From: tpehrson@javelin.sim.es.com (tim clinkenpeel)
Subject: _ultimate_pinball_idiocy_ [TAF]
Reply-To: tpehrson@javelin.sim.es.com
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 22:42:08 GMT

last night myself and three friends decided to entertain ourself with a few
games of addam's family.  i was determined to do well, as the machine is
serviced by a familiar who was proud of his legit high in the neighboorhood of
200 million.

while still in our first game and with quarters on the glass, two other
persons oblivious to etiquette approached and asked if they could play in the
next game.  obviously, this is impossible; however, two of the more polite
persons in our party agreed to resign and play the adjacent gilligan's island
the next round.  for simplicity's sake, we will call the two strangers
"ape-face" and "gender-unknown" for the duration of my tale.

two of us earned replays.  i asked them if they wished to join in.  they
declined.  while we were playing, ape-face took pride in boisterously
recounting how the previous evening he had casually scored in excess of 400
million.  his arrogance i found extremely annoying.  "i'll show you what 400
million looks like" i thought to myself.  then he explained, using
playfield-view-inhibiting hand gestures, how the machine he played last night
had blue strike targets instead of orange.  fascinating.

this time only i earned a replay.  again, i invited them to join in.  they
said no.

replay was now at 64,000,000.  i took another.  this time they agreed to join.
i invited them to play first and second.  the pricing is 1 for $.50/3 for
$1.00 on this machine.  ape-face inserted a single quarter and then proceeded
to slam-tilt the machine when it would not allow him to play on a half credit.
after depositing the correct amount of coins, the game commenced.  ape-face
scored an impressive 440,000.  gender-unknown ranked in at 100,000.  my turn.
my high on TAF was a mere 158,000,000.  however, their hubris, negligence and
jeering the ball to drain or the machine to tilt upset the delicate balance of
pinball karma.  justice was served as i scored 310,000,000.  i don't know how
this ranks with some of you pinball druids, but i was exhilirated.  i had
simultaneously collected three tunnels on 'tunnel hunt' and three knocks on
'seance', both firsts for any in our circle.  i had also brought the mansion
to a single room remaining, again something we had not yet experienced.

ball two.  ape-face manages a few million.  he left his front & center
position and gender-unknown approached the machine.  in a split second his
moth-like intelligence responded to the flashing 'start' button by depressing
it.  too fast for me to scream.  too quick for me to grab it's arm and dash it
into splinters over my knee.  an empty feeling consumed me and i turned and
left.  i had nothing to say to either of these complete morons, and lacked the
motivation to place their faces thru the playfield glass as i felt thoroughly
denigrated.

the end.

if you work for bally/williams or speak to persons who do, this is my ardent
plea to discontinue the game restart 'feature'.  i would be overjoyed to see
either a FOOL-proof solution (i.e. timed confirmation) or it eliminated
altogether.  i strongly believe the type of person who would ultilize this
feature is aware of the power-cycling option.
-- 
warning: my messages are offensive to morons |R| a person is only equal to all 
disclaimer: i exclusively represent myself! ||F|| others when s/he treats them
__________ lick bush in '92! _____________ |||R||| as such; inferior otherwise
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