Episode 286: Norma Jennings

Pinball Profile·podcast_episode·30m 40s·analyzed·Nov 10, 2020

Analysis

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TL;DR

Free Play Florida 2019 women's semifinals coverage with Norma Jennings, rule discussions, streaming issues.

Summary

Live coverage of Free Play Florida 2019 women's pinball semifinals and finals, featuring competitive play on Metallica, Total Nuclear Annihilation, and The Walking Dead. Norma Jennings, a prolific volunteer who spent 10+ hours scorekeeping, competes alongside Bobby Morita, Cher Farnsworth, and Maritza. Commentary discusses rule mechanics, game strategies, and tournament logistics while technical streaming issues plague the broadcast.

Key Claims

Norma Jennings has been scorekeeping non-stop for 10+ hours at Free Play Florida 2019 while also competing in the tournament
high confidence · Carl D'Angelo directly states: 'this is norma jennings who is one of the great volunteers here at freeplay florida i was with her on uh thursday and watching her set up like actually bringing the games in i think she has been score keeping non-stop i would be safe to say 10 plus hours easily yes and still manage to do very well here'
Free Play Florida 2019 had over 100 competitors in the main event and just under 100 in the classics division
high confidence · Fred Richardson states: 'we had a great weekend out here at free play florida over 100 competitors in the main event over under 100 in classics'
The women's event at Free Play Florida 2019 has 32 players with first place prize of $558
high confidence · Fred Richardson: 'women's event we have 32 players first place is uh going to win 558 dollars tonight'
Josh Sharp has attended Free Play Florida for eight years
high confidence · Josh Sharp states: 'yeah more than that eight eight because because of what's happening'
This is Josh Sharp's last Free Play Florida event; he traded it for Indisc plus dinner
high confidence · Josh Sharp: 'i uh this is my last free play florida i traded free play florida for in disc plus dinner'
Metallica pinball is difficult in tournament settings and has 'beaten up many people'
medium confidence · Carl D'Angelo: 'this metallica has beaten up many people i've heard i've heard that over and over again sparky is a little testy at times carl with metallica for tournament settings'
Stephen Eli has worn six different Iron Maiden shirts in the three days of the event, all from the same 'Legacy of the Beast' collection
high confidence · Josh Sharp: 'stephen eli has worn in the three days we've been here six different metal iron maiden shirts is that true all from the same legacy of the beast'

Notable Quotes

“this is norma jennings who is one of the great volunteers here at freeplay florida i was with her on uh thursday and watching her set up like actually bringing the games in i think she has been score keeping non-stop i would be safe to say 10 plus hours easily”
Carl D'Angelo @ early in broadcast — Establishes Norma Jennings' extraordinary commitment to the event despite competing
“i uh this is my last free play florida i traded free play florida for in disc plus dinner”
Josh Sharp @ during semifinals — Personal announcement from outgoing IFPA president about shifting tournament priorities
“you know what i played him in at free gold watch hoops and the first thing he did goes look i'm cradling a swedish national championships thank you very much”
Jeff Tiolios (recounting Andre Mastankov story) @ mid-broadcast — Anecdote about Swedish competitive pinball culture and elite player habits
“that's right and in bed by 8 45 that's right there's a hands free skill shot but i think the only difference is point”
Jeff Tiolios @ during TNA game discussion — Humorous commentary about Josh Sharp's schedule preferences and game rule debates
“dq me i dare you i don't care i have six i'm done”
Norma Jennings @ during ball stuck incident on TNA — Shows Norma's confidence and secured position in finals despite tournament complications
“the great thing about walking dead is you are just never out of it no never come back at any moment”
Jeff Tiolios @ during finals game coverage — Game design commentary on The Walking Dead's comeback mechanics
“well no you they they do want to pass um norma as well at least for sure she needs the uh”
Carl D'Angelo @ during TNA match analysis — Tournament scoring analysis showing Norma's competitive position

Entities

Norma JenningspersonCarl D'AngelopersonJeff TioliospersonJosh SharppersonBobby MoritapersonCher FarnsworthpersonMaritzapersonFred RichardsonpersonStephen ElipersonFree Play Florida 2019event

Signals

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event_signal: Free Play Florida 2019 draws 100+ competitors in main event with 32 female players in dedicated women's division, indicating strong institutional support for women's participation in competitive pinball
high · Fred Richardson confirms: 'we had a great weekend out here at free play florida over 100 competitors in the main event over 100 for just under 100 in classics women's event we have 32 players'
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community_signal: Swedish pinball community active with competitive championships open to international participation; referenced alongside German multi-day tournaments indicating strong European competitive scene
medium · Discussion of Swedish National Championships availability and German HO event in December; Josh Sharp references international attendance
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community_signal: Norma Jennings' volunteer commitment (10+ hours of scorekeeping) while competing at high level demonstrates strong community culture and player dedication
high · Carl D'Angelo's extended commentary on Norma's multi-role participation and Josh Sharp's implicit acknowledgment of volunteer burden in tournament operation
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competitive_signal: Walking Dead strategy discussion reveals meta shift toward barn/prison mode focus and multiball prioritization, with debate about optimal shot sequences and multiplier management
medium · Finals commentary: discussion of barn vs right ramp strategies, walker-kill multiplier building, and arena vs horde mode shot selection
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design_philosophy: Metallica tournament difficulty noted as punishing; design praised for complexity but criticized for tournament toughness compared to other recent Stern releases

Topics

Women's competitive pinball tournamentprimaryPinball game rules and mechanics (Metallica, TNA, Walking Dead)primaryTournament logistics and scoringprimaryLive streaming technical issuessecondaryIFPA leadership transitionsecondaryInternational pinball community (Sweden, Germany, Europe)secondaryStern Pro Circuit eventsmentionedVolunteer culture in pinball communitymentioned

Sentiment

positive(0.72)— Commentary is enthusiastic about competition quality and player skill, with appreciation for Norma's volunteer dedication and tournament organization. Technical streaming frustrations create minor negative sentiment, but overall tone celebrates the pinball community and event execution. Banter between hosts is affectionate and collaborative.

