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Offline Pavlov Pinball

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An odd way to make dull games interesting...
« on: July 03, 2014, 07:15:06 PM »
I've just been talking to a couple of guys who make custom balls (Modmypin Glo-balls and Back Alley Creations Black Pearls), and one of the things that came out of the conversations is that you can use custom balls as a kind of mod to make machines more fun to play by making them faster or more difficult.

It's not something that occured to me before - I always though of custom balls as just a simple way to bling your pin. Anyone else use custom balls to revitalize a machine?

Anyway, you can read about it at http://pavlovpinball.com/an-odd-way-to- ... teresting/

Cheers!

Paul
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Re: An odd way to make dull games interesting...
« Reply #1 on: July 08, 2014, 03:01:40 PM »
I've always thought that an innovation would be to use different coloured balls for different modes of a game - like the powerball in TZ, but 4 different colours that define each mode.
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Re: An odd way to make dull games interesting...
« Reply #2 on: July 08, 2014, 04:12:49 PM »
Avengers would be the perfect candidate for mode coloured pin balls.

Thanks for the article.
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Re: An odd way to make dull games interesting...
« Reply #3 on: July 08, 2014, 05:26:28 PM »
yep tried the green coloured balls , lasted 3 days before I noticed little chips/dings in them
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Re: An odd way to make dull games interesting...
« Reply #4 on: July 08, 2014, 07:23:43 PM »
Quote from: Greg on July 08, 2014, 05:26:28 PM
yep tried the green coloured balls , lasted 3 days before I noticed little chips/dings in them
They chip on the 1st day, it just took you 3 days to 'notice'  :lol
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Re: An odd way to make dull games interesting...
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2014, 06:16:09 AM »
Powerballs for speed has been done TZ ,AvatarLe

How about Crazy ball? A ball that is slightly out of balance that wreaks havoc during certain modes?
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Re: An odd way to make dull games interesting...
« Reply #6 on: July 28, 2014, 10:23:18 AM »
Quote from: jennystack on July 28, 2014, 06:16:09 AM
Powerballs for speed has been done TZ ,AvatarLe

How about Crazy ball? A ball that is slightly out of balance that wreaks havoc during certain modes?

standard balls wreak enough havoc as it is  the way I play. %.%
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