Arcade related pet peeves

[demogo]

I get worried about how "rough" people get with the buttons and joystick. I cringe sometimes when they play.

There's only 2 things that are 'vulnerable' in my game room -- my original Star Trek upright CPO and my BattleZone joysticks.

And I've now had 2 cracked handle pieces on the BZ joys from the last 3 game sessions at my house with some friends from work.

(Sigh)

 

[LyonsArcade]

My pet peeve is when people call arcade games arcades. Like

"Youv'e got a bunch of arcades here!"

I just find that weird as hell.

 

[Hyde]

My pet peeve would be how about 2 out of 3 coin mechs get jammed up whenever I have guests over playing the games. I don't know what causes people to do this, but I have on a couple occasions found coin door keys stuck inside the mechs.

 

[Mr. Hot Dog]

Super Chexx is built to take lots of abuse, but here's something that drives me crazy. The guy who originally got the game for me (through a work auction, bidding by proxy) used to play it at his work break room. Whenever the magnetic puck doesn't have enough momentum and sticks in the chute, he uses his handles to pick up his end of the game and quickly slams it back down on the ground. Dude. You don't need to use brute force. It's simple physics. All you have to do is to gently raise one end slightly and the puck will happily roll the rest of the way. What makes it tricky is that he's got a strange sense of entitlement since he used to play it a lot at work, so he doesn't think twice about doing this. Regardless of where it came from, it's mine now. In the obnoxiously immortal words of Joey Gladstone, "cut it out!"

 

[nerdygrrl]

I get worried about how "rough" people get with the buttons and joystick. I cringe sometimes when they play.

Agreed. I have only been collecting for a couple of moths now, but it has been a dream of mine for years. I finally put an ok collection together and threw myself the birthday party I always wanted. I was on edge and popping lorazepam all night. The way people behave!

 

[spanks_4]

My mother has a bad habit of slamming her hand down on the lock down bars of my pins. Every time I hear her ring smack the glass I start screaming.

The worse thing I have ever had happen though was someones 14 year old wipe a bugger on the bottom of one of my pins. After the kid finished scrubbing the bottom of the pin I threw them out and let them know they were never welcomed back.

I don't open my house often to people other than one of my close friends that helps me move stuff usually, but my thought is treat my property like you would want me to treat yours!

 

[SuperGunGuru]

That used to bother me than I started thinking that it is part of the environment. Now I just hope for the best that I restored them to last for another 20 years.

The worst part is there is already hand where and in the case of Ms Pac it's pretty much worn all the paint off in that spot. I need to restore it this summer anyway, but why encourage bad habits.

Also another pet peeve is when I show people how to put credits on a game (I really should just use tokens) and they put like 10 credits on there and only play a few games so I have unused credits sitting on a machine. This really annoys me if the game's coin counter is working.

 

[Pinball Wizard]

The credit thing bothers me on a game that doesn't still continue on with attract mode. I know that a few minutes won't make burn-in but it will eventually add up.

 

[Tronic]

I hate when original power supplies get replaced with switchers rather than rebuilt properly.

I hate when I have to unhack shitty wiring.

I agree with this. Two recent games I picked up had the worst hack job ever.

 

[nesjess]

I know there have been threads on this, but here are my top 5 in no specific order:

1. Hacked up/Poor wiring
2. Lock bar holes
3. Rodent excrement
4. Sanding
5. People not washing their hands before playing (greasy hands + CP = not cool)

 

[Phetishboy]

My pet peeve is when people call arcade games arcades. Like

"Youv'e got a bunch of arcades here!"

I just find that weird as hell.

No shit. The very definition of 'Arcade' is a series or row of something, originally arches supported by columns or pillars. The full term used in the late 70's/ early 80's was 'Video' Arcade, as in 'rows' of video games. How in the fuck people started calling the actual games 'arcades' is baffling and annoying to me. It's like calling airplanes 'hangars' cuz that's where they park them.

 

[jawhn]

... Also another pet peeve is when I show people how to put credits on a game (I really should just use tokens) and they put like 10 credits on there and only play a few games so I have unused credits sitting on a machine. This really annoys me if the game's coin counter is working.

+1 on this. I forgot all about this peeve, but yeah, it's annoying. And everyone seems to do it.

 

[30FathomDave]

If a guest plays pinball at my house, it's virtually a guarantee that the person will put in 4 players for a one player game. Push the start button once to play a one-player game. It's not rocket science.

They will inevitably tire of playing a three-ball, four-player game, so they'll usually walk away around player three's 2nd ball. Then my machine will sit there, doing ball searches because the game is inactive.

 

[ComputerSpace]

Also another pet peeve is when I show people how to put credits on a game (I really should just use tokens) and they put like 10 credits on there and only play a few games so I have unused credits sitting on a machine. This really annoys me if the game's coin counter is working.

Yep, that is one of mine. The other is when someone starts a game and leaves the machine running and walks off... nothing says I don't like this game more than that to me. Seems kind of rude.

My .02.
Tom

 

[Shavenyak]

The credit thing bothers me on a game that doesn't still continue on with attract mode. I know that a few minutes won't make burn-in but it will eventually add up.

+1. I HATE that.

 

[treborlicec]

If a guest plays pinball at my house, it's virtually a guarantee that the person will put in 4 players for a one player game. Push the start button once to play a one-player game. It's not rocket science.

They will inevitably tire of playing a three-ball, four-player game, so they'll usually walk away around player three's 2nd ball. Then my machine will sit there, doing ball searches because the game is inactive.

Amen on this one. My daughter's B-day was 2 weekends ago and we had a dozen kids over. They all loved the pins, BTW. I walked down a few times to find both pins sitting with 4 player games on them. Drives me nuts. All in all, it was a fun night for the kids.

 

[Fatsquatch]

I had a recent party last weekend for the football playoffs and I can't stand when people put beers or food on top of my arcade games even when I have signs posted all over my gameroom not to do it?

This seriously irritates the piss out of me. At our last party, I had a couple of folks who kept putting their drinks on top of the playfield glass while they were playing my pins, even though I had asked everyone to NOT do that, and even pointed out the PinGulps that are attached to EVERY machine I have.

ARGH!

 

[Fatsquatch]

If a guest plays pinball at my house, it's virtually a guarantee that the person will put in 4 players for a one player game. Push the start button once to play a one-player game. It's not rocket science.

They will inevitably tire of playing a three-ball, four-player game, so they'll usually walk away around player three's 2nd ball. Then my machine will sit there, doing ball searches because the game is inactive.

YES. This a problem I always seem to have with pin-playing guests as well.

*facepalm*

 

[Fatsquatch]

No shit. The very definition of 'Arcade' is a series or row of something, originally arches supported by columns or pillars. The full term used in the late 70's/ early 80's was 'Video' Arcade, as in 'rows' of video games. How in the fuck people started calling the actual games 'arcades' is baffling and annoying to me. It's like calling airplanes 'hangars' cuz that's where they park them.

The ol' Craigslist standard of "Stand Up Arcades" is even better.

 

[Pinball Wizard]

This seriously irritates the piss out of me. At our last party, I had a couple of folks who kept putting their drinks on top of the playfield glass while they were playing my pins, even though I had asked everyone to NOT do that, and even pointed out the PinGulps that are attached to EVERY machine I have.

ARGH!

Assume you don't have PinGulps for a minute. Would you have a problem with people putting drinks on a pinball next to them if it isn't getting played?