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Quoted from Deez:Tournament Issues: Ripley’s Believe it or Not suffers badly from the valid playfield switch exploit. The scoop does not register as a valid playfield switch but still will award points and modes. Advanced players can take advantage of this situation, if the plunge is easily controllable, and play for an extended period of time without putting the ball in danger.
So if you hit the skill shot, even though the ball returns from the scoop it will register as a valid switch? This text is from the Papa site for game notes for tournament setup.
http://papa.org/competitive/directors/game-notes/
Indeed. The scoop as hit from below does not count as a valid playfield switch, but the skill shot does.
