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<blockquote data-quote="Slam23" data-source="post: 57212" data-attributes="member: 896"><p>I just posted my introduction at the top of these threads. I was probably around 6 or 7 when I picked up my pinball virus, standing behind a table in the late '70s in a shopping cart to reach the buttons. According to my dad, I was completely entranced by the sounds and lights. Then I forgot about pinball only to rediscover them in their golden age (offcourse I didn't know that at that moment) while being in college in the early '90s. I remember playing Indy '93, Star Wars, Jurassic Park, TZ, Terminator 2 and TAF. They rotated those tables between some bars and local cafés and I would follow them around. Spend way too much quarters.....Then I forgot about pinball again while they disappeared from the local scene, only to discover Timeshock and VP on the PC around 2006. I instantly remembered how much fun pinball had been some 10 years earlier. I played VP tables exclusively up until TPA got made. At first I was more into Zen pinball because those physics resembled VP more. After a while I tried some of the newer TPA tables and never looked back. Last year I found out that we have a Dutch Pinball Association, and they have some 90 tables of which 60 are set up to play every last friday. 45 min drive and presto, I'm again behind my beloved Indy '93....immediately getting my butt kicked <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> That made me feel right at home! There is a considerable overlap between the Association Tables and TPA, so I get to enjoy both the digital and real life versions. Let me tell you right there that in my opinion the real ones are definitely harder, especially being more random and unpredictable. Anyways, looking back it was probably always inevitable that I would pick up pinball again, I just didn't know it would be that good again!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slam23, post: 57212, member: 896"] I just posted my introduction at the top of these threads. I was probably around 6 or 7 when I picked up my pinball virus, standing behind a table in the late '70s in a shopping cart to reach the buttons. According to my dad, I was completely entranced by the sounds and lights. Then I forgot about pinball only to rediscover them in their golden age (offcourse I didn't know that at that moment) while being in college in the early '90s. I remember playing Indy '93, Star Wars, Jurassic Park, TZ, Terminator 2 and TAF. They rotated those tables between some bars and local cafés and I would follow them around. Spend way too much quarters.....Then I forgot about pinball again while they disappeared from the local scene, only to discover Timeshock and VP on the PC around 2006. I instantly remembered how much fun pinball had been some 10 years earlier. I played VP tables exclusively up until TPA got made. At first I was more into Zen pinball because those physics resembled VP more. After a while I tried some of the newer TPA tables and never looked back. Last year I found out that we have a Dutch Pinball Association, and they have some 90 tables of which 60 are set up to play every last friday. 45 min drive and presto, I'm again behind my beloved Indy '93....immediately getting my butt kicked :) That made me feel right at home! There is a considerable overlap between the Association Tables and TPA, so I get to enjoy both the digital and real life versions. Let me tell you right there that in my opinion the real ones are definitely harder, especially being more random and unpredictable. Anyways, looking back it was probably always inevitable that I would pick up pinball again, I just didn't know it would be that good again! [/QUOTE]
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