Check to see if you are running the latest code, because on deadflips stream the game did indeed register shots to the demigorgan that hit but did not go into the mouth.

People are much more familiar with mylar and cling plastic these days...oh...and not routed...

Agreed.

One good thing about the design is that it will be a good place to park a ball in multiball. I hope they code a certain number of pop bumber hits to qualify a super jackpot or something like that (like CFTBL) that will make the pops more relevant.

Just saw this in action at about the 40 minute mark....creature is definitely a bash toy as well.

I was thinking that very thing just now as well...what are the odds of that?!?

I have purchased a few just from videos, few regrets doing so.

Magna saves do not work effectively during multi ball. The balls stick together and one or both drain. Ask anybody who’s played a lot of Black Knight 3 and thought they were being cute.

Buying games I’ve never played before is way more fun than playing games I’ve put a lot
Of time in. What’s better for home use than a new game?

The WCS one works pretty good in MB. I use it from time to time to bring two balls to a trap.

Ha never thought to try that. And people say it’s absolutely useless!

People are stupid.

Also I like to use it for a ball about to run off the tip of the flipper so that I have a good clean trap for a shot on final draw.

I’ve watched bits of the stream here and there, keep getting interrupted by various visitors through the holidays, so would someone mind telling me where the shot just got the left of the drops goes?

The shot to the right of the drops that gives you the fast loop to the left orbit looks sweet. And does the game have a diverter or up/down ramp to allow right orbit shots to make a full loop back out the left orbit?

I believe the left of the drops goes in a saucer and gets kicked out to the left lane a la MM
Edit at least at times it does.

Yeah the left of the drops hits a stand-up target and feeds out to the left orbit.

There's no diverter or up-down ramp, right orbit shots go into the pop bumpers and then feed right back out from right orbit.

Overall the game flows very well except for the right orbit. Wish it was a full orbit with a ramp that lifted but it cld be a nice place to put some balls during mb to allow u to concentrate on jackpots. I suppose u cld also disable the up posts at the mystery shot so it dont stop the ball for all the central shots but it's nice to have a few second break at times. Overall I like the shot layout and 4 ramps. Can't wait to c more premium gameplay and how it plays with the different ball locks and bash toy.... and especially the projector stuff. I just went back and binge watched season 1 and 2 of stranger things.. so good and I hope code updates really add a ton more in the future.

Left of the drops. Think ACDC pro bell shot. Straight back to a standup. Then a one way gate halfway back feeds the up post that kicks the ball tp the left orbit. I thought that was a saucer at first, but it’s an up post.

Im re-watching both right now myself after seeing some of the stream to refresh my memory. I remember thinking season 2 was terrible when i first watched, but after a re-watch (and watching right after finishing season 1) i think its really good now.

It truly is a great show. Tons of 80s references and awesome characters. Killer storyline.

Personally I found season 3 really tie it all in together and solidify it as one of my favorite shows ever. Everyone I've talked to feels the same, although I've heard some disagree with me on that. It's really just one of the best shows that's came out in the last several years IMO.

Played Stranger Things today was a bit disappointed game played smooth fan layout. Was a bit disappointed with the demogorgon toy played a bunch of games never could really get it in the mouth not sure why could be a simple adjustment. Overall demigorgan shot did not feel satisfying even though it looked cool. Code is decent early which we all know has some bugs that need worked out.

I haven't played it yet but have talked to several friends that have and the consensus seems to be that they really like how it shoots but the fatal flaw is how difficult the Demogorgan is to hit, and you can get locked into the mode of you can't hit it. One friend described it as the hardest shot in pinball and said that the Hole in One shot in NGG is easier.

I hope to get a chance to play it sometime in the next week to decide for myself.

I watched some of that stream from Halicon Brewery where you were playing.

The Demogorgon seemed impossible to get the ball into. As if it was sitting up too high (or the top of the ramp was too low) I watched player after player aim sweet shots right at the hole, and nobody got it in there.

