# Concord Champ '25: Round 1, Game 2/4 on Centigrade 37 by Gottlieb. Streamed from The Flipper Room. **Source:** DRI374 **Type:** video **Published:** 2025-11-18 **Duration:** 16m 6s **Beat:** Pinball **URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpXqWE7X9hw --- ## Analysis Streamed tournament gameplay from Concord Champ '25 Round 1 featuring four players competing on Centigrade 37 by Gottlieb at The Flipper Room venue. Commentary focuses on game mechanics, tilt sensitivity, playfield layout challenges, and player performance across multiple balls with various scoring outcomes. ### Key Claims - [HIGH] Centigrade 37 has no ear plug (nudge assist) installed on the glass, making the game more difficult — _Streamer directly observes and references 'no ear plug' notation on machine glass multiple times during commentary_ - [HIGH] Tilt ends the game on this machine; tilt is sensitive enough to trigger on aggressive nudges but slap saves are typically possible — _Multiple tilts occur during play; streamer discusses tilt mechanics and sensitivity throughout_ - [HIGH] Ball flow on Centigrade 37 is highly variable - players can experience very long balls or multiple quick drains depending on shot execution — _Streamer explicitly states: 'sometimes you can get very long balls... sometimes it's just like five house balls. It's not unheard of at all.'_ - [HIGH] Playfield has a small drain area near one flipper that requires careful ball trapping — _Streamer notes: 'There's a little drain there... there's no wire there. So you need to be very careful when you trap up on that flipper.'_ - [HIGH] The Flipper Room venue has Halloween-themed games available including Evil Dead and multiple Addams Family versions — _Streamer mentions games 'outside here at the flipper room' with Halloween theme: 'Evil Dead... the first Addams... the latest Addams'_ ### Notable Quotes > "This is one of those games that uh I would love to have like in my front living room as a display piece." > — **Streamer**, early in stream > _Expresses aesthetic appreciation for Centigrade 37's visual design_ > "Sometimes you can get very long balls on this game and everything kind of you just happen to nail every shot, you know, everything feels great and uh sometimes it's just like five house balls." > — **Streamer**, mid-stream > _Describes the high variance in gameplay outcomes on this machine_ > "Yeah, there's no ear plug in the game either, so I guess that uh that kind of helps making it more difficult." > — **Streamer**, late in stream > _Notes the impact of missing nudge assist on game difficulty_ > "I don't think I mean that last shove Adam did that I think that that was that warranted uh uh that warranted a tilt." > — **Streamer**, late in stream > _Commentary on tilt sensitivity during gameplay_ ### Entities | Name | Type | Context | |------|------|---------| | Centigrade 37 | game | Classic Gottlieb pinball machine being played in tournament; known for variable ball flow, tight drain areas, and sensitive tilt | | The Flipper Room | organization | Pinball arcade venue streaming Concord Champ '25 tournament; hosts Halloween-themed games including Evil Dead and multiple Addams Family versions | | Concord Champ '25 | event | Tournament event being streamed; Round 1, Game 2/4 featuring Centigrade 37 | | Zack | person | Tournament player; finished first place on Centigrade 37 with score of 22,204 points | | Eric | person | Tournament player; finished second place with score of 4,590 points | | Tony | person | Tournament player; finished third place on Centigrade 37 | | Adam | person | Tournament player; finished last place on Centigrade 37; performed an aggressive nudge that warranted a tilt | | Gottlieb | company | Classic pinball manufacturer; created Centigrade 37 | ### Topics - **Primary:** Tournament gameplay and player performance on classic machines, Centigrade 37 playfield mechanics and design challenges, Tilt sensitivity and nudge mechanics - **Secondary:** Venue operations and game selection ### Sentiment **Positive** (0.75) — Streamer expresses appreciation for game aesthetics and engaging gameplay; maintains professional tournament commentary. Frustration is normal competitive context (multiple tilts, difficult drain areas). Overall tone is enthusiastic about the game and event. ### Signals - **[competitive_signal]** Centigrade 37 requires precision upper playfield shot execution with risk of variable ball flow and sensitive tilt triggering (confidence: high) — Multiple player tilts, discussion of shot selection (lid shots, saucer shots), tilt comments, ball drain patterns throughout play - **[event_signal]** Concord Champ '25 tournament Round 1 actively streaming from The Flipper Room venue with competitive play on classic Gottlieb machine (confidence: high) — Live stream commentary, tournament structure (Round 1, Game 2/4), player scores, official group setup --- ## Transcript All right, we're playing Centigrade 37. Um, it says tilt ends game and I don't know if it says no ear plug or Yeah, it says no ear plug on the glass there. [clears throat] Okay. So, uh this is one of those games that uh you just have to shoot your lit shots and keep the ball up on top. Uh so, one player practice. Yeah, we're doing uh practice here. Can see Zach's got his uh timer there. How how is everyone doing in chat? Glorious Sunday to watch pinball. I don't know if there's anything else going