My LE will be delivered Thursday.
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Quoted from ATLpb:Curious if this is decent? Still don’t understand the appeal of the SUPER features, don’t seem nearly rewarding enough...
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After ~200 games my best is still just 76 million, so yeah your score is awesome! On another note, what happened to the knight that's supposed to be at the upper left of the playfield? Seems like yours is missing.
Quoted from DANGERTERROR:I operate at a high traffic location. There are about 75 games. San Francisco. BK was the #1 earner in its first two weeks ever, which is cool.
The idea is that you can op with a protector to mitigate damage then remove it when you flip — or in my case, trade up for a premium. The pf is then minty, undimpled fresh. Maybe it’s even had some time to set and won’t dimple as much.
No one in all of the league nights, PAPA tournaments, or regular long hours play has ever noticed, commented on, or found a problem with the protectors on some games at this location. They are thinner now, too so most people haven’t even played on one. There is a Pinside/home use argument that’s totally valid against protectors. Doesn’t make any difference to me though. Would recommend for anyone in my situation (no one here).
Possibly not for this thread, but could you post exactly what you removed to install it? I am always looking for shortcuts when installing them.
I now skip the skill shot and plunge the ball to the left flipper 99% of the time.
Hope the WAR lights go back in the next code update .
Quoted from Reality_Studio:After ~200 games my best is still just 76 million, so yeah your score is awesome! On another note, what happened to the knight that's supposed to be at the upper left of the playfield? Seems like yours is missing.
The nut vibrated off and haven’t bothered re-installing yet.
Quoted from frankmac:I now skip the skill shot and plunge the ball to the left
flipper 99% of the time.
Hope the WAR lights go back in the next code update .
Holding L flipper and hitting the knight/sword/shield is the
right move imo. It will give you a cpl points for the super
skill
shot sure but more importantly, you want to take advantage of
hitting the knight during ball save time as much as possible,
regardless of how fast the mace is spinning. Holding flipper
will likely give just a smidgeon more time to hit the knight than a
regular plunge. That’s not even mentioning the fact the holding L
flipper will give more consistent feed than a regular plunge. A
regular plunge can land you a weird feed off the right rail that
either doesn’t make it to the R flipper or makes it in a “weird”
spot.
The whole point of the game is the danger and chaos created from
hitting the knight, right in the middle of the table. So if
you can
do that during ball save you’ve mitigated the biggest
threat.
The shots are otherwise super wide and true to Ritchie, all can
be backhanded easily except the R orbit.
Quoted from ATLpb:Holding L flipper and hitting the knight/sword/shield is the
right move imo. It will give you a cpl points for the super
skill
shot sure but more importantly, you want to take advantage of
hitting the knight during ball save time as much as possible,
regardless of how fast the mace is spinning. Holding flipper
will likely give just a smidgeon more time to hit the knight than a
regular plunge. That’s not even mentioning the fact the holding L
flipper will give more consistent feed than a regular plunge. A
regular plunge can land you a weird feed off the right rail that
either doesn’t make it to the R flipper or makes it in a “weird”
spot.
The whole point of the game is the danger and chaos created from
hitting the knight, right in the middle of the table. So if
you can
do that during ball save you’ve mitigated the biggest
threat.
The shots are otherwise super wide and true to Ritchie, all can
be backhanded easily except the R orbit.
Thanks ATLpb that is the best way to go.
Fast and fun pin.
Quoted from Murphelman:Here it is. Blue sparkle powdercoat looks great. Even got a figure of the guitarist from Anthrax who did the music for the game.
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Looks amazing! I made some enhancements to mine that revolve around blue colors since the Power is associated with light blue in the game so that armor would perfectly compliment my BK3...light blue star posts for slings, light blue Titan flipper rubbers on blue Williams bats - a little nod to BK1 & 2!
20190509_220210.jpgQuoted from mthirkell:LE made it! Now to set it up.[quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]
Congrats, What are the red spacers on the legs?
Quoted from Blacksun:Congrats, What are the red spacers on the legs?
Those are old style leg protectors which aren't needed on modern Sterns. Stern started including the new style awhile back which hold the legs off of the cabinet itself, plus the decals are now cut to not go under the legs. I wouldn't use these as I'm pretty sure they could actually increase the chance of decal damage due to being larger than the legs themselves and potentially rubbing on the decals.
Quoted from Jediturtle:Those are old style leg protectors which aren't needed on modern
Sterns. Stern started including the new style awhile back which
hold the legs off of the cabinet itself, plus the decals are now
cut to not go under the legs. I wouldn't use these as I'm pretty
sure they could actually increase the chance of decal damage due to
being larger than the legs themselves and potentially rubbing on
the decals.
I considered not putting them on, but I do like the looks of them. I may take them off. Now where is the friggin on switch??
Quoted from mthirkell:I considered not putting them on, but I do like the looks of
them. I may take them off. Now where is the friggin on switch??
Under the right side of the head
Quoted from mthirkell:I considered not putting them on, but I do like the looks of
them. I may take them off. Now where is the friggin on switch??
I wouldn't take the risk, but that's just me. Flashbacks of pretty much every Transformers ever are flashing through my head.
LOL on the switch...I think you need to clap twice. 
Congrats on the new game...I'm jealous! Have fun!
Quoted from Aniraf:Possibly not for this thread, but could you post exactly what you removed to install it? I am always looking for shortcuts when installing them.
