# Concord Champ '25: Finals, Game 2/4 on Centigrade 37 by Gottlieb. Streamed from The Flipper Room. **Source:** DRI374 **Type:** video **Published:** 2025-11-18 **Duration:** 20m 20s **Beat:** Pinball **URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ8usCBQMnY --- ## Analysis Live tournament commentary from Concord Champ '25 Finals, Game 2/4 on Centigrade 37 (Gottlieb). Three players compete with Jack building a commanding lead (6 points) over Andre (2 points) and Tim (3 points) after two games. Hosts discuss gameplay strategy, tilt sensitivity, ball physics, and scoring mechanics on this classic machine. ### Key Claims - [MEDIUM] Centigrade 37 tilt bob takes approximately 10 minutes to settle after being disturbed — _Host discussing potential tilt carryover from practice session: 'Takes like 10 minutes for a tilt ball on a game from this area to settle.'_ - [MEDIUM] Jack obtained approximately 70% of his points on ball five in this game — _Host observation during final analysis: 'Remember Jack got I'd say 70% of his points on ball five.'_ - [HIGH] The saucer on Centigrade 37 awards 10,000 points plus 1,000 for each spot lit — _Host explaining scoring: 'Then the saucer is 10,000 plus 1,000 for each spot.'_ - [HIGH] Lit rollovers on Centigrade 37 award 5,000 points each — _Host confirming to co-host: 'All the lit rollovers are 5K up a pop' and co-host agrees 'I believe so.'_ - [HIGH] Mayumi finished tied for 10th place and was top qualifying woman in the tournament — _Host retrieving and announcing results: 'She finished 10th. Tied for 10th.' and 'Mayumi was top qualifying woman as well.'_ ### Notable Quotes > "That's some really shitty glare from this game, but we're just going to have to live with it." > — **Host (unidentified)**, Early in Game 2 > _Notes a persistent technical issue affecting broadcast quality during tournament play_ > "Takes like 10 minutes for a tilt ball on a game from this area to settle." > — **Host (unidentified)**, Mid-game discussion > _Technical detail about Centigrade 37's tilt mechanism affecting gameplay and strategy_ > "Remember Jack got I'd say 70% of his points on ball five." > — **Host (unidentified)**, End of game analysis > _Key insight into Jack's dominant scoring strategy on this machine_ > "Pretty commanding lead, but there's still two more games. And in those games, anything can happen." > — **Host (unidentified)**, Final summary > _Sets stakes for remaining tournament games despite Jack's current advantage_ ### Entities | Name | Type | Context | |------|------|---------| | Jack | person | Tournament player, leads current match with 6 points after 2 games on Centigrade 37 | | Andre | person | Tournament player, second place with 2 points after 2 games | | Tim | person | Tournament player, third place with 3 points after 2 games | | Zach | person | Tournament player mentioned as potential challenger; hosts discuss his scoring prospects relative to Jack | | Mayumi | person | Tournament player, finished tied for 10th place, top qualifying woman; frequent stream supporter | | Jackie | person | Tournament qualifier who was unable to compete in playoffs | | Centigrade 37 | game | Gottlieb pinball machine used for Game 2/4 of Concord Champ '25 Finals at The Flipper Room | | Gottlieb | company | Classic pinball manufacturer; Centigrade 37 is one of their machines | | Concord Champ '25 | event | Tournament competition; Finals are being streamed from The Flipper Room | | The Flipper Room | venue | Location hosting Concord Champ '25 Finals tournament; streaming venue | ### Topics - **Primary:** Tournament Gameplay & Strategy, Centigrade 37 Machine Mechanics, Scoring Systems & Point Allocation, Tilt Sensitivity & Physics, Player Performance Analysis - **Secondary:** Broadcast Production & Venue Issues ### Sentiment **Positive** (0.75) — Hosts are engaged and enthusiastic about tournament play. Appreciative tone toward stream supporters like Mayumi. Some frustration with technical issues (glare) and tilt mechanics affecting fair play, but overall encouraging and supportive atmosphere. ### Signals - **[competitive_signal]** Concord Champ '25 Finals Game 2 scores: Jack 6 pts, Tim 