I'm not sure I agree with that. It's a relatively low risk strategy, a lot of the other stuff can be pretty unforgiving. Shooting the drops can be sketchy in terms of where the ball goes on the return (unless you cradle on the left flip and backhand, that's not bad), the snake shot a bit wide to the right can result in a screaming fast return off the left side right ramp target right down the middle (not to mention snake rejects/rattles), same for a right ramp shot pulled to the left. A snake reject can be deadly. My experience seems to be that you get to make very few mistakes in the game since almost every shot has a fair amount of risk associated. I find myself trying to play it normally and finding that it's a battle for control, always kinda seems like the ball loves hanging out right on the tip of the flippers.

Yeah I kinda thought we were kinda talking about scoring strategy in a tournament / competitive setting. It's not fun for everyday play but it gets the job done. I stand by my earlier comments.

Certainly, you're entitled to chime in! I just wonder if you can walk up to the game every time and get that kind of score playing the game the way you did to get that score? Outlanes wide open, ball savers reduced greatly or turned off, etc? I'd be nervous to play the way I normally play in a serious tourney since I can't consistently rack up huge scores just 'having fun'. A few tourney guys just roll the dice and give 'er, but I notice you often see them playing pretty conservatively.

I wish you could have seen the common sense in the other posters' opinions. But it's good to have confirmation that we're not crazy for thinking the way we do

edit : it's not like I just played it once and walked away and just randomly threw that strategy out there, it's been sitting in my living room since May of last year