(An attempt at) The top 40 TPA players from leaderboard scores

vikingerik

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Nov 6, 2013
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Sorry about what happened on Dr. Dude, by the way ;)

What happened? I see AntonR just a bit above me but that's no big deal.

Gorgar does have a clear strategy to grind for points as well, it's just horribly boring.

Is this the left sinkhole? That only works on platforms with old code. On PC and others with current updates, there's enough randomness in that kickout that the catch isn't reliable.
 

vikingerik

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Nov 6, 2013
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Ok, I played Dude and put together 149M, good for third place and above pinballwiz45b's 122M that I saw now. Hadn't played that table in forever, certainly not since I studied Creature and learned the joys of keeping a ball in custody on the left flipper for eternity while grinding jackpots. :)
 

Pinballwiz45b

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Aug 12, 2012
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Ok, I played Dude and put together 149M, good for third place and above pinballwiz45b's 122M that I saw now. Hadn't played that table in forever, certainly not since I studied Creature and learned the joys of keeping a ball in custody on the left flipper for eternity while grinding jackpots. :)

...Why?! :p
 

JPelter

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Jun 11, 2012
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What happened? I see AntonR just a bit above me but that's no big deal.



Is this the left sinkhole? That only works on platforms with old code. On PC and others with current updates, there's enough randomness in that kickout that the catch isn't reliable.

Interesting. It worked on release PC but I haven't tried it lately at all. If they fixed that that's actually really good because it was a pretty terrible feature in an otherwise great table. I'll give it another go.
 

invitro

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Interesting. It worked on release PC but I haven't tried it lately at all. If they fixed that that's actually really good because it was a pretty terrible feature in an otherwise great table. I'll give it another go.
My recollection is that the Gorgar eject was not loopable on PC from when I got TPA for PC in November. It was one of the first things I tried. (I hope no platform except Xbox360 still has the old code.)
 

JPelter

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My recollection is that the Gorgar eject was not loopable on PC from when I got TPA for PC in November. It was one of the first things I tried. (I hope no platform except Xbox360 still has the old code.)

I actually tested this yesterday, and it is still loopable, but there are a couple more potential trajectories and one of them requires a double nudge to get the ball back under control. I think it's still the optimal strategy for scoring on Gorgar, but slightly less terrible for the player than it used to be. A step in the right direction anyway so hooray for that.
 

krazysteve1958

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I totally agree. I've been playing pinball for over forty years and the whole "leader board" thing is kind of a sham. Some of the tables offered, I've played but have no desire to purchase at all or invest anytime into. I did decide to grind it out on Funhouse once and did have the high score after investing about 8-9 hours of my life. It becomes the un-Funhouse after that long. Devoting perhaps 12 hours to reclaim the top of the leader board just isn't something I want or feel I have to do. Had the high score on Cue Ball Wizard as well with over twice what second place had, although the billion shot made the game much shorter (and bearable). The "best" player is a mythical title, not unlike the best pound-for-pound fighter in boxing.
 

invitro

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Top 100 for 2014-06-13

Here is the Top 100 for 2014-06-13:

