Occurs when a player has a ball cradled on a flipper, takes a controlled shot and misses it. Especially if the player really needs it to claim an important feature or award.
New Pinball Dictionary: Brick
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New Pinball Dictionary: House
Don’t get housed!
New Pinball Dictionary: Pinjury
An injury sustained specifically because of pinball. This can include maladies suffered due to playing pinball or through the effort of supporting the hobby or the sport of pinball.
New Pinball Dictionary: Straight Down the Middle / SDTM
To lose a ball via the center drain because the ball was travelling so fast and/or in such a perfect line, that there is no way the player could have saved it …
New Pinball Dictionary: Drop Catch
A timing move where the player drops the flipper just as the ball touches it …
New Pinball Dictionary: Inlane Pass / Return Lane Transfer
As the ball is headed down the inlane, it may be moving fast enough such that the player can simply hold the flipper up to allow the ball to carry over to the opposite flipper.
New Pinball Dictionary: Loop Pass
This is a skillful way to bring speedy orbit shots back under control. As the ball is heading back towards the flipper from an orbit, the player drops the flipper just as the ball hits it.
New Pinball Dictionary: Sternament
A tournament that uses only games made by STERN Pinball.
New Pinball Dictionary: Post Pass
Sometimes when a player has a ball trapped on a flipper, they really want it to be on the opposite flipper to attempt a particular shot. One way to accomplish this is to flip quickly so that the ball bounces off of the bottom of the slingshot and over to the other flipper.
New Pinball Dictionary: Live Catch
A live catch occurs when a player successfully stops the ball on an upraised flipper as the ball is heading towards it.
New Pinball Dictionary: Bounce Pass / Dead Bounce / Dead Flipper Bounce / Dead Flipper Pass / Dead Flip
This is the first flipper technique to teach new players. Simply choosing to not flip at the ball is the easiest move to pull off, but can be the most valuable move once you get used to predicting the best times to use it.
New Pinball Dictionary: Bang Back
The Bang Back is an illegal move in tournaments. Plus, if you hit the machine the wrong way, it hurts like nobody’s business. Also, you just might get kicked out of the venue if you try it.