# Part 07 | 2018-19 IFPA NA Championships & 2019 Women's World Championships

**Source:** IE Pinball  
**Type:** video  
**Published:** 2020-05-25  
**Duration:** 46m 11s  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHJ1BdFCAL4

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## Analysis

IE Pinball streams coverage of the 2018-19 IFPA North American Championships and 2019 Women's World Championships held concurrently at Flippers Field in Las Vegas. The broadcast captures semifinal and match play action across multiple machines (Paragon, Black Rose, Star Trek, Tron), featuring competitive players including Hannah and Maureen from Seattle. Commentary covers game mechanics, tournament rules, machine maintenance, and the competitive meta.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] The 2018-19 IFPA North American Championships and 2019 Women's World Championships were held concurrently at Flippers Field in Las Vegas. — _Carl D'Angelo and Adam (Flippers Field operator) organized the event; Jessica DiNardo and Dirk Price provided commentary_
- [HIGH] Attack from Mars had a trough switch malfunction during the tournament that caused incorrect lock behavior; Adam attempted to fix it during the event. — _Commentators discussed an official ruling about the switch not rolling over properly, causing unintended lock counts_
- [MEDIUM] Black Rose has roving letters on the Paragon saucer that were changed to non-roving mid-tournament, making the game more strategic and easier. — _Commentators noted a settings change and speculated on its impact on game strategy_
- [HIGH] Flippers Field in Las Vegas has become more visible and accessible since moving to a retail store location, attracting walk-in players and growing the league to 16 players. — _Adam (Flippers Field operator) stated this directly in interview segment at end of broadcast_
- [HIGH] Hannah and Maureen are both from Seattle; Maureen runs the monthly 'Babes in Pinball' women's tournaments and Hannah works at Grand Champion Games/The Icebox. — _Jessica DiNardo introduced both players with their affiliations multiple times during the broadcast_
- [MEDIUM] Lighter balls (like Powerballs and Glowballs) are sometimes introduced in tournament machines to alter gameplay and make slower games or weaker flippers more playable. — _Commentators discussed using lighter balls in various games; mentioned attempts to add Powerballs to Paragon for tournament variety_
- [HIGH] Nick defeated Travis 4-3 in a best-of-seven match on Paragon at the 2018-19 IFPA NA Championships. — _Commentators tracked the match score in real-time during broadcast_
- [HIGH] Maureen defeated Hannah 4-3 in the Women's World Championship semifinals, advancing to finals. — _Commentators tracked match progression and announced the final result on Black Rose_

### Notable Quotes

> "I hope it's Paragon I hope Paragon alright so we are moving on to Paragon which is great for everyone who's asking to see other people play because Nick and Travis are on it currently"
> — **Commentator (IE Pinball broadcast)**, early in broadcast
> _Indicates audience demand to see specific games; shows tournament logistics and game queue management_

> "Josh gave me an update on the attack from Mars apparently he they're saying that was the correct ruling because of how the because in the trough there there's a switch the ball wasn't rolling over the switch"
> — **Commentator (discussing tournament ruling)**, mid-broadcast
> _Captures real-time tournament problem-solving and rule interpretation during championship event_

> "I was actually trying to get Adam to put one in and I think it was vetoed"
> — **Commentator**, discussing Powerballs on Paragon
> _Shows tension between tournament organizers about game modifications and competitive integrity_

> "I love it yeah I'd be curious to see that too yeah so they both kind of decided that just going modes and middle is not worth it on this particular one they are going to go multi ball"
> — **Commentator**, Black Rose commentary
> _Illustrates player strategy and game balance on Black Rose; shows competitive meta evolving in real-time_

> "I'm not a super competitive player but I love watching other people play my games and I love watching other people have fun"
> — **Adam (Flippers Field operator)**, end of broadcast interview
> _Reveals operator/venue philosophy; illustrates passion for community over competition_