3 pts, Andre 2 pts after two of four games. Jack has commanding lead but two games remain. (confidence: high) — Direct score announcements and match progression commentary throughout stream - **[gameplay_signal]** Jack demonstrated dominant ball-five strategy on Centigrade 37, scoring approximately 70% of his points on the final ball; waterfall shot and saucer play identified as key scoring opportunities (confidence: medium) — Host commentary: 'Remember Jack got I'd say 70% of his points on ball five' and discussion of waterfall/saucer strategies - **[venue_signal]** Centigrade 37 at The Flipper Room has persistent screen glare during broadcast, acknowledged as unavoidable technical limitation (confidence: high) — Direct host quote: 'That's some really shitty glare from this game, but we're just going to have to live with it.' - **[design_innovation]** Centigrade 37 tilt bob exhibits extended settling time (~10 minutes) after disturbance, creating strategy considerations for back-to-back play between practice and tournament rounds (confidence: medium) — Host technical observation: 'Takes like 10 minutes for a tilt ball on a game from this area to settle' - **[community_signal]** Mayumi recognized as top qualifying woman and consistent stream supporter; finished tied for 10th in finals. Jackie qualified but unable to compete. (confidence: high) — Host announcements and playoff results discussion - **[event_signal]** Concord Champ '25 Finals uses four-game format; Game 2/4 on Centigrade 37 described as determining potential commanding leads with two games remaining for comeback potential (confidence: high) — Score tracking and explicit reference to 'two more games' with comeback narrative --- ## Transcript This is practice. It is practice. Oh. Oh, he's player three. Oh, did I not? No, I I just was wondering why. Okay, someone practice. We talked about practice. 17 something something 70. Yeah. All right. We can see it. All right, this is the real deal. Waterfall. Uhoh, this is trouble. Nope, not for Jack. That's some really shitty glare from from this game, but we're just going to have to live with it. Oh. Wow, it's starting off wanting to drain them. All right, sauceroo. Which way is it going to go? That way. Dead bounce. Just like perfect timing. It's not getting a lot of fives yet. Chat. Ooh. Got to be careful. Tilt ends game. And I have I did see this tilt. Yeah, there's you can shove it and uh it will tilt you. Okay, he's got his saucer fully lit. There's a five. There's a five. And there's a drain. So, all the lit rollovers are 5K up a pop. Is that Yeah, I believe so. [laughter] Well, last ball. Let's see what he can do. If he can extend this ball out. Oh, okay. That was good to get it out of there. Oh. Oh, nice bounce. Oh, he's getting lucky with the speeds now. All right, shats it and do it again. Oh, very, very nice. Now, there we are. What's he going to do? Oh. All right. Well, he kind of resurrected that game. What is that? One 110 680. I'd be guessing. You're playing so long. All right, player two, jump on in. All right. Where's Andre? Put him on the clock. This is practice. Put him on the clock. Yeah. All right. Here he is now. I know. I believe. I bet he wishes those saves were saved for later. Yeah, I think they should get just one practice whether it's the first round of the day or the last. First time you play it, then you're no more practice. We got a shout out from Mayumi in chat. Thank you, Mayumi. Mayumi is a great supporter of the stream. Yeah, had her on several times. Mumi did great in the playoffs today. Yeah, she was playing in uh playing today. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Made it to what? I don't know. Let me see. Let me pull it up. Where did you end up, Mumi? She finished 10th. Tied for 10. Excellent. That's awesome. Yep. Nothing to be upset about. This is like get us another ball up. All right. So, Mayumi was top qualifying woman as well. So, way to represent Let's see a little different strategy. Andre is picking off those drops on the left. Yeah, Jackie qualified, but she couldn't play. No. Oh, yeah. OH. [screaming] You know, I did that Friday evening and just kind of like practicing and it came out of the blue, but you really can't make any type of move at least ball three, maybe to ball four. [snorts] All right. That really changes the landscape. Oh, yeah. I mean, he's he's pretty much guaranteed the last. Yeah. I mean, but unless a player does the same Yeah. maneuver slap save, but I don't know. I don't think it was that rough. I completely forgot to cut the um the replay. Yeah, we were just kind of in awe. Yeah. Yeah. Well, yeah, exactly. I was just like, "What the fuck?" Didn't look that bad to be honest. No. Or there's no earplug, right? And he did that move during practice, right? And that means that that tilt bob that will still be swinging, right? Yes. Takes like 10 minutes for a tilt ball on a game from this area to settle. very well could be. Now, hopefully Tim doesn't do the same thing. Go go go with a violent, you know, not violent, but an aggressive tilt um to end his practice session uh and then start your game right away. Yeah. You know, I mean, cuz these players have played this game before. All right. See, that's good. He walked away. Not tilting. He knows where He probably knows where it is. That's the sensible thing to do. Who knows? That thing is still maybe swinging real. all right. Get If you're going to go in there, get some fives. Ooh, that be careful. That was a slap. Yeah. Yeah. We We got our eyes on this now. That was That was a slap. Oh, yeah. And what can happen is you can just normal reactions, right? You That's norm I mean, you do that every day. Yeah, nice dribble over the whites there. No. Oh, and he saved it. There you go. Oh. Oh my god. That is Oh no. This is trouble. Yeah. Let it go. Whenever it rolls out there really slowly, it's wanting to center grain you. All right. Then the saucer is 10,000 plus 1,000 for each spot. So it' be 5,000. Same freaking plunge every time. [laughter] There we go. Too much. Yeah. a little Yeah. Don't dribble out of there, Sh. Okay, there's five. Five. Oh no, this is trouble again. Remember that? Yeah. Yeah. What do you do with that in that situation? Do you kind of like, you know, bang? It kind of like bounces off the ledge there. Not the way it tilted on uh Andre. No. On a normal day, you might have done that. Yeah. But This ball five. Hard to tell. [music] Oh yeah. Uh ball five, right? Oh yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. That's the lights. Yeah. Just keep doing that. That was effective. Yeah, I'll get a saucer. Now you can make a little move because it's ball five. It doesn't No. All right. 8680 probably. Yeah. So that means Jack is really gonna take a commanding lead into to game. I'm practicing game three whether he's going to have six points or five. I mean if if Zach were to chase him down, it would tighten things up. Yeah. Yeah. Zach needs points now. You know, it's I mean 110 is not I mean it's good but it's it's not over the top. It's catch. Yeah. Yeah. I mean Tim was on it, right? I mean the thing is if he would just had like one good shot on the saucer and and a good dribble he would have would have done it. Yeah. He had those two drains, you know, when it popped out the side. I thought Sak said no practice or what? No, he did say practice, didn't he? Oh, he did say practice. I thought he said no practice. All right. Let's uh increase the temperature. Oh, all right. It's It's going to happen or it's not. Careful. Yeah. Oh, that again. That was the right play. But I mean, come on, dude. Is Andre going to pick a point here? Dude, is that is that what we're seeing happening here right now? I still kind of doubt it. I mean, one waterfall and he's got it. Yeah. Yeah. That's the tough one at the very bottom. Yeah. Yeah. Goes center. Remember Jack got I'd say 70% of his points on ball five. [snorts] Okay. So, so Andre is at stays at two, Tim's at three, Jack's at six. Pretty uh pretty commanding lead, but there's still two more games. Two more games. And in those games, anything can happen. So, let's uh see where it goes. _(Acquisition: youtube_auto_sub, Enrichment: v1)_ --- *Exported from Journalist Tool on 2026-04-13 | Item ID: 53fd2573-b38f-4ccc-ae35-c11b051ed840*