Turning off Black Knight 2000 Ransom Mode/ Use in Tournament

[DRD]

Does anyone know how to turn this wizard mode off please ? Or whether these System 11s have a "tournament " mode ?

Like on system 11s from this period, there are lights [ R A N S O M ] in the speaker panel that any player, in any game, can build up over time. Whoever gets the final letter M then scores a highly lucrative wizard mode

In a competition it would be rather an unfair advantage to whoever bags it

I have been in the settings and have minimised the likelihood of this mode occurring

1. I have reduced the time you have to make the shot to get the next letter to the minimum 3 seconds

2. I have set it at the maximum number of games (99) before it automatically adds the next letter

Thanks

 

[kevlar]

I asked a few people about it when I owned it, answer I got back was you can't do anything about it. Are you going to retrict play to single player? If you don't you also have the lock stealing to think about.

 

[DRD]

Thanks Kev.

I will leave that decision to someone else !! Lock stealing is an issue on loads of games, so I am not too fussed about it. It probably comes out in the wash across 8 or 9 titles. But that Ransom mode is a complete game changer for whoever bags it!

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[kevlar]

I suppose you could just keep an eye on it and if it gets within a few letters of completion take the glass off and complete it by hand. Only if it really bothers you obviously

 

[Wayne J]

I think the best bet is set it on the O, let me play my game and then reset back to R if I don't get it.
League coordinator's decision is final

Seriously though, I think setting it on minimum time is the only strategy, IF it gets within 2 letters we can reset it