Quoted from websherpa

I guess MAACA is proof that what doesn't kill your interest in the hobby makes you strong enough to survive MAACA.

Where have all the gladiators gone?

Hell I never even had chest hair until I started posting on here.

I find parts that belong to another machine a lot. If you wonder why parts are missing from your machine it's because dumb a** ops stick them in the bottom of other machines.

Maybe there is an analogy between MAACA membership and Darwinian evolution.

Man I found allot of things in cabs.
I found a flash lite,50 bucks in cash in a galaga cab converted to Mortal Kombat. Nos plastic sets for other games then the one i got!
One pinball machine had stern service manual for like 4 or 5 different sterns 80 era and the machine I got it from was not even that old.
Purchased a pitfighter machine there was 2 other boards in it one being a rampage another being power driver.
But the best one was working at Henrie amusement purchased a lot from allouette and they where all full of the cineplex tokens about 130$.
Kind of cool never cost me a dime for arcades when i go to theater.
Theirs more stuff but i forgot I have gotten very lucky.

The Hi-Lo Ace I got from Sparky on Saturday had an old Rolex watch in it!!!

My new JD had a dead June bug in it.....I had a quick fright that it was a cockroach.
That would have been tragic!

I've never found anything interesting in any of my machines,

As for people cancelling their accounts and what not, i've been a chatter on the internet since BBS days, and nothing
has changed, people act differently online then they do in real life, and people just have to stop being drama queens
and taking everything so seriously,

this is the internet, no one gives a mess about who you are, or who you know, or what you have, everyone is equal on here, we're just a bunch of 0's and 1's and the thing about online chatting is there is no way to express your emotion when you are saying something, other then these stupid a** emoticons,

So what one person might say in a joking/funny way might be taken totally the opposite way by the person it was meant for.

So to end this rant, all i have to say is don't take things personally, don't have a hissy fit, don't quit the hobby, don't quit the boards.

GROW UP this is a dying industry, and we need as many people to keep this hobby alive as possible, so come on people, can't we all get along?????

Eric.

Quoted from thunderstorm

... can't we all get along?????

Eric.

Don't worry... I love you!

As for what we call "keyboard machismo", it happens. I am glad to say that I am as crazy in person as I am in front of a keyboard... ask anyone.



...


At the COPAAAAAAAA ... COPACABANAAAAAAAAAA

Quoted from thunderstorm

i've been a chatter on the internet since BBS days.

I'm impressed you know what a BBS is.

Quoted from thunderstorm

this is the internet, no one gives a mess about ...what you have.

I care that you have pins that I don't have.    Sell Ripleys to me cheap.

I, for myself, found a calculator and NOS cigarette stickers...that were once used on cigarette machines to advertize the different brands (Rothmans, Export'A', Craven 'A', ...)

tartagliag

Quoted from Bish

I'm impressed you know what a BBS is.



I care that you have pins that I don't have.    Sell Ripleys to me cheap.

And sell me that cyclone CHEAP I may even stop picking on you! behind your back...
I will still do it in person, but no more behind your back.

Seriously I need it to complete the tri-fector Hurricane-Comet- AND YOUR CYCLONE!!!!!!!!!

Do it now!

Quoted from thunderstorm

this is the internet, no one gives a mess about who you are, or who you know, or what you have, everyone is equal on here, we're just a bunch of 0's and 1's and the thing about online chatting is there is no way to express your emotion when you are saying something, other then these stupid a** emoticons,

I wouldn't go as far as saying we are just 1's and 0's. In my travels I have met in person almost all of the regulars on this forum, many of whom several times.

sorry, i didn't mean to say that the people are only 1's and 0's i meant that what we say on here is only 1's and 0's and should be taken as such
and for people to not get so excited about everything,

I also have met a lot of people from here as well, and even managed to have some really nice people come over last summer for a CGCC bash, it was great.

I think i have seen you Necro at the playdium championship, but i didn't get a chance to meet you.

Bish - No, sorry man, i really like Ripley's, so it's not going anywhere anytime soon.
         and how are you suprised that i know what a BBS is? hell i ran one out of my parents basement when i was in grade 9 back in 1992


B1- what can i say, NO cyclone was my first machine, and shall stay with me till the day i die (and no this isn't an offer for you to kill me)

Carry on..

Eric

While I agree that people need a thicker skin, especially when it comes to light hearted jokes, we need to keep in mind that the people on the other end of the inter-tubes are flesh and blood people... with feelings. It's a thin line to walk. The only board I ever left was one where a guy made an anti-semetic comment. I notified the moderators, and it turned out the guy that made the comment was a moderator, and he didn't apologize. I didn't want to associate with people like that, so I left.

We each draw our own line. For ALJO the line was making fun of his use of oil/lube in his machines. He decided to leave, that was his choice.