64: Important Lessons Learned
Back from vacation, this episode is all about important pinball lessons learned from being in this hobby for quite some time from lusting after games to being happy with games you JUST bought (or...
Highlights
- Tron at Disney's French Quarter Resort had a malfunctioning spinning disc that was registering false shots every five seconds
- Once you acquire a game you've been lusting after, you will eventually get sick of it and start looking for the next one
- The pinball community contains good and bad people, just like any other group, and he's been burned by trusting the wrong people
- Manufacturers should include art blades as standard on all machines instead of leaving them as optional upgrades
- Serious pinball enthusiasts are obsessed with the hobby in a way that differs fundamentally from casual hobbies
Notable quotes
“The first lesson, and it remains true 100% of the time, including now. There's a game or two that I want to have. And then once you have it, there's something else.”
“I've done that. And I've trusted the wrong people. And I've gotten burned... don't fool yourself, please... it's just like anything else. There's good ones and bad ones.”
“Stern Pinball could you please and Jersey Jack Pinball but other companies do this more often just put Art blades in every single game. And up the price 100 bucks or whatever. Just put them in.”
“I'm fucking obsessed with it. I drive across the country, you know, cardboard lessons podcast... We Are Pinball. So when someone asks about hobbies or whatever... I don't talk about pinball with normies.”
“When I buy my pinball shit I buy from Flip N Out Pinball... When I think of pinball I think Flip N Out Pinball.”
Entities
- American Pinball· company
- Flip N Out Pinball· company
- Jersey Jack Pinball· company
- Spooky Pinball· company
- Stern Pinball· company
- Black Knight· game
- Deadpool· game
- Guardians of the Galaxy· game
- Iron Maiden· game
- Jurassic Park· game
- Lord of the Rings· game
- Monster Bash· game
- Star Trek· game
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles· game
- Tron· game
- Pinball Party Podcast· media
- Pinside· organization
- Wisconsin Pinball forums· organization
- Jon Papadiuk· person
- Nicole· person
- Zach Sharpe· person
- Disney's French Quarter Resort· venue
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