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<blockquote data-quote="Zombie Aladdin" data-source="post: 141491" data-attributes="member: 4242"><p>Until I got back into pinball last year, I thought nudging was cheating. As a result, I have never learned to react by nudging (but I have since learned that it's a valid and common technique). Hence, the pinball I've played since then have largely been nudge-free. The number of times I've saved a ball by nudging can be counted on one hand between all the virtual and real pinball I've played.</p><p></p><p>Nudging a virtual table is simple. You just look at the controls for the game and act when appropriate. It's all based on timing and analyzing the situation at hand. This is something I can learn to do, and I'm trying to condition myself to nudge when I know a ball is going down the middle instead of staring in horror like a deer in headlights.</p><p></p><p>When I'm up to a physical machine however, I don't know how to grip the table and apply the appropriate amount of force to do it right. Reacting too late is something I can work on; these I cannot. Would anyone be able to give me any advice on how to properly nudge a table?</p><p></p><p>A problem that onlookers who know about nudging find whenever I play is that they think I'm nudging in the opposite direction than what I should be. I know that if I want a ball to go right, I nudge left. If I want a ball to go left, I nudge right. I know that. The problem is that after shoving the machine in some direction, the machine's bounce back winds up stronger and more extended than the original shove I make, and that's what people wind up seeing. What is going on here? Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Zombie Aladdin, post: 141491, member: 4242"] Until I got back into pinball last year, I thought nudging was cheating. As a result, I have never learned to react by nudging (but I have since learned that it's a valid and common technique). Hence, the pinball I've played since then have largely been nudge-free. The number of times I've saved a ball by nudging can be counted on one hand between all the virtual and real pinball I've played. Nudging a virtual table is simple. You just look at the controls for the game and act when appropriate. It's all based on timing and analyzing the situation at hand. This is something I can learn to do, and I'm trying to condition myself to nudge when I know a ball is going down the middle instead of staring in horror like a deer in headlights. When I'm up to a physical machine however, I don't know how to grip the table and apply the appropriate amount of force to do it right. Reacting too late is something I can work on; these I cannot. Would anyone be able to give me any advice on how to properly nudge a table? A problem that onlookers who know about nudging find whenever I play is that they think I'm nudging in the opposite direction than what I should be. I know that if I want a ball to go right, I nudge left. If I want a ball to go left, I nudge right. I know that. The problem is that after shoving the machine in some direction, the machine's bounce back winds up stronger and more extended than the original shove I make, and that's what people wind up seeing. What is going on here? Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? [/QUOTE]
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