Frax
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Well, not sure, but I may have been the only one of us there. I like the machine. I REALLY like the machine. It's freakin' sweet. Extremely unpredictable though, and at least one thing I would call a design flaw that's arguable....had a ball pop OVER the drain guard rail on the right side.
So, I participated in the tourney, had only played 1 ball prior. Posted 9 mil my first game, and 55 million my 2nd game. I ended up being the highest overall score during the tournament play. We get to the finals, the guy that ranked 4th disappeared, so the guy admin'ing the event played. I'm not sure if he had scored high enough that the guy disappearing bumped him in, or what. Whatever.
1st Ball. I ate it. Faceplant. EPIC FAIL YOU IDIOT. WHAT THE F- ARE YOU DOING?! 400k. Yeah. Not even half a million. <BLEEP>
2nd Ball. Not much better. Think I was around the 5-6 million mark, no multiballs. The organizer guy takes his 3rd ball. His score's not good, the guy that was 2nd placed in "qualifying play" is doing horrible as well. Organizer guy finishes with 21 million. I'm like....I already did 35 mil on one ball earlier, this should be something I can do, right?
Hell no. I get multiball going and this machine just did not want me to have that signed Translite.
I finish with like 12 million. I'm automatically 3rd place. The guy who was 2nd score comes up for his last ball and barely knocks me out down to 4th.
I walk away with 20$ and a framed, looks like inkjet-printed 4th Place "winner" certificate. And the event organizer....
Walks away with the signed Tron translite. I'm really in a moral dilemna with the whole thing. First off, I don't feel that people responsible for organizing such events should be participating in the first place. No, it wouldn't have changed the fact that I ate a big HUGE FAT ONE when it came to crunch time. I think it's almost bordering on fraud to do so, when you're advertising that prize and then it goes to the person admin'ing the event for the group hosting it.
On the other hand, the guy's clearly got skills, he posted a 90 million + score prior to the start of tournament play, and even the guy that was 2nd in tourney play got jacked by the machine (30 million on one ball, 1 million and 2 million on 2nd and 3rd in tourney, then 17 mil-ish in the finals total?!) so it's not like I can really claim any kind of foul play.
I had a ton of fun, and putting up that huge score effectively on one ball as a total newb who hasn't played any real pinball in 10-15 years was amazingly adrenaline-pumping. I was shaking after I finished that game. Just kind of shell-shocked by the last 30 minutes of the event though.
Love the machine...though. Too bad I'll never be able to afford one, lol.
So, I participated in the tourney, had only played 1 ball prior. Posted 9 mil my first game, and 55 million my 2nd game. I ended up being the highest overall score during the tournament play. We get to the finals, the guy that ranked 4th disappeared, so the guy admin'ing the event played. I'm not sure if he had scored high enough that the guy disappearing bumped him in, or what. Whatever.
1st Ball. I ate it. Faceplant. EPIC FAIL YOU IDIOT. WHAT THE F- ARE YOU DOING?! 400k. Yeah. Not even half a million. <BLEEP>
2nd Ball. Not much better. Think I was around the 5-6 million mark, no multiballs. The organizer guy takes his 3rd ball. His score's not good, the guy that was 2nd placed in "qualifying play" is doing horrible as well. Organizer guy finishes with 21 million. I'm like....I already did 35 mil on one ball earlier, this should be something I can do, right?
Hell no. I get multiball going and this machine just did not want me to have that signed Translite.
I walk away with 20$ and a framed, looks like inkjet-printed 4th Place "winner" certificate. And the event organizer....
Walks away with the signed Tron translite. I'm really in a moral dilemna with the whole thing. First off, I don't feel that people responsible for organizing such events should be participating in the first place. No, it wouldn't have changed the fact that I ate a big HUGE FAT ONE when it came to crunch time. I think it's almost bordering on fraud to do so, when you're advertising that prize and then it goes to the person admin'ing the event for the group hosting it.
On the other hand, the guy's clearly got skills, he posted a 90 million + score prior to the start of tournament play, and even the guy that was 2nd in tourney play got jacked by the machine (30 million on one ball, 1 million and 2 million on 2nd and 3rd in tourney, then 17 mil-ish in the finals total?!) so it's not like I can really claim any kind of foul play.
I had a ton of fun, and putting up that huge score effectively on one ball as a total newb who hasn't played any real pinball in 10-15 years was amazingly adrenaline-pumping. I was shaking after I finished that game. Just kind of shell-shocked by the last 30 minutes of the event though.
Love the machine...though. Too bad I'll never be able to afford one, lol.
