Rate tables in Season 4

[Fungi]

I remember having great fun playing TAORABAF at my local arcade 20 years ago.

I'm just gonna call that Bullwinkle.

 

[Rich Lehmann]

The alphabet soup always just struck me as enthusiasts practicing some exclusionary code-talking to feel distinguished from the plebs.

Agreed 100%. It's obnoxious.

 

[Rich Lehmann]

Learning new things is more fun than being spoonfed the answer, imo.

Of all the things you could spend your time learning you want pinball acronyms to be one of them?? The fact that you condescendingly use the term spoonfed shows you are exactly who we are talking about. If you love acronyms so much figure this one out. GFYYPPBDB!

 

[Dedpop]

I hope it starts with Good For You...

 

[invitro]

I remember having great fun playing TAORABAF at my local arcade 20 years ago.

Stick with the well-known R&B and you'll be fine.

 

[Dedpop]

Stick with the well-known R&B and you'll be fine.

R&B makes me think of Sam Cooke or Al Green.

edit. Are we totally getting off-topic on here ?

 

[invitro]

I hope it starts with Good For You...

Maybe he's a fan of new graphics formats.

 

[invitro]

R&B makes me think of Sam Cooke or Al Green.

That's fine... R&B are clearly the most soulful duo since Hall & Oates.

 

[Dedpop]

Maybe he's a fan of new graphics formats.

You are my...

That's fine... R&B are clearly the most soulful duo since Hall & Oates.

...new friend.

 

[invitro]

You are my... ...new friend.

Sorry bro, I don't associate with mere plebs.

On topic... TAF is now TAFG (or The Addams Family Special Collectors Edition for the plebs) in my game! Did this happen for everyone? Am I looking in a gift horse's mouth? Is it a weekend special? I think I would've noticed if it were TAFG before... there are lots of callout and other little differences. I definitely didn't donate to any kickstarter. More on topic... TAF/TAFG may have moved to my #1 of Season 4, but I need to decide if I think the extra TAFG stuff is an improvement over TAF. I suppose it scores slightly but sort of substantially better? Maybe 5-40M extra per mansion tour?

 

[Dedpop]

Sorry bro, I don't associate with mere plebs.

Don't worry "bro".
I don't believe in god(s).

 

[invitro]

I don't believe in god(s).

But I have a picture of Him!

 

[Extork]

at first the acronyms were tough and hard to decipher. but I caught on fairly quick. it helps that most of the time the acronyms people are using are mostly tables from tpa. when someone uses an acronym from an un released table it does get a lil confusing sometimes. example : (bttf = back to the future) that one always gets me.

also, when I myself use acronyms, I often get mm and mb mixed up when i'm typing, or even reading them.

didn't jeff and Montana frank make a thread listing the commonly used acronyms?

There are a few that get me too. But what I don't get is WOZ. Who came up with that? Shouldn't it be WOO?

TAORABAF = totally afraid of ringmaster as bad as Freddy

 

[superdan]

WTF?
Somewhat off topic but in the ballpark and a bit lighthearted in the discussion...this thread reminds me of the one of the craziest acronyms I remember off the tv show "Married with Children." It was NO MA'AM. National Organization of Men against Amazonian Masterhood.
Not to be outdone, I spent 8 years in the US Navy, and boy, in the military you get enough acronyms to choke a chicken with...like USSID (United States Signals Intelligence Directive) or RADAR (Radio Detection and Ranging)...but how about this goliath of an acronym...ADCOMSUBORDCOMPHIBSPAC (Administrative Command, Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet Subordinate Command). lol
Anyway, please return to the regular discussion at hand. Incidentally, there are honestly only three games on TPA I haven't purchased yet...all three from season 4, so I guess they rank at the bottom for me...ES and SST and PZ. My favs of season 4 so far seem to be TAF, Cyclone, J*B, POTO in that order I suppose. I have IOS and haven't had much time to play J*B yet, but already is surpassing POTO. Well, CU and LMAO

 

[invitro]

There are a few that get me too. But what I don't get is WOZ. Who came up with that? Shouldn't it be WOO?

I have never seen the glorious Wizard of Oz but I agree with you so much. It should be WOO or WoO or maybe TWoO. But www.ipdb.org mentions only WOZ so we're stuck. Even though everyone knows WOZ stands only for tennis superstar Caroline WOZniacki. I suppose since WOO stands for a certain rasslin' superstar, he and Caroline had to battle to keep their acronym. And we all know who would win that so... hey, this explains everything! (Except how to emulate WOZ which probably won't be solved until TPA6.)

 

[EldarOfSuburbia]

I like the WOZ acronym. Though I think WOOZ is better.

 

[neglectoid]

I always just use oz when referring to woz.

 

[Fungi]

But I will always refer to The Pinball Arcade as TPA.

 

[IGoFirstIndy]

Addams Family
Earthshaker
StarshipTroopers
Party Zone
Cyclone
Jackbot
Phantom of the Opera

 

[workshed]

Addams Family
Earthshaker
Party Zone
Starship Troopers
Phantom of the Opera

I'm still waiting for the rest on PS4 but I'm hoping Jack*Bot will take the number two spot.