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Gonna warn you up front, there’s about thirty minutes of pinball talk here on a specific table and a visual aid if you happen to see this on YouTube. I had a hell of a run on a table the other night and I always get asked about my high scores. So, I wanted to see how well I could explain it since the idiot that I am didn’t record the session even though I have the ability to. I promise, next time I do this, I will totally record it so I can show the actual session happen. Even then, it might be a little confusing to figure out what’s happening and why.
Pinball is a game of points and those just don’t happen by knocking the ball around the table. Think of it maybe like cooking a meal. A few (or a lot of) things have to be done to get the meal ready. Same in pinball. Steps have to be taken to open up the playfield to bigger points. Lock balls (usually 3) start a multi-ball which opens up the chance at jackpots. Jackpots are where the majority of big point scores in pinball come from. But in order to lock the ball you usually have to trigger something on the table. It’s all about repetition to trigger events to make other events happen.
This is a really horrible explanation but one I hope I did better on the show.
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