Buzz's General Insanity. Enter at your own Risk !!!

[Buzz]

I have this problem that bugs the S**t out of me, and that is which side of a machine is the right side and which is the left side.  I think we can all agree which is the front and where the back of the machine is. To me the door hinge side of a upright machine is the right side, and the door latch is the left side.

Let me use a example, take a car with standard left hand steering, I think we can all agree the passanger side of that car is the right  side and the drivers side is the left side. OK same car, if I'm facing the front of it, is the drivers side still the left side of the car ?  I think we will all agree it is, so why is a slot machine any different ??

This isn't one of me sick jokes, I discussed this with Stat Freak about a year ago and he told me I'm all F/U ( nothing new there, I've know that for years ) When I read a post and someone says the MPU in a S 2000 is on the left side of the machine it isn't, it's on the right side. The change button may be on your left but it's still the right hand side of a machine !!

[CVslots]

Nope...I gotta agree with Stat.    

We can't get inside a machine....handles on the right side, MPUs on the left...If we could get inside, like a car, then it would be flipped...


Roslyn

[shortrackskater]

If the slot machine was "alive" (which is kind of is, when activated) then, from the machines point of view, the handle and/or latch would be on the left side and the hinge would be on "its" right side.
I hope CV slots isn't going to shun me for this, and withhold certain gifts. 

[Bettor Slots]

   I like this post.

I agree with you Buzz from a logical standpoint, but when dealing with clients on the phone trying explain where to look for something I follow Stat's way of looking at things.

[CVslots]

Just ask any old lady in a casino which side the handles on and she'll tell you.......it's on the right side!!  Next time I have a customer on the phone, I'm gonna tell them to put their back to their machine, and now open the door, the latch is on the left side!! It's hard enough to get some customers to remember their left and their right, I wouldn't even try to explain the machines left and right to them!!  

Yes Sir Buzz, you are right though (damn, that hurt to say)!! But since we can't get inside, I'm sticking with handle is on the right side....just don't say who's right side your talking about and you're ok....



@shortrack - You're done!!!   

[FORDSBS]

Buzz, What your saying is what I said about a year ago when the question came up.
EVERYONE THOUGHT I WAS NUTS.
Ford

[PLUNGER BOY]

This series of posts is like walking into a hornets nest   . But here i go Being that this is a slot forum, I Will BET if you look at a slot machine manual ANY  MANUFACTURE it will say the handle is on the RIGHT side  .( PS ) if this is incorrect than i will say it is on the WRONG side  . PB   

[DannyG804]

Hey Buzz, make your life simple. Tell the customer something is on the left side - if they don't see it, tell 'em it's on your other left. 

Danny

[poppo]

I agree with Buzz in principal. But from a practical standpoint, I agree with the other way. The car is a good analogy except that one does not climb inside a slot machine.

Typically I will says "the right/left side as you are looking at it."

[uniman]

It is better to say left hand side and right hand side rather than left side/right side.


Whenever someone is trying to confirm with me by saying, "Left side?", I answer, "right!" 

[Neonkiss]

Handel, Is on the MACHINES left hand side.
Right hand side as you face the machine.

That's how I explain it over the phone.
 

Buzz,
 
For getting us all going in the right direction again. 

[4 Deuces]

Okay, so let me see if I've got this ...

The right speaker is actually the left speaker on the right side of the machine, which is the left-handed side of the machine, right?   

Wow!  No wonder I can never get it right! (or left)

Now I know why I keep blowing up my Game King!

P.S. THIS WAS MY 200TH POST!  WOO-HOO!!!

[daddy2yea]

According to my Bally Proslot 6000 manual the audit key switch is on the right side of machine.  Soooo Bally determines left/right  base on you looking at the Machine.  Page 2-13 if you want to  look at your Bally manual.
Mike

[Mr. Dinoman]

Just like pinball machines and other arcades or amusement devices, Left and Right is determined as you are looking at the machine..(IE: Left hand flipper is on the left side of the machine).... Unless your dyslexic or is that cixelsyd
Jimmy

[CommTech]

Left and right sides are always is reference to a living beings perspective,  not an objects perspective.  You would not say the Name and Avatars on this web page are on the right side of the screen would you?
With auto's, standard is "Driver Side" or "Passenger Side" to avoid confusion. 

