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<blockquote data-quote="WhiteChocolate" data-source="post: 248572" data-attributes="member: 4374"><p>wweeeelll.... wouldn't that be kind of the way it is?!? ;0 being -able- to play a pb table is intrinsic to being able to -enjoy- that table, isn't it?</p><p></p><p>unlike, say, watching basketball... one doesn't really get enjoyment out of watching basketball by being good -at- basketball themselves; only by one's own ability to -watch- basketball... ;0</p><p></p><p>("whu'?" "nah man, i think he just insulted us!" "tackle 'im!" bah, SOCK BIFF POW!) aigh, i'm sorry! ;0 bit too much of a deconstructionalist when it comes to our recreational media... ;0 (and if using six-syllable words turns you off, i guess i'm just gonna be really, really irritating to ya anyways - live with it! ;0)</p><p></p><p>-----------------------</p><p></p><p>a lil' time to myself tonight... crazy-busy lately; car/things/life transpiring from all angles to keep me from the things i love... like pb!</p><p></p><p>looking forward to the future of tpa and stern pa - although it looks like i have nearly NIL to look forward to, with the current platforms i have (ps3, iOS6 - both dead-ends)! most advanced is my mac powerbook; running 10.9 - might run 10.10, but resisting that so far; i've legacy software to still try to still keep up with. finding i'm just on the trailing edge of the current - if it were up to me, the tech co's would -only- -MAYBE- qualify for tax-breaks if they made tech that stayed "current" for at least ten years! we're getting far beyond the age of "oh just upgrade" if you're only three-to-four years behind... that's just -not- economically sensible for average consumers. "your car's two years old, and suddenly won't drive anymore? ohhh, too bad... yah gotta buy the NEW car!" BAH!</p><p></p><p>ahh-k well... off that one soapbox, and onto another... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> going by my 2010 ipod (said ios6-bound; won't upgrade any further, so i'm stuck prior indy-500, but had the last update with the new GUI+ratings) - ps3 doesn't have the latest greatest yet, and last i checked, osX doesn't have the new GUI, so just rattling off my top twelve 5-stars from my iPod... this is just kinda feeling out "what i can play up about anytime" when i want without putting too much thinking into it. ;0 24 tables total, four-and-five star (i see six display across in widescreen, so going 4x6)... most i love; some i "love to hate" and wish to conquor!</p><p></p><p>diner</p><p>junkyard</p><p>medieval madness</p><p>monster bash</p><p>ripley's</p><p>red & ted</p><p>next generation</p><p>arabian nights</p><p>taxi</p><p>terminator 2</p><p>theatre of magic</p><p>twilight zone</p><p></p><p>"diner" and "taxi" both being late-eighties/early ninties hardballs (taxi was at my university union when i first got there; i remember that one) - really stiff tough plays, when you're not staying on top of them! i bet lawlor likes these tables, just for playing "hardball" on the player.</p><p></p><p>"junkyard"?? well i just sometimes love bashing the ball around, and that's a great one to do so with... not too hard, but some quick exits if you don't pay attention. (and, yeah, i hate the video mode - i don't like any video mode on any table, but since it's in so many anyways, ya kinda hafta put up with it!) collecting all the junkyard parts really kinda fits in the same vibe as red & ted's city-travelling (though with so many more cities and items to collect, r&t tops it. speaking of which...)</p><p></p><p>r&t: gd -someday-, -SOMEDAY- i'm gonna get thru that one!! but it's damned insidious; the slightly just-a-bit-more-level table makes the ball "float" just so, but when it's arcing so subtly towards aiming STDM, or out the gutters... DAMN i -just- missed it again!! ;0 soooo frustrating... it -just- rides outside of my limits of being able to nudge-to-keep-in-play, even more insidiously so than addam's family!</p><p></p><p>next twelve at 4-star:</p><p></p><p>addams family</p><p>attack from mars</p><p>black rose</p><p>dracula</p><p>champion pub</p><p>black lagoon</p><p>dr. dude</p><p>fish tales</p><p>funhouse</p><p>no good gophers</p><p>who dunnit</p><p>whirlwind</p><p></p><p>addams family: as i mentioned above, just a bit easier it seems than r&t to me... but when those magnets kick in, i just lose so much track with this one. lawlor really must be a total b*tch about whiteboard builds!!! and -then-, adds magnets on top of it to just make it even that much more difficult!</p><p></p><p>champion pub: i agree, its cramped playfield and too-often jump-rope mode (very much like a video-mode!) make it a bit of an unpleasant pain, but i do so much more enjoy this one for the creative theme, and for being a bit of a "better" cactus canyon-style table. someday i'm gonna beat all those punk-nosed pugilists to a pulp! ;0</p><p></p><p>mixed bag there on: dr. dude's grown on me too (in a "small" and not a "big" way - just a goofy, messy bit of fun); so has "fish tales" (as a co-worker of mine said, "you can be a country boy and still not be a redneck!" ;0) - and, well, a number of lawlors and lawlor-inspired builds to follow... although i find it's easier for me to play ritchie-style tables. dunno why!</p><p></p><p>then a row or so of three-stars:</p><p></p><p>class of 1812</p><p>elvira</p><p>harley davidson</p><p>scared stiff</p><p>space shuttle</p><p>white water</p><p></p><p>1812: well what can i say? i gotta have a fave gottleib in there, and i just love the "puked-up" table art/design. it's up there with dr. dude, lol! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>gotta love on the elviras, and the harley is an underground fave just for being a t2 ripoff. and while whitewater is so many's very fave - i find it almost impossible to play, just because the table art is -sooo- damn white-bright, it's difficult as hell to find a good color ball to play on it!</p><p></p><p>i haven't bought everything for iOS, so the rest tend to be rated one-two stars just to get them out of the way... "not unworthy" tables; just ones i don't ever hardly care to play at all.