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<blockquote data-quote="EccentricFlower" data-source="post: 244871" data-attributes="member: 5393"><p>I've noticed something a little strange. Now, remember, I'm not a fine-control kind of player. I just thrash around and have a good time. The few tables where I have any kind of reasonably high scores (by the standards of all you pros) or have finished the wizard goals are ones which I play enough that I just happen to remember "oh, yeah, if I hit the ball exactly there it'll go there" and play accordingly. I play for fun and I play in ten-to-twenty-minute bursts and I don't think about it too hard.</p><p></p><p>But I sometimes play with a keyboard setup. And sometimes, when the mood takes me, I play with a Steam controller. And what I've noticed is that there are tables where I play better and longer with keyboard than with the controller, and some tables where I play better and longer with controller than keyboard. What I'm wondering is: Why should this be?</p><p></p><p>I note that I have more trouble with finesse on the plunger using the controller than the spacebar. On the standard Steam controller setup, you have to sort of draw your finger down the right pad to use the plunger, and it's actually a bit TOO sensitive - you can't easily get, say, 50% pull on the plunger. Or at least I can't. But I'm not talking about skill shots. I'm talking about basic flipper thrashing. For some reason, it's easier to hit some shots with controller than keyboard, and easier to hit some shots with keyboard than controller.</p><p></p><p>How can this be? Why is this? Any theories?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EccentricFlower, post: 244871, member: 5393"] I've noticed something a little strange. Now, remember, I'm not a fine-control kind of player. I just thrash around and have a good time. The few tables where I have any kind of reasonably high scores (by the standards of all you pros) or have finished the wizard goals are ones which I play enough that I just happen to remember "oh, yeah, if I hit the ball exactly there it'll go there" and play accordingly. I play for fun and I play in ten-to-twenty-minute bursts and I don't think about it too hard. But I sometimes play with a keyboard setup. And sometimes, when the mood takes me, I play with a Steam controller. And what I've noticed is that there are tables where I play better and longer with keyboard than with the controller, and some tables where I play better and longer with controller than keyboard. What I'm wondering is: Why should this be? I note that I have more trouble with finesse on the plunger using the controller than the spacebar. On the standard Steam controller setup, you have to sort of draw your finger down the right pad to use the plunger, and it's actually a bit TOO sensitive - you can't easily get, say, 50% pull on the plunger. Or at least I can't. But I'm not talking about skill shots. I'm talking about basic flipper thrashing. For some reason, it's easier to hit some shots with controller than keyboard, and easier to hit some shots with keyboard than controller. How can this be? Why is this? Any theories? [/QUOTE]
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