The action of rapidly shaking the machine when the ball is on it’s way down the right inlane so that the ball can be caught and held on the right flipper, especially while playing the game Spider-man by STERN.
Saturday, March 2, 2013 at the Silverball Museum in Asbury Park, NJ from 7:00 PM to 1:00 AM. Free play on over 200 machines, silent auction, prizes including a pinball machine.
Long story short: I chopped enough wood to qualify for both the Open and Classics division finals. A big reason why I prefer competing in Herb-Style tournaments is because you need just one great game on each pin at some point during the qualifying round to make it to the finals.
The PAPA Circuit continues with the Rose City Showdown yesterday in Portland, Oregon. Check out the standings at SoftPlunge.org to see the quality of competition that had arrived by the end of Friday.
Geek Gamer Network interviews the developer of Brackelope, the tournament software that the cool tournament directors use. Why aren’t more pinball tournament software options like this available online?
The amount of spinner rotations on a well-placed shot. A shot has more or less spinnage based on how much or how little the spinner spins after the player makes a clean shot through it.
The museum will close March 3, 2013. I hope it will end up being just another relocation. Read their Public Closing Notice here.
Over on the Pinside forums, Ben Heck has posted updates on his new game including limited information on the story and rules.
This video is of particular interest to me. I am competing this season for the first time in the Pinball NYC league. This league is a team-based competition where each team has a “home” location.
I realize that words would only detract from the greatness that is this ball, but here goes…
Slam that spinner! After almost spelling M-E-T-E-O-R, slam that spinner again! This game also gives us a great opportunity to practice some in-lane passes, especially to set up another spinner shot.
Their goal is to build “an entirely custom classic pinball arcade. All analog everything. Hand painted, hand built, hands on.”