on on Twitch right now. This is such a cool looking game. Uh, this is one of the those games that uh I would love to have like in my front living room as a display piece. [] Yeah, you want to collect your letters there. I don't know exactly where it progresses towards definitely aiming for getting that ball on top there. Get some leather, some bumps, and getting the ball through. Oh, kind of. There we go. Oh, dribbles straight back. [clears throat] Nice. So, you get a 1,000 plus 1,000 for each lit spots. Okay. So, it's only actually one lit back. No. Oh, there's a little drain there. I didn't see that. Uh you can see there's a little uh there there's no there's like no wire there. So, you need to be very careful when you when you kind of trap up on that flipper. Yeah, he's very unlucky with the with the roll there. Oh, okay. Easy. You got one two flips once. Yeah. I didn't quite catch how many points he got there. Oh, wow. That was a big shove there. [laughter] Yeah, we got a row of games outside uh here at the flipper room. Uh if you want to come play Evil Dead, now is a really good time to do that. It's out there with the a bunch of other kind of Halloween themed games. You got uh [] dude. Come on. You got uh the first Elvira. The last Elvira. Uh the latest Elvira, I'd say. No. Oh, that was a big shove. God damn. [laughter] All right. Uh we got some points here. Uh 88. What does it say? 500. Yeah. Yeah. If you hurry up now, you can see your drain. [laughter] Yeah. Look at that. That was one, right? And then then the second there kind of just [snorts] that was just too much. Okay, Eric is uh taking his time to do a bit of practice as well. Yeah, it's tilt tilt ends game on this one. Yeah. Now, sometimes you can get very long balls on this game and everything kind of you just happen to nail every shot, you know, everything feels great and uh sometimes it's just like five house balls. It's It's not unheard of at all. Uh I think he tilted up his fourth ball. Uh I think it said on the So where is the ball counter anyway? I think it's the Oh, he got a thousand bonus points there. And they have two officials in this group. So, I'm about to start my game, but the score didn't say All right. So, the game is back to where it supposed to be. All right. Definitely real. Yeah, there's a rubber there still on the post. You could kind of try to work it back into the uh in lane there, but uh given we already seen a tilt, you don't want to. All right, thank you for the follow there, Clubcast mixes, put this on your mix. Yeah. I think there's a balance there. Uh you don't Yeah. I don't know. the tilt didn't seem to be like over sensitive to be honest, but uh why risk it? The saucer is sauced. So, got three lit there. So, that's a that's 4,000 points there. Oh, bummer. Yeah. I don't know where the ball counter is on the Okay, it's ball five now. You can It's sort of like in that little uh that little box there. It's very faint. Yeah, that's uh that's it for Eric. It's 4590. Um, well, no, you should you should be able just just be able to start the press the start button and then it'll restart the game. It should clear the reels. It didn't in that case. Oh, yeah. I'll see. You'll have to plunge out the ball because the flippers will be dead. Yeah. And then you start make sure it doesn't um knock down a drop target. If it does, you Oh, that makes sense. Okay. Oh, nice soft plunge there. Straight in the sea. Oh my god, the pop bumper. Are we still practicing or or is he practicing? Probably not. Oh, nice. Okay, we are practicing. Oh, he's got his phone there. Yeah, it can do a nice little roll around there. Especially if the ball got some spin on it. I think that's uh you will be able to see that a little bit more often. Yeah, you just you just sit there and wait for the inevitable. It's just Oh, that's a tilt if I have a new one. Jesus Christ. Tilt. Yeah, Zach tilted as well, but he was on ball four and had quite a lot of points. So, he rolled it. He didn't roll it, but it was like he had like 88k or something. So, it was this 22204. [snorts] All right. Uh Tony just had to kind of be keep it together here to get um the different tiers here. uh first get to the 22, then double it, and then double it again, and he should be in good shape. Yeah, I think it's I don't think I mean that last shove Adam did that I think that that was that warranted uh uh that warranted a tilt. I think uh you should be able to do slap saves and stuff like that in the without tilting, but obviously you can't make subsequent ones. Oh, wow. Yeah, there's no ear plug in the game either, so I guess that uh that kind of helps making it more difficult. Yeah, he's trying the the light nudge there. But yeah, this is Centigrade 37 for you. Ball four and uh 6,000 points on the meter. It's just you can just get a series of house balls and sometimes you can play this game [clears throat] for a very long time. Sometimes the ball just kind of flows where it's supposed to go and definitely want to inch a little bit uh closer to towards that 22 here. Oh, nice. Getting the A there. Oh my god, just barely sneaked in there. All right, so just for clarity, 750. Yeah, so that's the order. Zach takes it. Eric second, Tony third, and then Adam took last on that one. _(Acquisition: youtube_auto_sub, Enrichment: v3)_ --- *Exported from Journalist Tool on 2026-04-13 | Item ID: 0c49d14c-04eb-4162-acc9-891ba67637b8*