shardian
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I like having my in-laws in the gameroom. They don't have a clue what they are doing, but they have fun anyways. Mom-in-law plays pacman, and step dad -in-law plays pinball.
I always pick on him because he hits both flippers , regardless of where the ball is.
"Hey Danny, theres a reason there are TWO buttons you know."
"Oh sorry, I thought my 2 year old daughter was playing..."
And so on and so on. Occasionally I can break him of it, but he always reverts on a new game.
So tonight I showed him Jurassic Park and Freddy. He played JP for a minute, then my daughter took over (for the record, my 3 year old uses the flippers individually...she just gets distracted by all the flashy stuff and the DMD)
I'm playing with her on JP, when I notice an INSANE uzi style shotgunning sound behind me. I look over, and he's pounding both buttons absolutely as fast as he can. "DUDE! Take a rest on those buttons before you melt a coil or blow a fuse." Then he says " Wow! I've never seen 4 balls on a pinball before. I didn't know what to do with them." Then he says that the left flipper is sticking. I just figured he had loosened up the flipper set screws with that fierce pounding.
I come over after he left and the flipper is dead. I just got back from inspecting. The fuse was blown...because the EOS switch was melted together!!! Literally, the plastic standoff that separates the contacts was melted to a pulp that bound the switch together from all the crazy arcing.
That will teach me for going with the 'economy' rebuild kit that doesn't include the EOS switches.
So anyways... anyone else have any friends/family of that plays pinball like a toddler?
I always pick on him because he hits both flippers , regardless of where the ball is.
"Hey Danny, theres a reason there are TWO buttons you know."
"Oh sorry, I thought my 2 year old daughter was playing..."
And so on and so on. Occasionally I can break him of it, but he always reverts on a new game.
So tonight I showed him Jurassic Park and Freddy. He played JP for a minute, then my daughter took over (for the record, my 3 year old uses the flippers individually...she just gets distracted by all the flashy stuff and the DMD)
I'm playing with her on JP, when I notice an INSANE uzi style shotgunning sound behind me. I look over, and he's pounding both buttons absolutely as fast as he can. "DUDE! Take a rest on those buttons before you melt a coil or blow a fuse." Then he says " Wow! I've never seen 4 balls on a pinball before. I didn't know what to do with them." Then he says that the left flipper is sticking. I just figured he had loosened up the flipper set screws with that fierce pounding.
I come over after he left and the flipper is dead. I just got back from inspecting. The fuse was blown...because the EOS switch was melted together!!! Literally, the plastic standoff that separates the contacts was melted to a pulp that bound the switch together from all the crazy arcing.
That will teach me for going with the 'economy' rebuild kit that doesn't include the EOS switches.
So anyways... anyone else have any friends/family of that plays pinball like a toddler?