Quoted from Vengeance

But it's not that simple.  I think the biggest part of the problem is that you've never ever played at a competitive level for pinball.  

Good point.

I'd have to be pretty drunk to compete at that level My nerves would be riding sky high...

However, as you were saying, some guy who never competed in a pinball tourney before, just walked in a won the whole thing. So you never know?!? It could happen with me....watch that, eh? Ha, then everyone would stop nudging! "Hey, wow! Did you see that Hippochrome guy play...he didnt even nudge and won the entire tournament"..."Really? Wow! Is he selling (how to) DVD's?"

In pro sports that would never happen. Although the results are hard to test, because in Pro sports, if someone had that kind of "skill/talent" some agent would have found them and made sure they were competing at that level already.

Quoted from Hippochrome

However, as you were saying, some guy who never competed in a pinball tourney before, just walked in a won the whole thing. So you never know?!? It could happen with me....watch that, eh? Ha, then everyone would stop nudging! "Hey, wow! Did you see that Hippochrome guy play...he didnt even nudge and won the entire tournament"..."Really? Wow! Is he selling (how to) DVD's?"

I was trying to look up the OPL meeting that I attended to see if you beat me on anything but I couldn't remember the URL

That being said, I consider myself a pretty good player, but I still struggle to just tread water with these guys on my best day.  I'm still getting better though every year I get just a little bit better.  

I ignored this thread beacuse I do not have a liking to the World Cup.  Boy was I wrong.. this thread isn't about that .

Nudging is part of the game and if you don't do it then your game will suffer.

I by no means think I am a great player but when I watch my kids play and they don't nudge and ball goes down the outlane where I could of saved it you see the difference.

just my .02

Lance

Quoted from Cobra99

Nudging is part of the game and if you don't do it then your game will suffer.

Ahhhh....just had a great game:
1 beer
3,388,000,000 on WCS94
No nudging  

Quoted from Vengeance

I was trying to look up the OPL meeting that I attended to see if you beat me on anything but I couldn't remember the URL

  

I had just beat my group at TSPP when you joined...
We played an overheated BK (flippers where super weak)...you beat me
A temperamental CV who's scoring didn't make any sense...you beat me
And then some other game...ummmmm, dont remember...but I think you won

Quoted from Hippochrome

I had just beat my group at TSPP when you joined...
We played an overheated BK (flippers where super weak)...you beat me
A temperamental CV who's scoring didn't make any sense...you beat me
And then some other game...ummmmm, dont remember...but I think you won

I remember I lost to I think Sorcerer on BK.

The other game was TZ

Last Monday I put up 6.9 Billion on shinnynick's WCS and I stopped on purpose cause I had to do an interview for a friend for his local paper and I was taking too long

My highest is somewhere above 9 billion and I've never even owned the game.  

Quoted from Hippochrome

Ahhhh....just had a great game:
1 beer
3,388,000,000 on WCS94
No nudging  

Quoted from Vengeance

Last Monday I put up 6.9 Billion on shinnynick's WCS and I stopped on purpose cause I had to do an interview for a friend for his local paper and I was taking too long

My highest is somewhere above 9 billion and I've never even owned the game.  

No problem...

by my math:

0 beers = 1,300,000,000
1 beer = 3,300,000,000
2 beers should = 9,300,000,000

Simple

Yeah, I really hate those flag-wavers that seem to come out of the woodwork for the World Cup.  I mean, where do you think they keep those tiny flags when they aren't adorning their vehicles every 4 years ?   Do you think they keep them on a tiny shelf in a tiny cupboard in a tiny...aw, forget it !!

Who am I kidding?  This thread is toast.  

Back to the "pinball-is-a-sport-albeit-not-as-much-as-hockey-in-that-it-involves-a-higher-level-of-skill-but-still-should-not-be-performed-drunk" debate.

I really enjoyed this thread... the Soccer thread, the Pinball Sport thread... I was just trying to get a whole new thread going about the CFL... I don't really give a rat's a** about either types of football - just seemed like a good 3rd part to the thread.  Didn't really take off though.  

Alright, I'll try again.

NFL players don't know how to nudge.

Quoted from mrniceguy

Yeah, I really hate those flag-wavers that seem to come out of the woodwork for the World Cup.  I mean, where do you think they keep those tiny flags when they aren't adorning their vehicles every 4 years ?   Do you think they keep them on a tiny shelf in a tiny cupboard in a tiny...aw, forget it !!

Who am I kidding?  This thread is toast.  

Back to the "pinball-is-a-sport-albeit-not-as-much-as-hockey-in-that-it-involves-a-higher-level-of-skill-but-still-should-not-be-performed-drunk" debate.

I only watch soccer in the tsn 15 second highlight form... and even then its 15 seconds im not sure i was willing to give up

Quoted from mrniceguy

Back to the "pinball-is-a-sport-albeit-not-as-much-as-hockey-in-that-it-involves-a-higher-level-of-skill-but-still-should-not-be-performed-drunk" debate.

I'm convinced Hippo has been drinking since he first started the off topic post