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The rules here are confusing, and this confusion is why I think the rules are badly designed. Trolls and Troll Madness are not the same thing. If you hit Merlin's early, yes you can still start and play Trolls. But that's not good enough. To reach the wizard mode, you need to kill 10 trolls...

Don't worry Eldar, I've gotten the broccoli-heads for you. I've Conquered Mars about six times on real machines, and also Ruled the Universe twice. Also done it on Revenge from Mars too, which is always thoroughly overlooked around here, for understandable reasons. But I think that's a fine...

Agreed that AFM is better, but CV is still good. I get Acrobats by happenstance sometimes, not always last. The Acrobats are roughly like AFM's 5-way combo, sometimes happens by itself, sometimes you need to deliberately chase it. That's good variety. Yes, stacking doesn't do much for points...

Double score actually isn't all that practical for Teed Off inside the 20 minute limit. You can't spell Skins in just one run of the mode, there's not enough time for six shots. So you need to cycle around through all the modes to play it again, but then that's a lot of time that you aren't...

And in contrast to Cirqus Voltaire, I need to talk down Theatre of Magic. - The illusions are just a terrible design overall. There's not a single one of them you actually want to play. You just time out all of them and wait for the next one. The illusions sorely need some actual incentive...

Ok, here's some more opinions. First, Cirqus Voltaire, which I like more than most and probably makes my own top 5. - I like its layout. It departs from the standard open fan just the right amount, with interesting shots but without feeling packed and cluttered. - It has just the right...

PET3R, us Americans don't know anything about snooker. :) I didn't even realize for a very long time that it's a different game and not just another word for pool. I don't have time for a long post right now (I want to give CV a good writeup, I like that one more than most), but want to...

I don't think I have enough to say about all of them, but gotta get my bash in on Medieval Madness. I think the design of the Multiball Madness rounds is atrocious, and ruins the rest of the game for me. We all laugh about the times we hit Merlin's too early and start too few Madnesses... but...

I agree here, I think Monster Bash is the best of all time. It does right what so many other tables get wrong in so many areas: - The modes are all stackable, none lock out the others, so you never get in a situation where you just want to wait for something to time out. But it's not required...

Right, can confirm both of those from personal experience, neither free-table nor demo scores will post to the leaderboard.

You're correct on everything. That's the most you can stack and that's the way to do it. Stacking doesn't really score more than playing the multiballs separately, though. The jackpot shots don't coincide or escalate in value. Stacking is mostly useful for the additional balls in play to...

I've known for years (since Pro Pinball) that I'm better at pinball sims with the music turned off. My brain will naturally try to time shots with the music but of course that won't work. Great for Guitar Hero, not so great for pinball. 3-ball strategy is the same as regular strategy, since...

2) helps protect against 6). The watchword is "Start with Mist." Always get Mist running as soon as it's lit. Hold a ball on the left flipper for insurance against that lock-jets-drain possibility. You can hold on the left while playing nudge-stall-shoot on the ramp to work towards Castle...

Sure there is. That #!%&ing Power. Shut us up about THAT, Farsight, please...

Because here, we compare it with everything in TPA, not just its own era or manufacturer. And we tend to rag on pretty much everything from that era that wasn't a Lawlor. Phantom, Cyclone, Elvira, 1812, Dr Dude, Bride, Taxi and Diner, even High Speed and BK2K, pretty much everything from the...

Keep in mind how user participation works on the internet: http://www.nngroup.com/articles/participation-inequality/ . In any community, 90% of the users just read and observe but don't participate. What you're seeing is perfectly normal for any type of forum or community. You're doing plenty.

Yeah probably not. Just been busy with other things instead of sinking time into TPA. I haven't even gotten around yet to serious regular gameplay on half the season 4 tables. I'll just feed Tarek tips and let him do the winning. :)

I think I was the first one to advance the hypothesis, but everyone else has been chiming in with more data and confirmations. Make it a community cookie. :)

No, but it doesn't take 20 minutes. It takes maybe 12 seconds per scoop shot so you're near max in about 3 minutes. You can go faster by shooting the scoop while the previous ball is still coming back down, if you plan and time it correctly. Australia and Asia are easier to get a decent...

And there is a railroaded way in TPA to grind those Ringmaster jackpots. The Ringmaster eject will railroad to a guaranteed catch on the right flipper if the left flipper is down and the right flipper is up. So during any Ringmaster multiball, catch on the right flipper and shoot the...