This one freaked ms wizz so much, she wouldn't play the rest of the night.

Was playing a two-player game of SM with ms wizz last night. I tend to have longer ball times and had just finished ball two (player 1). I joined her in the kitchen to let her know it was her ball, and to discuss the ruleset since she had just hit all the white arrows the previous ball.

We became aware of sounds coming from the office where the pins were, and as we stuck our heads around the corner, there was the distinct sound of the machine-gun bumpers, as well as slings and voices. We go over to the machine and find, not just a ball in play, but multi-ball in play. I just picked up at the flippers and continued the ball(s). After I drained (head not really into the ball) it started player 1 ball 3. We just stood and let it make noises just to see if it would put itself in play, but it didn't. Ms wizz wouldn't even finish her last ball. She made me check twice to make sure I turned the machine off when we went to bed.

I have no idea how the ball would have launched itself for a new player much-less how it managed to achieved a multi-ball on its own, but it freaked her out so (and of course comments I made didn't help I'm sure). I'll only be freaked once my GC score is bested by some unknown player.

The sounds we heard from the kitchen were the balls in play. I finished my ball two and her ball two was in the shooter lane ready for her go when I walked away to get her. When we got to the machine after hearing the noises, there were three balls in play in a multi-ball (literally bouncing around the pf) - though I'm not sure which mult-ball. The noises we heard were the various bumpers, slings, etc being hit while the balls were in play.

I simply continued playing where it had started. We were really not sure which player it was on since the multi-ball display wouldn't show the player/ball until it ended. Once I drained the last ball, it popped a ball into the shooter lane for player 1 ball 3.

We haven't seen any issue with switch or optos. I played a couple games afterwards with no issues. It was all very weird.

We've left a ball in the shooter lane much longer waiting for a next player before and since. Beside the "Player X, you're up!" nag, its never been impatient enough to shoot the ball before. I even let it set longer at player 1 ball 3 just to see if it would do it again, but it didn't.

I looked thru diags and couldn't find any alerts, bad switches, etc.

Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth

no problem....just wish they'd setup a player 3 rather than taking ms wizz'z turn.