Not sure if anyone posted this before (I'm sure they have, but I can't find it) but Im curious to hear stories about times where you may have lost your cool on your machine. Maybe you were one shot away from completing a wizard mode... Maybe your game was just been a drain monster all night... Whatever it may have been, feel free to share.

I'll be the first to admit I've slammed my hand down pretty had on the glass of my MMR a few times, or slapped the flipper button harder than I likely should have. Funny thing is though, out of the 4 games I have, that is the only one I've ever done that with. Not sure what it is about the game, but it doesn't always bring out the best in me.

Share your stories!

#2 6 years ago

TRA

TRAMD

Pinside+ Addict

Rapid City, SD

7y 74,550 1,082 11 29

I have a sort of seizure and stiffen up like a board and yell a strained "No! Piece of shit!" every time my ball drains. I'm a bad role model for my kids.

#3 6 years ago

LEV

CrazyLevi

Crazy Levi's Pinball

New York, NY

10y 148K 33,539

You should NEVER loose shit on your pin, it gets very messy.

#4 6 years ago

KDF

fisherdaman

Pinside member

Waitsfield, VT

11y 72,300 1,546 8

I typically back up and scream fu%& as loud as I can... I would never hit my games.

#5 6 years ago

JOR

jorro

Inactive member

Bermuda Triangle

8y 81,550 2,988 8

one time i got so frustrated and kicked my pin's leg.
and i a still have to hear how funny it looked evenmore because i said sorry to the pin afterwards , cause my son was standing in the room

#6 6 years ago

DAD

Damien

Inactive member

Unknown

7y 70,300 2,014 7 10

Haha, some good stories here. I actually slapped the wall beside one of my game and split the drywall a bit. Next day, my wife asked "why is there putty on the wall?"

When my son is around, I sort of bite my tongue, and just do a very fake smile (meanwhile I'm seething inside haha).

I was at a local pinball thing and saw a machine with glass bits all over the pf, and it's pretty clear someone really lost their sh!t on that game!

I'm making a resolution to not whack MMR anymore haha. I treat all the other games with lots of love, so strangely, I'm cruelest to my favourite game of all time.

#7 6 years ago

TDR

Who-Dey

In Memoriam

9y 117K 11,746 7 12

My games cost me too much money for me to lose my cool on them. I'm also getting older now and it takes alot more for me to lose my shit, although it is still possible to get me there if you keep pushing the right buttons. Getting older and growing up though has done wonders for my temper, and believe me I used to have a bad one at one time. Now I just don't care about the small stuff like that.

#8 6 years ago

???

RTS

Pinside+ Frequent

11y 94,050 3,129 17 1

Quoted from CrazyLevi:
You should NEVER loose shit on your pin, it gets very messy.

Oh, I see. You are suggesting that the player actually defecates on his pin. Hilarious.

So clever.

#9 6 years ago

JAM

Wolfmarsh

Pinside member

12y 134K 10,956

Abusing a pin you own doesn't make sense, it's like keying your own car.

#10 6 years ago

FRX

Frax

Pinside member

Conyers, GA

12y 103K 16,662 2 9

I think it's hilarious that almost everyone I know seems to think I abuse games, but yet I've never broken glass, dented a lockdown bar, bent a leg, etc etc etc. I've slapped PLENTY of glass...there's a right way and a wrong way, apparently. =Þ

I'm a big fan of the "mock kick" these days. Just the non-contact motion of looking like I'm gonna kick in the coin door, but not actually making contact.

OP
Quoted from Damien:
I'm cruelest to my favourite game of all time.

That's because those games are MOTHER______ SON _ B____ AS_____ BARBRA STREISAND JER____ TRAITORS.

#11 6 years ago

MAD

mittens

Pinside member

10y 49,400 370

I don't generally rage in anger with pinball... it starts off as a way to relax in fact. However, inevitably there are a few games where I am one or two shots away from awesomeness only to have it drain or worse, get stuck on something. In those cases now I don't punch or slam the machine but my head just drops in disappointment and I go pour a drink.

