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Quoted from m00nmuppet:JP vs LotR? EHoH vs AIQ? This is where the brain starts to make little grinding noises....
possibly the 2 toughest ones for some. Didn't LOTR win Stern's version of this? I can't remember.
Quoted from LOTR_breath:So much love for TSPP. It's average at best.
A great game, but looks like it's gonna fall.
I'm surprised AIQ is falling. An amazing machine...I haven't played EHOH however, so stayed away from that one. Is the game really that good?
Quoted from Hayfarmer:Ehoh should be a top spot contender. Full assets, tons of shots, great field, callouts are good.
Quoted from Vino:Agree. AIQ is a great design but EHOH is a more complete package at this point.
Sounds like I have to find one to play!!!
Quoted from Phbooms:I agree! I think some of these votes on all 3 rounds are going same as top 100. Guys vote based on not the better game but which game fits there agenda. If you posted this same tournament in Williams, Stern, and JJP sub-forums the out come would show the agendas im referring to. This is fun but same as top 100 so take it with a grain of salt and just enjoy it.
Agreed. a "better" game is always going to be subjective in most cases anyway. I do believe, however, that even in these fun threads, top 100, IPDB, etc. there are clearly superior games that are there for a good reason.
It's hard to be truly non agenda based and vote against MM, AFR, and TZ as 3 of the best games ever put out there. They always seem to rise to the top, and imho, deservedly so.
Alot of the others could be considered "flavor of the month" but certainly not the ones I just mentioned.
As a side - I personally couldn't stand LOTR....couldn't trade it fast enough, though I know it's revered by many, so what do I know (except what I like to play)?
I think " tournament " in this application applies to game itself, not necessarily in a tournament play environment....could be wrong though...
Just a head to head in multiple gameplay scenarios
Quoted from BC_Gambit:Oh, I misunderstood the title (doh!). I wondered I had missed something in the directions. I thought this was the Top Tournament Games of all Time.
If this is just "re-do the top 100, for the Xth time", I guess go at it. All in good fun. I just thought this was a different approach (e.g. top games for a smaller collection, top collector games, best bang for the buck games, best location games etc.).
FWIW a game like Monster Bash would rate high on a "best location game" list for me. I love playing it a few times a year. Home use? Oh no...
I think the appeal to this thread vs other " best of" comparisons is it truly weeds out the new games debuting at #1 or super high just for new curb appeal.
I like, enjoy, many of the shineys, but hard to vote against absolutely dominant games ( I have those too).
As much as I love Alien ( my personal favorite) I wouldn't vote for it in a thread like this against the other 3 titles mentioned prior. They have more than stood the test of time and still dominate.
Just fun to watch the others shuffle in the early rounds ( working today so a great distraction)
Quoted from m00nmuppet:I always thought TSPP was so-so, because I was always playing beat-up ones in the wild at beach arcades, bits were sometimes broken, played spongy and slow. When I finally played a speedy well-tuned one and could get pretty deep into the code, it's a great game, really well designed for happy chaos moments.
EVERY TSPP I played in the wild had something wrong w it. There presence on college campuses in the Southeast was incredible back in the day. We did many, many Performing Arts Theaters back then....I couldn't wait for spare time to go to the commons area and play the pins.
When finally buying a nice one and getting it playing perfectly I realized how good the game actually was...and still is...Keith at his best!!
Quoted from SLAMT1LT:I'd love to see the King of Payne dethroned, but it's not happening anytime soon. Too much emphasis is placed on the LCD in modern games. In my opinion, pinball missed a step, from DMD to Colour DMD with higher pixels. Not DMD to LCD, it's like going from VHS to Blu-ray, and skipping DVD.
I find it amusing that every JJP gameplay vid I see, the player hardly ever looks up at the screen. All those wonderful (and very expensive) animations for the entertainment of spectators only. Madness.
If only someone would put one in the playfield.. 
Quoted from Vino:He looks capable
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I think he is and won last year as I recall. With an MMrRE in my lineup now next to it however, not this year for me.
They absolutely nailed the royal version bringing just enough....devastating pin!!!
Quoted from AFM95:12 hours left to vote. 3 out of the 8 match ups are trending toward an upset.
Nah, only if you consider TZ an "underdog" to IMDN.
No way the only JJP pin left would get ousted yet (hope to play it someday)....lots of JJP fans will vote for it even if they've never played it...large group of Trekkies out there though.. 
( was there some sort of mail in voting the last couple of hours? (Sorry couldn't help it...too funny) 
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