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<blockquote data-quote="PET3R" data-source="post: 226642" data-attributes="member: 5266"><p>I do understand lot of players play pinball because of various reasons - funny call outs, art, audio, music...</p><p></p><p>What I play pinball for are 3 simple reasons - deep rule set, beating high score, feel good shots. I absolutely do not care about jokes which for me quickly becomes repetitive, theme, art, toys or any other features.</p><p></p><p>More and more Stern tables starting to have interesting, complex and deep strategies and I am starting to prefer them over the 1990's tables. </p><p>There might be just few exceptions like Attack from Mars and Medieval Madness but I have feeling that in my case even AFM will be soon replaced by Spiderman. </p><p></p><p><strong>Nostalgia</strong> - we find this everywhere. Cars, music, computer games and in any technology. We always get attached to something that came up with something revolutionary and even though it had been perfected we still can't get away from it. Even though new Ferrari's Lamborghini's are much faster, more sleek, elegant and better looking, someone will still claim that the old models are the best. There is always a big discussion where players claim that computer games nowadays are nothing close to what they used to be in 90's even though the have much deeper game play, stunning graphics and more realistic atmosphere. When something comes for the first time it leaves a strong experience in us which is hard to forget. </p><p>I am wondering whether this is also the case of pinball. There are lot of players who will play pinballs from pre and post 90's claiming these are the best tables. I think the Adams Family is quite nice example. It is a table that revolutionised pinball and because of this reason it ranks very high in the ratings. You will have third of the players claiming this is the best table ever made and having a strong bond with it. It has already been perfected by TZ and there are many more tables that are more deeper and more fun than TAF (AFM, MB, MM, SPP, LOTR, Spidey ...), however as the TAF was the first table to make pinball big it is very difficult to detach from it and forget it. </p><p>I feel that pre 90's tables have been perfected by post 90's tables and that is why they are much less played and personally I do not give them any attention. The same way I feel that Stern is taking over 90's tables by pushing the rules and strategies even further and it will be probably just matter of time when I won't be playing any other table apart from Stern. </p><p></p><p>Am I the only one who feels and think this way ? Please let me know.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PET3R, post: 226642, member: 5266"] I do understand lot of players play pinball because of various reasons - funny call outs, art, audio, music... What I play pinball for are 3 simple reasons - deep rule set, beating high score, feel good shots. I absolutely do not care about jokes which for me quickly becomes repetitive, theme, art, toys or any other features. More and more Stern tables starting to have interesting, complex and deep strategies and I am starting to prefer them over the 1990's tables. There might be just few exceptions like Attack from Mars and Medieval Madness but I have feeling that in my case even AFM will be soon replaced by Spiderman. [B]Nostalgia[/B] - we find this everywhere. Cars, music, computer games and in any technology. We always get attached to something that came up with something revolutionary and even though it had been perfected we still can't get away from it. Even though new Ferrari's Lamborghini's are much faster, more sleek, elegant and better looking, someone will still claim that the old models are the best. There is always a big discussion where players claim that computer games nowadays are nothing close to what they used to be in 90's even though the have much deeper game play, stunning graphics and more realistic atmosphere. When something comes for the first time it leaves a strong experience in us which is hard to forget. I am wondering whether this is also the case of pinball. There are lot of players who will play pinballs from pre and post 90's claiming these are the best tables. I think the Adams Family is quite nice example. It is a table that revolutionised pinball and because of this reason it ranks very high in the ratings. You will have third of the players claiming this is the best table ever made and having a strong bond with it. It has already been perfected by TZ and there are many more tables that are more deeper and more fun than TAF (AFM, MB, MM, SPP, LOTR, Spidey ...), however as the TAF was the first table to make pinball big it is very difficult to detach from it and forget it. I feel that pre 90's tables have been perfected by post 90's tables and that is why they are much less played and personally I do not give them any attention. The same way I feel that Stern is taking over 90's tables by pushing the rules and strategies even further and it will be probably just matter of time when I won't be playing any other table apart from Stern. Am I the only one who feels and think this way ? Please let me know. [/QUOTE]
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