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Quoted from HoakyPoaky:Pinside can never influence the simple enjoyment I get from stepping up to a pin & flipping a silver ball.
Crazy idea: Try actually playing your pins more often, instead of arguing about them on an internet forum. It's far more enjoyable
There are a lot of guys who just collect them and make them pretty and hardly ever play them. They are the ones who usually sit around and complain about every issue that pops up and also make vendor lives a royal pain in the butt.
Quoted from dgoett:I can tell you why I am - well, not leaving but drastically downsizing.
I turned my hobby into my job. After working on pins 40+ hours a week, the last thing I want to do is look at pinballs in my basement.
It has taken 4+ years but little by little, my interest has waned. Dialed In gave me those warm/fuzzy feelings again for awhile, but even new games I'm like meh.
Kinda sad really.
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