gaspumprob wrote:
> The last expo I attended was in 1999. I toured the Williams pinball
> factory and a few days later it shut down. StarWars 1 was in production
> and now when I watch my Tilt Video I see myself sitting in the expo room
> hearing George Gomez speak on the creation of Pinball 2000. I also hear
> my voice on the video when I asked him a question about P2K. I would
> love to go back to expo again sometime it is awsome. I am thinking of
> going to the CA expo in two weeks. Does anyone here have any thoughts on
> that show. I like the newer DMD games and was wondering if the Ca. show
> is mainley EM.
>
> ROB
>
>
As stated, its a love-in for pinball folks, fat guys and few wives of
which are usually the same in description and denouement as the nigthts
grow long. The ones that don't are first and last timers. Reminisce
all you like and have ties, reality is every show is literally the same
with the same players, same plots, and actually pretty much the same
games being displayed as 'new.' Sad, but pinball as we know it is 2-3
decades dead and dying a very very very slow death due to of course
dedicated and loving life time addicts. Enjoy the show in Cali, its
pretty much the same flavor with more youth and less jaded folks
involved, taking them longer to figure it out in the end.