Yes they are lightning flips, the lighting from above makes it hard to tell I think..but they are...I actually had standard green flippers and yellow rubber before but the flipper bat broke in like a week, so I went back to lightning. I really don't think it makes much difference, you still need to make your shots either way...
I watched the video again to try and learn a few things. It seemed to help somewhat because for the first time in a long time I got the second Jackpot, but still didn't break 100 mil that game. I have to disagree that the lightning bolt flippers don't make much difference. For me anyway they change the angles significantly. You are right that you still have to make the shots, but if you're used to one type of flipper and find yourself on a game with the other type you'll need to make some "muscle memory" adjustments. I think I read or heard somewhere that the standard flippers have more flex in them so maybe that's what is really making the angles change. Also, depending on how tight the tilt is set, you'll lose more balls down the middle with lightning bolt flippers since the gap is 1/4" wider. It's hard to describe, but when I play this title with standard flippers the shots just don't feel as "natural". I guess it could just be the muscle memory thing.
I just watched some of it one more time, and I'm curious about a few things. Key word curious...not trying to put your score or settings down or anything like that.
The first ball was plunged at the 6 second mark and drains at the 16 second mark but the ball save helps you out. Are you using the default ball save time? Again, I'm just curious about it. I really don't like ball saves at all and turn all of them off whenever I can. I was double checking my settings to get ready for the party and noticed that my ball save on FT was set at 4 seconds. I tried to move it down and found out that 4 seconds is the lowest you can go.
On the plunge after the ball save, you nail the first lock and the next ball comes out of the lock instead of from the trough and you nail the second lock. Clearly you don't have a problem hitting the lock from either angle, but do you happen to know which setting controls that and is it a choice you consciously made for some reason? I kind of like getting that callout from the reel unloading so I think I'm gonna change away from the default on whatever setting controls holding the balls in the reel.
On my game after you get the three balls locked, the single drop target pops up so you have to knock it down to qualify the first jackpot. Yours didn't seem to do this until you scored the first two jackpots. You hit the shot to qualify the third jackpot, but shortly after that your great first multiball came to an end. Again, do you know which setting controls that and was it a conscious decision? I seem to really have a hard time hitting the lock area when more than one ball is in play. Not having to knock that drop target down to qualify the first two jackpots might help out my wimpy scores. LOL
I had the same question Robert did about whether you were using lightning bolt flippers, so I used the search function to see if you had mentioned them before. I came across a post where you said your buddy's FT was brutal. Can you give more details on why his game is harder for you to do well on?
I hope my curiousity doesn't upset you. I'm really just trying to learn more about the fine details. One reason I think I need to pay more attention to this type of thing is that I'm planning to go to PAPA for the first time next year. I need to learn to spot differences like these to adjust my play style on the fly if I'm going to have any chance to do well there since I know in a lot of cases, the settings used there are not going to be what I'm used to.
