# Pinball at the Lake 2019 - Quarterfinals **Source:** IE Pinball **Type:** video **Published:** 2020-07-27 **Duration:** 120m 20s **Beat:** Pinball **URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8uBTfrIHMI --- ## Analysis IE Pinball streams live quarterfinal matches from Pinball at the Lake 2019 tournament held at Lake Alice Trading Company in Riverside, California. The broadcast covers matches on Black Knight: Sword of Rage Pro, The Sopranos, and Argosy (an electromechanical game), with commentary from hosts Mike Welsh and Nancy Ambrose. Players Gerald, Carl, Matt, and Ron compete across 14 tournament games in a card-format competition. ### Key Claims - [HIGH] Black Knight: Sword of Rage Pro has harsh bounces and post-city playfield design that puts missed shots in danger. — _Commentator describing Black Knight gameplay characteristics during tournament broadcast_ - [HIGH] The Sopranos requires double-flip plunge and lacks a manual plunger, with players initially searching for a non-existent plunger. — _Commentators explaining Sopranos mechanics and noting a sign had to be posted due to player confusion about plunger_ - [HIGH] The Sopranos has multiball settings on hard, requiring drop target to be hit twice to light lock. — _Commentator Carl explaining Sopranos multiball mechanics during tournament play_ - [HIGH] The Sopranos experienced a mechanical issue with the lock mechanism accidentally releasing two balls instead of one multiple times during the tournament. — _Commentators noting false multiball occurrences and discussing the mechanical glitch_ - [HIGH] Argosy is a five-ball electromechanical game with rollable play and bonus up to 100,000 (double bonus 200,000). — _Commentators describing Argosy rules and gameplay during tournament match_ - [HIGH] Lake Alice Trading Company in downtown Riverside now has an adjacent Game Lab with pinball, VR, arcade cabinets, and claw machines. — _Commentators discussing Game Lab expansion and sneak preview_ - [HIGH] The tournament featured 14 games total with Jim Belcedo helping set up and run all games. — _Commentators thanking Jim Belcedo and noting 14 games in tournament_ - [HIGH] Carl built a new mobile streaming rig that disassembles into a small case for airport travel. — _Commentator noting Carl's custom mobile streaming setup during broadcast_ - [HIGH] Grand Lizard Limited Flips side tournament offers 30 flips per ball with 30 additional flips per lock, with 50/50 proceeds split between Project Pinball and top four winners. — _Commentators explaining Grand Lizard side pot tournament format_ ### Notable Quotes > "this game is post city and pretty much any missed shot puts the ball into danger" > — **Commentator (Mike Welsh)**, early in Black Knight match > _Characterizes Black Knight's playfield design philosophy_ > "there was no sign for the launch party and then they had to put a sign up because everyone could ask for the lot" > — **Commentator**, during Sopranos explanation > _Documents player confusion about missing plunger on Sopranos_ > "the computer cheats yes it does" > — **Commentator**, during Sopranos poker bonus discussion > _References apparent bias in Sopranos poker mini-game RNG_ > "this is a false multi ball he's in a single ball multi-ball" > — **Commentator Carl**, during Sopranos match > _Identifies mechanical glitch with lock mechanism on Sopranos_ > "the name of the game here is up top all day either through the spinner or through the left side" > — **Commentator**, during Argosy match > _Summarizes core Argosy strategy_ > "i love the sounds so the main thing you want to do is hit the spinner you can hit the spinner you'll have a good time" > — **Nancy Ambrose**, during Argosy introduction > _Guest commentary on Argosy's audio and core gameplay_ ### Entities | Name | Type | Context | |------|------|---------| | IE Pinball | organization | Tournament streaming and event organization entity | | Lake Alice Trading Company | venue | Tournament venue in downtown Riverside, California hosting Pinball at the Lake 2019 | | Gerald | person | Tournament player representing Pinball Wizards Arcade in Paramount, California | | Carl | person | Tournament host and player; custom mobile streaming rig builder | | Matt | person | Tournament player competing in quarterfinals | | Ron | person | Tournament player competing in quarterfinals | | Mike Welsh | person | Primary commentator and host for IE Pinball broadcast | | Nancy Ambrose | person | Guest commentator for tournament broadcast | | Jim Belcedo | person | Tournament organizer credited with setting up and running all 14 games; donating coin drop to Project Pinball | | Black Knight: Sword of Rage Pro | game | Modern pinball game used in tournament quarterfinals; post-city design with harsh bounces | | The Sopranos | game | Modern pinball game used in tournament with double-flip plunge, hard multiball settings, and mechanical lock issues | | Argosy | game | Electromechanical pinball game used in tournament; five-ball game with spinner, bonus system, and gate mechanic | | Grand Lizard Limited Flips | game | Side tournament game with limited flip mechanics; 30 flips per ball plus 30 per lock | | Pinball Wizards Arcade | venue | Arcade venue in Paramount, California represented by player Gerald | | Project Pinball | organization | Charity beneficiary receiving portion of Grand Lizard Limited Flips tournament proceeds and Jim Belcedo's coin drop | | Game Lab | venue | New entertainment venue in downtown Riverside with pinball, VR, arcade cabinets, and claw machines | | Pinball at the Lake 2019 | event | Tournament event held at Lake Alice Trading Company in Riverside, California with 14 games | | Food Lab | venue | Food hall adjacent to Game Lab in Riverside with similar function to Pike Place Market | | Gina | person | Lake Alice staff credited for helping with tournament setup Friday through Sunday | ### Topics - **Primary:** Tournament competition and match play, Game mechanics and playfield design, Black Knight: Sword of Rage Pro gameplay and strategy, The Sopranos mechanical issues and design flaws, Argosy electromechanical pinball strategy - **Secondary:** Live streaming and broadcast production, Charity fundraising through pinball tournaments, Venue development and arcade expansion in Riverside ### Sentiment **Positive** (0.82) — Broadcast maintains enthusiastic, celebratory tone throughout. Hosts express genuine excitement about games, players, and tournament organization. Minor frustration noted with mechanical issues on Sopranos but attributed to machine rather than tournament organization. Positive shout-outs to venue staff, organizers, and charity partners. No major negativity or complaints. ### Signals - **[event_signal]** Pinball at the Lake 2019 tournament executed successfully at Lake Alice Trading Company with 14 games, live streaming, and side tournaments (confidence: high) — Tournament quarterfinals broadcast with multiple completed matches; commentators noting smooth tournament