I'm here because my neighbor was throwing out an old Gottlieb "2001." It was in great shape, and the hoarder within me couldn't bear to see it trashed. Gave it a home, learned to fix it when I was in high school, and the rest is history.

My close friend never really cared too much about my pinball machines though until pinball arcade came out. Now he's all about it, and thinks he's a pinball master just because he plays them on his iPad. I'm glad he's into it, and appreciates my hobby now, but he'll say things like "I really don't like High Speed. It's so boring. There's nothing to do on the game." Or "Addams Family is stupid because there's not enough action." He knows not what he speaks, and now judges these games based on their simulation, and not the read deal. I'm taking him to Allentown to "learn him real good."