# 2020 Stern Pro Circuit Championship Game 16

**Source:** Stern Pinball  
**Type:** video  
**Published:** 2023-09-17  
**Duration:** 44m 42s  
**Beat:** Pinball

**URL:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUnm6myktSU

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## Analysis

Commentary from the 2020 Stern Pro Circuit Championship Game 16, featuring a competitive four-player ladder finals match on Godzilla Pinball (designed by Keith Elwin). The match showcases elite players—Escher Lefkoff (ranked #1 in the world), Carl D'Angelo, Jason Wardrick, and Alexander Kasmarchik—competing in a high-level tournament format where the last-place player is eliminated each round and replaced. Commentary provides detailed play-by-play analysis of strategy, mechanics, and scoring across multiple balls.

### Key Claims

- [HIGH] Escher Lefkoff is the number one ranked player in the world — _Host commentary explicitly states 'the number one ranked player in the world Escher lefkov' during play analysis_
- [HIGH] Godzilla Pinball was released in 2021 and designed by Keith Elwin — _Host Tim Sexton states: 'The game selected for this match is Godzilla pinball released in 2021 by Stern Pinball and designed by Keith elwin'_
- [HIGH] The Stern Pro Circuit Championship uses a ladder finals format with four players, eliminating last place and bringing in new players until two remain — _Host explains format: 'ladder finals format this means starting with four players we eliminate the last place player and bring in a new player until we're down to just the final two'_
- [HIGH] The championship prize includes a championship belt, a brand new Stern Pinball Machine, and $5,000 cash prize — _Host states: 'the winner of that game wins a championship belt a brand new Stern Pinball Machine and also a five thousand dollar cash prize'_
- [HIGH] Escher Lefkoff has been playing pinball competitively for 16-17 years, starting at age 4 — _Escher states: 'I've been playing pinball for about 16 17 years now my very first competitive tournament I was about four years old my dad took me actually here to Chicago for Chicago Expo back in 2008'_

### Notable Quotes

> "my choice of game will be Godzilla for me it's kind of a no-brainer it's one of my favorite games I want to play the game where I think I have the best chance on"
> — **Top seeded player (seed choice explanation)**, ~2:30
> _Reveals strategic decision-making in ladder format where top seed chooses game_

> "I've been playing pinball for about 16 17 years now my very first competitive tournament I was about four years old my dad took me actually here to Chicago for Chicago Expo back in 2008"
> — **Escher Lefkoff**, ~3:15
> _Background context on #1 ranked player's entry to competitive pinball_

> "the number one ranked player in the world Escher lefkov"
> — **Host Tim Sexton**, ~55:00
> _Explicit confirmation of Escher's ranking during championship competition_

> "this has been the most competitive most interesting four-player game where only the last place player is eliminated on Godzilla in this competition every single player has really made good work through the early stages of the game"
> — **Host Tim Sexton**, ~1:10:00
> _Host analysis of tournament quality and competitiveness of featured match_

> "this is the caliber of player we're watching right now everyone is making these late game decisions we haven't really seen up until this point in Godzilla"
> — **Host Tim Sexton**, ~1:12:00
> _Observation about elite-level play and decision-making depth_

### Entities

| Name | Type | Context |
|------|------|---------|
| Escher Lefkoff | person | Elite competitive pinball player, ranked #1 in the world, age 19 from Longmont Colorado, participating in 2020 Stern Pro Circuit Championship as second seed |
| Carl D'Angelo | person | Top competitive pinball player from Fontana California, competing in tournament, demonstrates expert play on Godzilla particularly with multiball strategy and mode stacking |
| Jason Wardrick | person | Competitive pinball player from Park Ridge Illinois, participating in championship after 12+ hours of competition, shows signs of fatigue mid-tournament |
| Alexander Kasmarchik | person | Competitive pinball player from Pittsburgh PA area, participating in tournament, fourth position for featured match |
| Tim Sexton | person | Host and commentator for 2020 Stern Pro Circuit Championship, provides play-by-play analysis and tournament context |
| Keith Elwin | person | Legendary Stern Pinball designer who designed Godzilla Pinball (2021) |
| Godzilla Pinball | game | 2021 Stern Pinball game designed by Keith Elwin, selected for featured championship match, features battle modes, multiball, mode stacking, and destruction jackpot shots |
| Stern Pinball | company | Pinball manufacturer hosting the Pro Circuit Championship tournament |
| 2020 Stern Pro Circuit Championship | event | Major competitive pinball tournament using ladder finals format, offering championship belt, new Stern machine, and $5,000 prize to winner |
| Chicago Expo | event | Pinball tournament event in Chicago where Escher first competed at age 4 in 2008 |

