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Free Play Florida 2019 Women's Pinball Tournament Playoffs

IE Pinball·video·1h 41m·analyzed·Nov 9, 2020
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TL;DR

Free Play Florida 2019 women's pinball tournament semifinals/finals coverage with community figures.

Summary

Coverage of the Free Play Florida 2019 Women's Pinball Tournament semifinals and finals, featuring matches on Metallica, Beetlejuice, Total Nuclear Annihilation, and other machines. Hosts Carl D'Angelo and Jeff Teolis provide play-by-play commentary with guest appearances from IFPA President Josh Sharp and other community figures. The tournament showcases competitive female players including Norma Jennings, Bobby, Maritza, and Cher competing for prizes.

Key Claims

  • This is one of the last two Stern circuit events in 2019; another is happening in Grandy, North Carolina (OBX), and Cincinnati show is also ongoing

    high confidence · Carl D'Angelo, event commentary

  • Norma Jennings volunteered for 10+ hours of scorekeeping while also competing in the tournament

    high confidence · Carl D'Angelo and Jeff Teolis, direct observation at event

  • Sweden has a large pinball championship event with over 300 participants

    medium confidence · Jeff Teolis, referencing JDL Pinball streaming

  • Josh Sharp made a trade: Free Play Florida for Texas Pinball Festival or similar event plus a steak dinner

    high confidence · Josh Sharp, direct statement

  • The Women's event at Free Play Florida 2019 has 32 players competing; first place prize is $558

    high confidence · Fred Richardson (Funky Fresh), tournament announcements

  • Extra balls are turned off in the Beetlejuice tournament setup

    high confidence · Carl D'Angelo and Kyle, tournament settings discussion

  • Nashville has multiple new pinball-focused venues opening, including a 10,000 square foot arcade with Chicago Headquarters, Up-Down from Des Moines, and Pins Mechanical from Columbus locations

    medium confidence · Fred Richardson, reporting on Nashville arcade expansion

  • Metallica has beaten up many tournament players at this event

    medium confidence · Carl D'Angelo and commentators, general observation about game difficulty

  • Josh Sharp prefers to have launch parties done by 8 p.m. and be in bed by 8:45 p.m.

    high confidence · Commentators, joking reference to Josh's preferences

  • The network connectivity during the broadcast dropped from 100 megabits up/down when tested the previous day to significantly lower when the show opened

Notable Quotes

  • “This is my last Free Play Florida. I traded Free Play Florida for Texas Pinball Festival or similar Pinball Expo event plus a steak dinner.”

    Josh Sharp @ ~14:00 — Josh Sharp, outgoing IFPA President, announces his last Free Play Florida attendance

  • “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.”

    Carl D'Angelo @ ~6:45 — Technical/commentary difficulty identifying players due to stream quality and crowd dynamics

  • “Norma was top seed, wasn't she? I think she was number one. That is. I thought that was true. It will be shown somewhere.”

    Fred Richardson @ ~30:20 — Uncertainty about seeding information during live commentary

  • “Sounds like Kyle's making up rules again.”

    Fred Richardson @ ~33:00 — Humorous jab at Kyle's Total Nuclear Annihilation rules knowledge

  • “That was perfectly. That shows intent of her to not. That was not intentional, her taking advantage. True. She did not know.”

    Carl D'Angelo @ ~41:15 — Tournament director ruling on a rules incident involving a stuck ball, determining no intentional advantage

  • “Best pizza in the area.”

    Unknown @ ~43:00 — Comment about Giordano's pizza availability at the resort venue

  • “I'm hardwired in there or similar interjection, and it's not doing well.”

    Fred Richardson @ ~47:00 — Network troubleshooting during live broadcast

  • “Wash your hands. Tip your waiters. Waiters and waitresses. But wash your hands.”

    Unknown @ ~51:00 — Public service announcement during tournament broadcast

  • “I had 12 at one point. But like, as a normal person? Yeah, as a normal person.”

Entities

Carl D'AngelopersonJeff TeolispersonJosh SharppersonNorma JenningspersonBobbypersonMaritzapersonCherpersonKylepersonFred RichardsonpersonZach Sharpeperson

Signals

  • ?

    community_signal: Norma Jennings volunteered 10+ hours of continuous scorekeeping while competing in tournament, demonstrating strong community support and volunteerism

    high · Carl D'Angelo: 'Norma Jennings who is one of the great volunteers here at Freeplay Florida I was with her on Thursday and watching her set up like actually bringing the games in I think she has been scorekeeping non-stop I would be safe to say 10-plus hours easily and still manage to do very well here.'

  • ?

    event_signal: Free Play Florida 2019 is a major Stern circuit tournament event with 32 women competitors, 100+ main event competitors, and 100- classics competitors; described as one of last two Stern circuit events of 2019

    high · Carl D'Angelo: 'One of the last two Stern circuit events you'll see this year...Over 100 competitors in the main events. Over 100, or just under 100 in classics. Women's event. We have 32 players.'

  • ?

    community_signal: International pinball tournaments gaining prominence with major events in Sweden (300+ participants), Germany, and Europe; multiple concurrent tournaments across North America (OBX in North Carolina, Cincinnati show, Free Play Florida)

    high · Jeff Teolis discussing Sweden championships and German WPPR farms; Carl D'Angelo noting: 'you're seeing pinball all across North America here right now this weekend. And even Europe right now, right?'

  • ?

    community_signal: Tournament event demonstrates strong female participation in competitive pinball with dedicated women's division (32 players) and skilled competitors

    high · 32 women competitors in dedicated tournament division with commentators praising skill levels: 'all four of these women are...great players'

  • ?

Transcript

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0:00
Oh It's a little Lazarus action for half a second. And then let's transfer it into another double Elway. Into a double catapult super. What are we witnessing here? Let's flip all of this.
0:49
Oh, Ray got it. Clark. Clark got it first. What? What just happened? Hello, and welcome to Freeplay Florida 2019.
1:25
I'm Carl D'Angelo. Here with me is Jeff Teolis. and we'll see if we can get some other people. Ta-da. Yeah, Josh Sharp will be sitting down in a second. He's just going to 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 Maritza with two, Bobby with one point, and Cher with no score as of yet. So 3-2-1-0 scoring. And are we playing three games, Carl? Three games. Correct. And we're dropping frames like crazy it looks like. This Metallica has beaten up many people. I've heard that over and over again. Sparky is a little testy at times. So here comes Maritza. Into the scoop.
2:37
Carl, with Metallica, for tournament settings, when you go into the mystery, 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 is going on in the game right it's deterministic but I don't know exactly what they are I haven't played the newer code as much as the older code this is Norma Jennings who is one of the great volunteers here at Freeplay Florida I was with her on Thursday and watching her set up like actually bringing the games in I think she has been scorekeeping non-stop I would be safe to say 10-plus hours easily 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 out lane. 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.

high confidence · Fred Richardson, technical commentary during broadcast

Commentator @ ~52:30 — Humorous reference to home pinball collection sizes and collector mentality

  • “One of those things you really like to know before you plunge on this thing.”

