How to win at pinball (?)

[strells]

I don't know where they found these people who have absolutely no idea how to play any pinball machine (bleeps and bloops? totally random? Have these people heard of physics?), but the video is pretty good and well made.

https://lifehacker.com/how-to-win-at-pinball-1828489783

 

[Tripredacus]

Pinball can be boiled down to two things:
1. Shoot the flashing ramps
2. don't drain

Congratulations, you've won!

 

[Heretic]

Every pinball player is proud of themselves at some point at 20k 20million or hitting that ramp 3 times, its lizard brain stuff

 

[Citizen]

Pinball can be boiled down to two things:
1. Shoot the flashing ramps
2. don't drain

Congratulations, you've won!

1. Remove glass
2. Cheat

 

[Jeff Strong]

Pinball can be boiled down to two things:
1. Shoot the flashing ramps
2. don't drain

Congratulations, you've won!

Oh snap: I’m playing a pin with no ramps. I guess I just auto-lose.

 

[Xanija]

We have a contestant for "Most useless thread 2018".

 

[Jeff Strong]

I guess any article about pinball on a site such as that is good publicity though.

 

[suffocater]

I thought you don't win at pinball, you just play longer...

 

[Tripredacus]

Oh snap: I’m playing a pin with no ramps. I guess I just auto-lose.

Older games can replace this rule with shooting spinner or drop targets.

But eh, you can't "win" at pinball unless there is a ruleset, other than just doing anything. The same would be true of any video or board game of this nature. Is it possible to win at Pac-man? What constitutes winning at pac-man? Playing the game until you roll the score counter, or you get to the kill screen? Under this idea, you can't win at Pac-man either.

 

[Citizen]

 

[Jeff Strong]

Older games can replace this rule with shooting spinner or drop targets.

But eh, you can't "win" at pinball unless there is a ruleset, other than just doing anything. The same would be true of any video or board game of this nature. Is it possible to win at Pac-man? What constitutes winning at pac-man? Playing the game until you roll the score counter, or you get to the kill screen? Under this idea, you can't win at Pac-man either.

Might need to replace the battery in your sarcasm detector.

 

[Fungi]

I consider "Wizard Mode" winning.

 

[The loafer]

Any pin you come off of that has you stating "well, I kicked ass in that game", that's my definition of "win". Winning at pinball is one of the most euphoric feelings you can have game wise (I did say "game wise" )

 

[EldarOfSuburbia]

Winning at pinball = walking away from the table with more credits left than you started with.

 

[strells]

Winning at pinball = walking away from the table with more credits left than you started with.

This.

 

[Tripredacus]

Might need to replace the battery in your sarcasm detector.

You see, that's where you're wrong!

 

[Jeff Strong]

I...don't follow...but ok!

 

[Kolchak357]

As long as you are having fun, you are winning.

 

[Jeff Strong]

As long as you are having fun, you are winning.

Kolchak knows what’s up.