what time do matches start?
(Topic ID: 175165)
Quoted from Whysnow:what time do matches start?
No idea. Haha I just have my phone set to ping me when the stream starts.
Quoted from chuckwurt:No idea. Haha I just have my phone set to ping me when the stream starts.
cool.
you should bump here once your phone pings you 
I dont have a phone to do that, lol
Quoted from Whysnow:cool.
you should bump here once your phone pings you
I dont have a phone to do that, lol
10-4
Quoted from Whysnow:cool.
you should bump here once your phone pings you
I dont have a phone to do that, lol
+1
I'm SO not going to be productive today. I would wait to watch it on youtube but I don't know if they will post it or not.
Quoted from 85vett:+1
I'm SO not going to be productive today. I would wait to watch it on youtube but I don't know if they will post it or not.
dont worry
everyone else at work is doing NCAA stuff
Muskego, WI
Quoted from Whysnow:cool.
you should bump here once your phone pings you
I dont have a phone to do that, lol
If you follow the channel on twitch (free, subscription costs) you can get an email when they go live. Regardless of phone.
Quoted from mkecasey:bat city is streaming now. Josh is talking
Quoted from Whysnow:any updates?
That bracket has not moved all day and no twitch at work.
The bracket on the ifpapinball.com home page is a little more active.
Quoted from chadderack:The bracket on the ifpapinball.com home page is a little more active.
thanks
Quoted from Whysnow:any updates?
That bracket has not moved all day and no twitch at work.
I was thinking the same thing and hard to tell what is going on by just popping in on the twitch feed every so often.
Hoping for Brian Shepard and Tommy Skinner to go far, but looks like they would have to meet early if that were the case.
Also rooting for that CrazyLevi SOB too. haha.
Also, I do not know Zoe V, but like her on the podcast she does with Jack Danger, so shes my pick for the Women's bracket.
EDIT: well shit. there went all my horses but Levi in one check in of the bracket. haha.
(Love ya, Mike)... but interesting competition still going on.
Quoted from TheLaw:Couldn't get passed Michigan
That's only because he ain't a true KY hillbilly
Helena is now a proud Coloradoan moving on to the semis of the Womens and Donavan won his first match so far. go CO!
Quoted from TheLaw:Couldn't get passed Michigan
Brian seems to be taking it well
Great setup and quality!
But...
My favorite commentary highlights from this hour are...
Nom Nom Nom What-A-Burger Nom Nom Extra Ball,
Nom Nom Nom Surp Nom Nom Player 2,
Nom Nom Nom Nom Surp.
I went out in the first round, losing to a guy with a flashlight strapped to his head. My humiliation knows no bounds.
The games looked rough. Kind of disappointed how obvious it was that they were leaning or had weak flippers. I talked to a few people who competed and they said that the games felt like low attention route games. Kind of a bummer.
Still, everybody played on the same games. Congrats to all who got there and to all who played to their full potential.
Quoted from HighProtein:Final 4: Zach Sharpe Vs Cryss Stephens
and
Eric Stone Vs Kevin Birrell
Final 4:
#1 seed Zach Sharpe (IL) Vs #4 seed Cryss Stephens (PA)
and
#22 seed Eric Stone (FL) Vs #2 seed Kevin Birrell (OR)
Quoted from HighProtein:Finals: Eric Stone Vs Zach Sharpe
Quoted from HighProtein:Eric Stone Wins!
Quoted from TomGWI:Eric Stone 20-1.
This is insane. I didn't know much about Eric, but if you sort by Rating of Eff %, he's 14th in the world.
Quoted from Richthofen:I went out in the first round, losing to a guy with a flashlight strapped to his head. My humiliation knows no bounds.
The guy uses a head lamp to help him see/ play better.
Do you make fun of the guys wearing headphones to help them play better. What about the guys wearing gloves.
He beat you 4-1, maybe you should ask Sean for a few pointers next time rather than making fun of him online.
I only point this out as on the stream I also heard the female commentator also refer to him as "the guy with a headlamp" in a condescending way. Pretty sad to see in a sport where we are all a bunch of nerds in a niche hobby with odd quirks, that even those lucky enough to compete on the national stage, make fun of their fellow competitors behind there backs on a live stream and then online.
Sean is a really fun and nice guy, if you can look beyond the headlamp (seriously, ask him to turn it off when he talks to you, it is blinding )
I ain't making fun of him. I was the one who was humiliated. And yeah, I talked with Sean. he was otherwise a nice guy and beat me fair and square. I just thought the headlamp was ridiculous and I stand by it.