    Commentator @ ~53:00 — Comment about tournament setup information being important for strategy

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    competitive_signal: Tournament strategy on Total Nuclear Annihilation includes prioritizing right orbit for maximizing reactor values, managing ball saves strategically, and intentional drain techniques from scoop for free plunge back to top

    high · Kyle and commentators discussing optimal shot sequences: 'That right orbit would be my priority shot right now, to lock in those values' and '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 a thing?'

  • ?

    design_philosophy: Total Nuclear Annihilation game design includes skill shot nuances where not hitting flippers vs. hitting flippers affects grid fill and ball saves; players debate optimal strategies indicating depth of mechanical interaction

    medium · Debate about TNA skill shot mechanics: 'you don't want to hit the flippers and you want to get it in the rollover...you can change it right now...the answer is out lane spinners'

  • $

    market_signal: Nashville arcade market experiencing significant expansion with multiple new venues opening including 10,000 sq ft facility, Chicago Headquarters franchise, Up-Down location from Des Moines, and Pins Mechanical from Columbus

    medium · Fred Richardson: 'Patrick McKenna is going to be opening up Terminal 10,000 square foot parkade...Nashville's on fire. We were there and there were cranes everywhere in that city.'

  • ?

    personnel_signal: Josh Sharp, IFPA President, making last Free Play Florida appearance due to trading event for Texas Pinball Festival and other commitments

    high · Josh Sharp: 'This is my last Free Play Florida. I traded Free Play Florida for Texas Pinball Festival or similar Pinball Expo event plus a steak dinner.'

  • ?

    technology_signal: Live broadcast experienced significant frame drops and network degradation during event despite pre-testing showing 100 Mbps connectivity; broadcast quality deteriorated when event opened to larger audience

    high · Fred Richardson: 'When I was testing it yesterday, I was getting 100 megabits up and down...Once the show opened up, it seemed like my quality went down...Dropping big time frames right now'

  • ?

    competitive_signal: Tournament directors use discretionary rulings on mechanical issues; in this case, a stuck ball in scoop was ruled playable after determining it wouldn't impact match outcome, showing pragmatic administration

    high · Ruling on stuck ball: 'Once they found out that it wasn't going to matter for the match. Oh, then they didn't have to worry about it. Then they didn't really care. Okay. Which is fair.'

  • ?

    venue_signal: Caribou Royale Resort hosting Free Play Florida provides multi-day tournament venue with pools, restaurants, and pinball machines in enclosed resort setting

    high · Carl D'Angelo: 'This enclosed resort here at the beautiful Caribou Royale which i know everybody's enjoying lovely seats for everyone pools everywhere restaurants and of course a lot of pinball.'

