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<blockquote data-quote="Day" data-source="post: 55478" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>ST:TNG - i think i've exited out of far more games than the times i've seen a game through to completion (bail-factor 10 captain).</p><p></p><p>this table can be downright brutal. example: guaranteed that any strike to the left post on the right ramp, following ball release to left inlane, will result in a 100% certain drain to left outlane. Or a SDTM or right outlane drain that results in "Here is another ball" seems to have a higher chance to also drain (usually bobbling-over the right kicker to the right outlane). </p><p></p><p>This table plays mean, and I need 3 decent balls (and the extras as well) to reach final frontier. no way am i continuing a game when the table is in a mean mood. sooner or later a good game will come along. i understand when ppl say the tables are emulated and not scripted, but i have the feeling my shot possibilities have all been pre-programmed for me, and are not so random. I mean, for any given ball position on a flipper, for any given angle of entry/arrival at flipper, and for any given speed, there seems to me to be a lookup-table of possible outcomes. Like i know exactly which shot will happen even before i have flipped. Some shots may have more possible outcomes, and some, like the two examples above, seem to have far fewer outcomes, or a higher number of pre-programmed unfavourable outcomes. It's this that gives me the sense that sometimes the table is simply playing mean and that no matter what i do, a bad outcome for a given shot will occur. The feeling the outcome was completely unfair. </p><p></p><p>I know computers don't do true randomness, but a larger number of shot outcomes that give the player an impression of randomness.....and more rewarding of skillful play, that'd be great for my sanity (and my tablet, which lives in fear of harsh reprisals and vented frustration)</p><p></p><p>Fair-play (or lack of).... that's my only reason for bailing</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Day, post: 55478, member: 1967"] ST:TNG - i think i've exited out of far more games than the times i've seen a game through to completion (bail-factor 10 captain). this table can be downright brutal. example: guaranteed that any strike to the left post on the right ramp, following ball release to left inlane, will result in a 100% certain drain to left outlane. Or a SDTM or right outlane drain that results in "Here is another ball" seems to have a higher chance to also drain (usually bobbling-over the right kicker to the right outlane). This table plays mean, and I need 3 decent balls (and the extras as well) to reach final frontier. no way am i continuing a game when the table is in a mean mood. sooner or later a good game will come along. i understand when ppl say the tables are emulated and not scripted, but i have the feeling my shot possibilities have all been pre-programmed for me, and are not so random. I mean, for any given ball position on a flipper, for any given angle of entry/arrival at flipper, and for any given speed, there seems to me to be a lookup-table of possible outcomes. Like i know exactly which shot will happen even before i have flipped. Some shots may have more possible outcomes, and some, like the two examples above, seem to have far fewer outcomes, or a higher number of pre-programmed unfavourable outcomes. It's this that gives me the sense that sometimes the table is simply playing mean and that no matter what i do, a bad outcome for a given shot will occur. The feeling the outcome was completely unfair. I know computers don't do true randomness, but a larger number of shot outcomes that give the player an impression of randomness.....and more rewarding of skillful play, that'd be great for my sanity (and my tablet, which lives in fear of harsh reprisals and vented frustration) Fair-play (or lack of).... that's my only reason for bailing [/QUOTE]
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