I'm always thinking that there is some great songs that are playing during bonuses.
I never know how is singing, and sometimes, it's not even famous at all, so it's kind of hard to find, and finally, you completely forget the song.
I decided to start this post for me to listen to the songs when I find them !
- Pachinko Ultraman / Song 7colors from 3minutes ( http://www.kyoraku.co.jp/product_site/2012/ultramantaro/ )
- Pachinko Souten no ken (蒼天の拳) / Song Thrust of God
- Slot ring ni kakero / opening of the anime
- Uchuu Senkan Yamato / 宇宙戦艦ヤマト
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Stat counters
Just a small article to come back on an article I wrote before.
I was saying that it was important when you play slot to try to understand the setup of the machine.
For that, you're going to want to know the frequency of appearance of the bells etc.. of your machine.
It would be inhuman to remember everything, so, there is small devices you can find to help you.
I don't really know how to call it.
In japanese, you can look for it by "攻略カウンター" which means something like "walk-through counter".
There is different companies producing them, but they all do the same thing.
The one on the picture is called 勝ち勝ちくん(kachikachi-kun) and it costs around 2500 yen.
You'll just have to press the buttons every time the machine rolls.
It helps, but it can really be a pain in the ass.
So, only you can decide if you want to use it or not !
Hard to tell a ratio of how many people use it. From what i see, maybe 15% of the players I would say ?
I was saying that it was important when you play slot to try to understand the setup of the machine.
For that, you're going to want to know the frequency of appearance of the bells etc.. of your machine.
It would be inhuman to remember everything, so, there is small devices you can find to help you.
I don't really know how to call it.
In japanese, you can look for it by "攻略カウンター" which means something like "walk-through counter".
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| Kachikachi-kun (勝ち勝ちくん) |
The one on the picture is called 勝ち勝ちくん(kachikachi-kun) and it costs around 2500 yen.
You'll just have to press the buttons every time the machine rolls.
It helps, but it can really be a pain in the ass.
So, only you can decide if you want to use it or not !
Hard to tell a ratio of how many people use it. From what i see, maybe 15% of the players I would say ?
Let's talk about pachinko
I know, I spoke a lot about slot since the beginning of that blog.
It's just that there is so many things to say !
Much more than for pachinko.
Even if I love pachinko !
In fact, I started to play slot a lot.
It was kind of my first love, and what made me love pachinko.
Recently, I'm playing both, but more pachinko.
I don't really know why.
Really, because in pachinko, you can't predict anything. You don't do anything.
You just watch the balls falling, the animations, and hoping for the bonus to come.
It sounds boring, and maybe in fact it is yeah, but for a reason I don't know, pachinko machines are much more evolved, and I think they're more fun than slot machines.
Basically, I love going to play because I think it's fun.
Of course, I want to get some money, if not, I wouldn't, but still, if one day I think it's not fun anymore, I will stop.
For me, the fun factor is really important.
And the pachinko machines got that plus alpha thing that makes them more fun.
They usually got some mechanic thing in front of the screen (an eva in "evangelion", a mask in "GARO" etc...), that gives an other dimension to the game, and makes it really fun.
It's stupid, but it's like that !
Also, I guess that as the interaction with the machine is too simple, and can make it boring, the creators of the machine really create great animations and events that makes you having fun.
To explain really briefly what is pachinko, but after all that's all you have to know about it, it's about balls.
You have to turn the wheel on your bottom right, not completely, because if you turn it too much, the balls are going to fall directly.
You have to make them fall by the left side of the machine, with the objective of making them going inside the hole just in the bottom center of the screen.
When a ball can get in, you get one more game, and the machine rolls.
Your pool of games is only 4, so if it's full, and an other ball enters in the hole, it won't count as a new game.
To prevent that, you have to play with the little button on the left of the wheel you're turning.
You can press it with your thumb, and it will stop the balls coming. Then you release it, and the balls are going to come again.
Of course, you could just release the wheel directly instead of using that button, but that just makes things easier, and also, not loosing your "winning position" for the balls to enter inside the hole.
Talking about that, I don't really believe there is a "winning position". As long as the balls falls by the left side of the machine, I believe that statistically, the probability they enter the hole won't vary that much depending on the place they are falling from...
But well, it's just my point of view, so you don't have to believe me !
It's just that there is so many things to say !
Much more than for pachinko.
Even if I love pachinko !
In fact, I started to play slot a lot.
It was kind of my first love, and what made me love pachinko.
Recently, I'm playing both, but more pachinko.
I don't really know why.
Really, because in pachinko, you can't predict anything. You don't do anything.
