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Someone is putting in votes really fast for Jason. I just went in, and every time I submitted a vote, his count seemed to go up too. Adam is in the lead again, but not by much.

I figured that some people were coming in from Europe and voting overnight, but who knows. Have any numbers gone down?

You kind of have to because of any case where users are sharing a common connection. Most offices, homes, and probably some condos or apartment buildings where they have internet included. That's why it's a cookie per browser, and N attempts per IP. I have noticed that it seems to be throwing...

It seems strange that this would only happen in multiball and not whenever the game serves a ball into the trough though. Both would be the same operation with the same coil strength, right?

Hey guys, I'm looking for an older-gen ipod with the 30 pin connector for my Dad. He's got a couple of docks in the house, and wanted to be able to just keep all his music in place, instead of having to move the one ipod between them. Ideally I'd like to find a 4th/5th gen HDD model (or the...

I'm just impressed that you hauled your STLE upstairs like that, unless it's just clever staging.

I am EXTREMELY glad that I didn't have to move more than 2 games in/out of my old place, and that my current house is much easier to navigate. I don't envy a task like that, but can understand the stress completely-you are moving 60-100k worth of hardware after all. Glad the move worked out!

So now that this game has been in the wild for a year, what do people think? I've noticed that things have gone a little quiet on the code front, which is kind of disappointing, but I suppose it's to be expected. There seemed to be some good ideas about trying to balance the game a little...

You could also look into proxy servers to change your public IP to get more votes in. I just tried this one for example: https://whoer.net/webproxy You can exit from any of about 12 sites, so in theory you could get 60 more votes in every 24h that way.

Vote early, vote often?

If you want to get multiple votes in, you can just launch a browser in private/incognito mode (or presumably delete the cookie the site uses to detect you've been there). I just put in 3 more votes on it that way. You might have to get through a CAPTCHA, and I actually got a "log in with...

When I saw the address, I wondered for a second if they took over the space that used to be the Brunswick House, since I'd heard that closed down. Not the same place (but close by). Sounds like a cool location though-assuming they're open to the idea, we'll probably do a TOPL night there next...

It's alive (mostly)! Ran into a few challenges with getting windows set up on there (apparently it's really hard to activate an XP key now, but you can still do it), and had to dig through some graphics driver settings to force detection of the TV. There's a setting in the ATI Catalyst control...

That's extremely cool. Every time I go to a show where they have 3d printers, I usually get into a conversation about printing pinball parts, especially as replacements for things like ramps that are impossible to get at a reasonable price.

Thanks for the link, but I'm OK on roms-those are definitely backed up, but it's some of the miscellaneous configs etc that I need to find where I have saved (or recreate them). I'm also not a hyperspin fan. It's flashy, but every time I've used it, it seems way harder to just find what you're...

Don't think a Linux box would make a difference-it's not even showing up in the BIOS, and the drive isn't spinning at all, so it's likely just dead. It is an old hard drive after all, and I've seen them fail much sooner, so it really was just a matter of time. In any case, started over with...

Yeah, I'd seen the freezer trick online, as well as a suggestion to put it in a warm oven for 10 mins. The oven I get because it could reflow some solder-there was a similar trick back with the original Xbox 360s and wrapping them in a towel to overheat internally-but the freezer seemed...

So the main IDE HDD in my MAME bit the dust, and I can't seem to get it to work anymore. I'd like to at least be able to clone it to a new drive, but it won't even come up in the BIOS. I think it's the power, since it doesn't spin at all, but nothing I've tried so far has worked. I've...

Glad you managed to find a set-I'm always amazed at the stuff that pinball people have lying around :)

So no fix for the kickback missing the ball, but some interesting changes so far. The mode scoring seems to be way more valuable, especially if you get a couple of map completions in, and have some of the "feeder" modes finished. Personally, I haven't changed my mode approach much, since I'm...