If this is accurate I'm pretty sure I'm going to hate this system.

I just got my GOTLE and I've noticed a couple of things that I'm not sure are either not working correctly or are as designed.

- 1st - No coin door ball save. It's in the options but when I open the door the ball drains and ends the ball. I like this feature as it prevents you from losing out on a good game if something comes lose. In this case my wife was having a great ball (pretty rare for her) and a bulb came out. She trapped the ball and I opened the door and told her to release the flipper as I have coin door ball saver on. Ball drains and she loses her ball.

- 2nd - The game goes into ball search with the door open. I hope this isn't by design or it's piss poor design. So, in this example, the game kicks a new ball into the game. I need to pull the PF out to get to where the light came from (backpanel behind the dragon). I pick the ball up and grab the bulb. I go to put the bulb back in and ball search goes off and activates all the coils. Not only starveling me, this is dangerous. If I was fixing a bulb in a sling that would have hurt like hell....

- 3rd - I don't see an interlock on the door. How does the game know that the door is open for the "coin door ball save" in the first place? I know the voltage isn't as high in the SPIKE system but this seems like really poor design.

Is this really by design? Does KISS and WWE behave the same?

I can live with the switch movement (I don't like it at all nor does my wife) but the above seems more like a safety item to me. Yes, I can turn the game off anytime I need to get a ball unstuck or put a bulb back in but that seems like a major step back in my opinion.

Sorry, if this comes across as whiny. I'm just really frustrated/irritated at the moment about this.

I tried looking for it and couldn't find a thing. If it's there I will add it.

I agree, this is fine when you can do that but if you need to slide the game out to get to something you can't just leave the ball in the shooter lane. In this case a light from the backboard came out.

I can't see how this would have been a good idea. They need to at least stop the ball search for the times you are trying to fish a ball out of some area that it may be stuck at. I'll try the setting buttons trick.

They already saved enough on this LE. No shaker motor and the pro style latch system. I actually prefer that latch system as it feel more secure but still a cut.

Appreciate it. I'll look again but I didn't see anything. I would hate to spend money to add something that should be there but I'll do it in this case. I get a lot of benefit from that feature.

Just found this. According to the GOT manual the high power is supposed to be cut out when the door is open.

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So, how do you accomplish this when playing on your own? I can't remove the glass and hold a flipper button by myself. It's not all about tournament play here. If you're a couple shots from Iron Throne and have to service the game it's going to piss you off.

Just seems as though they should have put a switch there if they didn't want the interlock so that they could at least recognize when the door was open during game play.

Just a FYI. When you go into the settings it cuts power to the coils so your argument here is actually proven to be false (just tested it again). Let's try to not just give Stern a pass for something as "moving forward". I still see no benefit from this move.

Just a FYI to you and Xerico as I know you are looking at it from a tournament perspective. I tried going into the adjustments menu (as suggested). That will actually kill the coil power and the flippers will drop. The ball will drain and the ball saver will not recognize the situation and it ends the ball.

Just something to look out for. If you have someone holding on to their ball. Make sure the tech is 100% clear to not press any buttons until they have ball in hand. Changing the volume did not do this but going into the service menu does.

Yes. Coin door ball saver is turned on.

Would be glad to help.

Edit - Here is the video. Will e-mail you as well. The volume seems to be a bug as well. Not sure if you can tell how load it is for being at level 1. Separate issue but that would be nice to have adjusted as well while I'm being picky

Keep arguing semantics but the video clearly shows that the coils go dead. I don't care if it's because the power is cut or if the software tells it to do so. Either way, your explanation of the "benefit" is wrong. I know I'm sounding like an ass here but I'm not a programmer and don't care to be. I just know what is physically happening on the game and while in the service menu the coils will not fire which is what you were saying the benefit would be. That part is not true.

Will do. I'm away from my house the rest of the day for soccer and my daughters gymnastics but I'll give that a test first thing in the am tomm and will report back.

Ok. Appreciate you looking into it. Bummed on the outcome but atleast there won't be any suprises if that scenario happens at a tournament. I let Collin know already for the purposes of TPF.