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<blockquote data-quote="Slam23" data-source="post: 140053" data-attributes="member: 896"><p>Night and I share the same birth year, 1972. Although I have vague memories of standing behind a pinball machine at 7, my main experience with pinball was in the DMD-style era of the '90s when I was in college. Out of nostalgia I always tended to gravitate towards those machines. However, TPA brought me a new-found appreciation of non-DMD era machines. I now understand the appeal of a Big Shot for example, the combination of masochism and raw adrenalin and the precise shooting for targets. Although I still love complexe rulesheets and toys, and progressing through "stages" in a game, story- and modewise, I have equal but different fun with grinding at Black Hole and Gorgar for example. A relavitely "simple" table can have good flow and gameplay with satisfying shots and rewards. I also think that the casual player nowadays needs more and quicker instant gratification, which can turn away players from earlier machines. I wouldn't have chosen to play EM machines if presented with a limited time window in for example an arcade hall which also features modern pins, if I hadn't had the experience with them in TPA. Now I would love to play a Big Shot for real, just to see if it would kick me in the behind as the TPA version regularly does. On a side note: I think Big Shot would be my candidate for being the "Dwarven Fortress" of pins, "Losing is Fun" <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slam23, post: 140053, member: 896"] Night and I share the same birth year, 1972. Although I have vague memories of standing behind a pinball machine at 7, my main experience with pinball was in the DMD-style era of the '90s when I was in college. Out of nostalgia I always tended to gravitate towards those machines. However, TPA brought me a new-found appreciation of non-DMD era machines. I now understand the appeal of a Big Shot for example, the combination of masochism and raw adrenalin and the precise shooting for targets. Although I still love complexe rulesheets and toys, and progressing through "stages" in a game, story- and modewise, I have equal but different fun with grinding at Black Hole and Gorgar for example. A relavitely "simple" table can have good flow and gameplay with satisfying shots and rewards. I also think that the casual player nowadays needs more and quicker instant gratification, which can turn away players from earlier machines. I wouldn't have chosen to play EM machines if presented with a limited time window in for example an arcade hall which also features modern pins, if I hadn't had the experience with them in TPA. Now I would love to play a Big Shot for real, just to see if it would kick me in the behind as the TPA version regularly does. On a side note: I think Big Shot would be my candidate for being the "Dwarven Fortress" of pins, "Losing is Fun" :) [/QUOTE]
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