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Quoted from CrazyLevi:The deeproot carpetbaggers are probably just going to steal whatever they want anyway.
Everybody keeps talking about the big "pinball comeback" and how wonderful it is, but frankly, I think it fuckin sucks. We were better off when Stern was the only pinball company and NIB games were $4,000.
Now, we have about 10 pinball companies, Sterns are selling for $5,500, and every carpetbagger, johnny come lately, snake oil salesman, starry-eyed boutiquest and con man with a godaddy account is starting a new pinball company, charging $7,000, and ripping off everybody in site to try to get a seat on the gravy train before the whole thing derails and nosedives off the cliff.
I think we were better off when the only thing in pinball that really sucked was stuff like CSI.
I mean, hey, it's one way of looking at it.
Good to see someone else actually "gets it". I loathe the "resurgence of pinball". Last thing I want are machines becoming unobtainium with a Pro version at $5500 and everyone with a fat checkbook buying games and not even knowing how to take off the glass. I miss when it felt like MOST of us were semi-technically experienced and weren't afraid to get our hands dirty.
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