> "Besides the pinball Hall of Fame there's really not a lot of other places to play and so it's fun introducing new people to pinball when we moved in this location we get a lot more walk-ins"
> — **Adam (Flippers Field operator)**, end of broadcast
> _Highlights venue scarcity in Las Vegas market and impact of retail location visibility_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Flippers Field | organization | Pinball arcade and venue in Las Vegas hosting the 2018-19 IFPA NA Championships and Women's World Championships; operated by Adam |
| Carl D'Angelo | person | Tournament organizer and streaming engineer for IE Pinball; organized Flippers Field event and set up mobile streaming rig |
| Adam | person | Flippers Field operator; responsible for game maintenance, setup, and tournament logistics; passionate about community engagement |
| Hannah | person | Competitive pinball player from Seattle representing Grand Champion Games/The Icebox; competing in Women's World Championship semifinals |
| Maureen | person | Competitive pinball player from Seattle; runs monthly 'Babes in Pinball' women's tournaments; defeated Hannah 4-3 in Women's World Championship semifinals |
| Nick | person | Competitive pinball player; defeated Travis 4-3 in IFPA NA Championship match on Paragon |
| Travis | person | Competitive pinball player; lost to Nick 4-3 in IFPA NA Championship match on Paragon |
| Jessica DiNardo | person | Broadcast commentator and color analyst for IE Pinball coverage of championships |
| Dirk Price | person | Broadcast commentator for IE Pinball coverage of championships |
| Colin | person | Competitive pinball player in IFPA NA Championships; played on Paragon |
| Will | person | Competitive pinball player in IFPA NA Championships; played on Paragon, defeated Colin 4-2 |
| Mike | person | Competitive pinball player; facing Nick on Star Trek in IFPA NA Championships semifinals |
| Carrie | person | Competitive pinball player; scored 835 million on Tron ball one; advancing in Women's World Championship |
| Louise | person | Competitive pinball player in Women's World Championship; competing against Carrie on Star Trek |
| Grand Champion Games | organization | Pinball venue in Seattle; Hannah affiliated with this venue and The Icebox |
| Babes in Pinball | organization | Monthly women's pinball tournament series in Seattle; organized by Maureen |
| IE Pinball | organization | Pinball streaming and media organization; broadcast coverage of 2018-19 IFPA NA Championships and Women's World Championships |
| IFPA | organization | International Flipper Pinball Association; sanctioning body for the 2018-19 North American Championships and Women's World Championships |
| Paragon | game | Early solid state pinball game featured in tournament play; uses players 1 and 3 to avoid tilt throughs |
| Black Rose | game | Stern pinball machine featuring Sink Ship multiball mode, roving/non-roving Paragon letters, whirlpool shots, and various modes |
| Star Trek | game | Pinball machine featured in tournament play; reportedly had issues during event setup |
| Attack from Mars | game | Pinball game that experienced trough switch malfunction during tournament, causing incorrect lock behavior |
| Tron | game | Pinball machine in tournament; Carrie scored 835 million on ball one |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Tournament Rules and Enforcement, Competitive Pinball Meta and Strategy, Machine Maintenance and Setup, Women's Pinball Competitive Scene
- **Secondary:** Game Modifications (Powerballs, lighter balls), Venue Operations and Community Building, Black Rose Game Mechanics and Strategy
- **Mentioned:** Tournament Streaming and Production

### Sentiment

**Positive** (0.82) — Commentators and organizers express enthusiasm for the tournament, praise player skill, appreciate venue and operator work, celebrate women's competitive scene. Some frustration about game malfunctions (Attack from Mars trough switch) but handled professionally. Overall tone is celebratory and community-focused.

