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

[Pinballwiz45b]

Heh, Pinkid45b, looks like i kept my promise to beat you in TPA too ~_^

We're tied right now -.-

 

[vikingerik]

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]

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]

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?!

 

[JPelter]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Top 100 for 2014-06-13

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

Rank (previous) Change	Username	Points	# of Top 10 Scores (previous)	# of Top 100 Scores (previous)	# of Top 500 Scores	Best Scores
1 (1) 0	vikingerik	2225	29 (27)	40 (39)	40	#1 on MB, #1 on Taxi, #1 on AFM, #1 on CC
2 (2) 0	AntonR	2154	29 (29)	46 (46)	46	#1 on NGG, #1 on SpSh, #1 on Centaur, #1 on Fl2000
3 (3) 0	Tarek Oberdieck	1890	20 (20)	21 (21)	22	#1 on BH, #1 on FH, #1 on Genie, #1 on DrDude
4 (4) 0	Sir_Moovenstein	1513	13 (13)	29 (28)	35	#1 on CV, #2 on AFM, #3 on ElDor, #4 on MB
5 (5) 0	Toolinit	1494	9 (8)	40 (40)	45	#2 on GoinNuts, #3 on Fl2000, #4 on HD3E, #5 on HS
6 (61) +55	Eoner321	1132	7 (1)	35 (8)	45	#4 on HS, #6 on Victory, #6 on JY, #7 on HD3E
7 (6) -1	FALCO12-QUEBEC	1101	8 (9)	26 (26)	30	#1 on EatPM, #3 on RBioN, #4 on Centaur, #7 on CV
8 (8) 0	TOUGE_KILLER	1083	8 (9)	29 (29)	38	#2 on DrDude, #3 on Firep, #4 on CBW, #5 on WWind
9 (7) -2	Space Tractor	1069	5 (6)	27 (27)	41	#4 on Pin*Bot, #5 on SpSh, #5 on BRose, #7 on FT
10 (10) 0	www.vpforums.org	992	8 (8)	16 (16)	16	#1 on STTNG, #4 on AFM, #5 on BH, #6 on Genie
Rank (previous) Change	Username	Points	# of Top 10 Scores (previous)	# of Top 100 Scores (previous)	# of Top 500 Scores	Best Scores
11 (9) -2	atoppachar	992	8 (8)	24 (24)	39	#2 on FT, #4 on Taxi, #4 on BRose, #5 on GoinNuts
12 (11) -1	maestroreese	974	4 (5)	33 (35)	44	#4 on DrDude, #5 on JY, #10 on Genie, #10 on SpSh
13 (12) -1	HUFMUF	852	7 (7)	16 (17)	26	#1 on TeedOff, #2 on TZ, #2 on CP, #2 on CBW
14 (13) -1	invitro	837	2 (3)	30 (31)	43	#4 on FH, #10 on MM, #11 on BH, #11 on AFM
15 (28) +13	Fromduc	835	3 (0)	26 (20)	35	#2 on NGG, #7 on Fl2000, #9 on AFM, #15 on CC
16 (14) -2	Just this guy	832	5 (6)	20 (21)	26	#1 on JY, #3 on WD, #5 on FT, #6 on BRose
17 (21) +4	pinballwiz45b	813	4 (1)	21 (21)	38	#5 on DrDude, #7 on SpSh, #10 on Fl2000, #10 on Victory
18 (15) -3	dylan_h	761	5 (5)	26 (27)	44	#5 on Co1812, #6 on DrDude, #8 on TeedOff, #9 on FT
19 (16) -3	Howling_Goro	758	8 (8)	12 (11)	20	#2 on STTNG, #2 on Centaur, #2 on T2, #5 on TZ
20 (19) -1	phoerber	701	7 (7)	10 (10)	10	#1 on BoP, #2 on BK2K, #2 on HS, #3 on EatPM
Rank (previous) Change	Username	Points	# of Top 10 Scores (previous)	# of Top 100 Scores (previous)	# of Top 500 Scores	Best Scores
21 (17) -4	pinballchris	659	3 (3)	28 (29)	43	#7 on CBW, #7 on ElDor, #8 on Co1812, #12 on NGG
22 (18) -4	Crusty Booger	649	3 (3)	28 (28)	44	#6 on TeedOff, #9 on SpSh, #10 on Co1812, #13 on WWind
23 (20) -3	geohoo	618	2 (2)	24 (25)	39	#8 on WWind, #9 on CC, #12 on FH, #13 on BK2K
