I typically stay out of these types of threads since they rarely solve anything but...

I will say that Pinside does not have the corner on the market in drama and negativity. Other club forums I belong to do suffer similar drama and negativity.

I feel that people, in general, treat people differently through email and forum text. People that would never say mean and/or negative things when standing face to face with someone, can type the rudest, mean-hearted comments. I guess it is much easier to be insulting and negative through text on a screen than standing in front of them when you can see their reaction. I also see this in the business world with email and conference calls vs face to face meetings so the trait is not exclusive to pinball fans.

Don't believe a word he/she says. Two weeks ago he/she was a middle aged woman looking to get back into pinball with her roommate:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rec.games.pinball/introducing$20myself%7Csort:date/rec.games.pinball/ARocfyV-N1s/6tlFFpM-ZEAJ

"Hi I'm Kelly. lets say "middle age" lady lol looking to get back into pinball with my room mate. I have been browsing mr pinball, and ebay (ebay is way overpriced) on some titles im interested in.

Im from Colorado however I live in Knightdale N.C. now and im looking to start my own personal game room in my home with a friend of mine. We have about 1000 sq ft to dedicate to pins at this time."

Playing the veteran card... that's low.

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Let's do life magazine.

Now who is not being helpful or positive and creating an aura of negativity here?

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Easy buddy! Play some pins and find your happy place.

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Rock Chalk Jay Hawk!
Go KU!

What happened here ...? The full circle this thread did is just staggering ...

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Seriously, the rule I live by: I will never, EVER post anything here I wouldn't say to someone's face. I stop, think about my response and how I would really and truly re-act face to face with someone, and I input my response based on what I feel I would do if they were right there for a rebuttal.

No keyboard warrior prowl from me. What you read here = what you'll hear me say at any pinball gathering.

OK...
1. (straight from Pinside community rules) BE CAREFUL WHEN INCLUDING EMAIL ADDRESSES OR INSTANT MESSAGING ADDRESSES IN CONTRIBUTIONS, AND PLEASE DO NOT INCLUDE ANYONE ELSE'S PERSONAL DETAILS

You may include your own personal email address or instant messaging address in postings (providing it is acceptable, i.e. not vulgar or offensive), but please be aware that you are potentially opening yourself up to a lot of email, and possibly spam email too, and you should be absolutely sure that you want people to be able to contact you like this. We recommend that you set-up a new email account specifically for people to contact you on if you wish to publicise a contact point. You may prefer to simply use the private messaging facility of the Pinside, called PinsideMail.

It is not acceptable to publicise anyone else's contact details other than your own, and any such instant messaging details, email addresses, postal addresses or telephone numbers will be removed from Postings.

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I'm taking flank's advice (did I actually say that out loud ) and going to play some pinball!

I saw eighty new posts in this thread and wondered what the hell happened. I didn't see this third act twist coming. Bravo!