execution - **[product_concern]** The Sopranos lock mechanism malfunction: mechanism accidentally releasing two balls instead of one, creating false multiballs multiple times during tournament (confidence: high) — Commentators repeatedly identify and discuss false multiball situations caused by lock mechanism releasing extra ball; players forced to drain intentionally to correct the glitch - **[gameplay_signal]** Black Knight: Sword of Rage Pro features post-city playfield design with harsh bounces and punishing shot geometry; requires careful shot placement (confidence: high) — Commentators characterizing playfield as 'post city' with missed shots putting ball 'into danger'; multiple players experiencing difficult bounces - **[gameplay_signal]** The Sopranos lacks manual plunger; requires double-flip plunge input, confusing players accustomed to traditional plungers (confidence: high) — Commentators noting sign posted after launch party due to widespread player confusion about missing plunger; players repeatedly searching for it - **[venue_signal]** Lake Alice Trading Company area expanding with adjacent Game Lab featuring pinball, VR, arcade cabinets, and claw machines (confidence: high) — Commentators discussing Game Lab sneak preview and describing adjacent Food Lab marketplace component - **[community_signal]** Custom mobile streaming infrastructure development: Carl builds disassemblable mobile rig for tournament streaming (confidence: high) — Commentator noting Carl's 'new mobile rig that disassembles into a very small case' for airport travel and tournament streaming - **[operational_signal]** Card format tournament with multiple games (14 total) creating standings across all machines (confidence: high) — Commentators tracking player points and standings across games; discussing score accumulation and positioning - **[content_signal]** IE Pinball producing high-quality live tournament broadcasts with professional commentary and multi-camera setup (confidence: high) — Live quarterfinals broadcast with detailed play-by-play commentary, camera angles, and post-game analysis - **[community_signal]** Project Pinball charity benefiting from tournament proceeds: 50/50 split from Grand Lizard Limited Flips side tournament plus full coin drop from main tournament (confidence: high) — Commentators describing side tournament 50/50 split and Jim Belcedo donating all coin drop to Project Pinball --- ## Transcript all right hello everyone we are live here at pinball at the lake 2019 for the finals uh we're going right into it in the a division quarterfinals and this first group up right now is gerald and we're watching some black knight swords of rage pro gerald representing uh pinball wizards arcade in paramount california he's got the ball to a cradle on the left and there's one lock ball to lock the balls you want to hit this target right here but this game is post city and pretty much any missed shot puts the ball into danger now player three is one of our tournament hosts carl he's gonna step up to the machine yeah this is the super skill shot that's okay he's gonna get his mode ready and go right into a mode [Music] oh big move there i think that was too dangerous and there's the tilt matt [ __ ] will be your player for he's going to let that tilt bob settle for a little bit [Music] so what are sort of the main goals on black knight is probably the first thing you want to work towards is getting your locks get to multiball that's where a lot of points are the modes can be good points especially if you can stack a mode into multiball also have the magna save here on the right out lane there's a center button you can press to activate that magnet and save the ball but you have to be quick you have to move your hand to the center button in time to actually save it there were a lot of comments yesterday when i was on it that everyone was looking for that secondary button you know above the flippers just like the old black knight yeah so they were saying that they were missing the magna save for that reason so rough ball there for matt he uh wasted his ball saver trying to short plunge and paid for it immediately so joining me is nancy hello good morning thank you all for tuning in here at pinball at the lake 2019 there's lots of great games here we had uh 14 games in our tournament holy cow shout out to jim belcedo for uh helping set up and run all these games yeah it was a pretty smooth tournament yesterday so a rough ball two for ron but looks like he had a good uh ball one he's at 26 million he must have started a multiball which doing that on ball one can be a tall order on this game with the uh harsh bounces what did you think about black knight nancy did you play it i played it i mean when you were taking your time your shots were made but i think just in the spirit of the tournament kind of all of it you know yeah that was fun i think it played really well and by spelling the war lanes at the top gerald has started a war hurry up which can be decent points i believe the point values were even buffed a little bit in the past code update oh too dangerous what survives has the ball to a cradle lock is ready he's gonna get that second [Music] lock [Music] here's a nice shot for some more hurry up points and the third lock is ready nice shot from the forehand into multiball [Music] this is what gerald wants to see also in the same word mode which is the yellow shots the blue shots will be jackpots for multiball [Music] catabol's ready on the left orbit nails it [Music] this is a nice multiball from gerald [Music] so carol tried to use the magna save a little bit too late to save the first ball so we're back to single ball play he's up to 40 million nearing the end of sand worm good morning chad holy cow he takes that ball out from that dangerous center shot [Music] and that also activated the power so that last shot was worth double but what a great ball for gerald he lit the extra ball as well so that's i believe worth 15 million you can have that next ball it's up to 56 million points great ball [Music] now it's carl's turn defeats the sand worm but completing your first mode lights that extra ball and there's some points in the bank for carl 15 million or so which i believe it was 10 million 10 wow that was a long ball save oh no that was the outland ball saved by the lead [Music] first lock is lit for carl [Music] you tried to backhand it on the fly missed it tried to forehand it missed it there [Music] mills at that time carl picking off some of these mode shots gotta hit these blue shots twice to kill these frozen liches he's also gotten a war hurry up wow this is the mobile rig shout out to carl he actually just built a new mobile rig that disassembles into a very small case so the carl can take it into the airport the stream all these wonderful tournaments for you guys second lock is ready for carl nails it was there a missing part for the ring i assume he did because it's operational right now [Music] this is the finals of the a division well it's the quarterfinals but we're going right into it [Music] multiball is ready for carl a little early on the backhand i could flip that ball away will he survive he had faith and paid off the patience [Music] there we go and into multiball [Music] no mode stacked in but this multiball is worth a lot of points on its own three balls on the right i'm gonna try to bounce one over i don't think he's used his out of ball yet he's on to the second phase of black of the uh triple nights challenge here where all the shots are lit loses one ball and there's his atta ball is ready see if he catches that in he tries it rattles a little bit not a clean shot he loses it unfortunate oh oh boy a little bit of a bobble there from carl but he chopped a lot of wood that ball he's up to probably just shy of 50 million a little over 50 million and it's a close game matt [ __ ] steps up he chooses he likes the short punch on this game get the super skill shot that way [Music] oh no it took a rough bounce off of the sling and just couldn't handle it now we're going into ball three gerald in the lead carl hot on his tail ron here is in third place oh boy oh off of the top of the left sling now maybe a little what do you think is next for gerald here yeah they were disgusting because they're in this group with carl which games they should pick um i heard some of their choices but i'm not sure what they're gonna pick so we'll see let's see what the next game is well gerald uh he already used his first multiball in this game maybe he'll just he does have that extra ball lit so that's 10 million waiting for him on the uh the shield shot right here so he definitely wants to take that i think it's a super skill shot for two million and there is the extra ball he has his next mode ready to go go on the shield shot right here [Music] just to get the ball under control black knight says no sir just sends that ball down the middle but that extra ball puts the pressure on carl he has to he has to play he needs 20 million [Music] so now matt has some work to do to catch up to even scrape a point out of this game i don't think he's made any progress but he does have a mode ready there's the super skill shot pays for it with his ball save and has the ball under control on the right flipper he's gonna grind his way through these locks [Music] beautiful shot tried the post catch tried it again look it's the lock block is lit this is where this game is so scary when you have to grind through these locks and hope you don't drain just like that good effort from matt but shout outs to gerald he's gonna take first on that game is it uh three two one zero i believe so and there's uh four games for the round okay so thank you all for tuning in here at pinball at the lake 2019 we're at lake alice trading company here in riverside california yeah let's talk about what games we're here for the tournament this year true why don't you uh name them down all right let's say starting from the main room here so we have class of 1812. we have baywatch as i'm looking over people's shoulders jurassic park f-14 tomcat we just saw black knight congo skate ball rescue 9-1-1 everybody's favorite here this year radical the sopranos stargazer we have knights of steel demolition man and argosy looks like we're going to the sopranos oh we are the sopranos is very fast very hard um if you hit this lock shot the ball will tend to airball over the flipper it happened to be many many people so it's happened to me every single time be careful hitting that lock shot maybe try to glance it from the backhand or avoid it and also there is a sign on the sopranos to uh plunge you need to hit both flippers at the same time yeah no plunger on this game no short plunged shenanigans nope uh i need to see everyone looking for it when they start and then they had to put a sign on it for that actually it was there was no sign for the launch party and then they had to put a sign up because everyone could ask for the lot the multi-balls are on hard settings so you will have to hit that drop target twice to light the lock and we're going right into it ron is player one [Music] there's one shot to that left ramp that's how you get to the bing multiball and it's linked to the out lane gerald's gonna step up see if he can keep that momentum running from that good black knight game thinking about a strategy testing out the flippers [Music] there it is you hold that left flipper in while you plunge you get the option to hit any shot for the super skill shot and actually the different shots give you different rewards so if you can for example hit the left ramp on the super skill shot wow what a nudge that everybody pays for it i think that was a smart move you know it was heading to the danger zone and he got the rubber on it but maybe just a little too much and the game disagrees carl's gonna let that tilt bob settle yeah there's no manual plunger on this game no short plunging available no shenanigans with playfield validation so you have to double flip the plunge oh man someone just put up a good score on the grand lizard limited flips two million oh that was jim i don't know if that beats j score from earlier so now carl's up on oh carl does a little nudge off the side rail to get a clean feed to his right flipper oh no oh wow carl's trying to cash in his lock oh my gosh he keeps hitting that stand up he has his moat ready at least there it is lock one one more lock to start the stu gets multiball so okay he gets the quickie bonus but yeah didn't it uh it's supposed to only let one ball out i believe so this is a false multiball he's in a single ball multiball so he's going to let one ball drain i think that's been happening a lot this weekend where the mechanism here is sometimes accidentally letting out two balls instead of one so you cannot play a multiball like this a fake multiball so the rule is you have to let one ball drain back down the single ball play and there's the students multiball and in this multiball you just keep hitting that boat shot over and over and also make progress towards everything else on the play field as well he also has an atta ball on the fish shot right there he tried to backhand it in didn't quite make it and into a model i think oh boy oh there's that dangerous shot yeah but what a ball from carl excellent we're going in the ball too carl's way in the lead with 20 million let's see what ron can do so each time you hit that spinner spinner you get a sopranos letter and that's how you start your modes [Applause] and there it is so unfortunately this is kind of the most annoying mode because only one shot is lit at a time [Music] oh [Music] look at that he cashes in our truck hurry up as well now we're gonna party at the bing and since this is uh hard multiball settings it will take 100 switch hits it's not that multiball but so let's see if gerald goes for the super skill shot again [Music] looks like he is wow