modessitt
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How about - people who come over, see my nice Tempest, Robotron, Q*Bert, Gyruss, etc, and say, "Do you have Galaga?" 
NO!!!
NO!!!
Arcade related pet peeves
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Fatsquatch
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Totally. I don't want cans and bottles on my clean and scratch-free glass, nor do I want some tipsy guest to accidentally knock such over as they're walking (or stumbling) past the machines.
Not only do I put a lot of effort into the care of my pins, but I aint no Rockefeller either, and these toys are too seriously pricey to get screwed up over something so easily avoided.
Gum, food, fingerprints on glass, spillage, and kids whining to turn on the games I don't want to.
Pinball Wizard
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How about - people who come over, see my nice Tempest, Robotron, Q*Bert, Gyruss, etc, and say, "Do you have Galaga?"
I get that a lot but instead of Galaga, it is usually Ms. Pac-Man. So now I've decided that eventually I'll just keep a 60-in-1 in there so that I don't have to worry about it. I'd never own a Ms. Pac-Man to keep, never liked the game and I would consider it money tied up that I could use for better games.
bungy
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Even worse, when they see the Pac-Man and say "Oh, I love Ms. Pac-Man!".
OP
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These are all great and on my list also. Since we been talking about pins how about the kids hitting your flipper buttons continuesly to the point your flippers burn out or get really hot.
Fatsquatch
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Haven't had any flippers burn out yet, but I'm expecting it to happen at any time.
The little ones seem to think that pinball is all about firing off both flippers as fast you can, whether the ball is anywhere near them or not.
Pinball Wizard
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Well, most people probably think this is stupid but I think that people who play the Addam's Family pinball and don't hit the flippers in sync with the finger snaps at the end of bonus add-up are crazy it should be instinct to do that!
CrazyKongFan
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Heh, I do that...and of course, occasionally the game does it too "Why, thank you Thing!"
Pinball Wizard
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Got another... anyone who calls the cabinet a "case". It holds the parts but it isn't a storage compartment it is a piece of furniture. I don't call the entertainment center a case for the tv. The dining room table isn't a case for the chairs...
gorfchampion
New member
For me its when people jam in 10 more quarters after the first one never gave them a credit; instead of coming to get me so I can solve the problem right then and there.
I've had to take apart a few coin mechs to remove a ton of jammed quarters.
I've had to take apart a few coin mechs to remove a ton of jammed quarters.
SealClubber
New member
My peeves in arcades:
Grimy nasty buttons. Do I need latex gloves to play here?
Dirty, smudged playfield glass. Windex is cheap and easy to use.
Billy the button pusher. Sorry I accidentally kneed you in the back of the head kid, I didn't see you down there.
My game room:
I tell people the rules up front and add that if they can't follow them, I will tell them to leave. Some are for the adults and some are for the kids. So far, no problems.
No food at all while playing the pins. No drinks on the pins. Use the pingulps.
No punching, kneeing, kicking, humping or beating the pin. I will skull fuk you if you do it. Nudging and bumping are fine but if I hear a loud bang you are going to die.
If it isn't plugged in, its broken, don't play it.
If a ball jams or you have another problem, its ok, you didn't break it, come get me so I can fix it. I won't be mad I promise.
Don't turn the machines on or off repeatedly.
Don't draw on the sides of my pins. It isn't a chalkboard. I will break your little fingers and then beat your parents up.
Grimy nasty buttons. Do I need latex gloves to play here?
Dirty, smudged playfield glass. Windex is cheap and easy to use.
Billy the button pusher. Sorry I accidentally kneed you in the back of the head kid, I didn't see you down there.
My game room:
I tell people the rules up front and add that if they can't follow them, I will tell them to leave. Some are for the adults and some are for the kids. So far, no problems.
No food at all while playing the pins. No drinks on the pins. Use the pingulps.
No punching, kneeing, kicking, humping or beating the pin. I will skull fuk you if you do it. Nudging and bumping are fine but if I hear a loud bang you are going to die.
If it isn't plugged in, its broken, don't play it.
If a ball jams or you have another problem, its ok, you didn't break it, come get me so I can fix it. I won't be mad I promise.
Don't turn the machines on or off repeatedly.
Don't draw on the sides of my pins. It isn't a chalkboard. I will break your little fingers and then beat your parents up.
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A couple things in the past couple game nights I have had that annoy me:
1. People swinging the Paperboy handlebars hard against the limits.
2. People unknowingly choosing 2-players and wonder why they got so many lives, then get bored half way through and walk away, leaving the game idling.
1. People swinging the Paperboy handlebars hard against the limits.
2. People unknowingly choosing 2-players and wonder why they got so many lives, then get bored half way through and walk away, leaving the game idling.
