patcdr @patcdr.net · 16hTime for my annual PAX West Report: twitch.tv/patcdr This time I'm not terribly late!twitch.tvPatCdr - TwitchPatCdr streams live on Twitch! Check out their videos, sign up to chat, and join their community. 020
patcdr @patcdr.net · 20hOkay, forgot one really last thing. According to Google Maps, I traveled at least 27 miles. My phone claims I walked 10 of those, and I got 23,500ish steps during the journey. 011
patcdr @patcdr.net · 20hAnd lastly because I think it's funny, I managed to play three different generations of Star Trek machines in reverse chronological order on Saturday: 110
patcdr @patcdr.net · 20hSimilarly, I'd've never known where all the The Addams Family machines were without @pinballmap.com. I'd prolly play a lot less pinball in general if it didn't exist. 110
patcdr @patcdr.net · 20hAlso, a couple shout outs: Probably wouldn't have even tried this withoutOneBusAway (@onebusaway.bsky.social). Been using it for ages for real time bus tracking. It's so much nicer to know that a bus is real and should be at the stop in five minutes than reading the schedule and praying. 100
patcdr @patcdr.net · 20hIf I do one of these kinds of traveling threads again, I'll probably write a small frontend for me that saves stuff that fails to post. It can't be that hard to shove text into window.localStorage. 100
patcdr @patcdr.net · 20hNo indication what went wrong. Just "posting replies" or "uploading images" and then the page would refresh. Poof! Gone! Started copying my text before trying to post. Just gave up on alt text entirely. Maybe iPhone Chrome isn't the way to use Bluesky? Don't love adding more apps. 100
patcdr @patcdr.net · 20hWhat didn't work? Bluesky. At the start of the trek, I was using the thread append button and typing out alt text for my images, but it kept eating my posts wholesale! Some of those posts were thumbed out three times before I could get it to post. 100
patcdr @patcdr.net · 20hIt was a little annoying to carry--ended up causing my zipper to chafe me a bit, being in my breast pocket--but totally worth it. My phone ran down a few times, but the external battery was still close to full. Prolly need to replace the phone's internal battery. 100
patcdr @patcdr.net · 20hSo, the major improvements were really just waking up earlier, slightly better routing and buying an external battery. 100
patcdr @patcdr.net · 20hFourthly: Bad data. I'd written down that the Seattle Pinball Museum closed at 8 PM. It closes at 6 PM. Not sure if I just typo'd it or if the hours change outside of summer when I wrote my spreadsheet of locales. 100
patcdr @patcdr.net · 20hThirdly: My dang phone. It's an iPhone 13 Mini referb. The battery life is fine for most days, but it was already at 70% before I left Larry's Tavern. Would not have been able to post live. At best, I'd've gotten pictures if I never used my phone for anything else. 100
patcdr @patcdr.net · 20hSecondly: I didn't understand the 50 bus. Its last stop in the West Seattle Arcade stop on Alki Beach, and that's where the drivers get to take a 30 minute break. You must get on a bus that may or may not have any signage indicating it's the 50 until it's basically leaving. Wasted 30 minutes there. 100
patcdr @patcdr.net · 20hPostmortem time! I mentioned trying to do this a week ago and failing, so I wanna discuss what went better. First, and simplest: I got out of the house sooner. Don't remember exactly when I left before, but I got to West Seattle around 5 PM. Way too late. 112
patcdr @patcdr.net · 27/09/2026Here's how Jupiter's Adams Family sounds when you enter a mansion room. Also, it's really hard to record pinball one handed. Would've loved to show off the train noise, cause it's hilarious, but that's not as easy as backhanding the electric chair scoop. 030
patcdr @patcdr.net · 27/09/2026Add-a-Ball’s got layers. Like parfaits or onions. Anyway. I did it. All the Adams Familys in Seattle. Maybe a postmortem tomorrow, but for now I’m going to bed. 010
patcdr @patcdr.net · 27/09/2026I really thought this was Jeff Bridges, but apparently it‘s Patrick Swazye from… 100
patcdr @patcdr.net · 27/09/2026Took a few tries, but I met up with a friend and played a few games till one of us hit the replay. Plays nice, mostly. 110
