Yeah...okay....

My 80 buck 3d printer curing station can tell whether the lid is on or off with a sticker that says "DO NOT REMOVE" and an opto set.....but Stern's detection would have to be super complicated? I don't think so. Any measures they take to ensure glass is on can be easily and swiftly defeated. Period.

We rarely ever had any issues getting stuff from Stern in my area for local tournaments or leagues. I'm not sure if you meant "drop" as one shipment, or meaning as a slow flow. What they sent us any time one of our people requested stuff was very generous, I feel. Sure, you can tell that the stuff they send out are "seconds" (over-saturated translites, primarily), but it's better than it going to a landfill, and it's more than adequate for wall art.

I gotcha, Flynn. I understand what you're saying. You're right there. If the plan is to provide swag on Stern's side, NOT the location/route op doing it....I don't know how that is going to work either.

Uh, maybe because all of these things have already happened on console and PC games. I'm sure Stern has a bigger budget than...oh... Epic Games, right? You know...the guys that make Fortnite?

This statement is really akin to what people have said in the past about scam pinball companies, price increases in the industry ("Why's everyone freaking out, it's only a few hundred dollars more!"... sure...every 6 months it's a few hundred dollars more than 6 months ago), DLC in videogames (Anyone remember "horse armor" in TES4:Oblivion, and how the argument was split 50/50 on if DLC would become a big deal or not. I said it wouldn't...I was clearly wrong.) etc...

There's a very obvious trajectory here, and while I don't think DLC in pinball is the end of the world (I largely ignore gaming DLC on consoles and PC and don't feel like I've missed much!), it would be really stupid of Stern to pass on an obviously proven successful revenue stream. To believe at this point that these companies are giving ANYTHING away for free is....well....

I'll sell you a pinball related NFT if you want one that badly. Low low price of 6k for some pinball related pixel art drawn in MS Paint!

IT LIVES?!

.......are we talking about the same thing?

How is that even relevant anymore when the price of LE's doubled in the last 10 years, and they're selling more games than ever?

Nobody cares. They will sell thousands of add on kits, regardless of price. They aren't saying because they know it's higher than home collectors will want it to be. We already know what the relative price increase is. Look at the price bump on the Pro models.

Burnout Paradise was TERRIBLE compared to the prior Burnout game. *edit* A terrible BURNOUT game. It's a great Need for Speed game.

This is exactly my point. Like....the entire series was more or less about causing the most carnage as possible, and then they just turned it into Need for Speed Beach Edition. Burnout in name only. Other people may have enjoyed that, and they probably thought that was a way to get more people interested, but....well..I'll just leave this here and be done:

"For example, despite the success of Burnout Paradise, EA — who purchased Criterion back in 2004 — tasked the developer with creating a new entry in the Need for Speed series. Flash forward to EA's press conference at E3 2010, where the publisher announced Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit, a back-to-its-roots title featuring some of that much-loved Burnout style and panache.

Read More: https://www.svg.com/145261/whatever-happened-to-the-burnout-games/?utm_campaign=clip"

I love how the assumption is that I'm somehow flawed because I didn't like that they chose a direction that was so far away from what the prior games were that it was no longer the same game.

Are you even serious? I'm sorry, do you love every single game you touch? Are you simply a sheep that follows reviews and everyone else's words, and you have no personal taste in games? It's not like I didn't give it a fair shake. I bought the original release, and then I bought the remaster. Neither me or my wife liked Paradise, and we played the hell out of Revenge.

They got their money twice from me, so I'm more than allowed to be honest about how I feel about the game.....especially without moronic comments like the one you just made.

*edit* I'm pretty bloody sure I still own both physical copies as well.

*edit 2* You don't see the irony in the fact that they made such a good Need for Speed game (that wasn't titled Need for Speed), that they ended up making ACTUAL Need for Speed games?

Both a blessing and a curse, really. The game felt a *little* backwater due to that lack of communication...but you're not wrong there. Overall I agree it was more of a positive than a drawback, just because people are douchebags. I've been in GTA Online and holy crap what a garbage heap that is. And even my kids will openly talk about how bad COD is. My older son plays competitive Overwatch for his high school team (made it to 2nd round of National finals for their league) and he bags on COD all the time due to how ridiculous the "community" is.

How do you do that exactly? Dremel down a penny?

Burn! Well done.

Usernames must be more than 5 characters.

Uh...yeah.......well..... f...r...a....x.........1...2....3.....4........F-----

Wouldn't be the first time LOL.

I figured something else out that will no doubt irk someone, somewhere.

This is pinball, not Xbox Live. ;0

At some point consumers are going to have to realize they're part of the problem for going along with Apple's BS. Epic tried to remedy this issue, but made a poor case, and positioned their argument badly after agreeing to the contract and then violating it.

The solution is......per the courts... "Don't use Apple, unless you're cool losing 30% of your revenue, because that's not stifling anyone else from NOT charging 30%."

Time to spoof my GPS!

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Ethernet cable 5 foot CAT6 1.69 from Monoprice