PC tourney 2015-08-28: HS2, PZone, Diner, BK2K, GoinNuts, Centaur, ToM, RBIoN

[Tarek Oberdieck]

Update from Bronze:

BK2K: 28.4M
Centaur: 16.8M
Diner: 112M
GoinNuts: 5.8M
HS2: 1465M
PZone: 1569M
RBIoN: 194M
ToM: 6010M

I can cheat in the PZone too. What a boring pinball...

 

[Extork]

Hey Taerk, it's good to see you're having fun with this tourney. They can get pretty intense. It's because of people like you that I can post decent scores. Peace

People in the IOS tourney are really stepping it up. Doesn't seem to be any cheaters either. If I can increase my HS2 score, I could move up in the ranks. Problem is I just don't understand this table. 700mil is where I'm at. From what I gather, I just need to score a bunch of super jackpots. Someone has suggested continuous looping of the loops, (T2 style). Might try that, but it's just boring as hell

 

[EldarOfSuburbia]

Got my #1 back in ToM. Here's the latest Silver scores:

ToM: 5.3B (EldarOfSuburbia)
BK2K: 26.8M (tero)
Centaur: 13.7M (jac1k)
Diner: 95M (EldarOfSuburbia)
HS2: 1.34B (Crazy Newt)
Goin' Nuts: 5.3M (EldarOfSuburbia)
Party Zone: 1.15B (EldarOfSuburbia)
Ripley's: 117M (EldarOfSuburbia)

 

[suffocater]

I want an official statement on why is a table in this tournament with well known game killing bugs? Centaur keeps bugging me out of every good going game.

 

[invitro]

I want an official statement on why is a table in this tournament with well known game killing bugs? Centaur keeps bugging me out of every good going game.

It's not a big deal. There are many posts in this thread about how to avoid that bug, if you're talking about the rollover.

 

[EldarOfSuburbia]

It's not a big deal. There are many posts in this thread about how to avoid that bug, if you're talking about the rollover.

I think he's referring to Centaur's ability to lose track of how many balls are in play, and get into a state where the only way out is to quit the game. As in, "Call Attendant" claims there's nothing wrong.

I've had 2 "good" games on Centaur (10M, 13M) and several others and not once have I encountered this bug. As far as I can recall, I've only ever encountered it once, ever, tournament or not.

 

[suffocater]

I think he's referring to Centaur's ability to lose track of how many balls are in play, and get into a state where the only way out is to quit the game. As in, "Call Attendant" claims there's nothing wrong.

I've had 2 "good" games on Centaur (10M, 13M) and several others and not once have I encountered this bug. As far as I can recall, I've only ever encountered it once, ever, tournament or not.

That is what I mean and I get the bug very often.

 

[Tann]

PS3 - Gold - #1 score update... (some crazy scores by Voof and RedK-Steel)

105 players total.

BK2K: 29M
Centaur: 17M
Diner: 103M
GoinNuts: 6.4M
PZone: 701M
ToM: 6.8B

RBIoN: 112M (on PS3, the game ending bug has not been fixed, i.e. the game ends if your ball end bonus is more than 1 million (see here). I had a score of 108M on my first ball, 6 minutes remaining, lost the ball, game ended...)

As HS2 will be released in 2016 on PS3, we have T2 instead: 718M

 

[Tarek Oberdieck]

That is what I mean and I get the bug very often.

I've given up trying a #1 leaderboard score with this table. Got the bug in all longer games.

 

[suffocater]

I've given up trying a #1 leaderboard score with this table. Got the bug in all longer games.

At the moment I don't care anymore. I played my self from #21 to #13 with finally a half decent game on Rbion and a good game on Diner. Should be enough to finally make it to silver.

 

[Tarek Oberdieck]

Update PC Bronze:

BK2K: 34.2M
Centaur: 16.8M
Diner: 112M
GoinNuts: 5.8M
HS2: 1465M
PZone: 1569M
RBIoN: 194M
ToM: 6010M

Any news from PC Gold?

