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[–]Zilvreen 37 points38 points ago

Probably like.. 12. 19 tops. Those things were stingy with their tickets.

[–]beefwich 25 points26 points ago

Meanwhile, you win a veritable boatload of tickets at that game where you try to stop the spinning light with the giant button. Sheer dumb luck is rewarded more than skill.

I guess that's a good lesson to teach kids.

[–]konakonachanchan 7 points8 points ago

It costs way more tickets and is programmed to only to win after x number of games.

[–]afdlips 1 point2 points ago

I hit it twice in a row. I thought I was some timing bad ass. I've yet to even come close again. Fuck this game.

[–]taybagg88 1 point2 points ago

The one where you had to stop it under your colored arch?

[–]thewookieempire 0 points1 point ago

That's the one.

[–]ajaxanon 0 points1 point ago

Should have said "a veritable buttload" of tickets for real measurement

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[–]FullMoon1108 -2 points-1 points ago

woman^

[–]orokro 15 points16 points ago

Actually, this is the worst way to get tickets.

The best way is to go early in the morning, when the machine is first powered on. The "top score" will be at the lowest point (factory default setting).

Then what you want to do, is beat the top-score, by 1 ball THEN LET THE TIME RUN OUT. You'll receive the "jackpot" for setting a new high score.

Then play a second time, and beat your previous high score by 1 ball again, and stop playing again. You've now won the jackpot twice.

Keep doing this. The problem with going all-out on your first try, is that you'll set the high score to your skill limit. From that point on, you can only really hope to tie. You'll only get one Jackpot. By beating the score by just one ball each time, it's easier to get the jackpot multiple times in a row...

[–]GFNoobs 0 points1 point ago

I see you're an expert on this topic.

[–]ElPsyC 9 points10 points ago

Did any of you bother look at the scoreboard?!

[–]makspinky 6 points7 points ago

I worked at Dave and Buster's repairing the games when I was 18 years old. After about six months this is how good I was at super shot (the name of that basketball game). I would put up the high score every day I worked. I'm completely terrible at basketball outside of this.

[–]ThatSmile 9 points10 points ago

Can't believe I didn't think of this trick.

[–]MyOtherNameWasBetter 39 points40 points ago

I'm sure the only thing stopping you from doing this is the idea.

[–]beefwich 21 points22 points ago

Right?! Just make every shot single-handedly and in rapid succession!

Gah, it all seems so clear to me now!

[–]joethedreamer 3 points4 points ago

Someone please make this a downvote gif for all that is holy

[–]zVulture 8 points9 points ago

This needs to be made into an upvote or downvote GIF, if only I had the time...

[–]bradey10 3 points4 points ago

ill be back

[–]TearHugger 6 points7 points ago

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[–]StopReadingMyUser 5 points6 points ago

[–]MyOtherNameWasBetter 2 points3 points ago

How many balls are in that machine?

[–]nsstrunks 8 points9 points ago

Typically there's 4 or 5 per machine I think, looks like he took all of the balls from the surrounding machines to use in one.

[–]Cullly 6 points7 points ago

Also, another trick is to let down the air a little bit in the balls so you can grab them with one hand easily. When I was in China, I saw people fighting in arcades purely because of this.

(as in the owner complaining that they have to keep pumping up the balls)

[–]brodesto[S] 6 points7 points ago

Wow thats a smart idea

[–]Cullly 4 points5 points ago

Also it bounces off the rim less so I think they go in the basket easier.

[–]brodesto[S] 7 points8 points ago

Its a FLAWLESS plan!!

[–]TheBigBanger 2 points3 points ago

The computer in these games doesnt recognize every ball going in that quickly. Watch the score vs the balls going in... it rises about 1/2 as fast.

[–]Creeper60 3 points4 points ago

[–]Sandaholic 3 points4 points ago

He must've taken the basketballs from all of the other machines.

[–]imahaf2callyouback 1 point2 points ago

It says that they did in the video.

[–]Gravee 0 points1 point ago

I saw this guy go head to head with Kobe Bryant on Jimmy Kimmel a while back.

[–]Great_Guanito 2 points3 points ago

I love how seemlessly this .GIF is looped.

[–]KiNGofKiNG89 1 point2 points ago

I saw somebody do this once, I sat there for like 10 minutes as he played it 3-4 times. He kept only beating his high score by 1 basket. Boatload of tickets! He got like 500? for every time he beat the high score.

[–]SatchmoPhipps 1 point2 points ago

Seeing as I've had this gif open for a while, and under the right conditions I could have it open for all of eternity, I'm gonna guess: infinite. He got, theoretically, an infinite number of tickets.

[–]afdlips 0 points1 point ago

This is a very seamless loop.

[–]peesinpools 0 points1 point ago

I can't believe he's still going.

[–]jdogdeluxe 0 points1 point ago

I like how it's sped up.....

[–]xBlackbiird 0 points1 point ago

And some say he is still going to this day.

[–]keiserchan 0 points1 point ago

It's bastards like this that crush my hopes of ever having the high score on anything.

[–]Schwinehund 1 point2 points ago

Until you realize the high score resets to default every time you shut it off.

[–]keiserchan 0 points1 point ago

O_____________________________________O

[–]wallieburger 0 points1 point ago

probably enough to buy a pencil top.

[–]Darth_Saltine 0 points1 point ago

Or a shit-ton of spider rings.

[–]Grizmeer 0 points1 point ago

Those machines don't have enough basketballs to do this.

[–]Stoneheng3 -2 points-1 points ago

The longer you watch, the more tickets he gets