Quoted from cody_chunn:How is that advert a pro or con of taking a game to a show?
I dunno, but Vintage Flipper World is flipping awesome.
Quoted from cody_chunn:How is that advert a pro or con of taking a game to a show?
I dunno, but Vintage Flipper World is flipping awesome.
I've been bringing games to MGC for quite a few years, as well as helped out in the arcade hall. Games I've brought to MGC include:
2007 - The Three Stooges
2008 - The Three Stooges and Sinbad
2009 - High Speed
2010 - Jokerz and Eight Ball
2011 - The Simpsons Pinball Party and Eight Ball
2012 - Twilight Zone
2013 - The Addams Family
On average, the games get 600-800 plays during MGC. I had a switch completely flake out on TSPP and a broken plastic on TZ. Otherwise, no issues other than some burned out bulbs and the playfields getting a little dirty. I figure, if I want to continue having a pinball show in Wisconsin, I need to be willing to bring games to support it. In my years in helping with the arcade hall, I've never had anyone tell me they regretted bringing a game or that they wouldn't do it again. Hope to see you at the show.
Quoted from dung:Not only that, but someone isn't profiting off your risk. One of my old jobs was helping to set up an expo albeit not pinball. We would say near anything to get people to do things for us. The more things people would bring that we didn't have to pay for the more money the show made. It is a lot of work and no one is getting rich off setting these things up, but unless the money is earmarked to charity they are profiting.
Could you PUH-LEAZE come and tell me how to run MGC then so that I can get some of this mystical profit? 14 years in, we broke even I think last year, and that doesn't include the fact that Gary and I have had to pay taxes on the 'assets' we get for running the show. And, before you tell me that I should consider the assets my profits because I get to use them, I'd love to know when / where else I can use a $20k power grid, or 100 tube TVs, or a bunch of the other wacky stuff that I own thanks just to the show.
Quoted from cfh:Well yea the Ann Arbor show is different for sure. But it's different in good ways.
If you didn't think that your show was better in good ways, you wouldn't be running it. Let's be serious for a minute here - you looked at the other show methods in the country, identified some things that you didn't like about them, and formulated a show plan to address them. Congrats! That's exactly what you should have done!
At the same time, you should understand that not everyone agrees that the things that you are constantly bringing up as huge problems actually are, in fact, problems. Like I have said ever since last year when you started promoting it, stop focusing on how other shows are bad or are going to go out of business, stop trying to get people to not participate in them because you don't believe in how they are run, and focus on running your show the absolute best that it can be done.
I, perhaps obviously, believe that I'm going to run the best show in the country in about a month from today. But, I also believe that my show will be a success not because of anything in particular that I do, but because of what nearly 1000 people who come together to create an amazing experience will do together. You might come and disagree with parts of it, and that's absolutely fine. Like I've said, that is why there are so many different shows nationwide, and that is why they are all a little different. If every show was the same, then you wouldn't ever need to visit more than one. I've been to four different pinball shows (and about the same number of different video game shows) and there are pros and cons to each.
I hope that more people decide to bring out games and see if it's worthwhile at our show. I think a lot of them would agree it is.
Quoted from goatdan:I, perhaps obviously, believe that I'm going to run the best show in the country in about a month from today.
Yes you are !
LTG : )™
It is as simple as this: these are arcade games built and designed to be put in a public venue to be running for 14 hours/day 7 days a week for months or years. For a typical 3 day show I've see about 500 plays which simply requires a wipedown when the weekend is over. Sure I've seen the occasional rubber break, a flaky opto, a bulb pop out, a screw come loose, but that happens at home as well. A game tuned up after 3 days of play will likely run trouble-free for years in your home afterwards, and that alone can be an incentive to bring it.
I think the best games to bring to shows are those you want to show off. I like to bring rare games that no one else is likely to bring, or one that I would like to show off for one reason or another... that's what makes the show a "show". Pretend you are an operator for the weekend, bring games that are clean and bright, that people will be excited to see, and will entice people into standing in line for it. Bringing 5 of your crappiest games just because you are worried about wear and tear results in a bad experience for everyone. No one wants to play a dirty game with bulbs out, massive playfield wear, and functional issues which force it to sit dark for much of the event and ultimately wasting space and everyone's time and effort. Most importantly as a well conditioned game has much less chance to go down, there is less chance for the owner to put blame on show wear and tear or abuse, when it's really the owner's lack of maintenance.
