A common method of cheating in pinball where the person "tilts" (lifts) the machine to one side in order to force the ball to move somewhere else, potentially stopping it from going right between the flippers, or into a bonus.
Unfortunately, most machines are programmed specifically to combat this; if the machine detects that it is being tilted, a message saying "TILT" will appear. "TILT" causes the machine to become unresponsive until the ball falls out, causing the player to lose it. This is done to prevent cheating, as well as to avoid the machine being damaged.
Unfortunately, most machines are programmed specifically to combat this; if the machine detects that it is being tilted, a message saying "TILT" will appear. "TILT" causes the machine to become unresponsive until the ball falls out, causing the player to lose it. This is done to prevent cheating, as well as to avoid the machine being damaged.
Person 1: You hear about the guy who got the record high score on one of the pinball machines at the local arcade?
Person 2: Yeah, what about him?
Person 1: He was disqualified after someone ratted on him for tilting.
Person 2: Well, good on them. Cheaters never prosper. But how did he get away with it for so long? Normally the machine can detect that.
Person 1: Well...he was careful about it to make sure that the machine didn't notice, and people were too focused on the score.
Person 2: So how did they figure it out?
Person 1: The machine broke, and the guy playing it at the time happened to be an expert who suggested that someone was tilting. So they replayed that guy's high score and discovered it. He's now banned from the arcade.
Person 2: Yeah, what about him?
Person 1: He was disqualified after someone ratted on him for tilting.
Person 2: Well, good on them. Cheaters never prosper. But how did he get away with it for so long? Normally the machine can detect that.
Person 1: Well...he was careful about it to make sure that the machine didn't notice, and people were too focused on the score.
Person 2: So how did they figure it out?
Person 1: The machine broke, and the guy playing it at the time happened to be an expert who suggested that someone was tilting. So they replayed that guy's high score and discovered it. He's now banned from the arcade.
by Ubeenbamboozledson August 5, 2021
Get the Tiltingmug. Gay or homophobic
by TheEnforcer86 March 14, 2023
Get the Tilted Wheelsmug. 
An excited, euphoric, or stupefied state; especially : one produced by or as if by a drug. (Specifically marijuana)
by Anonomyous1234 January 7, 2018
Get the Tiltmug. “IM IN THAT TILTED TOWERS STATE OF MIND”
by Jakey Christ May 2, 2021
Get the Tilted Towers State of Mindmug. Representation that peace is an ideal that can never just be achieved but rather a practice of everyday action.
Whats the the tilted peace sign on that dudes back? It means none of us are perfect or have been perfect but can work towards peace today
by PHammerSB June 1, 2020
Get the Tilted Peace signmug. - A word to describe something awesome.
- A word to describe something that is interesting or macabre.
- The act of being inebriated.
- A word to describe something that is interesting or macabre.
- The act of being inebriated.
- The band’s new album is tilted.
- Pictures of dead people are so tilted
- I got so tilted this weekend.
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- I got so tilted this weekend.
by Y204 October 29, 2019
Get the tiltedmug.