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<blockquote data-quote="Slam23" data-source="post: 242515" data-attributes="member: 896"><p>Great example [MENTION=3745]vikingerik[/MENTION], well explained.</p><p></p><p>In this discussion it's also noteworthy that although PC players are in a minority vs. tablet/mobile, they dominate the leaderboards, and to a lesser extent this goes for console as well. We had lengthy discussions about why this is the case, and aside from having some of the clearly superior skilled players on PC/console, it also has to do with the ability to micronudge with analog controls. Not everybody on PC and console uses this by the way, so it doesn't account for all variance, but on tablet/mobile it's not possible to distinguish between a hard nudge and a micronudge. The former will eventually or immediately lead to a tilt, while the latter gives a lot of ball control. Just google some youtube TPA videos from PC players and you see some of them micronudge constantly to keep the ball on the flippers. </p><p>Another crossplatform difference is input lag. The PC (and maybe console too?) has a vastly higher input sample rate, which translates in higher precision shooting. I hope I explain this correctly, otherwise VikingErik will probably jump in, because I learned this from him. </p><p>And sometimes physics differ a bit crossplatform, which may give that platform a more dependable physics railroad (repeatable result) or shot that is otherwise impossible to make. There are not a lot of these from what I gather, but on some tables they make a huge difference in scoring. I don't have an example to give at this moment, none come to mind.</p><p></p><p>This is not meant as a whine from an iOS user by the way <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> , just stating some things that have an impact on scoring crossplatform. And why Toolinit is such a great player, being the top iOS man in the leaderboards and having a ridiculous amount of HOF points <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Slam23, post: 242515, member: 896"] Great example [MENTION=3745]vikingerik[/MENTION], well explained. In this discussion it's also noteworthy that although PC players are in a minority vs. tablet/mobile, they dominate the leaderboards, and to a lesser extent this goes for console as well. We had lengthy discussions about why this is the case, and aside from having some of the clearly superior skilled players on PC/console, it also has to do with the ability to micronudge with analog controls. Not everybody on PC and console uses this by the way, so it doesn't account for all variance, but on tablet/mobile it's not possible to distinguish between a hard nudge and a micronudge. The former will eventually or immediately lead to a tilt, while the latter gives a lot of ball control. Just google some youtube TPA videos from PC players and you see some of them micronudge constantly to keep the ball on the flippers. Another crossplatform difference is input lag. The PC (and maybe console too?) has a vastly higher input sample rate, which translates in higher precision shooting. I hope I explain this correctly, otherwise VikingErik will probably jump in, because I learned this from him. And sometimes physics differ a bit crossplatform, which may give that platform a more dependable physics railroad (repeatable result) or shot that is otherwise impossible to make. There are not a lot of these from what I gather, but on some tables they make a huge difference in scoring. I don't have an example to give at this moment, none come to mind. This is not meant as a whine from an iOS user by the way :) , just stating some things that have an impact on scoring crossplatform. And why Toolinit is such a great player, being the top iOS man in the leaderboards and having a ridiculous amount of HOF points :) [/QUOTE]
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