Pinball at the Lake 2019 - Semifinals

IE Pinball·video·1h 59m·analyzed·Jul 30, 2020

Analysis

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TL;DR

IE Pinball covers PATL 2019 semifinals with strategic gameplay analysis across Radical, Rescue 9-1-1, and Black Knight.

Summary

IE Pinball's coverage of Pinball at the Lake 2019 semifinals features competitive match play across three games: Radical (with competition ROM fixes), Rescue 9-1-1 (featuring multiball exploits and the Jaws of Life mode strategy), and Black Knight. Commentary emphasizes rule depth, strategy discussion, and player skill execution across diverse machine types.

Key Claims

The Radical competition ROM has fixed jackpot sequences (no random jackpots) and prevents lock stealing, protecting radical letter progress
high confidence · Commentary during Radical semifinals play: 'no lock stealing no shenanigans...the jackpot value follows a fixed sequence so no more random jackpots'
Rescue 9-1-1 has an exploit where players can create free multiballs by changing modes during the mode-start ball feed
high confidence · Jim Valcido demonstrates and commentator explains: 'after you start your mode...it'll feed a ball to the plunger lane...during that time...you can change the mode to something else...and it'll still be a multi-ball'
Jaws of Life mode on Rescue 9-1-1 is the primary scoring mode, worth potentially 100 million+ points when completed
high confidence · Commentator analysis: 'Jaws of Life mode...could be worth 100 million plus if you complete it...this mode is the mode that's actually worth points all the other modes are kind of worthless'
Black Knight's center target is dangerous and difficult to backhand, causing multiple drain attempts during play
high confidence · Tournament play observations: 'this is a little bit lucky and sometimes you just can't cash in on it...i mean for those of you who didn't see uh brian's ball on rescue91 he had one there'
Tournament format is 3-2-1-0 scoring with four games in the semifinals
high confidence · Commentator: 'three two one zero scoring and there are four games in this round and this is the first round of the semifinals'
Radical has a strong plunger that requires a calf punch to avoid airballing into the playfield
high confidence · Tournament participant observation: 'the plunger in particular was super strong you actually had the calf punch otherwise the ball would airball into the middle of the playfield'

Notable Quotes

“no lock stealing no shenanigans a lot of bugs have been fixed um the jackpot value is follows a fixed sequence so no more random jackpots”
Commentator (analyzing Radical)@ 0:30 — Explains key rule changes in the Radical competition ROM that impact strategy
“you want to move it to select jaws of life or cave in um and then there is a trick there is an exploit where after you start your mode like say you select jaws of life and you start your mode right here it'll feed a ball to the plunger lane to start your multiball and during that time when it's in the plunger lane you can change the mode to something else one of the non-multi-ball modes and it'll still be a multi-ball”
Commentator (Jim's game) @ Rescue 9-1-1 explanation — Describes the critical multiball exploit that enables advanced strategy on Rescue 9-1-1
“the plunger in particular was super strong you actually had the calf punch otherwise the ball would airball into the middle of the playfield”
Tournament player discussing Radical@ 1:22 — Highlights a mechanical challenge on Radical that affects shot selection immediately after plunge
“you definitely want to play jaws of life at the game you can still do the trick with cave and rescue so you can keep that mode in in the game”
Commentator@ 49:58 — Core strategy tip combining the exploit with optimal scoring mode selection
“this game is so frustrating when you just lose your multiball right away”
Commentator@ 47:19 — Reflects the volatility and difficulty of maintaining multiball on the game

Entities

Jim ValcidopersonBrian KpersonJay CollinspersonDennispersonRyan KpersonCarl D'AngelopersonMike WelshpersonCorey DunnpersonDavid OliverpersonMattperson

Signals

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competitive_signal: Pinball at the Lake 2019 uses 3-2-1-0 point scoring format across four games in semifinals, with A and B divisions competing separately
high · Commentator confirms: 'three two one zero scoring and there are four games in this round and this is the first round of the semifinals'
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gameplay_signal: Rescue 9-1-1 features a complex multiball exploit (mode-switch during ball feed) that creates strategic depth; Jaws of Life mode identified as primary scoring mechanic (100M+ potential)
high · Commentator explains exploit mechanics and notes: 'Jaws of Life mode...could be worth 100 million plus if you complete it...this mode is the mode that's actually worth points'
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design_innovation: Radical uses modified competition ROM with fixed jackpot sequences and lock-steal protection, preserving player radical letter progress across turns
high · 'no lock stealing no shenanigans...the jackpot value is follows a fixed sequence so no more random jackpots'
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gameplay_signal: Radical's strong plunger presents a mechanical challenge requiring a calf punch to avoid airballing into center playfield; impacts immediate post-plunge strategy
high · Tournament player: 'the plunger in particular was super strong you actually had the calf punch otherwise the ball would airball into the middle of the playfield'
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content_signal: IE Pinball providing detailed live commentary and rules explanation for Pinball at the Lake 2019 semifinals, with focus on strategy and player skill analysis
high · Consistent detailed commentary explaining game rules, shot sequences, and strategic decision-making throughout multiple games