24 (156) +132	Misery410	605	5 (0)	12 (3)	14	#5 on CV, #5 on Genie, #9 on FH, #9 on Taxi
25 (22) -3	TRLBrony	601	1 (3)	25 (26)	38	#7 on Co1812, #13 on Fl2000, #14 on HS, #17 on CBW
26 (--) *	Storm Chaser	598	2 (--)	25 (--)	40	#10 on GoinNuts, #10 on WD, #12 on Victory, #13 on HS
27 (27) 0	vpalmer	562	2 (2)	19 (16)	36	#8 on SpSh, #8 on Centaur, #12 on Genie, #13 on WD
28 (37) +9	Tripple I	516	2 (0)	18 (18)	38	#3 on TeedOff, #3 on HS, #17 on WWind, #18 on SpSh
29 (26) -3	Mark_Miwurdz	498	4 (5)	9 (9)	13	#4 on BoP, #5 on RBioN, #7 on T2, #8 on FH
30 (25) -5	benika7	497	4 (4)	11 (11)	13	#3 on CV, #3 on MB, #7 on CC, #10 on TZ
Rank (previous) Change	Username	Points	# of Top 10 Scores (previous)	# of Top 100 Scores (previous)	# of Top 500 Scores	Best Scores
31 (24) -7	djchrille	483	2 (3)	13 (13)	23	#5 on T2, #8 on Victory, #12 on HH, #13 on HD3E
32 (30) -2	NeonZwei	460	4 (4)	9 (7)	10	#1 on BRose, #3 on AFM, #3 on FT, #6 on ToM
33 (49) +16	Chopin6868	449	2 (2)	14 (12)	29	#2 on WWind, #2 on Co1812, #12 on Pin*Bot, #15 on Centaur
34 (34) 0	efbelo	447	0 (1)	13 (10)	34	#11 on MB, #11 on CBW, #12 on T2, #15 on HS
35 (31) -4	PinHead970	446	4 (4)	8 (8)	10	#1 on WWind, #1 on Co1812, #5 on STTNG, #7 on TZ
36 (29) -7	Phreaker47	440	5 (5)	6 (6)	15	#3 on HH, #5 on Taxi, #5 on Fl2000, #7 on BoP
37 (--) *	Misery410-pc	404	2 (--)	14 (--)	16	#6 on FH, #7 on RBioN, #12 on STTNG, #19 on BH
38 (32) -6	ostrich2	382	4 (4)	13 (13)	17	#3 on CC, #8 on MB, #9 on NGG, #10 on HD3E
39 (65) +26	Caps_Lock420	381	2 (1)	16 (13)	27	#4 on ElDor, #4 on FT, #11 on Victory, #23 on WWind
40 (110) +70	Gus	367	2 (1)	13 (9)	23	#3 on Victory, #7 on CP, #15 on GoinNuts, #20 on ElDor
Rank (previous) Change	Username	Points	# of Top 10 Scores (previous)	# of Top 100 Scores (previous)	# of Top 500 Scores	Best Scores
41 (35) -6	moldygoat	357	1 (1)	10 (11)	26	#6 on CP, #12 on WWater, #15 on BoP, #15 on WWind
42 (36) -6	Lupo23	354	3 (3)	5 (5)	6	#1 on CentPark, #2 on BK, #5 on Gorgar, #14 on GoinNuts
43 (41) -2	maezun	343	1 (1)	14 (12)	27	#10 on Pin*Bot, #11 on RBioN, #13 on ElDor, #18 on BRose
44 (38) -6	Jake Alt	342	3 (3)	10 (10)	30	#3 on BRose, #4 on WD, #7 on BK2K, #26 on CV
45 (62) +17	Benj341276	335	2 (2)	13 (10)	31	#6 on CC, #7 on MB, #19 on MM, #27 on Firep
46 (39) -7	chk	333	1 (1)	11 (12)	32	#7 on BRose, #15 on Fl2000, #16 on FH, #16 on BK2K
47 (40) -7	Nemesis041	327	1 (1)	15 (17)	26	#8 on BK2K, #11 on WWater, #19 on HS, #26 on SS
48 (43) -5	banane32	327	4 (4)	4 (4)	4	#3 on MM, #3 on NGG, #6 on MB, #10 on SS
49 (111) +62	Beatnik-Filmstar	314	0 (1)	14 (10)	39	#12 on Co1812, #15 on Victory, #15 on JY, #19 on CP
50 (44) -6	CheesyBeefy88	313	1 (1)	19 (18)	34	#9 on BigShot, #16 on SpSh, #20 on CP, #22 on GoinNuts
Rank (previous) Change	Username	Points	# of Top 10 Scores (previous)	# of Top 100 Scores (previous)	# of Top 500 Scores	Best Scores
51 (42) -9	DeeEff	311	0 (0)	14 (14)	40	#16 on WWind, #19 on Centaur, #22 on TeedOff, #25 on FH
52 (46) -6	PieCES	296	1 (1)	15 (17)	31	#10 on Firep, #12 on BH, #14 on DrDude, #34 on CV
