PNE Carnival game tricks! share them here. any ex-employees?

[fliptuner]

Originally Posted by InvisibleSoul

If you need a GUARANTEED prize, then the birthday game is the way to go. I believe there are 13 possible outcomes, so if you cover every single one with $2, it'll cost you $26 but you'll be guaranteed to win.

Actually it's 14 - New Years and Christmas

[Ch28]

Originally Posted by sexyaccord

the basketball game is the best one I found.
the hoops are oval, make sure you see someone sink a basket firt before you choose that hoop though.

use to win them almost every year. believe it was 2 bucks to get 2 shots in a row to win.
deal with the guy working there, and say $5 per shot, if i get one shot in, i get the prize. more often than not he'll allow it

Are you talking about the free throw one that is against a wall or the super tall one with the net?

[ilvtofu]

Everyone prolly knows this but for the claw machine games, they're set to let you win every X number of times its played, so you just stand there, wait for someone to win, and then count how many plays before the next person wins, and wait that number of times and you got it

[kookoobird88]

i love the slutty dressing girls at the pne

[unit]

ive won the 4 ball pool game lots of times.
the shit thing about those tables is its really hard to shoot soft shots to set up your cue ball. the reason being, the slate is really uneven.... so you shoot soft, the ball curves unpredictably. basically, the game is fixed because of this... but its still doable. just need luck on your side to get good cueball placement sometimes because of the uneven slate

[sexyaccord]

Originally Posted by Ch28

Are you talking about the free throw one that is against a wall or the super tall one with the net?

yup thats the one. i could win 1 or 2 every year, when i was into bball.

[MWR34]

The booth where they guess your age. well actually they guess which Month you were born.... the claim to be off by 1-2 months. So if they say January, that covers nov,dec,jan,feb,march.

well their trick is, Scribble on the paper, so the writing is barely legible, So the word can look like January, June or July. and that will cover every month BUT October.

So go to the booth, have him write his scribbled crap, then say october. haha he is fucked.

[sexyaccord]

Originally Posted by MWR34

The booth where they guess your age. well actually they guess which Month you were born.... the claim to be off by 1-2 months. So if they say January, that covers nov,dec,jan,feb,march.

well their trick is, Scribble on the paper, so the writing is barely legible, So the word can look like January, June or July. and that will cover every month BUT October.

So go to the booth, have him write his scribbled crap, then say october. haha he is fucked.

wait how does this game work? how do you win the prize?

[ajax]

Basketball game isnt that bad. You gotta arch the hell out of your shot so dont bother going through proper form. You basically have to get it to come straight down into the net, or you can bank it in. I usually make it by banking it.

[fliptuner]

Got booted from the "Bowling ball in the valley" game again. This year they only let me win 2 Jumbos (2 wins ea.). Get $20 in toonies and have at 'er. By the 4th ball you should get the hang of it and start winning. Cost $14....(baller!!! haha)

A few stalls down was the "3 cups w/ a wiffle ball" game. They only have 2 BIG ASS prizes, a giant pink pig and an equally huge cow. GF jokingly asks if I want to try it, she'll buy. Obviously, with prizes that big it ain't gonna be easy but why not, I'm freerolling. Drop the 3 clear cups off the platform with the wiffle ball attached to the spring loaded gun. Gun is attached to a chain and you can reach as far as the chain limits you. First time I aimed, chain fully extended and only hit the top cup off. The way I aimed, the gun was low, pointing up. Second time I aimed at the top 3rd of the bottom cups with the gun pointed slightly down. WIN!!! $4.

Had to walk all the way back to the car with this stuff cause we had a lot more to see and it was getting heavy. Got a lot of, "Look at that huge pig!!!" with great smiles. Barely fit in the back seat of my friend's EL (too big for trunk).

BTW those are random girls. The pink is just a coincidence.

[InvisibleSoul]

Good job...

I'm two for two this year at the colour wheel game where you throw a ball into a basket above the revolving colour wheel and see which colour the ball lands up on...

It's similar to the birthday dice game, but I think it's much better because there is SOME skill involved. The hole from the net is aimed off to one side, so you can try to time it so that the ball falls out when your colour is coming around...

[TRDood]

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[MWR34]

just came back from the PNE, got in for free with my BC Gold card, which we all know about... anyways the only thing I won at was the Gopher Masher game. this is what I won for $5.

Originally Posted by ajax

Basketball game isnt that bad. You gotta arch the hell out of your shot so dont bother going through proper form. You basically have to get it to come straight down into the net, or you can bank it in. I usually make it by banking it.

Are you fukkin kidding me? You need a PHD in physics to make a ROUND ball fit in a OVAL hole......... I laughed at when she asked if I wanted to try. I said, why is the basket oval, can you make a shot go in? and all she did was smile, and say the hoop isnt regulation...





and the Rubber duck game, wife and I spent about 5 mins flipping over ducks without paying and Never saw any labelled M L or XL. so you have to collect the S to get bigger prizes by up grading. I asked her is there any M L or XL in the pool, and all she said was, I dunno its my first day.... lol.. please.

[fliptuner]

Never noticed, never played but thanks for the pics.

[BNR32_Coupe]

Originally Posted by CRS

Hmm did you mean "sight" instead of "site"?

in case the word "accuracy" didn't clue you in, he meant "sight". sorry you couldn't figure this out. thanks button is on bottom right for being your common sense.