Topics

Competition ROM modifications and rule changesprimaryMultiball exploits and advanced strategy on Rescue 9-1-1primaryTournament play and competitive pinball formatprimaryGame-specific strategy and shot sequencesprimaryRadical letter collection mechanics and mode progressionsecondaryBlack Knight mode progression and dangerous shotssecondaryPlayer skill execution and risk managementsecondaryLive tournament streaming and commentarymentioned

Sentiment

positive(0.78)— Commentators are enthusiastic about gameplay and player skill; positive tone toward tournament organization and community. Some minor frustration expressed about game difficulty (Rescue 9-1-1 multiball volatility, Black Knight center target danger) but framed as challenges to overcome rather than complaints.

Transcript

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okay b division is playing on skateball that's getting turned on it looks like we're gonna go to radical it's gonna be fun so this is another game using the competition you're on by sauron there's no lock stealing no shenanigans a lot of bugs have been fixed um the jackpot value is follows a fixed sequence so no more random jackpots so shout outs to sauron so how did you feel about radical this weekend you know i had a really good game on it like i think i had like 6 million on it wow yeah but i was i had the luck of being in a group with a guy who got 13 million i think 11 million but then he so that felt good but at the same time i i was watching him so i thought that my six million wasn't really that great and then i was looking at the game scores at the end i'm like okay no i did pretty good yeah uh it's not playing easy the plunger in particular was super strong you actually had the calf punch otherwise the ball would airball into the middle of the playfield um and radical what do you do you spell radical because it's radical totally and that'll light your locks and then spell radical again thank you ron shout out to ron i think ron's heading out there are other points on this game around the play field there are 2 million lights you can get a million from this upper loop here which i believe starts lit at the start of the game uh there's also a million that lights occasionally when you i believe when you spell radical at this drop target bank you can complete the drop target bank and hit the target behind it oh cool thanks for the uh for the clip thanks minke there's also the snake run up here this one two three bank if you complete it you can hit the target behind there for some awards we also follow a fixed sequence in this competition rom i believe the first one is uh a million select a million points jim somehow able to play at the highest level while fixing every game here constantly yeah we uh got to see a sneak peek at the game lab last night that was a lot of fun yeah it's really cool you got to play some beat saber i want to get it now oh boy rough ball for jim he tried for the tail slider oh and missed it and straight down the middle uses his kickback just trying to get the ball under control there it is cradled on the left and the various shots around the playfield will give you radical letters and if you can collect these letters quickly they build in value so they get to be pretty worthwhile you can get them all back to back but out the left out lane now brian cave representing san diego foreign [Music] there's a million shot through that upper loop [Music] threads the needle through the bumpers gets the d he only needs the two a's [Music] oh it stays in brian getting some nice in-lane look and he's cleared that drop target bank there is a spot letter target behind there if you can hit it a little trouble [Music] there he grazes it there bounces in a this has the side loop to go oh boy wow oh my gosh just completed one two three for a second time that gives you a bonus multiplier as well those multipliers carry over you can't find that spot letter target at some point maybe you just try to hit the a normally finally brian's ball comes to an end he's trying for that last day for ages but a great ball he's up to 2.8 million but anyone's game you can start the multiball get the jackpot huge points backhands the left ramp for the first aid there it is [Music] unfortunately he has the two hard leathers remaining the d and the i appear [Music] spot letter is flashing oh i thought it would get through but it didn't quite raise the spinner enough there's the d can you get the eye the feed from the bumpers makes it hard to get a clean shot at it the eyes also lit for a million start of the game going around nice shot spells radical gets a million [Music] and that also counts as his first law [Music] that puts him in the lead going into ball too so this is the competition rom in the normal game you can steal locks but not in this version of the rom it is fixed so normally you would you could steal locks and the other player would lose all of his radical letters and they would have to respect radical which is terrible uh but they fixed it so it remembers your radical process progress you just have to re-lock the balls with a single shot much nicer [Music] now jim yes i believe the multiball jackpots oh and it chooses the outland breaker gym i believe the multiball jackpots will follow the sequence 4 million four million six million eight million maybe checking correctly on that so no more randomized jackpots in this rom dennis didn't step up this is the semifinals so we're at the final eight right now dennis has been playing some great pinball this weekend thinking about which letter to pick off next those transfers [Music] all right for the million shots trying to quite make it [Music] now we have brian k ryan only needs the a right here to light his lock and he should get it from the plunge there's the a now any of those purple shots will lock the ball rattles there doesn't quite make it around so now he has the spell radical again to get to the multiball oh that's trouble and this outlane configuration so hard to keep the ball in play over there jay collins who operates the machines at mission control shout out to jay being a little squirrely he decides to go somewhere else and just picks off that upper loop million oh boy breaks it there and pays for it but yeah these upper looped millions that are being lit the start of the ball not a bad choice radical just not having a radical yeah not having anything to do with jim now dennis needs a handful