I set both my games to the liberal post settings. (there are pilot holes, but they're WAY too tight for the factory screws - if the screw is under plastics, I just use a drywall screw. If not, I'll re-pilot the pilot hole bigger before using the factory screws). Longer ball times (on a game that too often is less than 3 minutes for my guests) means way more fun.
If I start to win too many credits, I'll just bump the replay scores higher.