I went to poison girl a couple weeks ago. It's a cool venue, but the only machine that was in playable condition was Wheel of Fortune. Kinda sad, they have a nice little collection. I'm thinking about contacting the operator and asking if I can repair them pro bono

Joystix is great, but only open 2 times a month kinda sucks. I'm going to check out gamepreserve this week. Anyone been there yet?

Yeah, the crowd can be a bit annoying. Lots of people bumping into your hands while playing pinball kinda sucks. Not to mention that newbies tend to start 4 player games and then bail after player 3 ball one. One of the major problems with the free play model in my opinion.

Went to Poison Girl last night. Wow, they have an EXCELLENT whiskey selection. As for the pins, I only played WoF, and MB and CFTBL. WoF and MB both seemed to play fine. The lighting on creature was just way too dark. Right flipper also seemed weak, couldn't backhand the right ramp. Also, the VUK was ultra loose.

On Indy 500 both flippers were dead.

Laaaaaame.

I aim to be at Joystix Friday--look forward to meeting some new folks and playing some games.

Creature was at least moderately playable when I was there on Friday. Still very dark. Flippers could use adjusting, impossible to backhand the right ramp from a cradle (which is crucial on that game, IMO). Near the end, the ball kept getting stuck in the right inlane.

I500 was sort of playable, although it wasn't registering left ramp shots, so you couldn't hit jackpots.

but yeah, like Noahs_Arcade mentioned, overall very disappointing. We had a much better time down the street at the Hay Merchant where the pins were in A condition, beers were great, and much less crowded.The replay values were also really low. We played for like 3 hours on 3 dollars.

I've gone to Hay Merchant several times just to play AC/DC and ST. I'd definitely go play any other game.

Honestly, if the games play well, I will go play them.

Who all would be interested in a playing in a league? The idea would be to have a season where we meet once a week to compete and socialize. At the end of the season we'd have a playoff.

Ideally we'd have a venue like Poison Girl to play at. Unfortunately, I don't think the maintenance there would support competition play. The other alternative is to lobby for more pinballs on route!

As an added note--I am willing to help anyone maintain pinball machines put on location (looking at you Poison Girl....).

I imagine Walking Dead would do really well at Poison Girl. ACDC and MET also.

But honestly, I would rather see him invest in maintaining the games he has....

I've never had trouble parking.

Also, this would be geared more towards locals. I doubt more that 15-20 people would be there on any given week. Also, the aim would be to do it on the deadest night of the week (e.g., Monday or Tuesday). That way the league gives extra business on the slower nights.

Visited Poison Girl Friday night. Wow, those pins just continue to deteriorate. CFTBL: No GI, pop bumpers completely dead. flaky switch in the slide shot. TSPP: Saw upper left flipper was stuck in up position, didn't even bother putting quarters in. I noticed several other people trying to put quarters in and they weren't registering. I500 was okay, had a STRONG lean to the left, and the levelers were rusted in place. Spiderman: all the CPU controlled playfield lights were out. Fun playing when you have no idea what's lit! MB, and Shadow were turned off.

It's sad seeing those games in such shit condition. It really doesn't do any good for the hobby

For all you Houston players looking to play, I've started the space city pinball league! We have regular events at The Game Preserve, and starting soon at Joystix's Bar. We'll also be having a tournament at my house soon.

Sign up for the league at spacecitypinball.com! The more we can grow pinball in Houston, the more location pinball will start to pop up.

creating demand doesn't increase supply?

not saying i completely disagree with you, having collectors willing to put their games on route is important. However, theres a strong correlation between competition pinball and location pinball (e.g., Seattle, Chicago).

That was sad to read.