I'm sure we can all relate to this, but I thought it would be interesting to hear other people's stories. Where you play a game with someone who doesn't really understand how pinball works and you can understand where the logic is, but it still doesn't make a lot of sense.
So last night I'm showing my mum Attack from Mars ("Haha I like all the humor, it's very stereotypical" and "Why do all Americans think that all English people are from south London?") and we're doing a 2 player game. I end my go on ball 2. "No you keep going." "What, why? It's your go." "But you're doing so well!" "But I've finished, it's the end of my turn, now it's yours." "But my score is terrible, it will ruin yours!" "What how does that make sense?" "Just take my go!" "No, its your go!" eventually...."Ohhhh, I thought it was like we were playing together."
Taught her not to double flip all the time as well "Why do you do that?" "Well...that's just natural." "Ah okay, well you have to teach yourself that it isn't natural and generally will end up with you losing the ball if you do it a lot." Eventually after losing the ball a few times this way (Double flipped, ball hit the flipper tip and went straight down the middle) she worked it out and immediately improved. Was well chuffed with herself for making multiball and nearly 1 billion.
Also she's deadly afraid of the knocker and despite me trying to explain it only happens on replays, specials and matches she still doesn't know when its going to happen and jumps out her skin every time. "Turn it off!" "Nooo, its too funny."
I also had a friend with me at a league meet who kept plunging the ball despite the fact we were playing a 3 player game. It was on an old Bally Playboy where I admit for people who don't know the older machines would have no idea what to look at to discern whos go it is (I mostly at this point step in and tell them their go is over, but I think I was talking to someone else). I think @Wayne J put it best when it happened "Oh he's just taken my ball." "Well how would he know not to? He never plays pinball!"
You can tell I'm bored at work
Anyone else got any?
So last night I'm showing my mum Attack from Mars ("Haha I like all the humor, it's very stereotypical" and "Why do all Americans think that all English people are from south London?") and we're doing a 2 player game. I end my go on ball 2. "No you keep going." "What, why? It's your go." "But you're doing so well!" "But I've finished, it's the end of my turn, now it's yours." "But my score is terrible, it will ruin yours!" "What how does that make sense?" "Just take my go!" "No, its your go!" eventually...."Ohhhh, I thought it was like we were playing together."
Taught her not to double flip all the time as well "Why do you do that?" "Well...that's just natural." "Ah okay, well you have to teach yourself that it isn't natural and generally will end up with you losing the ball if you do it a lot." Eventually after losing the ball a few times this way (Double flipped, ball hit the flipper tip and went straight down the middle) she worked it out and immediately improved. Was well chuffed with herself for making multiball and nearly 1 billion.
Also she's deadly afraid of the knocker and despite me trying to explain it only happens on replays, specials and matches she still doesn't know when its going to happen and jumps out her skin every time. "Turn it off!" "Nooo, its too funny."
I also had a friend with me at a league meet who kept plunging the ball despite the fact we were playing a 3 player game. It was on an old Bally Playboy where I admit for people who don't know the older machines would have no idea what to look at to discern whos go it is (I mostly at this point step in and tell them their go is over, but I think I was talking to someone else). I think @Wayne J put it best when it happened "Oh he's just taken my ball." "Well how would he know not to? He never plays pinball!"
You can tell I'm bored at work
Anyone else got any?
Within 10 mins they have had enough and buggered off.