of points to catch jim the stats are on neverdrains.com right now uh to check them out go to neverdrains.com when you're on the page go ahead and from the drop down select a final and i'll take you to the page and then go and scroll to your right and you'll see the link for semifinals and you will see the current standings chooses the in lane there just wants that d oh he almost gets the million there the radical is spelled [Applause] there it is so at this point dennis has passed jim earns himself a point he's gonna have to chop some wood to catch up with jay and brian oh a little bit of from this handle of the ball there was bouncing over the flipper for those of you joining us just now it is three two one zero scoring and there are four games in this round and this is the first round of the semifinals brian and jay are guaranteed two points at least now brian just needs the a oh he just reflexes the ball in there i believe this is his multiball stay in oh no man but the pressure is on jay right now a lot of more shot to that multiball but jay still has quite a few letters to pick off could get that upper loop billion as well yeah the geometry on this game is crazy it takes a while to figure out where all the shots are going just trying for that million [Applause] nice use of that upper flipper flip that ball out of danger gonna get some tail sliders what a way to get started jay loves those sort of 80s 90s Bally alley games well i guess this game was 1990 i wonder what game we'll go to next so jay collins with three points brian k with two points dennis will get one point and jim valcido will have zero points going into round two thank you all for tuning in here at pinball at the lake [Applause] so all of the finalists are picking games right now here's one you don't see too often oh this is going to be fun yeah we saw brian lamenting his missed multiball drain right as you lit it sometimes you have those moments that stick with you i know i have a couple i have more than a couple who picked i think jim picked yeah yeah he's driving the bus on this one jim likes these wacky games and he has the game knowledge to really make it count rescue 9-1-1 not really a game you see in competitive pinball i don't think do you have any game tips for anyone looking to play uh well i guess we'll see the game so there are two modes you want to pick that will automatically start your multiball if you start the mode there jaws of life and cave-in so the modes are up in the middle here and while the ball is in the plunger lane you can use to select which mode will be the next one you start so you want to move it to select jaws of life or cave in um and then there is a trick there is an exploit where after you start your mode like say you select jaws of life and you start your mode right here it'll feed a ball to the plunger lane to start your multiball and during that time when it's in the plunger lane you can change the mode to something else one of the non-multiball modes and it'll still be a multiball huh and you can do that and potentially make all of the balls a free multiball um so there's a little trick there we'll see if that comes into play and also it's possible um on this game to get zero points no i did see that on my round uh it was a little confusing because it automatically advanced to play like they were playing three they got a zero it went to player four and there's a little bit of confusion but it is possible no ball pave just went down didn't hit anything got zero points other than that uh the points are all in the multiball really if you can get the multiball jackpots they start to double in value and it gets ridiculous oh yeah that was also in competition if uh you had a tilt warning a tilt pass-through oh yeah um you were issued a yellow card you could danger through on this game yeah be careful um all of the modes on this game are pretty worthless as far as points go they give you lives you can see live saved right here and the lives don't really give you points they give you some pity points at the end of the game for each live save something like 100 000 or something but they don't really score much they do advance you towards the wizard mode but not really playing for that so mostly you're ignoring the modes and just getting trying to get the jackpot to multiball the one mode that is worth decent points is the jaws of life mode that uh you can see uh jim selecting it right now yep also it's a matter of where you drop your ball from the helicopter too that was always my problem and jim going right into it starts his mode this is going to start the free multiball you can see him using the exploit changing the mode to caven right away so now even though this mode technically shouldn't start the multiball the multiball has already started here goes the helicopter picking up the ball so that's the first jackpot right there the helicopter shot that'll be 10 million i believe and now the jackpots are up here you have to hit that ramp to the right and then this flipper oh and this takes oh wow look at that yeah the staging here from gyms beautiful that multiball is over but just even that skill just to have it staged up there that's hard oh wow now he can change his mode back because there is ball in the plunger lane again back to jaws of life start this mode and then switch it off again and you see the exploit coming into play free multiballs so this time jim is going to stick with jaw's life play this mode this mode actually is worth decent points it could be worth 100 million plus if you complete it there's one jackpot multiball's over unfortunately but the first shot four jaws of life is right here jim was aiming for it stay up it does jim is too dangerous unfortunately doesn't really cash in on the jaws of life mode now he's gonna switch it believe again these initial jackpots are 10 million so [Music] not really many other points in the game besides these jackpots looked like he had it so now this is the ideal situation a ball look at that another 10 million jackpot so jim going for the bumpers here in hostage rescue actually i think jim has this 30 million hurry up lit from i believe saving 20 lives [Music] and actually since jim chose oh there he goes catches in that hurry up and a great ball from jim he's over 100 million and you can see jim showing the game knowledge on this game i don't think many people really know this game very well i know i had to study it a lot for the tournament