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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sumez" data-source="post: 46634" data-attributes="member: 1547">Some points on ball control on this table... This might be a general thing for many older tables, but being mainly used to 90's pins, this was interesting for me, when playing Gorgar.Basically, the slingshots are your friends on this one. I hardly ever get STDM drains, so whenever I lose the ball, it's almost always due to the outlanes.If the ball approaches the outlanes, it's often possible to nudge it into the return lanes instead, but while the rollover bonus is neat, I find that it's way more safe to keep the ball from ever going anywhere near the outlanes. And on this table, I've never seen the slingshots send a ball to the outlanes (unless it's -really- limp), usually it will go slamming from side to side, which always sends the ball upwards towards the 2-3-4 targets, bumpers, and drop targets, which is where you'll want it most of the time. You won't lose control any more than a typical aimed shot towards the top half, since they all end up in the bumpers anyway - so usually what I do, if I feel that I can't trap the ball on a flipper, is nudging the table to send the ball violently into the closest slingshot, sending it far away from the outlanes, and keeping the game alive much longer.Generally, I try to avoid the entire lower half of the playfield as much as possible (and never intentionally go for the 1-2-3-4 targets), unless I'm shooting for the left saucer, which can be done very safely.It's funny, I just bought the table pack for Monster Bash, and I only ever played Gorgar on the PHOF collection because it was the freeplay table, playing it just enough to unlock one of the more flashy tables, quickly realising that tables made long before the 90's really weren't my cup of tea.But after getting it on TPA, I've been playing it more and more, and it's really a refreshing break from the more convoluted (though typically much easier) tables. Simple scoring mechanisms, classic pinball action, and usually rather quick games, makes it a perfect table for "bite sized" game sessions right before you go to bed or whenever. It's getting to the point where Gorgar is a pin I'd definitely love to have a real life version of sitting in my home.</blockquote>

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