### Topics

- **Primary:** Competitive pinball tournament format and strategy, Godzilla Pinball game design and mechanics, Elite player performance and decision-making
- **Secondary:** Mode stacking and multiball strategy in Stern games, Tournament fatigue and its impact on play quality, Playfield shot execution and flipper control techniques

### Sentiment

**Positive** (0.78) — Commentary is enthusiastic and professional, celebrating elite-level play and competitive intensity. Host emphasizes quality of competition and player skill. No negative sentiment detected; minor frustrations expressed by players during missed shots are natural to competitive play.

### Signals

- **[event_signal]** 2020 Stern Pro Circuit Championship Game 16 showcases elite-level competitive pinball with ladder finals format and prestigious tournament structure (confidence: high) — Championship belt, $5,000 prize, new Stern machine awarded to winner; format with top seed game selection and elimination ladder
- **[competitive_signal]** Mode stacking strategy dominant on Godzilla—elite players prioritize locking balls early to access Titanosaurus mode paired with Godzilla multiball for exponential scoring (confidence: high) — Multiple players (Carl, Escher, Jason, Alexander) execute similar strategy of securing locks, selecting Titanosaurus tier 1 mode, then pursuing Godzilla multiball; commentary notes this as meta-strategy
- **[competitive_signal]** Godzilla Pinball established as premier competitive tournament selection—game depth supports elite-level decision-making, mode stacking, and skill differentiation at highest competitive tiers (confidence: high) — Host commentary: 'this has been the most competitive most interesting four-player game where only the last place player is eliminated on Godzilla in this competition' with emphasis on 'late game decisions we haven't really seen up until this point'