They’ll have to code the Demogorgan so that hits = damage. i.e. 5 hits = one hole shot. Otherwise nobody is going to get anywhere.

That game was playing ultra fast ... looked like shots to the 4 drops were often death shots, screaming back SDTM. Might be a case of leaving them for multiball, like AFM etc.

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In the stream they made it look easy. They sounded upset the few times they missed it.

The key here is no location games will register hits to the demogorgon. Once the new code drops and we can hit the demogorgon for damage I think it will be much better.

But fully agree that the all or nothing mouth shot is ridiculously hard.

Not sure what example they played but the shot wasn’t that hard for me. I wonder if the game was setup at a really shallow or steep pitch. Where did they play it?

Maybe there’s an easy adjustment that can be made because all the ones in the public’s hands are crazy hard to make.

Yea I really like season 2 also..

It's the game at I/O bar in Madison that Hilton has referenced in this thread. He's really good at setting up and adjusting games so I doubt it is an operator issue.

I tried the one I have really steep, really shallow and right in the middle. No change.

Thanks Mike.

I have tried all pitches now between 6.5 and 7.5
Nothing improves the shot. 7.2 seems best for all other play so that is what I am currently doing.

I actually spent some time looking. The only “bail out “ switch to register a missed shot (one that hits the sculpture but does not go in the hole) is and opto located directly in front of the demigorgon. In other words, it is pretty much useless for the majority of shots which are going to go high and not miss into the opto beam.

I hope they can do something in code as currently it is the fatal flaw of the game.

Sounds like the demogorgon needs a magnet in its center to grab the ball. That would take away the finesse requirement while making the shot a hard one to miss.

I don’t want it to be hard to miss the mouth. I just want to figure out a way that the success rate is greater than like 1%. Haha. If Alek says it’s too hard, it’s too hard.

I played the one in Atlanta on location at My Parents Basement quite a bit and was able to hit the shot many times. Strange.

This makes me think maybe an adjustment to the mech is needed for those having a hard time with the shot?

did the ops who have these say they have .62 on them? just looked at sterns website and it appears .64 is up as of today.

https://sternpinball.com/support/game-code/

No read me is up yet.

I looked it over and didn’t seem like there was much adjustment available. I thought if the demogorgon was sitting back a bit more at rest, it might help the ball settle in there better. I just couldn’t see how to do that. There are so rubber washers on either side that allow the toy to give when you hit it. That’s it. They are tight to get to, so I didn’t try tightening or loosening the bolts.

They were playing something more than .64 on the stream

Did that show on the screen? I totally missed that...

Exactly. One of my friends that said it was too hard was top 16 at Pinburgh this year so it's not like he sucks or anything.

The pro I have is on .63. Updating now.

Not an option at this point.

How is a difficult shot a fatal flaw. Nothing wrong with challenging shots... particularly if it's a major scoring shot that needs to be nailed. Increases game longevity and satisfaction when you hit it if you ask me. If you could hit the shot easily all the time it would get real boring real fast.

But there is a difference between difficult and borderline impossible. I’ve played the game over 100 times and got it in the mouth of the demogorgon less than ten times. I would say the average amount of shots I take on it per game is around 30.

Well...that means it comes up too often. That is basically the end game shot. It shouldn't be coming up that often, and shouldn't be possible every time you play the game. To me that screams how shallow this game really is... I do agree that if it is using 'hit points' then just hitting it should register as damage and score, maybe with a diminishing timer score to get it in the mouth.

Huh? Do you think the ship on AFM comes up too often? The demogorgon is harder to make appear than that.

That shot is basically the equivalency to the final shot to destroy a castle on MM. Did you watch any of the stream of the game?

Been awhile since I've played it, but there isn't a single hit that kills it right?

Play better
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I watched like 10 minutes and they had it in the mouth pretty quickly.

Correct. But imagine it only took one shot to kill the ship but you only hit the shot 1 out of 20-30 tries. If that.