Rank (previous) ChangeUsernamePoints# of Top 10 Scores (previous)# of Top 100 Scores (previous)# of Top 500 ScoresBest Scores
1 (1) 0vikingerik222529 (27)40 (39)40#1 on MB, #1 on Taxi, #1 on AFM, #1 on CC
2 (2) 0AntonR215429 (29)46 (46)46#1 on NGG, #1 on SpSh, #1 on Centaur, #1 on Fl2000
3 (3) 0Tarek Oberdieck189020 (20)21 (21)22#1 on BH, #1 on FH, #1 on Genie, #1 on DrDude
4 (4) 0Sir_Moovenstein151313 (13)29 (28)35#1 on CV, #2 on AFM, #3 on ElDor, #4 on MB
5 (5) 0Toolinit14949 (8)40 (40)45#2 on GoinNuts, #3 on Fl2000, #4 on HD3E, #5 on HS
6 (61) +55Eoner32111327 (1)35 (8)45#4 on HS, #6 on Victory, #6 on JY, #7 on HD3E
7 (6) -1FALCO12-QUEBEC11018 (9)26 (26)30#1 on EatPM, #3 on RBioN, #4 on Centaur, #7 on CV
8 (8) 0TOUGE_KILLER10838 (9)29 (29)38#2 on DrDude, #3 on Firep, #4 on CBW, #5 on WWind
9 (7) -2Space Tractor10695 (6)27 (27)41#4 on Pin*Bot, #5 on SpSh, #5 on BRose, #7 on FT
10 (10) 0www.vpforums.org9928 (8)16 (16)16#1 on STTNG, #4 on AFM, #5 on BH, #6 on Genie
Rank (previous) ChangeUsernamePoints# of Top 10 Scores (previous)# of Top 100 Scores (previous)# of Top 500 ScoresBest Scores
11 (9) -2atoppachar9928 (8)24 (24)39#2 on FT, #4 on Taxi, #4 on BRose, #5 on GoinNuts
12 (11) -1maestroreese9744 (5)33 (35)44#4 on DrDude, #5 on JY, #10 on Genie, #10 on SpSh
13 (12) -1HUFMUF8527 (7)16 (17)26#1 on TeedOff, #2 on TZ, #2 on CP, #2 on CBW
14 (13) -1invitro8372 (3)30 (31)43#4 on FH, #10 on MM, #11 on BH, #11 on AFM
15 (28) +13Fromduc8353 (0)26 (20)35#2 on NGG, #7 on Fl2000, #9 on AFM, #15 on CC
16 (14) -2Just this guy8325 (6)20 (21)26#1 on JY, #3 on WD, #5 on FT, #6 on BRose
17 (21) +4pinballwiz45b8134 (1)21 (21)38#5 on DrDude, #7 on SpSh, #10 on Fl2000, #10 on Victory
18 (15) -3dylan_h7615 (5)26 (27)44#5 on Co1812, #6 on DrDude, #8 on TeedOff, #9 on FT
19 (16) -3Howling_Goro7588 (8)12 (11)20#2 on STTNG, #2 on Centaur, #2 on T2, #5 on TZ
20 (19) -1phoerber7017 (7)10 (10)10#1 on BoP, #2 on BK2K, #2 on HS, #3 on EatPM
Rank (previous) ChangeUsernamePoints# of Top 10 Scores (previous)# of Top 100 Scores (previous)# of Top 500 ScoresBest Scores
21 (17) -4pinballchris6593 (3)28 (29)43#7 on CBW, #7 on ElDor, #8 on Co1812, #12 on NGG
22 (18) -4Crusty Booger6493 (3)28 (28)44#6 on TeedOff, #9 on SpSh, #10 on Co1812, #13 on WWind
23 (20) -3geohoo6182 (2)24 (25)39#8 on WWind, #9 on CC, #12 on FH, #13 on BK2K
24 (156) +132Misery4106055 (0)12 (3)14#5 on CV, #5 on Genie, #9 on FH, #9 on Taxi
25 (22) -3TRLBrony6011 (3)25 (26)38#7 on Co1812, #13 on Fl2000, #14 on HS, #17 on CBW
26 (--) *Storm Chaser5982 (--)25 (--)40#10 on GoinNuts, #10 on WD, #12 on Victory, #13 on HS
27 (27) 0vpalmer5622 (2)19 (16)36#8 on SpSh, #8 on Centaur, #12 on Genie, #13 on WD
28 (37) +9Tripple I5162 (0)18 (18)38#3 on TeedOff, #3 on HS, #17 on WWind, #18 on SpSh
29 (26) -3Mark_Miwurdz4984 (5)9 (9)13#4 on BoP, #5 on RBioN, #7 on T2, #8 on FH
30 (25) -5benika74974 (4)11 (11)13#3 on CV, #3 on MB, #7 on CC, #10 on TZ
Rank (previous) ChangeUsernamePoints# of Top 10 Scores (previous)# of Top 100 Scores (previous)# of Top 500 ScoresBest Scores
31 (24) -7djchrille4832 (3)13 (13)23#5 on T2, #8 on Victory, #12 on HH, #13 on HD3E
32 (30) -2NeonZwei4604 (4)9 (7)10#1 on BRose, #3 on AFM, #3 on FT, #6 on ToM
