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<blockquote data-quote="Espy" data-source="post: 136406" data-attributes="member: 3553"><p>I am the only pinball fan among my friends, so I often see people with some very wrong opinions about the game, which really get on my nerves.</p><p></p><p>The first one is that apparently pinball hasn't advanced since the 1960s. The first reaction whenever I show my friends a real pinball machine is "I never knew it was so complex". They assume that playfields are still plunger, two flippers and some bumpers. They don't realise the sophistication behind their design. A friend a few days ago suggested that they all play the same. I corrected him and sent him the LOTR rulesheet to show him exactly how complex they can be. He was quite surprised.</p><p></p><p>The second, and one that really annoys me, is that trapping the ball is cheating. I was discussing pinball at work, mentioned trapping the ball in passing, and the person who sits beside me suddenly got very opinionated and exclaimed "You should NEVER trap the ball". I asked him what he suggests you do instead, and he said "Just play really well!" Yeah. Needless to say it was an argument he quickly lost when I explained it was an essential part of playing, and I few in a few technical terms like post pass and dead flipper pass to show him to make him realise he shouldn't pursue it further.</p><p></p><p>Also, when I was playing a two-player with a friend on LOTR, I was trapping the ball as I always do. I stopped playing for a few seconds in a trap to look at the playfield to see which Fellowship shots I needed to light, and my friend exclaimed "JUST PLAY THE GAME!" People think pinball is all about reflexes, and the best players never need to stop the ball. If you don't trap your aiming skill is almost zilch, and the ball will quickly get out of control and drain. Fact. It kind of ties back my first point about thinking they are much simpler than they are.</p><p></p><p>What gets your goat?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Espy, post: 136406, member: 3553"] I am the only pinball fan among my friends, so I often see people with some very wrong opinions about the game, which really get on my nerves. The first one is that apparently pinball hasn't advanced since the 1960s. The first reaction whenever I show my friends a real pinball machine is "I never knew it was so complex". They assume that playfields are still plunger, two flippers and some bumpers. They don't realise the sophistication behind their design. A friend a few days ago suggested that they all play the same. I corrected him and sent him the LOTR rulesheet to show him exactly how complex they can be. He was quite surprised. The second, and one that really annoys me, is that trapping the ball is cheating. I was discussing pinball at work, mentioned trapping the ball in passing, and the person who sits beside me suddenly got very opinionated and exclaimed "You should NEVER trap the ball". I asked him what he suggests you do instead, and he said "Just play really well!" Yeah. Needless to say it was an argument he quickly lost when I explained it was an essential part of playing, and I few in a few technical terms like post pass and dead flipper pass to show him to make him realise he shouldn't pursue it further. Also, when I was playing a two-player with a friend on LOTR, I was trapping the ball as I always do. I stopped playing for a few seconds in a trap to look at the playfield to see which Fellowship shots I needed to light, and my friend exclaimed "JUST PLAY THE GAME!" People think pinball is all about reflexes, and the best players never need to stop the ball. If you don't trap your aiming skill is almost zilch, and the ball will quickly get out of control and drain. Fact. It kind of ties back my first point about thinking they are much simpler than they are. What gets your goat? [/QUOTE]
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