Bram Stoker's Dracula
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Quoted from jonnyo:Never shoot the center or side targets except during a multi.
Exactly right. Hitting them intentionally is just asking for trouble.
Also, as others have suggested, if it is kicking your ass too hard, put on the regular sized flippers if you haven't already.
It is a good sign that it keeps you coming back for more. But if you aren't having at least 1 really good game once in awhile, it will become tiresome and frustrating very quickly.
Quoted from MattElder:Like some others have said, if you do keep it, leave the lightning flips on. It definitely makes you a better player, and besides, longer flippers aren't going to help with the real issue on this machine; those brutal outlanes!
I know a lot of people have this opinion, but I wonder how valid it is myself.
How does playing with lightning flippers instead of normal flippers make you a better player on other pins if those pins don't also use lightning flippers?
Also, as far as regular flippers not helping with the real issue...the brutal outlanes...I disagree. If regular flippers mean that you will make more of your shots, you will have fewer balls heading towards those brutal outlanes to begin with.
Quoted from phishrace:The other reason it helps a player is because Drac doesn't allow post passes. Because of where the lower sling posts are located, it's not possible. So even if you manage to get control of the ball with the shrimpy flippers, you can't pass it over to the other side. These two things combined discourage controlled play. If you want to score big on Drac, you need to keep things moving. Drac, with it's short flippers, teaches a player how to play on the fly. Whether he likes it or not.
I agree with what you are saying in terms of how BSD plays and what it forces you to do, but I don't understand how any of this makes you a better player on other pins by using the lightning flippers.
Quoted from MattElder:What I (and I'm assuming others) mean by the shorter flipper bats making you a better player, is that it forces you to learn to nudge the machine. If your bat is shorter and the ball is going to miss the end of it....you're going to learn to nudge a lot, and quickly.
How is that any different than with normal sized flippers? I.e., even if the bats are a little longer, if the ball is still going to miss the bat, doesn't that force you to nudge as well? Or are you saying that because it will happen more often on BSD it forces you to nudge more often, thereby giving you more practice at it?
Quoted from davewtf:It seems like it's a bit easier to cradle balls on a standard size flipper after doing so on a lightning flip game. I can't say that i'm necessarily better, it might just seem easier now.
Right, and I would think from a purely objective viewpoint it IS easier with standard flippers vs lightning flippers. 
Quoted from MattElder:RobT said:Or are you saying that because it will happen more often on BSD it forces you to nudge more often, thereby giving you more practice at it?
Bingo. That's exactly what I'm trying to say. You get a lot of practice this way, and that transfers to every game out there, lightning flips or not.
Post edited by MGE : fixed a typo
Got ya, makes sense.
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