Is it necessary to get the $24 "Shield/Standoffs for Metal Speaker" or is their another way to mount this?

Thank you.

Ordered GoT Monday and Cointaker delivered it Tuesday. I just want to post some pictures of the playfield and date it was manufactured. This game looks great and I only had to adjust the sword out of the box, everything else seems to be working perfectly. The playfield looks great and I will know what machine is mine if I ever sell, because a small hair is under the clear coat behind the spinner. I know this is the honeymoon phase, but this game is great.

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Trying to diagnose a potential problem. Can someone take a picture of the sword mech with the sword pushed all the way down? Any other position could be helpful too.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/got-sword-adjustment#post-4134252

Is their a way to turn off the random award of "extra ball lit" from the pop bumpers? I like it when you have to achieve an "extra ball lit" like completing 3 houses. It can be frustrating when you are playing against some one and they get a random award of an extra ball lit. So I want to eliminate that award from the pops, but not from achieving it through game play completion. Does this make sense?

Does it turn them off completely or just for random awards? It would be nice to keep them in for when you complete 3 houses.

Ok so I put the game on competition mode and you still get the extra ball after 3 house completions. I then put the ball in the pops to see if I could get an extra ball that way. Although it did appear in the screen it never actually triggered one. I don’t know how to test the pop awards other than just feeding the bumpers until they award something.

Thanks for the heads up. Either way at least it will be consistent when playing against someone. I have had it in competition mode and have not seen an extra ball awarded randomly yet, so at least it doesn’t happen often. I have received the extra ball for completing the 3 house’s though. Competition mode seems to be what we were looking for.

Although I did stay up till midnight last night just to play midnight madness. It didn’t activate at midnight. I assume because I’m in competition mode. Checked the time on the machine and the settings to make sure it was turned on and it was. That was a bit of a bummer.

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I have found an issue that really bothers me and was wondering if anyone else has the same issue. After watching @chuckwurt's tutorial I soft plunge and try to hit down the drop targets on my first shot every time. I have no problem with this on a one person game or the first person in a two player game. I typically let my wife play first so I noticed while playing as second player I will hit the drop targets on my first shot and after hitting one or two of them they will reset. This eliminates the advantage you have of not validating the playfield with the soft plunge. It does not seem to do it with any of the 3 balls if I play as first player. Anyone else notice this?

What do you think could cause that only in a multiplayer game?

Definitely only happens during multiplayer games, but I will double check if it happens every time.

I like to soft plunge and go for the drop targets for the reason stated above. It also makes it less risky to light the Baratheon house as I am typically in a mode or multiball after the plunge.

If you haven't watched @chuckwurt's streams (1 through 5) I would highly recommend it. A lot of great information in those videos.

That's because you get 50 billion every time you play. I need every advantage I can get to reach 2 billion.

So I tried to do it the drop target reset again tonight and it worked as it should. I don’t know what was going on the other night, but I guess everything is normal.

I don’t believe so as I rarely play Baratheon, but I guess it’s possible. I think I was playing Tyrel or possibly Greyjoy.

Yeah it wasn’t during a mode, but thanks for the suggestion.

I have an issue with my sword lock mechanism itself and when I contacted the distributor they ended up sending me a new bracket. Unfortunately for me the bracket was not the problem. It took 5 months to get the bracket, I’m hoping it doesn’t take another 5 months for the right parts.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/got-sword-adjustment#post-4136148

I’ve bent the bracket that holds the sword on top of the playfield so it works. Now just waiting to see what Stern sends next for parts.

Factory for the outlane posts on my Pro were on the furthest out making the bigger opening.

I moved mine to close it up.

7 months later and I’m still waiting on a fix for my sword lock mechanism. I’m glad it worked out well for you.

It’s kind of amazing how maiden has so many threads and has made it into every other game thread.

Lately I've been playing as Baratheon and working towards wall multiball. If I hit a random lock for Blackwater mb then I lock that ball. By doing this I can usually get 2 houses unlocked by the time I start Blackwater then an additional 2 houses unlocked by the time I start wall mb. The trick is starting 2 modes before starting wall mb. I have reached HOTK more often since playing this strategy.

I also had the sword releasing to many balls when I didn’t achieve a multiball. Turned out my sword was not going down far enough to hold back the extra balls on the ramp. Push the sword down and see if it touches the bottom of the bracket.

Here’s a link to my problem and it has not been resolved as of today and I keep calling the distributor.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/got-sword-adjustment

Is this where someone tells you what to do while you are blindfolded? If so I'll try to do this tonight with my wife. Well each play one game and see who wins. I can see the argument already. "You never listen to me". If she wins "I listen better than you". I'll post the results here.

And what a collection you have. That’s saying something.

I actually would love for them to wait for the series finally and update the code for the entire show/story. I can’t wait to see how those 3d slings look and work. I know you have your testers, but if something falls through I would love to test them for you.

Sounds like a good deal. Good luck with your release.

Had a great game last night and thought I would share. Made it to Black Water, Wall, and Hand of the King in the first ball before using my extra ball. Ended up two Targaryen's away from Iron Throne.

Full Disclosure:
-Outlane posts in lowest position
-Around 7 deg pitch
-Was able to light super jackpot and bring it into my first black water mb, but eventually did complete to light super jackpot (that mb totaled around 380k)
-Forgot I was Martel (I very rarely play as Martel) until I was in Hand of the King so that was a good mistake.
-Average to tight tilt setting

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This is incredible news. I can’t wait to see the new stuff. Almost feels like I’m getting a new game.

I know the code will be revealed tonight, but when does it get released to us peons?

So what you're saying is, it's going to be a late night. Got it.

