So I have a Wonka and a GNR at home. Both are hooked up to Scorbit and both were working well until last week. My phone app recognizes GNR, but it will not let me claim a player. Wonka works perfectly fine and I can claim a player. I went into the GNR settings and no luck. Please help. Cheers!

My games are also working as well after the app update. Somehow my scores are still about the same...

I just got off the internet looking at your site as I am very interested in ordering some Scorbitron units for my non Spike 2 Stern games- Houdini, Hot wheels, LOV, GOT, LOTR, Star Trek, R and M, Getaway HS 2, DM, AC/DC.

So you do not support AP games?!?

Are folks installing both Stern IC and Scorbit on the same machines?

Also I really like leaderboards that I have seen for both scorebit and for stern, but only at large expos. Is there a (affordable) way to do this in the home environment?

Sorry if these issues have already been addressed.

Thanks!

Thanks so much!

For those of us not at TPF, I have an update!

Ok, not a TPF level update...my son and I set up a Scorbit scoreboard on the rec room tv and it was ... amazing. I have only two Scorbit games (that will change soon-see below)- WW and GNR.

We had some brutal pinball battles, all documented real time, with the leader popping up to the top. I made a slide show which alternated between a screen showing all of the games and ones showing each game. Somehow my son's scores were always at the top- obviously a software glitch...

Last night we had a 10 person pinball party (everyone an experienced pinballer and all with Scorbit and SIC accounts) and they were all blown away by the system. We had a tournament (I have not explored if there is a specific tourney mode) and everyone was able to watch scores real time, just like the races. Not just the scores but the modes were displayed as well! The highest scores automatically popped to the top of the list. Hmmm I see some gambling in the future.

We also had Stern Insider- also a great system, but still lacking some functionality - no app (yet), scoreboard apparently is available but not for the home environment, QR reader is a little more cumbersome (but not that bad). SIC is limited to the 17 last (Spike 2) Stern games. Achievements on SIC are pretty slick though, especially with callouts.

When Scorbit and SIC came to my attention I was "Meh". Now internet connectivity is a must. I don't like playing games that are not connected which surprises the crap out of me.

Most of my games are modern Sterns and most have IC. However I am seriously considering Scorbit for all of my games. The pricing model is affordable including the monthly charge (free on the JJP games)- cheaper than a Starbucks habit.

By the way, the Scorbit website shows all of the pinball manufacturers that are supported including American pinball. From this forum it looks like that is not so? I look forward to AP being on board.

Sorry for posting so much, but this future of pinball is very cool. I will be contacting Scorbit this week.

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Great talking to you on email, Jay. Placing my order today and look forward to setting it all up next week. I wish you the best of luck working with the folks at Stern pinball. It would be so awesome for someone like me to scan in my QR code or use my app and have scores on both Stern insider connect and Scorbit…

Cheers!

Thanks so much and welcome back from TPF. I thought I was crazy about pinball, but you guys raise it to the next level. I tried to create an account multiple times- “error message 500.” I was using my iPad if that makes a difference. I also saw a choice for player vs. organizer- looking to use this in a home environment for small home tourneys. I am not a big (or small) tourney player, but that might change!

My 2 cents and experience…

Yes, I agree that the challenge aspect of the app can be a little frustrating to figure out. Some of my pinball buddies new to Scorbit, keep forgetting to log in their own names before they play. I used to have problems logging in on my machine, but that was fixed with this forum as well as a new upgrade. To be fair, I think we users need to be very specific as to what the problem is as Jay is very responsive.

I have ordered a bunch of units and I have installed them in about 10 of my machines. Installation was not perfect, but the end result is pretty cool. Scorbit is a big hit with my pinball crowd at weekend pinball parties. Scorbit really shines with scoreboards that I can project on a monitor. Yes, I have had some issues, but Jay has helped out very quickly and professionally.

I did not realize it, but I am definitely an Internet connected geek when it comes to pinball machines. I really enjoy my games and I tend to not play my games that are not connected. Stern insider connected is a great system, but can only be used in less than 20 games – the new Stern spike two games. I do have Stern insider connect on all of my modern Stern machines. The current version of this system is not only limited to a handful of machines, but limited to collectors like me they can only go for achievements. Currently, Scorbit will support so much more and is an open platform.
These systems are under development and a lot of people are working hard at both of them.

So yeah, these systems still have quite a ways to go. I enjoy getting out and working on this and I feel that the systems are at a point of actually being fun. But not for everybody yet. Good luck to everyone in this great hobby and enjoy watching all of the progress and work.

Update and recap.

I have been setting up Scorbit on almost all of my 20 machines - mostly Sterns and a couple of Bally’s. Yeah, there have been issues, but most have dealt with my home wireless network and internet integration. I run both Stern insider connect with Scorbit. Yes you do have to scan as well as log in wirelessly to get both systems going.

Stern has the advantage of showing you real time achievements as you play. The achievements seem to be well organized and somewhat achievable. Stern is starting to support score/leader boards-if you have an operator account…bummer.

For home use parties and leagues, Scorbit has much more functionality with customized leader and score boards. These are easy to set up and work really well. My friends are amazed to see their names at the top, until a ringer destroys their score… For customer support, I have emailed Jay (@jsa) numerous times and he often responds instantly- support is top notch. Stern…well they do get back to me several days later. Scorbit supports so many more games and are constantly playing whack-a-mole with Stern games that get new code.

Is Scorbit perfect? No, but improving constantly. Sometimes I still have issues with logging in. When I finish a game I sometimes have difficulty starting a new game-often have to restart the game. However, when logged in, it works great.

I plan on starting a home league and will use Scorbit and SIC. I do have two American pinball machines- still waiting internet integration for them. I look forward to my next update!

FYI

I have Scorbit on multiple Stern Spike 2 machines. With every Stern update the Scorbit is basically disconnected. With the updates last week I would get a SD card error message stating that I needed to update my SD card.

So I reflashed a new SD card- a very SLOW process- almost as bad as a code update. I installed the new SD card....and...the same problem.

I was kind of at a wit's end which seems to be pretty common these days and decided to disconnect all of the UBC USB cables. That seemed to do the trick which was quite a relief as I have about 15 Stern spike 2 tables.

So I know there is a constant game of whack-a-mole between Scorbit and Stern Spike two machines. The Stern Insider system is good, but obviously very limited to a relative handful of pinball games.

I invested a fair amount of money into both Stern Insider connect and Scorbit as I have a home League at my house. Initially I was able to post all scores on a TV monitor, but this is no longer the case. Bummer. Scorbit works very well with my other games, but the majority of my games are Spike two machines.

Cheers!

Yes I did have the older systems set up. I cannot be totally certain that this was the cause of the error message, but it does seem to be the case.

Thanks for all the hard work and updates as well as correspondence. Working on updating my machines- Home league next week!