Trolling is inaccurate. I've tried to participate in this thread as a member, a contributor and in a constructive and agreeable way. I have also disapproved of some of the personal attacks and antagonistic comments being made, and in turn responded poorly myself. I've still checked in here and there, both upvoting and downvoting as I would in any other thread.
When a fellow Pinsider chimes in without me even posting and throws a random "go f$&@ yourself" without verbal or typed provocation, over a few measly downvotes (albeit downvotes because his posts were again attacking another Pinsider and their intellect) apparently the mods stepped in. That's what happens.
The three or four main people that post here seem to want to have their own little gang, and that's fine if that's the case. Others coming in here, like me, think some of these games look horrible (which is why I clicked on this thread in the first place) and some of them don't look all that bad. But apparently those opinions and participation aren't welcome here.
I got a call from a 20-year-old kid Sunday morning that needed help with his Elektra. Only game he has, but a cool game at that. When I arrived, it looked like a Smurf. Rather than call him a moron, an idiot, and push him away from the hobby, I gave him a handful of cool white 2SMD LEDs, and explained the benefit of removing some of the colored ones. If handling it that way makes me a bad person, then so be it.
To be honest, I didn't really care what his game looked like or what bulbs he chose to put in. I just thought it was cool as hell that a 20-year-old kid had a pinball game, and he was really excited about it.