New pinball term: RUO which means Route Use Only
Route Use Only games are beaters that can be loosely called "Players" condition.
My Terminator 2 is RUO & Demolition Man is RUO.
This term will offset the toxic waste of a phrase which refers to a "smell" as a condition of a game.
Although a game may be off route,
if it's beat to $HIT and has been in your house 20+ years,
it's still RUO may friends.
I have rebuilt a few HUO games (Heavily Used and Operated) so what's in a name?
I don't just buy any snaprag shopped junkers unless they come from your personal collection, these games always sell for a premium.
I used Dr. Guffs on these, the last one was a 2 canner but it turned out really nice.
Quoted from RustyLizard:Completely ignores the meaning of the word "only".
Exactly! just like HUO could have been on route
and we then expand the meaning of the word "HOME".
Quoted from Chippewa-Pin:Does it have to be documented?
Yes, with playfield wear & or rust & or broken plastics and or gum and or...
Quoted from HighProtein:Exactly! just like HUO could have been on route
and we then expand the meaning of the word "HOME".Yes, with playfield wear & or rust & or broken plastics and or gum and or...
No. Home use only means only used in a home, not routed. In the end nothing matters but condition so these terms are useless because people try to mak them mean whatever they want.
RUO - HUO Neither term really has anything to do with a machine's condition
Quoted from zippydapinhead:RUO - HUO Neither term really has anything to do with a machine's condition
Wrong!
Quoted from RustyLizard:No. Home use only means only used in a home, not routed. In the end nothing matters but condition so these terms are useless because people try to mak them mean whatever they want.
Wrong!
IF a game is actually HUO then it is most damn likely in damn good shape.
Odds are if a game is RUO that it is closer to the other end of the spectrum of condition than HUO.
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