Quoted from robertmee:
You are behaving like an immature 10 year old. All my friends say so, therefore it must be true. That's my real world. Do you see how that works? When you surround yourself with like minded individuals, that's not the real world. Thats your unchallenged bubble that makes you feel good about yourself, because you obviously arent prepared to handle dissenting opinions, even if they are the majority.
A pinside poll of random, nonrelated individuals who have varying opinions and backgrounds is way more of the real world. You dont have to accept it, and you can take your ball and go home to your friendly tournaments. That's your prerogative. But dont continue to repeat your opinion about how real pinball people are like you...the real pinball people have spoken, and we are obviously not like you in this particular opinion.
No they haven't. Almost none of the real pinball people here (Aus) are actively on the virtual space of pinside, obviously.
It's just now clear why they basically all (aquaintences) tend to avoid engaging with pinside ... like the plague!
There are sensible aspects, of course. It is still encouraging that plenty of people viewing this thread agree that slides are cheating the game, when the vast majority clicking on the thread likely already believe it is not anyway. Most whom would vote Yes I suppose would avoid the thread completely, simply due to it's title. In hindsight a different title may have been more useful. Never mind.
Taking this bias into account the result is fairly encouraging .
It's anti social, in the usual virtual way. It's been kinda eye opening and interesting surfing in here though. Still, so glad I don't live in here, the "virtual real world of pinside" Ha ha.
Back to the actual real world.
Thanks