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What did you do during the Dark Times?

By Isochronic_Frost

3 years ago


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    #1 3 years ago
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    Isochronic_Frost

    Saratoga Silverball

    7y 221K 9,386 108 1 1

    What did you do during the Dark Times with no Pinside?

    I found myself reflexively taking out my phone and hitting refresh only to get the dreaded timeout message.

    Meanwhile, someone actually came into my arcade this week and GC’d the games that were out. Some of us seem to have taken this downtime to actually play some pinball!

    How about you, what did you do to cope?

    Note: I stole this idea from a snide detractor on the loathed F$!#Book.

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    #2 3 years ago
     
    GIZ

    Gizza

    Pinside Testing Co.

    US Houston, TX

    21y 69,800 416 9 29

    Sorry, you're all alone here. The main site is shut off and only beta users are currently able to log in.

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    #3 3 years ago
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    Isochronic_Frost

    Saratoga Silverball

    7y 221K 9,386 108 1 1

    Quoted from Gizza:

    Sorry, you're all alone here. The main site is shut off and only beta users are currently able to log in.

    I didn’t expect the beta users to take so long to realize! They’ll see it eventually

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    #4 3 years ago
     
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    boscokid

    Pinside member

    US Wilmington, DE

    9y 83,050 2,753 4

    It was a dark time for sure. Glad Pinside is back!

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    #5 3 years ago
     
    GTX

    gdonovan

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    Oh I keep busy

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    #6 3 years ago
     
    HOW

    hlaj78

    Pinside member

    US Monroe, MI

    12y 69,650 2,148 11

    The paramedics had to come over and help me with my withdrawal symptoms.

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    #7 3 years ago
     
    CAD

    Crispin

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    Wooohooo! My crack is back!

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    #8 3 years ago
     
    OOD

    spidey

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    US Plano, TX

    12y 92,300 2,023 9

    I read how to play AIQ. But learning what to do and actually doing it are two very different things.

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    #9 3 years ago
     
    JMS

    swampfire

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    I kept busy with a LOTR playfield swap.

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    #10 3 years ago
     
    DMB

    PismoArcade

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    #11 3 years ago
     
    JCH

    embryonjohn

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    #12 3 years ago
     
    DJQ

    DanQverymuch

    Pinside+ Addict

    US Neenah, WI

    12y 98,550 4,530

    I used the time to concentrate on my dream of having over 120 individual games in my basement game room! Pics forthcoming after I clean up.

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    #13 3 years ago
     
    GTX

    gdonovan

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    7y 185K 13,206 70

    Pulled the stencils!

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    #14 3 years ago
     
    ROB

    RobT

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    13y 129K 21,266 3 40

    I continued posting/discussing pinball on other social media/websites. Pinside is not the only option, but apparently some people think it is?

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    #15 3 years ago
     
    CAH

    ReadyPO

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    6y 197K 5,897 129

    I actually got in two days ago but it was taking so long to go to the forum, I hit refresh - and that was the end of that. Glad to be back for hopefully good...

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    #16 3 years ago
     
    EJS

    EJS

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    Quoted from ReadyPO:

    I actually got in two days ago but it tlwas taking so long to go to the forum, I hit refresh - and that was the end of that. Glad to be back for hopefully good...

    Even if it goes down for a couple hours for maintenance I’m cool with that. At least things are under control now.

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    #17 3 years ago
     
    BWK

    Krupps4

    Pinside member

    US Minneapolis, MN

    5y 95,050 2,103 2 12

    Constantly hitting refresh?

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    #18 3 years ago
     
    EJS

    EJS

    Pinball Outpost

    11y 223K 14,851 1

    Quoted from Krupps4:

    Constantly hitting refresh?

    Several times a day. More than I’d like to admit

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    #19 3 years ago
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    Isochronic_Frost

    Saratoga Silverball

    7y 221K 9,386 108 1 1

    Quoted from PismoArcade:

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    F5 all day baby!

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    #20 3 years ago
     
    RAP

    RyanStl

    Pinside member

    US Fenton, MO

    9y 134K 12,011 1 108

    Instead of reading Pinside I read book reviews and found some new Fantasy series to read. I spent more time on other forums I haven't visited in awhile, and did the morning on the pot Pinside reload to see if it was up.

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    #21 3 years ago
     
    JPF

    jfre81

    Inactive member

    US Chicago, IL

    6y 41,650 328

    Just got two weeks of scores loaded into here.
    Played a fair bit of Iron Maiden and JP. Starting to get a feel for the shots and for what KME wants me to do. Becoming quite a fan of both of these games the more I play.

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