33 (49) +16Chopin68684492 (2)14 (12)29#2 on WWind, #2 on Co1812, #12 on Pin*Bot, #15 on Centaur
34 (34) 0efbelo4470 (1)13 (10)34#11 on MB, #11 on CBW, #12 on T2, #15 on HS
35 (31) -4PinHead9704464 (4)8 (8)10#1 on WWind, #1 on Co1812, #5 on STTNG, #7 on TZ
36 (29) -7Phreaker474405 (5)6 (6)15#3 on HH, #5 on Taxi, #5 on Fl2000, #7 on BoP
37 (--) *Misery410-pc4042 (--)14 (--)16#6 on FH, #7 on RBioN, #12 on STTNG, #19 on BH
38 (32) -6ostrich23824 (4)13 (13)17#3 on CC, #8 on MB, #9 on NGG, #10 on HD3E
39 (65) +26Caps_Lock4203812 (1)16 (13)27#4 on ElDor, #4 on FT, #11 on Victory, #23 on WWind
40 (110) +70Gus3672 (1)13 (9)23#3 on Victory, #7 on CP, #15 on GoinNuts, #20 on ElDor
Rank (previous) ChangeUsernamePoints# of Top 10 Scores (previous)# of Top 100 Scores (previous)# of Top 500 ScoresBest Scores
41 (35) -6moldygoat3571 (1)10 (11)26#6 on CP, #12 on WWater, #15 on BoP, #15 on WWind
42 (36) -6Lupo233543 (3)5 (5)6#1 on CentPark, #2 on BK, #5 on Gorgar, #14 on GoinNuts
43 (41) -2maezun3431 (1)14 (12)27#10 on Pin*Bot, #11 on RBioN, #13 on ElDor, #18 on BRose
44 (38) -6Jake Alt3423 (3)10 (10)30#3 on BRose, #4 on WD, #7 on BK2K, #26 on CV
45 (62) +17Benj3412763352 (2)13 (10)31#6 on CC, #7 on MB, #19 on MM, #27 on Firep
46 (39) -7chk3331 (1)11 (12)32#7 on BRose, #15 on Fl2000, #16 on FH, #16 on BK2K
47 (40) -7Nemesis0413271 (1)15 (17)26#8 on BK2K, #11 on WWater, #19 on HS, #26 on SS
48 (43) -5banane323274 (4)4 (4)4#3 on MM, #3 on NGG, #6 on MB, #10 on SS
49 (111) +62Beatnik-Filmstar3140 (1)14 (10)39#12 on Co1812, #15 on Victory, #15 on JY, #19 on CP
50 (44) -6CheesyBeefy883131 (1)19 (18)34#9 on BigShot, #16 on SpSh, #20 on CP, #22 on GoinNuts
Rank (previous) ChangeUsernamePoints# of Top 10 Scores (previous)# of Top 100 Scores (previous)# of Top 500 ScoresBest Scores
51 (42) -9DeeEff3110 (0)14 (14)40#16 on WWind, #19 on Centaur, #22 on TeedOff, #25 on FH
52 (46) -6PieCES2961 (1)15 (17)31#10 on Firep, #12 on BH, #14 on DrDude, #34 on CV
53 (47) -6rockman_x_20022962 (2)11 (12)30#6 on HH, #7 on GoinNuts, #19 on Fl2000, #30 on Firep
54 (48) -6Jazza2951 (1)21 (20)42#9 on Firep, #22 on CentPark, #25 on CBW, #29 on TeedOff
55 (53) -2kovalev19852842 (2)8 (8)18#2 on CV, #8 on Taxi, #20 on RBioN, #29 on Centaur
56 (52) -4II-Squid-II2821 (1)8 (8)13#1 on RBioN, #11 on BoP, #17 on CV, #21 on MB
57 (45) -12Nightmac212810 (0)17 (18)36#13 on TeedOff, #24 on CV, #29 on CBW, #30 on HD3E
58 (50) -8ParallaxScroll2800 (0)12 (12)20#18 on MM, #21 on CV, #21 on Gorgar, #27 on BigShot
59 (54) -5ER7772721 (1)13 (15)38#5 on ElDor, #17 on CP, #21 on Genie, #28 on HH
60 (--) *Julgran6662700 (--)17 (--)40#15 on TeedOff, #20 on Firep, #24 on WWater, #27 on RBioN
Rank (previous) ChangeUsernamePoints# of Top 10 Scores (previous)# of Top 100 Scores (previous)# of Top 500 ScoresBest Scores
61 (55) -6tuomas2691 (1)10 (10)17#6 on AFM, #23 on SpSh, #25 on BH, #26 on Firep
62 (56) -6RIZ420_420_12641 (1)10 (11)16#5 on WWater, #13 on Pin*Bot, #23 on CP, #30 on CC
63 (59) -4OmegaDef2601 (2)8 (8)16#1 on CftBL, #11 on CP, #22 on Genie, #23 on RBioN
64 (57) -7Roy Wils2550 (0)11 (11)16#14 on CV, #17 on FH, #24 on HD3E, #29 on NGG
65 (58) -7LordEngi2521 (1)12 (12)27#10 on HH, #15 on CBW, #23 on GoinNuts, #28 on Firep
66 (93) +27switch3flip2492 (1)9 (8)22#6 on Centaur, #7 on Victory, #23 on FT, #35 on WWind
