Well this thread has been a fun read! You can see that polarising very evident here.

I'm a bit like Extra Ball (except less cruel to my children and pets) and do like ST in its many forms, but every time I play STTNG I get sort of embarrassed!! Truthfully, I'd like to play one not at a dealer's or in public so I can actually play looking at the playfield rather than around to see if anyone is watching me.

nerd alert, nerd alert. na, I'm not phased on who is watching. When i use to play the one at the Jam Factory (South Yarra i think) I always had 1 or 2 people come over and watch me play.
(maybe they were just waiting to have a game.)