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JD Wetherspoons
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 1:20 pm
by ChrisBrighton
Anyone play JD Wetherspoons?
Usually have the latest machines, however always stone dead as its a player haven.
Lots of kids walking in not buying a drink, pumping £50.00 of credits in getting JP and thinking they are pro's.
Anyone else?
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 2:01 pm
by JustAnotherClone
I quite like my local weatherspoons but not for machines as we have two bells in there i think at the moment
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:08 pm
by ChrisBrighton
They also always have the maximum amount of machines a pub is allowed which is 4.
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:10 pm
by JustAnotherClone
Im sure i have seen a pub with more than 4 machines??? Maybe my mind playing tricks
Weatherspoons near me only has two machines in though and i won't touch either.
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:34 pm
by bat_fink
ChrisBrighton wrote:They also always have the maximum amount of machines a pub is allowed which is 4.
Take it that doesn't include IT Box's etc? 'cos mine has 4 Mech's plus two others?
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:44 pm
by ChrisBrighton
Thats right, 4 AWP's & 2 SWP's
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 3:46 pm
by fruitofthegods
my local spoons has 5 machines and 2 itboxe things
its quite........ bad
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 5:35 pm
by Matt Vinyl
My local - BFU, CC, Top Gear, HOP, Doc's and Nurses, so that's 5. Plus an ItBox...
All on 25p though, I find they don't streak as often however...
Usually get a £50 out of CC and SS out of TG with a minimal stake once a week however...
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 6:59 pm
by mjd
I rarely go to them, however gotta love them for the cheap beer!
(when you dont go often it makes every visit sweeter)
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:15 pm
by big ste
Wetherspoons in newark has 4 machines but they swapped the only good one on friday (never mind the jps) with a barmy army so will probably only go in there for cheap drink now as the machines play very poorly (except nevermind the jps which was a regular earner). the other machines are............
crazy cobra (refuse to go on this or any other red after i once payed 23 for a board to be killed on 2nd gamble offering nothing)
ant n dec (evryone knows - total shit never gets played)
supernova (can be ok but usually empty)
barmy army (first one ive seen in the town so may get some tips off here and give it a try tomorrow)
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:27 pm
by Guest
Don't Wetherspoons set to absolute rock-bottom percentages? 74% or some such thing?
I'm all for a decent fruity round in the pubs, but the smart money's on getting out of the city centre and into some of the more local infested drinkeries out in the sticks, or at least in suburbia.
Fighting it out with everyone else on 74% machines is plain fucking dumb.
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:35 pm
by Dynamike
All the 'spoons near me are on 25p a spin which is nice. I quite like them, granted you get a few ruffians but the cheap food and drink are a bonus and no sketchy r&b pumping out at full volume makes it easier to hear if a machine's backing.
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 8:49 pm
by Guest
Dynamike wrote:All the 'spoons near me are on 25p a spin which is nice. I quite like them, granted you get a few ruffians but the cheap food and drink are a bonus and no sketchy r&b pumping out at full volume makes it easier to hear if a machine's backing.
One could just place one's ear against the cabinet on the cashbox side, can tell if it's backing even in the noisest pub, or even nightclub, for that matter. (You can "feel" it as well as actually hear it.)
Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2005 9:17 pm
by Matt Vinyl
A foot placed on the bottom of the cabinet's another good'un!
Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:36 am
by n1cky70
if a pub had a supernova, crazy cobra and barmy army i would be the happiest guy ever! especially if it was my local!