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## Transcript

foreign episode of the stern pro circuit championships I'm your host Tim Sexton here to guide you through all the action the stern pro circuit Championship is an exciting ladder finals format this means starting with four players we eliminate the last place player and bring in a new player until we're down to just the final two the winner of that game wins a championship belt a brand new Stern Pinball Machine and also a five thousand dollar cash prize let's take a look at our field hi my name is Escher Lefkoff I'm 19 years old I'm from Longmont Colorado my name is Jason wardrick I'm from Park Ridge Illinois I'm Carl D'Python Anghelo and I'm from Fontana California my name is Alexander kasmarchik and I am from the Pittsburgh PA area in each match the top seeded player has the opportunity to choose the game or choose their order on the game my choice of game will be Godzilla for me it's kind of a no-brainer it's one of my favorite games I want to play the game where I think I have the best chance on and that's Godzilla for me the game selected for this match is Godzilla pinball released in 2021 by Stern Pinball and designed by Keith elwin now we are nearing the top of our ladder with Escher liftkoff our second seed joining us on this game of Godzilla that sure takes a short plunge he takes a little bit of a lager plunge with the ball safe gets the ball back oh he's key on this game of Godzilla shoots almost the second ramp but it bounced around a little bit hit the slingshot hit the other slingshot this is in trouble and he makes a nudge to get it back in the inlay needed to do that and now it shoots another ramp gonna try to get some progress on his building from this flipper what's he gonna do squeeze it over and shoots the middle oh no his flipper only pushed it to the in Lane I've been playing pinball for about 16 17 years now my very first competitive tournament I was about four years old my dad took me actually here to Chicago for Chicago Expo back in 2008 maybe and uh ever since then I've been going to tournaments with him and the rest is history now on his 16th game we have Jason wardrick who has finally started to show some signs of fatigue his dominant performances of earlier have turned into very close third place matches or third place scores over these past couple games but Godzilla he has been excellent on gets his skill shot gets the ball in play gotta try to find that right ramp oh the ball got stuck a little bit but here goes okay up the right ramp and that's a shot that was very early another shot up the ramp starts his jet fighter attack feature which you get from three of each inland makes it to the in Lane there a nice double danger save he survives but he's in danger right now in the slingshots okay shoots up the middle for a jet fighter shot no movement left in the game he's used both tilt warnings trying to get settled down now so this will be Jason's first battle mode and Gigan has been his go-to gonna go for it now failing to complete Gigan or failure to complete a tier one battle when you start it can be trouble I'm not gonna say that's what's gonna happen to Jason I don't know but with no tilt warnings left with some of these shots going a little out of control Jason's really going to want to make some progress on this mode he does have his locks so to bail him out if he shoots the locks he'll have some ball safe if he completes any skill shot which could really help him get some control and get into this mode and this left Flipper the shot of the middle is tougher he decides to go for the ramp instead that's his first Gigan shot of the mode how he missed the second one and down the middle putting Jason in a tough situation now only made one shot at Gigan tilts away his bonus he'll have to get back into the battle mode he'll lose out on some of the extra points he could have earned by completing it in one go foreign one of our top players right now at this point of the competition a very fresh very Lively very accurate Carl D'Python Anghelo steps up to the game gets it in Lane it's really sharp on his live catches and his flipper moves right now perfect accuracy on the shots of the ramps perfectly shot into the scoop even off the pop-uper things because Carl can very quickly take over first place from Jason wardrick with just two or three Gigan shots the heck was that the covers from that slingshot he was a little surprised about all of us around the loop halfway makes a nudge another nice nudge without taking a danger to get it just off that rubber on the left side takes a second guy in Ram shot Carl likes to cross the ramps for the double scoring um that's a weird backhand there but it worked out for him up the spinner Lane he could hit this shot here could be a lot of points yep that's a six million point shot putting Carl in the lead right now on this ball one seven million for that shot this is where your score can really explode one million for the jet fighter Plus 8 million for that Ram shot nine million for that ramp shot only one ram shot left in the mode and that shot was a little bit late so he'll try to shoot it on the other ramp here there he goes final blow finishing bonus of 15 million points and now immediately into the destruction jackpot shot Carl controls Tokyo sorry Godzilla controls Tokyo but Godzilla as played by Carl destruction jackpot of almost 20 million available for him Carl has been making these in previous games and makes it perfectly there to another catch on the right flipper and now Carl I'll take a shot up the Middle Prime his building for Godzilla multiball Carl can really put the pressure on he can decide does he want to change cities now get to another battle before multiball this flipper it looks like he's just going to go for the lock getting the first lock is a big Advantage for these players because they do get the extra skill shots so that ball physically stays locked letting Carlo use the skill shot but he doesn't actually hit it there he has a little bit of Ryan Policky though there he goes with the skill shot a unique skill shot by uh I think maybe hitting the pump under he can hit other stuff other than those shooter Lane switches for the skill shots he got everything but his double scoring he has his Atta ball and his Mothra save on the left out lane