New Pinball Dictionary: Commentator’s Curse
The propensity for unfortunate pinball things to happen to The Player immediately or soon after a commentator refers to how well The Player is performing
New Pinball Dictionary: Trident Drain
A special simuldraineous event where three balls drain at once: One down each outlane, and one down the middle.
New Pinball Dictionary: Tech Pass / TD Pass
When a ball is shot from one flipper, the ball gets stuck and is moved to the other flipper or the shooter lane by a tech or tournament director…
New Pinball Dictionary: Biological Warfare
Participating in an event or tournament without using deodorant or other odor-prevention.
New Pinball Dictionary: Vanilla Ice Cream / Dry Multiball / Naked Multiball
Starting a multiball (intentionally or unintentionally) without stacking a desired mode or feature first.
New Pinball Dictionary: Walk of Shame
In a pingolf competition where all other players have passed the target score and the remaining player has to walk up to plunge everyone else’s balls to get back to their turn
New Pinball Dictionary: Cradle Consolidation
The opposite of a Cradle Separation, this move is used during multiball to bring two balls together on the same flipper.
New Pinball Dictionary: Turn Back The Clock (Night)
To find a route pinball game with older code than the current version, and then adjust your play to match the outdated version of the game.
New Pinball Dictionary: Hammer
When a tournament competitor (especially in a best game format) plays the same game repeatedly until they get a “good enough” game and stop, or until they knock down another competitor in the standings.
New Pinball Dictionary: Round Zero
A “Round Zero” happens because the number of people who want to compete far outnumbers the number of spots, so they are available for only a short time, possibly only a few seconds.