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Concord Champ '25: Winner's Circle. Streamed from The Flipper Room.

DRI374·video·5m 14s·analyzed·Nov 18, 2025
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TL;DR

Concord Champ '25 tournament awards and champion interview at The Flipper Room.

Summary

Stream coverage of Concord Champ '25 tournament awards ceremony at The Flipper Room venue. Jack Slovac won the championship, with Tim Hansen finishing fourth. The host conducts a brief post-tournament interview with the champion discussing his winning performances on King Kong and other games.

Key Claims

  • Jack Slovac won the Concord Champ '25 tournament championship

    high confidence · Direct announcement during awards ceremony: 'And our grand champion, first overall'

  • Tim Hansen finished in fourth place and won $300

    high confidence · Award announcement during ceremony

  • Jack Slovac lives in Sacramento, California

    high confidence · Slovac directly states 'I live over in, you know, Sacramento' during interview

  • Jack Slovac plays frequently in Reno, Nevada despite being California-based

    high confidence · Host and Slovac discuss his frequent Nevada play; 'I play there a lot'

  • The Flipper Room hosted the Concord Champ '25 tournament

    high confidence · Opening remarks and throughout stream; 'at the flipper room'

Notable Quotes

  • “Everything played great this weekend. Everybody had fun.”

    Host/venue representative @ Opening remarks — Confirms positive tournament experience and game maintenance quality

  • “I kept 2x running the whole time... I wanted to keep that going.”

    Jack Slovac @ King Kong strategy discussion — Reveals tournament strategy on King Kong—maintaining 2x multiplier was key to high scoring

  • “It's just beautiful... one jacket after another.”

    Host @ Adams game discussion — Commentary on Slovac's consistent gameplay performance across multiple machines

  • “I'm going to run a double feature here hopefully with Mike if he lets me with the with Predator and the Winchester Mystery House.”

    Host/streamer @ Final remarks — Plans for future tournament featuring Predator and Winchester Mystery House pinball machines at The Flipper Room

Entities

Jack SlovacpersonTim HansenpersonThe Flipper RoomorganizationKing KonggameMedusagameAdamsgameCentigradegamePredatorgameWinchester Mystery Housegame

Signals

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    community_signal: Stream content from tournament with live audience interaction and post-tournament interviews demonstrates venue's streaming/content strategy

    high · Formal stream production with awards ceremony, champion interview, and future event announcements

  • ?

    competitive_signal: King Kong multiplier management strategy revealed as viable high-scoring approach—maintaining 2x multiplier throughout play

    medium · Slovac explicitly discusses maintaining 2x running and the discussion of pterodactyl island lock contributing significantly to near-1B score

  • ?

    event_signal: Concord Champ '25 tournament successfully completed at The Flipper Room with positive community feedback

    high · Host opening: 'Everything played great this weekend. Everybody had fun.' Tournament awards announced and champion interviewed.

Transcript

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0:03
Great weekend at the pinball if uh if a longo but it was a lot of fun. Huge thanks to everybody for making it out and enormous thanks to the flipper room. Everything played great this weekend. Everything played great this weekend. Everybody had fun. And yeah, we're going to have some And yeah, we're going to have some awards for our top four finishers. Uh in fourth place, uh Tim Hansen, $300. [applause]
0:30
Oh, and a water bottle. And a water bottle. And a water bottle. Thank you.
1:19
Thanks, guys. And our grand champion, first overall, I don't think people just let him win because it was his birthday weekend.
1:37
Thanks, guys. [laughter] All right. Do you want to grab the All right. Do you want to grab the pistol? Yeah. Yeah. Just line up here. It's all about juggling.
2:17
Okay, we're gonna see if we can get a few words from uh Jack and uh congratulations. Absolutely awesome games throughout, Absolutely awesome games throughout, right? We were kind of rooting for you a little secretly on Medusa to see if you could do a perfect round, right? So, but uh talk us through that King Kong game, right? Walking up to 1 billion on the board. How how confident were you that you could just like, "All right, I can do this." I would say decently. Yeah. I would say decently. Yeah. Um that uh pterodactyl with with the um Um that uh pterodactyl with with the um island lock is is the probably my personal best on that one. probably my personal best on that one. Yeah, it is. Yeah, that was just like it Yeah, it is. Yeah, that was just like it was like that was more like in the island. Yeah, it was because we were just scratching our because we were just scratching our heads. Where do those points come from? Right. So, yeah. I kept 2x running the whole time. yeah. I kept 2x running the whole time. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. you. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. you. Yeah. So, was that what your strategy? Yeah. So, was that what your strategy? Because you were hitting those a lot like the 2x was almost pumping like all the time you were playing. I wanted to keep that going. I wanted to keep that going. You want to keep that going. That's You want to keep that going. That's awesome. Yeah. Yeah. And centigrade like first player 110k. And centigrade like first player 110k. How did that feel? Were you like were you a bit shaky there or? Uh yeah. Um I felt a little better Uh yeah. Um I felt a little better considering uh ball five was uh going into that ball was uh kind of a low score. Yeah, it more felt like a solid score that it more felt like a solid score that turned out end up. end up. And after that we had Adams. You just And after that we had Adams. You just blew that to smitherines. I mean going into ball three you were sort of a little bit under sack there and but you just managed to Yeah, I can I can play this game and just like one jacket after the another. It's just beautiful. Well, Well, yeah, awesome to watch you here. I mean, I know you're very used to standing on a podium, but congrats again. And uh we love seeing you out there. We rooting things so hard for you even. But you you're not from California, are you? Uh I am. Yeah, you are. Okay. Uh I am. Yeah, you are. Okay. I live over in, you know, Sacramento. I live over in, you know, Sacramento. Oh, you are? Yeah. But somehow your name Oh, you are? Yeah. But somehow your name seems associated with Nevada a lot of times, but you play there. I play there a lot. I play there a lot. You do? You do? Yeah. Yeah. You do? You do? Yeah. Yeah. Reno is really close. Often closer to Reno is really close. Often closer to Yeah, I know. Because you play states Yeah, I know. Because you play states there, but you knocked me out of state here once. Yeah. So that you didn't quite know if you were California or Nevada. All right. Uh there you have it folks. All right. Uh there you have it folks. Jack Slovachk is your last name. Or is it Slovak? Slovac. Slovac. It is Slovac. All right. Yeah, I got the It is Slovac. All right. Yeah, I got the pronunciation right. All right. Thank you. Thank you again, man. Yeah. Thank you. Yeah. Thank you. Have a good one. Have a good one. You too. You too. All right. Uh I'm You too. You too. All right. Uh I'm going to shut down the stream here. Uh thank you so much for hanging out. Uh this has been a stellar weekend as always at the flipper room. Uh I hope to see you next time. There's Concord open next year hopefully. Uh, I'm going to run a double feature here hopefully with Mike if he lets me with the with Predator and the Winchester Mystery House. So, there's definitely more pinball on the channel from the flip room coming. So, have a good night, folks. Been a long one.