The Aussie Pinball Arcade
Aussie Pinball Forums => General Discussion => General Pinball Discussion => Topic started by: Retropin on November 30, 2008, 12:19:01 AM
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Having a couple of mates round - both brothers, i noticed their flipper action was to slap the side of the cabinet.
Interesting i thought. Dunno if it helped their game or made the ball fly up the PF quicker, but it got me thinking...
I just stand there - kick the odd leg out trying to save a ball, but i basically just press the flippers with my fingers.
So whats everyone else??
Slapper or pusher?
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Pusher for the most part, the odd slap, but usually more out of frustration as the ball goes SDTM...
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I always found that slapping meant you could sometimes save what was going down between the flippers.
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I very rarely tilt a ball and I definitely don't "slap" the buttons... I just feel very relaxed playing a game.. Occasionally, the back leg swings out, but that is about as violent as it gets... :D
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I'm a pusher. In fact, my "bad habit" is that I tend to hold the flipper up a bit too long which causes problems sometimes. I do occasionally tilt, but mostly when it's heading toward the same spot where it's drained about the fifth time in a row. After the tilt of course it doesn't drain down that same spot and could have been saved. ::)
Once I woke up and had a sinking feeling that I had blacked out. I walked in to admire the pin lineup and my prized MM was missing! "WTF? Where the hell did it go?" A little later that morning I strolled out the front door with a cup of coffee to get the paper and there it was - in little pieces on the front lawn. "Oh, yea. Bad game."
Not really.
I'll occasionally threaten to punch through the top of the glass when things don't go right after about the fifth bad game in a row. Just a mock punching motion that maybe ends in a slap on the middle of the lock bar. I'll never follow through on the punch threat. 95% of the time I'm pretty mellow and smiling while playing a game.
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"Oh, yea. Bad game."
Thanks for the morning chuckle Vinito! %.%
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Nice story to read over the morning coffee, Vinito !
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Pusher...Always
Also, always been a 'puller' on the plunger...Didn't have time for those who went the palm shunt on it! ()
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Also, always been a 'puller' on the plunger...Didn't have time for those who went the palm shunt on it!
Aaah yes - the "tough guy" approach to ball shooter skills. I ban anyone from doing that in my games room. Do it and you're barred!
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i tend to do a bit of both,mainly slap when trying to save a ball,
i dont mind shaking a machine,to try and save the ball going down a sidelane
yeah i tilt them sometimes,but there made to be shaken a bit..arnt they...
i find mates that play them, tend to slap alot,they think there getting more power on the ball
keep telling them its a timing thing *%*
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Pusher, except for the old slap save
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I am a pusher, until there is a ball that needs it (near the flipper tip) - then I transform into a slapper && Funny thing is despite trying for sustained periods, I only have a decent slap save on the right hand, cannot develop a good left hand leading slap save *.*
cheers
Ian
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nudger don't like pushing or slapping a pin
But the biggest slapper that l have ever seen is Mark.C
every time he does it l expect to see a pin go flying thru the air ( l kid you not)
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Also, always been a 'puller' on the plunger...Didn't have time for those who went the palm shunt on it! ()
I'm with you l can't stand watching someone slap a plunger with there hands
(although its always funny when they do it on a game that has the old pointy handle
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nudger don't like pushing or slapping a pin
But the biggest slapper that l have ever seen is Mark.C
every time he does it l expect to see a pin go flying thru the air ( l kid you not)
Mark had ONE BALL on the sinbad - wait - it was not even the first ball, and the game was tilted !!
not sure if it was him, or the fact we moved the game - but it was funny to see an EM Kick his ass tonight !!
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Hey stop slapping my machine around. :lol
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Definitely a pusher, but the old slap shots works a treat for the near 100% SDTM situation. I sometime do the the ol' Tommy where you flick the buttons quickly and in rapid succession. Ideal for MAD multiballs like TZ etc. I find less drains, meaning bigger points.
And yes Greg....It does hurt when you push the plunger on those pointy ones....done it a few times when getting upset with rapid ball loses in a bad game and forgetting what type of plunger it is. AND its not a good look either...that pained look.
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nudger don't like pushing or slapping a pin
+1
I watch how people shove or slap a machine and it makes me cringe, I don't tolerate it on my JD machine and I don't understand why people feel the need to do it. Pinball playing is supposed to be fun, if the ball drains so what? No wonder sited machines break down all the time, they are treated like shit because the people playing them don't own them.
Matthew
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I agree.
I'm what you would class a quiet player. I just push the buttons and give the machine an occasional nudge. I never understood the whole slapping, pushing, thumping, shaking thing. To me it just looks like the players frustration is being displayed and it's not actually used to benefit the players score. I can't stand it when I see people physically shaking the machine when playing a game. To think those legs are only attached via plates to wood supporting a heavy machine. I don't think they were designed for that or else they would have some sort of suspension system.
But what do I know? I'm a crap player anyway. :lol
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And yes Greg....It does hurt when you push the plunger on those pointy ones....done it a few times when getting upset with rapid ball loses in a bad game and forgetting what type of plunger it is. AND its not a good look either...that pained look.
The old 'crucifiction palm' look *)*
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i push and slide when necessary, the key is keeping count of the tilt warnings.. :lol
i really notice the workload increase in the earlier SS machines though, they seem to drain easier so you gotta be contsantly bumping tp try and stack the odds..