Did everyone hear Jack say it will be an “excellent” game released on Thursday? Kind of said it in a Bill and Ted sort of way. I’m probably just imagining things.

Damn you Danger!!!

Updated my game and for my first with the new code I decided to go random. Obviously it landed on martell which didn’t change in the code update. Ended up getting my best score by far for the night though.

Also I have noticed that my right martell shot sometimes doesn’t register during black water multiball. I know this happened on the old code but thought it was a bug. It only happens during black water. I have never had it not register a shot or plunge outside of black water. Anyone else notice this?

I kind of assumed this, it just seemed to be more obvious last night when I was playing. I'll keep an eye on it to make sure it's not a switch issue as well. Thanks.

Finally. I did take the easiest path with Targaryen but I completed Iron Throne, I think. completed all the houses and hit the last lit shot (dragon). When the ball shot out of the dragon I hit the ball into the target next to the dragon and it went straight out the outlane. What happens after that last shot? Do you have to start all over? Also I already had 2 tilt warnings during that ball so no nudging during IT.
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Thank you for the explanation. What a great wizard mode. It was a blast going through all the houses and I live that it adds a ball after the battering ram at the end of each house. It allows you to enjoy the mode for that much longer. I’ve had this game 2 years and still love it.

If you are talking about the sword lock like chuckwurt mentioned, I have had this happen a handful of times as well. I'm also running the latest code.

I’ve had game if thrones pro for 2 years now and from the beginning the flipper release from a hold was very delayed making it hard to transfer the ball from one flipper to the next. I have made the gap bigger for both flipper switches but it doesn’t help. I can completely remove my finger from the flipper button and push it immediately back down and the flipper never comes down. Any ideas?

That seems backwards to me as the closer the gap the sooner the flipper would engage as you push the button. Meaning if you have the button compressed/pushed in the further it would have to travel to disengage the flipper leaving it in its hold position longer which is the problem.

Sometimes what I’m trying to say makes so much sense in my head, yet I get confused reading my own posts.
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This is what’s odd to me. I can release the button completely and immediately press it again and the flipper doesn’t come down. I did this with the playfield raised and watched the switch through it’s full motion. The flipper doesn’t drop slowly like there is a mechanical bind it is just delayed in releasing the hold.

I have not. I will and report back regardless. Thank you for your replies. I appreciate it.

And all of that on ball one. Crazy.

I have the LCD in mine without the gasket and I think it looks good. I don't have any screenshots of the video clips, just pictures of high scores. I tried the smoothing of the LCD at first, but didn't like how the clips were shown, it just seemed blurry. The LED might be the way to go on this title if you are going to use DOTs anyways. Then I believe the LED will sit flush with the speaker panel. I have read that the gap of the LCD bothers some people, but it doesn't bother me at all. Fortunately there is the above mentioned gasket if it bothers you. Either way a ColorDMD is a must for this game.

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I short plunge at the start of every ball, but I will typically let the ball auto plunge after a lock to advance wall multiball. I like to try and stack 2 modes going into both multiballs to advance the game quicker. I think this makes for a decent strategy, am I wrong?

Interesting. I would have switched the right and left ramp description.

I also find myself playing random just about every time now. I love the variety.

Thanks for this Chuck. I've been so consumed with getting back to Iron Throne that I have been neglecting the multipliers. I made it to HOTK last night with 5x on. I have a difficult time looking away from the playfield during this mode, but I did notice a 30x shot at one point and ended HOTK with 3 billion in that mode alone. Only had 4+ billion for the game. The multipliers just bring this game to another level.

Shaker, Color DMD, and Cliffys are the only changes I made to my game.

That's a good question. Now that I think about it, there aren't many spots that need it on this game. I put the 2 protectors on the shooter lane, the left in name switch (where the ball drops from the ramp) and I believe the protector at the center drain.

I got the LCD and it looks great. I thought I would use the scan feature with the LCD, but it looked terrible so I believe I run it on DotsXL. The LED might work well for this game because the scan on the LCD doesn't look so good. I typically like to have the options the LCD gives you though.

That’s a good point about how it mounts flush. I don’t notice the gap on mine, but I guess some people do on theirs.

I don’t believe you can change the dots at all on the LED.

I have had the LCD on dots XL for GOT for the past 3 years or so. My wife just bought me a LED display this past week so I put it in GOT so I could put the LCD in my Metallica. Although I still prefer the LCD to the LED for GOT it is not that much of a difference. You really can't go wrong with either choice. The LCD definitely looks better than the LED in Metallica.

I agree 100% with what was said above. I have a pro and have had it over 4 years now. The rules are deep enough to keep you playing, but not to complicated to understand after a little bit playing the game. I appreciate its shoot the flashing shot process. As always, watching chuckwurt tutorial is a must to know the ins and outs of the game.

During Iron Throne wizard mode you have to go back through each of the houses again. If I remember correctly you get a ball added every time you complete that house. I believe that's what he means by capturing castles. It's a really fun wizard mode.

The only time I got to iron throne, I completed all of the houses, but after hitting the last shot for the last house, I drained immediately so I’m not quite sure what happens after either. It is my favorite wizard mode, although horde is really fun too.

chuckwurt will no doubt have a better and more detailed answer, but Martell is one of the easier houses to score big points on. If you are lucky enough to use your add-a-ball until you have a jackpot lit for say hand of the king multiball or even blackwater multiball. That keeps the super jackpot lit and you just keep hitting it as much as you can. I played fairly poorly the other day, but did get a blackwater multiball where I was able to keep hitting the ram over and over again. I ended up with 4x playfield multiplier by the end. I didn't see what I got for that multiball, but I ended up at 1.3 billion with a pretty poor game. After saying all of that I'll have to check what my high score actually is for Martel.