Rarely. I don't pay to play something I can do for no additional cost other than wear & tear.

None of them are taken care of like mine. But I will still play any pinball I can just because they don't play like mine.

I will just to compare the game play to my own, to see if something on my machine should be working better

Not unless it is the only pin there.

Of course I will play any game on location, not just games that are new to me.
Pinball on location is pinball as it is supposed to be. Players put their money in, play for the replay and high scores, and play against each other.

Always. And it always amazes me how different every one of them are. Sometimes they are setup easier than mine, sometimes harder. But I always see that quality that made me want to own it in the first place.

And I always go into it thinking "I own this game, so I'll nail the GC score"... And it just never works out that way.

At least once, it will either make me feel better about mine if its in bad shape, or if its in better shape inspire me to work on mine.

I play all that I can find.

I would only play a game in the wild if my home game was in bad shape or if I didn't own it anymore!

Hey,

I try to, but around here, the ones on location aren't exactly maintained the best. About 150 miles from me, there's a guy who has a location; really good pins, and in good condition as well. Last June, I sold my WhiteWater, then drove across town and put up a high score on his (I was short of the GC score, but you can't win them all... ). While the machine wasn't exactly my favorite, there is something satisfying about getting Vacation Jackpot in a bar, even if it's two in the afternoon and only two people are there to see the machine go nuts. That and the owner had all the high scores on that one, took him a fairly long time to notice someone had knocked one of them off...

Luke