### Signals

- **[event_signal]** IE Pinball broadcast coverage of 2018-19 IFPA North American Championships and 2019 Women's World Championships held concurrently at Flippers Field, Las Vegas with mobile streaming rig. (confidence: high) — Multiple references to both championships running simultaneously; Carl D'Angelo credited with streaming setup; Jessica DiNardo and Dirk Price providing professional commentary
- **[product_concern]** Attack from Mars trough switch malfunction caused incorrect lock registration during tournament; switch not rolling over properly, triggering unintended multiball locks. (confidence: high) — Commentators discussed official ruling and noted the issue persisted throughout the day; Adam was credited with attempting a fix
- **[design_innovation]** Tournament organizers use lighter balls (Powerballs, Glowballs) to modify game difficulty and playability; discussion of adding Powerballs to Paragon as future tournament modification. (confidence: medium) — Extensive commentary on lighter ball usage across multiple games; mention of past tournaments using Powerballs in Medieval Madness, RTD, Ghostbusters; attempts to use Powerballs on Paragon vetoed
- **[community_signal]** Women's World Championship features high-level competitive play; Seattle-based players (Hannah, Maureen) are dominant; Babes in Pinball monthly tournament shows organized women's community infrastructure. (confidence: high) — Multiple matches featuring women players; Maureen runs established monthly women's tournament series; both Seattle players described as 'powerhouse players' with deep competitive knowledge
- **[venue_signal]** Flippers Field Las Vegas expanded visibility after moving to retail store location; increased walk-in traffic and league growth to 16 players; venue fills gap in Las Vegas pinball availability outside Hall of Fame. (confidence: high) — Adam stated directly: 'we get a lot more walk-ins', 'a lot of new players', 'league we get a lot of new players', 'we have 16 right now'; noted retail location visibility advantage
- **[operational_signal]** Tournament uses player queuing system, 30-second practice sessions, specific player-to-machine assignments to avoid tilt throughs, and coordinated game maintenance protocols. (confidence: high) — Repeated references to queue system, practice periods, player positions (1 and 3 vs 2 and 4), tilt-through avoidance strategies, and Adam's pre-tournament machine preparation
- **[gameplay_signal]** Black Rose multiball strategy prioritizes reaching multiball quickly over individual mode completion; players demonstrating advanced trap control and ball control techniques; Sink Ship mode discussed as a key scoring path. (confidence: high) — Commentators noted both Hannah and Maureen skipped center modes to go straight to multiball; extensive discussion of Whirlpool ramps, lock shots, and multiball letter progression
- **[gameplay_signal]** Paragon meta emphasizes post-pass technique, drop target management, and saucer routing; Golden Cliffs (left side) preferred for building multiball opportunities; flipper gap and bounce characteristics create setup challenges. (confidence: medium) — Commentators discussed tap-pass strategy, Golden Cliffs routing into Paragon saucer, saucer value progression (2,000 base increasing by 2,000), flipper bounce issues
- **[manufacturing_signal]** Adam prepared all tournament machines to high playability standard; only Star Trek experienced issues; commentators praised overall game condition and setup work. (confidence: high) — Adam stated 'Stars is the only game that went out everything else is in great shape'; commentators repeatedly praised machine condition and Adam's preparation work
- **[competitive_signal]** Women's World Championship semifinal: Maureen defeated Hannah 4-3 on Black Rose to advance to finals; both Seattle-based players showed exceptional skill throughout tournament. (confidence: high) — Match score tracked in real-time; commentators praised both players' performance; Maureen advanced after winning final ball
- **[content_signal]** IE Pinball (Carl D'Angelo) produced professional multi-camera mobile streaming coverage of concurrent championships with live commentary from Jessica DiNardo and Dirk Price. (confidence: high) — Repeated references to camera positioning, mobile rig setup, professional commentary, and camera transitions between games