Sure:
The flippers
The sling plastics
The cross-game single wireform (4 nuts)
The back board (four screws in two brackets on rear of back board, 3 wood screws under playfield)
That’s it!
Quoted from Jediturtle:I wouldn't take the risk, but that's just me. Flashbacks of
pretty much every Transformers ever are flashing through my
head.
LOL on the switch...I think you need to clap twice.
Congrats on the new game...I'm jealous! Have fun!
Oh, the wrinkle - exactly why I started using these in the first place. They're actually designed to prevent that so I'd be shocked if it screwed up the decals. But you're right, the legs weren't touching the decals at all so there was zero risk without them on. I'll probably remove them.
Quoted from mthirkell:Oh, the wrinkle - exactly why I started using these in the first place. They're actually designed to prevent that so I'd be shocked if it screwed up the decals. But you're right, the legs weren't touching the decals at all so there was zero risk without them on. I'll probably remove them.
The type of hardish plastic protectors you have on there were originally meant for games with screen printed cabinets or painted cabinets. They were meant to protect and also cover up damage that was already done by the legs digging in the cabinets. People started using them on games that had decals.....and that was bad. It would make the decals wrinkle. Then Stern started using the metal corner brackets that are screwed into the cabinets....which they later cheaped out on and went to plastic. Having the corner protectors (metal or plastic) will prevent the legs or those hardish protectors from even touching the cabinet.
So in summery....your plastic protectors are fine. As long as you didn't remove the plastic corner protectors that were there from the factory....you can leave them there and it won't hurt (or even touch) the cabinet.
Quoted from Captainhook:I just joined the club! Thank you project pinball.
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You got my game. Congratulations on the win. Nothing better than winning a game. I know, I got Iron Maiden because of them. Have fun with your new toy. I love playing it on location.
My LE comes tomorrow. Does anyone sell clear plastic protectors yet? How about Cliffy protectors? Anyone adding mylar or other protection want to share?
Bought the pro version on demo at Allentown from the Tilt guys. My second machine overall and complements my BK2K. Loving it so far but it is definitely a tough machine that isn't as forgiving as others. It is making me a better player I think. As this is my first new machine I'm not familiar with having to update the software so this forum has been insightful. I will have to check to see what version I'm running. Thanks to everyone for their collective knowledge here.
Quoted from BKRay2K:Bought the pro version on demo at Allentown from the Tilt guys. My second machine overall and complements my BK2K. Loving it so far but it is definitely a tough machine that isn't as forgiving as others. It is making me a better player I think. As this is my first new machine I'm not familiar with having to update the software so this forum has been insightful. I will have to check to see what version I'm running. Thanks to everyone for their collective knowledge here.
I played a few games on that very machine and loved it. Tilt was great as well; I ended up with more things that I didn't know I needed 
Quoted from newtoit:LE owners please post your machine # when you receive it.
Why do you want to know the number?
Got the word from Project pinball today machine ships out Monday or Tuesday, so a week at the most I should have it.
Quoted from Wmsfan-GAP:Why do you want to know the number?
Just think itd be fun to see who got what #.
Quoted from cjmjmm2006:Black Knight LE #11 is in the house at Helicon Brewing in Oakdale PA! Can't wait to shoot it tonight!
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Now thats a good #
BK3 is in the house.
Tough game. Good, with the potential to be very good. I’m very pleased where DP landed with 1.02. I’m hopeful that BK3 follows the same path.
I have had the ball get stuck under the upper play field flipper several times. There is a groove there for the flipper and the ball gets stuck in the channel. You can’t free it with the flipper alone, but ball search frees it with the shaker motor.
Quoted from lschmidlin:Just put black mirror blades on my BK Pro. There are actually three fire pits in the first two pics.
Just wanted to share
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Very very nice. BK pro is the single most applicable and I’d argue necessary even, machine for mirrors. My god there is soooo much sidewall.
Quoted from mthirkell:#319 delivered Tuesday. Can someone tell me how to spell night and get to classic mode???
KNIGHT!
Quoted from frankmac:KNIGHT!
Buwahahahaa - ok, can some one tell me how to spell K-N-I-G-H-T?
I get it very often and I couldn’t tell you how I’ve scored a single letter, it’s not clear at all. Sometimes it seems to come during a mode successful shot, sometimes with WAR lanes... maybe? *shrugs*... I can’t bring myself to google the rule sheet yet, I like trying to figure out sometimes.
I will make cards this weekend probably.
Quoted from ATLpb:Very very nice. BK pro is the single most applicable and I’d argue necessary even, machine for mirrors. My god there is soooo much sidewall.
Waiting for stern to release the inner side art. Mirrors are plan B. Either one should be big improvement
I took the day off today to wait for my LE arrival. Trying to figure out which game moves to the garage to make room.
Quoted from Chalkey:There is a rule sheet in progress at tilt forums. You get knight letters for different accomplishments, such as getting to a certain number of shots in a mode, collecting super jackpots, war hurryups, etc.
Thanks I’ll look it up eventually. Wondering if there are specific things I should be doing once I get KNIGH in order to complete. Also wondering if one tactic can be spammed (doubt that).
My distro had a small snafu with stern so my LE won’t land at My Parents Basement until next week. Super jealous of you gals and guys receiving yours already!
Quoted from zeddex:LE #168. So so great. As someone who has a lot of love for the previous two games, this one is ticking all the boxes for me.
How are you liking the upper playfield so far?
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