Quoted from eabundy:I've never seen anyone intentionally try to beat up a machine. However they do take a beating as decent titles tend to develop a line of people waiting to play them throughout the day. My Baywatch was freshly waxed in the AM and had black haze over the playfield in a few hours. I bring all the machines I have ready to go and spend a great deal of time getting them playing well before the show. It pains me to read complaints about quality of games at the show, especially when the folks complaining have never taken their own machine to know what work that entails. I would like to see people that have issues with the games bring just one machine. You can then experience the ups and downs of being a part of the show.
My suggestion for the show would be to have a roaming tech at the show paid for by the promoters to keep the machines running. I had to remove my Striker Extreme from Allentown because it blew a 540 transistor and I forgot to bring my spares. Not one vendor had them there. If a machine fails the owner just pays the cost of the needed parts. Tech then checks the machine over for any other issues and green lights it for more action.
This is what we are doing at Pintastic New England. We have Lloyd Olson....Allan Davidson and partner....dr. Dave and you of course all available for repairing anything that needs it. Allan will have host total station ready for board repairs on site.