Any feedback on Elvira w/ its lock stealing?
I’m fairly new to competitive pinball, but that feature seems unfair to me.
thanks
In a 2-player game, lock stealing gets interesting: do you load the lock yourself and hope to cash in? Or do you dodge the lock and force the other player to load it?
In a 4-player game, it’s a lot less interesting, and a lot more luck of order and situation. I recall seeing @noahpdavis inherit 3 single-lock multiballs. Is this still pinball? Heck yeah, pinball has a widely varying amount of luck in different games.
After the first golf session they switched Elvira to a single-player game.
I think the lock stealing for heads-up play is great for exactly the things Bowen mentioned.
I know I was doing commentary for I believe the Zach vs. Mahesh match? Zach had gotten a jackpot early and I had talked about playing possum after that point and not helping Mahesh with any sort of lock progress after that point in time, going up 1-0 so to speak in the Jackpot category.
You’ll see Zach intentionally not filling his E-A-T to even accidentally light his lock should he accidentally hit that left orbit.
Adds a nice chess element to things with how you play the game situationally.
The 4-player game became less of that since people weren’t playing against eachother, but rather all playing to a score, so we ditched it after Friday for exactly that reason. I heard about some offers on the table for players being paid to leave locks collected for the next person up (j/k) 
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I recall seeing @noahpdavis inherit 3 single-lock multiballs.
AND NOT CASHING A SINGLE JACKPOT - ha. I have to admit I actually started shooting locks after the 3rd blown multi due entirely to self implied group guilt!
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I couldn’t believe how many locks fell your way that game. I need to go back and watch the video, but it’s going to be painful. I struggled to get control and ended up taking a 10. Considering I finished 7 strokes out of qualifying, that Elvira game is the one that still stings!
I will say that you legitimately felt guilty about taking all those locks from us, but damn dude, at least cash in a jackpot!! Haha
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