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Pinballers!

By Marc

8 years ago


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    #286 8 years ago

    What is with all the hate? Its just entertainment. They did a great job with the filming and editing. I would gladly sit through all the scripted crap of a pinball reality show to see the parts about restoration, tournaments and collections. I am surprised about all the "get off my lawn" types on here claiming that you wouldn't watch it. Its pinball, you wouldn't watch it? Really? I don't buy it.

    #290 8 years ago
    Quoted from PinballHelp:

    I don't see any "hate" here.
    Some people may or may not be that excited about the show. There's a difference between not being a fan, and "hating."
    Anybody here actually hate the guys? Anybody looking to track down the producers and hurt them? Does anybody feel that strongly about it?
    Why is it people think you either have to love them or hate them. There is no room in the middle?
    As others have pointed out, there are a hundred shows about people pulling old things out of garages and making money off them. Some of us think there's more to pinball than that, but the trailer seemed to center around that.
    I wish everybody involved luck. If the show does gain more traction, I hope it goes a more creative, positive route myself - rather than fixating on one-upsmanship and flipping games to make money. It's just that "flippers" are probably only 0.01% of the industry, and the least-celebrated type of collectors, and yet that's what the show seems to be about. Ask anybody here if we need to glorify that aspect of collecting and whether that's going to be a boon to the hobby? Not being excited about that doesn't mean "hatred."

    Here are a couple on the first page.

    Quoted from gambit3113:

    Meh. Those guys are a bunch of starfuckers.

    Quoted from fumbleflippers:

    Godawful, a totally staged greedy pin-flipper competition show, I would only hate-watch this.

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