That being said I completely understand some people's fear of damaging a 40 year old backglass, or gouging a cabinet during a move. Some risk is always going to be there, but it's less than many people fear, but the benefits of bringing a super nice game can be immeasurable to yourself or the hobby
Quoted from cfh:Well yea the Ann Arbor show is different for sure. But it's different in good ways. How many shows will you go to with restored woodrails including mermaid? Or see a nearly complete collection of -35 Bally and m200 stern games? Or nearly a full collection of Williams/Bally system11 and wpc games? Or a Big Bang bar? Or TWO ball bowlers and a skeeball? And tons of wedge heads and system80 games? Or nearly all the early dataeast machines?
Most shows have a less than coherent collection of games. At Ann Arbor, with limited attendance, the post war history of pinball can be seen and played.
Sounds more like a museum than a show. Which is fine. Sounds like you will be seeing the same thing at your show and may get old after a few times.
I like shows because you get too see new stuff too. Last year at MGC there was Spooky that had AMH and prototype version of Zombies from Beyond the Grave. JPop was there with a KISS prototype, SkitB had Predator to play. Also WOZ and new Stern Games.
There was also tournaments which I love at MGC
There were tons of video games if that is your thing.
A huge vender area.
You also state limited attendance. I don't think other shows turn people away.
Cody it was a response to the guy that said the Ann Arbor show isn't really a "show". That's all. The a2 show also accommodates people bring games. Just not that many people seem inclined to do it.
Thank you to those that bring games to the show. There are a ton of games I would have never had a chance to play, otherwise. I would not be offended if someone had their games set one like one quarter play or something like that just to help recover the cost of some new rubbers or to buy themselves a good steak dinner for their effort.
I would bring a game if I had a vehicle without too much worry from what I have seen. The worst that I have seen at a show is someone putting a drink on top of a machine. I have seen some machines with magazine paper between the legs in the machine to avoid overly aggressive player from wrinkling the decals. I don't know how well that works but I haven't seen much to suggest that was needed. The thing I would worry about breaking the most with bringing machines to a show would be my back.
Quoted from Det_Deckard:The thing I would worry about breaking the most with bringing machines to a show would be my back.
Harbor freight 500lb lift table is the cheapest back insurance money can buy.
The Good:
I enjoy letting people play my MM at shows since some people have never seen a real MM let alone play one. At Louisville last weekend, it was late Sat and a kid walked up to the game when I was around and went back to his parents saying how he wanted to play that game. His mom said they didn't have time to wait and I told her to wait until the people playing were done and he could play next. I told the guy behind the current players that the kid was playing next and he was cool with that. The kid played and had a quick game. While he was playing, his mom said all he wants to do is blow the castle up.....well his game went fast and he didn't blow up the castle, so I started another game, told him to wait a minute and I got the castle gate up for him and held the ball on the right flipper. I then let him take over and he was able to blow up the castle. He was SO excited and jumped up and down when he did it! THAT'S why I bring my game to shows!!
It's also nice to be able to get into shows for free by bringing games....but I do get annoyed when people bring crappy pins that don't work right or play like crap just to get in free!
Cons: Maybe hauling the pins around....not that big of a deal though really. The amount of plays is no big deal though....as long as you keep the pin clean/waxed it can handle thousands of plays without breaking or getting worn out. My MM has had literally thousands of plays at shows since I've owned it and it still looks the same as the day I bought it. It has rarely broken down, but when it has, it has been an easy fix like a shorted diode, wire that falls off solenoid, or the worst one was last year at Ohio when the right flipper assembly BASE broke in half!! Got a replacement base and had her back up and running in less than a half hour! No big deal! These games were MADE to be beat on without breaking! The home use environment is basically like a retirement home for pins! or maybe like a resort!
Brian
Why can't we all get along?
Different venues and different shows serve different purposes for different people. There is NO ultimate be-all show. It can't happen. There is no "perfect" show. It can't happen. People will always have issues, be them large or small. that's does not inherently make a show bad. and again, it does not inherently make it good either.
I enjoy pinball. Whether that be at a location, a "show", a "museum" or any other venue, the purpose is the same - to enjoy the game and perhaps time with fellow collectors and friends.
Because of that, I will make every attempt to always take at least one machine to a "show" that survives by people doing so. Yes, they may not have a line of antique machines, but if that's what you're looking for, you would probably know what show or venue to go to in the first place.
The only "show" I went to last year was Allentown, and I really enjoyed it. There was a wide variety of games that people brought for others to enjoy. Sure, stuff breaks, but it's great to see people come together as friends in pinball to get stuff up and running again.