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## Transcript

the poor without the finger could be there for a half a second oh man let's transfer it into another double Elway chicks a way into a double catapult super what are we eating here with all of this [Music] I watch it out there all right you got it Clark is it Clark Clark got it first a oh [ __ ] what what just happened [Music] the game to either a game that's already being played by another pairing or next to a game that's being I hope it's Paragon I hope Paragon alright so we are moving on to Paragon which is great for everyone who's asking to see other people play because Nick and Travis are on it currently so we're gonna get to see the end of their match and then we're gonna watch Colin and we'll play on Paragon then it'll be head on whirring so we will get to see those three matches on Paragon so these are best-of-seven matches yes Paragon yep swapping over okay so we've just been told this is an elimination match and this is gonna be Nick and Travis so two after ball two and we've got 15,000 going into ball two oh okay it's gonna have a small hill to climb on ball three and we also for these games Paragon being one of them for the early solid states it's playing on players one and three and plunging out players two and four to avoid any tilt through scenarios so Nick is up on player one and Travis is it has a higher view tree I'm sure if he can hit the Paragon I believe that's 50,000 or 75,000 if he gets it in the right saucer oh he misses the right saucer so we might get another chance to find out no once you say it that's the curse of death my apologies everybody okay nice beauty on those inland drops he's got 30,000 supervalue bonus already up there so that's why he's worth her oh if they'd gone in there that would have been worth another sixty thousand it would have bumped him from three times play field off I'm not play field but bonus to five times so close yet so far all the rejection I got excited too early nice nice tap pass there we go beautiful control on this game oh that's alright it's great ball it's gonna be a monster bonus because of the because of the super bonus carryover still going yeah plus the games themselves are all set very quiet here so the room itself is very quiet from game noises you'll you'll hear every once in a while you get you get some good sounds coming like from Tron or from Star Trek so we're plunging out player to the North American national championship that we're watching in on right now running concurrently with the Women's World Championship here at flippers field in Las Vegas thanks to Carl for setting up an amazing stream thanks to Adam for for Kurzweil for getting these games in gorgeous shape yeah there's a little bit of flipper bounce on the from the right one so you want to be careful you might want it there's no easy way but just know it's there watch this bounce might've caused them to drop the beast all right no it's a three ball game so that concludes that game Nik moving on and having a fantastic game or Paragon took that one to seven so Nick wins 4 to 3 over Travis and then next up on this machine will have Colin and will and players get a 30 second practice for each player and then on Paragon to avoid tilt throughs they are playing as players 1 and 3 the ball that was plunged out that that happens sometimes they should have put it up posted over that scores yeah it does need a Powerball Katie I was actually trying to get Adam to put one in and I think it was vetoed terrible parent it's amazing I did heads up yeah we had two of them we did yeah so fun I love it Adam there are calls for Powerball and Paragon I told you it's gonna be good [Laughter] one day next year next year the the championships are gonna be all power ball's every game you should throw a tournament that is just Powerball I would love to you I I have done I've put power balls into weird games I didn't all Power Ball medieval madness one year for bells which where the trolls went up it was like Duck and Cover because they were just rocketing all around the place so we've put him in RTD put him in Ghostbusters for the ghost fall I was all right so 30 second practice for each player to the right of Paragon is Game of Thrones Power Ball is the lighter like ceramic ball that's in Twilight Zone power ball they also make something called a glow ball which is a similarly light ball I was using Piper right Piper night drive-in yeah but it's great to throw if you have a game that's a little slower or flippers that are a little weaker you just throw a lighter ball in and it makes the gameplay more interesting I actually believe it was at one of the places I went to is put in Bali oh yeah yeah yet old VM with it you know I support that it was actually kind of fun attended it was a tennis ball and it was all sorts of entertainment all right so this is their 30 seconds of practice all right so you'll probably plunge one more off trying to figure out so I was actually more inclined to plunge the Golden Hills because the feed was hitting more into the pops and then kind of going back into the para ground target into the Peregrine saucer where the Peregrine one was not going repeatedly back up top so golden cliffs goin cliffs left side starts at 2000 every time you go in the saucer it increases by another 2,000 and holds ball the ball so by ball three that could be worth 10,000 per going in so this can be slightly lucrative and I can get up to 20,000 anyway all right so we're playing players one and three to avoid tilt through so columns gonna be playing on player one and will is gonna be playing on player three the the it cannot wedge between the two there is quite the flipper gap and again that's what's causing the the ball to bounce when it's rolling on the the wireframe it'll jump up a ball over Powerball III have Global's they're cheaper and I don't know I just like them I think they look real good oh great same again there's that little flipper bounce rescued from the beast this game was very tough passable I will see what strategy they go with this is this is how you play pare tap pass in light drops tap pass in Landrum's yeah you know I've heard rumblings of you know I think Bob Matthews loves to go just