and since he got that super skill shot on the orbit and there it is since he got that super skill shot on the orbit that starts the truck hurry up right away [Music] what a rough feed from the boat unfortunate and that's because there was a ball already locked in there so he has to deal with the feet out of the boat but there's still one more ball left and now carl try to extend his lead let's see what his strategy is now looks like he's trying to advance towards bing but in the meantime he likes a lock for his second multiball oh but bricks the lock shot and pays for nice drop catch there gets a quick backhand again the first lock is lit and he will have to deal with his feet as well he survives now it looks like matt is content to make progress on some of these other shots oh boy fix that ball out [Music] tries to post transfer gets it that time it looks like matt's trying to set up for a big stack here he knows after losing that first game he needs to get some points so it looks like he'll cash in some jackpots bing's just about ready if he can hit that left ramp that's easy to complete with multiball gets the out of ball from the fifth shot and there's a bang he needs to get the switch hits unfortunately with all the stuff going on it's hard to know how many he needs oh so no stack there but he hits the end but thankfully that little switch there starts the being multiball just a second too late for the stack but hey the ball continues big multiball not worth a ton of points just lights all the shots for decent points but he could get another added ball from the fish if he can light the fish again come on fishy oh it almost gets in the fish not quite the second safe is ready to cash in oh boy i don't know how he kept that ball alive that's going to be the end of multiball look at that what an effort from matt he did exactly what he wanted to do actually oh that was a really smart play too because by getting that envelope he advanced his rank here which that rank gives you double safe value for the rest of the ball so that safe is going to be worth double if you can cash it in now really good game awareness for matt beautiful drop catch and there it is look at the oh no it didn't count oh boy there you go that's huge oh no oh keeps it alive [Music] starts food fight [Music] oh thanks great ball great ball for matt jumps way into the lead odds at 11 million it's got one lock in the tank oh boy what a unfortunate bounce from the sling that's the scariest when the uh the ball bounces off the sling downward and ron had his flipper up unfortunately ball bounces under the flipper gerald he loves that super skill shot and just combos the orbit now gerald needs to make something happen he's in last place he's about 6 million to get one point and the multiball is ready great backhand [Music] multiball ball is over back to single ball play but he's nearly caught ron probably needs a few more points you know satrialis could be worth 500k gerald's going to settle down think about what he needs oh boy keeps it alive bing is ready as well on the left ramp nails it the cheering by the way is for football and also for pinball but yeah we're all cheering for pinball here yeah exactly now i could start a mode get some spinner rips for switch hits so at this point he's probably caught ron oh maybe i spoke too soon but i think he has caught yeah with that thing he should have caught ron yeah with the bonus so he does uh get a point out of there that's good you don't want to get a zero always get all these beginning points now carl has to try to live up to that epic ball from matt well thank you for the clip and chat of uh that yeah i noticed matt went from like 20 million to 40 million after that multiball and it wasn't didn't quite see that many points on the board so we'll have to go go to the tape at that on that one hopefully it wasn't a glitch in the game or something like that carl has his uh first lock but he's gonna go towards bing there's a nice spinner grip that spinner is the best way to get switch hits i think you were pretty far you were on bing right yeah yeah a couple of very strong yeah you drained pretty quickly after you started it but uh gerald just asking how close he was to bing well carl's pretty close here just a few more switch hits oh boy rough slings and that's the end of bada bing what quick work of the save still behind matt by about 18 million but he starts to gets eb's were uh set the points because that that scoring for extra balls is ridiculous boy that's that is unfortunate and that puts carl back behind matt now i wonder if that maybe someone in chat knows or maybe we need to do some research is that in competition settings deterministic the poker game i tried to figure it out before the tournament but unfortunately uh visual pinball is having some issues [Music] [Applause] that's a huge loss you lose what you bet yeah you just lost 6 million points yeah you think with a three of a kind you're saying but the computer cheats yes it does but carl's already back at bang and now he needs 125 switch hits and though those spinner grips also double up for starting modes this excellent ball control from carl to bounce over but gonna get some bowed points he's already worked his way back to 72 million oh and there's the end of carl's epic ball and now matt thought he was sitting pretty good he has some work to do he's gonna need 20 mil and he does have bing ready on the left ramp maybe that'll be his first play but he'll need 125 switch hits for his second bang can't quite find it and by getting to the uh acting capo that lights the extra ball which we saw was worth 10 million points so this will cut the deficit in half he's gonna start bing now where is that ev shot could you remember i believe it's the spinner right here getting some nice bumper hits here that's good for bing you only get about 30 seconds oh that oh i thought that would give him big hits instead resets the truck hurry up which is not not really what he wants might be getting close now between that eb and that those ping points is it 78 million 1 million what an effort for matt but carl being unfazed by that deficit going in the ball three what a great game yeah that was a good game of socranos uh we did have some unusual scoring from matt's ball one we'll have to look at the clip on that one because i don't know what happened there either we figured it out 10 million 2x play field is that a million times 2x play field oh i think they were talking about the extra ball i don't believe the extra ball gets multiplied i'm trying to figure out how many points everybody has it's going to matter but maybe if someone in chat figured it out they can let us know yeah check out the clip let us know so carl takes first on that game he's gonna have five points matt gets second he's gonna have two points uh gerald got third i believe he's gonna have four points and ron will have one point going into game three thank you all for tuning in thank