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Ok I found an old Poll by "Marsupial" and the topic was how often do you use your games room. It was from 2010 and I think we can all agree that in the last 2 years the hobby has grown steady.
I know the TOPL has seen the numbers going up over the last year.
So I was just wondering all those members out there with a number of machines do you play them all at least once a day, a week, or month. I myself will try and at least turn one on everyday. If I have time to turn them all on and play at least one game on each one its a awesome day, my family members all have their Fav's so they always go give the flavor of the week all their time. I like them all I don't have a fav or I would only need one :lol: but some members have so many I can't see that happening. So do they only get a work out when you have company?
I must admit I am not that good so I turn them on play a game or two pull the glass adjust a switch or change a bulb play a few more games... I like to tinker with them, buy them fix them meet other people who like doing the same.
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I am in my games room on a daily basis. I play each game about once a week, more during hockey season. I play the games between periods.
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sensfreak wrote:I am in my games room on a daily basis. I play each game about once a week, more during hockey season. I play the games between periods.
You must have a lot of time this off season.....one LONG between periods! :lol:
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I play everyday for about an hour or 8
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Daily!
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When I have to test a machine, and at the MPL once a month.
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I play on a daily basis, especially after a hard day at work....

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Not as often as I might like. Most days I'll get at least one game in, and some days more, but it all depends on what else is going on. Definitely not all games all the time though-I'll tend to fixate on one game for a while. Lately, it's been X-Men and Twilight Zone (again), which means that I haven't really played most of the others much in the last few weeks. Every so often (if I have time), I'll go down the whole row of 7 games, but it's pretty rare to have that long uninterrupted by the kids during the day.

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I play for at least an hour, maybe more every day, more on weekends. I rotate around the room, so all games get play in line. If I notice I’m not looking forward to a machine when I come around to it, it gets sold, but that very rarely happens. I usually get in 2-4 machines per night, thought TSPP and LOTR will usually be a night in them each f there are long games.
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2 or 3 quick games a week...
Usually with one, or both, of my kids sitting on the stool in front of the machine distracting me the entire game.

AND its been like that for almost 2yrs now. Hence why Pinball is slowly loosing its place in my life

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Not nearly enough as I live in a dystopian pinball drought area and do not own any pins of my own.
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Play about every 2nd night for up to an hour and every once in awhile 2 or 3 days in a row. I know I would play more with an even bigger collection. :evil:
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I play at least once a week (at neighbours where my pin collection mostly resides), or when I am testing a machine that I am restoring. Keeps the games all fresh and exciting for me and I prefer to play against someone rather than by myself. Usually if I have a game set up in my home for any length of time, I get bored and it sits there, or I sell it.

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I play every day for an hour or two. I find myself adding mods and doing more maintenance lately and have had less time to play. On the weekends in the winter I try to get 2 hours a day in when the kids are not around.
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i wish i played more, if i get down there once every 2 weeks i'm lucky, life is busy, work is busy, family is busy, but it makes me happy knowing they are down there if i ever have free time
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Not nearly enough. Given the stress pinball removes, I don't think I play as much as I should. I vow to play more from now on.

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about 1 hour per week...
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