Transcript

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[Music] and then let's transfer it into another double win into a double catapult super what are we witnessing [Music] clark got it first hey uh oh what what what just [Music] happened hello and welcome to free place florida 2019. uh i'm carl d'Python Anghelo here with me is jeff tiolis and we'll see if we can get some other people yeah Josh Sharpe will be sitting on a second he's just uh gonna flail away at whatever game he's playing but we're in the semifinals right now watching bobby maritza cher and norma in the one group norma has a three point lead over morita with two uh bobby with one point and share with no score as of yet so three two one zero scoring and uh are we playing three games carl three games okay correct and we're dropping frames like crazy it looks like this metallica has beaten up many people i've heard i've heard that over and over again sparky is a little testy at times carl with metallica for tournament settings when you go into the mystery is there a is there an order i don't know the answer so i assume there would be it's not a specific order it depends on what's going on in the game right okay it's deterministic but i don't know exactly what they are okay i haven't played the newer code as much as the the older code this is norma jennings who is one of the great volunteers here at freeplay florida i was with her on uh thursday and watching her set up like actually bringing the games in i think she has been score keeping non-stop i would be safe to say 10 plus hours easily yes and still manage to do very well here doing very well in the classics as well too so right now by playing in this oh a tough break there on the outlane it's uh it's hurting her a little bit to get in the classics there's still some time qualifying up until 6 p.m eastern here in florida so here goes bobby on ball two super skill shot always good extra balls are turned off if you're watching 2500 carl is that what it's worth or five thousand five million uh i forget i never get extra balls i'm not that good it's points whatever it is so when she goes into the mystery school doubled in this game i believe right or triple sure with a little fuel help fuel and snake grab it during the one of the multiballs wow good for you you know a tough first ball but right into sparky uh settings for crank it up are they set to five each do you know i do i don't know so this is the first time actually carl and i are seeing this game i would assume factory settings though because most of the games here seem to be and that's the new code that kind of came out well the new code was 12 wasn't it twelve or eight it was certainly reduced i think you were the first person i ever saw set it to five and i think it was tpf wasn't it whether you said it or not i saw you playing it played it there yeah they did it two years ago yeah you had a few crank it up so i recall just just a couple bragger [Laughter] oh this is a good multiball look at that she needs one more pick on the left to light her at a ball yeah left of the gray markers oh and she's in snake but she didn't have it no but the ball saved still on jerry had it lit did she she did already have it lit i didn't realize that great yeah and now another ball save which is key here in multiball no problem still ball saved i've been looking to hit look at looking at the crosses looking at the snakes right exactly that's what i was going to bring up to get to the crank it up but great progress already so that right orbit would be my priority shot right now to lock in those values to lock in the three items yeah because you're right you can see the red cross you'd get them all that must have been from her super skill shot that's most she must have went to the right orbit i didn't see it well not necessarily no no she she may have had a lit and then during the multiball hit the the chair the snake and the grave marker to like three hours she did she did hit the home she must yeah okay because the super skill shot would have given it right away it would start the um yeah i'm a little lost at the moment too we're not sure if the i mean certainly that was bobby that just played i'm not sure the woman who just played there we might we'll have to try to find out this is definitely maritza the connection here is uh unfortunately not always the greatest uh this enclosed resort here at the beautiful carib royale which i know everybody's enjoying lovely seats for everyone pools everywhere restaurants and of course a lot of pinball one of the last two pro circuit events you'll see this year there's another one going on right now in grand north carolina obx is happening and then of course our friends uh in cincinnati the cincinnati show going around so you've got pinball all across north america here right now this weekend and even uh europe right now right is there a good one in europe the big one yeah oh boy over 300 people i forgot which one wow yeah they were streaming on um jdl yeah i believe jim does a great job thank you thank you chad sweden thank you is the sweden the sweden uh championships because i know they have an event in sweden that you have to actually be from sweden to plan it's a country exemption it's actually available for everyone i asked josh about it i remember that when i heard about it anybody can do it and when i was in denmark a few weeks ago they said yeah the sweden one's coming up so maybe this is it norma's got her uh there she goes yeah norma's a great player yeah i mean all four of these women are but i uh i never i got to play with norma quite a bit in the classics and i was just amazed at how she was just nailing every shot she aimed for i like to be around people like that maybe some of it rubs off carl you think so yeah we're sitting we're a little separate the way you've been playing lately i'm just kidding okay here we go the two on the right the picks that she's looking for you'll know when snakes lit carl i know when ball saves on you're flailing away like like everyone does when you're down to two balls ball saves off do you try to cradle on this yes you do train cradle and then make sure i get the picks to get the out of the ball and then after that cradle up and shoot sparky this just in andre mastankov says you're crazy he never crashes i've seen him crazy i you know what i played a game of i played him in at free gold watch hoops and the first thing he did goes look i'm cradling a swedish national championships thank you very much boy there's some heavyweights playing in sweden my goodness and i know germany's got a big one coming up there their ho ho event is coming up in december so that's another one of those german whopper farms as they as they call a multi-day yeah it's not as big as the pan olympics that they add or the the olympics but uh certainly a lot of action going on all right norma's got a hurry up she just locked in the right orbit with the values with the items and only has grave markers remaining for her first crank it up as we watch the women's semi-finals here let's bring in the outgoing ifpa president Josh Sharpe hi josh how are you hey jeff you like this tournament what three years in a row for you now or four coming here yeah more than that eight eight because because of what's happening yeah yeah that's his kind of hall pass whenever there's a show that involves work that's right that's right yeah that's why i made pin masters part of my other show yeah how are you managing the open how did you turn it i can't hear you turn turn up uh