on a friday so there is a skill shot you plunge here and whenever it rolls over a switch here it will give you whatever award is lit you pretty much always want the 10 million award like right there now dennis unfortunately no ball saver on these multi balls that's over immediately hello everyone on the chat thanks for joining us here at lake alice he's going to stick with jaws of life hits the first shot multiball's over already that's okay you can play through jaws of life get some legit points that first shot was worth 10 million i believe the second shot's the cap the ball try for it there goes and the final shot is that lock shot in the top right and that could be worth 100 million if you cash that in he's going for it can you get it he's got a few more seconds [Music] so this mode is the mode that's actually worth points all the other modes are kind of worthless oh here we go he's gonna get one more chance at it oh just fits it but still a good effort from brian up to 88 million just with that jaws of life mode so i think even with the exploit you want to make sure you do play jaws of life at some point in your game you can still use cave-in for the multiball trick so he's going to go in the wildfires unfortunately after you complete a mode i believe the next mode it lights is kind of random so you're sort of stuck with these crappy modes you can change the mode if you lock a ball and get a ball back in the plunger lane and you can also change the mode if you hit the cap the ball i believe now this is this mode does score your bonus points whenever you hit a shot so it can be worth a lot if you have a nice bonus that's the uh wildfires mode pretty relevant here in california oh coming soon now brian has that hurry up split here for saving 20 lives i believe maybe it's 25. looks like it just timed out i think that's 20. now this mode wants you to hit the bumpers you save lives if you hit the bumpers oh lazarus holy cow kinda got me excited flip that one wow there's a lock for brian now he can go back to the multiball trick gonna switch the cave in and excellent smart play from brian i know he was just learning this game this weekend too we were all powwowing about the tricks about this game again the first jackpot you can get from the uh mode start shot on the left even hitting that cap the ball alone can be worth decent points 9 million a shot and you can get the extra ball as well which i think is worth 20 million he tried for it he gets it extra ball wow oh my gosh brian's killing it he's about to go through all the modes you need to call 911 i like it i'll approve oh my goodness the helicopter didn't pick up the ball and it just spat back out down the middle but excellent excellent ball from ryan that was very mean i do agree so the other thing is this cap the ball is worth points it starts at 3 million but if you hit the stand up you see how it's changing red and blue it'll build a red value and a blue value over the course of the ball as you hit that stand up so you can get that to pretty good value so ryan had it up to 9 million for each hit of this cap the ball which wow decent points yeah trying to find the mode starts shot a little bit late gets it that time but since he accidentally hit the cap the ball it changed his mode so he's on hostage rescue instead of jaw's life oh no i taught you what you want to do so he's gonna have to slog through this so you could just choose the time these modes out or you could just hit the captive ball and stand up and fill that value up nothing better to do get some uh bumper hits for hostages oh what a move it stays up i would have drained there 100 i did he made the exact right move but unfortunately hits the cap to ball and straight down the middle there but that was a brilliant move keep that ball alive earlier from jay so jim's gonna let the top settle he's gonna step up he's in second place right now behind ryan cave going into ball two so he's gonna keep caving rescue lit and do the trick um you can only do the trick through your first round through all the modes if you get through all the modes you can no longer do the trick the modes no longer give you multi balls but if you've got to that point you're probably already doing pretty good what do you get for completing all the boats uh i think it just resets them all i believe yeah eventually if you save enough lives you get you can start life force uh which is like the wizard mode but that's related to the lives hi pinball dad thanks for joining thank you for tuning in so we're waiting for jim to step up for his ball too and jim needs the points he needs a win [Applause] yeah what do you think about rescue 9-1-1 yeah i think that something's not pretty i think uh they're having a side conversation from what i could hear about like jay's singing and jaws of life he lit oh why did it change over i think yeah he hit the cap the ball i'm sure brian is letting him know yeah you hit the cap the ball jace he hit the cap the ball and it changed the mode you hit the cap the ball and it changes the mode that's why we got we got we got the easy feed right here we get we get the video so it's easy for us i know so jay was just wondering why his mode changed yes i heard some side conversation i was like we know you know thanks luca for agreeing with me i know that's how you felt about rescue 911 so jim is plunging his ball too he is uh going to try to hit that mode start and there it is gonna switch it over the stork extra ball and that's the first shot you want to make to get that first jackpot now he's gonna go for that stork extra ball can actually be uh decent points there just needs to cap the ball a little bit early trying for it three more seconds and he's just gonna let it timeout and thankfully caven ruski was lit again for his next mode so he can do the trick one last time for his final mode oh you know what i think that middle light is out yeah the last smooth light so this is his final mode is cave and rescue now i believe you can actually get some points from this mode if you uh complete these weird drop targets up here but i don't think it's really worth super a lot he is approaching life force there's one tilt warning i think i saw he was at 35 lives i wonder what it's at for life force i think he's going to let this out because he knows it's ready yeah i can see that what and that's that's that's what that blinking yellow in the middle is right about yeah the light force is ready