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<blockquote data-quote="PET3R" data-source="post: 235907" data-attributes="member: 5266"><p><span style="font-size: 12px">And the winner is</span> <span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><u>Scared Stiff</u></strong></span></p><p></p><p>--------------------------------------</p><p>Well, not really, but yes.</p><p></p><p>To be honest, number one spot stays empty for now. <strong><u>Let me explain</u></strong>.</p><p></p><p>The whole journey came down to two tables <strong>MB</strong> and <strong>STTNG</strong> and so I was concentrating only on these two to decide the winner. Until something unexpected happened to me yesterday. I was in the middle of MB when for the very first time I have noticed random extra ball award from the scoop. As you know I don't like randomness in pinball, otherwise I would still keep playing Bride of Pinbot. Extra ball is a big thing to me as that is one more ball during which you can earn really lot of points. Don't get me wrong, I like extra balls, but when they are earned and not randomly awarded. I went straight to check the rules of the STTNG to see whether there are any random ball awards and it seems that answer is yes.</p><p></p><p>I find MB to be very clever table and STTNG to have probably the best ruleset out there with some very good scoring. However none of them is 100 % perfect to me and so my search for the no.1 table still continues. </p><p></p><p>You will probably say now: "Tournament mode will sort your randomness problem". This is where Scared Stiff comes and shines. </p><p>First of all Tournament mode will make any table a flat 3 ball game. Scared Stiff have extra balls, but all are earned exactly the same way from game to game.</p><p>Secondly - other random features. Scared Stiff's "Stop the spider" addressed very well randomness of the scoop. In MB you are randomly awarded progress towards monsters. Sometimes it starts the monster, sometimes it only advances monster and sometimes you will get nothing. Similarly skill shot will give you random item. Sometimes the item really helps, other times the item is very useless as you might not need it anymore. This is where STTNG is ahead of MB because it does not have these random awards. </p><p></p><p>I would like to know whether Tournament mode in MB does anything with the randomness of the scoop and skill shot ? If yes then MB would probably be my no.1 table with tournament mode on, otherwise I am afraid Scared Stiff takes the spot as it contains 0% luck. This is something I wanted MB, AFM, STTNG, RBION and other tables to be. </p><p></p><p>As I have said, no.1 spot is still unclaimed and therefore I am going to start research on Stern post 2000 tables to see whether there happens to be one to claim the spot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PET3R, post: 235907, member: 5266"] [SIZE=3]And the winner is[/SIZE] [SIZE=4][B][U]Scared Stiff[/U][/B][/SIZE] -------------------------------------- Well, not really, but yes. To be honest, number one spot stays empty for now. [B][U]Let me explain[/U][/B]. The whole journey came down to two tables [B]MB[/B] and [B]STTNG[/B] and so I was concentrating only on these two to decide the winner. Until something unexpected happened to me yesterday. I was in the middle of MB when for the very first time I have noticed random extra ball award from the scoop. As you know I don't like randomness in pinball, otherwise I would still keep playing Bride of Pinbot. Extra ball is a big thing to me as that is one more ball during which you can earn really lot of points. Don't get me wrong, I like extra balls, but when they are earned and not randomly awarded. I went straight to check the rules of the STTNG to see whether there are any random ball awards and it seems that answer is yes. I find MB to be very clever table and STTNG to have probably the best ruleset out there with some very good scoring. However none of them is 100 % perfect to me and so my search for the no.1 table still continues. You will probably say now: "Tournament mode will sort your randomness problem". This is where Scared Stiff comes and shines. First of all Tournament mode will make any table a flat 3 ball game. Scared Stiff have extra balls, but all are earned exactly the same way from game to game. Secondly - other random features. Scared Stiff's "Stop the spider" addressed very well randomness of the scoop. In MB you are randomly awarded progress towards monsters. Sometimes it starts the monster, sometimes it only advances monster and sometimes you will get nothing. Similarly skill shot will give you random item. Sometimes the item really helps, other times the item is very useless as you might not need it anymore. This is where STTNG is ahead of MB because it does not have these random awards. I would like to know whether Tournament mode in MB does anything with the randomness of the scoop and skill shot ? If yes then MB would probably be my no.1 table with tournament mode on, otherwise I am afraid Scared Stiff takes the spot as it contains 0% luck. This is something I wanted MB, AFM, STTNG, RBION and other tables to be. As I have said, no.1 spot is still unclaimed and therefore I am going to start research on Stern post 2000 tables to see whether there happens to be one to claim the spot. [/QUOTE]
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