#12 6 years ago

PVC

patrickvc

Pinside member

Phoenix, AZ

15y 71,350 2,156 22

I usually yell f$&@ and do a spin

#13 6 years ago

JAY

Phat_Jay

Pinside+ Frequent

7y 111K 2,309

My cat lost his sh!t on my pin, does that count?

#14 6 years ago

FRX

Frax

Pinside member

Conyers, GA

12y 103K 16,662 2 9

Quoted from patrickvc:
I usually yell f$&@ and do a spin

DO A BARREL ROLL

#15 6 years ago

TOY

mario_1_up

Pinside member

Fairbank, IA

11y 80,800 2,350 24 8

slapping the glass is never good. My buddy sent me this picture from one of his locations. Titanium ring vs glass

addams (resized).jpg

#16 6 years ago

FRX

Frax

Pinside member

Conyers, GA

12y 103K 16,662 2 9

That's why I use my right hand... my ring is tungsten LOL.

#17 6 years ago

VIC

vicjw66

Pinside member

San Pedro/port Of Los Angeles, CA

12y 92,550 5,257 4 6

Quoted from RTS:
Oh, I see. You are suggesting that the player actually defecates on his pin. Hilarious.
So clever.

Well noone seems to have caught it except Levi, but the op said Loosing when I'm sure he meant losing. Frankly, I don't understand why so many people don't know how to spell lose or losing. There is only one "o" not two.

#18 6 years ago

???

RTS

Pinside+ Frequent

11y 94,050 3,129 17 1

Quoted from vicjw66:
Well noone seems to have caught it except Levi, but the op said Loosing when I'm sure he meant losing. Frankly, I don't understand why so many people don't know how to spell lose or losing. There is only one "o" not two.

It's also interesting that so many people don't know that "no one" is two words, and "noone" is not a word.

There is only one "o" in each word here too.

#19 6 years ago

SMK

TheLaw

Pinside+ Addict

Ann Arbor, MI

12y 162K 48,059 19 30 1

Not much anymore...but they're made to take the abuse.

I'll still smack a lock down bar now and again.

#20 6 years ago

DAD

Damien

Inactive member

Unknown

7y 70,300 2,014 7 10

Quoted from RTS:
It's also interesting that so many people don't know that "no one" is two words, and "noone" is not a word.
There is only one "o" in each word here too.

Aaaaahahahaha. Nothing beats someone correcting another person whilst making the same error. People are awesome!

My phone auto-corrected and put 2 o's instead of 1... Glad "noone" else got upset about it

#21 6 years ago

TCG

TG

Pinside+ Frequent

San Jose, CA

12y 61,950 551 19

I've gotten pretty animated at times, but no permanent damage (so far).

#22 6 years ago

KOZ

KozMckPinball

Pinside member

7y 85,300 4,082 3

OP
Quoted from Damien:
I'm making a resolution to not whack MMR anymore haha. I treat all the other games with lots of love, so strangely, I'm cruelest to my favourite game of all time.

That means no more cab slap nudging...

#23 6 years ago

DAD

Damien

Inactive member

Unknown

7y 70,300 2,014 7 10

Quoted from KozMckPinball:
That means no more cab slap nudging...

I had the last ball in the outlane the other day, and I shook it pretty hard to try to get it back into the game. Funny thing is, I saved it, but didn't realize and kept shaking just to have it drain. Hahaha.

#24 6 years ago

TER

SUPERBEE

Inactive member

Newmarket, ON

10y 74,650 3,469 6 6

Ive yelled at every single one of my pins calling them every filthy, nasty, vile word i can possibly think of. Shit happens when your pissed. But i never hit them.

#25 6 years ago

LKD

Luckydogg420

Pinside member

Kitchener, ON

11y 115K 5,861 14

Ever since I bought game of thrones I’ve had a nasty habit of smashing the lockdown bar at the end of each ball. GoT has a end of ball cash in where you hit the button on the lockdown bar to turn your multiplier into points. Usually you hit it as the ball drains to cash in for any extra points that are available.

Unfortunately this habit has evolved into hitting every game when a ball drains. Force of habit, I don’t mean to do it always.

#26 6 years ago

JAS

Pugsley

Pinside member

Valparaiso, IN

12y 56,400 923 9

I can't spell loose because when I was in school I learned Phonics. o*e is a O sound and oo is a oooohhh sound. Lose looks like loze.