    • 3:38
    Super skill shot, always good. Extra balls are turned off if you're watching. 2,500, Carl, is that what it's worth? Or 5,000? 5 million. I forget. I never get extra balls. I'm not that good.
    3:59
    It's points, whatever it is. So once it goes into the mystery scoop, we'll see that. Doubled in this game, I believe, right? Sure. Double or triple. Sure. With a little fuel help.
    4:10
    Fuel and snake. Grab it during one of the multi-balls. Wow, good for you. You know, a tough first ball, but right into Sparky. Settings for crank it up. Are they set to five each? Do you know? I do not know. We don't know. So this is the first time actually Carl and I are seeing this game.
    4:29
    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? Is it 12? 12 or 8. 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 set it or not, I saw you playing it. I played it there, yeah. They did it two years ago. Yeah. You had a few crank it ups, if I recall. Just a couple. Bragger.
    4:55
    Hey, you brought it up. I bring it up, and then I guilt you. Whoa, this is a good multi-ball. Look at that. She needs one more pick on the left to light her add-a-ball. Yeah, left with the great markers. Oh, and she's in snake, but she didn't have it. No. But the ball save's still on. Oh, wait, wait. Jerry had it lit. Did she? She did already have it lit. I didn't realize that. Great. And now another ball save, which is key here in multi-ball.
    5:16
    No problem. Still ball save. I've been looking to hit a pick-up. 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.
    5:27
    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.
    5:35
    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. She must have went to the right orbit. I didn't see it. Not necessarily. No? No. She may have had a lit and then during the molten ball hit the chair, the snake, and the grave marker to light the three items. She did hit all of them. She must have. Yeah. Okay.
    5:56
    Because the super skill shot would have given it right away. It would have started the end. The order's off.
    6:08
    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...
    6:23
    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 caribou royale which i know everybody's enjoying lovely seats for everyone pools everywhere restaurants and of course a lot of pinball
    6:56
    One of the last two pro circuit events you'll see this year. There's another one going on right now in Grandy, North Carolina. OBX is happening. And then, of course, our friends in Cincinnati, the Cincinnati show going on. So you've got pinball all across North America here right now this weekend. And even Europe right now, right? Is there a good one in Europe? There's a big one, yeah. Oh, boy. Over 300 people. I forgot which one. Wow. Yeah, they were streaming on. JDL? Yeah, JDL, I believe. Jim does a great job. Thank you. Thank you, Chad. In Sweden, thank you. Is the Sweden the Sweden Championships? Because I know they have an event in Sweden that you have to actually be from Sweden to play in. 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.
    8:00
    Norma's got her... There she goes. ...markie going. Yeah. Norma's a great player. I mean, all four of these women are, but... 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 that's why we're sitting we're a little separate from 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 Snake's lit
    8:47
    Carl, I know when ball saves on, you're flailing away like everyone does. When you're down to two balls, ball saves off, do you try to cradle on this? Yes. You do? Okay. I try and cradle and then make sure I get the picks to get the out of ball. And then after that, cradle up and shoot sparky. This just in, Andre Massinkoff says you're crazy. He never cradles.
    9:10
    I've seen him cradle. You know what? I played a game of him at Free Gold Watch. hoops and the first thing he did he goes look i'm cradling 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 ho event is coming up in december so that's another one of those german whopper farms as they as they call them multi-a day yeah it's not as big as the pin Olympics that they add or the Olympics, but certainly a lot of action going on. 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 semifinals here, let's bring in the outgoing IFPA president, Josh Sharp. Hi, Josh. How are you? Hey, Jeff.
    10:11
    You like this tournament, what, three years in a row for you now, or four? Coming here? Yeah, more than that. Eight? Eight because of IAAPA.
    10:22
    That's his kind of hall pass. Whenever there's a show that involves work, Josh gets to play. That's right, man. That's right. Yeah. That's why I made Pin Masters part of my other show. Yeah.
    10:33
    How are you managing the Open? How did you get a better hall pass? I can't hear you. Turn up whatever. Turn up whatever, huh? Is that better? That's way better. What did you say? How are you managing the open? That's yet another hall of fame. Oh, yeah. This is my last Free Play Florida.
    10:51
    I traded Free Play Florida for Indisc plus a steak 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.
    11:06
    It says it's share, but I don't believe that share. So I'm sorry. I don't know. I've yet to meet this woman.
    11:16
    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 Iron Maiden shirts. Is that true? All from the same legacy at the Beast Tour. So is that one?
    11:40
    She said, I don't know. We'll have a look next time. Yeah. Which concerns me. All right, Maritza, trying to get things going. Oh, ball saves. Good. If you're going to drain, that's when you do it. Yeah, she definitely deserved an extra ball there. Oh, we've got somebody on here who hates ball saves.
    12:02
    But he also works for a company where they want money to keep going in. Maximizing revenue. Yep, exactly. sacrificing enjoyment for the greed of the shareholders.
    12:15
    No way, man. It's the Josh Sharp story. No ball save, six ball game. You know that. You give everyone a ball save. .001 millisecond difference between you draining and the other person draining.
    12:28
    Oh, yeah. You can be by yourself in a second. That's almost as scary as what happened to me last night. Tell me how hard it is to go to sleep the number one qualifier and then just sit there at number one all day. Hey, hey, I've been working to maintain that today. What are you talking about? Have you? Have you put some scores on today? Yeah, I have.
    12:46
    I wanted a little buffer there. I'm not playing classics like you are. Yeah, well, I need to qualify for Florida, man. Oh, I'm up. All right. See ya.
    13:02
    Sorry, everyone. Stuck with me. All right. Oh, Josh tried to kill himself walking out of here. All right. Norma, Ari ticks the game, and now you have no commentator because I have to go move the camera. Be back in just a moment.
    13:37
    Thank you. Hey everyone, how you doing out there? This is 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 I'd jump in here and see what's going on in the women's event.
    15:07
    Probably the best bank in here. They got to choose. Look, we're going for a little ride with Carl on his magical traveling machine. Yes, a little T&A.
    15:24
    Had a great weekend out here at Freeplay Florida. Over 100 competitors in the main events. Over 100, or just under 100 in classics. Women's event. We have 32 players. First place is going to win $558 tonight.
    15:47
    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.
    15:57
    Alright, looks like we're all set to play some Total Nuclear Annihilation. Following Norma's group. looks like after the first round,
    16:12
    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 Maritza, who currently has two. Cher not quite out of it yet with one point, looking for a win.
    16:32
    Why does Sheepwalla say Carl's neck? I don't know, maybe somebody turned on the camera a little early. Oh, did someone? Yeah, maybe. Oh, goody, goody, goody. Commercial was over. Great.
    16:44
    We should go to a little splash screen, though, at the end of it. Here we go. We're starting TNA. Fun thing about this game is you want to walk up and hit the rollover up top without hitting the flippers and clear out your nuclear bank right here, somewhere up there.
    17:09
    Yeah, you start your reactor. Well, you don't start it. You complete it. Yep. You complete it and make it ready to start. Bobby decided to go right for multi-ball, which is common. She's going to try and fill her reactor during multi-ball play. One shot. Needs 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 play field.
    17:36
