Flexsave malfunction: major or minor

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@G_Money

I’ve never really given thought to these questions before, but if we’re saying failed ballsaves are treated differently, does that mean a flipper malfunction during a timed ballsave - NBAFB, WOZ, is different? The problem being, there is no fair reward as compensation since awarding a ball is over generous?

I started a thread asking about this exact situation a few years ago, and there was some discussion about it.

Ruling: Major malfunction during There’s No Place Like Home on WOZ

On Wizard of Oz Player 4, ball 2 drains down the left outlane and starts There’s No Place Like Home mode. During the mode the left flipper button falls out and causes him to lose the ball. Does he get a compensation ball at the end of the game? The flipper button was placed back into the game and everyone played their ball 3 without the button falling out again. Does the amount of time left or the progress made in There’s No Place Like Home at the point of the malfunction have any bearing on t…