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<blockquote data-quote="Sean DonCarlos" data-source="post: 15505" data-attributes="member: 152"><p>Welcome to the forums, Michael!</p><p></p><p>My advice is practice. Lots and lots of practice. There's really no other way, and as you practice you will find that some techniques work for you and others not so much. There is no one right way to play pinball.</p><p></p><p>Since TPA doesn't charge you per game (unlike the real tables), this means you can practice as much as you want. Can't hit the Super Jackpot shot in Ripley's? Spend a couple of games and do nothing but hit that shot, regardless of if it's lit or not. If the Ball and Chain mode in Monster Bash gives you fits, spend five games alternating those ramps until you can do it better than the Phantom Flip feature. If the ricochets off the lamp in TotAN puzzle you, just play a game where you whack the lamp from different angles and see where the ball goes (and try to save it).</p><p></p><p>Or just play a game exploring what happens if you do different things. Hold up the right flipper when TotAN's Bazaar ejects and watch what happens. Hold up the left flipper when MB's Concert Hall ejects and observe the nice trap you get on the right flipper. All the games have these little tricks just waiting to be discovered.</p><p></p><p>If you're interested in specific table strategies, we have good threads going for <a href="http://digitalpinballfans.com/showthread.php/350-Table-tactics-and-strategies" target="_blank">Theatre of Magic</a> and <a href="http://digitalpinballfans.com/showthread.php/584-TOTAN-Tactics-and-Strategies" target="_blank">Tales of the Arabian Nights</a>. The other tables don't have a consolidated thread (Ripley's has half of one), but once the 360 gets Medieval Madness, Cirqus Voltaire, FunHouse and Monster Bash, I'll try to put down the controller long enough to write out my advice for those tables. I might do the MB one soon anyway, for whatever reason the iOS version of MB is being particularly agreeable to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sean DonCarlos, post: 15505, member: 152"] Welcome to the forums, Michael! My advice is practice. Lots and lots of practice. There's really no other way, and as you practice you will find that some techniques work for you and others not so much. There is no one right way to play pinball. Since TPA doesn't charge you per game (unlike the real tables), this means you can practice as much as you want. Can't hit the Super Jackpot shot in Ripley's? Spend a couple of games and do nothing but hit that shot, regardless of if it's lit or not. If the Ball and Chain mode in Monster Bash gives you fits, spend five games alternating those ramps until you can do it better than the Phantom Flip feature. If the ricochets off the lamp in TotAN puzzle you, just play a game where you whack the lamp from different angles and see where the ball goes (and try to save it). Or just play a game exploring what happens if you do different things. Hold up the right flipper when TotAN's Bazaar ejects and watch what happens. Hold up the left flipper when MB's Concert Hall ejects and observe the nice trap you get on the right flipper. All the games have these little tricks just waiting to be discovered. If you're interested in specific table strategies, we have good threads going for [url=http://digitalpinballfans.com/showthread.php/350-Table-tactics-and-strategies]Theatre of Magic[/url] and [url=http://digitalpinballfans.com/showthread.php/584-TOTAN-Tactics-and-Strategies]Tales of the Arabian Nights[/url]. The other tables don't have a consolidated thread (Ripley's has half of one), but once the 360 gets Medieval Madness, Cirqus Voltaire, FunHouse and Monster Bash, I'll try to put down the controller long enough to write out my advice for those tables. I might do the MB one soon anyway, for whatever reason the iOS version of MB is being particularly agreeable to me. [/QUOTE]
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