Well yes, so do I. But I was saying why let it get to the point where you're so frustrated you quit.
You can improve, care about competition and have fun so it isn't the end of the world if you do badly.
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Well yes, so do I. But I was saying why let it get to the point where you're so frustrated you quit.
You can improve, care about competition and have fun so it isn't the end of the world if you do badly.
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@Jonbazookaboz I'm so sorry your thread is being derailed. Hopefully you'll realise there are a variety of perspectives and it's all okay
That is the best I can explain what I was looking for.
In which case, I'd go for:
3 balls
Extra ball for specials/standard extra ball (but not replay)
Factory settings for ball save
Set the tilt bob so you can nudge, but not shove the machine halfway down the street
Most NIB Sterns perform pretty well on those settings, I'd say, and provide adequate challenge without feeling unfair
Also, download the PinGuy app to help level your machine Jonbazookaboz
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Cheers- I screenshot that. That’s more like what I was looking for. That’s were Ill start and see how it goes. Appreciated!In which case, I'd go for:
3 balls
Extra ball for specials/standard extra ball (but not replay)
Factory settings for ball save
Set the tilt bob so you can nudge, but not shove the machine halfway down the street
Most NIB Sterns perform pretty well on those settings, I'd say, and provide adequate challenge without feeling unfair
If you really want to improve, spend some time learning and practicing techniques such as live catches, dead bounces, etc. Some good tutorial videos out there.
No offence intended but aren't you the one derailing it?@Jonbazookaboz I'm so sorry your thread is being derailed. Hopefully you'll realise there are a variety of perspectives and it's all okay
We had this conversation when Neil was still on here, I remember. He very kindly stuck up for me because, although he's a much better player than I (by some distance), he totally gets where I was coming from. Some people just get satisfaction from improving their game and competitive play
You have a different neurodivergence than I (probably) haveI find goal-orientated activities a lot less stressful, where social contact can be optional and I only have to twist my face about frantically and remember to maintain eye contact for short periods while still having the opportunity - of course - to meet different friendly people and share a hobby with them!
Internet forums are great - I just use emojis for the facial expressions I lack!
Ack, going to depend on whether I'm 'flaring'(hopefully not
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I think it is, but for the benefit of @Jonbazookaboz, the take-home message really is that anything goes in terms of posting high scores
Well, the general idea is that I try to improve until I'm in the middle of the pack
Dunno about you, but when a new pin arrives (NIB or otherwise) I'm so impatient to try it out that I don't even look at the setup beyond levelling it. Then for a fair while after that, it always seems more inviting to play it than to fiddle with settings. Took me ages doing all the settings for when I had my league meet - they're still not all back.
levelling? what’s that? to get the true arcade experience, remove one of the front leg levellers completely. oh and break a rubber or two.
And cover it with soot
And break an important switch/toy to make anything unachievableAnd cover it with soot
And if anyone has the temerity to mention a problem, reply "it was like that when we got it".
@Jonbazookaboz I'm not sure where the second quotation box in your reply above (No. 32) comes from, but the mention of 'everyone is almost in the same boat' reminds me of some games programmed with 'insider' techniques which can advantage those who know about them. Corvette, f'r instance; a semi-secret code banged out on the flipper buttons enables a 'Secret Skill Shot' with the plunger which never occurs otherwise. Such easter eggs (as they're called) don't usually affect play, but ones like that do.
@Jonbazookaboz I'm not sure where the second quotation box in your reply above (No. 32) comes from, but the mention of 'everyone is almost in the same boat' reminds me of some games programmed with 'insider' techniques which can advantage those who know about them. Corvette, f'r instance; a semi-secret code banged out on the flipper buttons enables a 'Secret Skill Shot' with the plunger which never occurs otherwise. Such easter eggs (as they're called) don't usually affect play, but ones like that do.
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To be fair that super skill shot isn't worth much and seems overly difficult
Could say the same about super skill shots on MM , AFM and others.
I think it comes down to rule knowledge which is even worse with modern games where you can keep a ball in play for 15mins then someone can do a skill shot and a mode and double your score in 5mins
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Hi Jon
From experience I always used to put a new to me pin on 5 balls until I’d learnt the rule set and foibles then revert to 3
MM
I think that was @Wayne J's point about swapping in/out different machines. Then, you learn all the super secret skillshots (or similar)To be fair that super skill shot isn't worth much and seems overly difficult
Could say the same about super skill shots on MM , AFM and others.
I think it comes down to rule knowledge which is even worse with modern games where you can keep a ball in play for 15mins then someone can do a skill shot and a mode and double your score in 5mins
To be fair, I find the rules knowledge more difficult on Classics than modern Sterns. There's a tendency with the modern Sterns to have 2/3 lit shots to qualify the mode scoop/ramp/dinosaur, and to have a 'accidentally-hit feature' that starts 'casual player multiball'. Once you know which inserts qualify modes, and where to shoot for the mode, a reasonable player (i.e. not me) doesn't need much more rules knowledge, especially as 'casual player multiball' will normally start by itself if the ball ricochets around enough.
Some Classics are just 'rip lit spinner', 'hit lit saucer' and 'spell name of game in targets', but there are also completely weird (IMO) Classics where you do all those things, get nowhere and then, during ball three, you suddenly realise there must be a three-ball multi-ball you have no idea how to unlock. So, you go home, read the rules, and discover it's unlocked by shooting a top-left saucer stuck behind two targets, followed by three spinners in a clockwise direction, followed by the letter 'G' but only on alternate Tuesdays. And there is nothing on the game or rules card to indicate this - it's like it was designed as some extra-special secret treat for the persistent player
And was disabled on works' example in any case - I dislike 'in-crowd' stuff.
Wasn't the idea that a lifting gate would operate, sending the ball to the upper flipper, for an attempt at looping? Like the regular situation for Fish Tales (except for the bit about an upper flipper).
Plenty of games, usually with Buy-In, have multiple High score tables. One which pre-dated this was (and sorry to mention it) Pool Sharks. 8 Ball play and 9 Ball play had their own H/S tables.