boosts the value of his Godzilla multiball scoring with the power up choice changes over to London which means Carl is going to be trying to get another battle going plexus 10 million Carnage bonus and oh that drop catch sent the ball a little out of control this is tough okay he got the ball into the slingshot and luckily bounced into the scoop that could have been much worse there he's gonna try the drop catch again there he goes got the timing there now he's gonna have to push the ball to the other side of the Playfield he does without taking a danger shoots the left ramp and going up the middle gets the second ball locked there's another unique skill shot for Carl gets his battle started he's likely gonna pick Titanosaurus he does this is his favorite one to stack with Godzilla multiball tried the backhand that almost paid the price okay he's still good still good this shot okay a little bit in trouble Carl's trying to get the ball under control he does finally shoots up the middle wipes the sweat off his brow and heads into Godzilla multiball with the Titanosaurus mode running scoring potential here is huge the only thing that could make it even bigger is getting his Rodan Ally lit and running for the double scoring uh which could put Carl north of 500 million very quickly uh Titanosaurus gets the first two Awards taken care of gets the third award wow this is an incredibly fast Titanosaurus another one he only has one shot led to the captain ball and from this flipper he just shot a little bit early no he hit it Titanosaurus final blow plus 100 million finishing photos huge Titanosaurus there with the ball Stave still running for Godzilla multiball uh look at all this stuff happening now he has his double scoring running with Rodan up to 360 million and now four balls in play gonna be trying to get jackpots here in Godzilla multiball uh the balls are not staying in play for him he's trying to get them back trying to shoot up the middle there there he is a 2X jackpot needs to start getting in a flow here the ball is being in the middle of the playing field does not help him start chaining jackpot shots together but maybe when he gets down to three balls will be a little bit better okay one ball trap this is where he wants to be a nice nudge over to the left flipper another Super Jackpot shot double Super Jackpot around the other way his angirus at the ball there will bring him back into three balls in play 469 million right now for Carl very close to that 500 million score which is almost guaranteed from executing the strategy the way Carl has and all is guaranteed to move him on to the next round these are great players but Carl has just been a league above on these games of Godzilla even with that disappointing 100 million Godzilla multiball he shakes his head about Carl is way ahead of the other players going for a 61 and a half million point shot here can he pull it off with double scored ready he hits the switch oh my gosh look at the score total 122 million doesn't even care that the ball left the out lane because Carl is well in the lead after that excellent ball one of the very quickly played game of Godzilla and now we have Alexander stepping up to the game here tried to take a shot to the left ramp there he goes first shot to the left ramp that is the most important shot to get out of the way on ball one looks like he's gonna try to okay didn't try to pass NASA's trouble always coming down from that Loop players have to do something to make sure the ball doesn't go in the out lane Alexander went with the wiggle there which prevented the ball from going too low and out the left Outlet shoots it into the scoop and Alexander is right here in the game and with some guy getting shots he can pull ahead of Jason decides to let the ball bounce off The Flipper it didn't quite work for him he's got a little semi-control I would say he's not totally into the slingshots yet but uh these are not the shots he wants to make takes his first danger to make sure that ball didn't go out the left out lane there's the live catch he wanted there's the shot to the ramp he wanted now he's a guy again he's gonna try to pass the ball over it looks like to the other flipper yet holding the flipper up there's a bounce he wanted there great nudge third shot to guy again one more to light his power-up Rodan so rod ends now lit he changes over to it nope just Shoots for the ramp and another ramp shot two more to complete the Gigan mode does he care about double scoring no he cares about the ramp four and a half million last shot here to complete guy again there he goes gets it the big finishing bonus of eight and a half million lights the doubled destruction jackpot and not even thinking about double scoring no he's not he's just trying to get the ball up the middle yeah the double destruction jackpot is available for Alexander now waiting for the animations to play out 8.2 times 2 million if you can hit it here players often hold the flipper up to see where the ball is going to fall I'll use a little low there he has a little bit more time to hit it but it's going to be tough from that flipper yep that's going to time out for him no destruction jackpot for Alexander not the end of the world but that shot is very good to get dialed in on this game first lock now for Alexander Carl graciously emptied the lock which means Alexander has the chance to get these skill shots accidentally flips the left flipper instead of the right which means he doesn't get the Rodan doubles scoring he gets the Mothra save instead but hey monster save is great and prevent a half Loop for draining at the left out lane Alexander also chooses to head over to London okay and from this flipper shooting the ramp again it looks like he is also going to try to light his next Tyrone battle likely a Titanosaurus battle as we saw Carl do he starts his jet fighter mode and that rifle takes the second lock Alexander will want to shoot the scoop before he actually goes in uh oh oh no he knew it as soon as he plunged a little too soft shooting into the top of that slingshot before actually getting the ball into play ends the ball for Alexander but not before getting himself into second place getting himself very well set up for his ball too we'll see what Esther chooses here if he makes shots toward the building it's looks like he's going to