Well we got here at around 11:30 today, got a look at our Bank of machines, the B bank has a nice selection:
AFM TZ SPP Congo F-14 tomcat Tommy Dr.Who RBION BK2000
I've decided to go with TZ, SPP, Congo, RBION and then the 4th is a toss up for my bank of 5 games to go with. But at this point I thin I'm doing qualifying. I put it 4 really decent scores on TZ, SPP, Congo and RBION with a garbage score on F14. I think the scores will hold me for the rest of the tournament until Sunday, they won't be enough to net me a first place for qualifying but I think the will get me into the playoffs.
I saw Marc, Marty and tartagliag, as far as I can tell from the C standings only tartagliag has competed at this point. Good luck to you guys in the C bracket, C has a nice lineup of games.
No Fear Family Guy Fish Tales LOTR IJ GnR Sopranos TOM Party Zone
it looks like a good bank of machines.
I took some pics but not much has changed in the facality, I'll post them when I get some time tommorow during the day. I also keep everyone updated on how things are progressing.
Wish us Canadians luck, we gotta show the americians that Canadians know how to play pinball!
Adam is player #106, Frosken is #186, Spacecadet is #182, and Tartagliag is #192 (the #202 entry is an error).
Mike
Currently owning: ============ MAME in Sega cab with 25" arcade monitor (Has a 12" Bazooka powered subwoofer in it) - Not for sale Williams Civic Center Shuffle Alley (Puck Bowler) (1973) - 350$ Seeburg LS1 "Spectra" Jukebox (1967) - 300$
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We're back at the hotel after a long night (9-hour drive) and long day, playing and drinking...
We tried our 1st attempts tonight without any 'good' results... we had good score on one machine but we sucked on the rest.
Hopefully it'll get better tomorrow... Marty is leading our 'inner competition' with Gus trailing by only a few points and I'm wayyy back, although I currently have the top score on GnR.
One thing you people at home must understand is that all the games are in tournament mode, no extra balls, no ball saves and no 'chances'.
My Fishtales game didn't last more than 35 seconds.
Oh well, gota go....marty is beating up gus again...
frosken
Current 'working' lineup: ( 2 ) Flipper Football, The Shadow
Gone but not forgotten: ( 22 ) City Slicker, Dirty Harry, CFTBL, Big Shot, Big Guns, Black Rose, Judge Dredd, Indianapolis 500, Big Game, BS: Dracula x 2, Beat the Clock, Fire!, F-14 Tomcat, Getaway, Breakshot, Cheetah, Meteor, El Dorado, Nitro Ground Shaker, Chexx Hockey, Slugfest
well pretty much end of day 2, I'm down to 6th, so my scores are holding but I'm getting a little worried.
I've started to qualify again and haven't been able to string anything else togethor, I wasn't going to play Dr. Who as the flipper was really to weak, they've fixed that and now it's playable so I'm using that now, but oh man is that game evil!! You want hard games come to PAPA, there is NO BALL Save ever! Somce games have it but most don't. Congo is the only one with Ball save, by Dr. Who is so evil that even during your multiball there is no ball save!! It's insane, but TZ, RBION, and SPP have no ball save, so if you screw up you skill shot and it drains, kiss your ball goodbye!
I still love the challenege, but anyone looking at these scores and saying, yea I could beat those any day of the week, I endovor you to come down here and try because I'm positive you will be humbled by the experiance.
Anyway I'm having a blast, just hoping I can get into the pllayoffs.
The Ottawa trio left at 2am and then headed down to the room for some no-limit hold'em while enjoying a few brewskies...heading to bed past 4...
Like Adam is saying, if you're not here, you won't understand the difficulty settings, the 'no chances' features and the pressure of playing well on FIVE games in a row. You need to know the game rules inside-out and some of these "bank machines" are not 100%...weak flippers, slightly unleveled, etc. changes the 'physics' of some games.
I know I'm sucking the big one this year, but what counts is that I'm having fun, buying rolls of quarters and the ability of playing almost every game that ever existed with some great friends...
We'll keep you posted, or check out the live standings once in a while!
frosken
Current 'working' lineup: ( 2 ) Flipper Football, The Shadow
Gone but not forgotten: ( 22 ) City Slicker, Dirty Harry, CFTBL, Big Shot, Big Guns, Black Rose, Judge Dredd, Indianapolis 500, Big Game, BS: Dracula x 2, Beat the Clock, Fire!, F-14 Tomcat, Getaway, Breakshot, Cheetah, Meteor, El Dorado, Nitro Ground Shaker, Chexx Hockey, Slugfest
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