you why don't we talk about the uh little side tournament game here we have for sure we have a grand lizard limited flips side pot for project pinball charity uh two dollars per play and for each ball in the plunger lane you only get 30 flips so 30 flips but if you can lock a ball you get 30 more flips you can get back in shooter lanes anymore it's uh it's tough there are some good scorers on there shout outs the project pinball yeah and it's a 50 50 split 50 of the proceeds go to project pinball and 50 uh gets distributed to the top four winners all right and shout out to the gym who is donating all of the coin drop for this tournament to project pinball as well thank you very much for supporting project pinball we also let's do a shout out for the game lab that's coming up soon oh yeah here so in riverside uh we got to go to a place called the food lab so it's it's like let's say if they put like pike place market liberty uh liberty market in uh san diego and um right next to it we have a game lab and it's got pinball it's got virtual reality it's got arcade cabinets it's got claw machines uh it's a it was a really fun time we got to do a sneak preview thanks to jim last night and i think it's going to bring a lot more fun to downtown riverside yes carl did win and we're going to be going to argosy in my opinion probably one of the best electromechanical pinball machines great tournament game um and we'll get to hear some spinner hits yep and it's a five ball game on argussie for the tournament so you're listening to mike welsh and joining me this is nancy ambrose hi thank you all for tuning in and i'm ready to see some margarita check that out so did you know did you play argosy in the tournament i did not unfortunately i did get to play during the practice rounds on friday and i love this game i just i love the sounds so the main thing you want to do is hit the spinner you can hit the spinner you'll have a good time that spinner will alternate lit and unlit based on switch hits slingshots and if you hit it while it's lit it's a thousand per spin and ron just not having good luck there sling outlane so you can't get upset uh you know you're gonna get some house balls on these old games and that's why they're five balls you're just gonna keep trucking away we don't see johnny roll it yeah yeah this game is definitely rollable um you can get your bonus up to a hundred thousand and then double bonus can be available at this saucer once you complete these drop targets so that could be 200 000 in bonus yeah drop the bank once and it will light the saucer for collecting double bone or i'm sorry lighting double bonus i believe there are settings sometimes double bonus can be lit at the saucer right away uh but the settings for this particular machine are you have to drop the drop targets once now we have gerald look at that oh spinner spinner rip reflex shot on the fly the gate is open as well by going down the center lane you open this outlane gate to save your ball and hits it off that left bank and down the right outland now it's carl's turn gonna plunge a little bit lightly try to get it into that center lane and there's a lot of nudging you can do while the ball is in this upper area you can have a surprising amount of influence on the ball a little bit early on the spinner early again he settles the ball down and third time's the charm the gate is open oh my goodness that drop catch almost went terribly but it turned into like a dead bounce and carl survives and the name of the game here is up top all day either through the spinner or through the left side that drop target bank on the on the left can be dangerous although eventually you do want to try to get double bonus depending on what happens so right now carl's bonus is maxed at 100 000. sound oh thank you the gate saves him that closes the gate and the ball still wants out nice ball one from carl up to 200 000. matt's testing out see if a tap pass is possible i don't think so with these flippers on this particular game you can chats if you have the ball cradled on the right you can chat and actually shats the gate open although sometimes it's dangerous depending on the machine because you can go through the gate and up over the outlane switch and the gate closes and you lose your ball although i pretty good luck on this particular machine with it matt has the ball on the left flipper nice spinner shot back up top you can see these not just for matt but no love in the ball too carl's in the lead ron's gonna plunge his ball too gets into the gate and just couldn't get the ball under control there and now gerald's gonna step up we have a waitress uh trying to access the point of sale system to the right of argosy so gerald's gonna wait for the way to clear shout out to gina here at lake alice for helping us out friday saturday and sunday super friendly lake alice is a really cool place yeah if you ever in downtown riverside come check it out nice shot i found the spinner to be in a really natural place on the flipper and the slings are not being friendly right now gerald finishes ball two with 155 000 and carl steps up for his ball too check out that awesome ducktales shirt he has oh with some rubber on that ball keeps it alive back up top and that trying to get into prime nudging position keep that ball up top as much as possible oh flies through the outlane the gate was open tried to send it up top a little bit late hits the bank on the left stays alive hits it again the sirens courtesy of f-14s look at that tapas i thought i didn't think it was easily done on this game but matt nailed it there i love matt's nudging technique here oh it looked like it would have stayed in but it decides not to at the last moment so where are we on scores right now so going into ball three that puts matt into the lead with those nice spinner shots 249 000 carl's in second with 228 looks like ron's in last with about 110 there's still three balls to play ron goes through the center roll over [Applause] a little bit late on the spinner shot there it is unfortunately it's not lit that's frustrating when the spinner's not lit when you want it to be but you just gotta keep trucking great dead bounce there the gate stays open for him that can happen sometimes that happened to me several times this weekend oh boy and ron this is the spinner shot when it counts when it's lit and pays for it nice punch there straight through the center roll over and nails the spinner unfortunately falls back through look at that you can see gerald nudging just gonna try to give that ball a little extra oomph wow to keep it up top looks like gerald has that shot dialed in oh so now gerald has his bonus max you always want to keep that in mind definitely don't want to tilt because that's a lot of points 100 000. also when your bonus is maxed that center rollover is worth ten thousand so [Music] that's when it's scary if that ball rolls over that out lane switch rolls up and over that gate can