on that right and this could be worth up to 100 million points [Applause] so life force i believe each shot is worth a million you want to hit all five shots and jim just has jim just has uh one shot left oh no that was a hundred million point drain one shot away but still jim up to 241 million do the thing goes for a hostage rescue so this can be nice and multiball because you can get if you can get the ball on the bumpers you can save lots of lives oh down the middle this game is so frustrating when you just lose your multiball right away all right so luckily jaws of life is the next mode lit for dennis so he can do the trick again there we go no i think you do you definitely want to play jaws of life in the game oh no takes two tilt warnings there loses his multiball right away again there's the first shot the second shot is the ramp on the right beautiful next is the captive ball oh did it graze it that ball came screaming and you can see the points piling up here just from this mode [Applause] no time's out but dennis is up to close to 90 million oh and that's the end of his ball good ball too puts him back in the game ben is saying he doesn't know what he's doing but he did pretty good there yeah and what we saw is that jaws of life mode yeah it's very lucrative so you definitely want to want to play through that one you can still do the trick with cave and rescue so you can keep that mode in in the game no i believe this is brian's last note as well so the question is how many lives has he had is he close to life force oh boy stay in oh so brian not much on his wall two there solidly in second place [Music] just time it out i agree like not knowing you know just the the game rules if you're just playing it for the first time you wouldn't know what shot to hit and now i know so yeah that mode you can hit the cave drop targets at the top for some points and then there's there's a spot target behind it i don't know it seems pretty tough to me i think it could be worth some okay points if you uh actually do that now jay seems a flash flood with the multiball [Applause] got the first jackpot and now it comes down to how you can do your multiple skills can you get that second jackpot the ball was up there but couldn't find it so this is nice because he can change his mode back to jaws of life what a karim that was nice draw catch on these got lead flippers [Applause] now jay's gonna play jaws of life and since he locked the ball he gets an extra ball in this multiball it's a three ball multiball instead of two multiple two ball multiball i think jay's trying to ricochet in on purpose i think that's a shot he's actually going for oh a little bit of a fumble there shouldn't be a failed drop catch oh that's just ball two yeah we're going into ball three wow some some rescue 911 action yeah did you like this show when it was on the air was there a show yeah you ever watched rescue 9-1-1 uh is that the real the like uh real-life one yeah okay they would like save people from cave-ins i think i liked it like recreation kind of shows i guess so this game does have a emergency siren light on top of it so any game with one of those can't be that bad right yeah well we have that on rescue n1 we have f-14 tomcat so when those two are going you're just like it's like a disco up in here so jim in the lead on his ball three um he already played life force so this is nice because he can play jaws of life again it won't be a multiball because you only get the multiball as your first time through the modes i see but he gets to play jaws of life again and get all those points which is excellent and i actually i think he just lit this extra ball from a certain amount of lives too i see that blinking at him oh no a little bit too aggressive he has a high game today so i guess the shot was actually the jaws of life shot that was thing it started blinking a little bit earlier than i thought but a great game from jim 240 million but the pressure is on now did ryan complete all his modes too i think he was on his last one when he trained he was on haven which was the last one he had so they should be reset on his next ball so he has the opportunity to get jaws of life to get jaws alive again i believe drop one for dennis but he's in third place right now with 112 million all right let's see what ryan can do yep they are all unless so you can go with jaws of life for those points yep and yeah this is different the second time through because on the first jaws of life the first shot would be this shot right here kind of interesting [Applause] 100 million waiting for him on that upper sinkhole there's life force ah look at this light force so this mode is really cool because it makes this cool heartbeat sound while you're making all the shots they're all blinking really tense each shot is worth a million i believe you want to get all five of them [Applause] everyone cheering for ryan here just like i think the 49ers game is on it's a big crowd very nice what a what a game for brian wow 380 million and you can see cashing in jaws of life completing it is worth 100 million that's good to know for the next tournament no jay wants to try to salvage a point out of here oh keeps it alive and hitting that cap the ball changes his mode again unfortunately as we just were discussing earlier so he's on stork extra ball oh and see i don't know what's up with that helicopter doing that all right so that completes game two [Applause] here we're gonna see uh where we're going to next so i guess we one thing we learned on rescue911 is if you're aiming for the mode start aim late so if you miss you hit this instead of the cap the ball yeah because the captain will change your mode what you don't want nice job brian you feel comfortable on that game now cool yay so let's see which game we're going to next thank you all for tuning in thanks everyone in the chat for hanging out shout outs to carl and jim for setting up this tournament i hope we've uh explained the rules to rescue 9-1-1 pretty well because we were all learning it this weekend uh this is mike welsh and joining me hello i think jim is driving the bus on the game choices for this round and this group [Music] let's see where do you think where do you think it'll go tonight i don't know so jim got two points there so he's back in the game um i mean he's gonna have to pick tomcat right maybe i think so i don't know if it's gonna be three no okay i think he'll finish on top that's