</p><p></p><p>heh... sorry if that then isn't really quite the thread theme... just my best interpretation at the moment! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> what, i ain't one of those fugs coming in and acting so down, they're like, "don't even bother playing pinball..." ;0 lol! PLAY IT! PLAY IT, DAAMMM IIITTT!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="WhiteChocolate, post: 248572, member: 4374"] wweeeelll.... wouldn't that be kind of the way it is?!? ;0 being -able- to play a pb table is intrinsic to being able to -enjoy- that table, isn't it? unlike, say, watching basketball... one doesn't really get enjoyment out of watching basketball by being good -at- basketball themselves; only by one's own ability to -watch- basketball... ;0 ("whu'?" "nah man, i think he just insulted us!" "tackle 'im!" bah, SOCK BIFF POW!) aigh, i'm sorry! ;0 bit too much of a deconstructionalist when it comes to our recreational media... ;0 (and if using six-syllable words turns you off, i guess i'm just gonna be really, really irritating to ya anyways - live with it! ;0) ----------------------- a lil' time to myself tonight... crazy-busy lately; car/things/life transpiring from all angles to keep me from the things i love... like pb! looking forward to the future of tpa and stern pa - although it looks like i have nearly NIL to look forward to, with the current platforms i have (ps3, iOS6 - both dead-ends)! most advanced is my mac powerbook; running 10.9 - might run 10.10, but resisting that so far; i've legacy software to still try to still keep up with. finding i'm just on the trailing edge of the current - if it were up to me, the tech co's would -only- -MAYBE- qualify for tax-breaks if they made tech that stayed "current" for at least ten years! we're getting far beyond the age of "oh just upgrade" if you're only three-to-four years behind... that's just -not- economically sensible for average consumers. "your car's two years old, and suddenly won't drive anymore? ohhh, too bad... yah gotta buy the NEW car!" BAH! ahh-k well... off that one soapbox, and onto another... :) going by my 2010 ipod (said ios6-bound; won't upgrade any further, so i'm stuck prior indy-500, but had the last update with the new GUI+ratings) - ps3 doesn't have the latest greatest yet, and last i checked, osX doesn't have the new GUI, so just rattling off my top twelve 5-stars from my iPod... this is just kinda feeling out "what i can play up about anytime" when i want without putting too much thinking into it. ;0 24 tables total, four-and-five star (i see six display across in widescreen, so going 4x6)... most i love; some i "love to hate" and wish to conquor! diner junkyard medieval madness monster bash ripley's red & ted next generation arabian nights taxi terminator 2 theatre of magic twilight zone "diner" and "taxi" both being late-eighties/early ninties hardballs (taxi was at my university union when i first got there; i remember that one) - really stiff tough plays, when you're not staying on top of them! i bet lawlor likes these tables, just for playing "hardball" on the player. "junkyard"?? well i just sometimes love bashing the ball around, and that's a great one to do so with... not too hard, but some quick exits if you don't pay attention. (and, yeah, i hate the video mode - i don't like any video mode on any table, but since it's in so many anyways, ya kinda hafta put up with it!) collecting all the junkyard parts really kinda fits in the same vibe as red & ted's city-travelling (though with so many more cities and items to collect, r&t tops it. speaking of which...) r&t: gd -someday-, -SOMEDAY- i'm gonna get thru that one!! but it's damned insidious; the slightly just-a-bit-more-level table makes the ball "float" just so, but when it's arcing so subtly towards aiming STDM, or out the gutters... DAMN i -just- missed it again!! ;0 soooo frustrating... it -just- rides outside of my limits of being able to nudge-to-keep-in-play, even more insidiously so than addam's family! next twelve at 4-star: addams family attack from mars black rose dracula champion pub black lagoon dr. dude fish tales funhouse no good gophers who dunnit whirlwind addams family: as i mentioned above, just a bit easier it seems than r&t to me... but when those magnets kick in, i just lose so much track with this one. lawlor really must be a total b*tch about whiteboard builds!!! and -then-, adds magnets on top of it to just make it even that much more difficult! champion pub: i agree, its cramped playfield and too-often jump-rope mode (very much like a video-mode!) make it a bit of an unpleasant pain, but i do so much more enjoy this one for the creative theme, and for being a bit of a "better" cactus canyon-style table. someday i'm gonna beat all those punk-nosed pugilists to a pulp! ;0 mixed bag there on: dr. dude's grown on me too (in a "small" and not a "big" way - just a goofy, messy bit of fun); so has "fish tales" (as a co-worker of mine said, "you can be a country boy and still not be a redneck!" ;0) - and, well, a number of lawlors and lawlor-inspired builds to follow... although i find it's easier for me to play ritchie-style tables. dunno why! then a row or so of three-stars: class of 1812 elvira harley davidson scared stiff space shuttle white water 1812: well what can i say? i gotta have a fave gottleib in there, and i just love the "puked-up" table art/design. it's up there with dr. dude, lol! ;) gotta love on the elviras, and the harley is an underground fave just for being a t2 ripoff. and while whitewater is so many's very fave - i find it almost impossible to play, just because the table art is -sooo- damn white-bright, it's difficult as hell to find a good color ball to play on it! i haven't bought everything for iOS, so the rest tend to be rated one-two stars just to get them out of the way... "not unworthy" tables; just ones i don't ever hardly care to play at all. heh... sorry if that then isn't really quite the thread theme... just my best interpretation at the moment! :) what, i ain't one of those fugs coming in and acting so down, they're like, "don't even bother playing pinball..." ;0 lol! PLAY IT! PLAY IT, DAAMMM IIITTT!! [/QUOTE]
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