Hi, welcome to the LGBT and allied pinball club! While of course everyone is welcome, I hope to be able to connect and chat pinball here with my fellow queer community

Why the LGBT and allied pinball club? Like many other intersectional topics and clubs already on the forum - the ability to connect LGBT and allies in to pinball to build community and chat up pinball et cetera.

My boyfriend and I had our first date at Olaf's in Ballard, Seattle. I said it was for their great burgers Afterwards we went to the gameroom and I let him know I've 'played it a couple times'. Then I start having a huge game on TZ while describing all the shots and modes and how they work together

We've been together about 6 months, 3 months ago I moved White Water in to his house and he's obviously a natural and loves it -- I taught him the quick-flip-backhand to the extra ball target and he's been kicking ass

Thanks Playmatic! I totally agree, I played it at NWPAS for the first time a few years ago when I was just getting more heavy in to pinball after having grown up with High Speed in the house and playing MM at the UW bowling alley. Now my home phone hold music is a 10 minute edit of the music sequence

It's been really fun watching him get sucked in to it. He recently visited his family back east and got asked "what about it do you like?" and had to formulate that thought for the first time -- he says he went with "theme, sound, it's easy for a beginner to know what to shoot for."

Awesome Trunchbull We were out and I was describing Add-A-Ball last night. "Dive, rowdy, dark, Shorty's but a little skeezier" they thought I was badmouthing it until I continued with "it's awesome one of my favorites and I can't wait to show Chris" I've got to get back there for a weekly soon!

Hahaaa Playmatic - Portland's totally Seattle's sister-pinball-city

Totally vid - I personally identify as queer myself. Friendly queers and the rest of the alphabet welcome

Thanks for the congratulations! Not specific to being queer of course, but it's really special to have a partner so gung-ho about pinball

Well when it was at my house, I kept it at a steep pitch with wide outlanes, no EBs and hard rules. At his house it's level and factory, he's doing awesome and getting regularly in the 400M+ and cracked 600 multiple times! For brand new to pinball that's amazing and I'm super proud!

The problem is I've stacked the high scores with 2B+ and 4B GC

Ya wiener

Well it's difficult to compare across machines too - I did a tear down and rebuild at his place so it's playing on-point, and in his place where he gets to play it any time he wants. Crush it and go for the 5x MB stack

Hi, nice collection! It's all over the place, I bet you get to exercise a lot of skills with it. Congrats, have 17 credits on me

But you're in Portland! Pinballmap.com/portland lists five White Waters on location

Just Friday!!!! I've been playing MM since middle school when they had it at the UW Hub games area. My friend has an MMR (level, medium rules) and was having a pinball party to say farewell to the pinball interns. I've been to Battle For The Kingdom once before in my life. That Friday I was having a damn killer game and my ball 2 (with EBs) went on forever. Ended up beating Battle For The Kingdom for my first time in my entire life. 360M - doubled the existing GC

Hi mbaumle, hi Rick, welcome to the club, hope you find it a friendly place

Don't mind me... my replacement label maker just arrived

I'm just sitting here trying to dig up the part numbers for the misc. screws I have in baggies. If anyone has tips for identifying them I'll take them

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With this kit I'm covered even if I bust a 4422-01117-00.

https://www.amazon.com/DYMO-LabelManager-Label-Maker-1768960
https://www.amazon.com/Stanley-25-Removable-Compartment-Professional-Organizer/dp/B00005QWYF

Welcome MapleSyrup I think we've got rainbow colored spinner decals.

Playmatic - having a hard time getting Marco's search page to reliably load, which is where I've been getting my part numbers to print my labels. In between that playing a couple games of NGG and listening to podcasts. Bed soon though.

Thanks, you too

Yeah I love the range and I'm sure they all play so differently it keeps it very interesting and develops a lot of skills. I don't have enough space (no space right now) and I'm too in to the 90s games, but some day..

Thank you Real credit goes to Playmatic though, thanks Playmatic!

Love it.

Zero problem with new or poor players... we're all just having fun, right?

I just heard about that... too bad. I host a dance radio show and got an email asking to play Ford - Pure Imagination next time I'm on.

Everyone loves Wet Willy!

And the shots and flow of the game are awesome

I've volunteered at the public station http://www.c895.org/ for a long time on air and engineering. I'm in a project right now to help replace and update a lot of their computer systems. I'm on air this Thursday 8p to 11p pacific

Depends on the venue but in my experience it's been both. I'm not a clubber or bar regular but I'll go out occasionally with friends, and there are styles and atmospheres all over the map. In Seattle I've heard The Cuff has a pair of pinball machines sometimes on free play http://pinballmap.com/seattle/?by_location_id=1150

Welcome to the club and love me some Pin Bot!!! When I interned at my last job a coworker had Pin Bot in his office - my first exposure to the game, and also how I knew I was at the right company

MM is known for having a couple trolls.

We had one at Shorty's for a while. Pinball Map says there's one at Add-A-Ball and Seattle Pinball Museum now. If you ever come up this way I'm pretty sure I owe you a drink or two

Absolutely check out Ground Kontrol Good vibe, and machines, also the host of Pinbrawl.

Cool!! Sounds like a lot of fun Welcome!

Hah!!!!! I need a high res print of that poster!

I'm glad you had a good time in Seattle I grew up here and feel really lucky for the great people in the pinball scene up here.

I'm still alive but barely - 14 hour days at the radio station recently replacing our main computer systems, then come home at night to program in to the wee hours of the morning. About a year after quitting my day job, the prototype I created is installed and getting rave reviews though Hopefully that means I get a bit of time for Pinside now

C89.5 KNHC

Merry Christmas and Happy Chanukah!! <3!!

I was in California visiting family over Christmas - great to see my father and family down here. I also got to tell my dad about my (10 mo.) boyfriend and share a picture, which was nice My dad... a good heart but needs some help here. For example a supporter of gay marriage, but "I have to admit it's not normal." Hurtful, but thankful for him at the same time. I got him on High Speed though - 5M to 750K

If I'm in the north east I'd really love to make it to Sunshine in New York to play Big Bang Bar Only one I've heard of being on location.

Lucky north-east!

I get it but the same as hearing "not normal," my problem is that there's more normal about my boyfriend and my relationship than abnormal! Most of it is talking about each others' days, making dinner, playing with dogs, hugging, and playing pinball

The same way it's uncommon to be an accountant, since most people aren't, or uncommon to live in Oregon, because most people don't, or uncommon to have an affinity for [blank] in a partner... perhaps it's uncommon that I got my BF so in to pinball to the point where he's a kick-ass pinball prodigy It's less common to be queer than not, but I context impacts how I feel when I hear "unnatural, uncommon, or abnormal."

Yes - context - I agree! I was just contributing my perspective, having had the obligation of thinking this through a few times throughout my life because of experiences like the one I shared in the thread a couple days ago, no judging included

In my pinball world two months ago I moved White Water and Road Show in to my then partner, now fiance's house The family that flips together stays together!

Thank you Playmatic, and everyone else for the thumbs ups!! I'm ecstatic over it, and not least by how in to the machines he is - serious pinball protege Playmatic, come up to Seattle to play them!

Swampfire, thank you for the allyship and congratulations for your son's going off to college

Hi weasley!