Next up is better moderation options for regular users (e.g. tell us why something is inaccurate) and actually get a team of moderators going. Soon, I promise! In the meantime: Submit more tips!
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Will do. Dig the app.
awesome app! Hope it takes off.
ā¦ and on Twilight Zone the left ramp relights the Piano solid, and flashes the Slot Machine briefly.
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Looks great! Excited about how this may build. One suggestion: The ability to suggest an edit/improvement to an existing tip. Just to correct grammar or maybe add a missing score value to a tip rather than make a whole new tip. Iāll start contributing.
I flagged a couple on STTNG, but maybe someone can confirmā¦
āChoose āLight Lockā before you plunge your first two balls and then āLight Holodeckā on your third. Youāll get multiball every game!ā - Would only be relevant if playing a four ball game (fourth āLight Lockā plunge would start multiball)
āLearn the shuttle simulation pattern. R-L-R-R-L-L-R-L-Rā¦ā - I always thought LLRRLLRLLL was the optimal path?
Love the idea of the tips site by the way. Hoping it will be very useful for those times when you step up to a new machine for the first time.
The first choice in the ST:TNG video mode can be either a left or right, without consequence to the rest of the pattern. Iām not so sure about the 9th choice, but that could also be flexible. I remember it as 2-2-2-1-1-1: 2 lefts, 2 rights, 2 lefts, 1 right, 1 left, 1 right.
I had to go and check to see if R-L-R-R-L-L-R-L-R gives the same points as LLRRLLRLL and it does (w/ extra ball, as well). It just seems harder to memorize.
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After the 30M right before the artifact, it definitely doesnāt matter which way you go. The artifact will be in that numbered cavern no matter which route you take (including e.g. all L). Thereās a 3 in a fixed position as well, but I donāt recall the route to it. IIRC it was that 3 that set off the AFM 3 and the SS 3. STTNGās 3 is a bug AFAIK. Either that or it was possibly intended a clue to Holodeck 3.
It is my remembery that the tunnel pattern is somewhat odd, not directly a pyramid as one might think, but I donāt remember the details. I could be wrong on this. Iām sure it was fully mapped out on rgp a long time ago, though.
Trivia: The initial posted pattern was LLRRLLRRL. I take credit for posting the tweak of the R to the L for the final 30M to rgp. 
Not the original pattern, though, donāt remember who did that one.
EDIT: Found the map here (itās not very user-friendly, though): https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/rec.games.pinball/sttng$20tunnel$20map/rec.games.pinball/n-IMMtgY50c/Klq7HBufWzcJ
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holy crap thatās some data on that link - wow. Definitely will help at league since i SUCK at STTNG
I also SUCK at STTNG but itās not because Iām terrible at shuttle simulation thatās for sure 
So if I can remember the stimulation pattern (I like Bowens 2-2-2-1-1-1 tip) I can start losing by hundreds of millions instead of a billion or more 
Alright, I had a bit of time this morning to improve the moderation/flagging part. When all you awesome pinball players click the āflag thisā link you can now:
- Tell us whatās wrong
- Suggest a better text for the tip (in case there are spelling errors or inaccuracies)
The large PinTips Moderation Team is then better equipped to act!
Thanks for the patience. I hope you all submitted more tips while I was typing this
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website isnāt working for me right now for some reason
Do a refresh in your browser. If that doesnāt work shoot me an email at play@matchplay.events with whatever details you can provide (screenshot or error messages)
Siteās also down for me, error 502 Bad Gateway.
Whoops, sorry. I accidentallyā¦ it doesnāt matter. The site is up and running again
Here are a few missing tips Iām aware of but donāt know the details if someone is able to add them:
T3: When the game shoots at you I know youāre supposed to mash the trigger back at it for a free 1M. Is this Quick Fire? I notice players who donāt do this so itās probably worth adding.
TOTAN: The Harem/Genie stack / neverending Genie battle if thatās still applicable. I canāt find out if this is still relevant in 1.4 code since I donāt play it much.
Jack*Bot: Valid playfield multiball trick, is it on MB restart? Soft plunge to jackbot under ramp, to drain, repeat? Am I just crazy, I need to try in TPA I guess.
Thank you to all the helpful players out there. PinTips is almost at 600 tips! But you can still help out!
On the front page you can now click āMachines in needā. That will filter the list below to only show machines with 0, 1 or 2 tips. If you know anything about those games itās a great place to start contributing. Head over to: http://pintips.net/
If you happen to be in Crazy Flipper Fingers: Youāre currently last on the leaderboard ( http://pintips.net/leagues ). You better add some tips
Really great app, Andreas! I love the concept (especially for someone like me who sucks at remembering rules/tips). Itās really cool to see it taking off.
Oh, and Iām in CFF (which is technically a gang and not a league). Iāll try to add some!
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