whatever turn up whatever huh is that better that's way better what'd you say how are you managing to open that's yet another hallmark oh yeah i uh this is my last free play florida i traded free play florida for in disc plus dinner that's a good game it's not going to catch normal but there's no shame in 23 million on this tough metallica it says it's share but i don't believe that share so i'm sorry i don't know i i get to meet this woman that's kind of odd that that would say that so what's going on there i blame dalton eli's dad for whatever's going on right now stephen is that fair sure any reason no i don't know by the way stephen eli has worn in the three days we've been here six different metal iron maiden shirts is that true all from the same legacy of the beast so is that one uh said i don't know i don't know well the look next time yeah which concerns me so all right marita trying to get things going kind of oh ball good for if you're gonna drain that's when you do it yeah she definitely deserved an extra ball there oh the cup we've got carl we've got somebody on here who hates ball saves he would just but he also works for a company where they want money back going in revenue yep exactly sacrificing enjoyment for the greed of the shareholders no way man it's the Josh Sharpe story i understand where josh is no ball save six ball game you know that you give everyone one millisecond difference between you draining and the other person draining oh yeah car you could be by yourself in a second sebastian with joker so that's almost as scary as what happened tell me how hard it is to go to sleep the number one qualifier they just sit there number one all day hey hey i've been working to maintain that today what do you think have you have you put some scores on yeah i have i wanted a little buffer there [Laughter] i'm not playing classics like uh you are yeah well i need i need to qualify for florida man i'm up all right sorry everyone stuck with me all right oh josh tried to kill himself walking out here all right norma uh ari ticks the game and now you have no commentator because i have to go move the camera be back in just a hey everyone how you doing out there this is uh fred richardson funky fresh waiting in a long line for classics currently sitting in 18th place out of 100 people they're only taking 16. so waiting in a long line thought to jump in here and see what's going on in the women's event probably the best bank in here they got the chooser look we're going for a little ride with carl on his magical traveling machine yes a little tna had a great weekend out here at free play florida over 100 competitors in the main event over 100 for just under 100 in classics women's event we have 32 players first place is uh going to win 558 dollars tonight so got some really neat trophies too some white marble with leather on them they're pretty cool we'll see if we can get a shot of that at some point um all right looks like we're all set to play some total nuclear annihilation following norma's group looks like uh after the first round excuse me this would be game three then yes this will be game three because norma's got six points leading her group guaranteed to move on bobby's got three battling it out with miss marita who currently has two share not quite out of it yet with one point looking for a win why is sheep while i say carl's nick i don't know maybe somebody turned on the camera a little early oh oh did someone yeah maybe oh oh good it got it again commercial was over great they should go to a little uh splash screen though at the end here we go we're starting tna fun thing about this game is uh you want to walk up and uh hit the uh rollover up top without hitting the flippers and uh clear out your nuclear bank right here somewhere up there yeah you start your reactor well you don't start it you can you complete it you come yep you complete it and make a great start bobby decided to go right for multiball which is uh common she's going to try and fill her reactor during multiball play one shot that center one she got it now she goes into this scoop right here she will start her reactor that reactor value jackpot is times the number of balls you have on the playfield oh just came out of there she's got a ball save she's fine both those are coming back he can try and manipulate the ball and make it stop in the rollovers up top that was a jackpot shot he's your upper flipper she needs to get into that scoop so she can get a reactor started at which point it will light one shot to complete to destroy her reactor so one of the keys to this game when you're in the reactors i think is to hit these three targets amen to maximize your reactive value correct go through all three of those and it will uh be full value i believe if you hit the rollover without moving it it it fills your grid it feels actually figured out lights it does not it does not maximize it doesn't max out your valve okay no so if you move it it um it gives you the ball the lane save if you don't move it you get the lane save and the grill yeah great film and then when you fall on the scoop after they're like right there you would start the reactor correct which is nice it is very nice it's hard for me i got to remember to walk up and not test the flippers no you can test them well yeah and you're not going to get full no no no no skillshare it's fine you get full value it's whatever lane you put it on no no no no but once you plunge guys you can't change it stop fighting um stop right i own cars come on you may have seen carl do something good on a game here or there but um who's been playing longer so i believe fred all right miss norman comes out of there it's only 34. that's right what were you guys what was the debate carl's already i have no idea okay so on tna what i'm saying is oh no you don't want to hit the flippers and you want to get it into the rollover i thought if you hit the flippers and moved it you did not fill your grid with um no you can change it right now you go well i mean i thought there was an extra bonus for not moving it in the rollovers and carl once i don't know the answer no the answer is out lane spinners carl's making up oh you want to go there as we go this one looks like cher from nashville i just came back from there great city a lot of pinball going on there rough drain per share unfortunately so josh no ball saves on this game yeah no way yeah we didn't set this one up no ball saves on any game but what about ever what about earning the save what about earning the ball save so you're just talking the initial plunge ball save what about the myriad of saves throughout this game uh in tna yeah yeah whatever you can turn them off turn them off oh boy man turn the line this is the man that likes to get his launch parties done by 8 pm that's right and in bed by 8 45 that's right there's a hands free skill shot but i think the only difference is point yeah i'm sure there is something different because i said so i don't want him to be right so you know just there we go bobby's gonna start her reactor there's gonna be one white arrow placed randomly on the play field no not yet you gotta oh yeah that's right you have to heat up the reactor to 100. you do have to heat up the reactor is this on countdown mode is that default now like i think it is definitely yeah yeah it defaults it always does that yeah okay now she can hit the slings up there hit the there we go inlanes but once you get it to 100 it's done yes and her one shot for jackpots right there bam boom times one