a machine that gets played regularly by the top players in the area.

I'm sorry, but you're *way* above average.

I taught my cat how to plunge the ball up top on Metallica and he scores more than 200k

We don't always agree on song selection though. I am more old school and he is more new school...

I've got a question to people with more than 7 machines - why? And how do you even store them...? I couldn't imagine having more than 7 games. I'd get MM, TOM, TAF and sell my Fish Tales (which is currently rented) to get SS. At that point with also my TZ, TOTAN and EATPM I'd seriously contemplate selling EATPM just to make some room.
It just seems like you neglect a few - at least from my perspective. Right now from my 3 games (TZ is coming in on Friday, currently in shipping) I overuse TOTAN so much that I actually rented out my Fish Tales, cause I didn't use it, and completely took my EATPM apart for a COMPLETE restoration.

I think you may be thinking of the game on the old code. On the old code, a good game was 75 million for me. The new code has way higher scores. Oh, and I also play with easy outlanes and settings that make extra balls pretty automatic so I often have a 5 ball game. A tournament pin on location will be way harder to play. Really, I'm barely average.

i got 20 pins set up in my basement
and plans for another 8 set up upstairs, but i will have reached my limit soon (space wise),
so the vast remainder of my collection will be gong to the PPMuseum in Alameda, CA.

He told me he wants to hear Death Magnetic NEYOW.

From your profile it seems like you have a lot more than 20... Why not buy a Lambo instead?

My cat is actually pretty good. Top 25 on the IFPAW ranking system

I saw this club and just had to join! Really...forced. I can't even drain my balls.

That's how bad I suck.

I'm IN.
I have games that I have owned for YEARS that I don't have the high score on yet.

Yeah, I like this...

I definitely fall into this category. I am the best in my house... and that's it. I generally switch replay rewards to extra balls to even give myself a chance.

Count me in too. I make stupid mistakes all the time, and suck at ball control. I'm ruling my man cave though, although sounds like I should be worried about my cat outplaying me one day...

Fishing is one where the less I do the happier I am. Put on the bottom rigs, drink a little, wait for the bite.

I'm also in this pinball club. After I rebuilt my F-14, I won't admit how long it took me to beat the factory scores....

Man, I should be president of this club!

This is my kind of club! I have that odd game where I do ok but for the most part my game is futile at best, but man is it fun never the less! At least my family and friends never have to wait long to play a game lol.

I've had pins for over two years now and just recently discovered the left flipper.

How big is your room? Mine is about 500sq ft. More room usually means more pins.

Same here - grew up a video game kid. Didn't start playing pinball until I was over 30. I'm still not very good, but I do love it... The randomness appeals to me.

Love to join this club. My machines love to kick my ass.....

I'm gonna have to stop at 10, I'll be out of realistic space then. My question would be "how do you stop at 7?"

Everyone is or has been in this club. There is always a better player around the corner.

In my case that's anyone who can stand upright with opposing thumbs... And the upright is optional.

I am horrible at golf but I love it.

One of my objectives in life is to get my initials on one of my games.
Wally

what exactly are the criteria to be part of this club, low scoring, can't make shots?

I'm in for sure. Love to play but rarely put up high scores haha...

Where's labnip at? He posted a score of 156,000 on Tron LE on the "Hi Scores" list. That takes some talent right there.

Of course I need to join this club myself. Still pretty new to pinball and have a long ways to go. Like most people here I can put up a pretty good score now and then, but certainly not on a consistent basis like those high-level players can.