want to get his multiball ready if he goes for the scoop right away it means he's just going for a mode no matter what so there's that outline again you want to make sure you don't go to that out lane yep that ball went a little higher so no risks there yep and he's going for the middle so he wants that multiball ready for himself but he had to take a double danger to save it gets the trap on the right flipper though taking some time to let the Tilt up sit down tries to shoot the middle again that shot is tough in this position it has to go through an even smaller gap between the Middle wow four shots so far have not gone through there they go finally for Escher finally has his lock slit that'll make that shot easier up the middle as the building falls down into the lower position and there we go this ball will come down the ramp because he already has those two balls present in the lock this means no skill shot opportunity for Escher from this slipper he will pass the ball over sketch the second lock very easily there now this will be his toughest shot upcoming he has to shoot from this Flipper on the fly into the scoop and he Nails it first try like it was nothing now Escher will likely pick Titanosaurus here instead of Gigan yes Titanosaurus players when they have two balls locked pretty much always go for Titanosaurus okay great bounce pass there to get the control back the backhand works out for him that sure is in a very good position now he can quite easily take over even second place with a well-played Titanosaurus and Godzilla multiple Alexander has not played Godzilla milk too well yet so we'll get some ball safe here let the balls drain out from the building onto the Playfield there he goes and he's aiming right for his Titanosaurus shots aiming for the targets he's hit two so far he needs to hit the third one tried from the upper flipper hits it from the lower flipper with a very interesting move the ball coming down on that flipper actually made it flip at a little different power to get the ball there now he just needs to captive ball to finish it down to two balls in play that looks like he aimed for the spinner there and gear is at a ball though that works out for him he needs the ball on the right flipper so he can hit the captive ball it has not been on the right flip I've heard yet but there he does hits it on the Fly 20 million shot plus a 17 million finishing bonus not the biggest but he's got his Godzilla Super Jackpot lit takes a Super Jackpot for 13 million uh Escher now well into second place with all these scoring opportunities he has in Godzilla multiball ahead of him now he can get really close to Carl's score which would be great for him uh but no that one Godzilla multiball but not before Escher did what he needed to do get that hundred million get through Titanosaurus get his first city under control shoots into the scoop there which will let him take his first power up will he pick a Godzilla multiball he does that sure is thinking two Godzilla multiballs in this game that's a bold Choice from the number one ranked player in the world Escher lefkov and the Carnage bonus is tallied up here is players are not playing Powerline attack tank multiball and Bridge multiple before changing their cities that won't build up too much until they change out of their second city which we have not seen yet in this competition as she's immediately going now for his second battle being lit and also shooting more ramps to get towards the next Godzilla multiball battle insulin shoots into the scoop and now we are likely in Gigan time and escher's confident taking the 5x multiplier on the time bonus Gigan Rail Lane knows exactly what he wants uh get some more points here in the combos all right up to 150 million and Escher is going now for the ramp this will start his jet fighter attack and he will be going with the shoot the right ramp over and over again strategy is over there very nicely for him really nice bounces little really nice nudges to get the ball over so the left Flipper the way he wants to players are making very subtle moons to actually time the ball from the right flipper to the left flipper now with double scoring lit he tried to bail out to the scoop there and nice saving to the in Lane combo there for eight million going for the ramp again not worried about the double scoring right now now he gets the ramp again final blow there the finishing bonus look at that hundred million because of that tier two power-up that increase that multiplier by 5X extra ball awarded that's huge 50 million points and Esther Howe has two allies lit he also has his destruction Jack Violet he's gonna shoot the spinner to get the ball to the left flipper from the left flipper aim for the scoop he does hits it there Rhoda has joined the battle as well as the aguirus at a ball and the destruction jackpot will now be lit for uh I believe 3x times 2x it'll be a lot of points get some more time enough to structure jackpot because that's a big shot coming up oh wow he takes his next tier two battle already this will turn off the destruction jackpot but lots of points available for here in this tier 2 battle what is Escher thinking is he thinking fight flee uh or is this where he's gonna get all his points this is a great opportunity to get ahead of Carl D'Python Anghelo especially with the double scoring running I sure has a plan I just don't know what that plan is yet but I could be assured that he does have one letting the ball drain with the ball safe active in order to get the shots he needs for track about a 28 million points there it's great points Mega line Jack for the 24 million tilts oh no a big tilt but not before a big ball two putting him solidly in second place here on this game of Godzilla with 490 million points so now we have Jason wirtrick who has been playing in this competition for over 12 hours has been playing every game of this competition so far finds himself now on Ball 2 in last place with two players who have huge scores ahead of him that ball wrote into the wire ramp there very interesting Jason is not played his first Gigan mode to completion he's going for that now gets a great drop catch onto the flipper shoots the right ramp and okay Jason's looking pretty good on this ball he looked a little tired on ball one but right now he looks like he's regained his