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Advantages over Video Games
- Real World Interaction versus Buttons, Joysticks, etc.
- Easy to Change the Rules (no reprogramming)
- No Electricity Required or Consumed
- No Looking at a Flat Screen
- No Violent Imagery
- No Gender Stereotypes
- No Couch Potato Posture
- No Dead Ends where you Can't Figure Out what to do Next.
Advantages over Pool
- Dynamic vs. Static (targets and obstacles are moving versus stationary)
- Better Steering (aim ball with rotating chute vs. hitting it with the end of a stick)
- Simultaneous Play (two to four players all play at the same time, versus taking turns - one at a time)
- Continuous Play (no waiting for the balls to stop and scored balls are quickly reintroduced into play)
- Easier to Move and Store (lighter; removable legs with bolts)
- Occupies Less Space (smaller table size and no exterior space for cue stick motion)
- Multiple Balls can be Released Together (versus hitting one ball at a time)
- Teamwork (goalie and wing play as a team)
- Easy to Adjust Scoring (so players with different skills can play together)
Advantage over Foosball
- Better Steering (Hit target by aiming with a rotating chute vs. hitting it with a figurine)
- Simultaneous Play (two to four players can all contact the target ball at the same time)
- Easier to Move and Store (lighter; removable legs with bolts)
- Occupies Less Space (no additional space for rod motion)
- Foosball tries to Mimic Soccer, but Players are Rigidly Connected, versus Independent Steel Balls.
- Tall People or People with Short Arms Bend over to Play, sometimes leading to Back Problems.
- Price is typically Less because Foosball is Heavier to Contain the Force of Rods Hitting Limits.
Advantage over Air Hockey
- Better Steering (Hit targets by aiming steel balls with a rotating chute vs. hitting pucks
with the side of round paddles).
- Simultaneous Play (two to four players can all play at the same time, versus two people alternating).
- The Steel Balls Present an Array of Obstacles versus a Barren Field, so the Game is Constantly Changing.
- Easier to Move and Store (lighter; removable legs with bolts)
- Takes Less Floor Space than Air Hockey.
- Price is Much Less because Air Hockey needs a Motor.
- No Electricity; Wires; Power Bills; Energy Pollution
Advantage over Pinball
- Better Steering (Hit targets by aiming steel balls with a rotating chute vs. hitting balls
with the side of paddles using buttons.)
- Simultaneous Play (two to four players can all play at the same time)
- Easier to Move and Store (lighter; removable legs with bolts)
- Simplicity is Great Fun versus Noise/Lights that Attempt to Make It More Fun.
- Price is Much Less because Pinball Games have Electronics.
- No Electricity; Wires; Power Bills; Energy Pollution
Advantage over Ping Pong
- Steel Balls present a Constantly Changing Pattern of Obstacles, versus a Blank Table.
- Don't need 9 feet by 5 feet for the Table and more for the Players to Move about.
- Balls are not Easily Damaged.
- Don't have to Pick up a Ball on the Floor after Nearly Every Point.
- Partners can Attack a Target Ball at the Same Time, versus Taking Turns.
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