I have a minor occurrence that has been haunting me. It may just require an adjustment or be totally normal for a MM.

Sometimes, when shooting the ball through the left outer lane (left Joust lane), the ball will hit the left popper weldment (mechanism that sends the ball out of the moat) and the ball won't of course go all the way through the Joust lane. This may happen maybe 2 time out of 5. It seems it may depend on the angle/speed the ball enters the lane.

Is this normal? I've played the original Medieval Madness a lot in the past and I think it didn't used to happen as much. But, with so many MMr games under my belt, I'm now unsure if it something typical.

I've checked in depth and I doubt the left popper assembly could be re-positioned enough to make a difference; maybe it could be rotated a bit. When it happens, the ball hits the left side of the weldment. I suspect whatever the tweaks, it can always happen if you get a weird rebound, but otherwise, I thought a somewhat clean entry in the lane should divert the ball correctly to make the ramp without interference. It may be due the the positioning of the metal guides in the lane or be totally normal.

Please pitch in with your thoughts and experience.

Cool. Thanks. I'll get to the bottom of it to understand if it's the position of the popper or the position metal diverters inside the ramp.