Pinball FX

[purex]

I had did problem at first and could only find it by filtering by tournaments created by friends.

[Ffrog]

The 5-minute challenge is definitely… different. As far as I can tell there’s no penalty at all for losing the ball, which takes a while to get used to. I can’t seem to do anything to improve my score though. I can get 8-9 million most times, but have only manged 10 million once.

[Stirbelwurm]

In my best run so far I managed to get a pretty decent multiball. I added a Jackpot and Super-Jackpot lane and with 2.4 mill Super-Jackpots you can get a pretty good highscore.

Also, what do you guys think, should I stick with 5 minute challenges for now or still switch it up a bit?
I’m not too sure about the other two modes though (1-ball and … I don’t know how the other is called where you constantly have to beat a certain score). I don’t think that the restrictions they impose are a good fit for this kind of competition.

[purex]

I couldn’t improve either. The time constraint doesn’t give much room to explore and practise, which is not necessarily a bad thing. I found myself playing the table on single-player mode just to figure out the angles and timings (which I didn’t, because I just keep hitting the corners of the ramps).

I think we should vary the game mode to keep things fresh and try every one at least once to get an idea of how it plays out.

[Blackice]

I achieved my best score with a good run on the bats frenzy mode, but haven’t managed to get close to it since! I’m happy to try out the 1 ball or survival modes if others are. I’ve tried both in other tournaments and they’re ok. I find it’s more the table choice that matters to me - the so-called “classics” can go jump off a cliff IMO, especially V12 and Shaman!

[Winged_Nazgul]

Pinball wizard Jack Danger has a few simple tips to help you rule the arcade

[Stirbelwurm]

Our first “real” challenge is now over! As it has been noted, the 5-minute rule certainly changed things, compared to the usual highscore play. It’s nice to have the option to make it a little different every time.

Playing under the new rules, Thermal Ions managed to get the biggest score, with 22.7 million! Congratulations! That’s enough to get into the global Top 50 for that mode (and he did it without upgrades!).

Here are the scores:

https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/879750926823665630/C597F67942583E0FCD6F5B2FC91E0C64DEC9D0E7/

Alright, lets start with the next table!

RPS PFX3 Challenge 2
Table: World War Hulk
Password: RPSPinball
Rules: 1 ball, no upgrades
Created by: Bexo Dust
Duration: 7 days (finishes monday, the 24th of octobre)

@Winged_Nazgul: interesting video! Lets see if I can use this for the digital game

[Sp4rkR4t]

Ooh World War Hulk is a nice fast table, I like it.

[Blackice]

That was a good, close competition. Let’s see how the one ball challenge works out…

[vinraith]

I’m a little unclear on how to participate in the challenge. Is it sufficient to be a member of the RPS Pinball FX group, or do I need to do something else here?

[Winged_Nazgul]

You need to search for the correct challenge created by Bexo Dust and enter the password given.

[Sp4rkR4t]

Bit shitty you can’t search for the tournaments name instead of the player that created it, although I just find it by filtering what games my friends have played.

[vinraith]

Thanks. I couldn’t find it in the tournament listing when I looked earlier, but searching on Bexo’s name got it. I guess the default listing filters password protected tourneys? No way to get those to show up, I guess?

[Stirbelwurm]

Ah, a new player! Welcome to the competition, I see you already started with a great score
Although kinglug quickly crushed all hope of trying to reach the first place

[vinraith]

Thanks for the welcome. I joined the pinball FX2 group back when it first formed to compare scores, but hadn’t kept up with the thread. Lots of new players and a weekly tournament, all of which is awesome. And yeah, much to my surprise I managed to post a decent score. That won’t be a regular thing, I expect.

[Stirbelwurm]

Our second challenge is over now and it ended with quite the suprise! kinglug managed to get an absolutely great highscore and it looked like noone would be able to get the better of him, but just before the end AngoraFish got an unbelievable 50 million points with just one ball! Congratulations!
It’s always nice to see our previous best players return and compete on such a high level again (even when that means that the rest is left behind )

And now it’s time to start with the next table:

RPS PFX3 Challenge 3
Table: Castle Storm
Password: RPSPinball
Rules: survive, no upgrades
Created by: Bexo Dust
Duration: 7 days (finishes monday, the 1st of november)

PS: it’s not clear to me who owns which table, so I just pick whatever table I own and hope for the best. Any suggestions for a better method?

[Ffrog]

I don’t have many tables but don’t cater to me, if one looks particularly interesting I’ll buy it and join in (like I did with Epic Quest).

If there’s a sale on I’ll definitely pick up a few more.

[Blackice]

PS: it’s not clear to me who owns which table, so I just pick whatever table I own and hope for the best. Any suggestions for a better method?

I didn’t even know I had this table! I don’t remember playing it in FX2 anyway. I’d be interested to hear what others think of survival mode - I’m not so keen on it personally, it relies on being able to score big consistently which doesn’t suit my style of large periods of time wanging the ball around scoring very little before stumbling onto something that gives me a few million…

[RuySan]

I have to join you guys soon. I never liked PFX as much as Pinball Arcade, but with company it might get more interesting.

Are you still playing with PFX2, or were the challenges “upgraded” to PFX3?

[Sp4rkR4t]

The challenges only work in PFX3