Do you ever feel like a dork for owning arcade games?

[Cenobyte]

Just like Cenobyte said. In the olden days, you had a trigger handle. Sometimes, with the throttle maxed, we'd see how spectacularly the car would fly off the track.

Check this out to see a race on my track:


Especially at 1:20 you can see the cars go on the straight.

And (dork that I am) this room is gonna receive a fresh Terminator 2 cabinet, if I can come to terms with a seller over here  

And to prove that I don't have a mustache: I'm the guy on the left in the beginning of the film, at 0:10  

[Donkbaca]

I bet if you grew a mustache you would enjoy your corvette more

[Bootay]

Unfortunately after we got married she all of a sudden lost interest in all of the things that attracted me to her in the first place...

This is a strange sentence...

Not sure what you mean, but let me explain in case it didn't make sense. 

When I met my wife...she was into watching Anime, Horror films, video games, computers, and reading comics. Those are the same things that I was into and I never met a girl who liked these things so I was very interested in dating her. After we got married, she thinks that Anime is too over the top adult and doesn't feel like reading subtitles, horror films give her bad dreams, she would rather be doing other things than playing video games, the only computer related thing she does is facebook, and would rather read Twilight for the 15th time than read a comic. 

People change...I get this so I am not upset about it. But was liking all of that stuff just an act? hmm... 

[Donkbaca]

If all that stuff was an act than you are lucky that she cares enough about you to not only accept your dorkiness, but feign her own. 

[Bootay]

If all that stuff was an act than you are lucky that she cares enough about you to not only accept your dorkiness, but feign her own. 

Yea...I don't mind because she never gives me ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- about any of my dorky hobbies. I can buy what I want, and play when I want so it all works out.

[Donkbaca]

Hopefully you have others reasons to be attracted to your wife   Its nice to have a wife that has a lot of the same interests, but its also nice to have that space to yourself.  For example, my wife and I both play golf, some of buddies are like, "that's so cool that your wife likes golf" and other buddies are like, "I am glad my wife doesn't like golf, that the whole point of playing golf - to get away from your wife!"

[Dartful Dodger]

+1 for having a slot car track.

also

+1 for having a slot car track being dorkier than having an arcade game.

It's only dorkier because an arcade cab can be seen as an antique. Your track and cars (no matter how old or valuable they are) will only be seen as toys. Not only are they toys, but unlike arcade cabinets, they're toys you do not allow kids to play with.

Now that my cabinet is done I've started working on making my track permanent.

My track has a train crossing. So it's a car and train set. Double the dorkiness.


The great thing about slot cars is it's something fun to do while drinking and watching a cheesy car movie.

Two weeks ago I had a couple of buddies over and we raced while watching Fireball 500 and Thunder Alley.

Since I finished my arcade cabinet I haven't really played it. When I have friends or family over with kids it'll get played for a few minutes, but adults never touch it. 

My slot car track, even though it's just a temporary track on a 4X8 sheet, is the reason my buddy's would rather meet in my basement than at a bar.  We're between the ages of 40 and 60, acting/feeling like teenagers in our parents' basements.

Very dorky, but very fun.

[yotsuya]

My track has a train crossing. So it's a car and train set. Double the dorkiness.

 

[Donkbaca]

Holy Crap!  Trains + slotcars!  If you had action figures on it, and the track doubled as a storage compartment for your comics collection and dungeons and dragons gear, well I think my head would explode from the dorkiness.

I am going to bookmark this thread, the next time my wife says I am being dorky I will pull it up and say "well at least I'm not one of these slot car/action figure/train guys" and then mumble (though I wish I were one of their friends) under my breath...

[Bootay]

Hopefully you have others reasons to be attracted to your wife  

LOL well of course....I meant aside from the obvious reasons.

[Cenobyte]

I am going to bookmark this thread, the next time my wife says I am being dorky I will pull it up and say "well at least I'm not one of these slot car/action figure/train guys" and then mumble (though I wish I were one of their friends) under my breath...

My friends and I meet on a monthly basis (every third friday evening of the month) and we spend the evening talking about cars, going through last month's Top Gear magazine, drinking beers, racing slot cars, playing the occasional arcade game (even more so when my cab's will be finished) or playing billiards (we have a table in our room). Besides the monthly evenings, I also host the occasional slot race event. Very dorky but very nice 

[RayB]

wtf is pancake makeup?

Wumpscut you can have. I think there's only 3 tracks in total I really still like.

This girl's a keeper.

[ChadTower]

wtf is pancake makeup?

Makeup thick enough it looks like it was applied with a pancake.

[Mikezilla]

wtf is pancake makeup?

Wumpscut you can have. I think there's only 3 tracks in total I really still like.

This girl's a keeper.

How did you meet here? Thats the tricky part, meeting the girls. Once thats over with, everything else is cake.

[Mikezilla]

I love how EVERYONE remembers that thread. Cheffo made a comment about that the other day as well.

I did laugh though PBJ. Nice. 

[ChadTower]

I love how EVERYONE remembers that thread. Cheffo made a comment about that the other day as well.

I did laugh though PBJ. Nice. 

It's the new MDF loading joke.  Give it about 2 years.

[Mikezilla]

Damn. I missed the MDF loading joke. 

[Ed_McCarron]

 

Ah, the MDF joke.  Right up there with thinking you won the lottery.