that's fine there's a little bit of ball save she definitely deserves an extra ball there i mean that light show's blinding get it that's true she just needs one shot on the left oh starting number two bobby's not taking prisoners in this game she wants to jump out to an early lead there we go how about a little multiball too now she's got to prime up her reactor unfortunately she wasted the train ball saved train train training one it's coming they're coming back right there yeah there we go oh two jet bombs first one's done 3x there's 3x oh glorious now a lot of people don't go for the jackpots on the drops and i find it to be very valuable you trap up and then just start backhanding and working your way through oh yeah and then when you get the the back one you get the ball yeah and probably reset ball saver timer when you get the edible of course why not more ball saves let's play very good ball from bobby there jumped way out with that triple jackpot it was a nice jump from about a 350 to 662. this is norman jennings stepping up i think she left normal was top seed wasn't she i think she was number one that is if i thought that was true it would be shown somewhere and with the amount of hours she put in scorekeeping i am shocked she's actually score keeping in classics right now as she plays cool watch if you see in the background she's gonna run over to classics for quarter score for 2001 and she's yelling for fred who's up on grand slam bye kate elwin is out oh you did no no you did not oh i did i'm one of the few people that can do it in front of the four people watching how many people are watching apparently a lot of players having good games on grand slam at the moment are you yourself included not myself but other people no no it was only just look at that you know what that timer it does it's like a recommendation the timer hey no other switches were hit 0.0 but not really i think we had a couple programmers here in the booth with us oh i blame the titan rubbers fumbling and that is the end right no it's not i lied bobby is player one this is ball three so this is the bobby stays in the lead multiball slip is that right um multiball is not lit uh if she uh stays in first place she will advance to the finals along with norma's inn miss norma yep oh my you know she's going for that oh my god oh yeah don't leave that lock for other players we like to catch it on the right side and backhanded in there there it is wow center bank to lock that's good reactors ready just get the ball oh that hurts but she's out there with a pretty strong score lucky for her norm was after so normally she wants norma to just clear them out and then drain it's just a clear amount that's right and actually doesn't affect her even if normal were to win the game as long as is ahead of everyone she will admit oh oh oh miss the backhand oh that's the front hand oh there we go bobby rejoices yes she does all right we have the uh trap ball behind the uh behind the third drop target there oh interesting okay the game should have recognized it there and released it but is there is there an opto where it sits up there that it's i thought there was is she gonna trap up i'm gonna go with i i don't think so i don't think so i say go for that start reactors this is a josh has volunteered to go over there and let them know no not today i'm not going to dq normally we'll see read her face and see if it's intentional oh normal trap she knows come on there we go look at this there you go what are we doing oh she thought about it she's like i'm just gonna go free it all right td fred go get him tiger yep yeah uh too late don't don't worry about it she just dropped oh wait she thinks that she oh yeah she walked away from the game so now she's gonna pay the ultimate price unless she goes back up there it's going to go on the scoop during the ball search and then kick off oh no oh god oh jesus and ball save no yes that was perfectly that shows intent of her to not sh that was not intentional her taking advantage true she did not know but she should let this ball drain and be over td fred orr or lock balls for the players who is uh who's over there steve okay bobby's husband so i'm sure there's no normal you go ahead you go ahead you do you no mal intent going on there oh i'm third in line for devil's dookie don't worry the ball get hung up somewhere right call me over shortly jet bumper jump up before the meltdown no no no the three don't don't get the chip bumper yeah oh that kick out one the three the three at the top uh wasted what three at the where he's talking about look she had the multiball ready to go what does that do the three maximizes the reactor what's the value the one two three it can be significant yeah i'm gonna need more than that what are you a ball cradle on the left flipper and oh yeah no you want to get back up why oh it's significant it's it's better for you i can't remember the maximum values okay if you asked me a year ago yeah i could but the maximum value is higher for each reactor yes only on one so i'm gonna go flipper to get up back up to the top here they're post-passing she was already she was she she could could have plunged into those lanes instead of laying the autoplex around or also started the multiball before starting that's yeah does that get you 3x yes so 3x plus the max reactor all right you had me good value you had me at multiball yeah you had me at trap up and free the stuck ball a lot of silver ball yeah there we go nice if you can control that plunge there we go oh nicely played i'm burning calories just watching her play right now devil's there we go all right share stepping up player three sitting at just under 61 000 points just gonna let that game cool down a little bit see if that scoop can stop melting and kick out correctly as mentioned share coming from the nashville area we just did a show out there two weeks ago they have a headquarters from chicago they've got an up down from des moines iowa they have a pins mechanical from columbus ohio franchises no these owners just opened them all these are owned and we have a new place turning patrick mckenna is going to be opening up i mean it wasn't that long but it was true terminal 10 000 square foot arcade just nashville's on fire we were there and there were cranes everywhere in that city so it seems like everything's on fire right now this is a hot subject i'm guessing shares on the clock at this point i have five minutes to return to the game so what's chair need here she needs uh she's got her reactors i mean point rice she needs to take first and have uh maritza pass bobby elson she just need cher just needs to pass bobby and then have maritza pass bobby as well but not pass her i think they're disgusting over there normal right exactly the the yeah i'd be discussing how that scoop shoots out why it's fine it's got the ball saved oh my giordano's pizza has arrived all right everyone why are you eating giordano's in florida man what are you what's the matter with you best pizza in the area all right kids i'll be back a little bit i'm up oh fred sorry what i can't feel my face norma's like dq me i dare you i don't care i have six i'm done and really everyone's chasing bobby anyway yeah so it doesn't it doesn't what her dad really doesn't matter well no you they they do want to pass um norma as well at least for sure she needs the uh you ready to pull up the footage of uh what her score was when the ball was stuck no asking for a friend my friend is cher farnsworth we are dropping frames again i apologize everyone