[Mr. Dinoman]

The exception is with stages...IE...Stage left if the left side of the stage when you are facing the stage. Even if you are on stage facing the audience it is still the same. It would then actually be on your right.

[coorslight115]

I have this problem that bugs the S**t out of me, and that is which side of a machine is the right side and which is the left side.  I think we can all agree which is the front and where the back of the machine is. To me the door hinge side of a upright machine is the right side, and the door latch is the left side.

Let me use a example, take a car with standard left hand steering, I think we can all agree the passanger side of that car is the right  side and the drivers side is the left side. OK same car, if I'm facing the front of it, is the drivers side still the left side of the car ?  I think we will all agree it is, so why is a slot machine any different ??

This isn't one of me sick jokes, I discussed this with Stat Freak about a year ago and he told me I'm all F/U ( nothing new there, I've know that for years ) When I read a post and someone says the MPU in a S 2000 is on the left side of the machine it isn't, it's on the right side. The change button may be on your left but it's still the right hand side of a machine !!

Buzz, I see your point and to some degree agree with you. My history is in the automotive business and all references to right , left, front and back are from the drivers seat. Drivers side on a standard american vehicle being the left side as viewed from the drivers seat. Now when it comes to the machine there is the argument of is the player the driver or is the machine the driver?? As I see it the player is the pedestrian getting run over by the machine so the hinge is the right side.

[Yoeddy1]

I always refer to it as the East side and the West side.  

Jason

[Ron (r273)]

I call it starboard and port myself.

Ron (r273)

[Yoeddy1]

I call it starboard and port myself.

Ron (r273)

Awesome Ron!  Very nautical.  Lol!

Jason

[proten]

The standard for vehicles and machines is from the operators position.
 That is behind the steering wheel or in front of the machine.

[poppo]

The standard for vehicles and machines is from the operators position.
 That is behind the steering wheel or in front of the machine.

Ok, so the door hinge is on the left correct? But wait, I have the door open and am looking at the inside of it from the "operators position". So now the hinge is on the right. 

[PLUNGER BOY]

According to my Bally Proslot 6000 manual the audit key switch is on the right side of machine.  Soooo Bally determines left/right  base on you looking at the Machine.  Page 2-13 if you want to  look at your Bally manual.
Mike .

good post MIKE . As i posted earlier . I agree with the makers of the machines . If they say the handle is on the players RIGHT it must be so . If the machine is playing by itself then that is a different story as its perspective would be the same as a person.

[Buzz]

According to my Bally Proslot 6000 manual the audit key switch is on the right side of machine.  Soooo Bally determines left/right  base on you looking at the Machine.  Page 2-13 if you want to  look at your Bally manual.
Mike .

good post MIKE . As i posted earlier . I agree with the makers of the machines . If they say the handle is on the players RIGHT it must be so . If the machine is playing by itself then that is a different story as its perspective would be the same as a person.

Did Bally's as a Co. write the 6000 manual, or some nit wit that was employed by Bally's write it, who by the way may be a member on this forum and doesn't know his left from right !!  ( the word typo comes to mind ) 

[brichter]

The exception is with stages...IE...Stage left if the left side of the stage when you are facing the stage. Even if you are on stage facing the audience it is still the same. It would then actually be on your right.

 
As someone who was involved with theater for many years, I have to correct this; the whole reason behind calling it "stage left" and "stage right" is that you're designating the direction as viewed from the stage. As viewed from the audience, it's called "house left" and "house right". House left = stage right and vice versa.

Upstage is the back of the stage, down stage is the front, and the term "upstaged" comes from an actor moving towards the rear of the stage, which forces the other actor(s) to face away from the audience. This puts the audience's attention squarely on the actor that moved upstage, since that's the only player whose face can be seen. 


and yes, I ran the projector in school too.