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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Roy Wils" data-source="post: 53639" data-attributes="member: 368"><a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/a1qactti4t6cxbo/pinburgh.jpg" target="_blank">https://www.dropbox.com/s/a1qactti4t6cxbo/pinburgh.jpg</a>Robert is an Amazing player and a very kind guy.. well the video of ingenious minds about him, told me that he was also an pokeman virtual pinball champion.. so it proves me he is very able to rule our boards very soon..u see also his REG initials too somewhere in the beginning of the ingenious minds video,. he has an condition called autism, but it helps him as he can hyper focus on his task, to bring the best out of himwell i dont have autism, but i have been diagnosed for ADD (which is the quite brother of ADHD) and it appears that i do have that Hyper Focus gift too.. anyway about the other comments when it comes to compare Real Pinball against Virtual Pinball..Well the major difference is the ball and flipper performance itself,. the lack of the WildBall factor is pretty much not really there.. examples are the scoops which shoots the ball exactly the same way out of it as it did before and it will repeat to act the same over and over,. and is that really bad?well its not really bad id say,. but its totally different when it comes with real pinball! the same repeatism also applies to the 'strength' of the flippers,. each time u shoot the ball it gives always the ball the same amount of juice to speed the ball up on the direction u shoot it onto.. in real pinball its never the same in terms of ball juice.. especially not on data east games where the flipper itself wears out after an really long time playing ur game! as it starts to get weaker..its not bad.. no 1 wants an game with weak flippers.. but its part of pinball, sometimes u have to peddle with the weaker ones.. not within the pinball arcade.. always strong! well that is great.. but that whole pinball flipperstrength variable is gone aswell,. and the same goes also for ballpoppers,ejects,. slingshots.. pretty much everything! but im a pinball fanatic in heart and soul.. and i do enjoy The Pinball Arcade product very much.. what it does give me is all the amazing sounds,music,playfield art.. and the best of it all. the rules on the tables are offcourse the very same as in real pinball! so its great to play an table and  figuring out which is the best tactic to play on an certain table to gain urself an huge score.. which u can take that same information towards the real pinball deal.. like memorizing the videomode on STTNG.. thanks to farsight i know that videomode perfectly right now.. 2 times left , 2 times right , 2 times left etc etc <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />   Pinball is getting back, and i believe farsight helps the whole pinball community by doin all those great table remakes.. they are providing awareness among the children who otherwise never got in touch of the almost forgotten game named pinball,. for that i will salute them! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> Thanks FarSight</blockquote>

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