Went to the The Chicago Pinball Expo last night. There were many of the same vendors as in previous shows. Made a few buys.
Then on to the pin area. It seemed like the number of pins was much less than in past years. Especially this year, many of the games were either not working or if marked "SOLD" were intentionally turned off. Made for a backlog of people looking to play machines. Also this year, the rude (insert favorite plural expletive here) were in abundance. You know the type - either coin up the machine for four players even though they are the only one playing or don't even look around to see if another person is waiting to play before they start another game.
Overall, I had a good time visiting with old friends and conversations with fellow enthusiasts and playing pinball on some interesting machines that were there and operating. But far too many machines there were turned off and made for disappointment as they could not be enjoyed. If they were turned off just because they were sold, weren't they brought to be played to gain free admission?
My thanks to the people who did bring their machines to share and made sure they were operating.
Bill
Then on to the pin area. It seemed like the number of pins was much less than in past years. Especially this year, many of the games were either not working or if marked "SOLD" were intentionally turned off. Made for a backlog of people looking to play machines. Also this year, the rude (insert favorite plural expletive here) were in abundance. You know the type - either coin up the machine for four players even though they are the only one playing or don't even look around to see if another person is waiting to play before they start another game.
Overall, I had a good time visiting with old friends and conversations with fellow enthusiasts and playing pinball on some interesting machines that were there and operating. But far too many machines there were turned off and made for disappointment as they could not be enjoyed. If they were turned off just because they were sold, weren't they brought to be played to gain free admission?
My thanks to the people who did bring their machines to share and made sure they were operating.
Bill
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