2016-Aug-26 20-minute tournament: EBD, PZone, Diner, LCA, JY, FT, CBW, EDCoG

[invitro]

The next 20-minute tournament is due to start today, with these tables:

Party Zone (Season 4, Table Pack 32, last seen in the 2015-Aug-28 tournament)
Diner (S3, TP29, 2015-Aug-28)
Lights...Camera...Action! (S3, TP27, 2015-Sep-25)
Junk Yard (S3, TP26, 2015-Aug-01)
Fish Tales (S3, TP21, 2015-Sep-25)
Cue Ball Wizard (S2, TP20a, 2016-Feb-26)
El Dorado City of Gold (S2, TP20b, 2015-Sep-25)
Eight Ball Deluxe (S6, TP53, NEW) (or Champion Pub on PSN)

So it's Revenge of Season 3, or of last Aug/Sep tourney tables, or of Gottlieb tables (2016-Apr-01 is the last tourney with three Gottliebs).

These are some pretty unpopular tables, but that's OK with me as we've had several tourneys in a row now that have been packed with classics.

I'll guess EBD has a high of about 25M, and someone besides Tarek or Dizzer2012 breaks 20M on it in Steam Gold.

My strategy on PZone, Diner, and maybe LCA is not settled, or maybe I just can't remember it. Maybe CBW, too. Perhaps FT and JY. EBD and EDCoG should have a straightforward 20-minute strategy.

 

[invitro]

These were the top five scores on these tables in their previous tournaments:

PZone, 2015-Aug-28:           Diner, 2015-Aug-28:
  1741M sG pinballwiz45b       135.3M pS alambic5480
  1569M sB Tarek Oberdieck     112.2M sB Tarek Oberdieck
  1374M sG switch3flip         103.3M pG RedK-Steel
  1323M pG Voof                 98.5M sG pinballwiz45b
  1151M sS EldarOfSuburbia      96.7M mG Gus

FT, 2015-Sep-25:               LCA, 2015-Sep-25:
  3596M sS Tarek Oberdieck      48.1M sS Tarek Oberdieck
  3183M sG switch3flip          40.1M pG alambic5480
  2943M mG Toolinit             37.5M pG Voof
  2901M mG Gus                  36.0M pG RedK-Steel
  2122M sG Dizzer2012           34.8M sG Dizzer2012

CBW, 2016-Feb-26:              EDCoG, 2015-Sep-25:
  2631k pG Elvis-PARRA-EELS     5336k pG Elvis-PARRA-EELS
  2459M mG Crooker              4450M sS Tarek Oberdieck
  2302M pG MartinWolf           4280k pG Mr-Bouzouki
  2252M sB burritonator         4232k mG Toolinit
  2243M pG riftberger           4065k pG Voof

JY, 2015-Aug-01:
 159.2M mG Gus
 150.8M pS Voof
 149.2M mG chk
 145.5M sS Sir Moovenstein
 141.3M sS invitro

 

[Dizzer2012]

Anybody got tips for strategies? EBD i'm really clueless how to play, for normal leaderboard or tournament..

 

[saspin]

What time does the tournament start?

Scott

 

[invitro]

What time does the tournament start?

Unknown, Captain.

 

[saspin]

Oh well.

Unknown, Captain.

 

[invitro]

It has started.

 

[DA5ID]

WHOA! For the mobile (iOS) tournament it is

10 MINUTE TIME LIMIT

is this the same on android pc and psn?

holy strategy change batman! will see what wizard modes I can make in less than 10 minutes...

 

[invitro]

It is indeed 10 minutes on PC. Well I like the variety, but hope it isn't a permanent change. At least it's not 5 minutes.

 

[Naildriver74]

When are we going to get the scores and standings working in app on IOS ?

 

[EldarOfSuburbia]

Anybody got tips for strategies? EBD i'm really clueless how to play, for normal leaderboard or tournament..

Ball 1, knock down 1-7, get the 8-ball, drain.
Ball 2, do the same.

Now 112K super bonus is lit on Ball 3.

Get 5x bonus, and keep hitting 8-ball / corner pocket to rack up 5x bonuses. Maybe try to keep 6 of the 7 1-7 drops knocked down for an additional 6x7=42k, giving (112+42)x5 = 156x5 = 780k per shot to the corner pocket.

Don't be distracted by getting the extra ball from the left lane, the plan is to keep ball 3 in play for the full remainder of the 10 minutes.*

* That means nearly 10 minutes of not getting a power drain from the bumpers; good luck.

 

[DA5ID]

Overall worked last tournament in app but no way to see scores on individual tables.

However for this tournament I submitted 4 scores and nothing is showing up in the app or the website. I'm going to hang back in case they have to hit a reset...

 

[Naildriver74]

Overall worked last tournament in app but no way to see scores on individual tables.

However for this tournament I submitted 4 scores and nothing is showing up in the app or the website. I'm going to hang back in case they have to hit a reset...

Was just there somethings broke. Sent message to FF

 

[DA5ID]

Was just there somethings broke. Sent message to FF

scores are up now, just a delay

 

[Naildriver74]

Very good Thanks

 

[shutyertrap]

I'll be skipping this one. No intention of torturing myself with 4 of those 8 choices.

 

[Johni3w6]

The time limit puts an interesting twist on this tournament, then again maybe FS knew some people didn't want to be playing for 20 minutes with these table selections.

Not a big fan of any of these tables but as of now I'm on top of the leader board in EDCog.

I'm sure I won't be on top for long.

 

[jaredmorgs]

It is indeed 10 minutes on PC. Well I like the variety, but hope it isn't a permanent change. At least it's not 5 minutes.

Now that's more like it. Might actually give this tourney a go.

 

[EldarOfSuburbia]

I like my EBD score. That was a good game. Drained ball 3 with 1s remaining to collect a final big bonus and push me over 10M. Don't forget, the nasty rollover detection bug probably applies to EBD: if you roll it, make sure you finish the game by draining ball 3.

 

[Crooker]

Ball 1, knock down 1-7, get the 8-ball, drain.
Ball 2, do the same.

Now 112K super bonus is lit on Ball 3.

Get 5x bonus, and keep hitting 8-ball / corner pocket to rack up 5x bonuses. Maybe try to keep 6 of the 7 1-7 drops knocked down for an additional 6x7=42k, giving (112+42)x5 = 156x5 = 780k per shot to the corner pocket.

Don't be distracted by getting the extra ball from the left lane, the plan is to keep ball 3 in play for the full remainder of the 10 minutes.*

* That means nearly 10 minutes of not getting a power drain from the bumpers; good luck.

Simple strategy. Hard to execute. The extra ball may be worth the time due to the insta-drains this table doles out fairly frequently.