    Oh, just came out of there. She's got a ball saved. She's fine. Both those are coming back. You can try and manipulate the ball and make it stop in the rollovers up top. That was a jackpot shot. Use 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 reactor value correct go through all three of those and it will be full value I believe if you hit the rollover Without moving it It fills your grid It maxes the grid up Lights It does not maximize So if you move it It gives you the ball save The lane save If you don't move it you get the lane save And the grid fill And then when you fall into scoop You would start the reactor Which is nice It's hard for me I've got to remember to walk up and not test the flippers. No, you can test them. Well, yeah, you're not going to get full value on the skill shot. It's fine. You get full value. It's whatever lane you put it on.
    19:01
    No, no, no, no, no. But once you plunge, then you can't change it. Stop fighting. I own this game. I used to own this. Come on. You may have seen Carl do something good on a game here or there, but. Who's been playing longer?
    19:16
    I think Fred has. I believe Fred. All right, Miss Norma comes out of there. It's only 34. Carl's right. What were you guys? What was the debate? Carl's Army. I have no idea what you guys are talking about. Okay, so on TNA, what I'm saying is you don't want to hit the flippers and you want to get it in the rollover. I thought if you hit the flippers and moved it, you did not fill your grid with. No, you can change it right now. Well, not yet. I thought that was an extra bonus for not moving it in the rollovers.
    19:47
    And Carl wants to make it up rolls. 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 looks like Cher from Nashville. I just came back from there. Great city. A lot of pinball going on there. Rough drain for Cher, unfortunately.
    20:08
    So, Josh, no ball saves on this game? Yeah, no way. We didn't set this one up. No ball saves on any game. But 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? In TNA? Yeah. Whatever. You can turn them off. Turn them off. Oh, boy.
    20:33
    Turn the line, man. Turn the line. This is the man that likes to get his launch parties done by 8 p.m. That's right. And in bed by 8.45. That's right. There is a hands-free skill shot, but I think the only difference is points. Yeah, I'm sure there is something different because I said so. I don't want Fred to be right.
    20:51
    There we go. Bobby's going to start her reactor. There's going to be one white arrow placed randomly on the play field. Nope, not yet. You've got to heat up the reactor to 100. You do have to heat up the reactor. Is this on countdown mode? Is that default now? I think it is. Yeah, it defaulted all the way through. Hit the slings up there. There it is. In lanes. But once you get it to 100, it's done. Yes. And her one shot for jackpot's right there. Bam, got it. Boom. Times one. That's fine. There's a little bit of ball save. She definitely deserved an extra ball there.
    21:26
    I mean, that light show is blinding. That's true. She just needs one shot on the left. Oh, start number two. Bobby's not taking prisoners in this game.
    21:35
    She wants to jump out to an early lead. There we go. How about a little multi-ball too? Now she's got to prime up her reactance. Unfortunately, she wasted the ball save. Drain. Drain and punch. It's coming. They're coming back right there. There we go. Two jet bumpers. Two jets. Two jet bumpers. All right, 3X. One's done. 3X. There's 3X. Oh, glorious.
    21:57
    Now, a lot of people don't go for the jackpots on the drops, and I find them 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 back one, you get the add-a-ball. Yep. And probably reset ball saver timer when you get the add-a-ball? Of course. Why not? More ball saves.
    22:17
    Sounds like Carl's making up rules again. Game set. Let's play. Very good ball from Bobby there. Jumped way out with that triple jackpot. It was nice. Jumped from about a 350 to 662.
    22:34
    This is Norma Jennings stepping up. I think she was. Victory lap here. Norma was top seat, wasn't she? I think she was number one. That is. I thought that was true. It will be shown somewhere. And with the amount of hours she put in scorekeeping, I am shocked. She's actually scorekeeping in Classics right now as she plays.
    22:57
    Watch. If you see in the background, she's going to run over to Classics for quarter score for 2001.
    23:02
    And she's yelling for Fred, who's up on Grand Slam. Bye. Game one? Game three. Miss a little, miss a lot. Oh, yeah, 6-3-2-1. We are 3-2-1-0 for scoring.
    23:23
    It's enormous through no matter what. Yep. Kate Elwin is out. Oh, you did not. You did not. Oh, I did.
    23:36
    I'm one of the few people that can do it in front of the four people watching. How many people are watching?
    23:44
    You took a triple donut? I took three. I tilted out one ball and won it on 30. No, you can clap. I took three zeros. I left a multiple for player four on GNA. I'm sorry.
    24:08
    Apparently a lot of players having good games on Grand Slam at the moment. Yourself included? Not myself. But other people. Oh, no, no, no. Oh, wait, wait, wait. It was only just a... Oh, yeah. Look at that. You know what? That timer, it's like a recommendation, the timer.
    24:26
    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.
    24:36
    I blame the Titan Rubbers. Fun glitch. And that is the end, right? No, it's not. I lied. Bobby is player one. This is ball three. So this is Bobby stays in the lead. Multi-ball is lit. Is that right?
    24:51
    Multi-ball is not lit. Lock two is lit. If she stays in first place, she will advance to the finals along with Miss Norma.
    25:07
    Oh, my. You know she's going for that lock. Don't leave that lock for other players. We like to catch it on the right side and backhand it in there There it is Center bank to lock Reactors ready Just get the ball Oh that hurts But she out there with a pretty strong score Lucky for her, Norma's after. So Norma can take the block ball. She wants Norma to just clear them out and then drain. Just clear them out. That's right. And actually doesn't affect her even if Norma were to win the game as long as Bobby's ahead of everyone else. she will advance. Miss the backhand.
    25:46
    Miss the fronthand. There we go. Bobby rejoices. Yes, she does. Alright, we have the trap ball behind the third drop target there.
    26:01
    Oh, interesting. The game should have recognized it there. Released it. Is there an opto where it sits up there? I thought there was. Is she going to trap up? I'm going to go with I don't think so. I say go for that start reactor is what I say. Ha, ha, ha, ha.
    26:27
    This is a... Josh has volunteered to go over there and let them know. No, not today. Not going to DQ Norma? We'll see. Read her face and see if it's intentional. Oh, Norma trapped up. Come on. There we go. Look at this. What are we doing?
    26:42
    Oh, no. She thought about it. She's like, I'm just going to go free it. All right, TD, Fred. Go get him, Tiger. Yep. Yeah.
    26:55
    Too late. Don't worry about it. She just drained. Oh, wait. She thinks that she... Oh. She walked away from the game.
    27:02
    So now she's going to pay the ultimate price unless she goes back up there. It's going to go in the scoop. Drain the ball, sir.
    27:08
    And then kick out. Oh, no. Don't. Oh, God. Oh, Jesus. And? Ball save? Yes, ball save. That was perfectly. That shows intent of her to not. That was not intentional, her taking advantage. True. She did not know.
    27:27
    But she should let this ball drain and be over. TD Fred? Or? Or lock balls for the other players. Or a TD should be right there watching.
    27:45
    Who is over there? Steve. Okay. Bobby's husband. So I'm sure there's... No, Norma, you go ahead. You go ahead. You do you. No malintent going on there.
    28:00
    Oh, I'm third in line for Devil's Dookie. Don't worry, the ball will get hung up somewhere and call me over shortly. Jet bumper. Jet bumper for the meltdown. No, no, no. The three. Don't get the jet bumper yet. Ooh, that kick out one. What? The three. The three up the top. Ah, wasted. What three at the... He's talking about... Look, she has the multi-ball ready to go. What does that do up there? And the three maximizes the reactor. What's the value difference? The one, two, three. It can be significant.
    28:31
    Yeah, it can be more than that. Are you a ball of cradle on the left flipper? Oh, yeah, no. You want to get back up. Why? Oh, it's significant. It's better for you.
    28:45
    I can't remember the maximum values. If you asked me a year ago, yeah, I could. But the maximum value is higher for each reactor, right? Yes, it is. She was only on one. So I'm going to go with the ball on left flipper to get back up to the top here. They're post-passing. She could have plunged into those lanes. Into the lane the auto plunged. around or also started the multi ball before starting that yeah does that get you 3x yes so 3x plus the max reactor all right you had me a good value you had me at multi ball yeah you had me at trap up and free the uh stuck ball
