There are alot of folks like that Alex...they just aren't on Spinside. The forum world has been fractured into so many slices, and so many have just grown tired of posting that IMO it's hard to reach everyone anymore. I think maybe you're just harkening back to the late 90s/early aughts when collectors first started discovering the internet, and you had lots of old timers all posting. Most forum people are relative noobs today...

And as far as this title...lol - I love all the "experts" who've never played this title who say it looks boring. I agree!! Keep those woodrail prices low for me guys!! I'll keep buying them up cheap... ) Hmmm...Utah isn't really THAT for away when you think about it...

You never see that title and I think it looks like there's alot more than meets the eye...and that's because woodrail after woodrail surprises me again and again as you slowly discover new things about each title as you restore, then eventually start playing them.

Sean

Yeah...I understood your comment. It is a remarkable contrast!

Once you get the hang of the weirdly positioned flippers on alot of these early flipper games that they weren't sure what to do with them yet, you start to see some of the cool shots, banks, and rebounds that are created. Of course you need to set the game to a low playfield angle so they will react the way the designers envisioned...which is probably another reason modern pin folks find these boring. The old "crank the back up, and the front down" approach that works OK(IMO!) in 60's and 70's pins makes these type of games seem impossible.

And the art of nudging, which was for the entire history of pins up to just before these pins were produced the primary way to affect ball path, is still a critical part of the strategy...it takes alot of playing(and patience!) to get good at this...nudging on these games takes many different intensities, not to mention knowing when not to. Sure, that's needed in modern pins too, but it's even more important in these older games.

Sean

Sigh. Sorry...

But what is like RGP here on the 'side is all the sensitivity...maybe lighten up? What you see as derogatory I see as accurate and clever...if I do say so myself. LOL This is a moderated forum, which is apparently necessary since people have proven they can't self censor, so therefore you have to "spin" your comments is a positive way.

AND the only time RGP is mentioned here it is derogatorily, so who's offending who again? I rarely see anyone suggest to noobs they search RGP for solutions, even though there's over 20 years of tech help, hints and techniques out there...many of which never made it over here.

And people wonder why so many folks have disappeared...I got a theory...

Sean

Sounds great Wayne!! And I'm gonna keep calling it Spinside because I don't mean it derogatorily...but you certainly took it that way...to each their own! See, I believe there's room for all opinions...and I can't help people's perceptions. They can be wrong in the view of others...and that's OK too.

For example...I perceived many comments about RPG to be negative on this forum, but clearly many don't feel that way...they perceive it differently. Are they wrong? Well I think so, but who gives a rats ass what I think in the end...they sure don't, cause they think they're right too. It's all good man!! )

I agree with Alex...I'm a GREAT guy(lol), and I've watched Wayne's posts and he seems like a great guy too! Like I said, sorry I bent yer wicket with my silly moniker...

See ya at the show Ken!! I hear you'll be hanging around with that Peterson guy...what a crew! The Flipper Pool club... ;o)

Joe - check yer email about this weekend's soiree...unless you didn't get it for some reason? LMK...

Sean

I use the same bulb...although the "silverstar" types are slightly brighter.

Sean