Focus gathered his nerves fatigue is definitely setting in for Jason right now but he is uh still pretty sharp on this game he's got a lot of work ahead of him to get back into a safe position but he's doing what he needs to do bringing in Broad and getting the double scoring going now back to his Gigan mode for those double scoring shots he's still going with the strategy of just shooting the right ramp over and over again eight million for that shot and nine or 18 million for the final blow a very small finishing bonus but still his destruction jackpot is here he's got 2x double scoring destruction jackpot available to him if he can hit this shot he's really going to be back in the game so we have 8 million times two with double scoring running 32 million points available just on the single shot here and he shoots early oh but he has another chance that it will hit it here yes set up for him with the time expiring Jason hits a huge destruction jackpot this is gonna get him over now Alexander's score back into third place Jason is just fighting his way back into these games here and wow making shots now very precisely back into the swing of things Godzilla multiball is now ready for him with the locks he could get his next mode plus Titanosaurus if he wants to he'll go for it unlike these other players though Jason has been still perfect on all these drop catches another perfect drop catch for Jason shoots the ramp holds up The Flipper to pass the ball over to the right flipper and try to shoot up the middle a little late but now up the middle Jason there's a lot of features lit on the left side of his Playfield he has been making very few shots in that side of the Playfield Captain ball is listed is lit for a bridge Advance a tank and the Magna grab there he hits it but he wasn't happy about that and he has a trade lit on the left ramp back into the scoop for another power up uh he's going for the multiplier on the time bonus this could be huge if he could bring this Titanosaurus mode in with him to this Godzilla multiball and he really needs that left ramp to get into that situation it decides to shoot out the middle here for his second lock this gives him a chance to take another skill shot potentially get that ball to the right flipper for the left ramp shot she really needs it's making very short plunges which are putting players in danger because they're going at that right Outlet fairly often that shot's a lot better okay gets the bounce over to the other side but not a play and a great shot because of the ball bouncing nothing to do with Jason's fault there now he's going to try to pass the ball over to the right flipper again doesn't have the trap on that sign yet it could be very difficult to get a trap or a smooth shot on the rifle around Godzilla when you need it now he has it and a little bit late there but now another trap for him that worked out very well there he goes shoots that ramp shot going to try to pass and now a tough scoop shot here lay it on the flipper near that top bumper a little early on that shot he has another chance at it and shoots in there now he's already Jason orchestrating a pretty huge comeback here on ball two just one shot needed to get up the middle again going with the drop catch he knows and trusts now we'll go with the backhand he has the Trap oh a little early on the backhand hits the Titanosaurus shot oh no he shot the target okay he's uh there he is finally into the multiball he really needed that this is now a very good position for Jason this tough right Titanosaurus Target or the power line Target I should say between the right ramp and the lube shot this shot is standing in the way of Jason and a huge explosion in score see if he can get it he's going for it still lit for him it's been close on a couple of these shots from the left flipper but has not made it there yet um still looking for that Titanosaurus shot this is the toughest shot in this mode this could be make or break your mode with that time bonus with that double scoring running out still has about 30 seconds left to double scoring okay sorry he restarted the double scoring the mode timer I saw the 30 second son adds a ball with the right spinner and he has hit that Titanosaurus shot so he now needs his far left Target which is pulsing there needs a ball on the right flipper to hit that shot one ball goes down the drain he has his action button for the attaball available has the shot now from the rifle but he's not shooting it he's shooting for super jackpots instead a little surprised to not see Jason going for this Titanosaurus mode because his time bonus is now much lower than it could have been there he goes 40 million on that Titanosaurus shot just needs to cap the ball he hits it there finishing vote is only seven and a half million but those were huge shots in Titanosaurus for the finishing blow in my shot extra ball for 50 million there now he's in Godzilla multiball with lots of jackpots available on these outside shots with two balls in play this is fine I believe he still has the button available for his at a ball which he will likely take when a ball drains he has that double scoring running trying to get a Super Jackpot lit by making more jackpot shots doesn't have unlit yet okay this shot you can Loop it Loops are great right now in Godzilla multiball especially with the ball trapped only hit one there shoots the right ramp shoots halfway up the right Ram uh okay down the middle uses the Button he's going to be back into three balls in play just needs a couple more jackpot shots to light the Super Jackpot up to 430 million Jason's got himself in much much better shape now than he was in when he started this ball now he's starting to put pressure on Escher uh to actually defend his position on ball three as player one he has the Super Jackpot lit will he go up the middle for it he is no longer has double scoring running uh one ball in play now he takes the jackpot up the middle 26 million nice way to end that very good Godzilla multiball for 88 million but another ball goes down the center Jason it ends Ball 2 with a very good 400 plus million maybe 500 million now with this bonus 486 million now even with that great score Jason is not in the best shape because Escher still is ahead of him Alexander still has a lot available for him Carl is right now way ahead of