close and you just lose your ball but stays open there finally gerald's ball comes to an end but what a nice ball there up to 440 thousand good morning doss beacons now carl's all three great patience there carl sold that ball the whole way lets it did bounce over back up top spreads the needle [Music] look at that another great dead bounce actually the spinner hasn't really been lit for carl let's have his bonus max and only one drop target left so at this point you start thinking like okay i can take that shot at that last drop target get a chance at the double bonus and now it'll be lit at the saucer you just have to get into the saucer which is the hard part hitting it directly is tricky because it tends to lip out and that's the end of carl's ball that puts him at 366 000. yeah excellent point from snail man here because every time it's up top hitting those roll overs you're getting bonus and bonuses 10 000 at an advance so that's huge points oh i don't know how i kept that ball alive his head was in the way that gets the ball to cradle nails it the bumper just decides to end matt's ball and he's gonna finish ball three with four eight or eighty thousand that puts him in the lead that's spinner now we're going in the ball four ron is in last place right now with about 210. oh boy just a little bit late on that last drop target and rebounds directly down the middle that's the danger of that left bank i did find uh the drop target shots were earlier on the flipper than i thought they would be so we're on there a little bit late trying to hit that drop target up top for gerald i'm gonna try to hit those orange buttons for the bonus advances oh boy it looks like he moved that a little bit and he tilted so carl's gonna let that settle for a little bit i don't think uh gerald had a ton of bonus maybe 20 or 30 000 but still i mean it's points yeah exactly in this type of a game carl adjusting it so we can get the perfect view all of duck tales all of ducktales i i like abigail shout out to carl for his excellent streaming setup and for letting us commentate for you all yeah this is a treat saturday morning or sunday morning oh my gosh i can't even believe i'm losing a day we've been playing a lot of pinball i know two nights we had friday night was the jurassic park launch party here and hopefully that's usually the ideal oh my goodness it looked like it was going in the inlane moon walks into the out lane no matt gets to extend his lead a little bit oh that's trouble oh how much you can do about that one so all the players with not much of a ball four still a close game going into to the final ball ron still has a lot of work to do to catch up here spinner's lit like the leverons at 260. 269. oh no oh we get to get some rubber on that one [Music] that was a great move but a little bit too much mustard on it tilts ron's final ball and he's gonna get zero and he's gonna only have a single point going into game four i think he's gonna be now gerald going to take a moment he's in second place right now but it's a tight race for first second and third anyone's game really right one ball game i do believe extra balls are in play on this argosy i don't know if anyone got an extra ball yesterday i haven't heard um it is pretty tough i believe you have to complete these drop targets twice to light the saucer for light extra ball get it in the saucer and then get it'll light the outlanes and you have to hope you get down the out lane that's oh boy a little bit of a flub there i think from gerald 4.95 it's hard to tell which flipper of the ball was going to excellent shot now you're hoping the ball will hit one of those shots to light the spinner while it's still spinning unfortunately it doesn't happen there we're all cheering for carl or green bay either one carl upset that the spinner just won't light for him after he's making these excellent shots he has it on the right gonna send it back up top get some more bonus carl surviving death it was looking him right in the face so definitely don't tilt bonus will put him in the lead but matt still has a ball to play great shot to those last two drop targets the opportunity for double bonuses there but the game disagrees carl's gonna finish with 590 000 now the door is open for matt to get a win here [Applause] return for that oh no i guess that was a shot up top but a little bit late and pays for it immediately and loses a point so shout outs to carl he's gonna get three more points matt will get two points he'll be at four jared will get one point he'll be at five and ron will stay at one point and we're going into game four there we go let's see what ron's gonna pick he's driving the bus so i believe carl is through for sure yes and it's going to be a battle between gerald and matt for the second spot that is correct two people advance from each round you're watching pinball at the lake 2019 the a division finals we're just finishing up the quarterfinals round thank you all for tuning in joining me is nancy hi i'm mike welch aka the professor he knows a lot about pinball guys i love it uh we're all still learning [Applause] let's see what the final game is going to be on this demo man did you get played a lot in this tournament i played it once in the tournament i know i actually played it twice it played really nice it's a really good playing demo man i will say i did resort to using the flippers yeah i'm a big flipper button fan i don't like the trigger handles i like the feel i usually do play trigger handles but for this i think i had a better game plan of the flippers if you're unfamiliar with them a man they're in addition to the normal flipper buttons there are triggers they're gun triggers on top of the cabinet that you can use instead and you actually get a few extra points from combos using the triggers they're pretty cool and some players like to use them there are some benefits some pros and cons either way there are secret jackpots you can get with the thumb buttons on the triggers we can also let the audience know what they're what each player is choosing to use yeah if that makes any you know maybe we'll even be able to see on the camera i don't know i don't know so player one will be ron he is going for a trigger there's the normal skill shot hitting that side ramp off the plunge it's that first written a scan which gives him this explode hurry up which lights all these shots for nice points and the claw is active on this game this is the soarin competition rom shouts out shout outs to soren for making these cool updates pick some tournament issues with these games so the claw is enabled but you can only pick each claw award once so i believe uh ron chose lock freeze which oh a little bit of a fumble there block freeze will light all of your locks or if you already have your locks it'll start your multiball right away now gerald will be stepping up player two difference oh no moonwalks but ball save kicks in oh big move but he stays alive too dangerous