Best table to practice tilting?

[etchie]

Growing up, I was the person that never shook the machine because I was afraid something bad was going to happen (stupid, I know). I only really started to use this ability during pinball games when I started playing them on the computer. I always think too late to do it while playing on my laptop (or in real life, actually). I have all the available games and was curious if there was a particular game that would be great to practice on.

Feel free to throw in any other skills directly linked to tables too if you like.

 

[Pinballwiz45b]

Believe me, I used to think that, too. Now I can shake whenever, but I need to have limits and patience. I wouldn't recommend a specific table, but rather practice on nudging the table.

Also, consider checking out PAPA if you want to practice shaking a real machine.

 

[etchie]

I wish there were enough real ones near me that that was a possibility. I thought of this because I recently remembered someone on here mentioning a couple tables they use to practice certain skills. Wish I had paid more attention at the time. There are only a handful of tables near me, unfortunately. I'm a vaper and right next to my favorite vape shop is a bar that has AC/DC. **** is pretty awesome.

 

[etchie]



 

[Kolchak357]

I find Big Shot a good table to practice nudging on. Pretty much required to score well on that pin.

 

[IGoFirstIndy]

I find Big Shot a good table to practice nudging on. Pretty much required to score well on that pin.

+1

 

[brakel]

You shouldn't practice tilting. You should practice NOT tilting!

 

[Fungi]

What Brakel is saying etchie, is you want to practice "nudging" whilst avoiding "tilting".

 

[Reagan Dow]

+1

+2

 

[RSchwantner]

Central Park. Table requires nudging to play more than 15 second balls.

 

[Extork]

Centaur is another good one. Mainly because it's not 100 miles per hour the whole time. Also, instead of waiting for the ball to roll back up into the playfield, give it a little nudge. This is pretty easy to do during multiball too. So while you're practicing nudging, you can also get better at multiball. ...
...maybe true RS, but it also requires you to not be near a weapon of any kind

 

[smbhax]

Big Shot has been the one that helped me the most with nudging. : )

 

[crazyflipperfingers]

I think Medieval Madness is a good table to practice nudging on. Just go for castles exclusively and practice nudging to get the ball safely back on the flippers after each shot.

Also, along the lines of Central Park and Big Shot, is Gorgar since it's an early solid state with no ramps, bells, or whistles to keep the ball relatively safe.

 

[DokkenRokken]

I find Big Shot a good table to practice nudging on. Pretty much required to score well on that pin.

You beat me to it.

 

[Espy]

Personally it's a skill that I picked up naturally. I used it where necessary on every table I played, and it eventually became a habit for me.

 

[Slam23]

Just recently I bought my first real pin (NBA fastbreak), and in a particular good game found myself touching the glass to nudge it.... Thank you Farsight for programming my brain!
That said, I also think Big Shot and Central Park are good practice tables, but my nudging went up a notch after I played BS Dracula a while. Probably the combination of game/ball speed, the gap between those lightning flippers and evil outlanes. Nudge or die for short....

 

[Espy]

Just recently I bought my first real pin (NBA fastbreak), and in a particular good game found myself touching the glass to nudge it.... Thank you Farsight for programming my brain!
That said, I also think Big Shot and Central Park are good practice tables, but my nudging went up a notch after I played BS Dracula a while. Probably the combination of game/ball speed, the gap between those lightning flippers and evil outlanes. Nudge or die for short....

Often when I'm watching other people play TPA on Youtube or whatever, I find my whole body twitches left or right when they should nudge. It's instinct.

 

[Mark Miwurdz]

Second nature to me. Learnt it on real tables over 30 years and use it loads on TPA. Check out my youtube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsicTP7G9BvBPiLrrcVZUtQ

 

[Reagan Dow]

Central Park. Table requires nudging to play more than 15 second balls.

Very good point. I love that table and completely forgot to mention it!

 

[Extork]

Etchie... Not to overload you or anything, but you can nudge the ball to a trap coming from the inlane. Just hold the flipper use your other hand to nudge on the same side. Has to be at the right moment though. I only just started doing this when BSD came out. It helps a lot in order to start mist multiball. I wouldn't recommend practicing it on this table though