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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sean DonCarlos" data-source="post: 45874" data-attributes="member: 152">You should have gone ahead and used my name, Mark. It's not like the people here aren't aware of what I think about Twilight Zone's current difficulty. But most of them were also aware that I wanted a second, optional mode to contain the more-challenging version of the tables, and that I said repeatedly that I did not want the existing table changed. I was here when CV's outlanes went from sleepy to murderous and witnessed the outrage myself. And again, it is not as if TZ is broken because it's easy. I still enjoy playing TZ...it's just I can't play it "seriously" anymore, because that takes too long. Everyone seemed to get all that...except you.I do not know why ST:TNG came out harder than the other tables, but I can assure you I had nothing to do with it. Also, people have been asking FarSight to stop making the tables easier ever since Bobby first revealed in the WGN Radio interview that the tables were nerfed. I was actually fine with the tables being relatively easier until TZ came out (although I admit I had one eyebrow raised at SS). Even then, I am not upset because TPA TZ is easier than the real TZ, I'm upset because TPA TZ is one of the easiest TPA tables when it should be alongside MM and RBION as one of the hardest.As for whether I know what I'm talking about, I have developed software as an independent developer and as part of a small business for 17 years. I happen to specialize in the same programming language (C++) that is used to create TPA and incidentally was also used in many of the tables' ROMs. I did work in video surveillance systems, where I integrated our hardware and software with all sorts of third-party devices...a process similar to emulating a table's ROM in that both involve communicating with a outside entity you have little control over. I even have two new posts on my blog (<a href="http://digitalpinballfans.com/entry.php/27-On-Pride-and-Programming-NP" target="_blank">On Pride and Programming</a> and <a href="http://digitalpinballfans.com/entry.php/30-The-Lust-for-Results" target="_blank">The Lust for Results</a>) where I try to explain for the benefit of non-developers here some of what actually goes into development and bug fixing.On the pinball side, I have detailed strategies for 8 of the tables posted in these forums, all of which seem to have been well-received by the community here. My high scores sit on my blog for the world to see, whether they're good, bad or ugly. I have nearly 1300 posts on this forum; I have to assume that if I have been speaking bull-@#$%! all this time someone would have called me on it by now. And I've started using my real name, which is not something people generally do on the Internet if they're trying to pull a fast one. I have nothing to hide; there is no nefarious agenda here to get FarSight to do my bidding or to influence the direction of TPA. I suppose I should be flattered that you think I have so much influence in Big Bear Lake, but I must confess it's not true.So goodbye, and thanks for the relatively civil discussion while you were here. I hope you are able to find a pinball game more suitable to your tastes in the near future.</blockquote>

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