I did look at his video and posted a screenshot which shows the flipper fully raised until after the ball clears it.

I just thought it was weird that you would call it a dead bounce and wanted to understand your perspective and now I do.

its official.

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It better be the Oxford dictionary or I won’t accept it! They’re the only ones who have the credibility to convince me

After all the time and effort Abe put into production of these excellent videos, he should have the right to call it anything he wants!!!

lol, all those ski passes made for an awesome game. Well done.
I think I might be getting this pin next. I thought I was not going to but the more I look at it, the more I think it is a killer pin.

Thank you so much for this video.

Is there a main wizard mode on the game, and this one is just a secret one? Asking for a friend that is interested in buying the game

The mode ABE_FLIPS shows above, When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth, is the ultimate wizard mode for the game. It provides the highest level of challenge to advance to it.

In terms of a "main" wizard mode, I would probably say that Escape Nublar fits this description. Similar to some other recent Sterns, you can play a version of Escape Nublar directly from the Start button via Escape Nublar Challenge. It is a very cool wizard mode -- one of the best ever, in my opinion.

Escape Nublar: Play Secure Control Room, Museum Mayhem and Visitor Center.
When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth : Complete Secure Control Room, Museum Mayhem, Visitor Center and Escape Nublar.

Lmao… I’m still ½ way through the paddock and I’m not sure I completed a control room mode. Still love the ski pas and micro-flip. Improved my games exponentially!!

awesome job Abe!

Great job! This is one of my favorite threads on Pinside!

I love how you show everything that can go wrong in addition to how to do it right. Nicely done again!

The one thing i always mean to practice and always get more interested in flipping. Thanks mate, i'll try the one handed approach.

Probs not behind my back, but only one hand on the machine at a time and see how i go.

Truly the next skill i want to gather.

Yes, that is what i try to do, identify my strongest weakness and work on it at length.

T'was the inability to slap save, still don't really slap save, but have developed a similar two handed flick.

Outlane walking is after the dead bounce. I can nudge to save it going into outlanes nowadays most of the time, but can't train myself to do the shimmy rather than the nudge once it gets in there.

Or with new sterns, debounce settings too.

Don’t worry about anything. I’ve been finding your videos quite enjoyable. Just ignore any negativity, and keep putting out these great videos.

And I know that’s asking a lot. These take a bunch of work, we can see that. And I appreciate it.

DITTO.... I have learned a TON.... i started as just a "bang the flipper" type guy.. I appreciate you work!!!

Definitely makes it harder. I set all mine to 750. Allows for big moves to actually give you more than one warning.

Nevermind... googled debounce settings. Now I slightly understand. haha

Stern games build in a delay on when they will let a tilt bob register. Debounce allows a tilt bob to hit the ring like 10 times and only register two of the hits. 90s dmd games register every time the bob hits the ring.

Big moves on sterns are almost impossible to tilt the game. Little jiggly moves can, but the harder you move the game the better on modern sterns unless the debounce is turned down.

Truly great videos ABE_FLIPS Relatively new to the hobby and I’ve been working on the skills. Your videos have been central to my practice routine. Thanks!

What I read did not explain it that way. Thanks for clarifying Chuck.

Great job on your video tutorials. Really appreciate the work and they are so well done!

All your videos are excellent but this one really takes it up a notch. I have watched as many nudging videos as I could find and this is just so much better than the rest.

The part where you remove the playfield to show how the tilt bob is affected is especially great.

Thank you!

another great vid! thanks Abe

A video talking about and explaining how tournament/league pinball works would be cool. I know it's not instructional, but would be interested

perfect. been looking for podcasts to listen to at work

thanks

Well shot and edited. Love it.

Great video @abe_flips! One other technique you may want to include in your part 2 video is slapping or banging the side of the cabinet. I see a lot of better players do this quite a bit, particularly on EMs. As you pointed out, side to side nudges have less effect the further up the playfield you go. Slapping the sides of the cabinet closer to the ball can be quite effective.

Bump

I am late to this thread but the videos look great! Subscribed, will watch soon.

Your channel is great, thanks for the videos.

Most of what you've shown so far I've seen as a new person who looked up other tip videos. BUT, I have to say the advice in your most recent video to not put your weight on the machine so you can be more agile to nudge was a HUGE improvement to my game immediately. It's not something I've seen mentioned anywhere else and it's saved me from my habit of nudging the exact same all the time.

Yep. Its the most important aspect to nudging.

It’s so easy to get lazy and start leaning on the machine. This is a huge outlane saver.

Done! You were definitely in my top 2 of YT channels of 2021!! Keep it up!