You just watch the balls falling, the animations, and hoping for the bonus to come.
It sounds boring, and maybe in fact it is yeah, but for a reason I don't know, pachinko machines are much more evolved, and I think they're more fun than slot machines.
Basically, I love going to play because I think it's fun.
Of course, I want to get some money, if not, I wouldn't, but still, if one day I think it's not fun anymore, I will stop.
For me, the fun factor is really important.
And the pachinko machines got that plus alpha thing that makes them more fun.
They usually got some mechanic thing in front of the screen (an eva in "evangelion", a mask in "GARO" etc...), that gives an other dimension to the game, and makes it really fun.
It's stupid, but it's like that !
Also, I guess that as the interaction with the machine is too simple, and can make it boring, the creators of the machine really create great animations and events that makes you having fun.
To explain really briefly what is pachinko, but after all that's all you have to know about it, it's about balls.
You have to turn the wheel on your bottom right, not completely, because if you turn it too much, the balls are going to fall directly.
You have to make them fall by the left side of the machine, with the objective of making them going inside the hole just in the bottom center of the screen.
When a ball can get in, you get one more game, and the machine rolls.
Your pool of games is only 4, so if it's full, and an other ball enters in the hole, it won't count as a new game.
To prevent that, you have to play with the little button on the left of the wheel you're turning.
You can press it with your thumb, and it will stop the balls coming. Then you release it, and the balls are going to come again.
Of course, you could just release the wheel directly instead of using that button, but that just makes things easier, and also, not loosing your "winning position" for the balls to enter inside the hole.
Talking about that, I don't really believe there is a "winning position". As long as the balls falls by the left side of the machine, I believe that statistically, the probability they enter the hole won't vary that much depending on the place they are falling from...
But well, it's just my point of view, so you don't have to believe me !
Freeze, and... surprises !
OK, this time, it's a little specific.
But it's going to be fast.
Sometimes, it can happen, even if that's really rare, that the machine, that should be rolling, just freeze, like it's broken.
If it freezes a little, it's a sign of luck, but on some machines, like "hihouden" (秘宝伝), it can freeze for something like 1 minute !
Don't worry, enjoy the moment, make sure you have a lot of time behind you, because you're going to spend you're day inside the pachinko !
It means that the machine is going to give a lot of medals, and it's all for you !
Also, they're a fun thing about bonuses.
When the bonus animation ends, and you understand that you lost, you always have one more final chance !
It can happen that even if it appears you lost, something completely crazy is going to happen to make you win.
This laps of time when you're hoping for it to happen, or don't even expect anything but it's happening, it's just indescribable. It's magic. If you don't enjoy it, then pachinko is not for you.
But if you do, you really understand the fun of pachinko, and then, you can only love it !
But it's going to be fast.
Sometimes, it can happen, even if that's really rare, that the machine, that should be rolling, just freeze, like it's broken.
If it freezes a little, it's a sign of luck, but on some machines, like "hihouden" (秘宝伝), it can freeze for something like 1 minute !
Don't worry, enjoy the moment, make sure you have a lot of time behind you, because you're going to spend you're day inside the pachinko !
It means that the machine is going to give a lot of medals, and it's all for you !
Also, they're a fun thing about bonuses.
When the bonus animation ends, and you understand that you lost, you always have one more final chance !
It can happen that even if it appears you lost, something completely crazy is going to happen to make you win.
This laps of time when you're hoping for it to happen, or don't even expect anything but it's happening, it's just indescribable. It's magic. If you don't enjoy it, then pachinko is not for you.
But if you do, you really understand the fun of pachinko, and then, you can only love it !
ART
Yeah, until now I was not talking about it, because it was hard to introduce it before talking about the bonuses.
On some machines, and they are usually the machine you can make the most money on, they don't give you a lot of bonus.
Instead, they put you in an ART mode.
An ART, is like a special game mode.
When you enter in it, you get around 50% of ROI (Return On Investment).
That means that if you put 50 medals in the machine, you'll receive 75 medals.
Of course it's great, but all the good things got an end.
And when you enter ART, you just hope for it to continue !!
Usually, you enter in that mode with 50 "games" (by game, I mean one roll, meaning 3 medals inserted).
And while you're inside it, you'll receive more and more games (or not), and your counter is going to grow. In really good cases, you'll receive +300 games bonus at one time (the more I saw was +520g on midori don(緑ドン) once)
You can continue getting new games to your game counter like that for hours.
It's really on those machines that you're going to get a lot of money.
