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by slyall 1648 days ago
Many Cinemas/Multiplexes will have a a room full of video games (and previously some pinball machines). These will be mostly played by novices who are playing a game while they wait for their movie.

Since these novices are not very good the replay score will be automatically tuned down on those machines. Which causes a problem if a "Wizard" starts playing on them since he will easily reach the replay score. Thus the machines need to be programmed to react quickly to a sudden increase in player skill level.