Over/Under - 361 Pinsiders vote this round
(Topic ID: 265847)
Wheaton, IL
Quoted from AFM95:Over/Under - 361 Pinsiders vote this round
Over for sure
Quoted from TheLaw:Tragedy!
Too funny...my " go to" word lately...better than goat.. 
Quoted from AFM95:You mean it comes down to two pins in the championship round? Haha!
Warrington
TAF is truly iconic and one of the best games of all time. But man, better than Spider Man? I don’t think so. Do people realize that we’re talking Stern Spider Man - with a terrific, tight and creative LYMAN ruleset and not the old Gotlieb? 
Lyman isn’t faring - overall - as well as I’d hoped. But then again, he’s beating himself in many cases. 
Good idea, but how many of us have played all of the pins in the poll? Is there a requirement that you have to have played the pin? I've only played maybe half of the pins in the poll.
Quoted from KozMckPinball:Good idea, but how many of us have played all of the pins in the poll? Is there a requirement that you have to have played the pin? I've only played maybe half of the pins in the poll.
I voted in this 2nd round, but chose not to vote on one of the match-ups due to I have not yet played Willy Wonka machine.
It's all just for fun, but hopefully Pinsiders are making votes that they can live with and not feel like a dirtbag, and are not making certain picks just to be a jerk.
Biscarrosse
Quoted from TheFamilyArcade:TAF is truly iconic and one of the best games of all time. But man, better than Spider Man? I don’t think so. Do people realize that we’re talking Stern Spider Man - with a terrific, tight and creative LYMAN ruleset and not the old Gotlieb?
Lyman isn’t faring - overall - as well as I’d hoped. But then again, he’s beating himself in many cases.
It results that games of 90’s are still loved and they may get something more that the new generation games don’t have (for most of them). Don’t know if this is linked to the game or the generation to which it belongs or both.
What would be also interesting to know if what kind of player you are? Casual or more competitor player. It changes the orientation of the games we are interested in.
Not sure we could call a 17th ranked game a real big upset over the 16th ranked game. Both great games though. Fun thread and poll. Great idea.
Cheers and happy health everyone.
Quoted from Yelobird:Over for sure
Congrats Yelobird, you hit the over with 10 hours of voting left.
You win... a upvote from me.
Funny how there are no solid states or EMs which IMO are the best games for any competition or tournaments.
So there is really nothing to vote on here.
I think using the words All-Time is a real stretch.
Quoted from o-din:Funny how there are no solid states or EMs which IMO are the best games for any competition or tournaments.
Fathom was in round 1, got knocked out though.
Quoted from solarvalue:Fathom was in round 1, got knocked out though.
So, this is basically a poll of which games cost the most and pinsiders have the most money tied up in.
I get it now.
Quoted from o-din:So, this is basically a poll of which games cost the most and pinsiders have the most money tied up in. I get it now.
Well, the initial seeds were based on the Pinside Top 100.
Quoted from solarvalue:Well, the initial seeds were based on the Pinside Top 100.
Pinside 100 has a long way to go before you start using words like "all time".
Especially since there are two different top 100 lists and no games from one of them in any of the polls.
All time for people that grew up playing video games and didn't discover pinball until later in life maybe.
Quoted from o-din:Pinside 100 has a long way to go before you start using words like "all time".
Oh, I see, you are objecting to the use of the words "all time" in the title of the thread. I missed that in your initial post. Maybe the OP will respond.
Quoted from solarvalue:Oh, I see, you are objecting to the use of the words "all time" in the title of the thread. I missed that in your initial post. Maybe the OP will respond.
No, it doesn't matter. I'm just killing time like the rest of you.
And I am proud to say I no longer own any of the games in this thread's poll of the 8 that I did.
Quoted from solarvalue:Oh, I see, you are objecting to the use of the words "all time" in the title of the thread. I missed that in your initial post. Maybe the OP will respond.
In my original Round 1 post, I said, "I thought it would be fun to put together a tournament bracket using the Top 64 games, from Pinside's Top 100, to hypothetically decide what the Greatest Pinball Game of All-Time is."