On machines where the gamble line is higher like "Hihouden"（秘宝伝）, "Million God"（ミリオンゴッド） or "Bancho 2"（押忍!番長2）, you can expect 10 000 medals at the end of the day (meaning 200 000yen) if you're really lucky.
Talking a little more about ART, when you enter on it, the machine is going to ask you to press the buttons in a special order. It's not from left to right anymore.
You will see numbers 1, 2, and 3 on the screen, indicating you which button you have to press.
If you press correctly, you'll get a replay, or bells.
And that's how you're going to get all your medals ! By accumulating those "bells", that are giving you only 15 medals !! But if you want your money, you'll have to do this for hundreds, or thousands of times, until your game counter is over.
It sounds completely crazy, I know, but when you're winning, and you're getting more and more medals(=money), you don't really want it to stop, and you pretty much enjoy the moment !
In the worst case, I think you can stay 8 hours inside the parlor doing that.
Completely crazy right ?
And then, you'll understand why Japanese are sitting for hours in front of their machines !
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| AT Mode on Hihouden (秘宝伝) |
Instead, they put you in an ART mode.
An ART, is like a special game mode.
When you enter in it, you get around 50% of ROI (Return On Investment).
That means that if you put 50 medals in the machine, you'll receive 75 medals.
Of course it's great, but all the good things got an end.
And when you enter ART, you just hope for it to continue !!
Usually, you enter in that mode with 50 "games" (by game, I mean one roll, meaning 3 medals inserted).
And while you're inside it, you'll receive more and more games (or not), and your counter is going to grow. In really good cases, you'll receive +300 games bonus at one time (the more I saw was +520g on midori don(緑ドン) once)
You can continue getting new games to your game counter like that for hours.
It's really on those machines that you're going to get a lot of money.
On machines where the gamble line is higher like "Hihouden"（秘宝伝）, "Million God"（ミリオンゴッド） or "Bancho 2"（押忍!番長2）, you can expect 10 000 medals at the end of the day (meaning 200 000yen) if you're really lucky.
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| +200 game bonus ! (on Hihouden 秘宝伝) |
You will see numbers 1, 2, and 3 on the screen, indicating you which button you have to press.
If you press correctly, you'll get a replay, or bells.
And that's how you're going to get all your medals ! By accumulating those "bells", that are giving you only 15 medals !! But if you want your money, you'll have to do this for hundreds, or thousands of times, until your game counter is over.
It sounds completely crazy, I know, but when you're winning, and you're getting more and more medals(=money), you don't really want it to stop, and you pretty much enjoy the moment !
In the worst case, I think you can stay 8 hours inside the parlor doing that.
Completely crazy right ?
And then, you'll understand why Japanese are sitting for hours in front of their machines !
Bonus !
Wait !
I said that the three "7" were not getting aligned by magic, and that the machine will ask for it ?
But then, how does this happen you ask me ?
That's exactly where all the fun about pachinko or slot is.
The animation, and the code color !
The code color ?
What the hell is that ?
Wait just a second, and I come back to it.
Everytime you're about to get a bonus, a "bonus animation" is starting.
For example, if you are playing "Midori Don"（緑ドン）, that we'll show you animation of fights against a fish, snake etc...
Following the animation, it means you can more or less expect a bonus.
That means that some are a real sign of luck, while that for some others, you can't really expect a bonus happen from them.
It's usually written on the book on the left side of the machine.
For one machine, the number of bonus animations can vary, but it's usually around 10 different animations I guess.
From those animations, there is always small differences. The color of a flag during the animation, a sequence that usually doesn't appear, a different object etc... All of them indicates you if you're about to have a bonus or not.
Also, there is that code color I was talking about.
Depending on the light appearing, the color of the text, it indicates you if it's hot or not :
- blue : very small luck
- yellow : small luck
- green : middle luck
- red : high luck
- rainbow : win
Of course, a rainbow almost never happen, and more realistically, the color you are waiting for, is usually the red.
Except those 5 colors that are always the same, there is special backgrounds etc... that indicates that you're about to win, but it's specific on every machine.
So, once again, take time to look at the 2 pages that are on the left of your machine !
I said that the three "7" were not getting aligned by magic, and that the machine will ask for it ?
But then, how does this happen you ask me ?
That's exactly where all the fun about pachinko or slot is.
The animation, and the code color !
The code color ?
What the hell is that ?
Wait just a second, and I come back to it.
Everytime you're about to get a bonus, a "bonus animation" is starting.
For example, if you are playing "Midori Don"（緑ドン）, that we'll show you animation of fights against a fish, snake etc...
Following the animation, it means you can more or less expect a bonus.