the network here is getting a little uh wonky when his show opened up it seemed like my quality went down he's still hardwired in i'm hardwired in and it's not doing well okay dropping big time frames right now i wonder what the ruling's gonna be replay game on a different game i already dropped my bit right too that's what's that's what's bad i can't go any lower all right yeah they were just talking about what to do maybe heard some of that maybe he didn't it looks like the drop frames have stopped so we're back in business moving on to player three share coming up in just moments here at free play florida at the karib royal resort i believe that's the name of this place after women's concludes we will move on to classics classics begins at 7 00 p.m here it's in an hour and a half and then join us tomorrow at 9 a.m i think it is for maine funds 9 or 10 am i'd have to look at the schedule my apologies and we are moving on now here we go shear has her reactor lit at the scoop she needs to get in there and that's the end of her tournament life at this moment the only way let's see two points um [Music] yeah marita has outs here steve thanks for the i think for the bits appreciate it hopefully this network's remains stable for the rest of the night so i'm really stunned that it's uh having an issue when i was testing it yesterday i was getting 100 megabits up and down what uh oh right that was a skill shot what kind of rule super skill shot hundred thousand damn plus the reactor dang plus the blame save dang plus light show for free oh yeah what did i what did they what did they decide once they found out that it wasn't going to matter for the match oh they didn't have to worry about it then they didn't really care okay which is fair that's fair do you ever do you do the intentional drain out of the scoop if you want to be able to get a free plunge back up to the top yes yep that's the thing that's the thing oh the cool kids are doing it well right here right here plunge yep yep yep look at that oh missed this is important here she has the lane save ready too so that's good your time that's it there's the match they will be putting in the scores let's check on the other group let's see what let me pull that up here if i can they are done the 30s is done the other group let's see we have gwen and cheryl moving on from the other group okay i'll move the camera enjoy watching uh josh's face for five minutes oh that's disturbing hand sanitizer let's see this is double danger where's the camera double danger hand sanitizer there you go because people are disgusting especially uh people at pinball shows wash your hands tip your waiters waiters and waitresses but wash your hands finals walking dead oh nice pro or premium looks like a pro pro and we've dropped more friends while i was gone huh wonderful that's okay there were frames of me so consider it a win this is fine this is it final four final four man there you go yeah nice oh yeah who am i i am up next on guardians all right i'm interested to see these strategies here if they're going to be barn yep set a good base the scores are pretty low in this game i believe they're gonna be playing hard do you want to pass it no right orbit no i don't i usually go i flail away to the right ramp all right are you a fan of this game i am i really like it but i sold it yeah we only got room for what four or something right yeah i had 12 at one point but like as a normal person yeah as a normal person oh look at that the woodbury combos there we go just right after prison damn the missed opportunity let's see siege oh it's not on tournament install one of those things you really like to know before you plunge on this thing oh man oh great flipper working here oh yeah keeping it alive oh oh all right backhand into the drops bank no no just jailbreaking that's right still got barn prison isn't worth anything anyways oh yeah i'm up zach you want in on this oh zach's coming in nobody all right unfortunate drain all right gwen the second seed stepping up right now let's see what uh she's going for multiballs like bobby did or we're going for modes what do you like to do i like to play modes get a good bass yeah i agree although on the premium le it's always nice to start the first wave of well and prison so you can get some walker bomb jim yeah before i owned it i didn't realize you couldn't earn the bombs until you had started the you know the initial wave which is good yeah i i like the room so at this point would you just go straight after well i'm not a fan of going for it it's just not that it's not an easily repeatable shot not as easy as barn right oh well the riot shot that's how you do it oh two in a row look at that now does she be greedy hit the left ramp in lane exit all right one more shot to start prison oh my gosh thanks nice nicely done all right yep times are right oh no oh yeah you know it's still moving still moving we're talking about the drop targets on the left thank you i'm like we're in the same brain right now and that's it they're locked on the first aid now um but that's fine that's fine extend the timer on on riot exactly and we found this is a not in tournament um install so you can start modes during oh real multiball yes i'm not used to that no not at all oh that was rough that was like a double fumble drain but good ball yeah good response good response so did you do what i did in this game and try and build that x up to a ridiculous value and then play horde and then try and get that final collect on the woodbury shot with your ex no no you never did it no oh okay i was gonna say i usually just try to build up my ex as big as possible in a mode wait later in the mode and try to cash in like a beefy barn yeah or cdc collect is always good cdc is the best yeah so don't do what i was talking about because you don't get that chopped multiplied in horde the fiat was the final you know the final shot and horde where you shoot the right the wood it won't multiply that's why you got to save it for arena the arena collect right but that's good to know it's you know it's that unsatisfying bit kind of like getting the vacation jackpot with 5x running you know that all right pilot error there a little bit a little bit but all right the one great thing about walking dead is you are just never out of it no never come back at any moment what builds the x shot multiplier isn't it walker's killed it's uh yeah every other walker killed adds a multiplier so if you see the little white circle inserts flashing oh carl's gonna start spouting it because i'm not by the touchscreen these those that one the white ones yeah those are walker shots so every two of those walkers gives you a bonus x and there's no cap on it nope but if you're getting a multiball good luck trying to not have a ball randomly go down that lane right and then if you get to woodbury don't select uh multiplier is your award because that will light the second in lane and you're out of luck you've got two of them lit yeah and you can't avoid it interesting i did not know that uh more drop frames this network so this is game one of the women's finals these are the top four players here at free play florida 2017 at the wow that do we know what uh what's at stake we do let me pull that up the price oh i have to fix something i forgot all right my brain is a little scattered at the moment uh let me pull this up standings are at neverdrains.comfpf2019 and you'll also see the prize pool on there as well that's what i need to update here because dan before i forget oh and