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Old 04-11-2017, 01:55 AM   #1
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Any pinball players here? I saw Weezer in Penticton and was doing a little time killing before the set. Towns super boring but they have this big bowling alley and the sign said it had an arcade so I decided to strut on in. Bought a fountain soda, went to the washroom, poured a mickey in it and checked out the games.

There's this rad cabinet that I've seen popping up all over the place that has like 100 classic arcade games in 1. Super awesome. Rocked a little ms pac-man for a bit.

Anyhow they had 4 pinball machines lined up against a wall and I decided to go to town. My favorite was the "Ripleys Believe It or Not" machine. I was kicking some major ass, even so much so that 2 local boys came and gathered around the machine to watch me slay it in awe.

I had to chuckle to myself that I'd acquired an audience. Although it wasn't lost on me how the image of a 31 year old man by himself in the rinky-dink bowling alley arcade talking with 2 young boys must have appeared to the other families at the alley who were observing this.

Either way, I had a blast on the machines and never usually spend more than a couple quarters on one and I think it may be the dawn of a new hobby. I took a couple shots of the arcade with my camera, I'll post em later. The owners were all super nice while I was there. They probably assumed I was some kind of blogger or something.

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Old 04-11-2017, 01:56 AM   #2
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It also struck me how cheap the entertainment was. 5 bucks and it's like an hour of fun. Oh, and I totally got a high-score on that Ripley game. Over 20 million. Although I never even came close to that again.

 
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Old 04-11-2017, 07:19 PM   #3
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merp

 
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Old 04-11-2017, 07:36 PM   #4
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Fuzzy you know it's just a matter of time before this thread gets flooded with gifs of men loving men, right?

 
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Old 04-11-2017, 09:12 PM   #5
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you'll have to wait for him to down a twelve pack of Molson before he responds

 
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Old 04-11-2017, 10:24 PM   #6
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fuzzy i couldn't help but notice that you seem to love posting about random 80's artifacts a whole lot

 
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Old 04-11-2017, 10:26 PM   #7
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you'll have to wait for him to down a twelve pack of Molson before he responds
fuzzy probably drinks cans of steel reserve

 
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Old 04-11-2017, 10:26 PM   #8
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I on the other hand am getting drunk rn on the champagne of beers

 
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Old 04-11-2017, 10:30 PM   #9
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let's see how many I can down before this long-ass indulgent but moving song is over


 
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Old 04-11-2017, 10:33 PM   #10
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these days the years thin 'til I can't remember

 
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Old 04-11-2017, 10:45 PM   #11
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how many beers did you down rbg?

we shared this moment through the infinity of teh internetz.

what a great song. this thread is now worth it

 
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Old 04-11-2017, 10:46 PM   #12
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I had some Patricia before I got here. Uruguayan beer the best <3

 
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Old 04-11-2017, 10:55 PM   #13
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how many beers did you down rbg?

we shared this moment through the infinity of teh internetz.

what a great song. this thread is now worth it
only 1 tbh. I've been getting drunk so often my body is just like noooo noooo god noooo when I crack the first beer

once I down a few it will be easier to drink more

 
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Old 04-11-2017, 10:57 PM   #14
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song is better on headphones btw, like I am just going to get drunker and listen to this all fucking night here we go

 
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Old 04-11-2017, 11:14 PM   #15
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I had a pbr it's really not bad

 
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Old 04-11-2017, 11:14 PM   #16
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What thread am I in

 
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Old 04-11-2017, 11:29 PM   #17
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why are you drinking pbr in texas you fuckin wank

 
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Old 04-11-2017, 11:38 PM   #18
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I had a pbr it's really not bad
pbr is completely neutral tasting to me. it's neither good nor bad, it is just

 
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https://m.popkey.co/aa9afb/v0065_s-200x150.gif

 
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Old 04-13-2017, 09:30 AM   #20
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you play pinball once at a arcade and now you're a pinball player?

i'd say most of us are pinballs players in that case. i play about 5-10 rounds when i hit up logan hardware maybe two times a year.

 
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I have a pinball ball I got from a broken pinball machine me and my friends found on an abandoned lot once.

 
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I played pinball once

 
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Old 04-13-2017, 09:58 AM   #23
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i played a pinball game on the computer once

but i'm too old for that now. you'll get it once you hit 30


 
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Tilt Pinball Bar is opening this week and it's pretty walkable from my place. I don't drink a ton of beer these days but if I'm looking for an economical tallboy it's definitely Grain Belt Premium or Lone Star.

 
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let's see how many I can down before this long-ass indulgent but moving song is over

listened to this all day.
what a great fucking song. his best for me so far, definitely.

i think the piano in that song might be the single best recorded piano sound i've ever heard in my life

 
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listened to this all day.
what a great fucking song. his best for me so far, definitely.

i think the piano in that song might be the single best recorded piano sound i've ever heard in my life
listen to this piano.


 
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Old 04-13-2017, 10:16 AM   #27
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I have a pinball ball I got from a broken pinball machine me and my friends found on an abandoned lot once.
how do you know it's not just a silver ball?

 
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Old 04-13-2017, 10:23 AM   #28
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i played a pinball game on the computer once

but i'm too old for that now. you'll get it once you hit 30

Yeah me too. When you hit the correct spot the lights change colors and there music and shit and its like woah i'm glad i downed that robitusssin after all!

 
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how do you know it's not just a silver ball?
Because we busted it open.
It is just a silver ball though... only mad heavy for it's size.

 
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Old 04-13-2017, 03:35 PM   #30
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you play pinball once at a arcade and now you're a pinball player?

i'd say most of us are pinballs players in that case. i play about 5-10 rounds when i hit up logan hardware maybe two times a year.
I'm not currently one, but I think a passion has bloomed inside of me .

The thing that sucks is that there's some law against any gaming inside clubs and bars in Vancouver (which I assume was created to ban digital lottery games), which for some reason applies to arcade cabinets and pinball machines. So there isn't very many suitable places that I can just go to chill and play.

 
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