by HornedGramma on Thu Dec 04, 2008 9:35 am
Oh, you talk to me like I just started playing and I've never posted on a message board before. I appreciate you taking the time to break it down for me, but I know that God created the message board that there may be shit-talking.
Being on the inside, you have different perceptions of some of CFF's behavior. Conversely, being on the outside, I'm unfamiliar with your interpersonal politics and can only react to what I see (which might be something for you all to keep in mind). Ultimately I acknowledge that the reason the Portland pinball scene is on fire like it is is because of you guys. And I fucking love pinball, so in that regard I am appreciative of every motherfucking last one of ya.
Sometimes there are drunken asses and intentional humiliation. Sometimes someone pounds on a machine. Sometimes its CFF, and sometimes its not. Last night at Clinton some dickbag flipped off your logo on the wall and then just about put his fist through the glass of Terminator 3, and at that moment I was glad that there is SOME kind of organization in this town that means something -- its what keeps games from ending up like the ones in the bowling alley I used to play at in California.
Probably I came looking for some of that patented CFF shit-talk, if I'm being honest. You guys are almost as good at that as you are at the game itself. It motivates me to get better and beat your scores. I get a little fire under my feet and I focus and I watch and learn and practice. If I beat you guys, I'm beating some of the best players in town. Its not so much a competitive feeling, just an indicator that I'm improving. And okay, a little competitive too.
So much for a friendly topic...