by pnoid » Thu Aug 28, 2014 5:35 am
Really, it was a very nice time when I played head-to-head in the lobby, not just playing the game against a human opponent, which makes the game much harder since a human is intelligent and a computer is a machine, much more stress caused by the human opponent, no time to relax during a game, sometimes I could see the opponents nerves when the opponent could not get the ball in the taxi, so even when far behind you could win, specially during the third round when playing multiball, relaxation was there in the lobby, talking and laughing about things
The maximum was 8 people at the same time in the lobby.
I remember several people, some names I lost, Lazy and Meise, Popeye, Vojta, Hanniball, Psycho, Ante, Lara.
CoolMom from Seattle USA, I still have the t-shirt with the BRUSA table printed on it, she made that possible, very good quality, I still wear it, colors are vibrant, not washed out.
Thick cotton, a black t-shirt with a part of the table, and the smiling yellow taxi jumping out of the shirt, maybe one day a collecters item, I should stop wearing it.
Vitesse was special, very good at head-to-head, but never entered a pinball record on Ante’s page as far as I know, he was mister cool, the best.
Maybe he only played head to head.
According to Vitesses own words Tarek was much better.
There’s a difference between head to head and normal gameplay, that is in speed(thinking and playing), all the decisions takes place in a fraction of a second, only an automatic mind can do that, there’s no time to relax, so playing many head-to-head games is recommended. to become automated, and against a good player every shot is important, that is where the nerves come from, meditation can help.