67 (78) +11Mark_Miwurdz_US2490 (0)7 (6)8#13 on STTNG, #17 on RBioN, #17 on TeedOff, #19 on T2
68 (63) -5siemas123452482 (2)6 (6)19#2 on SS, #9 on T2, #15 on HH, #49 on CC
69 (64) -5baelgor2411 (1)9 (6)18#10 on JY, #14 on MM, #20 on MB, #26 on AFM
70 (60) -10gooche772401 (1)14 (14)30#8 on Genie, #25 on Firep, #31 on FT, #34 on GoinNuts
Rank (previous) ChangeUsernamePoints# of Top 10 Scores (previous)# of Top 100 Scores (previous)# of Top 500 ScoresBest Scores
71 (66) -5smbaydp2240 (2)11 (12)40#12 on Fl2000, #12 on ElDor, #24 on BigShot, #43 on Pin*Bot
72 (67) -5sneeking2231 (2)8 (9)17#10 on Centaur, #11 on SpSh, #19 on Pin*Bot, #33 on Genie
73 (70) -3ppeltola7682221 (1)13 (14)32#10 on NGG, #17 on Victory, #29 on BK2K, #38 on Co1812
74 (69) -5tiotbellot2140 (0)8 (8)19#12 on TeedOff, #19 on HH, #24 on T2, #27 on WWind
75 (73) -2kefran222120 (0)7 (8)15#12 on Firep, #15 on Genie, #24 on CftBL, #26 on BoP
76 (72) -4wfusdfcfdedeji832110 (0)4 (4)9#12 on RBioN, #13 on MB, #13 on AFM, #23 on HD3E
77 (68) -9Lordbobby2090 (0)8 (9)21#14 on Co1812, #21 on SpSh, #29 on GoinNuts, #30 on Genie
78 (81) +3ThePinbugArcade2082 (2)3 (3)4#4 on Firep, #7 on Gorgar, #18 on CentPark, #124 on RBioN
79 (79) 0Actionball2051 (1)5 (5)8#10 on CftBL, #13 on Gorgar, #18 on Taxi, #26 on ToM
80 (89) +9West_Tiger2032 (2)6 (5)18#2 on Firep, #6 on CentPark, #41 on BigShot, #62 on HS
Rank (previous) ChangeUsernamePoints# of Top 10 Scores (previous)# of Top 100 Scores (previous)# of Top 500 ScoresBest Scores
81 (82) +1Nelis Bakker2021 (1)4 (4)5#3 on WWater, #13 on TZ, #21 on BoP, #42 on SS
82 (84) +2krazysteve19582022 (2)7 (6)23#3 on FH, #5 on CBW, #58 on ElDor, #60 on BRose
83 (137) +549u1d02010 (0)7 (5)28#13 on BH, #13 on HH, #22 on BK2K, #31 on HS
84 (71) -13FalconPain2010 (0)7 (6)23#13 on NGG, #15 on CP, #26 on HD3E, #33 on FT
85 (74) -11Daniel Rone2001 (1)7 (7)10#6 on CV, #18 on BigShot, #32 on ToM, #32 on Firep
86 (77) -9ALOL9971991 (1)6 (7)17#10 on CV, #19 on RBioN, #26 on EatPM, #30 on Gorgar
87 (76) -11xNiCeGuYx1960 (0)11 (13)29#16 on WD, #21 on Centaur, #21 on BK2K, #28 on GoinNuts
88 (83) -5pootV31942 (2)3 (3)9#5 on HD3E, #7 on STTNG, #23 on MB, #146 on TZ
89 (91) +2roma1882 (2)3 (3)3#3 on BH, #3 on Genie, #61 on EatPM
90 (95) +5bobo1862 (2)2 (2)3#2 on BH, #3 on Gorgar, #427 on Firep
Rank (previous) ChangeUsernamePoints# of Top 10 Scores (previous)# of Top 100 Scores (previous)# of Top 500 ScoresBest Scores
91 (94) +3redflame20131832 (2)3 (3)5#4 on BH, #6 on Taxi, #39 on BigShot, #110 on BK
92 (92) 0nikostos441831 (1)11 (13)25#4 on GoinNuts, #24 on Victory, #32 on BoP, #40 on SpSh
93 (80) -13CentralScrutnizr1791 (2)5 (5)18#10 on FT, #11 on BRose, #24 on Pin*Bot, #47 on JY
94 (117) +23Glunt1782 (1)2 (2)2#2 on BoP, #5 on Pin*Bot
95 (75) -20Fungi1760 (1)12 (12)28#15 on Firep, #19 on JY, #21 on HS, #50 on SpSh
96 (97) +1nuclearkevin1762 (2)3 (3)4#4 on TZ, #10 on STTNG, #32 on T2, #183 on BoP
97 (85) -12olivierarmy1750 (0)11 (12)14#19 on MB, #21 on CC, #22 on CP, #37 on BRose
98 (122) +24dejhank1742 (1)4 (4)8#7 on NGG, #8 on Pin*Bot, #39 on Firep, #51 on CC
99 (90) -9yoshida758do1730 (0)6 (8)13#21 on SS, #21 on WWater, #26 on CC, #29 on FT
100 (148) +48ronhiii1722 (1)2 (2)3#1 on TotAN, #8 on AFM, #200 on BoP
 