Emphasis on hypothetically.
Quoted from AFM95:I thought it would be fun
It is fun to see what others think are the greatest games and spend their money on. In fact it's even funny sometimes.
Quoted from AFM95:In my original Round 1 post, I said, "I thought it would be fun to put together a tournament bracket using the Top 64 games, from Pinside's Top 100, to hypothetically decide what the Greatest Pinball Game of All-Time is."
Emphasis on hypothetically.
Fun thread.... appreciate you doing it
( Predict blood-letting starts in the next round)
Quoted from o-din:It is fun to see what others think are the greatest games and spend their money on. In fact it's even funny sometimes.
He just took the Pinside top 64. There’s no agenda here. Tell you what. You’ve got a little time on your hands, between meals - 
- so why don’t you set up an EM Donneybrook? Use the top 64 from here: https://www.ipdb.org/search.pl
Round 2 voting is officially over. Per usual, give me a little time to update some stats, brackets, and matchups.
Quoted from RobDutch:Heyy my favorite pin The Shadow made it to round 2..
Damn you Medieval Madness [quoted image]
Yep, Shadow is the better Eddy pin but MM is definitely the best complete package. If you are new to pinball MM is just the greatest ever.
Quoted from AFM95:Round 2 voting is officially over. Per usual, give me a little time to update some stats, brackets, and matchups.
Ignore the haters, this is a fun distraction from whats going on. Enjoy reading your thread. Thx
Quoted from Hayfarmer:Ignore the haters, this is a fun distraction from whats going on. Enjoy reading your thread. Thx
Much appreciated. Thank you.
If you haven't already, I have started Round 3 of the consolation bracket tonight for those who might not be sleeping yet. Feel free to jump over there and vote if you'd like.
Quoted from AFM95:Here are the matchups for Round 3. Voting starts tomorrow in the AM. I'll post the new tread in the morning.[quoted image]
These are all amazing match ups. I’m watching LOTR vs. Metallica. To me, it’s LOTR, and it’s not close, but with recency bias and the “metal thing” we’ll see.
Quoted from TheFamilyArcade:These are all amazing match ups. I’m watching LOTR vs. Metallica. To me, it’s LOTR, and it’s not close, but with recency bias and the “metal thing” we’ll see.
Met all the way!!
The sweet sixteen is posted above by AFM95 in post #86. 
Can't blame the refs for any of these machines advancing to the sweet 16.
Clarification: We may have to do any e-m top 64 bracket to help settle that issue.
Quoted from AFM95:Here are the matchups for Round 3. Voting starts tomorrow in the AM. I'll post the new tread in the morning.[quoted image]
How did the lowest remaining seed end up facing the 4th seed instead of JJP Potc?
Quoted from dc2010:How did the lowest remaining seed end up facing the 4th seed instead of JJP Potc?
dc2010,
Look at the earlier bracket and you can see how the winners advance through the bracket.
There was a few cases where the higher seed did not advance.
Example: The 13 seed didn't make it to sweet 16, but the 20 seed did in that "region".
Quoted from o-din:So, this is basically a poll of which games cost the most and pinsiders have the most money tied up in.
I get it now.
You know you don’t like that kind of thread but you can’t prevent you from posting a kindy comment...
None of my votes counted.
Centaur over Kiss. Duh
Taxi over Star Wars. Duh
Black Knight over BKsor. Duh
Fathom over Stranger Things. Duh
mof
Quoted from mof:None of my votes counted.
Centaur over Kiss. Duh
Taxi over Star Wars. Duh
Black Knight over BKsor. Duh
Fathom over Stranger Things. Duh
mof
I agree 100% on your list
Quoted from dc2010:AFM95
How did the lowest remaining seed end up facing the 4th seed instead of JJP Potc?
Because of upsets. You don't reseed tournament brackets.
In theory, if there were no upsets and all the higher ranked games won, Monster Bash, ranked 4, should have played Elvira's House of Horrors as it was ranked 13. It was beat out by Fish Tales (52). Then Theatre of Magic (20) beat Fish Tales. Hence the matchup.
Follow the brackets, they lead you to the answer.
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