New Pinball Dictionary: Elwin Pose
During Multiball, the player is able to control the balls such that two balls are on one flipper and one ball is on the other flipper.
During Multiball, the player is able to control the balls such that two balls are on one flipper and one ball is on the other flipper.
As the ball is travelling down the inlane, the player flips and holds the flipper just as the ball reaches the joint between the flipper and the bottom of the inlane guide.
An aggressively defensive move used to prevent the ball from travelling straight down the middle.
This is an advanced form of the Cradle Separation.
A flipper move that is used to pass the ball across the gap from one flipper to the other. This move is used when the ball is moving too quickly to be controlled on the original flipper, but not quite fast enough to reach the other flipper without assistance.
I start to ramble on this post. Also, I suggest that we eliminate purgatory altogether. I await your criticism.
… Then my mind folded in on itself, I got confused and my flipper activity devolved to random flailing.
Since that fantastic article about pinball was published in ESPN: The Magazine, I’ve been meaning to correct the record.
The player quickly flips the ball so that it rolls up the inlane just enough that they can backhand a shot using the same flipper.
A technique used during Multiball to prevent a ball that is heading toward the drain, by using another ball to stop it.