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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shutyertrap" data-source="post: 115910" data-attributes="member: 134">There are a couple of factors in play here. First and foremost, TPA is tuned to make you feel like a pinball god. That means whereas in real life your ball might rattle around as you go for a ramp, in TPA it will make a clean entrance more times than not. Balls shooting out of eject holes are predictable in TPA, where the real machine might send it out 5 different directions 5 different times.Another factor at play is ball spin. There really isn't any in TPA, but on a real machine it's a huge factor. Again it plays into the unpredictability factor. Finally, you are dealing with a machine that can have worn rubber, weak flippers, weak slingshots, dirty playfield, different degree of slope, and different operator settings.I play in a league where there is an AFM at two different locations. At one of them, it is downright evil. Nobody can put a finger on what is different about it, because operator settings are set the same at both, but scores are waaay lower on the one over the other. So even real tables don't play the same. I do notice that I know what to expect on TPA tables in terms of bounces, and it screws me up royally when I play the real counterpart because I'm expecting the same behavior and not getting it.Glad you found some tables...enjoy 'em!</blockquote>

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