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I love the way he says 'I own'. Usually, a married couple say 'we own'. And let's be real, what John has actually paid for in that house would fit in a 10' x 8' storage unit.
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I know I've commented on this before, but I still find John's pinball fixation utterly ridiculous. I'm no aficionado myself, but to me, there's not really a meaningful difference between different pinball tables beyond the imagery. Sure, there might be some different gimmicks that do something neat, but in the end, you're just hitting a metal ball at targets to score points no matter what table you're playing on. (I'm sure that opinion will make true connoisseurs faint.) In that regard, even if I were going to drop a few thousand dollars on a pinball table so I could play to my heart's content, I can't imagine needing more than one. Not to mention the fact you'd have to play thousands of games before you break even, so you're certainly not saving money in the long term, especially after factoring in maintenance costs. Even if you're playing it five times a day every single day, a $10k table would take you five and a half years, assuming $1/game, and I'd be pretty sick of pinball long before that.
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I know I've commented on this before, but I still find John's pinball fixation utterly ridiculous. I'm no aficionado myself, but to me, there's not really a meaningful difference between different pinball tables beyond the imagery. Sure, there might be some different gimmicks that do something neat, but in the end, you're just hitting a metal ball at targets to score points no matter what table you're playing on. (I'm sure that opinion will make true connoisseurs faint.) In that regard, even if I were going to drop a few thousand dollars on a pinball table so I could play to my heart's content, I can't imagine needing more than one. Not to mention the fact you'd have to play thousands of games before you break even, so you're certainly not saving money in the long term, especially after factoring in maintenance costs. Even if you're playing it five times a day every single day, a $10k table would take you five and a half years, assuming $1/game, and I'd be pretty sick of pinball long before that.
But John buying nearly a dozen of them with Frank's money when he's the only one who's going to play them is just absurd. Nobody plays so much pinball that they need that many tables to rotate through, and if they do then they need help. John's only reason for buying these is because it's yet another way he can flex on the poors.
I know I've commented on this before, but I still find John's pinball fixation utterly ridiculous. I'm no aficionado myself, but to me, there's not really a meaningful difference between different pinball tables beyond the imagery. Sure, there might be some different gimmicks that do something neat, but in the end, you're just hitting a metal ball at targets to score points no matter what table you're playing on. (I'm sure that opinion will make true connoisseurs faint.) In that regard, even if I were going to drop a few thousand dollars on a pinball table so I could play to my heart's content, I can't imagine needing more than one. Not to mention the fact you'd have to play thousands of games before you break even, so you're certainly not saving money in the long term, especially after factoring in maintenance costs. Even if you're playing it five times a day every single day, a $10k table would take you five and a half years, assuming $1/game, and I'd be pretty sick of pinball long before that.
But John buying nearly a dozen of them with Frank's money when he's the only one who's going to play them is just absurd. Nobody plays so much pinball that they need that many tables to rotate through, and if they do then they need help. John's only reason for buying these is because it's yet another way he can flex on the poors.
Normally I would agree, but the scores they've hit on Alien pinball are actually pretty good. That said, obviously it depends what settings they're using, plus you can cheat, but I don't think even Wu would go as far as cheating. For a regular 3 ball game on standard settings those are solid scores though.This isn't any sort of real hobby, or real appreciation. It's just another thing that Wu buys to fill up the empty, empty jobless hours and the empty, empty soul of the complete non-achiever.
You must be new here. Nothing in this faggot's life isn't a result of him trying to cheat.I don't think even Wu would go as far as cheating
If he was gonna cheat, I don't think he'd do it so you can just see his scores in one random screenshot featuring Frank, where he doesn't even come first.You must be new here. Nothing in this faggot's life isn't a result of him trying to cheat.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not knocking those who are really into the hobby, this is just my point of view as an absolute layman who can probably count the number of times I've played pinball on one, maybe two hands. I don't know about the nitty gritty details, but it's understandable because it's not where my interests lie, and I certainly wouldn't feign expertise. To use another example like your gunsperg one, my personal fixation is gunpla, and while you can simplify every kit to "cut parts off runners and snap them together," kits will have different building experiences or features that you'd only really know about if you have it as a hobby. Hobbies are cool (hot take, I know).I mean this is like telling a gun sperg that they all propel lead down range, or a gear head all cars have engines.
Tables, especially now, have some really different play styles with all the gimmicks they cram in now that microcontrollers are cheap. That's before you get into the highscore spergs.
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From my pin-head friend, as a solo player you are going to max out at 5, tops. And the usual max is 3: You'll have your favorite table, your table you want to play when you need a break from your favorite table, and then a "New" table (basically one that caught your eye and you're trying out). A real sperg (ie. one that's old enough to have the scratch to buy tables) will probably have at least one or two of their "old favorites" from back in the day.
Anything above that is for display/pin-peen swinging or because you have a lot of guests.
It's possible he could have changed the settings to increase the score multiplier, but without access to the machine itself, it's impossible to say for sure. All you could really do is compare it to high score tables online and see how it stacks up; if it's a lot higher than one would expect, then one might suspect cheating. Johnny boy isn't above cheating in an obvious manner to make himself look good, though. I recall one tweet showing his awesome DDR score next to Frank's and making fun of him for it...but he failed to realize that the screen was showing he was playing on the easiest difficulty while Frank was playing on a much harder one.If he was gonna cheat, I don't think he'd do it so you can just see his scores in one random screenshot featuring Frank, where he doesn't even come first.
I know what a useless cunt he is, and all the things he's failed at. He paid people to program his video game in its entirety and I'd be surprised if he could even code "hello world" without fucking it up, but on this occasion, I'm thinking an almost-50 year old man hitting a respectable score on pinball is believable, especially as the table is in his house and he has fuck all else to do.
The man created the speed run category of any% princess SMB2 All Stars and then claimed to be a top speed runner because he held the record (until real speed runners easily took it from him). He is obsessed with these absolutely meaningless achievements, I see no reason too think he wouldn't cheat for a high score on Alien pinballNormally I would agree, but the scores they've hit on Alien pinball are actually pretty good. That said, obviously it depends what settings they're using, plus you can cheat, but I don't think even Wu would go as far as cheating. For a regular 3 ball game on standard settings those are solid scores though.
That's fair, but his score is nowhere near the high score (of all players) on that table, and wasn't even higher than Frank's score. That's why I gave him a pass, especially given that he can play it whenever he likes.I see no reason too think he wouldn't cheat for a high score on Alien pinball
I'm not sure about this, I've seen more evidence of Frank playing them. John mostly posts about tinkering with their guts like his Porsches.But John buying nearly a dozen of them with Frank's money when he's the only one who's going to play them is just absurd.
I can understand reading Wu's xitter feed and Wikipedia entry and being none the wiser, but imagine being a Kiwifarmer, reading this thread, and still being credulous about anything Wu has done.That's fair, but his score is nowhere near the high score (of all players) on that table, and wasn't even higher than Frank's score. That's why I gave him a pass, especially given that he can play it whenever he likes.
Here's an AI transcript of Wu's video. It's probably not perfect, but should be pretty accurate.