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Should I give up playing pinball games, particularly TPA ?
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<blockquote data-quote="switch3flip" data-source="post: 125857" data-attributes="member: 2036"><p>If you want a game to last forever, cradle a ball on the flipper and hold it for as long as you wish <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> no but seriously, it's a game of strategy and calculated risks. Avoid risky shots and catch and hold the ball as much as you can. Not even the best pros would play more than a couple of minutes if they would never trap the ball. Wild play is fun but very risky. Find safe shots that work for you and learn how to catch the ball from kickouts. Almost all kickouts have ways of letting you catch and hold the ball. Its usually enough to just hold the flipper up or let the ball bounce on one flipper to the other then you hold that flipper up. When the ball comes back to your flipper through a side lane, like return from ramp shot, don't shoot right away, instead hold up the flippers and up-nudge. The ball will jump over to the other flipper and most often stay there if you continue to hold the flipper up. But then also different tables reward different styles. Watch some videos on papa.org to get an idea on how to take on pinball machines. But it's very much stop and go. Not go, go, go.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="switch3flip, post: 125857, member: 2036"] If you want a game to last forever, cradle a ball on the flipper and hold it for as long as you wish ;) no but seriously, it's a game of strategy and calculated risks. Avoid risky shots and catch and hold the ball as much as you can. Not even the best pros would play more than a couple of minutes if they would never trap the ball. Wild play is fun but very risky. Find safe shots that work for you and learn how to catch the ball from kickouts. Almost all kickouts have ways of letting you catch and hold the ball. Its usually enough to just hold the flipper up or let the ball bounce on one flipper to the other then you hold that flipper up. When the ball comes back to your flipper through a side lane, like return from ramp shot, don't shoot right away, instead hold up the flippers and up-nudge. The ball will jump over to the other flipper and most often stay there if you continue to hold the flipper up. But then also different tables reward different styles. Watch some videos on papa.org to get an idea on how to take on pinball machines. But it's very much stop and go. Not go, go, go. [/QUOTE]
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