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<blockquote data-quote="Epsilon" data-source="post: 162380" data-attributes="member: 381"><p>I thought I'd suggest something I'd been thinking about recently. One of my favorite aspects of the "Pro mode" tables is that it really gives you the sense that you really "own" the machine, rather than simply playing it under someone else's set of rules and settings in an arcade. It's a lot of fun to tinker around with various settings and do things like give yourself more balls per game if you just want to mess around exploring the modes and rules without the pressure of failure and scoring/leaderboards.</p><p></p><p>In that spirit, I thought a nice addition to the Pro functionality might be the ability to enable a "Kid mode" or "easy mode" by which younger players could enjoy the game with less frustration due to side drains by allowing you to toggle rubber bands or some other blocker that would seal off the outlanes. This would be ideal for kids to enjoy pinball without as much frustration, and also fun for adults or other skilled players to just have an easier time if they're in the mood for a cakewalk. Obviously, high score posting and leaderboard functionality would be disabled when this option is enabled, so there would be no issue of integrity at risk.</p><p></p><p>I just thought this would be a nice addition to the illusion of having complete control over the machine in Pro mode, since a real life user could easily do this themselves on a table they owned, and I don't think it would be terribly difficult to implement from a programming standpoint. And then maybe my nephew could enjoy Star Trek: The Next Generation for once. ;-)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Epsilon, post: 162380, member: 381"] I thought I'd suggest something I'd been thinking about recently. One of my favorite aspects of the "Pro mode" tables is that it really gives you the sense that you really "own" the machine, rather than simply playing it under someone else's set of rules and settings in an arcade. It's a lot of fun to tinker around with various settings and do things like give yourself more balls per game if you just want to mess around exploring the modes and rules without the pressure of failure and scoring/leaderboards. In that spirit, I thought a nice addition to the Pro functionality might be the ability to enable a "Kid mode" or "easy mode" by which younger players could enjoy the game with less frustration due to side drains by allowing you to toggle rubber bands or some other blocker that would seal off the outlanes. This would be ideal for kids to enjoy pinball without as much frustration, and also fun for adults or other skilled players to just have an easier time if they're in the mood for a cakewalk. Obviously, high score posting and leaderboard functionality would be disabled when this option is enabled, so there would be no issue of integrity at risk. I just thought this would be a nice addition to the illusion of having complete control over the machine in Pro mode, since a real life user could easily do this themselves on a table they owned, and I don't think it would be terribly difficult to implement from a programming standpoint. And then maybe my nephew could enjoy Star Trek: The Next Generation for once. ;-) [/QUOTE]
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