my prediction let's see their group is going to be [Applause] all right in the other group in a division we have cory dunn david oliver matt [***] and carl d'angelo i guess we can see what their scores are right now hit the bottom of your screen while we move in the lead is carl and then tied and second is matt and david with three points and corey with zero points trailing the pack anything can happen though lots of pinball yeah we have two more games to go see if they've made their selection it looks like corey's turning on stargazer for them and on this group we're going to be heading over the black knight dangerous dangerous game as we saw earlier [Music] we are representing san diego so we're cheering for brian k and david oliver heading up the san diego crew [Applause] but we're happy for all the players we hope everyone we want everyone to have a good game of pinball that's what's nice about pinball right it's more of a battle versus a machine it looks like we'll be getting started here in a second jim is going to step up [Applause] [Music] all right let's see jim's going for the super skill shot live catches it boom nails it trying to find that one shot that light his mode but misses finally pays for it [Applause] player two is dennis that is a good strategy he gets the super duper skill shot by holding the left flipper and plunging that top lane that's two million [Music] he chooses to bounce over and looks like he nailed the light lock shot there but wants to hit the post [Applause] oh brooks it off the center looks like he was aiming for that left ramp he's punished this game is brutal [Applause] fights his first lock early on the backhand digs that pull out i don't know how that ball stayed in mark one is in the bag beautiful post stop live catches it and second block so you feel good do you get your lock progress on ball one twice the post catch again misses it good patience [Applause] holy cow wow and the most the mode is in multiball is going wow great ball won so [Music] he loses one ball but cash is in the out of all [Applause] if you wait to use it you're probably already too late two more shots of police i thought it was gonna be part two he almost had a second lazarus it was up there but it's hard to cash in it's a little bit lucky and sometimes you just can't cash in on it i mean for those of you who didn't see uh brian's ball on rescue91 he had one there oh no was it radical no it was rescued yeah i think it was rescued yeah so that's the second potentializer first one you did cash but a great ball from brian jay taking the normal skill shot gonna play it safe a little bit early on the backhand and that is black knight you hit that light lock target and pray you stay alive sometimes it doesn't work [Applause] out lead jim belcido currently in third does he have any progress turrets as well i think he has one ball off right i'm not sure i guess we'll find out oh what a scary dead balance that was i don't believe jim has any lock progress because he was trying to light his mode as he did just there oh and i think he was trying to backhand it on the fly but it's that dangerous center target dennis like horn gonna punch his ball too he's gonna go for that super duper skill shot again doesn't get it that time can't lane change if you try for that one stuff and i'm gonna use this ball save there and again i people are trying as the ball is coming on the fly here to backhand it up here we just saw two players drain trying to do that missing brian trying to pad his lead a little bit but he did defeat the sand worm so we'll have that extra ball next ball maybe someone in the chat could tell me how much that extra ball is worth because i think i said it incorrectly earlier jay going into the magma beast mode this is a nice move because it lights all of the shots so you're gonna post transfer light his second lock uh-oh stay in the ball stays in finally back under control tries to forehand the lock shot great patience on that dead bounce gets the second lock shot there oh it rattled he'll get another chance post transfers tried it on the fly ball was rolling i just can't find it [Music] how many chances will he get there it is on the forehand [Music] fleets war i think that started a war hurry up as well in the middle a bunch of flashing lights [Music] nice ball okay good points on the multiball good points on the ward hurry up so we're going into ball three that ball put jay into the lead ryan k on his tail jim and dennis trailing so jim hasn't made a lot of progress he's gonna have to chop some wood on this ball he has a mode ready oh man tried to get that super skill shot has to pay for it with his ball saver gonna go start the evil hand mode mean looking hand monster tried to p ost catch it there it is into the multiball let's see can he cash in his out of ball yeah a little too late on that one but he does get like the extra ball completes the hell hand mode oh we should have seen how much what he had then unfortunately i didn't know what his score was it's up to 37 million [Applause] nice another mode is ready oh boy i thought it would hit the tip of the left flipper there but came at a sharp angle so jim finishes his ball three with 39 million putting him in the second place right now the other players have a chance to catch up oh boy okay settles that ball down mode is ready lights is locked believe this will be lock two tips [Applause] nice post catch there what a nudge very nice trying to light that third block going for mode shots now oh my gosh oh no so then it's going to finish in last place in this game now brian trying to catch up with jim and jay is it 33 million jim's at 39 million skill shot we'll get him about halfway there it is there's two million [Applause] that was i would have flailed at that ball and look at that there's the extra ball was he he was at about 35 36 maybe [Music] into magma beast mode good mode to get some points on because everything's flashing at you i mean these points are worth the good moods i'm sorry these modes are worth good points oh and he's used the power as well so all of these mode points are doubled and he already defeated the beast huge points well that was scary that was from using the sword of rage and it keeps all of the shots lit during that mode too that is the best mode to use the sword on the sword power and he could get to another multiball but the game has had enough but excellent excellent game from bryan in the first