My very first entry

My High Scores for TPA (as of Feb 21 2014)


Tales of the Arabian Nights *66,684,070
Creature of the Black Lagoon *168,692,550
Dr. Dude *7,774,760
Scared Stiff *55,817,910
* *(Time Limit Silver Tourney 1/25-2/8/2014: 74,697,740)
Elvira and the Party *Monsters *15,872,580
Firepower *803,740
Funhouse *21,533,220
Genie *508,480
Gorgar *640,920
Harley Davidson *203,245,350
Medieval Madness *67,866,800
* *(Time Limit Silver Tourney 1/25-2/8/2014: 108,853,460)
Monster Bash *267,622,480
No Good Gofers *23,074,210
Ripley's Believe It Or Not *32,132,450
Star Trek: TNG *572,343,980
Taxi *3,809,200
Theatre of Magic *1,240,291,660
* *(Time Limit Silver Tourney 1/25-2/8/2014: 3,903,411,500)
Twilight Zone *426,490,790
Attack From Mars *28,651,306,930
Big Shot *153,800
Black Hole *2,235,620
Black Knight *797,690
Bride of Pin·Bot *1,038,831,180
* *(Time Limit Silver Tourney 1/25-2/8/2014: 2,065,247,680)
Cirqus Voltaire *24,544,230
Cactus Canyon *26,558,490
* *(Time Limit Silver Tourney 1/25-2/8/2014: 41,636,150)
Central Park *5,294
WhiteWater *194,451,440
SpaceShuttle *4,378,440
* *(Time Limit Silver Tourney 1/25-2/8/2014: 3,056,580)
PinBot 3,868,420
Centaur *4,990,730
Cue Ball Wizard *554,642,550
El Dorado: City of Gold *1,264,710
Flight 2000 *832,940
* *(Time Limit Silver Tourney 1/25-2/8/2014: 2,392,540)
Goin' Nuts *517,350
Haunted House *163,480
Tee'd Off *716,530,110
Terminator 2 *122,153,060
Victory *3,637,050
Whirlwind *11,618,940
Black Rose *68,000,620
* *(Time Limit Silver Tourney 1/25-2/8/2014: 137,467,050)
Fish Tales *199,104,650
Black Knight 2000 *7,057,110

(In the previous tourney, I finished well enough to go from Bronze to Silver. In this last tourney, I couldn't make the move from Silver. I'll keep practicing!)



For my first entry, I couldn't think of anything else to post. By no means do I feel these scores better any scores of my fellow pinballers. In fact, please feel free to ridicule them at length with any and all comments.

For me, pinball in general, and this Forum in particular, is an opportunity to meet people. When real world arcades were popular in the area I live, it was common practice to lay a quarter on the table when the game was being played. This was a way to say, "I've got next" when you left the table, or a subtle challenge of, "I think I can take you. Want to find out?". I can't count the times this resulted in spur-of-the-moment tournaments, along with friendships that carried beyond the arcade. While waiting your turn, small talk revealed glimpses of your opponent, and windows of yourself. We talked about girls. And surprisingly, there wasn't much difference between civilians and those of us living on military bases. The main difference was civilians talked of towns and neighborhoods, while we spoke of states and bases. And girls.
I've had chances to talk with fellow pinballers thru this Forum, from fellow Southerners to distant relatives in the Empire to the E.U. The topics have been all across the board, from driveway cheese, prostate exams to tilting at windmills. Even pinball. I'm looking forward to the ability to play head-to-head against them. Will it replace the days of the arcades? Nope, nothing ever will. But, it'll be the start of new memories. We have the ability to talk to each other, across thousands of miles and many time zones.
Now, if they can work on a digital quarter...

 

[OmegaDef]

I miss the days of laying a quarter down. The other day I had a guy stand 6 inches behind me not saying a word. He literally pushed me out of the way and plopped his tokens in the moment I finished. I'd have gladly let him play next, or even better, played against him. I'm guessing it's probably due to a mixture of terrible manners and a lack of knowledge for the etiquette of the culture. I don't think he was old enough to have experienced what it was once like.

In 1996 I had a year long rivalry with a stranger in an arcade. I'd beat his scores, he'd beat mine, and when we were both there we'd go head to head. He always wore a trench coat and dark sunglasses, and we never spoke a word to each other. The only thing I knew was his name, "Bobo", and that was only because I saw him enter his name in a machine which allowed four letters. I actually think there's a chance he didn't speak English, but I'll never know. One day he disappeared. We never made friends with each other, but even as non speaking rivals we honored the quarter thing. It's one of my favorite arcade memories.

 

[Naildriver74]

Communication of people from around the world is what we need to better ourselves. We are all human beings just wanting to live our lives and be happy. The pinheads on this forum don't care where each of us is from or what race you are if you have the love of pinball we are all brothers and sisters. Enough of being serious.
Nobody likes a braggerd buzz

 

[Buzz1126]

I miss the days of laying a quarter down. The other day I had a guy stand 6 inches behind me not saying a word. He literally pushed me out of the way and plopped his tokens in the moment I finished. I'd have gladly let him play next, or even better, played against him. I'm guessing it's probably due to a mixture of terrible manners and a lack of knowledge for the etiquette of the culture. I don't think he was old enough to have experienced what it was once like.

In 1996 I had a year long rivalry with a stranger in an arcade. I'd beat his scores, he'd beat mine, and when we were both there we'd go head to head. He always wore a trench coat and dark sunglasses, and we never spoke a word to each other. The only thing I knew was his name, "Bobo", and that was only because I saw him enter his name in a machine which allowed four letters. I actually think there's a chance he didn't speak English, but I'll never know. One day he disappeared. We never made friends with each other, but even as non speaking rivals we honored the quarter thing. It's one of my favorite arcade memories.

That's because he was, in fact, Boris Obovitch, a former KGB agent. Obovitch was well known in espionage circles. He would pass along information placed in hollowed out metal balls. Word has it he was playing the Russian president when arrested and sent to a gulag in Siberia, never to be heard from again.

 

[OmegaDef]

Being beaten in a Gulag in Siberia is a lateral move from being beaten in the arcade of the town I grew up in. I can't say I feel any worse for him than I did back then.

 

[Eaton Beaver]

Great scores in the time-limit tournament and overall! I think I only have you beat in Taxi and Star Trek: TNG. Also OmegaDef I have only heard of two guys named Bobo before. One played bongos for Cypress Hill and the other one is frequent caller to the Howard Stern show and I think he lives in New York.

 

[Buzz1126]

Great scores in the time-limit tournament and overall! I think I only have you beat in Taxi and Star Trek: TNG. Also OmegaDef I have only heard of two guys named Bobo before. One played bongos for Cypress Hill and the other one is frequent caller to the Howard Stern show and I think he lives in New York.

EB-I do have a lot of free time on my hands due to illness. What I find amazing is you guys that work, come home and knock out the "honey do" list, THEN post some amazing scores! About the only things I can put on my pinball resume is, I've completed the "Stiff-o-meter" on Scared Stiff and I conquered Mars on AFM. I started "Ruler of The Universe", but I couldn't beat in.