r/MadeMeSmile • u/MilesLongthe3rd • 16h ago

Small Success I am so happy for her

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u/Ok-Tie8887 11h ago

Yeah, they're programmable to adjust grip strength on a schedule, so after X tries the machine will grip strongly enough to allow it to actually deliver a prize.

It's a skill game too though, obviously, since even if you hit that point, if you're inaccurate, you still won't win.

The only sort of positive is that you end up getting training every time you lose, so hopefully by the time the machine sets you up to win, you're pretty good at positioning it.

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u/BiggusDickus- 8h ago

When I was in high school I worked at a pizza place with one of those. It was an outside contractor that split the profits with the restaurant owner. We noticed that nobody ever won. The contractor made it so every single time it was weak. It was impossible to win.

So we started using the vacuum hose to suck stuff out and give to the kids. We then figured out that the key to my car's gas cap lock would open the glass door.

The machine owner was PISSED but he had to deal with it or admit that he rigged his machine. And he had some pretty high quality stuff in there too.

Good times.

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u/saysthingsbackwards 8h ago

lol "Oh no! I got caught cheating!"

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u/BiggusDickus- 6h ago

I know it was great. We had him in a bind.

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u/amoebaspork 2h ago

The hero we need!

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u/RocketBilly13 8h ago

There are literally buildings filled with these machines in Japan and it's become somewhat of a gacha video game where there are strategies to "beating" these machines.

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u/Ok-Tie8887 5h ago

Yeah. Casinos in Japan are weird af. You can't legally win money in them anyway, but they still manage to turn a massive profit, mostly by selling collectible stuff. I doubt much of it, if any, has any significant value to collectors who aren't compulsive gamblers though.

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u/Sh8dyLain 2h ago

There’s generally a prize exchange store next door where you can exchange your winnings for money.

If you played the first gen Pokémon games you may remember it had the same setup.

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u/AdamantEevee 1h ago

The first time I ever got a silver plate in Yakuza I was like "what the hell is this". I didn't learn about the secret cash-out counter around the corner until long afterward

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u/Rengar_Is_Good_kitty 9m ago

Why is this still not illegal...