I still take HUGE umbrage at someone using a well-trodden, decades old bit of pinball enthusiast kit in order to make a bad and wrong argument about Tech Makes Everyfing Worse. >w>💢
Nobody's about to throw out a Flash Gordon or a Twilight Zone in favour of one of these.

People have been making virtual pinball machines since the 2000s, this isn't any example of Future Bad Technoloy Bad especially given that there are at least a dozen independent companies making Real, Physical pinball tables even now
This is just the continuance of the simulator bleeding edge :v

I dunno, they are objectively "wooden boxes full of high-velocity ball bearings and a Lot of plastic meant to be hit", I can't imagine repair is all that cheap! XD

No, they haven't. Virtual pinball has been a thing since the early 2000s and isn't swallowing up real pinball anytime soon.

I can't overstate it enough, Pinball Is Not Becoming Worse Because Future - Pinball was on the bleeding edge of its' own simulation for decades, and it's a really cool and good thing that isn't going to usurp and swallow up regular pinball, PLEASE don't fuel people's urge to give up like this.

I do everything I can to avoid being That Guy, but you're acting like Virtual Pins are "ensh*tt*f*cation" (i'm beginning to hate that word) when they've been around for as long as pinball simulators have been around. There's a whole cottage industry spanning as far as the early 2000s!

Some quick context in case anyone is wondering: We live in the UK, and are going with DIY because the trans healthcare here is ass

We've done our research and know what we're going with and being safe, we've known what we needed to for a loong while, just never had the funds to actually do it lol

Also if this goes well, we'll obviously need to eventually start another goal for another year lol, but that can wait until we sort out the first

Finally being able to start HRT will be so huge for us, so I hope anyone who's able to can help a collection of Foxes and various creatures out 💜🦊