Thank you to ALL who bring games to the shows that reply on them, and thank you to the people that have venues that have more permanent offerings. They are all great, and great for pinball.
Chris
I would bring a game that was in ok shape but not nicer examples. My concern with bringing an HUO or restored game to a show is from players that are abusive to games. A vast majority of players are not abusive to games but the few that are make me worried about bringing a game to a show.
I've seen people literally lift the front of a game 6 inches off the ground and let it slam back to "fix" a stuck ball. I've seen other people bang their fists hard on a lockdown bar in rage...There is no way I would bring a game I bought HUO or NIB to a show and run the risk of it being damaged. I can't afford to take the risk of a game being damaged and it's value dropping because of it.
Quoted from PanzerFreak:I've seen people literally lift the front of a game 6 inches off the ground and let it slam back to "fix" a stuck ball.
That won't hurt it. I do that all the time because they were designed to handle it. Every bar owner does it 10 times a week.
Unless you have a NIB game, that game has probably been dropped 500 times in it's lifetime.
Quoted from PanzerFreak:I've seen other people bang their fists hard on a lockdown bar in rage
That won't hurt it. Players will even punch the glass and hurt themselves, but it won't hurt the game.
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Even when people tip a Coke machine over onto themselves, it does not hurt the machine.
Quoted from vid1900:Wrap the games up with moving blankets and ratchet straps.
Piano movers don't leave black lacquer all over the walls when they go up or down stairs, and those fnckers are 800 pounds.Loading of GIF images is disabled in your settings. un-hideHF moving blanket.gif (Click image to enlarge)
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20150310_070404.jpgcabinet decals really don't like it when you pick up the front of the game and drop it. but hey if you don't mind delaminated and crinkled cabinet art work, then drop away dude. also corners of games DO crack glue joints when you pick up a game 6" and drop it. I can guarantee you that.
wheither it hurts the game or not, it's bad mojo to treat someone else's property in this manner. I don't care what it was made for, this behavior (common on locations and at shows) is just inconsiderate of other people's property. i personally don't tolerate it. do this and you will be shown the door. especially when a proper nudge with the palms of your hands forward (not sideways) usually is all that is needed to fix a stuck ball.
Quoted from cfh:this behavior (common on locations and at shows).
You just don't get it, do you?
Please now regale us with your tales of people doing this to every machine at every other show all day. You don't even need to tell us how much better you do it at your show, you already did.
Quoted from cfh:cabinet decals really don't like it when you pick up the front of the game and drop it. ~snip~.
;^)The biggest cause of wrinkling is putting the legs on incorrectly or loose bolts. It is natural to prop the cabinet on something and install the legs. This is BAD for decals. Before tightening the bolts you should use your foot to pull upward while tightening the bolts. Letting the leg hang orients it "low". Then when you put the weight of the game on it, the cabinet slowly scooches down which presses the leg up and wrinkles the decal.
Loose bolts are self-explanatory.
It's really quite simple, if you like the social aspect and helping build the community - bring a game to a show. If you just want to play games go to Clay's.
On one side, we have a bunch of people trying to build a socially acceptable hobby and to have fun.
On the other, we have the stereotypical pinball geek - come play games all by yourself.
Sorry Clay, but in my opinion you are building a great collection of games to play, but also an isolationist attitude. The hobby has grown beyond that into social events that include everyone.
A year ago, I had Clay's show on my short list. It has been replaced by another "show". I can play games anywhere. I'm looking for an experience, that I want to be a part of.
Quoted from cfh:cabinet decals really don't like it when you pick up the front of the game and drop it. but hey if you don't mind delaminated and crinkled cabinet art work, then drop away dude.
I assume everyone is using these leg protectors so they don't have crinkled decals:
http://www.pinballlife.com/index.php?p=product&id=2711
Quoted from cfh:also corners of games DO crack glue joints when you pick up a game 6" and drop it. I can guarantee you that.
Pinball cabs have junky joints.
If their corner cracks get too large, you glue them. It's been like that for 60 years.
Unless you bought your games NIB, they have been dropped 100s of times in 40 years....I can guarantee you that.
Quoted from cfh:wheither it hurts the game or not, it's bad mojo to treat someone else's property in this manner.
It's alarming for nubies to see it, I'll give you that.
I think this thread should be renamed to "the pros and cons of talking about the pros and cons of a pinball show"
Quoted from FrankJ:It's really quite simple, if you like the social aspect and helping build the community - bring a game to a show. If you just want to play games go to Clay's.
