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Main => Forum/Website Discussion => Topic started by: Level42 on April 23, 2008, 06:22:55 pm

Title: Forget it, stupid that I even tried, should have known better...
Post by: Level42 on April 23, 2008, 06:22:55 pm: I see more and more pinball related threads. I think it would be great to have all these under a separate Pinball section.

Now, the first thing nay-sayers will argue will be that there are many Pinball forums already.
But that's not our target-audience. Our target-audience are BYOACers/Arcade collectors who take their first baby steps in pinball collecting/restoring. These are people who usually know their way in relation to video arcade games, but not in pinball land. And they would like to share with like-minded people.

So if you agree, please vote Yes.

We CAN do it ;)
Title: Re: We want a pinball section !
Post by: SirPeale on April 24, 2008, 08:21:07 am: I voted no. That's what Arcade Misc is for.
Title: Re: We want a pinball section !
Post by: shardian on April 24, 2008, 08:48:06 am: Personally, I would vote no. I like to post about pinball here, but to get help I prefer the pin section at KLOV. Why? Because there are several experts that help out there. D_Zoot drops in here from time to time, but the others don't.

If there became a sub forum for pins, it would become yet another section I don't visit. And don't even consider a daughter board, everyone forgets they exist as soon as they are made.

Stick with arcade misc - that way the action in there stays pretty regular.
Title: Re: We want a pinball section !
Post by: Ginsu Victim on April 24, 2008, 02:20:55 pm: I like to read the pinball threads, since I know nothing about them, but I wouldn't visit a dedicated section.
Title: Re: We want a pinball section !
Post by: Level42 on April 24, 2008, 04:22:54 pm: Sigh. Always the same nay-sayers...
Title: Re: Forget it, stupid that I even tried, should have known better...
Post by: Ginsu Victim on April 24, 2008, 04:26:55 pm: Not the same.
I'm still new.
;D
Title: Re: Forget it, stupid that I even tried, should have known better...
Post by: shardian on April 24, 2008, 04:37:26 pm: Dude, just how many new threads for pinball do you think would pop up each day? I doubt the new forum would even average 1 per day. I don't mean to be a constant nay-sayer, but the fact is that more and more specialized sections do not make the forum better - it dilutes the forum.
Title: Re: Forget it, stupid that I even tried, should have known better...
Post by: CheffoJeffo on April 24, 2008, 04:46:54 pm: Sorry, but I've got to agree ... as it stands we're getting fewer than a dozen new posts a day in AM ...
Title: Re: Forget it, stupid that I even tried, should have known better...
Post by: missioncontrol on April 29, 2008, 05:32:30 pm: got to say no... Arcade Miscellaneous was created for such topics...
Title: Re: Forget it, stupid that I even tried, should have known better...
Post by: WunderCade on April 29, 2008, 08:23:23 pm: I thought Arcade Miscellaneous was really the defacto Repairs and Help section.
Title: Re: Forget it, stupid that I even tried, should have known better...
Post by: Dartful Dodger on April 30, 2008, 06:26:41 pm: There are members who own and fix pinballs on this board, but there are also members who own and fix pool tables, air hockey tables, ticket dispensing machines, dart boards, urinals...

I can barely keep up with all the sections and subsections we already have.
Title: Re: Forget it, stupid that I even tried, should have known better...
Post by: saint on May 25, 2008, 04:48:37 pm: http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=80489.0
Title: Re: Forget it, stupid that I even tried, should have known better...
Post by: Level42 on May 25, 2008, 05:00:21 pm: I just fainted (a bit)..............

:applaud: :applaud: :applaud: :applaud: :applaud: :applaud: :applaud:
Title: Re: Forget it, stupid that I even tried, should have known better...
Post by: saint on May 25, 2008, 05:07:00 pm: heh :)