place right now with over 76 million and now jay he's in second place right now he has to try to catch brian to get another another point out of here 30 million to catch it maybe you just try to start a mode get some points that way he has a magnet the magma beast mode ready already [Applause] nails it uh you probably already started this mode earlier so it retained his progress and it's a chance to complete it and he can get that extra ball worth 10 million as we just learned [Applause] we'll toss that one to stern bug reports at sternpinball.com it's already gotten up to 61 million [Applause] oh stay alive oh this falls flying around the play field i can't tell what's going on yeah okay settle down oh and into second mode evil snake mode in this mode you have to hit a shot and then hit that same shot again got some more lanes you could start another war hurry up that's a good way for about 10 million points yeah i don't know what's going on in the football game uh tv and the pinball room is off it's getting close oh what a live catch the ball screaming and look at that he's caught up to brian great great ball from j excellent play that was a good game of black knight everyone did pretty good wow howdy club cast mixes thank you for tuning in we are here at Lake Alice Training Company in Riverside, California we're pinball at the lake 2019 you're watching the a uh semifinals right now yep we just finished game two year three game three yeah so we're going into our final game for this round so let's see the scores [Applause] so group one we have brian with seven and j with six so far jim with three and dennis with two how about can we take a peek at the other game yeah let's see the other group in a division oh so in the other group we have carl d'angelo with eight points david oliver won six points met pollock with four and corey done with zero going into their last round all right let's see what game we have next [Applause] wonder what jim will think demo man might be going to the demo man i think so i see brian and dennis hanging out on there [Music] looks pretty good it's nice wide body oh and we are going to update the viewers also if they're using triggers or flippers luckily we have a good eye line to it so we can let you know because that is a factor too you've seen a lot i think it's been 50 50 about choice all right and k will be player one this time and he is using flippers gonna combo into the computer to start one lock in the bag again this is the competition rom on demo man the claw is enabled but you can only choose each claw award once let's see what brian takes is he gonna unlock freeze to start that multiball right away he will getting to just start his multiball right away take that secret jackpot right away just immediately put the pressure on the other players yeah the shots are worth you do get some slightly extra points from using the triggers to get for uh combos not a whole lot it really is a factor so some players like to use the flippers just because it feels more natural or they like them better with some players like these triggers because they're awesome also i think you get a little bit more leverage for nudging by holding those huge trigger from handles oh man just missed that uh that last i guess that was a super there he broke it and drains immediately but ball won 268 million gets that multiball right away [Music] immediately puts points on the board [Applause] [Music] let's hear it for jim belcido and jim is using flippers one mark for jim and he goes right into the claw as well let's see what he chooses and he start his multiball no he's going for a mag he wants to save the lock freeze for the harder second multiball back mag you want to hit that center shot as much as you can multiballs ready on that left inner loop shot [Applause] stay in the rejected ramp is the deadliest thing on this table straight down the middle the good ball from jim up to 125 million multiballs waiting for him all right we have dennis stepping up he's using flippers [Music] oh he has moved to triggers players doing good getting that first lock now multiballs ready for dennis as well bounces it over tries for the lock shot gonna try it again very nice use of the bounce over here from dennis holding that flipper up and nails it starts the multiball secret jacket that's one and it's going to save his secret jackpot hmm maybe oh he didn't use the secret jackpot yeah so back to single ball play [Applause] while i was ready and it's linked to the outlane [Music] [Applause] so you can see there six trigger combos in the bonus that's the bonus you get for using the triggers so not a lot of points it's like an extra million per combo but hey it's something the secret jackpot once per multiball you can hit the thumb buttons on the gun handles to get a free jackpot and a rough ball there from jay [Applause] [Music] going into ball two ryan's in the lead thanks to that early multiball [Applause] he's going with flippers oh boy [Applause] so not much there for brian ball two for jim he's multiballs waiting for him right here but you can also lock more balls before you start your multiball jim going to flippers and there it is there's multiball for jim he will get an extra ball since he locked the second ball third jackpot is the left ramp i'm just gonna let that ball go get it to a cradle beautiful shot trying for the super now oh no i think he was waiting for a dead bounce there from that reject on the right ramp but instead it turns into a double drain that is enough to put him in the lead huh but he would have really liked that [Applause] oh man rattles round up top and then falls down the left gutter oh man terrible bounces from the game so jay is going to have some work to do on ball three right now jim delcito in the lead with 340 million brian right now is in second there's one lock for a second multiball and back into the claw you can start another mode probably go for ac mag oh no it falls into the block breeze and again this is the competition rom so you can only choose each award once so instead he'll get super jets he has this second multiball ready what is the drop catch beautiful into the second multiple museum multiball we get to hear sylvester stallone scream a lot i wish that game wasn't on the football game maybe that was his secret he used at the right time the last moment to get the super oh my goodness oh my gosh the computer is lit for an award sometimes that gives you some