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Message: <blockquote data-quote="vikingerik" data-source="post: 235939" data-attributes="member: 3745">This happens only once per game, I'm pretty sure.  Same goes for AFM's EB at Stroke of Luck (all its other random EBs are from video mode.)  I've never seen it more than once in a game, in very long games on either table.  You will get this EB eventually in a long enough game, and not more than once, so it's not unbalancing.STTNG's is a pity extra ball: it occurs on ball 3 if your score is very low.  AFM, MB, and MM all do this too: if you're doing very badly on ball 3, the random scoop is highly likely to give an EB.  These pity EBs don't figure into any serious game or high score since you're already doing badly if you get one.Also, STTNG has enough EBs anyway (every ball at 10x bonus, and for winning Battle Simulation mission) that one more doesn't matter much.  It matters a lot more on AFM, and somewhere inbetween on MB.I'm not familiar with MB in particular here, but I'd guess yes.  The general idea of tournament mode on all the Williams machines is to derandomize random awards.</blockquote>

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