she starts well walker and after she completes this set of drops she will have bloodbath lit so this can be a nice stack right here yeah so prize pool first 552 second forty five third two forty two fourth one seventy three and then the fifth three through 104 now these these may be rounded up or down to nearest values but those are the approximate values from the software oh nice oh she just needs to get that one last drop light bloodbath oh yeah and a mode in the process probably oh come on the bottom one drop right there even a random sling into it oh that's rough i i rarely ever start prison on this game it's it's just in general just in general yeah i always end up going for a well yeah more so it depends i feel like on a pro version i don't start it as much but what i like doing on the premium le with the walker bombs is get it one shot away get in a mode and just try to milk the mode in single ball play right once i drain just resurrect it with a multiball start all right what's she going for here because it's uh in oh she's in riots my player count is way too high nice save nice wrench that was good on the fly shot riot is kind of like cora when you have it nailed it's awesome but when you can't find that shot trying to multiply it there oh unfortunate that's rough so one of the rules here is you cannot pick the same game twice the right finals yeah throughout the entire day of finals same as uh industry sam is in this yep dan takes a look at their rule book quite a bit which always makes for some nice strategy you know choosing order and maybe you get the same pick twice and it's like you don't want to not pick your picks early and if you get knocked out you never picked them right but if you pick them all early and you advance but then you can't pick them again it's a good about a strategy there are five games in this bank uh remaining it survived yeah secret service did not make it yeah it's been a bit of a rough weekend with games yeah all right but not with the stern games not with the steering games folks cdc all right come on shoot ramp up oh did that i don't know no it's still build up no no no no no no no no oh no she hasn't hit the left ramp right right so right nothing's happened no damage yet no damage all right ramp [Music] maybe she's just not you know what sometimes when you get so focused on the multiball you might not even pay attention to what mode is going you know true all right first thing you just got locked in oh no no no oh no oh no this is not good all right well i think she is not focusing on tdc and is going to go for bloodbath i mean she's gotta have just one drop left i mean i feel like i've seen that ball hit over on that side so much all right split bathrooms lit one more set well as a ready for phase two right oh boy there it is there we go with the multiplier right away and the mode ready come on oh barton come on barton come here we go barn but barn is the way to go oh yeah especially with the advance here actually isn't riot and bloodbath the way to go well right he started right now just cdc but um that might be the end here thanks for the sub of raymond i appreciate that i'm gonna be look at that i'm up after you [Music] all right barn barn barn trying okay that's good oh oh no i think that's danger number two oh starts well walker okay come on barn barn taking a little breather here what's that in lane multiplier at probably two or three nothing was used earlier so oh but the playfield multiplier is on now double double double she's waiting oh it was three it is wasted a little well walker love just got to be close i already played it just played it right now 52 maybe trap up see what that photos oh it's ball too prison pounding yeah well with the doors closed oh that was stage two do you close your doors at home i do i do who made that man no don't answer that [Laughter] no longer works it was fired ah he's still there are we talking about the designer of the game no not the person who made the prison head neck same person that did the topper i assume with the fish tank just kidding oh that was a look at everybody out of the pool nice ball normal so this is our finals first game this is what norma chose i'm assuming norma did not choose it she used to go last she chose it last round so couldn't choose it oh she chose to go last and bobby ended up choosing it did she want walking dead she didn't want her yes the art of not choosing the game you want another wasted multiplier i do that with josh a lot i get into his head and that's right he tries so it's so easily rattled oh my oh oh look he picked the game i wanted anyway josh and i are sitting that uh tied for 13th over there in class oh did you you grand slam your way back i sure did good way to go and then bob matthews came over to tell me that i had knocked him out but that he had gone ahead and put another score up and at that point i had stopped so classics if you make it into finals you automatically get paid oh 80 oh that's lovely fifth through eighth place is gonna net you twice that at one sixty win a round make it into the finals in reverse order from fourth to first these may not be a hundred percent accurate right and where they are right now but 321 481 722 and 1203 for first place in classics i need to talk to dan about those in other words it's going to be more folks less maybe less you know there are things such as a ifpa player fees that have to be pulled out circuit fees too probably right certain keys need to be pulled out and it's a question of how do you still do that [Music] do we even know where that money goes carl fees the carl fees yeah my dollar per player for the software drain tournament manager do it i'm gonna send a survey out on your behalf to people would you be okay and then when i send you like a 94 acceptance rate you can still not do it but i'm going to send it to your wife instead with the kid with the [ __ ] with the asterisk that she gets all the money she can tell them will that make more work forever it'll make less this is a that'll make you think less looks like bobby came up a little bit short with 71. well folks roger sharp has entered the building i am now the second best looking guy oh yeah he's in first place in the 70 and over older division those of you that joined us at pinball expo got to see roger sharp in the commentary booth oh that's right stream rarity we're glad to have him fortunately we chose two games that he knew nothing about the new black knight elvira oh gwen takes a hard out there let's see how the bonus ends up i don't think so oh 61 up walks cheryl player three looks like uh huh cheryl's got some wood to chop here she's gotta activate her prison to her shots oh she can lock in food she wants to lock her drop target bank in on food yeah food oh wrong one oh five wells oh this isn't good the side-to-side action is the fun stuff so heavy on this one especially with those drop targets being pretty much the most important shot on the game oh yeah trap up for a second i'm getting nervous slowly getting nervous slow it down i can't take it trying to get that prison what you want to do norma gets a plunger there we go this is why she chose fourth so she wouldn't have to play ball three bam nice job well done she's like i'm taking this down in two games just like semis okay are we done we're done all right let me uh let me go uh go move it oh yeah what are you doing this january you want to come to california [Applause] hey there you are fred look at that it looks like they skipped me on travel video oh yeah well that's