That means that some are a real sign of luck, while that for some others, you can't really expect a bonus happen from them.
It's usually written on the book on the left side of the machine.
For one machine, the number of bonus animations can vary, but it's usually around 10 different animations I guess.
From those animations, there is always small differences. The color of a flag during the animation, a sequence that usually doesn't appear, a different object etc... All of them indicates you if you're about to have a bonus or not.
Also, there is that code color I was talking about.
Depending on the light appearing, the color of the text, it indicates you if it's hot or not :
- blue : very small luck
- yellow : small luck
- green : middle luck
- red : high luck
- rainbow : win
Of course, a rainbow almost never happen, and more realistically, the color you are waiting for, is usually the red.
Except those 5 colors that are always the same, there is special backgrounds etc... that indicates that you're about to win, but it's specific on every machine.
So, once again, take time to look at the 2 pages that are on the left of your machine !
Aiming
Slot talk again !
To make it clear :
It's impossible to "force" the machine making it align three "7" if it hasn't decide it.
Even if you aim perfectly for the three "7" to align them by pressing the button at the good timing, the last "7" will simply not align. Even if you pressed at the perfect timing.
Still, being able to aim for the "7", you HAVE TO be able to do that.
Why ? Because when you finally got a bonus, it's not because magically, three "7" got aligned.
No, the machine will inform you that now, it's possible to align them because it allows it.
So, you have to be able to do it.
If you can't, you'll have to try again and again, until you can do it.
Before, it was possible to call someone from the shop to do it for you, but it seems it's not allowed anymore.
There is no special tactic to do it.
Even if at the beginning it seems hard, it's in fact pretty easy, and everybody can do it.
The first step is to be able to "see" the "7" while it's rotating.
The "7" are always really big, usually red, and so, they stands out from the rest of the symbols.
On some machines, they're even shiny, so they're really easy to see.
The more you play, the more you'll naturally feel how much time it takes for the machine to do a complete revolution, and so, you'll anticipate the next time the "7" is going to appear in front of you.
After a few times, you should do it really easily.
But sometimes, the machine will ask you to aim for the green symbols for example.
It's almost impossible to distinguish them while the machine is rotating.
But there is an easy way to do it.
Usually, on the left side of you're machine, you'll find one or two pages, with on it written the order of the symbols on each wheel.
For a single game, for example "Evangelion", the order will always be the same.
Then, when you have to aim for a green symbol that appears to be "invisible", just remember where is the green symbol compared to the place of an "aimable symbol" ("7" or "BAR").
Then, if for example, the green symbol is just under a "BAR", and you want to place your green symbol in the middle of the band, simply aim for the BAR for it to be on the top position !
I know that maybe it sounds complicated, but in practice, it's not that hard, and you should be able to do it after some time !
Good aim !
To make it clear :
It's impossible to "force" the machine making it align three "7" if it hasn't decide it.
Even if you aim perfectly for the three "7" to align them by pressing the button at the good timing, the last "7" will simply not align. Even if you pressed at the perfect timing.
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| Big Bonus on Evangelion |
Why ? Because when you finally got a bonus, it's not because magically, three "7" got aligned.
No, the machine will inform you that now, it's possible to align them because it allows it.
So, you have to be able to do it.
If you can't, you'll have to try again and again, until you can do it.
Before, it was possible to call someone from the shop to do it for you, but it seems it's not allowed anymore.
There is no special tactic to do it.
Even if at the beginning it seems hard, it's in fact pretty easy, and everybody can do it.
The first step is to be able to "see" the "7" while it's rotating.
The "7" are always really big, usually red, and so, they stands out from the rest of the symbols.
On some machines, they're even shiny, so they're really easy to see.
The more you play, the more you'll naturally feel how much time it takes for the machine to do a complete revolution, and so, you'll anticipate the next time the "7" is going to appear in front of you.
After a few times, you should do it really easily.
But sometimes, the machine will ask you to aim for the green symbols for example.
It's almost impossible to distinguish them while the machine is rotating.
But there is an easy way to do it.
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| Example of Reel Arrangement (リール配列) on Evangelion (エヴァンゲリオン) |
For a single game, for example "Evangelion", the order will always be the same.
Then, when you have to aim for a green symbol that appears to be "invisible", just remember where is the green symbol compared to the place of an "aimable symbol" ("7" or "BAR").
Then, if for example, the green symbol is just under a "BAR", and you want to place your green symbol in the middle of the band, simply aim for the BAR for it to be on the top position !
I know that maybe it sounds complicated, but in practice, it's not that hard, and you should be able to do it after some time !
Good aim !
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