A fantastic pinball clinic was put on display last night. A real nail biter as I was routing for Eric Stone all the way. Stayed up until the very end and then the phone rang. It was Eric: "Can you believe it man!?" I said "Yup. Knew you could do it." (Talked with him earlier in the day giving him a pep talk about the games he was about to war on with some pinball greats. Kind of like Rocky and his manager.) 
He and I have been buds ever since we played in a Funspot NH Classic pinball tournament many years ago. He was only known to the locals of that arcade as an ace pinball player. So much so that over the years, they have kicked him out numerous times for winning too many free games and putting up his initials EVERYWHERE! Even the arcades a few miles away down at Weirs beach boardwalk arcades. They even reset the high scores just to take his name off of the games. Which of course next time he was at the machine he would just put up another big whopper of a score and there goes his name back in at the #1 spot. =)
For the past several years I told him he has the talent to compete Nationally as his play is in the same league as KME, The Sharps, Bowen and the rest of the top 10. He finally acquiesced and started playing in leagues and tourneys about a year ago. Now look what he has accomplished! =)
CONGRATULATIONS ERIC!
He'll be at this years Pintastic in Sturbridge MA in early July. I think he'll be playing in that tourney too.
Dave (Doc)
Quoted from aobrien5:Unfortunate there isn't a video saved yet. I couldn't watch it all live, so I had to come here to get spoiled.
Hopefully they'll get a video posted so we can see how it played out.
Eric is an amazing talent. He kicked our butts down here in Florida. Glad to see him crush it in the Nationals. Congrats Eric!
Quoted from HighProtein:Great setup and quality!
But...
My favorite commentary highlights from this hour are...
Nom Nom Nom What-A-Burger Nom Nom Extra Ball,
Nom Nom Nom Surp Nom Nom Player 2,
Nom Nom Nom Nom Surp.
Yeah sorry man but 3 hour shift in the booth makes a man hungry.
You all better hope I can up my game a little or I'm gonna retire full time to the studio. And I'm gonna get bob to admit to a peyote adventure of self-discovery in the desert.
Quoted from oohlou:Is the pin-masters tournament going to be streamed today?
Yep.
I saw that Eric got to put his name as one of the top 3 highs on CSI during the tourney yesterday.
Reminding me that the arcades he frequented as a youth (and even today when he goes back to NH for the summer) made it regular practice to reset the high scores just to take his name off of the games. Which of course next time he was at the machine he would just put up another big whopper of a score and there goes his name back in at the #1 spot(s). =)
-Dave (Doc)
Quoted from jar155:. I talked to a few people who competed and they said that the games felt like low attention route games.
Par for the course for games that FUN sells... caveat emptor.
Quoted from Whysnow:The guy uses a head lamp to help him see/ play better.Do you make fun of the guys wearing headphones to help them play better. What about the guys wearing gloves.
No, but I sure as hell wouldn't want to play NEXT to someone doing that... talk about distracting as hell! Imagine also the guy forgets to turn the stupid thing off, turns around and you're right behind him and get blindsided, literally, just as you're having to play? Things like coaching aren't allowed in most tournaments, why should that be? Can I start demanding that I need the glass removed in order to be able to see the playfield better, or that other competitors need to be wearing glasses because I do? Where does it stop?
Seems totally ludicrous. Unless the guy REQUIRES that getup to be able to see, I wouldn't allow that in any tournament I run.
Quoted from Whysnow:The guy uses a head lamp to help him see/ play better.
First off, I think this should catch on for the mopst of Pinside so people don;t have to put stupid strips of LEDs all over their games because they are blind 
Quoted from Frax:Par for the course for games that FUN sells... caveat emptor.
No, but I sure as hell wouldn't want to play NEXT to someone doing that... talk about distracting as hell! Imagine also the guy forgets to turn the stupid thing off, turns around and you're right behind him and get blindsided, literally, just as you're having to play?
too true.
Quoted from Frax:Par for the course for games that FUN sells... caveat emptor.
No, but I sure as hell wouldn't want to play NEXT to someone doing that... talk about distracting as hell! Imagine also the guy forgets to turn the stupid thing off, turns around and you're right behind him and get blindsided, literally, just as you're having to play? Things like coaching aren't allowed in most tournaments, why should that be? Can I start demanding that I need the glass removed in order to be able to see the playfield better, or that other competitors need to be wearing glasses because I do? Where does it stop?
Seems totally ludicrous. Unless the guy REQUIRES that getup to be able to see, I wouldn't allow that in any tournament I run.
I don't think you should be able to wear glasses. That is down right cheating. 
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