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Seattle June 12-14 Arcade/Pinball show
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solowCX:
Left a little early, but like the show so far. Played some good games and even won some stickers, Pac-Man t-shirt and Saint's Project Arcade book. Of course I already have the Project Arcade book. Anyone need a copy? Pay shipping and it is yours.  :)
TheShanMan:
Lots of fun! I was wearing a black shirt with an orange print of a coin slot "25c Insert Coin To Play" on it, if anyone happened to notice. Tomorrow I'll be wearing this shirt:



I did see the flynn's shirt today, but I hadn't seen this thread until just now.
Paladin:
I was there for 4 hours yesterday.  Got to play a lot of pinball, but only played a few games of Tempest on the arcade side.  Even thought I've restored multiple Tempest cabs, I haven't just fired one up and really 'played'.  It seems like the only time I fire them up is when I'm working on one.  I was thrilled that I was able to get to the light blue levels, and haven't been that high in years.

I also spent some time watching a guy with over 1 million points on Robotron.  I was trying to pick up some pointers, and although he was giving me some good information I think the main thing I came away with was that I'm just too slow!  He had some lightning fast reflexes.
bkenobi:
So as I was walking to the Pinball room yesterday, I saw a notebook full of cabinet fliers sitting on one of the tables.  I leafed through a few pages to see what was in it and this guy comes up and says "Hi, I'm Steve Ritchie".  I said "Hey".  Then my wife called to me and said "Hurry up", so I turned and walked on.  Did I just snub Steve?  I thought it was funny after the fact  :laugh2:
Ummon:

--- Quote from: Paladin on June 13, 2009, 10:37:07 am ---I was there for 4 hours yesterday.  Got to play a lot of pinball, but only played a few games of Tempest on the arcade side.  Even thought I've restored multiple Tempest cabs, I haven't just fired one up and really 'played'.  It seems like the only time I fire them up is when I'm working on one.  I was thrilled that I was able to get to the light blue levels, and haven't been that high in years.

I also spent some time watching a guy with over 1 million points on Robotron.  I was trying to pick up some pointers, and although he was giving me some good information I think the main thing I came away with was that I'm just too slow!  He had some lightning fast reflexes.

--- End quote ---

Nice. I'm planning on making it to something where there's a Tempest, one of these days. While I don't get a million every day on Robotron, I have passed that a few/several times, and from some of the comments on that game here, that's like just getting into the minor leagues. Light blue levels on Tempest, on the other hand, looks to be up there on the scale.
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