Pinball Skill Games

[Fonedevil]

I am developing a skill gaming site based around pinball.
The site will include cash reward tournaments and peer to peer play.

I would like to hear opinions on pinball as a game of skill.

Some friends have expressed the thought that pinball is purely a game of luck.

[lauriejim]

hey fonedevil, will this be open to u.s players?..................laurie

[Fonedevil]

Absolutely it will..

[lauriejim]

cool keep us posted, this is a great idea, thanks................laurie

[dominique]

You can argue skill versus luck til doomsday.

IMO, if practice can make the outcome better, then there is learning involved and it is a game of skill.

All skill games have a measure of luck involved, the skill lies in learning how to manage the random occurrance in a way that improves the outcome for you.

[chuchu59]

Pinball was a skill game back in the 60s and 70s when everything was mechanical and nearly each and every pinball machine was different and our maths whiz had to pull out all the stops to work out what the match numbers to get a replay. Everything changed when this was altered to electronic games and suddenly the games were much less interesting. Just my 2c.

[vinylweatherman]

Originally Posted by chuchu59

Pinball was a skill game back in the 60s and 70s when everything was mechanical and nearly each and every pinball machine was different and our maths whiz had to pull out all the stops to work out what the match numbers to get a replay. Everything changed when this was altered to electronic games and suddenly the games were much less interesting. Just my 2c.

the electric ones were also skill games, but later luck started to play an increasing part due to "silly" features that awarded huge scores that were out of proportion to the skill involved in getting them.
Much of the skill revolved around the machine being present in the "real world". This allowed imperfections and physics to play a large part, and it was possible to learn through play and become a grand master. Nudging the table also played a part, the art was to nudge it enough to alter the path of the ball without triggering the "tilt" mechanisms.

I played extensively between 1979 and 1982 at university, and made money at it by selling off replay credits at a lower price than charged by the machine. I wasn't the only one doing this. One week, one table survived entirely on two 10p coins inserted on Sunday evening, which was all the company found when they emptied it the following Friday The next week, the replay scores had been doubled, and so had the height of the back legs it seemed It made twice as much that week

[Fonedevil]

Please supply ALL your details so that I can automatically bar you from entry to my new site

[vinylweatherman]

Originally Posted by Fonedevil

Please supply ALL your details so that I can automatically bar you from entry to my new site

Name: Vinylweatherman Dot Net

Address: None, I am male and normally wear the trousers.

Occupation: Munchkin Meister

Past Occupations:

Meteorologist,
Pinball Wizard (Won London monthly 6 months in a row after which it closed up shop & my clutch cable "snapped" on the day of month 7), 2nd in "world" championship (Romford Essex I believe - it was ages ago).

Student
Schoolboy and amateur weather forecaster
Small Child - first introduction to slot systems, emptied fruity at holiday camp.
Baby
Sperm

Banned from:-

The Point,
Brighton (except the pier),
Blackpool pleasure beach,
Cole's Funfair
Forton Services (ban expired)
Southwaite services (for "doing" a Payrise TWICE in 1990's) (also expired)
Skill Pinball site (newest ban)

[Fonedevil]

With those credentials its difficult to decide whether to ban
you or make you a partner!!

If you'd be up for it.. I'd at least like to invite you to test the
games system when its back up and running. The site was prviously
running and Im trying to revive it.