My experience with this game is 100% on location. The tilt is a tad loose so slides can happen with only one to two warnings. That being said, zero SDTM issues with the exception of an occasional one off the magnet. Other than that, nothing at all. No air balls, no crazy left outlane drains, etc. Make sure the game is level. I promise you, if you're getting those drains out of the pops, your game is not level.

I spend about $30 bucks every other week on the TWD near me. that gets me a solid 5-6 hours on the game with replays and what not. I will take that all day long. Might have to buy this one day, but having a ton of fun putting the money in the machine for now.

If the game is level, this needs no adjustment. should feed the right flipper if it doesn't hit the guide, and if it does, it should feed the left flipper.

totally agree. the CDC mega score is very difficult to achieve. You basically need to prime the CDC ramp by hitting all other lit shots, then get 2x playfield, then get 2x inlane, then blast the CDC ramp to collect. If you have Bicycle Girl going too, I bet it is even crazier.

I find this similar to stack up those ACDC jackpots and cashing them in.

Holy hell. My top score is 90 million. I haven't been able to get a lucrative CDC yet.

Or play the one that I play on location in Covington, KY. Plays awesome!

yeah, that is true. I just have trouble hitting it multiple times in a row. I am always bad a left flipper shots. Not sure why. I guess it is cause I am right handed maybe.

I would say about a third of the time the ball will shoot up the tunnel lane and back down the left orbit shot to the left flipper on the one that I play.

interesting. Care to expand? I am probably going to get one at some point, just not sure which one and artwork is way better on the LE, but I have never played one.

Thanks for the info!

Man I crapped the bed playing again last night. Still can't crack 100 million. Had Prision, Well, 2x scoring and CDC running and couldn't get that mega CDC score. I think I was just hitting the CDC ramp too soon, but hard to keep track of 4 balls haha.

haha. did you really? that's hilarious.

Wrong from what I understand. When cdc starts I believe hitting all other lanes increases the cdc value. Then hitting the cdc ramp collects it. The arena is an ever increasing shot that increases with each ramp shot made. That can be luracitive too, but the arena shot is much harder imo.

Also I know that TWD will be used for qualifying for A division in papa but will it be used for finals? I wonder if many guys will use it for qualifying due to the number of goofy shots in the game.

Ooo dang. I'm gonna try that next time.

haha. Story of my life. I can hit the shots all day until that insert is lit haha.

The one I play on location gets thrown around a lot. I slide it to the left and to the right all the time to avoid various drains. This game also never drains out of the pops, and rarely ever has a SDTM from the magnet.

haha. Sounds similar to a game a had the other night. 85 million on my first ball, and didn't even break 100 million when it was all over.

yeah sounds like it. There are about 3-5 serious pinheads that put a good number of games on it each week. Then other than that I do not think it gets much play since it is so difficult. If anything is not playing right, I email the OP and he comes out to adjust whatever it needs within 24 hours usually.

But it's obviously not meant to be a flow game.

Great job! I need to get back out there and play. nice alternate translite too.

I think you have to start every mode once and siege will start. Do you think that you started every mode in that game?

Good to know. Thanks!

I would agree if only they left the bicycle girl a ramp and not a bash toy.

haha. does the ball even fit in those outlanes?

Geeze Louise. Did anyone see the PAPA qualifying scores for TWD yet? Keith Elwin has almost 700 million. that is ridic. He had some insane scores at LAX too.

That would be awesome. I think they are trying to improve that, but for now we will really only see games played in Finals I believe. So I bet those games will be 30 million and less haha. They have cameras set up for qualifying so how hard would it be for PAPA to post the best games recorded?

Even so man. I cannot do that massive scoring on the CDC. I still don't think I have the mode down. Every time I start it I just try to hit all the other shots in the game as much as I can for like 15 seconds, then collect up the CDC, but I think the most I have gotten is like 10 mil.

Agree. I'd rather never see the end of the game on 3 ball, than see the end on 5 ball. I'll take the glass off before I do that.

Hopefully there are videos out there of some of the better scores had on it at PAPA

Wow. I didn't see that. Congrats to him. From what I saw at my first tournament at LAX this year, I am not surprised at all. He just had some scores that blew my mind. I mean they were the types of scores that if I saw them on a routed game, I would've just assumed there was a glitch in the game that let them score that haha.

haha. I hope he reads this thread and sees us nerds comparing him to Tiger and Jordan. I am sure it would make his day.

Man, I haven't been able to play TWD in forever it seems. I need to get out there and renew my frustration haha.

The one I play on location doesnt have this issue. I would try adjusting the lane and push it up some to help. Usually when this happens on games it it because that return lane is sitting too low.

finally got a decent score on my location game. I am also the CDC champion, and Riot Champion at 5.2 million and 10.8 million, respectively haha. As you can see not many pinheads play this game regularly.

High Score #2.JPG

It has been widely documented that if the game is level you will not get those dumb drains. Might want to give it another shot.

maybe put regular flippers on your FT and BSD. That should help. You do have a tough collection though.

It’s a standard leaf switch, but the way it is activated is not standard at all. The head has a arm underneath it that when you hit the head that arm swings forward and hits a big standup target under the game to register the hit.

You can make that switch crazy sensitive, but the best way to make that shot more consistent its to reduce the distance that arm has to travel to strike the target.

I simply took the soft side of sticky Velcro and attached it to the part of the arm that hits the target. Fixed the issue of the head not registering right up.