I thought I was decent at pinball until I showed up at PAPA on Friday.

The C Division games seriously kicked my butt. They were brutally bouncy and fast. The rubber was removed from most inlane/outlane divider posts making saves much harder (often impossible). The TAF had a massive tapered rubber post between the ramp and the vault which made both shots more difficult. Jackbot had fat yellow posts on the visor locks. Tilts were super tight (except for F14 which people was ridiculously loose for some reason). Ball save timers were reduced and in some cases completely disabled (BDK).

In general, I thought the machines were set up too difficult for the lowest division.. but I guess it's necessary seeing as some C div players were able to put of scores on TAF that exceeded most of the A div scores on the same machine.

I did like that they rotated the games up for the finals. I really enjoyed watching the A div play the same TAF that I sucked on the day before.

I definitely need to practice a lot more on bouncy/cruel machines before I try another PAPA!