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  1. SpiffyRob

    Roger Sharpe's Three Rules of Good Table Design

    No luck at all! It was all skill. That was the whole point. :)
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    its time to change back to 5 balls a game.

    With current levels of depth, five balls would be way too much, and would cheapen the experience of reaching late stages/wizard modes of games. Now, if the challenge of new tables were raised proportionately, so that you needed to play a new table's five balls as well as you would a current...
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    When did the term "Pinball Tables" supplant "Pinball Machines"

    I saw "table" all the time, but I never say "pinball table." I pretty much only say "pinball machine" when it would not otherwise be clear what I mean by "table."
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    PS3 Ball Control

    Mike, I'm pretty sure you're alone in your ability to use ball control on the 360 until further notice. :)
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    Pinball Parlour in Earlington PA

    Seconding the Gallery. In addition to the above, they've got Stern's Spiderman and Shrek, both in great shape. They also do monthly tournaments on the first Tuesday of each month. 25 people came this month!
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    Any TPA Tables You Regret Buying?

    ...Me arrepiento de nada. Which is Spanish for...
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    Round 6: Vote on your questions for Bobby King

    Definitely gives some support to the theory that Microsoft is the new publisher. A man can dream...
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    The Pinball Arcade Is On Its Way To The Windows 8 Marketplace!!!

    Yeah, I'll hold my breath at least until it is released. Given that a lot of what I'm looking for in the PC release won't be there up front (cabinet support, namely) I'll wait at least until subsequent updates give me everything I'm looking for. If it *still* hasn't found its way to XP or Win7...
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    Who Dunnit

    Yeah, Pin*Bot + Jack*Bot would be overkill. If I had to pick one, I'd pick J*B, but it's not nearly as well known as P*B, so that's the only one I expect to ever see.
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    Pinfest 2013 Allentown

    I'll probably try to make my way up there for some of it, assuming no conflicts.
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    Tournament Ended Early?

    Yeah, I'm pretty bummed. I was really busy for most of the tournament period, so only got one or two plays for each table in. Was planning on spending some time after the Super Bowl to try to raise the rank, but it had already ended. Ah well, hopefully the next one starts soon. It's a really...
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    Any TPA Tables You Regret Buying?

    The Harley/Taxi pack could have been skipped for me. I love Taxi but played SO much of it on PHOF. And Harley is fine, but I almost never play it with so many better tables to choose from. Never play BK either, but holding out hope it'll be fixed some day. And CFTBL is top 5 most played for me...
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    Your Top 10 Most Wanted "No License Issues" tables for TPA?

    The license extends to the "Striker" character as well, I'm sure. Not that they're likely to use him ever again, but it's still an agreement that would need to be reached.
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    VP - Harder than the real thing?

    It's definitely worth learning a bit about the physics of VP so you can tweak them to your liking. It can be the difference between shots being impossible, as Sumez mentioned above, and make-able. But then, I just set personal records on TAF and FT last night, and I'm pretty sure I haven't...
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    TPA versus your average Real Life Machine

    Probably a bit tougher to get a satisfactory experience if you're playing TPA's sound over a nice system, but a secondary source works well for me. It's not like I'm straining for perfect fidelity, so in my case, TPA goes out over my TV's speakers, and I pump the ambiance in through some old...
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    Upcoming DE/Stern Tables?

    RBION is a close second, if not matching/beating Family Guy. But yeah, after that, they do fall off a bit, at least in terms of the general perception (I really enjoy NASCAR/Grand Prix, FWIW.)
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    TPA versus your average Real Life Machine

    It's been mentioned in other threads, but definitely check out the Arcade Ambiance Project. It's basically just long tracks that recreate the sound of being in an arcade from a few different eras. I think only the '92 one has any pinball sound (FH, EATPM, BK2K) but all of them definitely add in...
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    TPA versus your average Real Life Machine

    Definitely check it out when it reopens. The owner is really cool and keeps his machines in great shape. They rotate stuff in and out with some regularity. They also had a Shrek when I was there right before they closed down. In Philly there's North Bowl, which has an AC/DC Pro (that has issues...
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    Request The Addams Family (videos)

    I am a turkey. Kill me.
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    Android 1.8.0: Feedback & Discussion

    This, I think, is the key. Nudging is an incredibly important part of pinball, but the effect of nudging is way, way too pronounced in TPA. This, coupled with the fact that the tilt is too loose, makes it way too easy to prolong games with lots of nudging. The amount that the ball moves after a...

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