Hey Colin. For all the thousands of posts here about WOZ, you'd think a few of them would be about strategy and rules, but not so in my experience.

The slickest thing I've ever pulled off has been start crystal ball mode, cycle haunted modes until I reach haunted multiball with ECMB ready to go. I think ECMB is best at the end of a stack since it goes well with everything, gives you a ton of ball save time and can be easily set aside for when you need it. The right time to start haunted multiball is when ECMB is ready and a quality crystal ball MB is either going or ready to start.

There's a lot of two-ball tech you can do to advance through the game with one ball more or less permanently cradled. A ball held on the right flipper allows you to advance munchkin loops, as balls drained from the munchkin outhole will usually roll down the upper flipper and be served to the left flipper. You can backhand the left flipper into the pops to collect haunted modes with a ball cradled in the right flipper as well.

There's a shot that's quite simple but I get a kick out of every time it succeeds: get two balls cradled onto either flipper, and give it a quick backhand flip to send the top ball into the crystal ball shot from the left flipper or throne room from the right. It's a satisfying trick for people like me who don't have the complete set of multiball control techniques.

I think everyone is too scared to say anything. Too much hate here whenever WOZ treads are started.
A lot of the stacking will change a little with code 4.0 which is probably only days away now. I just tend to lock 2 balls for ECMB, get dorothy captured and spell out RESCUE, start a munchkin mode then go up to the castle, rescue dorothy, 1 ball up the ramp to start ECMB. I then sometimes get to hit the witch to start fireball frenzy, and all hell brakes loose.

I've had a few big stacks, but honestly I'm just so busy trying to keep everything going that I can't really tell which specific modes I've started!

There is just nothing else like WOZ out there when you get multiple modes running, it's an amazing rush!!

Yes, each color represents a specific Crystal ball mode. Hitting a lit crystal ball insert changes the color. I believe the colors are as follows:

Blue: Lights Out
Yellow: Lights On
Green: Weak Flippers
Red: No Hold Flippers

By the way, I'm in awe of your ability to collect Munchkin loops while keeping a ball held on your left flipper.

Add light blue for Flipper Frenzy (reverse flippers)

You guys are just in a different league from me. I'd love to watch a video of your gameplay with commentary added.

Do you know if you get that automatically once all the other crystal ball modes are completed or does it only appear as an option after the other CB modes are completed?

Thanks for the clarification. I thought you were holding the balls on both lower flippers and using the two stage flipper button on the left flipper to operate just the munchkin flipper. Hmmm...that could be a useful skill to acquire on WOZ.

I am not sure I completely understand your question, but suffice it to say that the fifth time through CB, the lights are light blue when you hit them, and you will get Flipper Frenzy (reverse flippers) when you light all BALL lights and start the mode with a shot to the Crystal Ball.

I definitely cradle with my right flipper unless you are needing the right flipper to bat the ball around in the rescue mini-playfield. I will never become good enough to hold the lower flipper and flip the top flipper with a partial release of the button. Cradles with the left flipper are usually pretty short-lived when I play.

I think that answers my question. Basically, once the first four crystal ball modes are completed the next crystal ball mode will be Flipper Frenzy (light blue) and additional hits to the ball targets will not change the mode (or color).