Barely flipping a very fast moving ball that is heading for a drain down the middle, such that it goes off of the center post, under the opposite flipper, up the outlane and back into play.
New Pinball Dictionary: Threading
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New Pinball Dictionary: Bathroom Stall / Restroom Stall
A “strategy” that can be used during the Final Rounds of a tournament where there is a stipulation that the player choosing a game to play MUST choose a game not currently being played by someone else.
(AKA “no waiting for games”)
New Pinball Dictionary: Icarus Round
The Pinburgh round where a player gets owned after previously performing well above their own perceived level of competition.
New Pinball Dictionary: Final Destination
When you pull off an amazing save, only to experience a swift and irretrievable death with the ball’s next action.
New Pinball Dictionary: Palette Swap
A machine that is physically identical to another, previously released machine of a different name, but has different artwork, and where applicable, different audio. It might also have different rules.
Pinball Pros(e) v0.4 | The State of the New Pinball Dictionary
(Warning, incoming stream of consciousness … I would appreciate your thoughts.)
New Pinball Dictionary: Jailbreak
Having two or more balls trapped on one flipper and flipping them away simultaneously.
New Pinball Dictionary: Peavlered
Getting kicked by a player when you are standing too close, trying to watch their game.
New Pinball Dictionary: Leaping Lazarus
A ball that drops below the flippers, but instead of draining, bounces back over one of the flippers and back into play.
New Pinball Dictionary: Clustervuk
The result when multiple balls are in the same vertical upkicker (VUK) and the game can’t get them out.
New Pinball Dictionary: Simuldraineous
The occurrence during Multiball when pinballs leave the table at or close to the same time.
New Pinball Dictionary: Three* Egg Omelet
Getting all zeroes in a PAPA-Style group of 4 where the scoring is 4-2-1-0