I would like to know if all pinball machines are fast-paced or meant to be skillfully strategic.
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Some sports can be ruined by over-controlled approaches, but only if it is a spectator sport I'd say, as it takes the fun out of watching it. I say controlled flipper cradle only when necessary for my own play, one-timing the ball is more fun I think, but I have no problem with other approaches. Now the New Jersey Devils neutral zone trap, in the mid-nineties, on the other hand, even though it won them a Stanley Cup, ruined hockey for a time for the hockey fan I think as that style was so boring to watch.
I say Fast Paced.
Yeah, most of my games are oriented towards brutal fast play and I tend towards one-timing shots. Then the machine kicks my ass, I fill with regret, insist I'll do better, and go right back to one-timing, because there's always another game to be played. I suppose eventually I'll commit to really working on control and shot planning at all times. I'm finally starting to do that with Tron after a few years of joyful flailing...
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