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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shutyertrap" data-source="post: 85936" data-attributes="member: 134">Just got the results from this month's OC Pinball League meeting tournament. Out of 39 players, I managed a 10th place finish! Jumped me up in the total standings from 57th to 49th place, for which I have to remind myself I wasn't there for the first 2 meetings of the season.What really amazes me with this months place is I thought I did terrible. When I look at my scores compared to the average scores on each table, I'm below it. I did manage 2 first place rounds, which normally give you 10 points, but in one of those I managed to beat an 'A' player, so I got an extra point for that! I also never was the last place on any of the tables, so that helped with points too. Maybe next month I won't always be the first player up. Player order is determined by overall rank, so me being a newbie, I wind up first.So the machines I played for tourney were...Jack*BotTaxiSuper Mario Bros Mushroom LandCirqus VoltaireLord of the RingsMonster BashI have no clue what I'm doing in LOTR, yet somehow I took 1st in that round. MB was my other 1st, and I barely got that as if it weren't for another player tilting, he would've passed my score with ball end bonuses. CV was my worst placing in the overall field, 21st of 23 players. Here's the other tables that were in the tournament...World Cup SoccerFirepowerStar PoolCaptain FantasticFish TalesAnd then there were the tables just there for fun...Black Knight 2000Pat HandAC/DC Hurray, I finally got to play an AC/DC!! Yes, it was the version with the lower play field (which wasn't all that thrilling when I got to it) and the owner had just put in the ColorDMD screen that eliminated the dots. I'm on the fence about that. Makes text and score look great, but not thrilled with how it makes the animations look. Monster Bash also had ColorDMD, and that was amazing looking. People were standing around just watching all the animations to see what they looked like in color. Really brings that game up to a whole 'nother level. I hope they do CV one day, since it's animations are even more elaborate than MB's.Good time had, for sure. Fascinating seeing people's placement of games within their houses, and also to see and play games in different conditions than I've seen previously. For example, the Firepower that was there had mylar covering virtually the whole playfield, as opposed to mine which had it only in select spots. I was shocked to see that mine plays faster! I've also noticed between the 2 meetings I've gone to, that while most of the machines are in good condition, none of them are minty fresh restored jobs. I guess you'd call them all 'players quality'. Changes my perspective a little on what I feel 'needs' to be done on my machine. For some reason I had it in my head that anyone who owns a machine must also fully restore each table to factory fresh. Um, no! I'm still gonna go through with my plans, but that's cuz I wanna trade up. I just no longer feel like I'll be judged as a lesser owner if my machine has a broken plastic or chips in the cabinet.Well, next meeting is Aug 4th, see if I can't move up the ranks once again!</blockquote>

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