patcdr @patcdr.net · 27/09/2026Made it to Add-a-Ball. What they lack in signage, they make up in murals too. I’ll post more of the art here at the end of the thread. 110
patcdr @patcdr.net · 27/09/2026So I played a bit of Theater of Magic and Twilight Zone, at least keeping around the year Adam’s Family was released. Both seem to play well, but I don’t know ToM all that well beyond hitting the cube. At least Twilight Zone has The Power and GREED. Some overlap with Adams Family. One last stop. 110
patcdr @patcdr.net · 27/09/2026Sadly, the Adam’s Family was out of order. According to the bartender, it’s a board issue. Something about an NPU, but I may have misheard him or he may have misunderstood the pinball repairing dude. 110
patcdr @patcdr.net · 27/09/2026It’s really more of a pool spot. They’ve got pinball and Killer Queen though. 110
patcdr @patcdr.net · 27/09/2026Made it to 4Bs. Not sure if it stands for something, but they have great murals 110
patcdr @patcdr.net · 27/09/2026Played a bit of disappointing Black Knight Sword of Rage. Was too worried about missing the bus to play well. At Least that’s my John. Anyway... Freelard ho! 110
patcdr @patcdr.net · 27/09/2026Stopped at the Ballard Smoke Shop which, to the disappointment of the dude walking next to me, does not sell vape juice. It’s a nautical bar and pinball spot. 110
patcdr @patcdr.net · 27/09/2026Was pretty dang packed and warm in there. Machine played fine, but had clearly been through a lot. Couldn’t read the Thing Flips or 2x Bear Kicks windows, not to mention the mansion windows. Couple playing Monster Bash next to me were playing his, hers and split flip over three players. was cute. 110
patcdr @patcdr.net · 27/09/2026Misread the schedule. Might’ve only been 20 minutes. Still, got three more to go and three miles to travel from machine number 8 to 10. 110
patcdr @patcdr.net · 27/09/2026But the bus I needed was showing up in five minutes. The next one was forty minutes out. I think I made the right choice. Ballard ho! 110
patcdr @patcdr.net · 27/09/2026Hate to say it, but this is the first one I’m phoning in. Played a game poorly. Played another to test the major shots. Seems like a fine machine in decent shape… 110
patcdr @patcdr.net · 27/09/2026Also saw some dudes light stick dancing to a Vocoloid song Prolly Hatsune Miku? 110
patcdr @patcdr.net · 27/09/2026Caught up a bit on this thread and played a wee bit of Black Knight 2000. They’ve dropped the volume a bit since the last time I was here. Prolly for the best. Still have a Foo Fighters high score up from a while ago. Now to the Space Needle! 120
patcdr @patcdr.net · 27/09/2026Took a little detour to Just the Tap. It’s a self service bar with pinball and stuff. 120
patcdr @patcdr.net · 27/09/2026I think some of this plastic might be new. Had a couple shots up the middle ramp fizzle in a weird way. 120
patcdr @patcdr.net · 27/09/2026Last week I catapulted a ball outside the playfield and lost it. This week, I got a new PB. Even if 20 mil of it is from Cousin It’s assorted sundries. Machine plays and sounds great. 120
patcdr @patcdr.net · 27/09/2026Then headed to Shorty’s: the other clown themed pinball bar. I don’t mind this one’s theme as much. Maybe it’s the lighting. 120
patcdr @patcdr.net · 27/09/2026Had to play a game or two of Embryon. Didn’t do amazingly, but also didn’t crash the machine or get a ball stuck like the last couple of visits. 130
patcdr @patcdr.net · 27/09/2026Adam’s Family plays fine, but the audio is really weirdly pitched. I got some video of it, but I don’t know how to edit on mobile. 120
patcdr @patcdr.net · 27/09/2026Jupiter is one of the biggest pinball/arcade places in town. Just look at all these machines! 120
patcdr @patcdr.net · 27/09/2026Also played the Black Knight: Sword of Rage premium. Did well, but most of that comes down to some switch being broken. Frequently when shoving the machine to keep the ball on the upper playfield, it’d just give me all the Catapult Multiball locks. I only hit that shot once. 110
patcdr @patcdr.net · 27/09/2026Unfortunately, The Adam’s Family doesn’t play well. Something seems off with the shots. Backhanding the electric chair scoop has much higher variance than expected. Even when you hit the scoop, it’ll most likely kick straight down the center. Definitely needs a tuneup. 120