all the other players Carl has huge potential coming up in his tier 2 battle he has progress he's made on Mechagodzilla multiball and his other features so Carl is in very good shape here takes a train shot up the left ramp lights his tier 2 battle going for it right away this puts Carl immediately in safety and immediately in a high scoring opportunity with his tier 2 battle fight s across making his decision looking behind him for some reason trying to see what uh what he should have picked I guess all right and there we have the ball save on for Carl we have switches left so game is asking him to make shots to anything Spinners will be the best way to advance through this and he'll shoot the middle spinner building up that flea jackpot as he does wow get a huge multipliers on these Loop shots he does shoot that middle spinner Kyle already up to 650 million the scores for players will just explode in these tier 2 battles with the progress they make in them they can be tough though single ball played no ball save available this could end at any time Carl now making a shot to the tail whip shot around there back to the trap on the left flipper up the middle ramp and now trying to go straight up the middle for the red shot there which will make progress that's the magnet grab catch actually gets it through the uh tricky Lane which you do by blowing off the animation to get the ball behind the upper flipper he decides to flee end the mode here for 18 million but brings the score over 700 million great scoring there in the tier 2 battle now Carl can make progress back in the base game wherever he wants to go he's thinking about it perhaps a shot to the right spinner is in order nope going to select his City and where is he gonna go Paris or Paris or New York where his choices he's going to Paris collecting his Carnage bonus still just going to be the Carnage bonus from the modes but that's a 22 million point shot there I was a little out of control now between these slick shots the ball is in the right Allen area but he saves it not getting up that right there but he makes a nice tip pass over the right flipper for a trap back to the left ramp gets his next battle lit now he has enabled Mechagodzilla Carl out of control again once again in the Slate shots missing those shots to the scoop is really difficult for players to recover from Carl's done a great job of it so far but another missed shot there at pop-up or in slingshots really ends your ball quickly Carl's uh struggling to get the ball trapped on the left flipper from these shots there he goes great live catch finally on the left leopard now he needs to make the shot to the Right Scoop a little early but on the drop catch gets it back in the scoop and he's going with megalon which uh it's a late game tier one mode Choice starting with the papa lit uh will he take it no he's gonna go up the middle now he may try to bring in his Mechagodzilla multiball by shooting the visor or Bob will go down the drain tough to save it there but Carl definitely in the best shape of all the players right now on this ball two here of Godzilla now all the pressure right now is on Alexander but Alexander knows his game plan he knows he's only one lock left to start multiball he knows if he shoots the scoop he can get Titanosaurus running he doesn't want to do that though that is a big problem for Alexander because now the other players are just piling on the points Alexander made his journey a lot more difficult because he only has one ball left to orchestrate this comeback I just want to say that so far this has been the most competitive most interesting four-player game where only the last place player is eliminated on Godzilla in this competition every single player has really made good work through the early stages of the game we have three players who are in the middle stages of the game which we are rarely seeing in the stern pro circuit competition but this is the caliber of player we're watching right now everyone is making these late game decisions we haven't really seen up until this point in Godzilla Escher takes his first skill show with the ball State going for the destruction jackpot and wow that was a great shot up the middle get the ball around the loop 21 times 3 million a huge scoring opportunity right here for Escher and he Nails it first try around the loop for a huge 65 million point destruction jackpot shot now is kind of back to the base game but he has a lot of things he can do a lot of multi balls he can go for you can go for Mecca Godzilla he can go for his tanks he can go for his Bridge shots but he takes a danger there it's a major Cannon award starts his smog frenzy Smog Monster frenzy mode to all the switches Here and Now building even more points for him 21 million points when he changes cities and sure collects that 21 million point award and moves over to Paris he's going to need to get his next tier one battle going for any mode progress oh I forgot about this Escher has Monster Zero lit this is the first mini wizard mode of the game unless some players want to consider it to a two battle modes mini wizard modes but this is huge for Escher because this is basically a guaranteed multiball at a guaranteed time where he could build up points so long as he doesn't tilt we have seen Monster Zero earlier in this competition but rarely when players have this many points already and are still somehow not in first place so this is a safe but a slower way to build up points than the tier 2 battles and the destruction jackpots and multipliers from Rodan Vanessa is now making his shots so here's his rant ramps he can make some more green shots if he wants make some more red shots to build up the value of his jackpots when he starts Monster Zero multiball and while he has ball save it looks like he's going to try to make those red shots yep she'd surround the loop the loop is a great way to quickly build and collect some points there there's four shots around the loop ball safe expires will that change escher's decision making oh the Tilt there that's the only way you could avoid multiball and monster zero and it has happened twice for Escher tilts with multiball running Jason will not be moving on if he does not pass Usher and Alexander can come back and catch him and right now Alexander is primed for a big comeback with his battle ready