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<blockquote data-quote="Berq" data-source="post: 142029" data-attributes="member: 2243"><p>If you were to walk into an arcade with a table that allows for progression of some element from game-to-game (e.g. "RANSOM" in Black Knight 2000, the Powerball in Twilight Zone, or "ELVIRA" in well... Elvira), the state of that element would figure to be random, with respect to the difficulty/probability of resetting it. Or if it was your personal table, the state of that element would be where it was when you last played. The point is: statistically it wouldn't be at its lowest position every time you walked up to the table.</p><p></p><p>TPA, however, defaults to the minimum progression once you've "stepped back" from a table. BK2K always starts with just "R", TZ always starts with the Powerball 3rd in the gumball machine, and Elvira starts without any letters collected at all. As a result, collecting/advancing these elements in TPA requires longer uninterrupted sessions on average than doing so on the physical counterparts - often longer than can afford. Frustrating. Unrealistic even?</p><p></p><p><strong>THE WISH:</strong> I'd love for tables with game-to-game features like these to remember where I left off, or at <em>least</em> give me a random starting position.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><em>(Sorry if this has already been suggested. I didn't see the idea explicitly mentioned in the first post, and my 4 searches didn't turn up anything either).</em></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Berq, post: 142029, member: 2243"] If you were to walk into an arcade with a table that allows for progression of some element from game-to-game (e.g. "RANSOM" in Black Knight 2000, the Powerball in Twilight Zone, or "ELVIRA" in well... Elvira), the state of that element would figure to be random, with respect to the difficulty/probability of resetting it. Or if it was your personal table, the state of that element would be where it was when you last played. The point is: statistically it wouldn't be at its lowest position every time you walked up to the table. TPA, however, defaults to the minimum progression once you've "stepped back" from a table. BK2K always starts with just "R", TZ always starts with the Powerball 3rd in the gumball machine, and Elvira starts without any letters collected at all. As a result, collecting/advancing these elements in TPA requires longer uninterrupted sessions on average than doing so on the physical counterparts - often longer than can afford. Frustrating. Unrealistic even? [B]THE WISH:[/B] I'd love for tables with game-to-game features like these to remember where I left off, or at [I]least[/I] give me a random starting position. [SIZE=1][I](Sorry if this has already been suggested. I didn't see the idea explicitly mentioned in the first post, and my 4 searches didn't turn up anything either).[/I][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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