Looking forward to this!

This sounds really cool. Me want in!

Wait! This isn't one of these Josh Sharpe April Fool Jokes, is it?

Haha, it's just a warm up routine.

Nope, this is legit. I heard about it before this post. I'm curious to see where this goes. Hopefully there is a cool code update to coincide with the July 1st date, otherwise I am not sure how you would compare scores through the end of the year between old code and new code whenever there is a code update.

Extremely legit.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/WWE-Pinball-King-of-the-Ring-IFPA-Tournament-2015/1449511268701492

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This is awesome!

Should be a huge boost to WWE the machine, and locations/operators with a WWE. The prize is pretty legit... and the trophy is unreal.

No one has broken 100M on the local one here. We will have to try hard to approach the scores LesManley has posted.

I did that on the one on route here too. Just have to replicate that now in a tournament setting...that'll be easier said than done. With bonus maxing out at a potential 24.5 million it takes a ton of work to get big scores. I do remember getting 18 million from winning the last match I won in that game which was nice, but I still was only the USA Champion, never did even get Tag Team Champion during that game.

So in a nutshell stern basically has to pay people to play their wwe game because it's just that bad.

In a nutshell, Stern is offering an amazing prize package in conjunction with a innovative tournament administered by the IFPA to encourage competition and provide fun world wide.

I think the game is great fun and is doing very well on location for me. We are excited about the promotion and look forward to it!

but code changes can make so people that play on older code and or newer code can have a easier time as there can be big changes in game play / scoring.

establish the tournament settings is one thing but what about settings that are needed to make rom ver X better but later one are not needed / end up really braking stuff?

That's what I am worried about but I have a feeling it's just going to be highest score at the end of the year regardless of code version. Say I kill it now on the current code and put up 300 million, now a code update comes out that makes things more attainable, adds more features and increases scoring. Suddenly 300 million isn't that big of a deal anymore and multiple people pass my score. It just means that you may have some wasted games if that scenario comes true. We don't know if it will. Maybe we will get an update before July 1st or maybe we won't get one until next year and then it wouldn't matter either way. Who knows. I'll still throw some bullets at it for fun.

Shouldn't be a problem. Stern probably isn't burning the midnight oil cranking out new wwe code.

or it's like 300 M is some what easy to get but in later code they cut down scoring and it be comes very hard. In older roms showboating had big scores and it seems to have been cut down now.

loosen the tilt?

just remove the plumb bob, front legs all the way up, back legs all te way down. Who wants to see 1billion on WWE

I pity the person that sits through a 1billion game on WWE. Bet that would take 2 hours or more with current code.

I don't doubt you are right. The 200 million game I had was a solid 40 minutes.

My best so far has been 133 million, but the average game is between 50-65. I'm excited that they're supporting the game with a big tournament. It really does need a good code update because some of the high scoring techniques are not fun, they're just practical and slow-going to build a big bonus. This game has a ton of potential, but it's truly a theme that if you're not into it, you're just not into it and nothing will change that. I love my LE, but the Pro doesn't interest me in the least - and that's all based on the theme alone. Anyway, looking forward to this tournament promotion, and will probably be the reason I start getting involved in tournament play this year!

They need a timer for the ring. See Family Guy mini Playfield.

Sweet tournament and a great prize!!! What a game room piece that trophy would be!!!

This will help the game out I think.

Code update maybe in our future? I just got the a pro a couple of days ago so I am still learning the game.

Have enough wwe pins been sold that people will be able to find them in the wild to put up scores? Or will it just be the same few dozen people posting scores?

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Tell me how the f--k to advance the bonus multipliers and I will destroy 100 million on my first game, almost guaranteed. Nobody in our local group knows how the hell they work, and I haven't been able to figure it out...

Well, at least that's a lead, so thanks. I think I've been hitting only lit shots and maybe I should be trying to hit the UNLIT ones to light them?!?!

You can also advance bonus X on the plunge. It's one of the rewards from the lights on the ramp from the shooter lane up to the ring.

I always do that already.

Is it just on factory settings? Can you play the extra ball? The original post said you were going to establish custom settings that people needed to use in the game, but I don't think I've seen those posted anywhere.

Just knowing how the multipliers work isn't going to guarantee destorying 100 million. That's a very beatable score, but the bonus maxes out at 24.5 so you are still going to have to come up with another 40 million besides bonus to destroy it and that's "if" you can max out bonus on all 3 balls which is easier said than done.

Will you guys be accepting scores from pro and LE versions of the game? Curious to see how they differ at all. Can't wait for this one to get some code love.

Getting over a 100M on this game is painful indeed. A code update is imperative on this machine. That being said I am willing to enter our league into this if prizes are eligible in Canada, our games are all set on competition play on league nights. IFPA already has our the Die Hard Pinball league dates for the rest of the year.

I thought that we HAD to set up the machine with IFPA required settings.

If someone has extra balls set and gives an extra ball every 4 levels, then that is significantly different than another location offering 3 balls w extra balls turned off.

In my opinion, every eligible tournament should be required to set their WWE Wrestlemania machine to the required IFPA settings.

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Even the tilt setting and pf angle are just massive on the game too, IMO...the thing plays like a 50 VDC EM... it needs a LOT of nudging.

How can they enforce 3 balls w extra balls turned off?

They give recommended settings that people should use and if someone deviates and wins, they are a cheater and suck but technically they could still win. just my 2 cents..

The difference in this scenario is that players who are playing in a tournament with a TD who DOES have the keys and wants to give one of "his" players the best shot at the high score are competing against players who are playing with TDs who use the recommended settings. So basically players at Crazy Bob's Easy Games Arcade where the tournaments are run with 5 balls, easy settings, extra ball on special, extra ball on replay are going to be the most likely to win.