53 (47) -6	rockman_x_2002	296	2 (2)	11 (12)	30	#6 on HH, #7 on GoinNuts, #19 on Fl2000, #30 on Firep
54 (48) -6	Jazza	295	1 (1)	21 (20)	42	#9 on Firep, #22 on CentPark, #25 on CBW, #29 on TeedOff
55 (53) -2	kovalev1985	284	2 (2)	8 (8)	18	#2 on CV, #8 on Taxi, #20 on RBioN, #29 on Centaur
56 (52) -4	II-Squid-II	282	1 (1)	8 (8)	13	#1 on RBioN, #11 on BoP, #17 on CV, #21 on MB
57 (45) -12	Nightmac21	281	0 (0)	17 (18)	36	#13 on TeedOff, #24 on CV, #29 on CBW, #30 on HD3E
58 (50) -8	ParallaxScroll	280	0 (0)	12 (12)	20	#18 on MM, #21 on CV, #21 on Gorgar, #27 on BigShot
59 (54) -5	ER777	272	1 (1)	13 (15)	38	#5 on ElDor, #17 on CP, #21 on Genie, #28 on HH
60 (--) *	Julgran666	270	0 (--)	17 (--)	40	#15 on TeedOff, #20 on Firep, #24 on WWater, #27 on RBioN
Rank (previous) Change	Username	Points	# of Top 10 Scores (previous)	# of Top 100 Scores (previous)	# of Top 500 Scores	Best Scores
61 (55) -6	tuomas	269	1 (1)	10 (10)	17	#6 on AFM, #23 on SpSh, #25 on BH, #26 on Firep
62 (56) -6	RIZ420_420_1	264	1 (1)	10 (11)	16	#5 on WWater, #13 on Pin*Bot, #23 on CP, #30 on CC
63 (59) -4	OmegaDef	260	1 (2)	8 (8)	16	#1 on CftBL, #11 on CP, #22 on Genie, #23 on RBioN
64 (57) -7	Roy Wils	255	0 (0)	11 (11)	16	#14 on CV, #17 on FH, #24 on HD3E, #29 on NGG
65 (58) -7	LordEngi	252	1 (1)	12 (12)	27	#10 on HH, #15 on CBW, #23 on GoinNuts, #28 on Firep
66 (93) +27	switch3flip	249	2 (1)	9 (8)	22	#6 on Centaur, #7 on Victory, #23 on FT, #35 on WWind
67 (78) +11	Mark_Miwurdz_US	249	0 (0)	7 (6)	8	#13 on STTNG, #17 on RBioN, #17 on TeedOff, #19 on T2
68 (63) -5	siemas12345	248	2 (2)	6 (6)	19	#2 on SS, #9 on T2, #15 on HH, #49 on CC
69 (64) -5	baelgor	241	1 (1)	9 (6)	18	#10 on JY, #14 on MM, #20 on MB, #26 on AFM
70 (60) -10	gooche77	240	1 (1)	14 (14)	30	#8 on Genie, #25 on Firep, #31 on FT, #34 on GoinNuts
Rank (previous) Change	Username	Points	# of Top 10 Scores (previous)	# of Top 100 Scores (previous)	# of Top 500 Scores	Best Scores
71 (66) -5	smbaydp	224	0 (2)	11 (12)	40	#12 on Fl2000, #12 on ElDor, #24 on BigShot, #43 on Pin*Bot
72 (67) -5	sneeking	223	1 (2)	8 (9)	17	#10 on Centaur, #11 on SpSh, #19 on Pin*Bot, #33 on Genie
73 (70) -3	ppeltola768	222	1 (1)	13 (14)	32	#10 on NGG, #17 on Victory, #29 on BK2K, #38 on Co1812
74 (69) -5	tiotbellot	214	0 (0)	8 (8)	19	#12 on TeedOff, #19 on HH, #24 on T2, #27 on WWind
75 (73) -2	kefran22	212	0 (0)	7 (8)	15	#12 on Firep, #15 on Genie, #24 on CftBL, #26 on BoP
76 (72) -4	wfusdfcfdedeji83	211	0 (0)	4 (4)	9	#12 on RBioN, #13 on MB, #13 on AFM, #23 on HD3E
77 (68) -9	Lordbobby	209	0 (0)	8 (9)	21	#14 on Co1812, #21 on SpSh, #29 on GoinNuts, #30 on Genie
78 (81) +3	ThePinbugArcade	208	2 (2)	3 (3)	4	#4 on Firep, #7 on Gorgar, #18 on CentPark, #124 on RBioN
79 (79) 0	Actionball	205	1 (1)	5 (5)	8	#10 on CftBL, #13 on Gorgar, #18 on Taxi, #26 on ToM
80 (89) +9	West_Tiger	203	2 (2)	6 (5)	18	#2 on Firep, #6 on CentPark, #41 on BigShot, #62 on HS
Rank (previous) Change	Username	Points	# of Top 10 Scores (previous)	# of Top 100 Scores (previous)	# of Top 500 Scores	Best Scores
