Glossary of Machine Acronyms

[Slingshot]

Would it be worthwhile to post what the acronym's stand for, so that novice players would have an easier time understanding? I'm not sure how much traffic the board gets so it may just be a waste of time.

[deathsave]

no need to compile our own: http://www.ipdb.org/glossary.php

[Kickback]

looks like an army of nicknames for newbies if you ask me. I like Nudge personally. I still can't find a Tank on a pinball machine, so we'll have to invent one.

[ROM]

Didn't he get the name Tank because he used to "tank" each time he stepped up played? Like, they made a joke about how he kinda sucked?

[deathsave]

i see a tank on this backglass... http://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=829&picno=5211

[ROM]

ah, fish tank. Good one.

How about the ?

[deathsave]

air tank. nice effort though.

[ROM]

dangit.

[DDT]

Tank is Tank , as Deiter is Deiter, sometimes a nickname bounces off a chosen name like teflon. Tank is not a pin related nickname, but Special is!

[revtest]

is a special tank shorter than a regular tank?

[ROM]

for the record, I wasn't taking a jab at Tank. That's the story he told me, I think.

[Kickback]

Me either.

[ROM]

Not so fast. One of us has to have been taking a jab. And I said I wasn't first. So that means you were. You can't hide forever.

[bounceback]

TANK is an acronym you idiots: total annihilation, no kills; refers to starting total annihilation on AFM without any saucer or martian hits. tank is a master of this technique, watch out.

[Slingshot]

Does that link have acronym's for names of machines? MM, MB, TZ, TOTAN, etc...

[bounceback]

i know one way to find out...

[replay]

It's old school shit, Drunk Tank. Cff og shit, rockin machines, screaming at the top of our lungs, freakin out squares. Drunk Tank.

[Kickback]

The story finally comes out. I new someone would finally step up. One very Special drunk Tank. Does he check this anymore?

[bounceback]

i saw him the other night in my dream. fighting a knight with a foam shield...

[TILT]

Tell me if I got it wrong Tank...

He got put in Hooper Detox one night about 8 or 9 years ago on an infamous "Suit Night" and punched a KUFO discjockey in the nose for making fun of the suit he was wearing while in the same cell. Thereby earning himself a private room for the night! You guys can ask Dieter and Russ about it too.

TANK!