Reaction upon setting a personal high score?

I probably should walk away. But what if it's, like, a breakthrough? What if my motor skills have figured something out, under the watchful tutelage of Evil Steve Ritchie?

Six games later... yeah, that's probably not the case.

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#6 7 years ago

MAD

mdelorenzo

Pinside member

8y 37,300 549

I usually stop and say, "well I'm never beating that." Got 1.388 billion on FT last night. Never thought I'd break my last billion score.

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#7 7 years ago

TJH

Teen_Wolf

Inactive member

Pittsburgh, PA

8y 7,650 37

I voted option 2, but if I'm playing on location I will usually play out whatever credits I have left one handed, or use them to practice some flipper skill.

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#8 7 years ago

YZF

yzfguy

Pinside member

9y 110K 8,988 8

I usually run around bragging to my wife and kids. Then when I can't take being ignored for one more second......I go back and play again.

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#9 7 years ago

PHL

Replay

Inactive member

Kansas City, MO

8y 24,150 278 2 8

Take a picture and start sending it out via text.

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#10 7 years ago

WTM

PennSkier

Pinside member

Easton, PA

8y 43,400 386 12

Personal Ritual:

1. I photograph the score for posting to PinSide.
2. I record the score in my record book (also includes High Scores of guests along with my own).
3. I turn off the game and give it a day or 3 of rest - out of respect for The Game.

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#11 7 years ago

AST

Astropin

Pinside member

8y 113K 7,536 4 40

I'm usually (but not always) done after a new GC.

1. It was probably a looooong game.
2. To just enjoy the moment.

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#12 7 years ago

?Z?

phishrace

Pinside member

Unknown

9y 38,900 3,923

OP
Quoted from Rabscuttle:
So what's your next move after you achieve a personal high score on a pin?

Depends. If I'm at home, meh. If I'm playing on location, I go the Pete Weber route.

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#13 7 years ago

ERG

cireone

Pinside member

Moreno Valley, CA

8y 53,400 638 12 15

I like to quit when I am ahead.

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#14 7 years ago

YZF

yzfguy

Pinside member

9y 110K 8,988 8

LOL! holy cow.....funny to see someone take themself so seriously...in a bowling shirt

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#15 7 years ago

RUM

yoshootme

Pinside member

7y 57,650 1,110 6 13

I only own a LOTR and a WPT. So when I break a record I usually have to rest because its been over an hour since I sat down!! lol

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#16 7 years ago

MAT

The_Director

Carolina Pinball Repair

Advance, NC

8y 85,700 3,432 21 7 7

Just yesterday a buddy of mine that I hadn't seen in years dropped by and so I turned all the machines on and we started playing. Hit GC on WW with a 20 million score out of nowhere (my high before then was only 9.5 million). Had quick multiball and full multiball twice...I just shut the machines down after that. Nothing could have compared to that game...it was such a fluke!

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#17 7 years ago

FRX

Frax

Pinside member

Dallas, TX

8y 87,550 15,094 2 9

LOL @ Weber. Man, he looked like he was about to crap himself.

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#18 7 years ago

ASS

playboywillis

Pinside member

8y 47,550 1,434 2

I usually throw off all my clothes, guzzle a pint of whiskey, do 100 sits up to take a little energy off, and then run down the road pounding on doors screaming "GRAND CHAMP BITCHES GRAND CHAMP"

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#19 7 years ago

???

Banker

Pinside member

Lewisville, NC

8y 77,150 1,745 36

When a personal new high score is achieved , it's a great high, subsequent games usually are not as rewarding. Back to back is hard to do, but fun anyway !

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#20 7 years ago

BEE

Finrod

Pinside member

Atlanta, GA

12y 40,950 944 6 6

I usually take a break after setting an all-time high score, because any game where the all-time high score is worth something, I probably had a very long game in order to get a score that high.

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#21 7 years ago

HLT

herg

LED OCD

9y 99,050 5,328

Quoted from phishrace:
the Pete Weber route

Well, he really deserved to gloat. I mean, he bowled a 215!

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#22 7 years ago

DC

Darcy

Pinside member

Leduc, AB

8y 118K 6,157 16

New high score, a whoop, yippy, some times I look around to see if any one else noticed my excitement, also the pin hitting the knocker 3 times is a great sound.

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#23 7 years ago

RPG

tilted81

Pinside member

8y 89,050 2,004 43

Slap the lockdown bar and tell the machine it's a dirty tramp, then go out to the garage for a smoke and a beer

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#24 7 years ago

MSO

Nibbles

Pinside member

9y 79,800 2,179 63

I'm all:

"Damnit (but at the same time, awesome!), I hope this score isn't too high to prevent my wife from playing this pin ever again to get the GC score reclaimed, cuz honestly, I just double that old shizz"

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#25 7 years ago

???

Shoot_Again

Pinside member

Vancouver, WA

8y 80,650 8,403

Torn between #2 and #3 but it is almost always one of those options.

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#26 7 years ago

MJR

Pintroll

Inactive member

Eugene, OR

7y 13,150 40

I usually play out my credits, of course the other night I was doing that on IJ and beat my high score yet again, by the time I finished that game it was closing time and I had to leave 10 credits sitting there.

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#27 7 years ago

WLF

PAOK

Inactive member

Niagara-on-the-lake, ON

8y 24,400 52

Unfortunately, I mostly end up doing #3,,,, But, always realize I shouldof done #2.....

To quote a wiseman words of wisdom ....

Quoted from herg:
I usually stop playing for about half an hour and ride the high.

Next time I score huge,,, I'm gonna stand up tall and beat my chest a few times like the alpha male I am......

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#28 7 years ago

JMC

bjoechamp

Inactive member

11y 43,900 449

My next move is to slide the glass back on.

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#29 7 years ago

TOY

mario_1_up

Pinside member

Fairbank, IA

8y 78,150 2,347 25 8

I normally dont tell my wife and wait till she plays the game next and wait for her to start yelling at me.

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#30 7 years ago

JRL

harbngr

Pinside member

Oakland, ME

7y 57,400 362 9 8

I used to have a pretty comical celebration routine that grew over the years. Then one time I got a nice score on my HS, then in the ensuing celebration, I timed out and got the wrong initials. Took me six months to beat it and prob. another four months to wipe it off. Since then I just flip the bird at the machine. Some how this is more satisfying then the goofy sh!t I did before.