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2019 IFPA Pin-Masters pin golf tournament coverage with detailed shot-by-shot commentary on Star Trek and Black Rose play.
Star Trek target score was 35 million for pin golf; Black Rose target score was 15 million
high confidence · Carl and Colin directly state target scores at the start of each game's coverage
Pin golf scoring divides the zero-to-target gap linearly into 5 strokes; missing the target by 5 million on a 35 million target yields a 10 stroke penalty
high confidence · Carl explains the scoring formula: 'between zero and the target score it just goes linearly divided by five'
Star Trek LE and Pro versions play very differently due to different scoop kick-out geometry and kickback mechanics
high confidence · Colin discusses: 'LE version so it's a very it plays very differently on the left scoop shot where that shot is actually very safe because it feeds back to your left in Lane versus the pro that you probably see more often out on location where the kick out from the left scoop is quite random'
Tournament directors intentionally shortened multiball ball saves on modern pins to increase difficulty
high confidence · Carl states: 'the tournament directors have intentionally shortened all the multi-ball ball saves on Modern pins'
Jason Wardrick shot a hole-in-one on Star Trek (35 million target on ball one) via Klingon multiball and Prime Directive stacking
high confidence · Carl: 'Jason wardrick as player four got it on ball one' and detailed play-by-play of his shot sequence
Most modern tournament machines have no rubber on in-lane/outlane post dividers, making games play harder
high confidence · Colin: 'on pretty much all the moderns except for Attack From Mars the in-lane outlane post dividers have no rubber on it so it's making the games play much harder on that outline area'
Black Rose has two predominant strategies: (1) traditional multiball to get Sunk Ship letters, or (2) shooting the broadside saucer repeatedly for awards
high confidence · Carl describes: 'there's two predominant ways to play it the first way is the traditional you want to get sync ship letters' and discusses the broadside saucer strategy
“if you missed the score you get a maybe one stroke penalty for a bogey here you can get up to five Strokes of pain and that is based on your score to the Target”
Carl D'Angelo@ 1:54 — Explanation of unique pin golf scoring penalty system that differentiates this format from traditional tournament play
“he's dialed in... he is he's nearly halfway to his goal and uh all he's done is played Klingon one so very well played there from Jason wardrick”
Colin McAlpine@ 9:23 — Commentary on Jason's efficient shot selection and scoring strategy en route to his hole-in-one
“I would cast that in now... now he's in the safety of multiball these multi-ball ball saves are very short the tournament directors have intentionally shortened all the multi-ball ball saves on Modern pins”
Carl D'Angelo@ 16:55 — Reveals deliberate tournament setup choice to increase difficulty by reducing ball save windows
“every player no matter when you drain you drain right outside of if you take advantage of an invalid Playfield um which uh which is certainly something you can do you can even do it on this game”
Carl D'Angelo@ 21:56 — Discussion of invalid playfield re-plunging mechanic and fairness implications for competitive play
“that was going down the middle but he did a double double flip move one after the other and got him back take a free space jump for free”
Colin McAlpine@ 22:19 — Technical shot execution commentary highlighting difficult defensive flipper technique
“the other thing about the plunge is if you try to full plunge this you will not necessarily make it all the way up that side ramp and if it goes partial in the side ramp about maybe halfway to three quarters up you're pretty much guaranteed to drain down the right out lane”
event_signal: Live broadcast coverage of 2019 IFPA Pin-Masters Day 1 Second Session at Grand Line Games/Flipper Spiel in Las Vegas
high · Detailed play-by-play commentary with multiple player groups, target scores, and tournament format explanation
competitive_signal: Pin golf format tournament using target scores with graduated stroke penalties (0-5 strokes) based on final score relative to target
high · Extensive explanation of scoring system and multiple player attempts to hit 35M target on Star Trek, 15M on Black Rose
