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<blockquote data-quote="superdan" data-source="post: 237130" data-attributes="member: 5169"><p>Since I discovered TPA about two years ago it has rekindled my love and nastalgia for these playable works of art. So much so I started my own podcast called the pin-bar cavern (now defunct) to talk about it in an entertaining variety-show type format. So much so I am currently saving to buy my first pinball machine...something that I never would of even thought of previously. But alas...Unfortunately farsight is still unable or unwilling to awaken the giant that they possess right in front of them.</p><p>My point of contention is they should take a page from the growth and boom of online poker with the online pinball arcade. Not that they can currently legally offer online play for money in the U.S. (except perhaps New Jersey/Nevada currently), but certainly for prizes, trophies, gifts, league play, multi-player tables, and so on...farsight's sight has been blind. Whether subscription based or fee based or buy-in or what-have-you...farsight has really missed a diamond here. </p><p>How fun would it be to open up TPA with a tab list of pinball games and jump into a 4-player game with people from all over the world, have a chat window, have a play timer so people don't lag the game too long, watch them play and applaud when they do something great, or laugh when they don't. How fun to have software for league play, tourney software so people like you, me, or whoever can start and run their own tournaments with structures we want. How about playing for prizes? Trophies? It's all possible, but out of the box thinking is required. Possibilities abound.</p><p>Why not a Kickstarter to expand farsight's company into software development and research and target development? Why not bring the league experience, the real arcade experience, the tournament experience right on our devices? And not just a 20 min, unlimited attempts, one week; one trick pony they have had all along? </p><p>The reason I bring this all up again is they are currently developing a new phase with stern pinball. With a new app and new software and graphical interface... They can head in this direction if they so choose. If they do, I for one will be shouting for the hilltops how frickin awesome TPA is and have a smile as I watch it go mainstream and huge.</p><p>As things stand now, it makes those in the "know" excited but the masses are still in the dark with no clue. It limits its growth and it does not tap into its enormous potential. This argument is not new, I've been saying it since the beginning but will continue saying it...they need to grow.</p><p>TPA is good, I want them to be great. Do they want to be, sort of speak, a small Indian run online poker room with 3 tables going, or be the poker stars of online pinball play? It's up to them.</p><p>Cheers,</p><p>~D</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="superdan, post: 237130, member: 5169"] Since I discovered TPA about two years ago it has rekindled my love and nastalgia for these playable works of art. So much so I started my own podcast called the pin-bar cavern (now defunct) to talk about it in an entertaining variety-show type format. So much so I am currently saving to buy my first pinball machine...something that I never would of even thought of previously. But alas...Unfortunately farsight is still unable or unwilling to awaken the giant that they possess right in front of them. My point of contention is they should take a page from the growth and boom of online poker with the online pinball arcade. Not that they can currently legally offer online play for money in the U.S. (except perhaps New Jersey/Nevada currently), but certainly for prizes, trophies, gifts, league play, multi-player tables, and so on...farsight's sight has been blind. Whether subscription based or fee based or buy-in or what-have-you...farsight has really missed a diamond here. How fun would it be to open up TPA with a tab list of pinball games and jump into a 4-player game with people from all over the world, have a chat window, have a play timer so people don't lag the game too long, watch them play and applaud when they do something great, or laugh when they don't. How fun to have software for league play, tourney software so people like you, me, or whoever can start and run their own tournaments with structures we want. How about playing for prizes? Trophies? It's all possible, but out of the box thinking is required. Possibilities abound. Why not a Kickstarter to expand farsight's company into software development and research and target development? Why not bring the league experience, the real arcade experience, the tournament experience right on our devices? And not just a 20 min, unlimited attempts, one week; one trick pony they have had all along? The reason I bring this all up again is they are currently developing a new phase with stern pinball. With a new app and new software and graphical interface... They can head in this direction if they so choose. If they do, I for one will be shouting for the hilltops how frickin awesome TPA is and have a smile as I watch it go mainstream and huge. As things stand now, it makes those in the "know" excited but the masses are still in the dark with no clue. It limits its growth and it does not tap into its enormous potential. This argument is not new, I've been saying it since the beginning but will continue saying it...they need to grow. TPA is good, I want them to be great. Do they want to be, sort of speak, a small Indian run online poker room with 3 tables going, or be the poker stars of online pinball play? It's up to them. Cheers, ~D [/QUOTE]
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