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It seems like these days people look for reasons to get upset and offended, and there is much more of an "us vs them" mentality.
Years ago, if folks disagreed on something, they would just shake it off, shake hands, and then have a laugh together in next ridiculous thread that came along.
Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:Wasn’t blondetall a mod? Now it says Inactive member and it doesn’t even list her in the former moderator section... strange.
Life outside of Pinside took priority. She's welcome to return anytime.
Quoted from LTG:I remember when they were hitting $500 on Ebay. I needed one. A man emailed me an Ebay link for a smokey one NOS complete for $250. He wanted to know if it was a good deal.
I emailed him back and thanked him for the link. Then I emailed him and told him I wouldn't do that. If he needed it he best grab it as it was a buy it now for half of what they were going for. He thanked me and bought it.
Fast forward some years when the ramp was reproduced for around $125. He posts on RGP and blasts me for telling him to buy the one for $250. He didn't mention they were NLA when he bought it and at that time we didn't know if it would ever be reproduced.
No good deed goes unpunished.
LTG : )
Yeah, I remember some of the crazy high ramp prices. Luckily, I never needed any of those at the time, but I have bought my fair share of NLA parts that were then later reproduced at a cheaper price. It happens. We're really lucky that more and more parts keep getting reproduced. Although the lull between when NOS parts run out and when they get reproduced can be a little painful if you need said parts.
Quoted from MK6PIN:Do you think speculation on game releases has changed? Alot more new machines and companies now, so possibly the reason for so many speculation threads...(?)
Changed? Definitely.
The increase of frequency in game releases has increased the number of individual threads, but the activity in each of those threads has risen overall.
Speculation and hype thread discussions can go on for pages and stay active for really long periods of time. Years, in some cases. That's both likely due to the enthusiasm for various potential and popular themes, and any tiny crumbs of info that manage to shake loose.
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