    29:26
    that man that scoop is not nice today somebody feed that scoop something oh a lot of silver ball There we go. It's nice if you can control that plunge.
    29:38
    You'll see she can play the lower rollovers. See, now the reactor's 56,000, 57,000, 58,000. So if she gets that top one, it will max. Yeah, the third will max this reactor.
    29:54
    Plunge, plunge, plunge. No, don't let it auto-plunge. Nope. Oh, no. Outlay. There we go. Nicely played.
    30:12
    I'm burning calories just watching her play right now. Devil's there. There we go. All right. Solid second right now.
    30:28
    All right. Cher stepping up. Player three. sitting at just under 61,000 points. Just going to let that game cool down a little bit.
    30:38
    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 are The owners just opened them up? No, these are owned And we have a new place coming in Patrick McKenna is going to be opening up I mean, it wasn't that long, but it was true Terminal 10,000 square foot parkade just Nashville's on fire. We were there and there were cranes everywhere in that city.
    31:35
    Seems like everything's on fire right now. This is a hot subject. I'm guessing Cher's on the clock at this point.
    31:47
    Going to have five minutes to return to the game. So what's Cher need here? She needs to... She's got a reactor. No, no, no, I mean point right. She needs to take first and have Maritza pass Bobby Elson.
    32:01
    She just needs, Cher just needs to pass Bobby and then have Maritza pass Bobby as well, but not pass her.
    32:13
    I think they're discussing over there. The normal ball. Right, exactly. I'd be discussing how that scoop shoots out. Why? It's fine. It's got a ball seat. Oh, my Giordano's pizza has arrived. All right, everyone. Why are you eating Giordano's in Florida? No kidding, man. What's the matter with you? Best pizza in the area.
    32:34
    All right, kids. I'll be back in a little bit. I'm up. Oh, Fred. I'm sorry. What? I can't feel my face?
    32:49
    Norman'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 impact the match. What her did really doesn't matter. Well, no. They do want to pass Norma as well, at least for Cher. She needs the. Well, no. You're right. Everyone's behind Bobby. Everyone needs to catch up on Bobby. You're right. This 3-2-1-0, you know, plays in my head a little.
    33:22
    You ready to pull up the footage of what her score was when the ball was stuck? No. Asking for a friend.
    33:35
    My friend is Cher Farnsworth. No, I'm kidding. Come sit, Jim. No. We are dropping frames again. I apologize, everyone. The network here is getting a little wonky. Once the show opened up, it seemed like my quality went down. You're still hardwired in? I'm hardwired in, and it's not doing well. Okay.
    34:15
    Dropping big time frames right now. I wonder what the ruling is going to be. Replay game on a different game.
    34:34
    I already dropped my bit rate, too. That's what's bad. I can't go any lower. Where's Pabarelli going? Where's Greg?
    34:45
    What the? We saw the football. We saw the... I don't know.
    34:52
    So, apparently a multi-ball ended, but it left one of the balls at the top. Yeah, it was stuck from the very beginning of the ball. So, my thought would be just like, the ball is on the play zone. You can play it. I almost forgot that it was there. I walked way up the curve. Well, she didn't forget. She didn't even see that block. She never got to miss you with the game.
    35:11
    She just pointed out. She's already through five. Yeah, she's already through five. Thank you. That's good. Bye. All right. Yeah, they were just talking about what to do. Maybe you heard some of that. Maybe you didn't. It looks like the drop frames have stopped. So we're back in business.
    35:43
    Moving on to player three, Cher. Coming up in just moments. here at Free Play Florida at the Karib Royal Resort. I believe that's the name of the place.
    35:57
    After women's concludes, we will move on to classics. Classics begins at 7 p.m. here. It's in an hour and a half.
    36:05
    And then join us tomorrow at 9 a.m. I think it is for main fun. 9 or 10 a.m. I'd have to look at the schedule. My apologies. and we are moving on now. Here we go.
    36:26
    Sheer 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.
    36:38
    The only way... Let's see. Two points. Yeah, Marita has outs here. Steve, thanks for the bits. Appreciate it.
    37:00
    Hopefully this network remains stable for the rest of the night. I'm really stunned that it's having an issue. When I was testing it yesterday, I was getting 100 megabits up and down. Oh, right. That was a skill shot. What kind of ruling? Super skill shot, 100,000. Dang. Plus the reactor. Dang. Plus the lane save. Dang. Plus light show for free. Oh, yeah. What did they decide?
    37:27
    Once they found out that it wasn't going to matter for the match. Oh, then they didn't have to worry about it. Then they didn't really care. Okay.
    37:36
    Which is fair. That's fair. 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 a thing? That's a thing. The cool kids are doing it? Yep. Well, right here. Right here. Plunge back to the top. Yep. Look at that. Oh. Missed.
    37:54
    This is important here. She has the lane save ready, too, so that's good. Take your time. Oh, that's it.
    38:06
    There's the match. Alright. They'll be putting in the scores. Let's check on the other group. Let's see. Let me pull that up here if I can. They are done. The 30s is done. The other group.
    38:26
    Let's see. We have Gwen and Cheryl moving on from the other group. Okay. I'll move the camera. Enjoy watching Josh's face for five minutes.
    38:40
    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 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?
    39:23
    Looks like a pro Pro And we dropped more frames while I was gone Wonderful That's okay, they were frames of me So consider it a win This is it? Final four? Final four There you go, yeah Oh yeah I am up next on Guardians Alright 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 on this game I believe so it's going to be playing hard
    40:11
    loop past that do you loop past it? no right orbit no? I don't I usually go I flail away to the right ramp.
    40:25
    Alright. Are you a fan of this game? I am. I really like it. I sold it. Yeah, but you only got room for what? Four or something, right? Yeah. It's tough. I had 12 at one point. But like, as a normal person? Yeah, as a normal person.
    40:43
    Oh, look at that. The Woodbury combo. 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 Alright, here we go, Varn Oh, man. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah. Keeping it alive. Oh, oh, all right. Backhand into the drops. Bink. No? Nope. Just jailbreak it. That's right. Still got barn. Prison isn't worth anything anyways.
    41:52
    Oh, yeah. I'm up. Zach, you want in on this? Oh, Zach's coming in. Oh, boy. All right. Unfortunate drain.
    42:05
    While in barn. All right. All right, Gwen, the second seed stepping up right now. let's see what she's going for multi balls like Bobby did or we're going for modes what do you like to do I like to play modes get a good base yeah I agree although on the premium LE it's always nice to start the first wave of well in prison so you can get some walker bombs. Yeah.
    42:49
    Yeah, before I owned it, I didn't realize you couldn't earn the bombs until you had started the initial wave. Which is good. Yeah, I like the roll.
    43:04
    Nice nod. Uh-oh. Oh. Oh boy, Ryan. On the fly, right? So at this point, would you just go straight after well? Yeah.
    43:23
    Wouldn't worry about that Ryan shot. I'm not a fan of going for it. It's just not that... It's not an easily repeatable shot, at least for me.
    43:38
    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.
    43:54
    Exit. Nice. All right, one more shot to start prison. Oh, my gosh. Nice. Nicely done. All right, hit some. Oh, and if you... Yep. Time's right. Oh, no. Oh, yeah, yeah, no, it's still moving. It's 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.
    44:40
    But that's fine. That's fine. Extend the timer on Riot. Exactly. And we found this is not in tournament install, so you can start modes during. Oh, really? Multi-ball, yes. I am not used to that. No, not at all.
    45:02
    Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Get it. All right. Trap up. travel take your time oh no not back oh that was rough that was like a double fumble drain but good ball yeah good response good response all right cheryl stepping up
    45:37
