Fluke

[ZREXMike]

Ever feel like your high scores were a fluke or beginner's luck, & you'll never reach that high again?

 

[Slam23]

All the time....

 

[Extork]

Yeah I had that happen on victory. It was like someone had gone into the machine and put rubber bands over the out holes and center. Just kept getting an extra ball before draining

 

[invitro]

Ever feel like your high scores were a fluke or beginner's luck, & you'll never reach that high again?

Nope, but I do feel that way about my low scores.

 

[ZREXMike]

Banged out new highs on Star Trek & Scared Stiff after I posted that comment.

 

[ZREXMike]

Nope, but I do feel that way about my low scores.

I don't get ya, you mean that you'll never get that low a score again?

 

[invitro]

I don't get ya, you mean that you'll never get that low a score again?

More that my low scores are just a fluke .

 

[EldarOfSuburbia]

I'll often get a really good score the first time I play a table, then suck at it for a while as I actually learn the rules and what I need to be doing and chase goals.

 

[Extork]

More that my low scores are just a fluke .

(Tarek in training).

 

[Slam23]

I'll often get a really good score the first time I play a table, then suck at it for a while as I actually learn the rules and what I need to be doing and chase goals.

Actually this.
I call it the inverse parabole law of pinball success.

 

[invitro]

(Tarek in training).

We are all Tareks in training, amirite?

At times, if I got a high score on a table that has bugged out for me a few times (SS, RBIoN, HS2), I will think that avoiding a bug was a fluke.

 

[Fungi]

Nope. I am well aware of, and consistent in my mediocrity.

 

[vikingerik]

Yeah, this happens even to me. There's a perfectly logical explanation. When you're starting on a table, you shoot at just whatever you can hit, with decent success. Then you learn the rules, and overfocus on what you need to shoot, forcing shots even when the ball isn't lined up well for it.

Getting over that hump means relaxing and going with the flow. Choose a good shot at something less important over a forced shot at something more important. The most clear example I've seen is on Addams. I get a lot of feeds and rebounds that are easy to redirect up the Thing ramp, which doesn't do much of anything in itself, but yields a fully controllable release. A good shot at Thing to gain control is much better than a bad shot at the chair or bear ramp, even though the latter are always the more important targets.

 

[DA5ID]

Yeah, this happens even to me. There's a perfectly logical explanation. When you're starting on a table, you shoot at just whatever you can hit, with decent success. Then you learn the rules, and overfocus on what you need to shoot, forcing shots even when the ball isn't lined up well for it.

Getting over that hump means relaxing and going with the flow. Choose a good shot at something less important over a forced shot at something more important. The most clear example I've seen is on Addams. I get a lot of feeds and rebounds that are easy to redirect up the Thing ramp, which doesn't do much of anything in itself, but yields a fully controllable release. A good shot at Thing to gain control is much better than a bad shot at the chair or bear ramp, even though the latter are always the more important targets.

Very sound reasoning to me - I would offer that going with the flow also means there is actually some flow happening - if not, catch the ball, take a view breaths and then continue

 

[Extork]

We are all Tareks in training, amirite?

At times, if I got a high score on a table that has bugged out for me a few times (SS, RBIoN, HS2), I will think that avoiding a bug was a fluke.

I like to play the fluke and be mediocrity at it. It gets zeld'as attention though. She doesn't have any bugs. Zelda is a chick right?

 

[ZREXMike]

Yeah, this happens even to me. There's a perfectly logical explanation. When you're starting on a table, you shoot at just whatever you can hit, with decent success. Then you learn the rules, and overfocus on what you need to shoot, forcing shots even when the ball isn't lined up well for it.

Getting over that hump means relaxing and going with the flow. Choose a good shot at something less important over a forced shot at something more important. The most clear example I've seen is on Addams. I get a lot of feeds and rebounds that are easy to redirect up the Thing ramp, which doesn't do much of anything in itself, but yields a fully controllable release. A good shot at Thing to gain control is much better than a bad shot at the chair or bear ramp, even though the latter are always the more important targets.

Thanx vikingerik, sounds like good advice on playing.

 

[Tabe]

Ever feel like your high scores were a fluke or beginner's luck, & you'll never reach that high again?

My high score on STTNG came the very first time I played it. Had never even seen the table before. Haven't come close to that score since.

 

[Fungi]

I used to love Cyclone, but once I learned the rules, it stopped being fun.

 

[Zaphod77]

The "i do so much worse now that I know the rules" thing is because in real life near misses are usually tweaked to drain by the table designers.

If you just bat the ball around, on many tables you will keep the ball alive longer than if you go for the high point value but dangerous shots, and miss them.

NOt all tables are tuned that way, though. BSD, for example will destroy you not only on near misses, but also with flailing around.