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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vikingerik" data-source="post: 214060" data-attributes="member: 3745">Yeah, 1k to 7k.  A full shot gets about 10 spins for 10k to 70k which is what I meant.Some of both.  In a regular game, I always try to catch both balls then time a shot, since that's how to maximize the primary metric of points/risk.  But I'll take an untimed shot with a ball that I can't catch.  In the tournament to maximize points/time, I would time it if I had a good chance with one caught ball, but I'd also take any available shot with an uncontrolled ball.Never.  Never aim for anything except ramps, besides one door prize early when it usually gives an EB.  Literally never, there are no other exceptions.This is how the reward/risk calculus works.  Suppose the ramp shots are 99% safe, weighted between 100% safe on a hit and your miss rate times your drain rate on a miss, and the drop targets are 95% safe.  The drop target has 5x the risk of the ramp so would need 5x the reward.  It doesn't have that.This principle applies across all tables.  It's easy to get tempted into 95% safe shots like say the super jackpot lane on Ripley's.  But 5% risk is unplayably high compared to <1% risk of shooting the continent scoop or temple ramp.  This is the difference between hour-long games and five-hour games, playing shots at 99% safety rather than 95%.  It feels like a small difference but that's 5x longer ball and game times.</blockquote>

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