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Should I give up playing pinball games, particularly TPA ?
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<blockquote data-quote="mmmagnetic" data-source="post: 125855" data-attributes="member: 558"><p>That´s an easy answer.</p><p></p><p>Do you have fun while playing? If so, then continue. If not, then quit (and come back some later time).</p><p></p><p>Also, my personal pro tip: I don´t ever, ever, EVER compare my scores to others. My personal record is all that matters to me, and quite often I don´t even have beating my old record as the main goal. For me, it´s all about the moment-to-moment joy of shooting balls around the playfield, the sounds, the feeling of the physics. </p><p></p><p>Games should be simply about having fun. Real life is competetive enough. I´m aware that there are very different personality types of people who enjoy pinball, but I just never even get into the mindset that would make these games frustrate me. It´s all about the journey, as cheesy as that sounds. Some people are just all about the leaderboards, and I guess I can understand that on some theoretical level, it´s just that I discovered that that´s "not me" at all. Pinball is actually quite a bit too random if you´re the uptight "always play to win" kinda guy, unlike, say, chess or Street Fighter or whatever. I personally love pinball because of the feel of the tables, the art, the playfield designs, the great feeling when shots go exactly as planned.</p><p></p><p>It´s easy to fall into the trap of cramping up, of clinging to some kind of achievement. Don´t strain yourself - you will automatically get better soon enough, that´s just the nature of habit forming. I used to really suck at aiming, shooting combos or nudging, now it comes without even thinking about it - but I never really "tried hard" to become better. It just happened.</p><p></p><p>Just have fun and put your worries to rest! Don´t ruin your joy by overthinking it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mmmagnetic, post: 125855, member: 558"] That´s an easy answer. Do you have fun while playing? If so, then continue. If not, then quit (and come back some later time). Also, my personal pro tip: I don´t ever, ever, EVER compare my scores to others. My personal record is all that matters to me, and quite often I don´t even have beating my old record as the main goal. For me, it´s all about the moment-to-moment joy of shooting balls around the playfield, the sounds, the feeling of the physics. Games should be simply about having fun. Real life is competetive enough. I´m aware that there are very different personality types of people who enjoy pinball, but I just never even get into the mindset that would make these games frustrate me. It´s all about the journey, as cheesy as that sounds. Some people are just all about the leaderboards, and I guess I can understand that on some theoretical level, it´s just that I discovered that that´s "not me" at all. Pinball is actually quite a bit too random if you´re the uptight "always play to win" kinda guy, unlike, say, chess or Street Fighter or whatever. I personally love pinball because of the feel of the tables, the art, the playfield designs, the great feeling when shots go exactly as planned. It´s easy to fall into the trap of cramping up, of clinging to some kind of achievement. Don´t strain yourself - you will automatically get better soon enough, that´s just the nature of habit forming. I used to really suck at aiming, shooting combos or nudging, now it comes without even thinking about it - but I never really "tried hard" to become better. It just happened. Just have fun and put your worries to rest! Don´t ruin your joy by overthinking it. [/QUOTE]
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