 

[invitro]

Any news from PC Gold?

Well, pbw45b and s3flip just beat all my scores and knocked me from 1st to 3rd. It was only a matter of time. As soon as I stop crying, I'll post an update.

 

[EldarOfSuburbia]

Just realized the end time really borks anyone in the Americas (who has a job/school to go to...). No way I'll have time to get anything played tomorrow when the tourney closes at 1900EDT. Essentially a whole day lost. West coast is the worst.

 

[invitro]

Just realized the end time really borks anyone in the Americas (who has a job/school to go to...). No way I'll have time to get anything played tomorrow when the tourney closes at 1900EDT. Essentially a whole day lost. West coast is the worst.

I suppose ideally the end time would vary from month to month. FWIW, the 1st tourney ended at 3am ET, and the 2nd at 8:11pm ET. Maybe you can take the afternoon off?

 

[invitro]

Update PC Bronze:
BK2K: 34.2M
Centaur: 16.8M
Diner: 112M
GoinNuts: 5.8M
HS2: 1465M
PZone: 1569M
RBIoN: 194M
ToM: 6010M
Any news from PC Gold?

Here ya go:
BK2K: 29.3M (pinballwiz45b)
Centaur: 16.1M (switch3flip)
Diner: still 98.5M (pinballwiz45b)
GoinNuts: 6.38M! (karl)
HS2: 1204M (karl)
PZone: 1741M! (pinballwiz45b)
RBIoN: 316M! (switch3flip)
ToM: still 5661M (pinballwiz45b)

Would like info on that BK2K 34M .

 

[invitro]

Here's the standings in PC Gold with 22 hr to go (with ranks on BK2K Centaur Diner GoinNuts HS2 PZone RBIoN ToM):
1. 743 @Pinballwiz45b (1 4 1 4 3 1 2 1)
2. 718 @switch3flip (5 1 2 5 2 2 1 6)
3. 694 @invitro (3 2 3 2 4 3 3 2)
4. 689 @karl (4 6 10 1 1 10 4 5)
5. 664 @Sir Moovenstein (2 3 5 6 5 8 12 3)
6. 654 @Sun Vulcan (6 7 9 3 7 5 6 7)
7. 648 @Wolfanoz (7 5 8 7 6 4 11 8)
8. 639 @MWink (11 12 7 8 8 7 8 4)
8. 639 @olivier (10 8 6 9 9 9 5 9)
10. 616 @zpuanuel (9 9 11 15 10 11 7 16)
Still 21 players total.

 

[Tarek Oberdieck]

Would like info on that BK2K 34M .

Nothing really special. Short strategy: Boost the Jackpot before collecting. Boost the End of Ball Bonus and let every ball with 5x Bonus and Held BonusX drain to collect it. Except you don't have enough following EBs.

 

[Locksley]

I really like seeing Tarek in #1 position in all bronze tables, shows that skill is through and through
Hope you start getting Whopper points Tarek, it would be real interesting to see how you stack up against Jorian, Bowen, Keith, Sharp and all the rest - then again all that travelling...

For me I'll try to focus a little bit and try getting into the Silver division, it is where I belong - mediocre but not bad

 

[invitro]

Tarek, it would be real interesting to see how you stack up against Jorian, Bowen, Keith, Sharp and all the rest - then again all that travelling...

I don't fund TPA kickstarters, but I would fund a kickstarter to send Tarek to PAPA, if he wanted to go, and would give us reports.

 

[invitro]

Nothing really special. Short strategy: Boost the Jackpot before collecting. Boost the End of Ball Bonus and let every ball with 5x Bonus and Held BonusX drain to collect it. Except you don't have enough following EBs.

Short is fine, thanks. I was wondering if you were using RANSOM or WAR or something different. I'm just doing Bonus, but I'm asking because your score is much higher than the #2 Gold score, which is 25.9M. Will have to look at Jackpot rules . Oh well, I'm just hoping to finish #5, now.