When I first saw it on location I noticed several had it on and they've gradually evolved to not having it on as players have become better. Also, there are some that seemed to be set up really mean, like it was shorter somehow, so relying on it was very risky. Could have all been in my head though.

I like how the same kind of thing in my Medusa (Shield of the Gods) can only be used so many times a game and then it's disabled. It is spaced well though and sometimes you would have been better off not using it if your timing is off.

I dunno, I use the ball saver and I think the game is challenging. The mini wizard mode, TV Wizard mode isn't hard to get to. The thing is, the points you earn there depends on how you do during the TV modes.

Also, I've never even been to Sperm Attack. How often do you make it to Sperm Attack with the post active? Maybe you have a strategy I don't know about.

On Shrek you can adjust the ball saver post time down to 5 seconds in the Feature adjustments #20. Feature setting #22 allows you to disable the post totally. Nothing allows you to make the post harder to raise though.

I leave mine switched on, as if you let the ball rest on the flipper and the side of the post when raised (as long as the table is levelled correctly), it sits just right to allow you to either shoot the Puss In Boots/Chris shot, or the Gingy/Lois shot depending on which side of the post the ball sits. Very handy if you have a mode running with jackpot shots lit!

What usually gets the center post to pop? On my fgy the single death target never pops up in a game unless I get it through the clam... I went though the adjustments and the 1 drop is on and the center post is on... And in diagnostics the death single drop will pop up, but it has never in a game... Even when it shows lit directly underneath

Found the problem for anyone else who might stumble across this... its the opto board (pcb slotted X1). You can test to see if its bad by going into your switches diagnostics and shorting the tan/black and the green/brown your #9 on the diag menu will show. Thanks to Pat at Stern for this info!

There's a Family Guy on location at a laundromat near me that has it enabled. I would prefer it were off even though it doesn't last very long, it just feels like its in the way to me.

There have also been a couple times when it raised just as a ball was passing over it and hit the glass really hard, which always draws dirty looks from the attendant.

All in all it just seems like a nuisance.

I just played a Family Guy on location, and actually enjoyed that feature being on there. That said, it was my first time playing the game, and it seemed like it was staying up for way the hell too long - we thought it had broken and gotten stuck up a couple times.