Saw a broken one of those, didn't really know what it would be like
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Saw a broken one of those, didn't really know what it would be like
PAPA has broadcasted the last few of their championship tournaments on Twitch. Curious about seeing how they would produce and package this for spectators, I watched a couple of matches. I'm always interested in seeing techniques from elite caliber players so I can improve my own game.
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That had to be one of the most boring endeavors I've ever endured. There was a whole lot of nothing going on. The drab commentary didn't help things either. I guess I shouldn't have expected much excitement from play-by-play commentary describing a metallic ball bouncing around a bunch of objects. It was like someone doing play-by-play on ditch digging. I guess the fact that they attempted it at all was......commendable?
Pinball is definitely not a spectator activity.
And the ball goes up the two ramp. Back down. Hits it with a flipper. Goes up the first ramp. What am I doing with my life?
I watched some DOTA and I thought the commentating was ridiculous. Video games aren't sports
I actually enjoy watching skilled people game, and that includes pinball. Commentary seems like a great way to leech excitement from it, though, unless it's something like the 8-Ball Deluxe video that explains what shots he's making and why.
James
That's Bowen Kerins, a well known personality in the community, and a very high-skilled player. He has done several dozen "tutorial" videos of tables. I've watched most of them, and even watch ones of tables I'm already intimately familiar with just to see any unique scoring techniques I may not have known about.
I'm much better at playing pinball on a real machine, over the video version of pinball. If there was a more intuitive way to nudge and bump the table with a controller, it would definitely change things for the better.
Oddly, I'm the complete opposite. Video pinball I can easily get scores double what I'd see on a real machine. I think it's exactly the same reason you don't like it- the nudge. I find the right stick gets more consistent results than bumping a real table.
DirtySouth- I was watching a couple of his videos the other night. He does good work, and I'll probably get back to watching more later.
James
There's a big, ol' Half Off Season One sale on PSN right now. Even the Pro upgrade!
After looking at the Pro functions, it hardly seems worth a damn if all you want to do is play vidya pinball like a normal nerd. I don't need no Game Genie or Pinballynda.com videos.
Season One is also 50% off on Steam right now. Worth it for TZ and ST:TNG alone.