    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 X No you never did it No Oh okay I was going to say, I usually just try to build up my X 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. The CDC is the best, yeah. Arena.
    46:24
    Ball passed to the chop on Sinbad. It's fall three. You guys got a huge bonus. You didn't count it. You're going back to the shoot away.
    46:31
    Yeah, get him to open it up. So don't do what I was talking about, because you don't get that shot multiplied.
    46:44
    In Horde? Yeah, it was the final shot in Horde. Yeah, the right, the Woodbury. It won't multiply. That's why you've got to save it for Arena. The Arena collect. Right.
    46:56
    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. Oh.
    47:20
    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.
    47:32
    Come back at any moment. What builds the X-shot multiplier? Isn't it walkers killed? It's, yeah, every other walker killed adds a multiplier. So if you see the little white circle inserts flashing,
    47:46
    Carl's going to start circling them. I'm going to mouse it because I'm not by the touchscreen. Those little... Oh, not the X-ball. That one, the white ones. Yeah. Those are walker shots. So every two of those walkers gives you a bonus X.
    48:01
    And there's no cap on it. Nope. But if you're getting the multi-ball, good luck trying to not have a ball randomly go down that lane. Right.
    48:15
    And then if you get to Woodbury, don't select shot multiplier as your award, because that will light the second in lane in your avalanche. Really? Yeah, and you can't avoid it. Interesting. I did not know that.
    48:33
    more drop frames this network is so this is game one of the women's final these are the top four players here at Free play Florida.
    48:57
    Oh, nice save. Wow. That did not till. That's incredible. Do we know what's at stake? We do. Let me pull that up. Oh, I have to fix something. I forgot.
    49:18
    Sorry, my brain is a little scattered at the moment. Let me pull this up. Standings are at neverdrains.com. slash fpf2019. And you'll also see the prize pool on there as well, which is what I need to update here, because Dan needs something here before I forget. Oh, and she starts Wellwalker.
    49:41
    And after she completes this set of drops, she will have Bloodbath lit. So this can be a nice stack right here.
    49:52
    Yeah, so prize pool. First, 552, second 345, third 242, fourth 173, and then the fifth, eighth, 104. Now these may be rounded up or down to nearest values, but those are the approximate values from the software.
    50:10
    Oh, nice. Oh, she just needs to get that one last drop. Light bloodbath. Oh yeah. And a moat in the process, probably. Oh boy Oh my gosh What drop target How did I not get it What missing Oh come on Someone got a drop there Even a random sling into it. That's rough.
    51:00
    I rarely ever start prison on this game. It's... Just in general? Just in general, yeah. I always end up going for a well. Yeah. It depends. I feel like on a pro version, I don't start it as much. But what I like doing on the Premium Ali 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. Once I drain, just resurrect it with a multi-ball start.
    51:54
    All right, what's she going for here? She's in Riot. My player count is way too high. Nice save.
    52:07
    Bicycle girl. Nice riot shot. That was a good on the fly shot. Riot is kind of like Korra. When you have it nailed, it's awesome. But when you can't find that shot... Trying to multiply it there. Oh, unfortunate. It's rough.
    52:30
    So one of the rules here is you cannot pick the same game twice. Throughout. In finals. Yeah. Throughout the entire day of finals. Same as Indus. Same as Indus, yep. Yeah, it takes a look at their rulebook quite a bit.
    52:46
    Which always makes for some nice strategy, you know. Yeah. Choosing order, and maybe you get the same pick twice.
    52:56
    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.
    53:11
    There are five games in this bank remaining. It survived. Yeah. Secret Service did not make it. It's been a bit of a rough weekend with games.
    53:28
    All right. But not with the Stern games. Not with the Stern games, folks. CDC. All right. Come on. Ramp, ramp, ramp. Build that up. Oh, did that? I don't know. No, it's still build up phase. No, no, no, no, no, no. Oh, wait, no.
    53:47
    She hasn't hit the left ramp yet. Right, right. So nothing's happened. No damage yet. No damage. All right, ramp.
    53:55
    Maybe she's just not. You know what? sometimes when you get so focused on the multi-ball, you might not even pay attention to what mode is going, you know? True.
    54:04
    All right, first agent's got locked in. Oh. No, no, no, no. Oh, God. CDC's so valuable. Oh, no. Oh, no. This is not good.
    54:23
    All right. Well, I think she is not focusing on TDC is going to go for bloodbath. Yeah. I mean, she's got to have just one drop left. I mean, I feel like I've seen that ball hit over on that side so much.
    54:56
    I get that didn't hit it. That's unreal. There we go. Bloodbath is lit. One more set. Well is ready for phase two, right?
    55:25
    Oh, boy. here it is there we go but bad bad with the multiplier right away and a mode ready come on Oh barn come on barn come on barn come on not arena or not the tunnel the tunnel every shot's lit barn barn barn here we go barn but barn is the way to go oh yeah especially with the AdWolf here actually isn't riot and bloodbath the way to go? Well, right. He started running. Just CDC. But, I don't know. That might be the end here.
    56:03
    Thanks for the sub, Raymond. I appreciate that. I'm going to be up. Look at that. I'm up after you. All right, barn, barn, barn. Try him. Okay. Looks good.
    56:25
    Oh, oh, no. I think that's danger number two. Oh, starts well, Walker. Okay, come on, barn. Barn. Taking a little breather here.
    56:44
    What's that in lane multiplier at? Probably two or three Nothing It was used earlier Oh but the playfield multiplier is on now There you go Double We get a double double She's waiting for the first time Double double In and out Yep I knew it Sounds good Barnes over And so is the multi ball I think Norma is near the lead right now Ball two It was three It is wasted Got a little well walker love Just gotta be close Just played it right now
    57:41
    52 Maybe trap up See what that boat is Oh, it's ball two. Prison pounder. Yeah. Wall with the doors closed.
    57:57
    Oh, that was stage two. Do you close your doors at home? I do. Who made that, man? No, don't answer. Sorry. No longer works here. He was fired.
    58:19
    He's still there, I think. Are we talking about the designer of the game? We're talking about the person who made the prison head mech.
    58:31
    Same person that did the topper, I assume, with the fish tank. Just kidding. Oh. Oh, that was a good ball. Everybody out of the pool.
    58:42
    Nice ball, Norma. So this is our finals. First game. This is what Norma chose, I'm assuming. Norma did not choose this. She chose to go last. She chose it last round, so she couldn't choose it. She chose to go last, and Bobby ended up choosing it. Did she want Walking Dead? She did want Walking Dead, yes. How about that?
    59:11
    I don't expect us to see the 30s, so. The art of not choosing the game you want. Another wasted multiplier. I do that with Josh a lot. I get into his head. That's right. He tries to make the right choice. I'm so easily rattled. Oh, my. Oh, look, he picked the game I wanted anyway. Josh and I are sitting at tied for 13th over there in class Oh did you grand slam your way back up? I sure did. 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 listening So classics If you make it into finals You automatically get paid $80 That's lovely 5th through 8th place is going to net you twice that At $160 Win a round Make it into the finals in reverse order from fourth to first. These may not be 100% accurate. Right, nor they are right now. But $321, $481, $722, and $1,203 for first place in classes. I need to talk to Dan about those. In other words, it's going to be more, folks.
    60:41
    Maybe less. You know, there are things such as IFPA player fees that have to be pulled out. Circuit fees, too, probably, right? Circuit fees need to be pulled out. And it's a question of how... We still do that? How the damn one would distribute the... Do we even know where that money goes? Carl fees? The Carl fees, yeah.
    61:04
    My dollar per player for the software? Drain tournament manager. Do it. I'm going to send a survey out on your behalf to people. Would you be okay?
    61:14
    And then when I send you, like, a 94% acceptance rate, you can still not do it. Oh, no. It turns out his wife said no.
    61:26
    I'm not going to send it to your wife instead. With the asterisk that she gets all the money. She gets all the money. Will that make more work? Right, right. It'll make less. This is a pretty tight game here.