On one side, we have a bunch of people trying to build a socially acceptable hobby and to have fun.
On the other, we have the stereotypical pinball geek - come play games all by yourself.
Sorry Clay, but in my opinion you are building a great collection of games to play, but also an isolationist attitude. The hobby has grown beyond that into social events that include everyone.
A year ago, I had Clay's show on my short list. It has been replaced by another "show". I can play games anywhere. I'm looking for an experience, that I want to be a part of.
Why not come to Clay's and bring a game? Over a dozen staffers on duty at all times watching for those kicking, dropping and doing bang-backs. Not to mention chimp-flipping.
Kevin from PATZ as well as Expo's Rob Berk attended last year with his son.
Quite a bit of socializing takes place.
What is chimp flipping? Like it sounds where the player mindlessly flips over and over like a little kid would?
Quoted from MrBally:Why not come to Clay's and bring a game?
Clay has made it quite clear that he doesn't want us free admission, freeloaders bringing games. That's why he has assembled a bazillion games.
I bring games for chimp-flipping, kicking, dropping bang-backers to play. We drink beer, spill cheese, disrespect lockdown bars..., and have a great ol' time. Our kids put their filthy mitts all over the games.
Shows are for bringing in new blood. They are going to chimp-flip.
Quoted from Geocab:What is chimp flipping? Like it sounds where the player mindlessly flips over and over like a little kid would?
I admit, I never heard of the term until last year's Showcase. We'll let cfh chime in.
Quoted from FrankJ:Clay has made it quite clear that he doesn't want us free admission, freeloaders bringing games. That's why he has assembled a bazillion games.
I bring games for chimp-flipping, kicking, dropping bang-backers to play. We drink beer, spill cheese, disrespect lockdown bars..., and have a great ol' time. Our kids put their filthy mitts all over the games.
Shows are for bringing in new blood. They are going to chimp-flip.
Clay changed his thoughts on this and now welcomes games at the Showcase. And you get free admission this year.
Try dropping a machine or kicking a coin door and watch what happens though. Your sticky handed kids are welcome too. Admission is at regular club pricing for all ages. Even hand held infants.
The Ann Arbor show welcomes outside games being brought to the show and gives all the help and goodness it can. you can drop a game off minutes or even weeks in advance. There's no pressure to get it set up or tear down on a particular day. You can remove your game anytime during or after the show (again even a week later.) you can sell your game. You can drive up to where your game will ultimately be displayed, within about 10 or 20 feet, easy access. Pin carts and hand carts are plentiful. People to help are plentiful. Free show admission and free access to the hospitality suite and also free food/drink at the snack bar all weekend for people that bring games.
And we will protect your game too. People that are abusive to your property will be shown the door. Chimp flippers will be asked to have better play etiquette, so not to abuse your property. Basically your machines will be shown the respect they deserve.
The Ann Arbor show also has many aspects that other shows don't offer like camping. You can get a camp site and pitch a tent or bring an RV and stay the night on the property. Saturday night a portion of the pinball facility will be open 24 hours. There will be midnight tournaments too. I can't think of any other shows that offer camping and 24 hour game access.
We are offering a completely different show experience. Lots of games (250 to be exact) of different types in a casual country environment. That's why the reviews of the show have been outstanding. Here's one review from a blog.
http://pinballarcadefans.com/showthread.php/8147-Vintage-Flipper-World-%28Ann-Arbor-Pinball-Museum%29
The merits of this type of show environment has a lot of positives. An on-premise repair and parts shop. So when a game (be it yours or ours) goes down, it can be fixed quickly. Because there is test equipment and parts and space to do that. Trying to fix a game at a typical show in a hotel is tough, as there are usually limited tools, light, and parts. Also a dedicated facility has the electric and lightning sorted out. it just provides a better experience for the show goer. Trying to make a hotel or expo hall into a temporary pinball facility is often difficult, and time consuming. Instead of spending time getting games right for the show, time has to be spent doing rush game set ups and arranging and electrical manipulation. And all in a very short time span. It's just not as relaxed, and it's hard to provide a good pinball experience given these constraints.
Also though things do change, the general game list is available so you know what (more or less) will be at the show. I've gone to show wondering how many machines and what machines will be there. Sometimes you're pleasantly surprised, sometimes you're disappointed. It's a crap shoot. With the A2 model, many of the game titles are known so you have an idea of what will be there. Personally I just hate driving hours to a show to find there isn't much there which interests me. It cost money/time to drive to a show, and i would just rather have at least a general idea of what will be there. At the A2 show we try and remove the "box of chocolate" you-never-know-what-you're-gonna-get situation.
