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What does "brick"/"bricked" mean?

By spinal

7 years ago


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    #1 7 years ago

    I've watched numerous videos with players often using the work "brick" or "bricked" constantly but in so many different ways that, in the end, I feel I have no idea what it means exactly.

    I've asks a few collectors locally (Alberta, Canada) and they all said they have never heard it before yet on PAPA videos it's like every second word (example:

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    Where did "brick"/"bricked" come from and what does it mean? Can you list all they different ways it can be used? In what regions is it used/not used? Thanks in advance!

    #2 7 years ago

    Let me start off... at 2:18, "lock shot bricked out"

    #4 7 years ago

    At 2:26, "those brick-outs out of the lock"

    #6 7 years ago

    4:45, "bricked out of the camera into the relight"

    #7 7 years ago

    Ah basketball, thanks!

    #25 7 years ago
    Quoted from ForceFlow:

    It has another meaning in the world of technology...when something is "bricked" it means it's unrepairable (usually due to a firmware or chip failure) and basically turns it into paperweight, i.e. a brick.

    Quoted from sevenrites:

    Dare I even ask the question, but could a dead on arrival BM66 that needs parts and a repair to get it playable right out of the box be considered bricked, I wonder? Or is it only partially bricked if it still boots up since some of the mechs and etc still work? Not to single out Stern or BM66 but I know of at least 1 Pinsider this definitely happened to.

    Interesting... maybe onto something here...

    Perhaps faulty Stern playfields should be called "bricked" as they miss the mark and bounce right back to the Stern factory!

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