The heroes of PaGG are the attendees themselves who make up the cross-section of fun people who share their love of all things pinball. By bringing a game, by helping out and by rooting from the sidelines. I got bit by the bug here in 2002 and have never missed a show. I was immediately helped out of my newbey-state by people I met there, and I continue to learn from them today.

About the comment concerning the way people treat games, I have never seen anyone mishandle a game there. I have tipped, bumped, and "violently moved" a game there and at other shows (mostly mine) to get stuck balls to move. Did I hurt the machines? No. Fact is they are made to industrial standards and are commercial pieces of machinery. In short, they are made to take abuse. After all, the main components above a piece of plywood with art on it are made of wood and plastic and we violently force a huge ball-bearing around the area at a speed I can't even guess. Is that abuse? No, it's pinball.

I have brought games to several shows numerous times and anything that stopped working was going to stop working any where it might be, eventually. A show is a great place to work out the bugs IMHO.

At one show I shook the hand of a guy who brought 2 games in as he started to unload them. "Thanks for bringing your games, we really appreciate it." He looked at me and said, "that's what they are for, to play." I have never forgotten that. His name is Ken and he is an organizer for California Extreme. He, TJ and Mark, all organizers of another show bring games to PaGG every year to share their games with whoever comes to the show and wants to play.

I share my games because I want people to enjoy pinball and get caught up in all it has to offer, which includes being surrounded by some of the most generous people I have ever met. I am grateful to live here and be a part of this incredible group of people.

Big thanks to the community who is responsible for this really fun show. It is a reflection of it's contents.