and his Godzilla multiball with anything can happen for Alexander on his ball three Jason knows this Jason wants to get 613 million points Jason going with these skill shots again which have cost him the ball going down the outline that time it works out for him though and he's able to pop it right up into the middle for a big destruction jackpot not quite as big as escher's but still huge if he can hit it here and he's early again will he get a chance here through the spinner Lane no he decides to forego it that was a big missed scoring opportunity for Jason no destruction jackpot wow a big move there and no out the left out lane Jason is at risk of elimination right now Carl will be moving on Escher will be moving on to the next game and it is between Jason and Alexander for who will be moving on and now here we have Alexander plunging into play going out the right Outlet he needs this ball settled on The Flipper here he would like the other flipper oh he is not getting it on the leftover a little out of control but he bounces it over a nice one-time shot into the scoop that was the biggest shot potentially of the competition here and Alexander has exactly what he needs right now he's sinking megalon Titanosaurus going with Titanosaurus and going for the bounce tough backhand up the middle no he shoots the ramp smart choice for the ramp he's gonna pass the ball over the right flipper from the trap here go up the middle taking no chances a great decision there from Alexander he's in Godzilla multiball he has Titanosaurus running he could potentially score over 200 million points here just from Titanosaurus he can score an unlimited amount of points from Godzilla multiball with Titanosaurus with a third shot he can get his Rodan double scoring running he knows all this he's going to try to execute all that stuff at the same time first Titanosaurus shot made there his second one is made there he's going for the targets as fast as he can going from the lower flipper for that Titanosaurus tough Target in the back I will make a very loud exclamation when he hits that shot it's often hard to see when everything's going on here tries to shoot it from the upper flipper again misses it from the lower flipper a little Miss again Alexander's whole ball his whole strategy rests on that extra Titanosaurus Target it is so close and this is it again but still three balls in place great job finally he hits the target there that's big that moves him to double scoring he gets the double scoring he doesn't have the attaball available but he's hoping that the ball comes back into play is he out of Godzilla multiball he might be yes he is out of Godzilla multiball he has to find another way to get some multiball points but he needs that Target he shoots for it on the Fly misses that is a tough Target a risky Target hits it there into the slingshots Taste of danger into the shot there this is a huge shot for Alexander now gets his next destruction jackpot available 50 million extra ball that was huge progress 154 million there on Titanosaurus controlling London he is going to be much closer to Jason when we see his score we won't for a while because he is a huge destruction jackpot lick this could potentially bring him to 500 million I think he's around 300 some million right now that was a huge shot with the double scoring running 97 million points I think we're about 400 some million now 432 million finally see it that is how fast your scores could explode but now Alexander needs to do something anything some way to get points a way to do it would be a tier 2 battle he has to get both of those ramp shots taken care of he has hit both of those ramp shots the battle is lit wow he decides to uh shoot the captain ball putting himself in the slingshot putting himself in danger taking a second danger this could tilt here but no he is survived he is not tilted yet but he's still out of control this is very intense Alexander needs to either get some control get the ball started with a tier two battle or he's thinking about selling for something else I don't know what he's thinking about perhaps a bridge multiball now he's shooting for the scoop there his tank attack multiball is lit at the scoop so he has a multiball currently lit if he can shoot the scoop passes with the ramp oh no he's late and he's not hit the scoop oh he's very close that ball falls in the scoop off the Slate shots this is very relieving for Alexander very close now to taking over Jason he will be in now he will be in a tank attack multiball with a frenzy running this is very good for him no at a ball available from the button though but still 513 is the score to beat his first tank is destroyed this is a tough multiball the shots are only these green shots that are lit but just shooting Spinners potentially with this frenzy running could be the strategy he can also try to get his power line attack running by shooting the targets his heat ray is maxed which uh he'll take here only 6 million points from that heat ray ball save gets that second ball back into play multiball is still running he's grinding out points right now in tank attack multiball super spinner running that's good points uh now he shoots up the tough left Spinners shots where are we at 477 million he's chipping away at Jason's score but he is still not there yet but he has look at this another destruction jackpotlet decides to shoot the right ramp this will give him a shot to the destruction jackpot this could be it right here so 478 million 17 times three isn't enough my math on the Fly he needs about 30 odd million it looks like it will be enough and he hits it there that should do it for Alexander 52 million that should take him over Jason's total 531 million edging out Jason wordrek's score of 513 million a huge comeback an amazing game all good things must come to an end Jason werjick had an amazing run starting in our very first game and making it all the way to fifth place let's hear from Jason you must be exhausted played all day and I was eliminated on a 500 million point game on Godzilla beautiful championship belt is uh something I'm gonna keep on trying to get stick around for more matches from the stern Pro Circa Championship let's see who the player will be who makes it all the way through the ladder thank you

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