I had a good night playing at a new friend's house last night. We usually get together at our school's student union to play on a coin-op. All of us have Tornados at our homes, so we all practice and play pretty well (and even). We got together outside of school for the first time and kicked back some beers and played. It was the same 4 of us playing doubles for like 3 hours straight.
Unfortunately, the table they had was a Cyclone II, and I don't know if this one was in poor shape or what, but I was not impressed. I have an older (pre-Valley) table that's in great shape, and plays very close to a coin-op. Their table was on a thick, carpet floor and wobbled a lot. They both shot snakes, so they didn't have much trouble with the moving ball, but I shoot a pull, and had a hell of a time setting up because the ball wouldn't stand still. And they used some weird ball. It wasn't a Tornado ball, it was completely smooth and more red than pink, but was the same size, and about the same weight. Needless to say, next time we're playing at my place, on my table. I'm now very impressed by my table.
Just thought I'd share...