Forum Overview :: Gamerasutra :: It was not sarcasm

[quote name="Ice Cream Jonsey"]That was exactly what I was looking for, five PC pinball games programmed with the intent to put some realistic physics behind them. Now I just have to find them. Although cdaccess.com is selling the bunch of them in a collection for $24.95, I feel I can do better than that price. Speaking of pinball, here is a story a guy posted to rec.games.pinball that we can all enjoy: [quote]since i'm in between moving i've pretty much been camped out in my downtime at the local gamehall on the only two pins to be found on route sopranos and elvis anyhow, so i was puttin' some scores up on sopranos and a guy asks if we could turn it into a bit of competition. so what the heck. well, i'm doing quite alright and playing well, then he steps up and just manhandles the pin, we're talking slap saves and moving the pin a good 2 ft. left and right to save balls ( which i'm all for and don't see any problem with ) but he was virtually doing it nearly every time the ball just nearly came rolling a hint towards the middle. he hit everything on the fly and made most anything he was shooting for, with hardly ever cradling the ball. he has the 2nd lock lit and ready to go, but drains ( me smiling to myself about my win ) THEN as the ball is draining he picks up the entire front of the pin and by doing so he tells me this will cause the 1st ball locked in the stugots to roll back and trigger the 2nd lock ball opto and start multiball. afterwards we have a good laugh and he tells me he only plays the few pins on route that are at this location and has never thought of owning a pin. had a high score of 800 million + posted on sopranos from a few days ago and was quite the location player. not sure how he would be much on a pin that was set-up with a lower tilt and he wasn't allowed to manhandle the pins, but on HIS TURF i totally got my ass handed to me and my hat went off to him. was a great experience and definitely an eye opener that i need to hit the weightroom some more since otherwise i won't be able to compete with these location only players :-) [/quote] It's important to have goals when you are lifting weights and my current goal is to build up enough strength to save a single ball from draining down the middle on "Black Hole." ETA: Summer, 2023. the dark and gritty...Ice Cream Jonsey! [/quote]