[FSPA] GB at CarPool (video mode)

[The New Pinhead .]

I've tried at Lyman's. You cannot disable the video mode. I may have missed
it so of course double check. You could always try to roll back the code
lol.

David

On Tue, Feb 20, 2018, 10:49 AM The Bob via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org> wrote:

> I don't know offhand if video mode can be disabled.  Nothing would change
> until after the season, that's a fact.  I agree though that it tends to
> cheapen the experience.  For example when I had it at home I never went for
> video mode.  If I'm falling behind 50-60 million in a league game though
> you bet I'm shooting for it. :)
>
> I'll investigate the settings next time I'm there.  Maybe getting video
> mode can convert to a point reward like extra balls on tournament settings.
>
> Bob
>
> On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 10:22 AM, Edan Grossman via FSPA <
> fspa at fspazone.org> wrote:
>
>> Can the video mode be disabled in the operator settings?
>>
>> If it can be disabled, I wouldn't disable it during this season, because
>> of all the preplays that had been recorded with the video mode enabled. If
>> the SLO decides to disable it, it shouldn't take effect until next season.
>>
>> -Edan
>>
>>
>> On Feb 20, 2018 9:25 AM, "Dan Reynolds via FSPA" <fspa at fspazone.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hey folks. Just an idea / suggestion:  would anyone be opposed to
>> disabling the Video Mode on Ghostbusters at CarPool?  It's really dumb that
>> 90% of the games are won by whoever gets the most video mode skillshots.
>>
>> There is a lot to do on that game, but in competition, pretty much
>> everyone just goes for Crossing the Streams, and nobody has a particularly
>> fun time doing it.  Video Modes are fine, but when it becomes all anyone
>> does on the game for points reasons, I think that's a problem.
>>
>> It's gotten to the point where some good players have started actively
>> avoiding starting any of the modes on the game, because it gets in the way
>> of playing Video Mode on their next ball.  In my opinion, avoiding progress
>> on a pinball machine just so you can play the video mode over and over is
>> an awful, unfun way to play pinball.
>>
>> I'm not making this suggestion to help myself, by the way.  I won group 1
>> two weeks ago by doing Cross the Streams three times.  I accomplished
>> literally nothing else on the game.  I don't think I made a single ramp
>> shot or started a single mode.
>>
>> In my opinion, winning a round of pinball should involve playing pinball.
>>
>> -Dan
>>
>>
>>
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