HI Tom As always, you are so informative. Thanks for the nice info. So then I can come to the conclusion that with these machines its only a thing about luck. NO skill is involved. It works then like a cacino, your chances of winning money is 1 out of 50?
have a sunny day -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: 21 December 2009 09:08 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] new game idea: teddy bear machines Hi Nicol, Yes, we have those machines here in the United States too. However, they aren't exactly fair. The main reason is they are specifically designed not to be able to pick up the larger stuffed toys, and in many other cases there is a switch in the arm that prevents it from grabbing the toys too tightly. In other words the game cheats. As a result you have a very slim chance in actually getting a toy out of one of those machines. However, my uncle has good luck playing with those toy machines. He starts by going for the smaller stuffed toys, and those not packed too tightly into the machine. Some times it takes a couple of tries to actually get one of the toys out, because he will have it part way to the exit when the arm just lets go of it. Still they can be beaten if you have enough money and patients to take out the toys one by one even if it isn't exactly the toy you want. I remember a case a few years back we were in the mall and my uncle stood at one of those machines playing all day. he would take quarters from kids and he would get little stuffed lions, monkeys, dogs, whatever out of the machine left and right. When I asked him how he did that he said there is a trick to it, and you pretty much have to know which toys the arm will take and which ones it will just drop or not get a good grip on. Just because there is a big panda sitting on top of the heap of stuffed toys doesn't mean the machine can actually get it out. However, it is something most kids would try and get out spending lots of quarters on a single big toy instead of going for something less desirable but more accessible and likely to get. As far as an accessible computerized version goes it could be interesting. Although, I'm not sure on how to make it so that it would be realistic. A lot of people don't get anything out of those machines, and there has to be a pretty high statistical chance against getting certain toys out of the machine. There is a lot of factors such as size, wait, and how tightly the toy is in the machine. how often the arm simply drops a toy because it doesn't have a good tight grip on it. Lots of things to think about here. Cheers! Please Note: This email and its contents are subject to our email legal notice which can be viewed at http://www.sars.gov.za/Email_Disclaimer.pdf --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