81 (82) +1	Nelis Bakker	202	1 (1)	4 (4)	5	#3 on WWater, #13 on TZ, #21 on BoP, #42 on SS
82 (84) +2	krazysteve1958	202	2 (2)	7 (6)	23	#3 on FH, #5 on CBW, #58 on ElDor, #60 on BRose
83 (137) +54	9u1d0	201	0 (0)	7 (5)	28	#13 on BH, #13 on HH, #22 on BK2K, #31 on HS
84 (71) -13	FalconPain	201	0 (0)	7 (6)	23	#13 on NGG, #15 on CP, #26 on HD3E, #33 on FT
85 (74) -11	Daniel Rone	200	1 (1)	7 (7)	10	#6 on CV, #18 on BigShot, #32 on ToM, #32 on Firep
86 (77) -9	ALOL997	199	1 (1)	6 (7)	17	#10 on CV, #19 on RBioN, #26 on EatPM, #30 on Gorgar
87 (76) -11	xNiCeGuYx	196	0 (0)	11 (13)	29	#16 on WD, #21 on Centaur, #21 on BK2K, #28 on GoinNuts
88 (83) -5	pootV3	194	2 (2)	3 (3)	9	#5 on HD3E, #7 on STTNG, #23 on MB, #146 on TZ
89 (91) +2	roma	188	2 (2)	3 (3)	3	#3 on BH, #3 on Genie, #61 on EatPM
90 (95) +5	bobo	186	2 (2)	2 (2)	3	#2 on BH, #3 on Gorgar, #427 on Firep
Rank (previous) Change	Username	Points	# of Top 10 Scores (previous)	# of Top 100 Scores (previous)	# of Top 500 Scores	Best Scores
91 (94) +3	redflame2013	183	2 (2)	3 (3)	5	#4 on BH, #6 on Taxi, #39 on BigShot, #110 on BK
92 (92) 0	nikostos44	183	1 (1)	11 (13)	25	#4 on GoinNuts, #24 on Victory, #32 on BoP, #40 on SpSh
93 (80) -13	CentralScrutnizr	179	1 (2)	5 (5)	18	#10 on FT, #11 on BRose, #24 on Pin*Bot, #47 on JY
94 (117) +23	Glunt	178	2 (1)	2 (2)	2	#2 on BoP, #5 on Pin*Bot
95 (75) -20	Fungi	176	0 (1)	12 (12)	28	#15 on Firep, #19 on JY, #21 on HS, #50 on SpSh
96 (97) +1	nuclearkevin	176	2 (2)	3 (3)	4	#4 on TZ, #10 on STTNG, #32 on T2, #183 on BoP
97 (85) -12	olivierarmy	175	0 (0)	11 (12)	14	#19 on MB, #21 on CC, #22 on CP, #37 on BRose
98 (122) +24	dejhank	174	2 (1)	4 (4)	8	#7 on NGG, #8 on Pin*Bot, #39 on Firep, #51 on CC
99 (90) -9	yoshida758do	173	0 (0)	6 (8)	13	#21 on SS, #21 on WWater, #26 on CC, #29 on FT
100 (148) +48	ronhiii	172	2 (1)	2 (2)	3	#1 on TotAN, #8 on AFM, #200 on BoP

 

[fromduc]

Tx Invitro. Finally u took which formula? And u applied the 50% tables max or not?

 

[vpalmer]

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]

Nice... 24th! I'm comin to get ya top guys, Haha, na. Top 10-15 will satisfy me

Excellent work invitro

 

[vpalmer]

Nice... 24th! I'm comin to get ya top guys, Haha, na. Top 10-15 will satisfy me

new obvious cheater too obvious, but you are right - you will take well deserved place in top 10 between other obvious cheaters.

 

[magicmisery]

new obvious cheater too obvious, but you are right - you will take well deserved place in top 10 between other obvious cheaters.

What on earth are you talking about?

 

[Pinballwiz45b]

Looks like he either forgot about LCA or that table didn't show up on the site's leaderboard system.

 

[vpalmer]

What on earth are you talking about?

about hacked IOS TPA version - we all know - you did it, so no wizard's hat for you

 

[magicmisery]

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]

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]

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]

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!