    61:39
    Gwen's walking up with 55. Current high score is 77. Looks like Bobby came up a little bit short with 71.
    61:49
    Well, folks, Roger Sharp has entered the building. I am now the second best looking guy in the room. Oh, yeah.
    62:04
    He's in first place in the 70 and 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 no Lyra oh when 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 huh Cheryl's got some wood to chop here.
    62:45
    She's got to activate her prison for her shots. Oh, she can lock in food. She wants to lock her drop target bank in on food. Yeah.
    62:58
    Food. Oh, wrong one. Oh, poop. Five wells. Oh, this isn't good. The side-to-side action is the fun stuff. So heavy on this game. Especially with those drop targets being pretty much the most important shot on the game. Oh, yeah.
    63:27
    Trap up for a second. I'm getting nervous. Yeah. Slow it down. Getting nervous. Slow it down. I can't take it. Trying to get that prison. What you want to do. Oh, my God. Come on. So close. It was right there.
    63:44
    Scooby-Doo. 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.
    64:05
    Okay. Are we done? We're done. All right. Let me go move it. Oh, yeah. What are you doing this January? You want to come to California.
    64:38
    Hey, there you are, Fred. Look at that. Looks like they skipped me on Joker Poker. In the promo video. Oh, yeah. Well, that's because my friend Emoto Harney made it for them. Oh, that's awesome.
    64:48
    It's a great video. Great teaser. There's Asher, currently the Papa World Champion. Four years running.
    64:58
    Three years. All right. I'm going to make my way up to Joker Poker. I'm up. Let's get. What game, Carl?
    65:47
    What game? Oh, yeah. From Lyman to Lyman. The ratio of modern games to classics in this bank is quite high. Right? For this place?
    66:14
    How about you do the average age of the bank? Uh-oh. Oh. Lucky end of the scoop. Back into the Guardian scoop.
    66:30
    Cheryl's score on Walking Dead is wrong. That's not good. Yeah, Cheryl got... Oh, no. Thank you. Here comes Gwen going with Master of Puppets. No.
    67:20
    Oh, I don't know about that one. Ooh, Ride the Lightning. Yeah, that score's a little bit higher. I'd definitely go with that.
    67:32
    I choose Sad But True for the combo boosting. Very nice. Dead bouncing. Perfect. All right. Let me fix these scores somehow.
    68:05
    They transpose a player with another player? I don't know. Probably, maybe? I'm just... Oh! That was an awesome nudge.
    68:27
    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.
    68:41
    Oh! Oh. Oh, a little post pass. Get it over there. Get over there. Oh, what are you... No, no, no. Let it... There you go. Bam.
    69:06
    Slade Sparky. Alright, two more for Snake Attaball. There we go. Nice. Doing work. Metallica. Doing work. Have we noticed settings on here?
    70:04
    We normally didn't do like crank it up, lowering or anything like that. I'm going to go with I doubt it. Okay.
    70:12
    Looks like Expo glare. Previous Expo glare, right? Or is there a current different Expo glare? Current different. Little yellow different.
    70:26
    But when watching Black Knight Premium, it didn't even matter. Let it go. Oh, that's all right. Nice. Don't forget the attaball.
    70:45
    Got somebody in chat saying that score may be wrong. We have fixed it. Very good. Of course you did.
    70:52
    I'd like to call these two gentlemen the custodians of the FBA. That was a fantastic. Heavy shake. You would think she'd be pretty close to cranking it up. 40 of each item, not enough. Only needs Gravemarkers.
    71:17
    You just get them all on the right ramp and then ramp piston combo until you get there? Why not? I'll just keep playing Gravemarker all day.
    71:28
    And backhanding, I don't mind. Oh, that was some ugly. Some delayed reaction. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. What do you call that?
    71:43
    That was like a volleyball pass. Oh, I was wondering why the crowd was getting bigger over here at 6 o'clock. Classic call line just ended, didn't it? Oh, my gosh. Did I make it? Oh, boy. Did we make it?
    71:59
    Pull out the phone. Oh, God. It is. Oh, look at that. It ends today. You and Alberto. Oh, my goodness. I'll be playing second somewhere. I'll take it. That's right. Chip in the chair, folks. That's it. Especially with those games. Bring it. 106 total players in Classics. No, we will not be expanding the field.
    72:25
    Good luck. I will be right back. Uh-oh. Carl's doubling his 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.
    72:46
    Boy. She was fighting. Fighting hard. I'm currently trying to play a choker poker with no plumb bob in it. Yeah, it's kind of fun. We might fix that before finals tomorrow. No way, man. It's way more fun. I'm thinking about it. shroom fuel alright Bobby's up ball two player one where's she going what's she working on backhand of the stick sure fuel piston no sparky all day mhm oh She was doing well, hitting some sparky action.
    73:42
    All right, Gwen's going to 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 pre-bets on what song is chosen? Fade to black Think so? I'm gonna go with Whom the Bell Tolls on this one I like Fade to Black But everyone's gonna play Oh almost Place your bets Take your chances Could be the five million You never know Oh I've done that Oh.
    74:33
    Oh, no. Saw that coming a mile away. She knew. Two bounces before it hit. All right. Super skill shot on the next ball. Just let it go all the way around. Dead bounce. That's right. And how many times does that actually work for you? On my game, it's pretty much all the time. Really? I know. You've got to dial it in, though.
    74:57
    Most. on the pop of Metallica not so much. Carl's in another order. Oh, boy. Oh, and I'm up. It's all you, Fred. All right. I'll hold it down. It's on my shoulders.
    75:26
    Really? All right, upsets Norma. It's her second ball, player four. Didn't get a whole lot done on first ball. Oh, oh, there's one warning. Looks like tilt's not that super tight. Oh, oh, oh.
    75:48
    Oh my goodness Extra ball is lit 2 million points for getting that in the scoop Oh, kick out right down the center. That was just ugly.
    76:05
    That was looking like that TNA they were playing. Bobby, ball three. come back come oh no that was awful all right so gwen's got a very good chance here of taking a commandingly i mean she's already pretty far ahead but let's crank it up lit let's say she does the full plunge some skills 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 going to go rock some Sparky. Sure. That was my first mode when I started playing this that I would pick and bash the electric chair.
    77:12
    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. You made finals? I did, and then I took three zeros. so I did not go far. The golden goose egg.
    77:57
    Choker poker. Alright, so there's room for a comeback here. Sure is. For sure. We're close to Sparky, it looks like.
    78:12
    That snake hits straight down the middle. You're kidding me. That's the second time. They had adjusted it yesterday at some point, and it only lasted for about three games.
    78:27
    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 go. Oh, denied.
    78:41
    There we go. Wow. She passes 5 million points. She will be in second place.
    78:48
    Does Metallica play really mean? It looks like it. What a kick out like that. And what did Gwen have? Around 40. 40, I think.
    79:06
    All right. Two picks to go for that of all. These pigs right here One pig These are far left ones You moved it Fred That's why Here I'll take it I got it 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.
    79:47
    All right. I guess the tilt's a little loose. Yeah, I was going to take a breather right now, but... My gosh.
    79:59
    Okay, second place. All right. Can we move it? It's going to give Norma five points. Gwen's going to come in with four. Bobby gets three and Cheryl with zero so it's not over yet there's not a very flattering picture of that side of the room everyone's over on if you can flip and see the other side it's packed full of chumbawamba chumbalos Kate, how's your experience in Free Play Florida been so far?
    80:40
    It's been fine. Okay. I had a lot of fun yesterday. First time down here, right? Yeah, first time. The weather's great. Yes. The venue is very nice.
    80:58
    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.
    81:07
    She's got a mobile bar set up here in the corner that she needs to return to. Not a fun event so far. A lot of players, a lot of great players, a lot of good scores. A very eclectic group of games chosen.
    81:37
