Westminster, CO
Quoted from jdoz2:Im 25 and love ems so growing up with them isnt a factor for me.
The art, chimes/bells, and the simple rules, and brutal gameplay is what draws me to them. I was scared of the maintenance, but after tinkering with a few it doest scare me. They are just a ton of fun for not that much money. Yeah, some can be slow, but if you rebuild the flippers and give it a decent pitch they can be mean.
This is a good summarization of my thoughts. They have a simple elegance that is missing in newer deep DMDs, so casual players will many times find an EM much more enticing. In fact they really light up is in a casual or formal competition. EMs make a nice equalizer, with a higher degree of randomness that everyone loves (the reason IM is so popular), and the rules are digestible in a single sitting. If it seems slow, increase the slope, polish the playfield, tune up the flippers and pops. The visual goal of trying to turn over the scoreboard is a constant draw for me, and 5 balls doesn't seem to be enough to get the game going... so you keep playing and playing.
