Does Pinball ever piss you off?

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I was playing Taxi yesterday and had my best ball ever. My first ball I scored over 9 million points! The rest of the game I sucked. My final score was like 10 million 300 thousand. I hate that! I can't ever seem to have more than one great ball a game. It wouldn't be so bad if a few balls were "decent" but when half go straight down the center and you don't have a chance it really sucks. Anyone else experience this?
 
Just be happy when all your machines are fully working! haha...As long as that holds true, then I am happy, even if I have a shitty game. I seem to play 100 times better when I am alone, so it can be frusturating when I have friends over and I really suck the big one haha. Although a few days ago when I had a couple buddies over I got my 2nd highest BSD score and my 2nd highest Time Machine score. That never happens as I have the scores run up pretty high...
 
I was playing Taxi yesterday and had my best ball ever. My first ball I scored over 9 million points! The rest of the game I sucked. My final score was like 10 million 300 thousand. I hate that! I can't ever seem to have more than one great ball a game. It wouldn't be so bad if a few balls were "decent" but when half go straight down the center and you don't have a chance it really sucks. Anyone else experience this?


Been there a lot myself. No two games alike. Also, you seem to become supreme player when your in a hurry or late for an appointment of sorts. :)
 
I was playing Taxi yesterday and had my best ball ever. My first ball I scored over 9 million points! The rest of the game I sucked. My final score was like 10 million 300 thousand. I hate that! I can't ever seem to have more than one great ball a game. It wouldn't be so bad if a few balls were "decent" but when half go straight down the center and you don't have a chance it really sucks. Anyone else experience this?
Yes this is completely normal, playing more should help :p
However it can still happen no matter what...
 
One thing I've noticed about pinball: Extra balls are cursed. It seems like any time I win an extra ball, it almost immediately drains. Either it goes straight down the middle without a chance to flip it, or it gets flipped once, bounces off a post at a weird angle, then right down the drain (or outlane). Seems to be pretty consistent across machines for me too....

I actually came up with a device to prevent this though. I call it the "Pinball Machine Game Genie". Simply place this device below the flippers, and any time a ball goes down the drain, it magically stops! Then you just drag the ball to wherever you want it, and let it go.

Ok.. so it's really just this giant magnet from a failed mainframe hard drive head positioner assembly. And I've never actually tried it for fear of scratching/breaking the glass.. but I like the idea. :D

-Ian
 
One thing I've noticed about pinball: Extra balls are cursed. It seems like any time I win an extra ball, it almost immediately drains. Either it goes straight down the middle without a chance to flip it, or it gets flipped once, bounces off a post at a weird angle, then right down the drain (or outlane). Seems to be pretty consistent across machines for me too....

I actually came up with a device to prevent this though. I call it the "Pinball Machine Game Genie". Simply place this device below the flippers, and any time a ball goes down the drain, it magically stops! Then you just drag the ball to wherever you want it, and let it go.

Ok.. so it's really just this giant magnet from a failed mainframe hard drive head positioner assembly. And I've never actually tried it for fear of scratching/breaking the glass.. but I like the idea. :D

-Ian



ok seriously cheating!......but wrap electrical tape around the magnet
 
Bradio:I got room for your Black Knight, maybe you just need a better pin to feel the love, something a little newer with a DMD. Guarantee if you had a couple newer pins, they would get played way more than the vids, maybe not by you, but visitors are more drawn to them IMO, and from my experience.
 
Ok.. so it's really just this giant magnet from a failed mainframe hard drive head positioner assembly. And I've never actually tried it for fear of scratching/breaking the glass.. but I like the idea. :D
-Ian

I bought a pinball machine from a guy who told me he used to use a huge magnet to get free games BITD.
 
Also, you seem to become supreme player when your in a hurry or late for an appointment of sorts. :)
True. I get my best games when I'm cooking on the grill. End up having to drain a ball to go flip the meat and rush back before it auto-launches. (My pins are next to the patio door.)
And I too hate to have the extra-ball lit. Gauranteed Jynx.
 
I was playing Taxi yesterday and had my best ball ever. My first ball I scored over 9 million points!

Jesus, I suck at Taxi, and obviously need to play more after reading this. My best score is 3.5 mil. Ouch!
 
There have been times when I just reach down, and flip of the machine while flipping it off :)
 
The worst outlanes I know of are probably on comet!

Sonz a beyotchesz!
 
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