up the rainbow Josh gave me an update on the attack from Mars apparently he they're saying that was the correct ruling because of how the because in the trough there there's a switch the ball wasn't rolling over the switch and it's been doing this all day and that's how they've been ruling it all day as well they're trying to fix it or Adam thinks he has fixed it at this point but it was not supposed to be multiple at that time and due to how they switched the ball was not rolling over the switch but then it would do it during the ball search thus it was not so what would you do if it locked because of that I mean is take away the won't know how you do that yeah right here you can't go back yeah well and it registered that she destroyed the saucer right well that's because that's so it must have ha so but I switched under in the trough that would be the switch the same one way gate in there I can't remember that back no because it so it drops the director there's a little trough so it would be the trough switch that would register the ball for the saucer so is there not a one way gate down there it's the one we get malfunctioning I can't like I said I can't remember that that trough okay interesting anyways anyway so your complaints to 1600 I've got 1,800 bonus right now yeah or 18 I should say so one more drop target will get him at the super bonus he is trying to post pass yeah if you're not comfortable I'm not comfortable this I would just send it up the right right gate get in one of the saucers and you get advanced bonus plugs up there too okay I got it that way but a lot of control on the flippers and once we get over to them he did he did get the the 20,000 super bonus so he's essentially sitting at 75,000 now there was a settings changed from earlier today the paragon letters are no longer struggling I would just notice that I was like wait a second how does he already have it's possible well that's nice well that changes where I punched it but you see like the golden cliffs kicked over and went into the Paragon that's been very common so I've been plunging there to get kind of like this that's free five thousand as well that's not awful that is not a real ball okay well that was it that was a plunge player so oh yeah so Maureen trapped up so she was trying to trap up on that multi ball yes she did successfully trap up yes and she was the first one to raise her hand when it happened yes talked to somebody so so really the game should be should have been thrown out a while ago if it was having this issue continually that's that's two switches if it hits both it registers and sauce are destroyed when it only hits one it's a lock well so I disagree yeah there's gonna be a lot of debate on that ruling I'm sure yeah that's we can talk about it later but even if we completely removed that from the equation oh I wouldn't change the result of that game right now so Colin's got a big payoff flit on this next ball with that Paragon fully spelled out have we determined what exactly that is again 75 after I believe some thing good thing is about 125 yeah all right well this is the player to were plunging up there choose to like matter or Tuesday's great tried the dead bounce a little too much announced all right I'll get used to this we'll set up and you never get used to it okay and somebody walk up to the game and play player 2 or play for Oh like I use my good my good ball on that yeah a fake player now there are modified roms for Bally games to prevent tilters Oh interesting so a behaves like a starting then so if you do a tilt through the ball so plunges but you can you know yep but it has no impact on right yeah there brings up the same player again so he's close to getting to his 30,000 super bonus this is it see he's been doing great tap passes so it was interesting that he plays post passing yeah I mean maybe that was his first choice and then if not plan B so he's got 30,000 locked in and he's at three times bonus oh did he go through there even so there was a moment earlier could it get through there and I said no no there's no way yeah it actually pushed the flipper and push the flipper oh yeah all right someone someone please clip that much so I apologize to everyone that I said that it couldn't go in there you also basically cursed that it would happen but if it physically pushed the other flipper up out of the way all right big plunge for calling here no one has got that collect oh no I'm like you can't oh my that one happened the normal way but that will be the end of that game will McKinney we'll take Game two all right 204 we'll all right then back to our featured match your handle versus marine all right it will never fit all right we've got the last game between Hannah and marine was marine that was attacked I guess Hannah's first year yep so I haven't chose Paragon so if you're just joining us we are at flippers field in Las Vegas we are watching both the Women's World Championship and the North American national championship they're being played concurrently on the same set of games there's a cue system set up so we were just watching some of the Nationals matches we are in semifinals for the women world chant Women's World Championship so we are going to continue watching the women play through finals before switching fully back over to Nationals and we are watching and Hannah and Maureen they are at 2 & 2 and they are both from Seattle so Maureen it runs the monthly babes in pin land women's tournaments in Seattle and Hannah is from Grand Champion games in the ice box in Seattle so two powerhouse players they play each other regularly they know each other well and they have just been playing some amazing pinball they are doing their 32nd warm-up right now and then they're going to be playing similarly to blast games on players 1 & 3 they're both amazing honey yes that is true I don't know what lfg is that so my nerd brain from back in the day is saying looking for group but that's not what that what does lfg is that a region yeah I played too many RPGs guys I apologize I'm afraid of me aunt oh yeah okay never mind no it's fine cause I don't I don't I don't put the chat in the mystery for a reason yeah okay that's fine it was there was a an explicit in there but I