Im not that familiar with GB, is that a bug or is the code working as intended?
It sounds like playing single player games might be an alternative for that?
I would say no.
Scoring potential is a great thing, but you canāt guarantee that turns into scoring reality. Iām sure everyone here has had a critical big point shot (Super Jackpot, Wizard Mode Start, whatever) brightly flashing and waiting for them, took the shot, bricked it, and watched their ball and game power-drain.
Meanwhile, any minor malfunction can potentially be critical to the outcome of a game. Even a measly 1,000 point shot that doesnāt register is critical if you lose the game by 500 points. Shots and targets fail to register all the time for any number of reasons: misadjusted switch (thatās an actual minor malfunction), ball lifted a bit off the surface of the playfield and didnāt actually trigger the switch (thatās āthe ball is wild, play onā), etc. Thereās no reasonable and fair way for TDās to deal with all these situations other than letting the machine be the judge, jury, and executioner.
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Hardware problem with one of the six major (skill) shots. One of the six switches is having a problem. No other switch should cancel the skill shot.
IMO, an intermittent skill shot on GB would be grounds for pulling the game if it couldnāt be fixed. Besides the 20% exploit, you can also get 10% and start a mode. Or light the 2x target with a skill shot. Iāve gotten more than one skill shot over 1b when playing for fun without using the exploit. Thatās too much.
When the GOT intermittently wonāt allow players to select which house to play at league (youāre stuck with Stark), we play through that, which I donāt like. No skill shot on GB is way worse.
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