gameplay_signal: Jason Wardrick demonstrated effective mode stacking on Star Trek by combining Klingon multiball with Prime Directive mode for hole-in-one
high · Detailed shot sequence showing Jason's first-ball success and commentator analysis of mode stacking value
design_philosophy: Tournament directors intentionally modified machine configurations for increased difficulty: shortened ball saves, removed outlane post rubbers, hard kickback re-light setting, tight tilt
high · Carl and Colin explain multiple setup modifications: 'tournament directors have intentionally shortened all the multi-ball ball saves', 'in-lane outlane post dividers have no rubber on it', 'set to extra hard' re-light
gameplay_signal: Star Trek and Black Rose both support multiple viable strategies; Star Trek has Klingon multiball, Vengeance multiball, super ramps, and various mode paths; Black Rose has lock-based multiball and broadside saucer repeating
high · Commentators note: 'this game has a lot of different paths' and describe multiple strategic approaches players used
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One Sunk Ship on Black Rose equals the 15 million target (first Sunk Ship is 20 million)
high confidence · Carl: 'one sunk ship will get you the Target on this because your first song ship is 20 million'
Yasmine and Kaylee recently relocated back to Seattle area
medium confidence · Colin mentions: 'Yasmine stepping up and and she and Kaylee recently relocated back to the U.S I believe they're living in the Seattle area again but I don't know that for sure'
Kickback geometry on Star Trek LE makes outlane drains more dangerous when kickback is not lit because the smooth curve aids ball egress
high confidence · Colin explains: 'the way that a kickback works because it has to have that nice smooth curve to it for the kickback to work when the ball is kicked back into play it also provides that same smoothness for the ball to drain'
Carl D'Angelo@ 30:22 — Strategic setup information about Black Rose plunge physics and risk/reward
“you could hold up your right flipper and it would give you a cradle on your right flipper and then you could rinse repeat do the same thing again”
Colin McAlpine@ 33:52 — Description of repeatable broadside saucer strategy on Black Rose
“own your drains”
Colin McAlpine@ 5:38 — Philosophical commentary on player accountability for missed shots; reflects tournament mentality
“it's huge psychologically too if you can start out with a good hole and put up a nice low score like a hole in one or anything you know two or three it just it really just helps kind of set the table for you hey you're in the zone”
Colin McAlpine@ 13:05 — Analysis of psychological momentum effects in tournament play
“that is on Fred... he walked up and it said shoot ball or player four was so I thought player four was fun”
Fred Richardson (speaker) / Colin McAlpine (commentator)@ 20:23 — Documentation of player error where Fred accidentally launched Jason Wardrick's ball during his own turn
product_concern: Significant playability differences between LE and Pro versions of Star Trek due to scoop geometry, kickback mechanics, and physical layout
high · Colin detailed discussion: 'LE version plays very differently on the left scoop shot... versus the pro... where the kick out from the left scoop is quite random' and kickback geometry differences
venue_signal: Grand Line Games and Flipper Spiel in Las Vegas hosted 2019 IFPA Pin-Masters with pin golf format across multiple machines
high · Repeated venue references throughout broadcast and title of session
content_signal: IE Pinball using mobile rig with wireless cameras for tournament coverage; described as technology being copied for location-based play
high · Colin: 'moving that sweet wheeled mobile rig with wireless cameras... that's what uh everybody is uh is copying now for your you know your location bass play'
gameplay_signal: Black Rose has dangerous plunge mechanics; partial plunge up side ramp (50-75%) guarantees right outlane drain; full plunge may not reach top
high · Carl: 'if you try to full plunge this you will not necessarily make it all the way up that side ramp and if it goes partial... you're pretty much guaranteed to drain down the right out lane'
competitive_signal: Jason Wardrick achieved hole-in-one on Star Trek; other players (Fred, Greg, Yasmine) struggled with 35M target, taking 7-10 stroke penalties
high · Detailed play-by-play of all four players' attempts with final stroke scores documented