The Pinside Compendium - Updated 5/9/18 | Tech: Generic

So I contacted Vid and asked if he was going to start a new thread like Anth had done a year ago and keep it updated. He told me I had his blessing to do it. I think he'd rather spend his time on helping us out and leave the secretarial duties to somebody else. That's where I come in.

I've arranged all his info in encyclopedic fashion, alphabetically, so that everything is really easy to find. I think.

If anybody has any suggestions to make it better, let me know. And, of course, you'll notice today's date in the thread title. I plan to keep this updated as Vid adds new guides so that you only have to look at the OP to find what you need. (It's up to you to keep ME updated, Vid!)

Hopefully, Robin will put this at the top with a sticky so it's always right where you need it.

Enjoy...and thanks to Vid for all the incredible info that we've all used many times for many years.

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For some reason, I can't get F14, Shadow, and Space Shuttle (between the asterisks) to come up in all caps. Don't know why that is. If Robin or a mod has a workaround for that, please change those so it's easier to find. Thanks!

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#4 9 years ago

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More spacing between the sections, please!

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#5 9 years ago

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I tried and it won't let me. Must be a restriction in the website coding...like the reason I can't get certain game titles to print in all caps. Can somebody with some pull step in here and make the corrections? Robin? A mod? Anybody???

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#6 9 years ago

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Quoted from beelzeboob:
I tried and it won't let me. Must be a restriction in the website coding...like the reason I can't get certain game titles to print in all caps. Can somebody with some pull step in here and make the corrections? Robin? A mod? Anybody???

Game titles are automatically reformatted. Extra whitespace is automatically trimmed.

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#7 9 years ago

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Quoted from ForceFlow:
Game titles are automatically reformatted. Extra whitespace is automatically trimmed.

You get an upvote for the info, but Pinside gets a downvote for the crappy formatting rules.

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#8 9 years ago

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thanks for this!

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#9 9 years ago

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Thanks for this Boob !

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#10 9 years ago

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Quoted from beelzeboob:
For some reason, I can't get F14, Shadow, and Space Shuttle (between the asterisks) to come up in all caps. Don't know why that is. If Robin or a mod has a workaround for that, please change those so it's easier to find. Thanks!

Use an underscore "_" character before any game name to avoid the autolinky thing:

I like SPACE SHUTTLE <- without underscore it becomes a link.

I like SPACE SHUTTLE <-with an underscore just before the S in SPACE SHUTTLE (the underscore becomes invisible in the post, but it's there on my edit screen), it becomes regular text.

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#11 9 years ago

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For formatting, maybe try "----->" instead of asterisks. Might stand out more?

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#12 9 years ago

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I vote "sticky" for sure... Thanks for doing this, and of course, thanks to vid1900 for the awesome work!

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#13 9 years ago

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Quoted from vid1900:
Use an underscore "_" character before any game name to avoid the autolinky thing:
I like Space Shuttle <- without underscore it becomes a link.
I like SPACE SHUTTLE <-with an underscore just before the S in SPACE SHUTTLE (the underscore becomes invisible in the post, but it's there on my edit screen), it becomes regular text.

Quoted from jwilson:
For formatting, maybe try "----->" instead of asterisks. Might stand out more?

You talk. I listen.

I made the changes. Not sure I like the arrows, but I'll listen to more opinions if it's just me.

The underscores are coming up in the all caps text, obviously. But at least I have all caps now. Don't know why that is though...

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#14 9 years ago

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Sticky!

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#15 9 years ago

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Quoted from dtowndobe:
I vote "sticky" for sure... Thanks for doing this, and of course, thanks to vid1900 for the awesome work!

Quoted from Imeh:
Sticky!

You talk. Robin doesn't listen.

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#16 9 years ago

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So...should I just keep bumping this until Robin makes it a sticky?

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#17 9 years ago

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Great thread idea!

#18 9 years ago

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Not my idea, but thanks. The guy that originally did it isn't around enough to update that thread. So I organized it and prettied it up a bit so people can find what they want fast.

So let's keep bumping this to annoy Robin into making it REALLY accessible. Like, at the top...

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#19 9 years ago

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I need to let the dogs out bump.

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#20 9 years ago

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Sticky bump

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#21 9 years ago

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Sticky bump

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#22 9 years ago

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Guess what it's time for?

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#23 9 years ago

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A thread this good, should be stickied. Sticky'd?

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#24 9 years ago

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Sticky bump

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#25 9 years ago

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An "Aw, Hell, No...This Isn't Going to Page 2!" Bump...

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#26 9 years ago

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An "Oh, you did NOT let this get to the third page!" bump...

Sticky, anyone? Robin? Mods? Anyone???

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#27 9 years ago

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"The Boob's gonna get his ass kicked at ReplayFX" Bump!!!

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#28 9 years ago

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Sicky bump for the op. Thanks for this thread boob!

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#29 9 years ago

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What about the one for clearcoating playfields?

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#30 9 years ago

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Quoted from Pahuffman:
What about the one for clearcoating playfields?

Could you post the link and I'll add it? I can't find it...I have the playfield restoration one, but can't find a specific one for clearcoating. Thanks.

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#31 9 years ago

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"The Boob got schooled by an 11-year-old girl at Pinburgh today" bump!

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#32 9 years ago

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"The Boob's outta Pinburgh" bump!

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#33 9 years ago

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"Elvis has left the building" bump!

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#34 9 years ago

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Bump for an updated compendium...and a sticky!!!

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#35 9 years ago

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Bump for sticky ......

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#36 9 years ago

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I'm getting tired of bumping this. And still no sticky. Let's start a petition.

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#37 9 years ago

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Quoted from beelzeboob:
I'm getting tired of bumping this. And still no sticky. Let's start a petition.

Bump for making beelzeboob sticky !

LTG : )™

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#38 9 years ago

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bump

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#39 9 years ago

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Daily bump. Can't even joke about it at this point.

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#40 9 years ago

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Bumptious bump!

#41 9 years ago

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I give up bump.

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#42 9 years ago

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Jason Nesmith/beelzeboob's motto : Never give up. Never surrender.

LTG : )
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#43 9 years ago

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Tough to contact Robin about it with only 92 favorites so far. I'll wait a bit before bothering him.

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#44 9 years ago

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You talk. I listen. OP updated. Topic still not sticky.

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#45 9 years ago

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Bump

Favorite #100

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#46 9 years ago

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I'm going to be converting this to a general Pinside encyclopedia shortly. ForceFlow sent me a bunch of useful links to put on here in addition to Vid's links. I've just been too busy to get to it yet!

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#47 9 years ago

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Thanks to ForceFlow, this thread just got a whole lot better. I've added all the links he provided me with, but I haven't organized them in any fashion; just put them at the bottom.

Here's what I want to know from people: Should I separate out the Vid stuff, or mix it all together alphabetically by subject? Should I keep this as a Vid collection thread? It's kind of grown beyond that at this point. (I had a couple people suggest that we should expand it into a general collection of helpful threads.)

And any added thread you think shouldn't be here, let me know. On the flip side, if anybody has a suggestion for one to add, send me the link.

It's YOUR collection of helpful threads, Pinsiders. You talk, I'll listen!

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#48 9 years ago

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Quoted from beelzeboob:
keep this as a Vid collection thread

or at least group them, he deserves that for all he does.

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#49 9 years ago

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Yeah...I'm leaning towards keeping this more of a Vid's Guide thread, then adding the extra stuff after. But people who don't know about Vid might not look there first or might not realize how helpful those threads are.