It must be awful having to play a MM in your own house.

Unfortunately, anyone who owns a machine has had this happen. This is what keeps us playing. Some machines we love because we hate them.

Not quite as dramatic as that, but a while back I had been playing a good long game on my LOTR. Got through all the three film multiballs, with just one mode out of the six to start to allow me go on to "There And Back Again" once I had Destroyed The Ring (DTR).

Got onto playing DTR on ball 3, made the first three shots, nailed the fourth, ball then went up into the Paths Of The Dead, then dropped down into the left inlane ready to be fired up into the ring to knock the first ball out to "Destroy The Ring". Except the left flipper had decided to overheat and flutter just at that moment to allow the ball roll off the flipper and drain... Game Over

I routinely get a ball wedged under the ramp on Getaway during multiball making the Super Jackpot shot impossible. Arrghhh!

I am not good enough to get that far on any machine

I came one shot from ruling the universe on AFM tonight. All I needed was to hit the scoop...I think..I've never beeb that far and had the "rule the Universe" light lit. It drained down the right side. I was was disgusted. Turned it off and went upstairs.

I know how you feel.

At the arcade two weeks ago on the WH20, had gotten to Wet Willy's, completed the boulder garden, locked two outta three balls, and had my river at level six. Had a reflex flip of mine make it about 95% of the way up to No Way Out but not all the way to the VUK to start the Vacation planner wizard mode, and it falls backdown the center on me (rather, I tilted trying a very desperate slap save). It was terrible. But I've been there once before, so it wasn't AS bad. Cursed myself for getting sloppy, and moved on. Couldn't even look at it for the rest of my time there.

That's it for that game. Guess you'll have to sell it to me Like absocountry2, I'm not that good at pinball yet to get to that point on any game. Feel your pain though.