From what we've observed over the years, most people go to pinball shows for a key reason - to play the games. Seminars, tournaments, etc are great, but largely only appeal to a very small percentage of the show going population. For this reason we try and concentrate of what the masses want - a good game playing experience. It really seems to be the thing people want the most from a pinball show.
Quoted from goatdan:Those who get to the end, I owe you a cookie at the MGC after party!
Now, full disclosure, I run the MGC
You run MGC? Well then we've met! (even though I confess I don't remember you and I suspect you don't remember me). I brought two video games to the show, it was the first or second year. Billy Mitchell attended and got a kill screen on my Donkey Kong. Did he attend more than one? I'm interested to know which one I brought games to. He also showed how to crush on Centipede (that wasn't my game). That was even more impressive in my opinion.
Anyway, you didn't have an after show party for those that brought games (I'm sure that didn't start until a few years later). So I think you owe me an invite to the party!
For the year I did it, the show was new and just getting started. There were only about 8 video games there total, they were all in a room that was slightly larger than a bedroom. Obviously the show has grown and expanded greatly since then (and I'm glad to hear it). I wouldn't have a problem taking games to the show again. It's lugging them up and down my basement stairs that stops me now.
Both games I brought were restored and in excellent condition and I admit, I was very worried about damage. Things went great, no problems at all. However, I will say, video games hold up a little better than pins "in the wild". Obviously, someone out to damage something will do so to either game, but in general, people don't shake video games the way they do pinball games.
Joe (joemagiera at ameritech dot net)
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since this thread has turned into back and forth around in circles, can we end it by just saying their are lots of pros/cons to every show.
there are some shows I would never bring a game to (like VFW as I want to spend my time playing games there) and there are other shows I will always bring a game to (like MGC because it is awesome, I want in to the afterparty, and the videogame guys need something fun to do when they realize nobody plays those heavy ass monsters they bring and they want to cry over a beer and then have fun with the pinheads ).
All people can find the good and the bad in each show.
I personally will be attending both MGC and VFW and I am looking forward to BOTH for very different reasons.
This thread is originally about pro/cons of bringing a game to a show and this is quite easily put as:
Pros: too many to list
Cons: there is always the potential (while VERY small) that your game could be hurt in transport/during play by some asshat/while loading in/out. If you take the proper precautions and mittigate many of these cons by choosing the correct show to support by bringing a game then the risks are beyond minimal in most peoples experience and far outweighed by the pros.
Quoted from vid1900:That won't hurt it. I do that all the time because they were designed to handle it. Every bar owner does it 10 times a week.
Unless you have a NIB game, that game has probably been dropped 500 times in it's lifetime.That won't hurt it. Players will even punch the glass and hurt themselves, but it won't hurt the game.
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Even when people tip a Coke machine over onto themselves, it does not hurt the machine.
I'm sure a lot of things can handle abuse. I can slam my hand on the outside of a friends car or slam on its breaks over and over again if I drive it. I can borrow a Blu Ray from a coworker and return the disk covered in grease and finger prints. Should I? No. It's about respecting other peoples property and the mindset of leaving something in the condition it came in if not better.
Again I've been doing shows a long time and I've seen a lot. me and a buddy brought 10 games to a show to sell. Long story long, we caught a guy swapping parts from his games. In the end though we all laugh about the whole thing. It seemed a lot worse at the time then it really was.
In the end it turned out to be really no big deal. The guy apologized and more than compensated for that lack of judgement. We people all have bad days sometimes.
I have Netflix so I don't have to deal with commercials. Can we please stick to pros and cons of taking a game to the show? Though I'm sure they've all been covered.
Ok, lets get back to the Chimp Flippers?? What the hell is that? I guess I've been out of the loop with all the "kids" sayings.....so can you explain that to me? haha! I even searched and didn't find anything.....VERY curious as to what this is!!
Brian
Quoted from conester:Ok, lets get back to the Chimp Flippers?? What the hell is that?
Quoted from PanzerFreak:I'm sure a lot of things can handle abuse. I can slam my hand on the outside of a friends car or slam on its breaks over and over again if I drive it. I can borrow a Blu Ray from a coworker and return the disk covered in grease and finger prints. Should I? No. It's about respecting other peoples property and the mindset of leaving something in the condition it came in if not better.
