Knoxville, TN
After I just finished reading a couple of inflammatory threads with people bickering, I thought I'd post a little story about my best game of MM last night. I figured we can all relate to great games of pinball where, even though they were great, you were SO close to something you've never done before.
Me and the wife were getting ready for U.T.'s home opener yesterday afternoon and I had a little bit of time before I had to shower up. So, of course, I figured I'd get in a few games of pinball. I played a couple of games of Tron which were nothing special and low scoring. So, I moved over a pin and turned on my MM.
I was hitting my shots like nobody's business right out of the gate. Except for the jousting orbits, I could seemingly hit my shots at will. This was evidenced by the fact that after my first ball, before playing either of the 2 extra balls I had received, my score was 135 million (previous GC score was 108 million).
I would love to report that my final score was something sick like 500 million, but I did lose my moxy a little the remaining balls. Once I got to Royal Madness I had the worst effort on that ever and only hit the two trolls. Oddly, I could not hit any of the other shots and time expired. Boo!
I kept going and was able to light every light on the way to Battle for the Kingdom except Joust Champion. I destroyed the King of Payne for my very first time which I was very stoked about! 
By the time I was on my third ball, I had lit all the Madness lights again and was ready to start Royal Madness. Not only that, but I had an extra ball waiting on me. All I need was another one stinkin' shot to the Merlin hole and I was not able to get it. I drained my final ball with Royal Madness and an extra ball waiting for me! Not only that, but I only needed two more Joust shots which would have lit the Joust Champion and let me get ready for the Battle for the Kingdom.
I was a 45 year old man jumping up and down when that last ball drained yelling, "No, No!"
My heart was pumping and my hands nearly shaking. What a great, fun game of pinball! 
Isn't that why we spend our money on these wonderful, fun-filled machines we get the privilege to have in our homes? Wow, I love pinball! 
Just to complete the story...my new GC score is a nice 188 million. Oh, to be just a couple shots away to getting my first big-time wizard mode and fall short makes me want to fire up my pins right now and try again. Too bad it is 7:14 AM on a Sunday morning. I don't think my sleeping family would appreciate that all too much. 
Y'all have a wonderful day!
Perth
Final Score = 1,048,829,710