that table is rocking and the main goal on this game oh that's the end of gerald's ball one the main goal is to uh get to multiball the multi balls are where the points are you can light your locks by rolling through this in lane and lock a ball by shooting the ramp carl is going with flippers well the flipper button user ron does say it triggers her life he does approve so carl choosing to start with acnag doesn't want to use the log freeze for the first multiball which tends to be a little bit easier but he has to make a big move so bob may have still been swinging from gerald causing carls to tilt there matt [ __ ] is your player for he's gonna let that tilt up settle a little bit especially on these 90s williams games there isn't a whole lot of debounce [Applause] what do you think about demolition man nancy you like this game i have a love hate relationship with demoman it's a fun game but you just can't hit those shots it's scary yeah if you get a reject from by the ramp it sends it screaming towards the middle matt is going for flippers so we have two trigger users and two flipper users there's one lock from that but man tough game right now so for the first multiple you only need to lock one ball and the multiball start shot is this tough inner loop shot right here that could be tricky to hit come on starting ball too it triggers up again come back it does look at that and ron knows to press the thumb buttons to get that extra point from the second retina scan i believe it is oh and this ball's been getting stuck right here up there goes it goes in into the claw now ron already used his lock freeze oh i don't know so he i don't think he knows it's the competition wrong he can't get lock freeze twice so instead it gives him super jets oh no ron will still have that multiball waiting for him on ball three gerald's stepping up for his ball too gerald's now going with slippers oh switching it up yep maybe he he didn't like how ball one went didn't like the feel of the triggers no doesn't quite make it around the skill shot man that right lane is just destroying everyone tater salad it is hungry [Applause] now carl tilted out his ball one yep carl going flippers again carl going to hit the right ramp light his lock and gets his first lock there multiples ready so he could choose to try to hit the multiball start he could use his claw to start the multiball keeps that ball alive tries for the start shot it's so difficult nails at that time oh but it doesn't sit in the saucer it has to sit in the saucer at the top that happens sometimes there you go try again just keep your wits about you oh that's the outlane this time the ball just he hit it too cleanly and that one screaming past the saucer that starts the multiball there's like a little saucer right up here oh man upset now matt going into his ball too his multiball's ready as well and he's going into the claw and he could use the claw to start this multiball with lock freeze oh matt starting with flippers then going to triggers and he will so now since he's playing the multiball you need the triggers to get that secret jackpot with the thumb buttons matt cashes it in right away nails the second side shot that's the tough one for the second jackpot now going back to clippers third jackpot it's there and look at that the super excellent multiball for matt this is going to put him into the lead lane we are right now in the quarterfinals of a division great tip over there [Music] excellent multiball play from match still all three balls are in play he's going through the second round of jackpots [Applause] trying to send it up the center so that it rolls back down the left side but it keeps going to the right but he could get those mtl lanes which will re-light his claw and that's enough to put him in the lead with about 450 million runs got some work in second place going into ball three now he could try to spoil the party because gerald has one point on matt and i think he could force a tiebreaker between gerald and matt ron does have the multiball ready and there it is he also takes the secret jackpot right away yep he is on triggers i've had enough and ron finishes with okay 476. that puts him in the lead by a hair over matt but matt still has a ball to play wants to beat matt gerald opting for triggers to advance to the next round [Applause] there it is there's that multiball you asked for oh boy he's the secret jackpot on that first jackpot he wasn't able to get the second and down the middle any tilts at the end i think the only hope is for gerald is if matt totally if carl passes matt and matt totally tanks his last ball good awareness from ron he learned from the first time chooses a different claw award takes prison break multiball's still waiting for him [Music] unfortunately gonna get last on this game [Applause] oh wow okay so gerald's gonna get one point so matt has to pass ron to get to secure his place in the semifinals yeah if he doesn't then there's a typewriter so matt's just his knees away the skill shot probably would have done it with considering the bonus he has that'll definitely help six million from that combo he is using flippers but don't jinx them and this is definitely going to help [Applause] can you go for acmag oh no he's going to change his mind oh capture simon because you can use the thumb buttons to get a free shot on this this mode i believe but he's not using it so that should definitely do it there [Applause] yes it does [Applause] so congrats nice job to matt and carl advancing onto the semi-finals yay so let's talk about how we got here what was the format yesterday and how many people qualified yeah tell us about it yeah so yesterday we had rounds so the goal was to get 25 points or more in order to qualify for finals so we went 16 rounds to find all of our competitors for today 12 made it to a finals and the following eight made it to b finals right now we are tracking the a quarterfinals looks like they are all done with this round so we can't see the point but we know that carl and matt have advanced the semifinals here so let's see i think they're putting in the scores in right now for that i wonder how the other group went let's see if i can bring up the other group on the bottom here there we go so it looks like brian k from san diego and dennis eichhorn qualified and advanced to the next round dennis also won the jurassic park launch party here at lake ellis on friday so yeah that's the dentist that's when that format we had five rounds seven for uh trying to think the scoring for friday yeah it was five rounds three two one zero and then the final the top six finalists went on seven seven points for first on friday oh yeah it was yeah seven five three one yeah but with only five rounds it's tough that was really really hard so carl and matt advance in this group brian k and denison into the other group and we'll be going to the semi-finals where top four seats in a division how to buy they will now be in