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<div>Should we have disabled Bats in BSD? Or big bang in DI? Holodeck? Or force people to play modes in STTNG instead of multiball all day?</div><div><br></div><div>I think anyone who plays for this alone is only hurting themselves. </div><div><br></div><div>I mean are we really saying "Hey, I can't win if people do that... so can you not do that?"</div><div><br></div><div>Learn the scoring strategies and pick one that works for you. Feel free to play your own, I'll still work on finding my own to beat you.</div><div><br></div><div>My .02c</div><div><br></div><div>-Steve</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Monday, June 4, 2018, 3:13:16 PM EDT, Dan Reynolds <daniel.j.reynolds@gmail.com> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp4009a835yiv6264283512"><div><div dir="ltr">the problem isn't that it makes the game unfair, it's that it makes the game unfun. 90% of the players in our league are not going to break 100 million on that game unless they play video mode on all three balls. a lot of players strongly dislike playing it for that reason. it's just not entertaining pr exciting to have a skillshot video mode determine the winner for the vast majority of games.</div><div class="ydp4009a835yiv6264283512gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><div class="ydp4009a835yiv6264283512gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 3:03 PM, steve via FSPA <span dir="ltr"><<a shape="rect" href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none"><blockquote class="ydp4009a835yiv6264283512gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><div class="ydp4009a835yiv6264283512yqt6061844274" id="ydp4009a835yiv6264283512yqt34074"><div><div style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div></div>
<div>Given everyone has equal opportunity for the feature... and the game already has changed so its not available on every plunge. I don't see the point.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>If you want to take that risk for video mode, and then face qualifying modes... that's your choice.</div><div>If you want to qualify a mode and play that strategy... do so.</div><div>If you want to go for multipliers and play that way.. do so.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>There is no disparity between player position or opportunity. So i don't see why the need to nerf the feature.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>It's not like it's the only way to win... </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>-Steve</div><div><br clear="none"></div>
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On Monday, June 4, 2018, 2:54:06 PM EDT, Paul McGlone via FSPA <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fspa@fspazone.org</a>> wrote:
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<div class="ydp4009a835yiv6264283512m_-1241630425868911223ydpcd9329deyiv3320432095">Suggestion has been made that we adopt a local rule that nobody can select video mode for skill shot; or that nobody can select it on Ball 1. </div>
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<div class="ydp4009a835yiv6264283512m_-1241630425868911223ydpcd9329deyiv3320432095">This is a pretty good way to salvage a great game for competition. The 1-ball variation opens up even more strategic choices—Play a mode, or not? </div>
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<div class="ydp4009a835yiv6264283512m_-1241630425868911223ydpcd9329deyiv3320432095">I think Bob was against this by the time we finished on Thursday, but he liked it when we started (Player 4). </div>
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We were playing the other night and it worked out pretty well without video:
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