good things it could actually give you all the locks super dead oh getting some good value out of those super cats and he completed mtl which will give him another chance at the claw wow very very nice ball great ball from ryan now jim did not use lock freeze on the claw so he could still have the lock freeze available for multiball too all right jim going with clippers and jim needs to win here to have any chance i think of advancing well if we do math let's say if jim gets first j gets boy then we'll go to a tiebreaker oh no dribbles off of the side flipper down the right and that's gonna be it for jim's tournament [Applause] so [Applause] good dead bounce there [Applause] thinking what to do post transfers it's actually hard to do if you're using the triggers yeah oh which he is claw is ready nice shot and he could take block freeze [Applause] museum multiball is ready but now he has to start it honestly oh that's trouble stays alive there one more chance gonna lock another ball all right let's see what jay can do nice ever from dennis and i think with that ryan and jay and jay will advance so nice job to them [Applause] and he's going to use lock freeze to start it [Applause] yikes that's okay jay still advances ryan going to advance with 10 points jay with six points [Applause] can we check the other one yeah let's see what happened with the other group in the semifinals [Applause] carl and david nice job carl and david advance oh but they're not done oh they're not done yet they're playing Argus it doesn't say done so ball game this is still in practice still going on so nothing set in stone i think carl's guaranteed to advance but still up in the air with david and matt [Applause] maybe we can figure out what happened in b division as well yeah let me check i will check out my phony phone let's see [Music] i am going to neverjames.com patl2019 to see the standing myself [Music] see what happened in v final and it looks like Argus just finished as well we have a tiebreaker oh oh for a first place tiebreaker and b division in b division between raymond and mark they both had nine points so third place ryan benway in fourth place to william ziegler but we are still waiting to see who will win that prize and i don't know what game they're gonna pick it looks like they're gonna go to black knight so we'll see what happens maybe we're actually going to get that on stream and i think david did say that they that he is through so it's carl and david yep so congrats jay and brian in our a finals so this is going to be a tie breaker between raymond ashby so i'm gonna hide since these aren't the actual scores i'm gonna hide and it's gonna be on black knight sword of rage i think raymond likes this game i think so too again this is for the first place in v division raymond tried the post catch couldn't quite get it and it's settled on the right second lock is lit oh boy he wanted to light his light his mode but a little bit too early nails that dangerous center target that's for sure raymond ashby he's a very skilled player all these players here incredibly skilled so no joke yeah yesterday's tournament we had 53 players yeah all of them good very good [Applause] mark gonna go for the super skill shot as well but he's gonna miss it has to spend his ball saved oh boy stay alive [Applause] [Music] too early on the backhand backhands it into the sling a post catch there gonna get another chance at it it's at that time and there's lock one [Music] mark working towards his mode [Music] back hands left ramp there's his second lock and he's also gonna start hydra mode takes a stab at the last lock on the forehand but misses locked so raymond wants to light his mode before going into multiball there it is [Music] nice shot to the left orbit to light his extra ball right away [Music] go ahead and cash that in [Music] nice shot he's almost done with the hydra he's just looping that left ramp and that's going to give him an extra ball worth 10 mil raymond all the way up to 58 million now let's see what he decides to do next maybe start another mode work on his second multiball but no love there great ball to up to 60 million points now mark has his multiball ready mode's already started mark thinking about what he wants to do he has that stopwatch on there letting that soap up settle down a little bit now he's ready to go [Applause] super skill shot off the plunge [Music] oh man all right well you never know what's going on yeah he still has the multiball in hand [Applause] gonna hit that left ramp second mode is ready backhands it on the fly and that's a nice mystery award light ball saver oh never mind the camera just froze oh um but he is in the magma lava dude mode [Applause] but that's what happened magna save a little bit too late but a great game from raymond pressure is on for mark he's gonna need that multiball help him complete this mode maybe oh no come back okay thank you good nudge off the side rail gets that ball under control and into multiball let's see if he can replicate what raymond did finish off this mode get an extra ball that's gonna light his out of all he cashes it in right away working his way up there still has three balls in play a little bit loses all three balls i'm sorry two balls because of it but he's gonna get this extra ball up to 38 million he's getting close now he also has a war hurry up running i believe oh no that's it but a nice effort for mark [Applause] congratulations to raymond ashby going to take first place in b division hey mark going to take second place in b division um brian benley with third place and william ziegler in fourth and william ziegler fourth thank you thank you all for uh playing i remember you know just talking about like uh the the magnus i remember the very first time i played black knight you know like my game of drones reflects after you're done with your ball you just smash that button you're like wait a minute that's not right maybe we'll get some of this presentation ceremony on the camera there we go let's see some awards i figured it out so here are the b division award presentations [Applause] ah [Music] hey congratulations will ziegler fourth place in b division congrats brian benley third place in b [Applause] division [Applause] mark going to second place b division winner congrats to raymond ashby your pinball at the lake 2019 b division winner so stick around we're going to be getting into the a division final four in just a moment