Round 2: Vote on Your Questions for Bobby King (Pick 3)

[RetroBlast]

RetroBlast, ok, I understand. It would be cool if your icon would be 3D as well

... oh, and I thought it was! hehe

 

[Dante Kleinberg]

Dang! Missed my chance to vote. I'm reasonably happy with the questions that were chosen. I'd really like to ask about enabling Wizard Goals without having Standard Goals completed first, but whatever.

 

[Jeff Strong]

Dang! Missed my chance to vote. I'm reasonably happy with the questions that were chosen. I'd really like to ask about enabling Wizard Goals without having Standard Goals completed first, but whatever.

There's always Round 3

 

[IdontHave50cents]

Cue Ted Knight sound bite from Caddyshack: "WELL??? We're WAITING!"

 

[Jeff Strong]

Bobby said last week was really busy, but he'll probably get to them soon.

 

[Bowflex]

Perhaps it was a problem in the approval process? Sorry I couldn't resist! ;-)

 

[PinHead4Life]

Just for my own clarification... will the answers to these questions be listed on the forum in the form of a thread started by Bobby King in this board? I am very interested in hearing the responses to all three!

 

[Richard B]

Just for my own clarification... will the answers to these questions be listed on the forum in the form of a thread started by Bobby King in this board? I am very interested in hearing the responses to all three!

Last time the answers appeared on a separate thread. I imagine that will also be the case this time.

 

[PinHead4Life]

Thanks for the info.

 

[Jeff Strong]

Last time the answers appeared on a separate thread. I imagine that will also be the case this time, though it's likely one of the moderators will start it, not King, and cut and paste the answers.

Bobby will start the thread himself, just like last time:

http://digitalpinballfans.com/showthread.php/769-Q-amp-A-with-Bobby-King-Round-1

 

[Dan]

ARGH! Forgot one question, should have been "Why are your tables easier than real tables?" Well...gotta post this in a separate topic....

 

[Richard B]

Correcting, but my mistake will forever be preserved above.

 

[David Smith]

ARGH! Forgot one question, should have been "Why are your tables easier than real tables?"

That's a pretty easy one: extra balls. Real tables don't give an extra ball for a replay score (which on a real table reflexes higher every time it's awarded), and real tables don't give extra balls for specials. Plus, it's expensive on a real table to abandon and restart every game that starts badly.

 

[Richard B]

That's a pretty easy one: extra balls. Real tables don't give an extra ball for a replay score (which on a real table reflexes higher every time it's awarded), and real tables don't give extra balls for specials. Plus, it's expensive on a real table to abandon and restart every game that starts badly.

They should not change the rules like that. No extra balls that the real table does not also give. They should have a credit system, so replays are actually worth something.

 

[brakel]

I think its easier mostly because the bounces and rolls happen the same way every time. Hit the same angle off a flipper and it will bounce off the target the same way. Real tables don't do that.

 

[Sean DonCarlos]

ARGH! Forgot one question, should have been "Why are your tables easier than real tables?"

One, the replay/specials being extra balls helps inflate scores. (Although it is not true that real tables never do this, on many tables this is an operator-adjustable setting. The Ripley's at CP Pinball gives an extra ball at its replay score. It comes from the days where there were laws against pinball machines giving away free games, many EM machines came in regular and add-a-ball [replays and specials are extra balls] versions for that reason.)

Two, it is far easier to nudge using an analog stick or a touchscreen than it is to properly manipulate a 250-lb table.

Three, the tilt is very liberal on TPA tables. You can get away with murder, although I notice that iOS version of MB seems to be tightened up a bit relative to the older tables...? Most of the real tables I play are pretty tilty.

Four, you can pause a TPA table whenever you like and catch your breath, take a drink, wipe your hands down, whatever. There's no stopping a physical table except between balls. (That sounded vaguely dirty...)

Five, TPA tables seem to use mostly factory settings, although I've noticed MB's ball saver has been turned on (it normally isn't - but please, leave it on!). Real tables are often set on hard, and often the outlane posts are up. If the table was used in a tournament recently, it may still be in a truly murderous state if the operator forgot to put it back in its normal condition.

Personally, I think this is an area where it's good to have options. I want to see "tournament mode" settings, but there are also times I come home from work in a bad mood and I just want to play a fun game of pinball and I don't necessarily want to fight a table at its most evil. Maybe if FarSight can't do the full operator's menu on all tables for whatever reason, they could at least put in the five standard difficulty options for most tables (extra easy through extra hard) and allow adjustment of the number of balls per game. Obviously disable high scores/goals/etc. on easier-than-standard settings.

 

[night]

Mister King, what are the changes that the next DLC will contain a table with the movie 'Brokeback Mountain' as a theme?

 

[stevesabol]

Has there been any indication from Farsight that we'll be able to adjust the outlane posts as part of the "operator menu" feature? I know it's technically different but falls into the category of "adjusting how the table plays".

 

[jaredmorgs]

Is it time to start a fresh Questions thread, and close this one off?

Maybe carry over the unanswered questions to the new thread, and add any other questions we have all thought of since this first round?

 

[bossyman15]

Have the questions from this round been answered yet?