Okay...here goes:

Having an end of Season Party this Friday night for my Son's Soccer Team (14 year old boys) AND Parents....

Rough count.....17 boys, 14 Parents, 4-6 little kids....I have 8 machines, all running great....which one will get played the most ?....let's see what we know...I'll post results (in order) Saturday......

And the wild card - FIFA 15 on x-box1 shown on projector/ wall in adjacent room

(have a feeling w this many 14 year old boys...FGY on adult setting is going to take it)...mark

Yea...I think both TAF and TZ will have their work cutout for them....

My gut tells me:

FGY - call outs...just the fart multi Ball should do it for the kids, and just fun
WOZ- stunning lighting/visuals but a tough game..think the adults will gravitate here
TSPP- next to FGY in lineup...adult favorite, however
WCS- easy, and they're soccer kids..don't know about staying power for adults, but a lot of fun
TRONLE- huge eye candy, but just brutal..even w ball saves, I think this one will kill them early
SM- nice mix...could be the sleeper, nice flow and sarcasm in callouts
TAF- kids don't remember the title, no ball saves... ...my first machine
TZ- same as TAF, but even w ball save, maybe too stop and go to keep them..probably what I'll play a good bit of the time

If the Xbox starts dominating, I'm unplugging the damn thing.....

This is my fear!!!.....too many kids and non pinheads...I'm in most fear of my snack stash evaporating ....must start hiding the stuff now...

And...my Wife is already pissed that I did this without asking her permission first.....a better poll question might be..." Where is the best place to hide when this all goes south?"

Just going to write them down and do basic math after everyone leaves.....I generally leave the audits alone, as I use those #'s for guilt trips as to when to clean the playfield....

This whole reality has me depressed now ( because I know you are right).....I get excited when friends and family swing by once in awhile to show them all the mods and nuances that I've done to the machines.....and most of them look at me like I'm an idiot.......geesh...

I hate phones anymore...mine set to silent...full time...pretty rare to get a call except from somebody needing something from me......

Except.....got a call tonight from a well known ( but shall remain nameless ) Pinsider and pro in the industry....called to volunteer help w a problem I was having w a machine on his own recourse.

He let me know of his " new dad " status (one month ago) and we chatted a bit....truthfully best call I've had in recent memory......

I'm with you!!!....FGY is being underestimated at this point in the voting.....WOZ for the win, however...

And in the interest of fairness...I'll keep the drinks and pizza located in the middle of the main game room... .....no short cuts to the closest machine!!!.....

I've wondered about that, actually ( and good point)......will monitor if any little ones wander over there....the 13-14 year olds ( majority) make the machine sound tame, compared to some of the video games ....

Great thought!!!...don't think I can cover my color dmd's though, so I might tape the paper to the side, or a " master high score of the night" sheet....

I am concerned about this...and the poll is taking a shift in that direction...I've already hinted that we might have " technical problems" if it gets too bad....I want them to play pinball....dammit!!!

Nope...either they finish the game, or it's a restart...I'll have a few sets of eyes down there to help me...Hopefully, they will be old enough to limit that....

I've had several of them over in small groups before, and they actually did pretty well.....

Hint at previous results ( spoiler alert)....I'm repeating from earlier post....many are underestimating the power of Fart Multiball!!!.....just sayin'

I'm counting on the Parents lighting them up, as well....pretty stoked....never had all 8 going at once ( not a real social guy...I work a lot)....this will be pretty cool...I'll try to get some video time posted...

Oh yeah....I'm actually a licensed electrician ( part of my A/V company qualifiers )....

Have them plugged into 3 dedicated 20a IG circuits ( room for a few more!! )...mark

Stop it!!!...I think I might want one of those.....

This is going to be good!!!....some Dads have called to say they are taking one of my high scores down....bring it!!! ( I'm not really that good, so they probably will!!!)

WOZ entering the night as the 2 favorite...over Xbox!!! ( travesty) think I'll just write the audits down tonight when I'm done playing, and tomorrow, we shall see!!!.....very excited....

Ok...kids starting to show....WOZ maintains almost 3 over my other pins...and solid 2 over the Xbox

First 2 in the door....straight to FIFA!!!....shit.....

Absolutely awesome turnout....what a battle!!!

Results:

TRONLE- 49
SM- 47
TAF- 40
WOZ- 34
TZ- 26
TSPP- 22
FGY- 19
WCS- 14

X-Box- DQ...only because they were constantly starting and stopping matches...too hard to keep up, but it was lit all night......

only mechanical failures was a sticky flipper on WCS....several error codes, but nothing that stopped play....I couldn't be happier....the boys were BLOWN away w the machines....solid gameplay all night...WOW

251 plays in 2.5 hours!!!....pinball lives, pinball lives!!!...mark