    And I got a feeling Norma's going to... What did I miss? Well, you missed a... Kate Elwin, commentary queen.
    81:45
    There are so many sharps. There are. 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 Norma came back and took second Oh yeah Points have not been updated yet, however Main game queue 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 going to leave.
    82:31
    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?
    82:41
    Oh, my God. Do I text Keith and then Keith texts you our order? Okay, all right. I'll call him. And then... Yeah, that doesn't matter.
    83:00
    That's my way. Oh boy, I've lost my play game. You should see the chat now. Oh, she's looking at the chat.
    83:12
    Oh! Who... Carl, who picked it? Cheryl picked it and goes... I don't trust the ladies going, like, last available. They like to pick, like, random orders. Who picked it? You would say Cheryl, but I'm not sure.
    83:35
    Oh, we're dropping frames. Steve Daniels, it's just you. The video is fine for everyone else except for you.
    83:58
    Actually, it's not the video. I'm watching the game live, and it's also stuttering live. It's very hard to control.
    84:20
    Does it look better, everybody? It looks better here. It looks better now here. It was dropping even here. Yeah, yeah.
    84:50
    Is that your line of Sightmobile? 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.
    85:50
    Was that a false start? What false start? Oh, I have no idea. Okay. The other thing I can guess... The other thing I can guess is that she started a one-player game, or not a four-player game. I didn't.
    86:11
    The rules are, if the TD wants the game to start over, you just walk up and power cycle the game. You gotta start it over if you power cycle it. If anybody can clip whatever that happened, I think it was a one-player game.
    86:37
    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 a little bit, right? Yeah, it could be.
    87:04
    Always wondered. Life's mysteries. Oh, good nudge. That was fantastic. Gwen is probably playing the best this round. Doesn't mean she's going to win, but, like, just she's on it. She's just on. She's reading the ball really well.
    87:37
    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. Wow.
    87:50
    Although, I guess, how many games are over there? If Norma chose... So she had chosen the three moderns and didn't want to choose any more. Got it. Gwen, on the other hand, had chosen all the games already. Oh, she laughed. She laughed herself. Yep.
    88:04
    Is that the indisc rule as well? Yeah, it is. If you're able to get through everything? Yeah, you're not going to get through 16 games this year.
    88:12
    Top 40, be the... Yeah. Top 40, yeah. Buys and double buys. Are you a saucer man, or are you a go up top until you get AB, work your bonus, multiplier man? Just go for special, and then start going that. Oh, look at that, the live backhand.
    88:38
    Nice nudge. Nice nudge over to the A. Oh. Yeah, frames are dropping again, yeah. Nothing I can do about drop frames.
    89:02
    I let everyone else use my backup device over the weekend, and my backup has no more power. Thank you. I'm so glad there's not a camera on my face. Right.
    89:51
    All right. Shaping up to be a Gwen Norma fight. Oh. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. Oh, no. All right, Norma, apply the pressure right now.
    90:25
    I need a backup to the backup. If you want to pay for the backup to the backup, I'm happy to have a backup to the backup.
    90:43
    I guess I could turn the stream buffer on a bit more so the chat's not quite as real time, but that would...
    91:05
    I don't know. I like it being more... a little closer, but maybe that'll work. What are you talking about? I'm mumbling here. I'm trying to fix the drop frames issue. That's not that bad right now. It's not right now. Well, I've dropped 30,000, 35,000 frames. It tells you. Yeah.
    91:23
    Fascinating. Fascinating to you. Terrifying to me. Yeah, this game was at Northwest, and I learned to hate it all over again. 12,000. Don't you go for the bonus multiplier right now. Nope. 12,000. Three shots away from the... One shot away... No, no, no. Special play. Okay. Oh, no. Nice nudge. That was excellent. 50,000? Maybe, right? Maybe it's a free game, Carl. We'll never know. Yeah, it could be a free game. How frustrating would that be? Yeah.
    92:08
    Free entry? That would be awesome There you go Yeah Go straight in the Score a bit There you go Add an entry to your system Yep Get a special Add a ticket I should drop that down To Jay And Brian
    92:38
    All right, let's see. Let's see. Last game into the line here. Last ball. The women's final. $500 on the line. The first.
    93:00
    Is that guaranteed or based on entries? That is based on entries. Everything's calculated. And it's on the website.
    93:06
    Women's is $552. approximately $5. No 1099s needed. We don't talk about 1099s until people don't know about them. Oh, nice. We want people to come to our tournament. Oh, here's a special, special. Oh!
    93:29
    Yeah, we've heard this. We may have some pinball personalities that want to come to our tournament, but don't want to because of the potential for 1099.
    93:46
    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 take the money. But if they take money, so they're not going to come.
    94:03
    Are you paying them or am I paying them? You would be paying them with a check. if they did well enough. But so because of that potential... Why don't they decline their prize? That's an interesting option. Maybe except, I don't know, $599 as their prize.
    94:20
    We'll chat after this is over right now. Pinball, what pinball personality? I'm going to... How many prizes over $600 are you going to award us? All right, we have Norma taking it down.
    94:32
    With two walk-offs, right? Walking Dead and... Exactly. Lost world to Norma followed by when follow I wait to me. I'm doing math wrong here Cheryl takes first with third second with to Bobby takes
    94:52
    Second five points. We have a tiebreaker between Bobby and Gwen for a second second second Yes, it's an American thing about tax.
    95:37
    Carl will be right back everybody I should lose everything on my screen here pull up the tiebreaker come on Bobby versus Wynn classics will be coming up at 7-ish we're going to take a quick break here we may miss the 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 session but 7 o'clock is the official start for Classics excellent skill shot there gets a lane save.
    96:38
    Ball locked. Two balls locked. Ready to go. Tried for the short punch and just missed. Oh, unfortunately.
    96:50
    Hits the reactor bank and drains down the middle. We're going to have Dan Smoller come on here for just a bit. It's a tiebreaker two-player match, so it's not much.
    97:19
    Welcome, Dan. There you go. Pull it in a little closer. It should be good. Yeah. How are you doing? I'm doing pretty good. All right.
    97:32
    I'm Daniel Spolar. tournament director here, so I'm having a chance to actually watch some of the finals.
    97:42
    Fuse from something. Okay, there I go. Hope everybody's having a great time. I gotta go track down the fuse. Welcome!
    97:54
    Dan's a busy guy here. He was up until 5.30 the day before the tournament, getting things set up, fixing up games, really working hard to make this a good turnaround so we thank dan very much for everything he does for this and uh of course project pinball
    98:23
    all right so gwen's trying to set up a decent lead here against bobby Nice shot with the spinner to build reactor value. One more hit on the switch. We'll light the destruct sequence on the pop bumper this time.
    98:42
    Oh, good save there. All right, there's a little bit of an A-ball save after you destroy the reactor.
    98:50
    And back to it. All right. All right, here's reactor number two. Ready to go. Time 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 locked balls to Bobby.
    99:42
    Ball save. Got it. Short plunge. Almost. Oh, 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.
    99:57
    A little over 300. Now that's 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.
    100:16
    Full ball save here. Oh, let that drink pass me. All right, here it goes. Short plunge. Nope. All right. So, question is, go for locks?
    100:31
    I would, just because it's three shots to get into that multi-ball. Destroying the reactor is not going to be enough to pass Gwen.
    100:43
    And that's the game right there. All right. Gwen takes second place. Bobby in third. Final results have Norma in first. Gwen, second. And Bobby third. And Cheryl fourth. Thanks everyone for watching the women's finals from Freeplay Florida. We will be back a little after 7 o'clock with the classics finals. Take care.