play and thanks to all of our players too for this tournament we had people coming in from arizona to play yeah that's a six hour road trip right there just one way this is a great middle-sized tournament i look forward to it every year honestly it's a good weekend away coming in from san diego it's maybe like an hour and a half two hours away so it's not bad great games great setups from jim lots of games you don't see in tournaments a lot and thank you all for tuning in we'll be i guess we're waiting for the b division uh semifinals to finish up here i see mark schultz on conga right now in b division who do we have a b division let's let me take a look yeah let's talk about our uh b division players b divisions our two groups let's see they're finishing up their semi-finals we had eight people there let's take a look here i'm on my phone right now as we're doing this wow frisbee says the other group missed the tiebreaker by less than a thousand points on stargazer oh wow that's like less than one spinner movement i think that's what damian was saying to brian that's crazy so far we look like mark pollock with seven mark schultz with five and a tie with three with william and mark bandon william ziegler group two we have ryan benway raymond ashby john rogers and michael palero we have ben way with six raymond with five palero with four and john rogers with three and it looks like they just finished up on baywatch uh that was raymond ashby's group yeah so advancing from group two we have brian benway and raymond ashby and b great shout outs to brian and raymond both excellent pinball players everyone here is a killer man yeah it wasn't close the points were really close in that one so congrats to them for advancing and then after that they'll go into finals for me and it looks like they just finished up on congo stargazer was pretty tough for me this tournament i will say as well i played three games of stargazer in tournament and got three last places oh no i did not have good luck with stargazer that's a tough one maybe we'll get some stargazer on stream who knows rescue911 that'd be fun i've never played that game other than here this tournament let's take a look no update yet on the website if you do want to follow on the website go to neverdrains.com patl2019 so you can follow along on your phone so we should be getting started with the next round shortly [Applause] oh and carl bringing out the tournament trophy oh man those look cool i wonder if we can get one on stream oh look at that [Applause] all right semifinals for a group one jim belcedo jay collins brian kovonek and dennis eichhorn group two corey dunn david oliver matt pollock and carl d'Python Anghelo excellent players all around yeah let's see if we have an update on b not yet looks like we're going to black [Music] i think we're actually watching b division here right so yeah we don't have it set up for the photos unfortunately but we're gonna tell you who's you know why because there's a tie breaker oh this is a typewriter okay breaker between william zigler and mark schultz on black knight for v division for b division thank you nancy uh-huh because they both tied so we have mark pollock advancing for b finals but we have the tie to see who else is going with him that's black knight unfortunate just the ball is always out of control in this game player one we have william player two is mark this is mark schultz tiebreaker to get into the b division finals i think uh mark was trying to backhand the light lock shot there it is that was like the ideal shot to the light lock it glances to the right and goes up the orbit back down for a safe feed as opposed to it just flying out of control there's one lock for mark [Music] there we go [Music] there we go nice dig there oh but it's the tip of the flipper and goes down the middle he did light his second lock at least not many points on the board going into ball two this mode is lit oh it tries to backhand it on the fly a little bit too early and post city pays for it so mark is going for the fancier skill shot where you hold the left flipper but still get the flashing lane but you can't lane change so it's very difficult and yeah use the magna save don't try to judge where the ball is going just use it because a lot of times you don't get the chance to use it get that safe feed gets it under control [Music] smart move lights his mode tries to backhand it on the fly it looked like a good shot but it didn't stick and gonna post transfer for the easy backhand smart play and there it is great move starts a mode starts the multiball [Music] and sand worm challenge this is a good multiball mode likes these three shots yellow and as you hit one it turns to two and then one shot as they drove around the play field blue shots are jackpots [Music] catball is lit oh no it didn't light i thought it did and he's a few more spinner shots to that left orbits light at a ball but sort of loves a cradle separation and that multiball is over [Applause] [Music] so mark gets a multiball that's half the battle it's gonna be up to about 17 million points i'm sorry 20 million maybe not as many points as he wanted on that multiball but it puts the pressure back on to will those modes are actually worth pretty decent points if you can chug through and beating that mode lights the extra ball which is worth 10 mil on its own and he starts the war hurry up by spilling more at the top look at this really smart play from well so this is he just jumped into the lead with that extra ball yeah it's 10 million right i believe it is 10 million and some multiball [Music] really solid play from will it's so scary going into ball three at a deficit on black knight i believe will is local he's from uh the inland empire area i think he plays in the league here but a quick multiball unfortunately from will he gets a double drain though out lane ball save fix that ball back into play and he can start another mode and he has the power ready as well and this is the best mode for the power to get started so he's going into the magma magma beast mode and if he can shoot the center stand up to start his sword of rage power this mode will be double scoring and all the shots will stay lit i use this first multiball it's a long grind to the second multiball if you try to finish this mode at least get the extra ball for some points oh that's nice since he finished the mode and collected the extra ball immediately just with that one shot wow whoa and lit it again oh i think the animation just played after that's kind of a bug we should send that one someone clipped that one that's the danger of this game if you miss a shot you are in trouble all right so with that good effort from mark begin to recap for b finals it's gonna be william and mark pollock brian benway and raymond ashby in the finals for b _(Acquisition: youtube_auto_sub, Enrichment: v3)_ --- *Exported from Journalist Tool on 2026-04-13 | Item ID: 65031943-d01f-49c8-b09b-3d36efef50ec*