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Message: <blockquote data-quote="invitro" data-source="post: 207477" data-attributes="member: 446">I know that it is somewhat unfair to the platforms that don't have certain tables to allow points on those tables.  But I feel that waiting on a table to make all platforms would be worse.  I think this is the main issue, but there are some other quick things...- I think that most (all?) tables have been out for maybe at least three weeks (on the non-delayed platforms) before I've included them.  This may not have been true every month, I actually don't know.  I don't think I'd want to include a table after only one week, but I'm not sure, and I may have already.- Sure, you can get more points that you should early on, but that is transient, and you'll need to defend your ranking or your points will go down.  Like I'm going to get big points this time for #18 Jack*Bot, but that won't last.  I think omitting Jack*Bot this month would be worse than allowing it, though.  Also, if all platforms had all tables, well, getting good on a table quickly is a real pinball skill.  The old PAPA tournaments always had brand-new tables in the finals partly for this reason (maybe they still do, I don't know).- I don't know exactly which tables are not on which platforms... maybe there is a list of this data on this website somewhere, but if not, that would be another set of data to keep track of.- The number of tables you can get points on is limited to half the total number of tables partly/mostly for this reason.- I have a little bit of platform bias here, since I'm on PC and think some people should just toughen up and get the game for their PC <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> sorry kidding some, don't get (too) mad at me!  But really, has time passed me by so much that now iphones and ipads are considered something that people are expected to own (I don't have either and don't want either), and a PC is a luxury or obsolete like a typewriter?  <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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