vpalmer

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Aug 18, 2013
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hi, invitro! did you input scores from LCA? - i'm 6th at it right now, but in chart it looks like i has same "top 10" digit as before
 

magicmisery

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Have been waiting for you to rear your head again, alongside watching the football. I'm sorry, your clearly confusing me with somebody else. I honestly have no idea what your on about. I'm new to posting here, so i kind of understand why some may feel suspicious, although i really am shocked at the accusations about me!! I'll assure, for the benefit of other readers ( not you vpalmer, your obviously the type of guy that cries foul if anyone beats you at something) that i am a genuine person who loves pinball, and happens to be quite good at it, well video pinball. I'm a former musician, i've generally got pretty good timing, :) I used to hold the highest ever score on Pinball king at king.com (which is now royalgames.com) MagicMisery was/is my name there. They don't have that game now, from unpopularity in later days.

My scores in pinball arcade (there not even that good!) have come from mostly from ALOT of practice, frustration and determination. And also from the guides written by the good folks here. No table in tpa is particularly difficult imo from what tables i have; once you have got the nudging down...

I hope i've cleared a few things up. vpalmer. stop making baseless accusations. Your just making yourself look jealous and childish
 

vpalmer

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Aug 18, 2013
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magicmisery, you can try to use your humor sense instead of agro next time.
and, lol, tpa is not about good timing - it's about abusing weaks of table recreation
 

Mark W**a

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Sep 7, 2012
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WTF Vpalmer. No need to baselessly accuse people of cheating.

I guess our mods fell asleep again.

Welcome to the forums, Magicmisery, and congrats on your top 15 rank.

I forgot that this was coming. I'm making some serious moves. In fact, perhaps tonight I will make them :)
 

invitro

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Tx Invitro. Finally u took which formula? And u applied the 50% tables max or not?
I just stuck with the old exp formula. I have probably posted the full formula before, but it won't hurt to do it again. Each rank in a table's top 500 scores points as follows: PTS = 100 * exp(-0.0465 * (RANK - 1)). The -0.0465 is there so that a rank of 100 scores 1 point.

And yes, a player gets points for a max of half the total number of tables, which is 24 tables for this ranking. For example, my #48 score on Taxi earns me 11.2 points, but my #60 score on CBW gets me zero points, because that is my 25th best table ranking.

I hope this is clear, and there'll be no more fiddling with the ranking formulas (for a long time anyway).

P.S. Congrats on your big month, moving from #28 to #15!
 
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