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<blockquote data-quote="nstalkie" data-source="post: 127348" data-attributes="member: 3041"><p>Trapping I feel is necessary for a lot of tables. It certainly did improve my scores once I changed to a plan that involved trapping the ball more. </p><p>Examples:</p><p></p><p>- Centaur: as said before, you want to hit O-R-B-S in the correct order. Trapping is the best way to do this. At least for me, shots I try without trapping or slowing the ball considerably have a high chance of ending up in the outlines. I downloaded this table for the tournament. Had a lot of troubling scoring consistently. Trapping the ball made me get a lot better and consistent scores. My score ended in top 10 in the bronze PSN tournament.</p><p></p><p>- Creature from the Black Lagoon: again, stray shots have a lot of chance to drain (on this table through the center). I can make the snackbar shot from a trapped ball on the left flipper, but I'll only get it 1% of the time or so if I try it "on the fly" (with a high chance of draining the ball). During multiball, the way you get to high points is to build up the multiplier to *4. Easiest way to do that is to trap a ball on the left flipper. Also: once you get the *4 multiplier, you can go for snackbar for either search, rescue or jackpot. My strategy after getting the search, rescue or jackpot is to shoot the ball through the middle ("Move your car") and once it pops out again, transfer it from a dead bounce to the left flipper again. I used to play this table without trapping all that much. My highscore was around 300-400 million I think. For the tournament, I learned to use trapping more ~> 2 billion (actually a really good score, considering I didn't even get the normal jackpot LOL !) I still couldn't do the multiball well, so read up on how the multiball works and the general strategy behind it. After the tournament, I learned to make the snackbar shot better. I have rolled over the score on the table now (which has a bug in local leaderboards btw). I hope it ends up in a tournament again some day <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> (my 2 billion score was already enough to make it to top 10 in the bronze PSN tournament).</p><p></p><p>- White Water: learning how to cradle can give you insanely good awards during the "Ride the Whirlpool" challenge by trapping a ball on the left flipper. I have gotten over a billion just by doing Ride the Whirlpool.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nstalkie, post: 127348, member: 3041"] Trapping I feel is necessary for a lot of tables. It certainly did improve my scores once I changed to a plan that involved trapping the ball more. Examples: - Centaur: as said before, you want to hit O-R-B-S in the correct order. Trapping is the best way to do this. At least for me, shots I try without trapping or slowing the ball considerably have a high chance of ending up in the outlines. I downloaded this table for the tournament. Had a lot of troubling scoring consistently. Trapping the ball made me get a lot better and consistent scores. My score ended in top 10 in the bronze PSN tournament. - Creature from the Black Lagoon: again, stray shots have a lot of chance to drain (on this table through the center). I can make the snackbar shot from a trapped ball on the left flipper, but I'll only get it 1% of the time or so if I try it "on the fly" (with a high chance of draining the ball). During multiball, the way you get to high points is to build up the multiplier to *4. Easiest way to do that is to trap a ball on the left flipper. Also: once you get the *4 multiplier, you can go for snackbar for either search, rescue or jackpot. My strategy after getting the search, rescue or jackpot is to shoot the ball through the middle ("Move your car") and once it pops out again, transfer it from a dead bounce to the left flipper again. I used to play this table without trapping all that much. My highscore was around 300-400 million I think. For the tournament, I learned to use trapping more ~> 2 billion (actually a really good score, considering I didn't even get the normal jackpot LOL !) I still couldn't do the multiball well, so read up on how the multiball works and the general strategy behind it. After the tournament, I learned to make the snackbar shot better. I have rolled over the score on the table now (which has a bug in local leaderboards btw). I hope it ends up in a tournament again some day ;) (my 2 billion score was already enough to make it to top 10 in the bronze PSN tournament). - White Water: learning how to cradle can give you insanely good awards during the "Ride the Whirlpool" challenge by trapping a ball on the left flipper. I have gotten over a billion just by doing Ride the Whirlpool. [/QUOTE]
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