#27 6 years ago

GTX

gtxjoe

Pinside member

Chicago, IL

10y 35,050 253

Quoted from vicjw66:
Well noone seems to have caught it except Levi, but the op said Loosing when I'm sure he meant losing. Frankly, I don't understand why so many people don't know how to spell lose or losing. There is only one "o" not two.

Some people fart while playing. Others loose it...

#28 6 years ago

MER

DadofTwins

Pinside member

9y 98,550 718 1

I scream, curse and yell like a baby sometimes. Pretty pathetic over a game. At least we are passionate about our hobby.........

#29 6 years ago

MJO

arcademojo

Pinside member

10y 131K 5,513 30

Sorry but smacking, slapping, hitting or kicking a pin is the dumbest thing I've heard of. Of course I'm the guy jumping up and down, waving my first in the air while cursing like a sailor.

#30 6 years ago

BJL

SNES

Pinside+ Frequent

8y 90,300 1,224 7 1

Yeah, I have been known to scream F*** as loud as possible. Happened today. I was one castle away from BFTK on my MMR (had everything else lit) and shot the left ramp only to have it hit the slingshot plastic edge and jump over the metal to the outlane and drain. I was glad no neighbors were walking by. They would have thought I was abusing my wife lol

#31 6 years ago

BAD

ImNotNorm

Pinside member

6y 143K 6,933 98

I never strike the machine....

But I'll throw my hands up in frustration while turning/walking away and cursing. Only to return to the pin to get my ass kicked again.

Rinse and repeat

#32 6 years ago

GRV

GravitaR

Pinside member

Saginaw, MI

12y 129K 2,920 31 71

Kick a Chair FTW!

#33 6 years ago

LUK

WyseGuy

Inactive member

Unknown

7y 56,300 415 12

My brother lives above one of our pizzerias and can hear me stomping my feet in anger from time to time... Pinball never relaxes me.

#34 6 years ago

HWY

hwyhed

Pinside member

Surrey, BC

8y 95,300 2,450 4 19

I’ll give my pin a nice shrug, and add a nasty word once in awhile..gotta make sure the tilt is still working...I’ve never hit/kicked it thou..

#35 6 years ago

VMP

V_piscopo

Pinside member

Burlington, VT

9y 89,550 1,671 2 106

I save the beatings for my wife. I've never hit a pin.

#36 6 years ago

SMK

TheLaw

Pinside+ Addict

Ann Arbor, MI

12y 162K 48,059 19 30 1

Hey-o

#37 6 years ago

YZF

yzfguy

Pinside+ Frequent

12y 146K 11,174 7

Quoted from patrickvc:
I usually yell f$&@ and do a spin

I have a sort of spin, hands up in the air, gasp for air move

#38 6 years ago

LEV

CrazyLevi

Crazy Levi's Pinball

New York, NY

10y 148K 33,539

Quoted from RTS:
Oh, I see. You are suggesting that the player actually defecates on his pin. Hilarious.
So clever.

It was a grammar police joke, not a shit joke.

RTS must stand for "Ridin' the schlong" cause that seems to be your M.O. when it comes to me.

#39 6 years ago

VIC

vicjw66

Pinside member

San Pedro/port Of Los Angeles, CA

12y 92,550 5,257 4 6

Quoted from RTS:
It's also interesting that so many people don't know that "no one" is two words, and "noone" is not a word.
There is only one "o" in each word here too.

Of course No one is two words. I was talking about Peter Noone.
Where is Odin to back me up on this.

https://static.parade.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Peter-Noone-Photo-e1443123663657.jpg

#40 6 years ago

LEV

CrazyLevi

Crazy Levi's Pinball

New York, NY

10y 148K 33,539

Quoted from vicjw66:
Of course No one is two words. I was talking about Peter Noone.

I never use no one anyway as it sounds stupid. You are always better off with nobody.

I'm sorry; no body.

#41 6 years ago

S S

PinsideTroll

Inactive member

New Castle, DE

10y 49,650 937 12 10

i was three shots from beating MM and when the ball drained, i screamed "NOOOOO! DAMMIT". made someone upstairs come check to see if i was ok lol

#42 6 years ago

KER

Kerry_Richard

Pinside+ Frequent

Danville, CA

12y 83,900 3,024

I used to have pinball parties at my home. But never again.