No one is arguing about any of that.
Of course you should respect other people's property...duh.
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I'm just saying that if someone drops a game 5" to unstick a ball, or punches the glass, it won't hurt your game one bit.
....and, I might add, that in 30 years of attending pinball shows, I've only seen one player punch the glass, and I've never seen a drop.
On location, I see both all the time.
Like I said, if you did not buy your game NIB, it's been dropped 100s of times.
Quoted from damageinc55:Chimp flippers
Oh dear lord someone teach that kid to play. If the monkey flipping wasn't bad enough, I think if he pulled just a little harder he could yank the screws holding that plunger right through the cabinet.
Quoted from vid1900:Like I said, if you did not buy your game NIB, it's been dropped 100s of times.
Doesn't mean it needs to be dropped another 100. Each slam weakens the joints. No need for that at shows. Locations - it's part of the business.
Quoted from metallik:No need for that at shows.
Never seen it done at a show, ever.
Quoted from cfh:I've seen the drop happen at shows.
I saw 2 shooting stars in a row last night.
Quoted from vid1900:I saw 2 shooting stars in a row last night.
I've seen pigs fly... At a show!
Pros : showing off your hard work restoring your favorite pins Sharing ,great environment to sell for top $$
Cons : getting arrested for assault when someone spills cola all over your game
Quoted from goatdan:I've seen pigs fly... At a show!
Minnesota guys bringing snacks with again ?
LTG : )™
Quoted from LTG:Minnesota guys bringing snacks with again ?
LTG : )™
No, Illinois guy
Missed this one before...
Quoted from joemagiera:You run MGC? Well then we've met! (even though I confess I don't remember you and I suspect you don't remember me). I brought two video games to the show, it was the first or second year. Billy Mitchell attended and got a kill screen on my Donkey Kong. Did he attend more than one? I'm interested to know which one I brought games to.
I actually do remember you There is an interesting story here too...
That was the 2004 show. May 22nd and 23rd to be exact, and the fourth show that we held. The first show is sort of a different show that it grew out of for a single video game console, and then the 2002 show had 100ish people, with a single machine. 2003 had about 12 machines, 2004 had about 35, including your two.
The thing that was interesting about that kill screen is that after playing the game, it was verified by Twin Galaxies as the 'public' world record, because a guy by the name of Steve Weibe held the overall world record. This is smack dab in the middle of the King of Kong, in the time where it talked about how Mitchell never played publicly, and was the world record holder - he actually wasn't.
But yes, I remember that quite well, and it was the first time that we had much of anything in the way of arcade video. It was also the only show that Mitchell has attended, although Walter Day made a few additional trips, most recently two or three years ago. Mitchell is actually a really nice dude in person, or at least he was in 2004.
That's a cool story. Still got the machine? I have a picture still of the high score.
Quoted from goatdan:Missed this one before...
I actually do remember you There is an interesting story here too...
That was the 2004 show. May 22nd and 23rd to be exact, and the fourth show that we held. The first show is sort of a different show that it grew out of for a single video game console, and then the 2002 show had 100ish people, with a single machine. 2003 had about 12 machines, 2004 had about 35, including your two.
The thing that was interesting about that kill screen is that after playing the game, it was verified by Twin Galaxies as the 'public' world record, because a guy by the name of Steve Weibe held the overall world record. This is smack dab in the middle of the King of Kong, in the time where it talked about how Mitchell never played publicly, and was the world record holder - he actually wasn't.
But yes, I remember that quite well, and it was the first time that we had much of anything in the way of arcade video. It was also the only show that Mitchell has attended, although Walter Day made a few additional trips, most recently two or three years ago. Mitchell is actually a really nice dude in person, or at least he was in 2004.
That's a cool story. Still got the machine? I have a picture still of the high score.
I thought Billy Mitchell was a very nice guy too. Very accommodating. And then when the general public of pictures and such was over, just talking to him personally... seemed like a genuinely nice guy. I still think the way he set up Centipede to be able to play forever was even more amazing. The Donkey Kong machine was sold to a traveling game exhibit from a museum based in London. I think it's been all over the world.
For the life of me right now, I can't remember what other game I brought. I'm sure I have it in my old emails.
Did you have the after-party back then? I hear it's a great party. I want the invite!
Joe (joemagiera at ameritech dot net)
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Quoted from joemagiera:I want the invite!
Bring a pin this year. I (or one of the many other great load-in/load-out helpers) will help you load in and set up.
You are then IN for the invite and make the show better this year!!!
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