because my friend emoto harney made it oh that's awesome it's great video great teaser there's asher currently the papa world champion four years running [Laughter] three years all right i'm gonna make my way up to joker poker i'm up what game carl what game oh yeah from lyman to lyman the ratio of modern games to classics in this bank is uh quite high right for this place yeah somebody should do the average age of the bank oh oh lucky back into the guardian scoop uh cheryl's score on walking dead is wrong that's not good yeah cheryl got i don't here comes gwen going with master puppets no oh i don't know about that one who ride the lightning there that that scores a little bit higher i definitely go with that perfect all right let me fix these scores somehow they transpose a player with another player i don't know probably maybe cheryl was given 286 million yeah no i'd want that too man gwen is just playing this perfect so far it's every right move little post pass get it over there get over there oh what do you do no no there you go did i move that to a point where it changed like standings nice doing work metallica doing work have we noticed settings on here um we're on normal they didn't do like crank it up lowering or anything like that i'm gonna go with i doubt it okay previous expo glare right or is there crazy current different expo glare current different little yellow different but when watching black knight premium it didn't even matter let it go oh that's all right nice don't forget to add a ball got somebody in chat saying that uh score may be wrong very good of course you did like to call these two gentlemen the custodians of the ifpa that was a fantastic heavy shake you would think she'd be pretty close to cranking up 40 of each item not enough only needs grave markers hmm you just get them all in the right ramp and then grant piston combo until you get get there why not i'll just keep playing grave marker all day and backhanding i don't mind oh oh that was some ugly some delayed reaction oh oh oh i was wondering why the crowd was getting bigger over here at six o'clock classics qualifying just ended didn't it oh my gosh did i make it oh boy did we make it and pull out the phones oh god oh look at that it ends today oh my goodness i'll be playing second somewhere i'll take it that's right chip in the chair that's it especially with those games bring it 106 total players in classics no we will not be expanding the field good luck i will be right back uh oh carl's doubling at security here as well we've got some people without wristbands on so he's going to go over carl also works for uber eats he's going to deliver dinner for someone i'm currently trying to play a choker poker with no plum bob in it yeah it's kind of fun we might fix that before finals tomorrow no way man way more fun thinking about it fuel all right bobby's up ball two player one where's she going what's she working on backhand on the stick sure fuel piston no sparky all day oh she was doing well hitting some sparky action all right gwen's gonna step up with a commanding lead after ball one she's got 29 million i'm guessing she must have got an electric chair because she is back and a grave marker oh very nice she needs one grave marker okay she knows what she's looking for gonna hit that and start a little crank it up any uh pre-bets on what song is chosen fade to black think so i'm going to go no whom the bell tolls on this one i like saving black but everyone's gonna play oh almost place your bets take your chances could be the 5 million you never know oh i've done that oh no saw that coming a mile away she knew about two bounces before it hits all right super skill shot on the next ball just let it go all the way around dead bounce that's right up and how many times does that actually work for you on my game it's pretty it's pretty much all the time really yeah really i don't know i gotta dial it in though another oh boy um and i'm up it's all you fred all right i'll hold it down it's on my shoulders all right upsets norma second ball player four didn't get a whole lot done on first ball oh oh there's one warning looks like uh tilt's not that super tight oh oh my goodness ball is lit 2.5 million points for getting that in the scoop oh kick out right down the center that was just ugly that's looking like that tna they were playing come back oh no that was awful all right so gwen's got a very good chance here of taking it commandingly i mean she's already pretty far ahead but with crank cranking up lit ready to go does the full plunge skill here it is oh oh look at that oh my goodness she actually hit it with her flipper and she's choosing battery she's gonna go rock some sparky oh sure okay that was my first mode when i started playing this that i would pick and bash the electric chair fred careful careful those wires are really tight got it kate martin joining us in the booth miss whipped herself welcome to the booth kate hello hello you made finals i did and then i took three zeros so i did not go far the golden goose eggs choker poker all right so there's room for uh come back here sure is for sure we're close to sparky it looks like that snake oh what the straight down the middle well that's the second time they had adjusted it yesterday at some point and it only lasted for about three years norma can come back here and win this game that would seal it up for her after two games all right sparky's ready here we oh denied there we go there we go wow she passes 5 million points she will be in second place this metallica plays really mean it looks like it doesn't kick out like that and what did gwen have around 40 40 i think these picks right here one bit needs our far left one you moved it fred that's why here i'll take it i got it i got it i got this one right there you probably killed the usb connection you know you killed sparky i killed sparky oh no oh she was ready for it look at that she did not let that kick out all right i guess the tilt's a little loose yeah i was just gonna take a breather right now but okay second place all right can we go move it it's gonna give norma five points quinn's gonna come in with four bobby gets three and cheryl with cyril there's not a very flattering picture of that side of the ruin everyone's over on if you can flip and see the other side it's packed full of chumbawamba chambalose kid how's your uh experience in free play forward event so far uh it's it's been fine okay i had a lot of fun yesterday um first time down here right yeah first time uh the Carl Weathers's great yes the venue is very nice i'm going to hand the reins back to josh now kate takes the first opportunity she can to give the headset to someone else she's got a mobile bar set up here in the corner that she needs to return to been a fun event so far a lot of players a lot of great players a lot of good scores uh very eclectic group of games chosen and i gotta feel enormous what did i miss well you missed kate elwyn commentary queen where is carl moving the rig we don't know who won metallica gwen won metallica oh you know what i would have guessed that she looked the most comfortable on metallica normally came back and took second oh points have not been updated yet however main game q let's see where i am in the guardians i am fifth yeah if i have another guardians game between 170 and 200 i'm gonna leave all right i'm up next on joker poker so everybody have a good time oh yeah here comes carl he's running carl's running what game do i text keith and then keith text you our order okay