no oh I know that's the one I was saying but it's really this one that's like Craigslist means yeah sorry anyway all right we're gonna be playing paragraph I don't know what you guys are talking about yep Bowen don't you start okay bones disqualified DQ'd there's that paragraph saucer I'm so why did they make the change for it to not Rove Thank You less random strategic but that makes it easier true but then it actually adds an eye who getting the scoop ten times and always get the P and then you get in the scoop of ten times you've gotten every letter and the bonus I suppose but even it makes you now go more towards in lines because it spots you a letter right so it's right it's kind of like what you're doing do it more more better more better more better it's the same on Harlem Globetrotters but the the roving letters versus you know you need to try and get get timing down they're working after balls with them too yeah alright that's like a three hour match that I watched when they were doing it so Maureen's gonna plunge out player two she plays on player three to avoid tilt through and kind of moved it she there was some good nudging to try and get out of the beasts lair she stayed up though I haven't seen a tilt on this game in later by I also haven't seen any crazy nudging on this game though true we've got some some you know normal light upward motion in the beasts lair this is frantic tapping but I haven't seen any big moves we're trying to get a little bit of control here she wants to slow this down a little bit oh my gosh great recovery into the golden good lips oh when I save free five thousand nothing and it comes kind of nicely to the right flipper yep all right so the Tron game of Tron game over here with sunshine versus Carrie Carrie Carrie just put up 835 million ball one on this Tron that's saying a lot this charm was very rough thank you for the sofas no everyone needs their mouths washed up all right here we go lorian's got great great recovery oh one more flip look I hit that there's a little metal railing just as you go down and it came back up for a second alright so I was gonna plunge out player for ya they moved over to the non roving letters for the saucer okay all right starting starting to spell Paragon she's got a couple hips on golden cliffs though so it's increasing your value nicely there we go saved from the Beast I don't know if you guys saw what we do in the shadows but that's always what I think of now when it's the beasts lair no oh gosh all right that's your homework okay watch that movie if it's a horror movie I'm probably not gonna watch it it's not it sounds a monkey it's a mockumentary about vampires living in New Zealand in a flat together what I was the title yeah yeah I have a port app support kind of dead in the flipper in it all right that works great saves as usual thanks she's at 16 on her bonus in line progress that's right they're also making a TV show like a continuation of the movie I'm reserving judgment until it actually starts nice it's so easy in this game for the ball to get crazy sideways motion and both of them are doing an amazing job of kind of settling it back down from that alright that'll put her at the 2020 super bonus always valuable oh but that's I mean that 20,000 in the bank for in the next ball that's it's not bad yep minimum 122 all right so Maureen's gonna plunge out player 2 that was a fortuitous bounce from saucer just sir yeah it's wonderful when it happens that way yeah super bonus is turned on yeah great ball Maureen's got some good Paragon progress so far continuing on out of the beach there you go we go nice Oh tough train alright I have a question for you too when you're in the saucers do your spam the flippers I do not spam the flippers I I will lightly nudge the game back and forth very quickly okay just to get it to settle or kick out just slightly different than it usually right and and that's why I would expand the flipper yep it does the same thing it lowers the power-on but what are your thoughts on that so the first time that I ever heard that that was the thing was when I was playing the tiebreak at City champ uh-huh two years ago and we were playing six million dollar man and there was a post-it note that said not to spam right on the machine and I didn't know I didn't even know that that was a thing that you could do so I hadn't it wasn't anything that I ever really gave a lot of thought to but I don't know it's that is the thing that you participate in yeah I'll do it on certain games I'm not looking for I'm looking for just a softer kick up from the saucer okay I'm not looking to have the ball not leave the saucer than rescore it okay there I could see it being a problem okay so I'm just looking for something like I'm this for it to kick out the slightly softer so that it'll bounce around on top of it more I oh that was a very fortuitous bounce right there that will give whirring the win about lots of points lots of points all right she's now up three to two all right this has been crazy back and forth with the two of them keeping it nice and close yeah that that's cute when it was lit 75 thousand I think we we guessed yes if Maureen wins this next one then she'll take the round Hannah needs to win this next one to keep her in the running so for anyone just joining us I'm Jessica DiNardo I'm Dirk price and we are at flippers field in Las Vegas we're concurrently watching the Women's World Championship and the North American national championship thanks to Adam at flipper spiel for having such an amazing selection of games for us to play for all of his hard work getting these games ready getting him play tested and cleaned and fixed up he's been putting in a ton of work if you guys are ever in Las Vegas looking to play pinball I highly recommend coming to flippers field and thanks to Carl for putting together this absolutely amazing stream with his mobile rig and it looks like something that is black rose we're playing flat roads I am so excited so Hannah has selected black rose very exciting we're gonna be sticking for anyone who hasn't heard we're gonna be sticking with the Women's World Championship we are in semifinals right now so we're gonna see this through to the end there are quite a