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<blockquote data-quote="shutyertrap" data-source="post: 31734" data-attributes="member: 134"><p>Well actually, there is no value in risking balls for it! This table is very much like BoP, in that once you realize where the points are, shooting everything else (except by accident) is a waste of time.</p><p></p><p>Its all about the multiball. Collect F-I-L-M, shoot the (what do we call these?) outer capture lane, start multiball. I try to shoot the right lane so that when I launch the ball, I let it dead bounce from left to right flipper and hold. The second ball launches and I leave my left flipper up and catch that ball. With my right flipper, I shoot the snack bar to look for the girl there. If she is, once the ball ejects down the left inlane, I shoot the creature ramp and continue to do so till I've reached 4x bonus. If she wasn't at the snack bar, I live shoot for the left capture lane. I don't always hit it immediately, but when I miss it tends to go up the creature ramp, which I'm gonna need anyway! If she's not there either, things get tricky.</p><p></p><p>First I'll shoot the creature ramp again, and while that ball is busy, I'll shoot the right capture lane with that ball I've been cradling in the left flipper this entire time. Hopefully I make it, cause if I don't, more often than not I'm screwed! Anyways, say I hit it. Once again it'll eject around the top and back to the left flipper where I once again leave the flipper up and let the ball bounce and settle. Meanwhile, that right flipper I'm continuing to shoot the creature ramp.</p><p></p><p>Note...often the ball will bounce on your left raised flipper, but more often than not, so long as you don't flip, the ball will either land on that flipper, or bounce safely somewhere else. If you do find yourself with 2 ball on that left flipper, just give a quick flip, don't even aim, and leave that flipper up! one ball will go its merry way, the other will probably settle nicely back into your cradle.</p><p></p><p>Okay, the point of all this prep. Hopefully you've gotten good at hitting both the creature ramp and the center lane up to P-A-I-D. Once you've collected your 4x bonus, shoot the center lane, and catch the ball once it comes down. Now shoot the Snack Bar to rescue the girl. You'll nab 40 mil for this cause of the bonus. It'll eject and immediately shoot the center lane again so you can once again catch and shoot the Snack Bar for jackpot. At the minimum, because of that 4x bonus, you're gonna score 150 million +. Again, hope you're good at hitting the center lane from a ball eject, cause now you need to send it up to the bumpers for a certain number of hits. That 4x bonus works on EVERY shot on the table now, so points rack up. Hit the required number, catch the ball as it comes down, shoot the Snack Bar for Super Jackpot. This will be double (or is it quadruple? never can tell) whatever the jackpot was.</p><p></p><p>Now you gotta find the girl again, but the 4x bonus holds. Rinse and repeat, only each time you do this (so long as you're on the same ball), the jackpot grows and it grows fast. I one time managed to do 3 cycles of this, and the 3rd cycle my super jackpot was worth over 3 billion points!</p><p></p><p>So like I said, who cares about risking balls for 5 million points? I risk my balls for starting multiball.</p><p></p><p>A second note...should you lose one of your balls in multiball after scoring a jackpot, the next time you start up multiball (if this is still the same ball), you can't get the 4x bonus. I'm not positive, but it may even be if you rescue the girl. Only a fresh ball (and yes, it can be an extra ball) will allow you to once again get that bonus. But even without the bonus, you're looking at collecting a hundred million easy if you hit the jackpot.</p><p></p><p>So yeah, I ignore all the hurry ups and concentrate usually on collecting the 4 targets to open the Snack Bar and give me that "I" in FILM. Unless my game is really a train wreck, I'm scoring at least a billion every time. If I could only get some consistency in my aiming for the two capture lanes...but I can hit that creature ramp and center lane at will with a live ball, and the snack bar 99% with a captured ball in the right flipper.</p><p></p><p>Anybody else care to share their strategies?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shutyertrap, post: 31734, member: 134"] Well actually, there is no value in risking balls for it! This table is very much like BoP, in that once you realize where the points are, shooting everything else (except by accident) is a waste of time. Its all about the multiball. Collect F-I-L-M, shoot the (what do we call these?) outer capture lane, start multiball. I try to shoot the right lane so that when I launch the ball, I let it dead bounce from left to right flipper and hold. The second ball launches and I leave my left flipper up and catch that ball. With my right flipper, I shoot the snack bar to look for the girl there. If she is, once the ball ejects down the left inlane, I shoot the creature ramp and continue to do so till I've reached 4x bonus. If she wasn't at the snack bar, I live shoot for the left capture lane. I don't always hit it immediately, but when I miss it tends to go up the creature ramp, which I'm gonna need anyway! If she's not there either, things get tricky. First I'll shoot the creature ramp again, and while that ball is busy, I'll shoot the right capture lane with that ball I've been cradling in the left flipper this entire time. Hopefully I make it, cause if I don't, more often than not I'm screwed! Anyways, say I hit it. Once again it'll eject around the top and back to the left flipper where I once again leave the flipper up and let the ball bounce and settle. Meanwhile, that right flipper I'm continuing to shoot the creature ramp. Note...often the ball will bounce on your left raised flipper, but more often than not, so long as you don't flip, the ball will either land on that flipper, or bounce safely somewhere else. If you do find yourself with 2 ball on that left flipper, just give a quick flip, don't even aim, and leave that flipper up! one ball will go its merry way, the other will probably settle nicely back into your cradle. Okay, the point of all this prep. Hopefully you've gotten good at hitting both the creature ramp and the center lane up to P-A-I-D. Once you've collected your 4x bonus, shoot the center lane, and catch the ball once it comes down. Now shoot the Snack Bar to rescue the girl. You'll nab 40 mil for this cause of the bonus. It'll eject and immediately shoot the center lane again so you can once again catch and shoot the Snack Bar for jackpot. At the minimum, because of that 4x bonus, you're gonna score 150 million +. Again, hope you're good at hitting the center lane from a ball eject, cause now you need to send it up to the bumpers for a certain number of hits. That 4x bonus works on EVERY shot on the table now, so points rack up. Hit the required number, catch the ball as it comes down, shoot the Snack Bar for Super Jackpot. This will be double (or is it quadruple? never can tell) whatever the jackpot was. Now you gotta find the girl again, but the 4x bonus holds. Rinse and repeat, only each time you do this (so long as you're on the same ball), the jackpot grows and it grows fast. I one time managed to do 3 cycles of this, and the 3rd cycle my super jackpot was worth over 3 billion points! So like I said, who cares about risking balls for 5 million points? I risk my balls for starting multiball. A second note...should you lose one of your balls in multiball after scoring a jackpot, the next time you start up multiball (if this is still the same ball), you can't get the 4x bonus. I'm not positive, but it may even be if you rescue the girl. Only a fresh ball (and yes, it can be an extra ball) will allow you to once again get that bonus. But even without the bonus, you're looking at collecting a hundred million easy if you hit the jackpot. So yeah, I ignore all the hurry ups and concentrate usually on collecting the 4 targets to open the Snack Bar and give me that "I" in FILM. Unless my game is really a train wreck, I'm scoring at least a billion every time. If I could only get some consistency in my aiming for the two capture lanes...but I can hit that creature ramp and center lane at will with a live ball, and the snack bar 99% with a captured ball in the right flipper. Anybody else care to share their strategies? [/QUOTE]
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