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Why is deathsaving considered cheating?

By snowy_owl

3 years ago


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    “Is deathsaving cheating?”

    • Yes, of course! Duh. 104 votes
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    • Nope, it's a real skill of pinball, not cheating. 15 votes
      9%
    • No, but should be illegal in competitive play. 41 votes
      26%

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    #14 3 years ago

    In a competitive situation it’s definitely illegal.At your own house with your own games, then yea it’s totally fair.Your ball should end when it goes down an outlane (unless you have kickback lit).So it’s not fair that you could just put it back in play.Death saving could also hurt a machine as listed from other pinsiders above me.As for your own enjoyment at home nobody’s watching you or actually cares that you preform one.

    #47 3 years ago
    Quoted from BrianBannon:

    These moves can damage games. Several years ago, I replaced a set of legs on Iron Man. According to the bartender, she caught some guy sliding the game back and forth trying to save the ball. She described what she saw and it sounded like a death save to me. He had pulled the game about six inches away from the wall so he could really move it around. There was an expansion joint with a lip on it in the floor and this guy was shoving the game back and forth over the expansion joint, ended up putting a slight bend in a couple of legs. At the time, I didn't realize that was even possible. Here is the kicker, I had the game set to five balls with a generous tilt! This guy must have been a lousy player as he was nowhere to be found on a two week old high score table that still had some default scores. Bar owner told the staff if that bastard ever comes back to let him know so he can toss him out.
    Another time there was a guy doing bangbacks on my EBD at Chicago Expo many years ago. He broke the weld on one of the tabs of the lockdown bar. Eight Ball Deluxe can be a real bitch sometimes, but c'mon.

    Aw man that sucks.This is also the reason you should never death save on anyone’s machines.If I had anyone even try to perform a death save on my machines, they would be kicked out immediately.

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