Skill Issue (DAYO!)
Summary
Fun With Bonus writer recounts flipper-control struggles and livestream nerves during a District 82 tournament grand final.
A short, personal first-person piece from Fun With Bonus describing the anxiety and mechanical difficulty of executing precise flipper play under livestream pressure during a District 82 Summer Classic tournament grand final. The author contrasts their inconsistent performance with apparent flawless play by top competitors. No machine, manufacturer, or industry developments are discussed.
This happens to me OFTEN. Each time I do it correctly it feels like a magic trick like, "OH! I did it right!". Then I have to remember that I need to make a shot soon afterward. That is, if I can't catch it on the other flipper so I can have a chance to THINK. Either that or the flipper doesn't move AT ALL, and the ball just drains. Or, I have to desperately flip the ball away in a late attempt to save myself.
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