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[mrg196941]

I dont know if its common but in my local arcade i get people who come in and not contented playing one machine the put money in no less than 6 and flitter all day so no one gets alook in and it just pisses me and others off.
I think u should be able 2 play max 2 adjacent machines thanks

[todd1970]

I have made another thread about this very subject a while ago about the favouritism that goes on between certain players and staff..it appears it is not just limited to 'SlowSilvers'** (** the names have been changed to protect the innocent).

Since 'SlowSilvers' closed down i have been limited to 'Knobles'** in my town..it is a place i very very rarely go to mainly because its shit..and its full of B3/S16 machines and lo-techers..the odd hi-tech one thrown in.

So im walking past with some change in my pocket..about £7-10 and thought..och...why not ill go in and see whats what..so im playing a PTA and holding my own..couple of top boards...got up to around £20-30 odd.

Meanwhile there is a woman playing 'Bullion Bars' 3 player and i keep hearing...'Player 1...lets play Bullion Bars'..thinking shes doing no bad out of that..so i dunno how much she gets out of it..but it spits out a fair few quid.

So..i move on to another machine..and she moves on to player 3 bullion bars..didnt hear anything coming out of it..not that im 'sharking' but i happens to glance round occasionally..10-15 mins later she calls one of the staff over..and walks out.

Im down to about £10 or so by this time..and im thinkin..wait..she must have put a shit-load of cash into player 3..maybe its due a turn..so i walks up to it..and over the coin mech..'Sorry..this machine is out of order'..bit of card stuck on with blu-tack.

Hmmm...better leave that one then..so i goes back on to PTA different unit..im doing well out of it..building my cash back up slowly..30-45 mins later im still on it..with £36 odd in the bank..next thing a woman comes in...a different one..and goes over to player 3 bullion bars..and starts playing it.

Out of order is it ??...hmmm dosent look very 'out of order' to me..she sticks about a fiver in it and walks out...im like..ye know what...fk it..im going up to play that..so i just takes the 'out of order' sign right off it..and start playing it.

About a fiver later..i get a nudges for the JP...then about £3 or 4 later nudges for bullion bars top board...3 times in a row..ok it only went for £15 each time...but still..that was £70 all in i took out of it.

So..do you think its fair that certain players can 'hold' machines untill the next day or whatever..just untill they get a bit of cash together..so that they can go down and play it again..and recoup some of thier loses.

How many times have YOU been in an arcade..spunked £30-40-50 or more into a machine and had to walk out skint...knowing the next person to play that machine is on to a winner.

Isnt that what gambling on the machines is all about though ?

Just to 'bump' and old thread and to show that it still goes on..was walking past my Nobles yesterday or Cashino Games as its called now..only had about £7 on me so i wasnt out for a session by any means.

I thought..ill try my luck in the 10p/£5 Party Time machine that they have in there..walked in..theres a wummin thats NEVER out of the place playing all 3 at once..mutters to myself 'f***in great innit' and went to play a Bar X machine.

Playing this machine caught it on a small run for £15 odd..thinking to myself is she ever gonna get off them machines..probably not...so took my winnings to a 30p/£25 PTA..its keeping me playing for ages..getting up £14..getting up again £20..etc..but no significant wins.

So there is a 3 player bullions bars right behind the PTA and i hear coins going into it..look round and its the woman that was playing Party Time....good i thought...shes finally off it i can go get a shot of it..meanwhile she decides shes playing all 3 Bullion Bars at once.

Walks over to the Party Time and on all 3 units there is a 'Sorry im being played' card on them..with no credit in any of them...WTF !!!

I mean make up your f***in mind what machine(s) your gonna play..you cant just take your pick surely and when your bored with a machine hold it..cos your bored with it..and 'I may come back to that later' or i may not.

Its not giving other players a fair chance at playing any of the machines because some people in there get preferential treatment and can pick and choose when they play the machines and no-one else gets a look in.

Maybe im being melodramatic...but does this seem fair to anyone else ? .. Im hardly ever in the Arcade but im seriously considering sending an e-mail to their head office about what goes on in their arcades.

My views on the situation from a thread i done a while back.

[Magz]

Yet another reason not to go to arcades - I'm surprised there are any left open...

[vectra666]

"player 1,3, 4,5 oh sorry its not you!!! they,ve all got a credit in them since the old granny left 30p in each" lol now that really pisses me off you just raided player 2 say and there,s nowt else to decent to play in there i.e gala! and the rest of em have 1 credit in them for the last 2 hrs there only supposed to be save whilst bingo is playin in my eyes if you,ve ran out of money at bingo then you should leave machine creditless not in the hope you may win a fiver on the bingo

[markleshark]

shoot the lot of 'em