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Michi

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  1. I missed out on a ticket for this because I was in the US, and tickets went on sale at something like 2 am local time. By the time I checked in the morning, they were all gone. If someone ends up with a spare ticket or can't make the event, I'd be happy to take the ticket off your hands. Please drop me a PM if you have a spare or know of someone who can't make it. Thanks, Michi.
  2. There is also an Australia/NZ calendar for once-off tournaments, and another one for leagues and other recurring events. Please let me know if anything is missing or inaccurate. Michi.
  3. I don't see how you could do a flick pass with a microswitch. And I don't think I could do one of those little "pull-back" moves where the ball rolls up the flipper and I can stop it from going over the edge by doing the tiniest little twitch with the flipper, which sends the ball back in the opposite direction after having taken a tiny hop. Microswitches are too "binary" and also have some hysteresis, which is something you don't want for the flippers. Michi.
  4. It's a shame you had to move out. This really was a great venue for comps and good times. Thanks for all your efforts, John! Michi.
  5. This is currently part of an excellent exhibition featuring aboriginal art at the Queensland Art Gallery. Well worth having a look! Michi.
  6. Nice one! It obviously wasn't gory enough without the red… :D Michi.
  7. Doesn't she have a letter from her doctor saying that she is excused from pinball? ;) Michi.
  8. No, sorry. I'll probably get back there within the next year or two; if I do, I'll take some video. Cheers, Michi.
  9. Ars Technica just published an article about the place: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/09/this-arcade-is-really-vintage-visiting-san-franciscos-musee-mecanique/ Michi.
  10. I don't know of anyone who has done that. But it seems the obvious low-cost solution. I suspect that getting a 500W converter that directly converts 240V @ 50Hz to 110V @ 60Hz is going to be more expensive than the 240V - 12V - 110V route. Just make sure that you have good connection to the ground pin of your normal 240V supply on the 110V side. If in doubt, check with an electrician. Cheers, Michi.
  11. Ah, OK, thanks for that! I was just reading things wrong, my apologies. Yes, that makes perfect sense; you don't have a floating circuit that way. Well, that'll be it in practice, too, I would think. It'll just work. I guess similar idea could be used to stop oscillations as well, such as when you have a sling with the switch contacts too close, and the vibration from the sling firing causing the next switch closure. You could count how many times in the last n seconds each switch has triggered. (Just keep a counter for each switch in an array.) Then scan the array every five seconds or so from a timer task and check whether there is an unreasonable count on any of them. You'd have to tune this a bit, to deal with multi-balls where a lot of stuff can happen in a short time. But it should effectively stop this kind of thing, especially for slings and pop bumpers. Michi.
  12. There is something I'm not getting here. A switch can get stuck in either position. It can not activate when it should (be stuck permanently off), or it can activate when it should not (be stuck permanently on). So, I would have thought whether you designate the on or the off position as "active" is arbitrary? Either way, it's wrong some for some fault condition. The way I see it, for something that needs to be pulsed, such as a slingshot coil, the only defence is to handle the issue in software. Pulse only after the software has seen another state transition so, if the switch gets stuck either way, the coil will not activate again. No fires that way, as far as I can see? Michi.
  13. That voice is remarkably similar! You should forward the clip to Dennis! :) Michi.
  14. Yes, that's the one. Michi.
  15. I thought you don't need to "have" Facebook? Or do they force you to sign up these days before you can look at something? At any rate, I've commented on their Facebook thread and suggested that they could post updates here, too. Cheers, Michi.
  16. This was nice to watch: https://facebook.com/Haggis-Pinball-303828336848631/ It'll be interesting see where this goes. Michi.
  17. Smoking will be optional. Coffee, most likely not :) Michi.
  18. If Robert ever makes it to Netherworld, they had better put on a few extra kegs… https://www.facebook.com/jguynes/videos/10156679211399516/ Michi. - - - Updated - - - I just did a bit of research. Looks like Robert would have had to spend another seven or eight hours to break the world record: https://www.twingalaxies.com/game/zekes-peak/novelty But that was probably playing all balls, not just a single one. Michi.
  19. "Waiter, two sets of genitals please. And make it snappy!" :) Michi. - - - Updated - - - Jokes aside, we had that same goal at a pin golf at Netherworld maybe a year ago or so. And quite a lot of people got it back then (including myself). But that was a different Creatures, one that played differently. It's interesting to see how the same thing on one machine can be quite achievable, and be brutally hard on different copy of the same machine. I've seen this a lot, where identical machines can play very differently. Reaching goal X is really easy on one, and really hard on the other. It also seems that doing well, despite these differences, is an under-appreciated skill that top tournament players have. They manage to "find the shots" and adjust to the quirks of a particular machine almost instantly, even under tournament pressure, with no practice and no ball saver. Michi.
  20. That was a great morning, thanks! Jimmy, if you ask for video mode on Creatures again, I'll hand you your genitals on a platter! ;) Michi.
  21. This one is on my bucket list. Next time I get to the east coast, I'll make sure I get to see this. Michi.
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