This is the ghost player that gets plunged out when only players 1/3 are played (most often in early SS games for the IFPA WC).
New Pinball Dictionary: John / Joe / Jane Plunge
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New Pinball Dictionary: Last Man Plunging
“In a 4-player Pin-golf group, when 3 people have passed the target score and are no longer playing, the last player …”
Meltdown Pinball Podcast – Episode One
Welcome to the show! It’s Episode One where Nikki DeLasagna (@kikasaurusrex) and myself talk about The Allentown Pinfest Pinball Show and surrounding events.
New Pinball Dictionary: After Hours Beat Down
It takes many people to help run an event successfully. Some of those people are scorekeepers who have volunteered some of their time to help out …
New Pinball Dictionary: Scorekeepers Hour
As a reward for the volunteers who perform scorekeeping duties during the competition …
New Pinball Dictionary: van Pelt Kickback
Named after Lucille “Lucy” van Pelt, a fictional character in the syndicated comic strip Peanuts …
New Pinball Dictionary: Victory Plunge
Occurs when the last player of the last ball of the game already has a higher score than the other players before starting. As a result, they can just plunge, walk away and allow the last ball to drain.
New Pinball Dictionary: Dr. J.
It’s a “beautiful” drain.
New Pinball Dictionary: Hi-Five / High-Five
When the same player currently holds all 5 spots on a game’s high score board.
New Pinball Dictionary: Paragone
The inevitable, no-flip house ball on Paragon.
New Pinball Dictionary: Placebo Power / Phantom Power
When “The Power” magnet has been disabled on The Addams Family, but you could SWEAR it’s still on.
New Pinball Dictionary: Butterflippers
A term used to describe various kinds of flipper errors, especially on occasions where the player would usually be able to control the ball, but somehow does not.