all right i'll call him and then yeah that doesn't matter that's my way oh boy i've lost my place you should see who carl who picked it cheryl picked it and go i don't i don't trust the the ladies going like last available they like to pick like random or who picked it you would say cheryl but i'm not sure steve daniels it's just you the video is fine for everyone else except for you actually it's not the video i'm watching the game live and it's also stuttering live very hard to control so does it look better everybody looks better here it looks better now here it was dropping even though even here yeah oh my goodness i have no idea what just happened oh i hate it when the td comes in and just starts playing ruins everything the only thing i can guess is that she started a one-player game or not a four-player game i didn't the rules are if the td wants the game to start over you just walk up and power cycle the game you got to start it over if you power cycle it [Music] if anybody can clip whatever that happened i think it was a one-player game i think she started a one-player game what is that your face no it's not that's a kappa i think or something twitch related it kind of looks like it could be you it could be right it could be always wondered life's mysteries gwen is probably playing the best this round doesn't mean she's gonna win but like just she's on it she's just on she's reading the ball really well oh my god how do you let that go so calm i'm freaking out in the booth she chose this game oh norma deferred norma deferred wow although i guess how many games are over there if norma chose them so she had chosen the three moderns and didn't want to choose anymore got it gwen on the other hand had chosen all the games already so oh she's laughing why she left herself yep is that the in this rule as well if you're uh you're able to get through everything yeah you're not going to get through 16 games top 40 be the fourth be the yeah top 40 yeah highs and double buys are you a saucer man or are you a uh go up top until you get a b work your bonus multiplier let's go for special and then start going to everything oh look at that the live backhand nothing i can do about drop frames i let everyone else use my uh my backup device over the weekend and uh my backup has no more power i'm so glad there's not a camera on my [Laughter] face all right shaping up to be a gwen norma all right norma apply the pressure right now i need to back up to the back up you want to pay for the back up to the back up i'm happy to have a backup to the backup [Music] i guess i could send the stream buffer on a bit more so chat's not quite as real time but that would uh uh i like it being more a little closer but maybe what are you talking about what are you talking about i'm mumbling here i'm trying to fix the drop frames year so it's not that bad right now it's not right now well i've dropped 30 oh i mean 35 000. it tells you yeah fascinating [Applause] yeah this game was at northwest and i learned to hate it all over again twelve thousand don't you go for the bonus multiplier right now nope twelve thousand three shots away from the one shot away oh especially okay so maybe oh no nice nudge that was excellent 50 000 maybe right maybe it's a free maybe it's a free game card i'll never know yeah true could be a freak how frustrating would that be free entry that would be awesome there you go yeah go straight scorebit there you go add an entry add an entry to your system yep get a special add uh add a ticket the last game into the line here last ball the women's final 500 on the line the first what's that guaranteed based on entries that is based on entries everything's calculated so and it's on the website we don't talk about 1099's until um until people don't know about them oh nice because we won't be able to come to our tournament oh here's a special special oh um we may have some pinball personalities that want to come to our tournament but don't want to because of the potential for tonight i'll just leave it at that are they playing that want to play but will not come because they would be receiving a check not if they don't money well right but if they take money they so they're not going to come you paying them or am i paying them you would be paying them with a check if they did well enough yeah but so because of that they can potentially why don't they decline their price that's an interesting option maybe except i don't know 599 dollars as their prize the chat after this uh is over right now pinball what pinball personality um i'm gonna how many how many prizes over six hundred dollars a year all right we have uh norma taking it down take it down with two walk-offs right walking dead yep and uh exactly lost world so norma followed by gwen wait excuse me i'm doing math wrong here um cheryl takes first with her second with two bobby takes second five points we have a tiebreaker between bobby and gwen first second second lose everything on my screen here come on bobby versus win classics will be coming up at 7 ish we're going to take a quick break here we may missed a couple first couple rounds i got some things i have to look at so stay tuned for that but we will be excuse me we will be going offline during that section but seven o'clock is the official start for classics excellent the skill shot there gets a lane save the ball walk two balls locked ready to go tried for the short plunge and just missed oh unfortunately hits the reactor bank and drains down the middle it's we're gonna have dan spoeller come on here for just a bit it's like it's a tiebreaker two player match so it's not much pull it a little closer it should be good yeah how are you doing i'm doing pretty good all right i'm daniel spoeler tournament director here so i'm having a chance to actually watch some of the finals okay there i go uh hope everybody's having a great time i gotta go track down the fuse welcome he was up until 5 30 the day before the tournament getting things set up fixing up games uh really working hard to make this a a good tournament so we thank dan very much for everything he does for this and uh of course project pinball yeah all right so gwen's trying to set up a decent lead here against bobby nice shot of the spinner to build reactor uh value one more hit on the switch like the destruct sequence on the pop bumper this time oh good save there all right there's a little bit of a ball save after the you destroy the reactor and back to it all right there's reactor number two ready to go it's going to go up top i don't think she's going to lock any balls it seems like she's avoiding that so that she doesn't give any um any block balls to bobby ball save got it short plunge uh almost oh and that's it all right so bobby's got a slight hill to climb he needs about 300 000 or 280 let's see nope 300 a little over 300 now that's uh not insurmountable oh excellent skill shot 100 000 for that plus gets the reactor lit plus the ball save lane fantastic just what she needed here oh let that drain faster all right here it goes short plunge nope all right so questions go for locks and i would just because it's uh three shots to get into that multiball destroying the reactor is not going to be enough to pass gwen and that's the game right there all right gwen takes second place bobby in third final results have norma in first gwen second bobby third and cheryl fourth thanks everyone for watching the women's finals from free play florida we will be back a little after seven o'clock with the classics finals take care