few more matches to be played in Nationals so we've still got plenty of time to tune in for those but we're getting close to the end on women so we're gonna stick that out for the Women's World Championship and see someone was giving Maureen power and the in the widescreen that we had there rooting her on and uh and pinball stadium it is just the five letters I am way too lazy to write out seven letters and spell it Oh dad flip thank you for the host wonderful oh hey Jack alright so it looks like Tron just finished up so we should get an update on that shortly this one was playing interesting uh you couldn't really plunge the the left the side ramp just common for it like I I hard plunged and it was hitting the skill shot instead of doing what you'd think it would do so maybe we will watch some of the the practice time and see how it's operating well and the feed was a little bit high off of that off the kickback it was not directly to a cradle a lot of them when it kicks back down the the two rails into the right flipper it's kind of like right on the flipper and you're cool and you just hang out this one it's a little wonky it's a little sporadic so we are practicing I think this would be practice yeah since I didn't see practice earlier so each player gets a 30 second practice well there's two players we'll find out soon I've had enough taking more than a minute to get back over here yeah because this definitely looks like a real play so I mean a couple different ways to play this I think on this one with how tough it's playing I would just keep going up the center and keep collecting those hurry ups and get some quick points that way oh yeah that was practice that was practice okay all right that's what I thought I'd like oh hey yes so Jessica's here Jessica's Nardo Karl Derek we're having a party woohoo for anyone just joining us or anyone who joined us via dead flip we are at flippers wheel in Las Vegas we are watching the Women's World Championship running concurrently with the North American national championship so we are in semifinals for women's right now we are watching Hannah and Maureen they are playing in semifinals for women's they're both representing at the beautiful city of Seattle Hannah who's up right now she is with Grand Champion games and the ice box in Seattle and Maureen runs babes and pin land woman's monthly tournaments in Seattle so they are both powerhouse players from Seattle both incredibly talented we have been seeing some really close really great gameplay from the two of them they've been going back and forth battling it out Maureen is ahead of three wins to two over Hannah so she takes this she advances to finals if Hannah wants to stay in the game she needs this win on Black Rose so it seems like she's taking the same whirlpool shots now the issue is as you saw in Hannah's it was that it actually will come off the Habitrail it's it's going around so quickly that it goes randomly into there if you're trying to you know you got a you got a light lock on the in lanes you can move it if you're trying to do it yes the million points is really nice to kind of look at from from hitting the Whirlpool but you can hit the left orbit shot and it'll spot you a letter every time as well so there's a couple different ways to wicket which is the left orbit this shot yes this is a one-way lane yes yes yeah so if you don't have your lock lit on that lock shot it'll spot you a letter or it'll go and unlock for multi ball now I'm but like I'm the stern like I'm trying I'm noticing the lights are blinking twice when they're going over the ramp the walk lights okay so I'm wondering if you can get to looking for the exploit I'm always I love it yeah I'd be curious to see that too yeah so they both kind of decided that just going modes and middle is not worth it on this particular one they are going to go multi ball yes you can you can get to because she got some bet sorry I got I got a fantastic all right so Maureen's got her lock lit you can see the green flashing to the left so it's gonna be that little candy cane that should you sit so that's locked so now this is gonna be two ball multi ball once she's in the two ball if she real ox both the balls she'll be in three ball multi-ball and during multi ball every ramp that she hits is adding a letter for single ship and once you spell it what happens you lock a ball into the cannon and then if you hit that Center shot with the white arrows that are strobing upwards then you get twenty million points for your first ship and it increases by ten million for each and the the letters do carry over so if you spell sink ship and you keep on hitting ramps you can get progress towards your next ship you do not have to sync the first one and then hit more ramps you can continue to stock them all that I didn't know so that's one of several video modes and black rule I think that's one of the easiest ones I don't like the knife throwing but I'll swim from the Sharks and swing from the rigging level one swim from the sharks yes level two is like no one's beating it I'd never be level two so from the Sharks you need faster figures yeah all right so sure millions ramps right now which is a great mode to get into Oh beautiful save oh I thought she'd actually spelter well now she spelt it but I thought she'd rolled through and spelled it Oh rabies into the lock it's a good shot so now she's back in the tube multi ball is that running with the millions ramps yes it is 18 seconds left - nope yep that's fine still got it 13 seconds left multi-millions ramps not multi-ball million multi ball and that millions is that also the Davy Jones locker shot no it's just the tubing right I think the there's three the side ramp also accounts right um and she is two letters away from sink ship I believe completing your modes actually spots you a letter on sink ship as well and from what I've heard when when you start a mode some of these three banks will have flashing shots and if you ricochet and hit two or three of them you will actually get letters for the amount that you hit so it's a quicker way to light sink ship if you're not going to go into multi ball but would you ever do it if I was one away in like the top left red one was yes because I really