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Way to go Zucot! Freaking hilarious! I love your new implementation of the Hammer... premium/LE rocks now!!! 
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3 weeks later
Quoted from luvthatapex2:Can you put the coil strength to soft to protect your game in the meantime? I know thats not what you SHOULD have to do, but until an update comes out at least you won't break things.
I tried it. It made no difference. Phone tech told me, that while the option is listed he wasn't even sure if it actually did anything yet?! I'm protecting my game by leaving it turned off.
Quoted from RobT:1 hour, 42 minutes and 52 seconds from....
now!
Only 30 more minutes! Kids, Halloween is cancelled, daddy's waiting in front of his computer for the Stern code drop! 
Quoted from Av8:Is this a Pro? Mine slings are fine and don't need to be changed at all.
Mine's an LE. It seems to be random and not model specific whether you have the problem or not based on what I've read. There is a pole around here somewhere.
Quoted from Fooped:"Thunk....Thunk..Thunk.bangbangbangbangWHAM!!!!!!!!!!!!"
This sums it up nicely.
Quoted from herg:All that came was a beagle!
I was robbed! I spent the whole night waiting for the Great Pumpkin when I could have been out for tricks or treats! Halloween is over and I missed it!
3 weeks later
Quoted from yfz450:Welcome to the wait.
Good point. Need to replace one of my audio files with this...
1 week later
Quoted from FiveSixPyro:if you try to please nobody because you can't please everyone then you please none.
Maybe this can be the new Stern slogan!
Quoted from Gnatty:He seems clueless about it and mentioned that he hasn't heard a lot of customers having this problem.
That's funny, because when I called a couple months back they said this was a well known issue that was affecting a lot of machines and that a fix was being worked out. Do they have a short memory or have they just moved on to other things and decided to give us the run around?
Quoted from Iamdarras:It's going to be a long while before any updates.
Is this just a guess, or based on some inside info? It's hard to ever know with Stern's lack of communication.
Quoted from markmon:It's not a problem. Nothing is going to break.
You've got some really good info there, but I would argue this one point. I had an air ball break one of the habitrails. And if older Stern games were as bad as some of our Met's appear to be, I think Stern would have fixed this issue by now. It seems like most Met slings are overpowered, but a small percentage are so overpowered (or posts too short, or ??) that they make the game almost unplayable.
With so many opinions on code updates, do we have a couple of names (pinside ID) of who actually has an inside connection at Stern. That way I can spend less time trying to figure out who really knows something and more time trying to figure out if the person who really knows something is serious or not. I myself have called Stern and gotten the canned response "they're working on it".
Quoted from ChadNC:There should be a more pronounced sound when the hammer comes down. Pa-Pow!!
Exactly! I had grand visions in my head when I ordered this thing of some serious hammer badassery. Hammer comes crashing down with a thunderous solid smash, the ball has disappeared from view, it's been blasted into the playfield coffin by the hammer of the gods!!! Instead I feel like I'm activating an electric stapler that doesn't work with more than three sheets of paper.
2 weeks later
Quoted from Dr-Willy:One of my posts looked sanded, the others didn't. How many washers under each post do you guys think? I put two under each post, but I think it might be to high, I guess ill pull it back apart and try one.
Thanks to all in this post for the advice on the washers. I finally got around to putting the washers under mine. One on each post. And... so far, so good. And my machine was basically unplayable before with the airballs.
Quoted from chessiv:We buy them up like air Jordan's.
Good thing we don't all have to line up at the Stern store for this "limited edition" item. It would probably make for some hilarious youtube videos!
Quoted from vex:who's in on the new mustang pin with incomplete code and the usual 3% price hike?
I'm on my fifth Mustang, a 2011 5.0, but my pin money will go elsewhere.
2 weeks later
Quoted from Purpledrilmonkey:I highly recommend not doing that. I did it for a month or so and went back to small posts and black rubber.
It does fix airballs but the flow of the game becomes brutal as the inlanes become ever slightly tighter, and you end up with some frustrating outlane drains because the ball can't get down the inlane.
Same thing for me. I recommend the washers under the posts, which does not alter the gameplay. I have been happy since making that change.
3 weeks later
Quoted from Bearded_Warrior:Where exactly would the signature be?
It's on the back of the chair.
Quoted from Bearded_Warrior:I grew a pretty epic handlebar mustache to keep myself entertained.
Well get ready to eat it!!! (See DESW thread for details... or not)
Quoted from 2RustyBalls:It's coming this week!
I can't wait to start complaining about this new code! Gotta keep this thread going somehow!
Quoted from 2RustyBalls:they've add a lot more voice overs and the modes are complete. It's coming!! Remember my post on xmen?
My #1 question is: Did they make the sling power adjustable?
Quoted from Duff:Do the washer mod under each post sleeve. I did that and it hasn't happened since. I used the acrylic use for protectors for the sling plastics.
I did the washer mod and it helped considerably, but I'd still like to turn them down to about 75%.
Quoted from Bearded_Warrior:And people like me who voted three times
I really hope some of your three votes went to The Four Horsemen.
They really need to approve the top five songs if there is any possible way to fit them in the game. Come on Metallica, make it happen!
The Four Horseman... so close, yet so very very far. 
And I'm not a classic Metallica snob, but how is I Disappear in front of it? I had no idea that song had such a massive following. I guess I better start studying how to switch songs out.
1 week later
Quoted from SteveP3:My plan is to keep my tear ducts ready to cry out of sheer joy when the new code drops.
Is anyone else worried about what's in this glorious code update? Or has it been confirmed that there is a giant pot of gold at the end of the rainbow?
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