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Aug05

Pinball Pros(e) v0.4 | The State of the New Pinball Dictionary

(Warning, incoming stream of consciousness … I would appreciate your thoughts.)

Mar08

Coast 2 Coast Pinball Episode 144

I helped to do a thing! Nate Shivers invited me onto the Coast 2 Coast Pinball Podcast and we talked about pinball. I had a great time, and the hour just flew by …

Nov02

New Pinball Dictionary: Cliffy’d / Cliff-ied

Named for times when a Cliffy protector interferes in some way with your shot, or causes you to drain the ball.

Sep10

New Pinball Dictionary: Ock Block

Occurs when you shoot the Doc Ock saucer cleanly, but instead of stopping in the saucer, the ball gets rejected and it comes right back at you.

Aug13

New Pinball Dictionary: Snowman

During Multiball play when a ball is cradled on a flipper, and another ball happens to rest vertically on top of it.

Dec29

New Pinball Dictionary: Driver vs. Drunk Driver

A driver who chooses games based seemingly more on luck to counteract the perceived difference in skill between him and his opponents.

Dec20

New Pinball Dictionary: Heartbreaker / Maxwell Smart

Occurs when a player tries to make a comeback on the last ball and fails to pass the opponent’s score by less than 1%.

Dec06

New Pinball Dictionary – Bubble Boy

The player who is currently the highest ranked player below the cut line in a pinball competition (for example: 17th place out of 16 qualifiers).

Dec05

New Pinball Dictionary – Gatekeeper (player)

The person who is currently in the last qualifying position at a pinball tournament (for example: 16th place out of 16 qualifiers). The Gatekeeper must be sure to rigorously defend the position or work quickly to move higher in the standings.

Dec03

New Pinball Dictionary – Gatekeeper (concept)

In games with a wizard mode, it is the one requirement that is much harder than all the others. It is usually the one you complete last before achieving the Wizard Mode, making the other requirements not as relevant.