[FSPA] previously unknown pinball technique discovered?

[The Bob]

All it takes is setting the coin door slam tilt sensor (if the machine has
one) very tight and any vertical or cabinet slapping will tilt the game.
Those tilt sensors are on a strip of metal that is so thin it vibrates when
you walk by .

On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 8:46 AM, Dave Hubbard via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org>
wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 7, 2018 at 7:58 AM, eric schoch via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org>
> wrote:
>
>> People are making quick judgements on something they have never tried nor
>> even been present for while someone applied the technique.
>>
>
> At least one person who I will not name because he didn't want to be
> dragged into this tried this on one of his home machines and wasn't able to
> reproduce any success.
>
> I guess if people feel strongly that this is a viable technique, then try
> it in competition and see what happens.  Applying vibrations to machines
> has been done for a very long time, but mostly by hitting the lockdown
> bar.  I remember a High Speed at PAPA many years ago where doing that would
> tilt instantly; I think they had rigged up something special like Dan
> mentioned.  If it's only light slapping like you say Steve and not the loud
> banging we were first introduced to, then it's probably ok but I'm still
> going to give it the stink-eye for being weird. :)
>
> You should record another more representative video and post it to
> something like Tilt Forums to see what the larger community thinks about it.
>
>     --- Dave
>
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