[Gray_Area]

Hahahahahahah. Oh my. Golden days. Oh. Um.

[RayB]

This dork had an exhausting weekend.

[Gray_Area]

You're managing to type left handed pretty well, though.

Working the tunnel can be involving.

[shateredsoul]

Yes, but then I realize I'm not the only one that plays video games when I reveal that. Turns out one of my professors is a gamer!

The most embarrassing moment though was when I revealed, in class as an undergrad, that I knew what mmorpg, I don't play them! I just know what it means. ......

[ChadTower]

The most embarrassing moment though was when I revealed, in class as an undergrad, that I knew what mmorpg, I don't play them! I just know what it means. ......

You must not be an engineering major.  We used to use the predecessors to MMORPGs as online meeting places for class discussions.

[newmanfamilyvlogs]

You mean a MUD?

[BELLcadia]

I will admit I do feel kind of nerdy at times.  But when I have a BBQ and all my boys come over and see my man cave.  As soon as they realize what it is and what it does.  They are blown away.  There is nothing like watching grown men fight over playing arcade games on my cab.  And then of course they want one.  Helping one friend build his own cab as we speak. 
 

[ChadTower]

You mean a MUD?

MOOs, but yeah, very similar.

[newmanfamilyvlogs]

muds, moos, mushes... the distinctions between them always seemed pretty thin to me.

[ChadTower]

muds, moos, mushes... the distinctions between them always seemed pretty thin to me.

For our purposes MOOs were pretty good because they allowed user created object oriented content.  Good programming practice.  Plus it was pretty rare for someone to come along and chop your head off.   

[newmanfamilyvlogs]

I wonder how that concept would fly now if it wad a graphical interface, user generated content and... oh wait thats Second Life. it all just ends with flying penises.

[RayB]

Text ones still exist and turn a good profit:
http://www.ironrealms.com/

[Rando]

muds, moos, mushes... the distinctions between them always seemed pretty thin to me.

MUD, Multi-User-Dungeon?

Played these for a bit in college.  Friend and I would go out at night, get hammered, get shot down, and then sneak into the computer labs to play until dawn.  Damn that was fun. 

[Solidfunk]

I cannot complain at all! I get called a Sexy Geek 

[TheChairmanH2K]

im building a dedicated World of Warcraft cabinet and yet i dont feel like a dork.  some people have arcades some people bass fish, hell some women collect wicker baskets and pay tons more than we would for a cabinet.  besides "dork" "geek" etc usually refer to social outcasts or kids on the fringe.  id say the good majority of users on this board and in this hobby are well adjusted, married with kids and productive members of society.  if thats being a dork nowadays then so be it.

[Mikezilla]

im building a dedicated World of Warcraft cabinet and yet i dont feel like a dork.  some people have arcades some people bass fish, hell some women collect wicker baskets and pay tons more than we would for a cabinet.  besides "dork" "geek" etc usually refer to social outcasts or kids on the fringe.  id say the good majority of users on this board and in this hobby are well adjusted, married with kids and productive members of society.  if thats being a dork nowadays then so be it.

Lets get back to business here. A WoW themed cabinet?!?  Sounds cool. Tell me youre going Horde for the design!

[CheffoJeffo]

besides "dork" "geek" etc usually refer to social outcasts or kids on the fringe.  id say the good majority of users on this board and in this hobby are well adjusted, married with kids and productive members of society. 

True enough.

The misfits seem to all hang out at TwinGalaxies ... but they end up in movies, so who am I to say ?

 

[TheChairmanH2K]

mikezilla, not going Horde all the way although that is my preferred faction.  im actually going to have the faction logos as the side art.  the horde symbol then under that the different racial symbols and on the other side same thing for alliance.  marquee will be a take off of the "world of warcraft" logo and the cp will be a combination of the 3 expansions thus far.  plus im gonna do a sweet bezel info card.  buttons will be in horde and alliance colors.

[Donkbaca]

joystick? Or buttons for movement?  Trackball? or mouse?

[TheChairmanH2K]

well donkbaca, funny you should ask that.  i have no idea!!!  i posted a question on the main board asking this very question.  got a lot of views but not one answer.  kind of pissed me off to be honest.  im not gonna do buttons for movement im pretty sure.  most really good players use a mouse to move as it allows you to turn around faster so i was thinking trackball but id need mouse buttons as well.  im considering joysticks since its pretty much like using the arrows on my laptop but i want the better movement like the trackball.  i might do both   any suggestions would be appreciated greatly.

[Donkbaca]

It could work. But WoW is something you play for hours at a time so make sure it's comfortable.  I think a joystick would work fine. You need a button to jump. I would have a street fighter type setup for your quick bar. I think you need a mouse though. I don't see a trackball being responsive enough

[Mikezilla]

It could work. But WoW is something you play for hours at a time so make sure it's comfortable.  I think a joystick would work fine. You need a button to jump. I would have a street fighter type setup for your quick bar. I think you need a mouse though. I don't see a trackball being responsive enough

I agree with everything you said. I think a trackball is a little awkward too considering you have to be somewhat precise when using the buttons on the HUD. Thats cool man, sounds interesting. I like to play horde, so, naturally, I think they are cooler. But your ideas sound awesome. I cant wait to check it out the pics in the project announcement board.