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Dissenting opinion here. Banzai Run has a cool gimmick, but it really doesn't make for interesting gameplay. Every trip to the upper playfield is just to make the same dull sequence of stop-and-go shots. It plays like Victory, which isn't a ringing endorsement. I predict you Banzai Run fans...

I bought season 4, since the Jack●Bot conversion came out very well, plus TAF is a must, Starship Troopers is interesting, I like Cyclone, and counting on one more good DMD out of something like Getaway or Road Show or Safecracker. Still going to suck away too much time from productive things...

What platforms was it updated on? I tried it on PC and saw the same old bug-filled lock lane and superglue magna-save.

Same here. Nudging never helps knock a ball through the inlane gates. Best chance is to do nothing, in which case a ball coming at medium speed will do so on its own. But if it's not going to, there isn't any nudge that's going to change its mind. At most, you can nudge very late to...

I think this thread can be unstickyed now? :) And maybe moved into the tournaments subforum for posterity?

I never noticed that this was going on yesterday. I doubt much of anyone saw the edits to the top post without any other reminders beforehand. But also, to be honest, fastest in real time to a score goal isn't all that compelling as a format. It's not really a 6 or 12 hour event if it can be...

Realized I forgot to post this after writing it up last week, if anyone is curious. Theatre game 1 6,632,155,500 Theatre was the only one I practiced on beforehand. The EB limit really does change strategy on this table so I really wasn't sure what to do and tried out some options beforehand...

I got to 10.5 billion. Could have done better but lost focus and stopped being able to maintain multiball long enough for more Extreme Jackpots. I don't remember the time exactly but I think about 2.5 hours.

Zen isn't better at licensing. It just looks like they are because of a perception bias from multiple endpoints. Zen has the entire world of properties to choose from, so has the luxury of choosing the easiest to deal with. Farsight/TPA lacks that luxury since they're locked in to choosing...

Except for whirlpool grinding, I think the TPA version does come pretty close to the real game. In the TotM tourney without grinding, I did just about as well as a typical game on a real machine. It's weird how much fun this table is despite how many things it does wrong. Deadly bumper area...

Spinning a Cow awards a Special, immediately, not banked. For the MK3 hint, hold the flippers while the reels are spinning. I think you also have to hit the cheat button, not sure. I don't think you have to have held the flippers or cheated during the Casino Run opening, but also not sure...

And I want to break this out into a separate post and topic. How does Casino Run work? First off, I think it's clear that it's not really evenly random. The EB frequency sure does seem to drop. Two or even three EBs on the first Run or two is common, but they become very scarce later. But...

Been waiting to do this writeup for a long time, I love Jack●Bot. So here goes on strategy. Start with ball control as usual. Short-plunging is often a good idea to get control rather than risking the bumpers after the skill shot. You can plunge just hard enough to pass the gate and usually...

Not true, the full house can still upgrade into 4-of-a-kind via cheating. Happened to me just now. It even scores more that way, 149M, as compared to upgrading 3-of-a-kind to 4 which scores 99M. Just put up 62B for the #3 spot behind Tarek (or #2 if that top 110B isn't legit.) Will do a...

I had an odd controller problem with cheating too: my keyboard won't recognize both Shift buttons and right Ctrl all at the same time. That's necessary to "Hold Flippers During Casino Run". Which does work, I got an MK3 Hint for the extra ball in one game last night. I had to work around the...

Funny how we complain about outlane drains on so many tables, then as soon as an achievement is involved, we complain about a lack of outlane drains. :) This is hard or impossible to detect on many tables, which might simply light the lamp without any fanfare. Theatre of Magic is an example...

Archived stream: http://www.twitch.tv/vikingerik78/b/654673811 Didn't do anything spectacular, but you might find it entertaining as I learn my way around new tables. Probably the coolest moment was a bangback on Cyclone.

Stream is running. http://www.twitch.tv/vikingerik78 Played a game of Jack*Bot and now on to something else.

The TPA in-game instructions for Jack●Bot also say that specials (including the cow) are worth 1M. The concept of randomness includes the concept of distribution. A population of random numbers doesn't have to balance all results equally. It can be biased towards or away from some results. A...

There is a difference between "no pattern" and "truly random". It can be random without a pattern, but still do things like reduce the frequency of EBs as a game lengthens. I'm still not sure if it does, after several games. I'm leaning towards no, that the EB frequency in Casino Run remains...