I've seen pinheads hit my games so hard its broke the tack weld on the lock down bar. Plus, I've seen them shake them so hard it's damaged (wrinkled) the artwork on the legs. They are on "Free Play" no need to beat them down

I don't' / I won't treat anyone's games, even on location like that.

#43 6 years ago

DAD

Damien

Inactive member

Unknown

7y 70,300 2,014 7 10

Quoted from Kerry_Richard:
I used to have pinball parties at my home. But never again.
I've seen pinheads hit my games so hard its broke the tack weld on the lock down bar. Plus, I've seen them shake them so hard it's damaged (wrinkled) the artwork on the legs. They are on "Free Play" no need to beat them down
I don't' / I won't treat anyone's games, even on location like that.

The thread was more about just getting pissed at your machine and giving it a little whack. It's nothing I'm proud of or even want to do, but the truth is, the game sometimes gets the better of me.

I am grateful to own my pins, and treat them with a lot of care, but for some reason, my MMR brings out the crazy in me at times. Something I'm definitely trying to temper, as I'd greatly regret ever damaging these great games.

Anyhow, the thread is more an opportunity for pinheads to open up and admit to moments they may not be that proud of

#44 6 years ago

TRA

TRAMD

Pinside+ Addict

Rapid City, SD

7y 74,550 1,082 11 29

Fuck this frustrating pinball shit!

#45 6 years ago

TDR

Who-Dey

In Memoriam

9y 117K 11,746 7 12

Quoted from Kerry_Richard:
I used to have pinball parties at my home. But never again.
I've seen pinheads hit my games so hard its broke the tack weld on the lock down bar. Plus, I've seen them shake them so hard it's damaged (wrinkled) the artwork on the legs. They are on "Free Play" no need to beat them down
I don't' / I won't treat anyone's games, even on location like that.

I would still have pinball parties but the guy getting that rough with my games wouldn't be invited back over ever again unless he stopped doing that. No way would I put up with that crap for one second.

#46 6 years ago

RHO

spiroagnew

Inactive member

11y 121K 982 161

Did anyone catch the recent clip from a live stream of the guy playing ACDC and going completely bonkers on the machine? Kicked it. Lifted it up and slammed it down. It was a whole petulant child routine and pretty embarrassing. I want to say it was branded Buffalo Pinball but I could be wrong. I saw it within the last month. I can't find it now, it must have been taken down.

#47 6 years ago

DAD

Damien

Inactive member

Unknown

7y 70,300 2,014 7 10

Quoted from spiroagnew:
Did anyone catch the recent clip from a live stream of the guy playing ACDC and going completely bonkers on the machine? Kicked it. Lifted it up and slammed it down. It was a whole petulant child routine and pretty embarrassing. I want to say it was branded Buffalo Pinball but I could be wrong. I saw it within the last month. I can't find it now, it must have been taken down.

I think one of us now needs to find it!

#48 6 years ago

OMO

oyvindmo

Pop Bumper

Trondheim

20y 82,850 336 23 17

Quoted from spiroagnew:
Lifted it up and slammed it down.

We had a pair of guests on our location who did this to our Metallica last weekend. Needless to say, they were promptly escorted out of the bar and are now on the blacklist.

#49 6 years ago

DAV

wayout440

Pinside member

Berea, OH

11y 113K 11,267 3 12

I've slapped my laptop keyboard on Pinside a couple of times.

#50 6 years ago

SDC

Archytas

Pinside member

Kettering

10y 76,150 285 1 152

AFM, not mine but a friends and I had to restrain myself. Rule the Universe lit, ready to go. Never made it there before. Ball 2 due to having a few extra balls from a stellar game.

Drain. Ball 3. Drain. Shook the absolute shit out of the machine to try to save it from the outlane but no dice. Came very close to actually kicking it but didn't. Was the most frustrating drain ever. I spent the entire time shooting the scoop and either just missing or having it lip out around the edge. Redemption came a few months later when I played another AFM on location and made it to rule the universe.

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