[MWR34]

Originally Posted by fliptuner

Got booted from the "Bowling ball in the valley" game again. This year they only let me win 2 Jumbos (2 wins ea.). Get $20 in toonies and have at 'er. By the 4th ball you should get the hang of it and start winning. Cost $14....(baller!!! haha)

A few stalls down was the "1 wiffle ball 3 cups" game. They only have 2 BIG ASS prizes, a giant pink pig and an equally huge cow. GF jokingly asks if I want to try it, she'll buy. Obviously, with prizes that big it ain't gonna be easy but why not, I'm freerolling. Drop the 3 clear cups off the platform with the wiffle ball attached to the spring loaded gun. Gun is attached to a chain and you can reach as far as the chain limits you. First time I aimed, chain fully extended and only hit the top cup off. The way I aimed, the gun was low, pointing up. Second time I aimed at the top 3rd of the bottom cups with the gun pointed slightly down. WIN!!! $4.

Had to walk all the way back to the car with this stuff cause we had a lot more to see and it was getting heavy. Got a lot of, "Look at that huge pig!!!" with great smiles. Barely fit in the back seat of my friend's EL (too big for trunk).

BTW those are random girls. The pink is just a coincidence.

thats what my eyes read.

[mmmk]

Originally Posted by MWR34

just came back from the PNE, got in for free with my BC Gold card, which we all know about... anyways the only thing I won at was the Gopher Masher game. this is what I won for $5.




Are you fukkin kidding me? You need a PHD in physics to make a ROUND ball fit in a OVAL hole......... I laughed at when she asked if I wanted to try. I said, why is the basket oval, can you make a shot go in? and all she did was smile, and say the hoop isnt regulation...





and the Rubber duck game, wife and I spent about 5 mins flipping over ducks without paying and Never saw any labelled M L or XL. so you have to collect the S to get bigger prizes by up grading. I asked her is there any M L or XL in the pool, and all she said was, I dunno its my first day.... lol.. please.

My buddy did it. You have to shoot up high so ball travels through a parabolic path in the air through the hoop.

[Vansterdam]

i played like 6 games and won shit all till i hit up the casinos in there amde my money back hahah

[CRS]

Originally Posted by BNR32_Coupe

in case the word "accuracy" didn't clue you in, he meant "sight". sorry you couldn't figure this out. thanks button is on bottom right for being your common sense.

Great pick up! And only a few days late....



I see subtly eludes you... Please keep on posting more reposts!

[azncreationz]

This is how I win a prize at Playland. On the Whack-A-Mole game, wait till it's just a bunch of little/younger kids who are playing, and then try to get in on that game. Most times, you will beat them, because they're just not fast or strong enough! Yes, it's kinda low..but hey, their parents paid for them to play. If you can get over your guilty conscious, it's a pretty easy win. Same goes for the water-gun one.
And you all know about the skee-ball (or those other games) where you win tickets to trade in...when the machine is spitting out tickets, keep pulling just hard enough not to rip the tickets, but hard enough to pull the tickets out.
Pea Wheel: If it's not a full table, you can try to hang onto a pea for the next round if you didn't win. This will increase your chances to win the next round. The table usually has the dealer and a supervisor, so it's up to you. Don't blame me if you get caught! Again, I don't endorse any of these methods... good luck!

[azncreationz]

Originally Posted by MWR34

The booth where they guess your age. well actually they guess which Month you were born.... the claim to be off by 1-2 months. So if they say January, that covers nov,dec,jan,feb,march.

well their trick is, Scribble on the paper, so the writing is barely legible, So the word can look like January, June or July. and that will cover every month BUT October.

So go to the booth, have him write his scribbled crap, then say october. haha he is fucked.

They do not have this at Playland, usually only at carnivals in the USA.

[skyxx]

Originally Posted by azncreationz

And you all know about the skee-ball (or those other games) where you win tickets to trade in...when the machine is spitting out tickets, keep pulling just hard enough not to rip the tickets, but hard enough to pull the tickets out.

I do that all the time ...

[R8]

I remember spending 20$ or so on a game called oneball or something? Where you throw a ball to knock over 3 bottles? The bottles had fucking magnets on the bottom and you had to get ALL 3 bottles off the platform... (remember they had magnets). I remember one try where I had all 2 bottles off the platform, and last one tipped over, and I had like 10-15 or so people watching and it magically stood back up from horizontal position haha.. everyone caused a fuss that time :P. Anyways, if you spend enough money on it you will eventually fluke it out and win a huge ass gorilla (bigger than the pig above!) Funny thing is, driving back home in it looked funny with a huge gorilla in the backseat!

Anyways, i've seen people do the basketball shot one... Some tricks are to shoot it high as someone said above.. But I think its also good to try to bank it? (off the back, hitting front rim and making it roll into the hoop)

I remember another game where you had to get the ball into the basket without it falling out? Lots of tricks to that one too... easiest one is to put a lot of spin on it so it either spun around and into the bottom, or straight with backspin so it rolls back into the bottom.

[Ch28]

Spent about $12 playing the choose a colour yesterday and won myself a Stewie

[SumAznGuy]

Originally Posted by skyxx

I do that all the time ...

I remember doing that at Chuck E cheese back in the day. Secret to that is to pull the tickets out straight, and pull them out slowly. DOn't get too greedy and try to yank them out quicklly.