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Offline bossninja17

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Not bad -if i say so myself
« on: August 09, 2010, 08:39:43 PM »
Those who know me know that I usually stick to EMs as the more modern machines confuse me (that is anything without a simple instruction card on the apron).
Last night I am at Epping RSL and there is a Batman Forever (I think) with a couple of credits on it as the mechanic had just finished fixing it. It is a 5 ball game with a replay at 37 million. At the end of ball 4 I had 4 million.
On ball 5 (including a shoot again) I scored 33 million on that ball alone - multiballs everywhere, absolutely no idea what I was shooting for, just keeping balls in play, having them do a loop that came back onto the right flipper, hitting a ball suspended on a crane ... who knows what else was happening!
Got a replay then walked away - would never be able to play a last ball like that again. Anyone watching that last ball (unfortunately no witnesses) would have thought I was some sort of pinball wizard. What I was in fact doing was flipping anything that came near the flippers with no strategy, but it came off.
Has anyone else ever had that sort of expereince with a last ball?
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Re: Not bad -if i say so myself
« Reply #1 on: August 09, 2010, 09:02:12 PM »
Yip,  that' how most my games go,must be something knowing that it's your last ball,

or i have a great 1st ball and then the next 2 drain real quick  !!!

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Re: Not bad -if i say so myself
« Reply #2 on: August 09, 2010, 09:11:28 PM »
Im in the same boat likey games simplenand fun mu only strategy when
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Re: Not bad -if i say so myself
« Reply #3 on: August 09, 2010, 10:09:53 PM »
found my teenage son restarting games after he had a bad first ball, I told him that in a game of pinball you get 1 good ball, 1 bad, and 1 so-so, and these will be in any order

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Re: Not bad -if i say so myself
« Reply #4 on: August 09, 2010, 10:15:44 PM »

I think we all have that "one" magic game. TRY and do it again, and watch 4 drainers and 1 good ball  ^&^

I notice this a lot on my T3 - ABSOLUTE Blinder of a ball, then 2 drainers and 2 average balls. I guess that's why I like DMDs - Never a dull moment - if you have a bad ball - theres always the flashy lights to marvel at !
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Re: Not bad -if i say so myself
« Reply #5 on: August 09, 2010, 10:16:50 PM »
Batman Dark Knight.

You threw me there for a second (Batman Forever) cause my batman forever aint got a crane, then it hit me, STERN Batman Dark Knight has a crane !

Yeh, a brilliant last ball, u did well mate !  ^^^ ^^^ ^^^

p.s - I hate 15 second first balls, it makes you feel like an idiot.  :D
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Re: Not bad -if i say so myself
« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2010, 08:15:09 AM »
It's like cricket - in the end it doesn't matter how you make them, it's the final score that counts.

And over time the better players tend to get the higher scores.