am awful at the other III well I mean I would still aim for the middle but I'd shy to the left let's just say instant multi ball for Hannah yeah that was an amazing ball from Orion she's I mean they're both amazing players norine really have that planned out very well and her reaction is reaction time is video so right so why aren't you why did she get into the multi ball just to inform this it so there's six six modes in the in the middle of the play field one of those is insta multi ball when you when you put a ball up into the top here the little cannon shot you will start one of those you'll start a countdown for one of the modes and you put it back up there and you'll collect the hurry up and start setting mode in are they always lit yes well if you if you complete a mode and you are successful I believe you can go back up for the hurry up immediately at two million if it's not lit you have to hit it once it starts to hurry up and then you go back into it alright and that's how Maureen got the millions ramp was one of those modes through the center as well so if Hannah had locked that second book second ball she would have haven't gone into the three ball but now we've got locks lit coming straight out of that multi ball again so she can go straight into another two ball multi-policy can make that shot yeah it's just not didn't Kerry came off the unfortunate but did until decent ball it's definitely have been a bit more sensitive than some of the other games here so Maureen stops up with 18 9 really had a good multi ball and or may want to give it some breathing room but yeah she's real close to getting a sync ship as well dead flip to answering you jack I will probably see you at Penenberg I've also wanted to play this cannon just as a triple ricochet if you hit all three banks in one shot you get three million automatically but just for showing off yes just for fun yeah I wish it was a viable tournament strat because I would love to just do it but no beautiful recovery yes the sin is out just the K ship is up alright she's one away for that next ball versus Louise is waiting on Star Trek at the moment so they are yes Carrie advances to surpass 21 million right all right so she's got her two ball so what's the advantage to giving the three ball why don't I just stay trapped up with two and shoot that the Whirlpool ramp that's what I typically do i I don't I don't really aim for the three if I get one in there all right so if it's accidental you'll taste good but you won't and now we know it only takes two whirlpool ramps to light your lungs right yeah the D'Angelo method you two it can score double on here double broadside she will get double broadside so now just repeatedly go up the middle it starts at two million four million six million who just keeps on going up q oh that's why you would go for three ball because for each shot in three ball multi ball you get two letters towards sink ship ah gotcha okay yeah and get it up there all right not 246 I'm sorry everyone my apologies going 1 2 4 8 16 yeah it is a fierce competitor they both are they've both been playing amazing amazing pinball today she played very very well what a good tournament first he did so Maureen advances to the finals for the Women's World Championship all right all around Star Trek yes all right so we're gonna move the camera rig over to Star Trek so right now Nick and Mike are playing on Star Trek Nick is up 2-0 over Mike and then Kerry and Louise are starting their semifinals rounds we're gonna pull Adam over here so he can be on there's Adam he's the best he runs flippers field he's been doing an amazing job getting all the games ready yeah getting all the games ready everything's been beautiful playing really really well stars is the only game that went out everything else is in great shape thank you so much for all of your hard work getting everything ready yeah I'm sure it's been a busy I am a great time out you know this is the best part about it mom to me because I'm not a super competitive player but I love watching other people play my games and I love watching other people have fun and out here there's besides the pinball Hall of Fame there's really not a lot of other places to play and so I you know it's fun introducing the new people to bit mall when we moved in this location we get a lot more walk-ins a lot of people who haven't seen him in a long time and they're kind of getting into it now there's a lot more traffic where you are here yeah it's yeah it's definitely more visible you know and plus because we're in the retail store here as well they get a lot of walk-ins from that who are just surprised even see it here and our league we have a lot of new players I have received them when we run our league we get a lot of how many only 16 right now that's totally yeah so even at this location for about a year that's right yeah no been here about a year we the fact it was right after this tournament last year that we moved and so because we were making room and stuff that we use that as an opportunity to start getting games out of the old location yeah to start moving so that's great yeah everything's been holding up really really well it's a great selection so anyone if you're here in Vegas please please come by flippers field support Adam and all of the great stuff he's doing here for pinball in Vegas all right Thank You Adam thanks Adam all right and we're on Star Trek last fall big versus fine Stadium this is flipper feel good score so far 64 million or 42 million thanks rich for tagging flipper spiel yep so we are in Las Vegas at flippers feel for the Women's World Championship and the North American national championship we are now watching semifinals between Kerri and Louise they are just starting off their semifinals round and the winner of this will move forward to face Maureen in the finals and they're just starting Game one yes they are this is their first game I gotta fix carries profiles and she's not in state so yeah Carrie actually as Carl said was playing in the national championship so she was her state champion for Kansas as well as being in the Women's World Championship that's weird I have to hug Marie really quickly

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