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Treatment of games at Pinball Show by some attendees

By Multiballmaniac1

5 years ago


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    #6 5 years ago
    Quoted from tilted81:

    I’ve seen someone pick a machine up from under the front of the cab, lift it about a foot off the ground off it’s legs and drop it after draining ball 3. I was appalled

    Horrible! It’s the responsibility of those who run the shows to kick people out with no refund who do that. You don’t see stuff like that happening at TPF, for example (at least I haven’t).

    If you want to contribute to a show but don’t want your game opened up to general population, your other option is to have it in the tournament section. They get treated better there.

    #48 5 years ago
    Quoted from Capinball:

    That being said, my Judge Dredd was used on the tournament lineup and there were some rage tilts going on with it during qualifying and it didn't bother me that much but only because it wasn't in pristine shape. If I had my TWD premium in there and people were doing that I'd probably flip out.

    Another example of a weak tourney director. The tourney director needs to make sure people know they can’t do that and if they do they need to be shown they exit from the tourney area.

    Show directors should take this stuff into account when selecting tourney directors and make sure the tourney director understands part of his job is to protect the machines in the tourney area and give jerks the boot.

    #49 5 years ago
    Quoted from TheLaw:

    Rage tilts are just part of pinball; the cheaper they make them they are still commercial machines and can handle it.

    Only a part of location Pinball. No one has ever raged tilted a game in my home for example...at least never in the ways being described here in this thread.

    Games at shows should be more like home pinball and less like location Pinball. Ragers should be shown the door.

    #51 5 years ago
    Quoted from Capinball:

    I wouldn't say anything bad about the tournament director because it was two distinct players who did it when he was on a well deserved break. He's a great tournament director and you don't realize how good of a job he does until you play in other events/tournaments. I was surprised to see it get moved because it's a pretty heavy widebody.

    Fair enough, the tourney director can’t be everywhere at once and they do need breaks also; agreed. The responsibility of protecting machines in the tourney area continues to go down hill though, when a tourney director goes on break whoever is there in his stead should be ready to kick someone out if they are lifting the game off its front feet and dumping it on the ground.

    The IFPA should be notified and the person’s player profile should be given a permanent mark so future tourney directors know when someone who likes to damage machines enters their events so they know who to keep an eye on. If this happened you’d see a lot less abuse...

    #72 5 years ago
    Quoted from TheLaw:

    It's all what your history is...I came from commercial business side were you need to move the ball from a stuck position or not make monies. I didn;t have keys so there isn't much option then to shake the4 shit out of it. Pick up drop, it's been done. These machines get shipped cross sountry stadning on their legs for god sakes. People that are introduced in home ownership see it a little diff'rent.

    Nonsense. Disrespecting someone’s game by raising it off the ground and smacking it down to the ground is simply not acceptable at a show, ever. If someone does something like that says, “I’m a location player so screw you and your game you over sensitive nit”...they are being a jerk and have a problem. A Pinball show and location Pinball are not the same thing.

    Outlanes has the right of it.

    Quoted from Outlanes:

    I see a distinct difference between a for profit business and guys volunteering their machines for our shows. Repair is a cost of doing business, but for a guy bringing personal cherished machines abuse is just unacceptable.
    Normal wear sure, but this slamming stuff has to stop or no one will bring games.

    The location owner can deduct the game, parts, labor, and many related expenses. It’s still wrong to treat their games like junk, but it is even worse to treat a collector’s game at a show like junk...they don’t make money off their machines and can’t deduct the repairs.

    #137 5 years ago
    Quoted from shacklersrevenge:

    As a joke? Maybe. If serious, rolling eyes.

    If he was serious it would be even funnier...

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