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Pinball Tournament Noob: 10 Lessons Learned and What to Expect

By SantaEatsCheese

1 year ago


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    #3 1 year ago

    Great callout on Rick & Morty: "Remember to have fun."

    I know I have had the occasional case of pinball-induced coprolalia.

    But as disgusted as I get over my own play sometimes, and over #@!$%& house balls, my most vivid bad memories of competition are of watching in horror and disbelief how some guys can flail and flail and not drain in two seconds. It's like the laws of physics get suspended while they play.

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    #25 1 year ago

    Hey! Maybe someone should invent a replacement tilt mechanism to replace that old school tech, using accelerometers I presume. Then it would accept a very precise adjustment. It could catch on and sell a ton.

    Oh, I see the idea was explored in depth three years ago by this guy, now inactive. I wonder what the story is there.
    https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/electronic-tilt-now-available

    I do like the earplug idea, but it seems to me it would settle at different rates depending on which direction the machine was nudged. Can't beat the cost, though!

    And I wouldn't blame a tournament director for putting a pair in his ears, too!

    #27 1 year ago

    Ah, so the smurfing in different directions is similar enough as to not matter. Nice!

    Is that the right verb? Sounds good to me...

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