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Just for fun, rather than trying to figure out my subjective opinions, I decided to sort the tables by "goals achieved" and see what came up that way. Surely the tables I have the fewest goals achieved on are the ones I actually don't play, rather than the ones I think I don't play, right?

OP specifically excluded the table I have the fewest goals on - Goin' Nuts, with only one standard goal achieved. Then there are six with only two standard goals ...

TX Sector

Starship Troopers

ST:TNG

Genie

El Dorado (remake)

Black Knight

With the exception of TX Sector, which I think I kind of like but haven't gotten much traction on the goals yet, there's some justification in the others. I don't know WHY I don't care for ST:TNG or Starship Troopers, but I know I don't; if I play on randomize I wince when I get those. El Dorado the remake is probably the second worst table in the game after Goin' Nuts. (Why is the older version, with a nearly identical layout, more enjoyable?) And I don't care for Black Knight even though I know everyone else loves it because I hate its "throw the ball instantly back in your face when you're not ready for it" play style.

[Going by goals achieved doesn't seem to work in the other direction. Yeah, the table I have the most goals on - No Good Gofers, the only table where I have all standard and wizard goals achieved - probably IS the table I've played the most and one of my favorites, but some of my other favorites aren't up there just because I either have trouble with the goals or haven't bothered working for them. My next two tables in terms of goals achieved are Xenon and Central Park (all but one wizard goal for either) and while I rather like Xenon, Central Park does nothing for me - it's just that you can get in a mode where you get enough extra balls to play forever without much struggle.]