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2020 Stern Pro Circuit Championship Game 6

Stern Pinball·video·22m 55s·analyzed·Jul 9, 2023
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TL;DR

2020 Stern Pro Circuit Championship Game 6: Rush tournament play with Andrew Rosa II advancing.

Summary

Coverage of Game 6 of the 2020 Stern Pro Circuit Championship, a ladder finals format tournament featuring four players competing on Rush pinball. The tournament uses elimination format where the lowest scorer is replaced until two finalists remain, with prizes including a championship belt, new Stern machine, and $5,000 cash. Andrew Rosa II wins the game with the highest score, followed by Jason Werdrick and Brian O'Neill, while Eric Stone is eliminated.

Key Claims

  • Rush pinball was released in 2022 and designed by John Borg with software development by Raymond Davidson and an unnamed developer

    high confidence · Tournament commentary identifying Rush game credits

  • The Stern Pro Circuit Championship uses a ladder finals format that eliminates the last place player and brings in a new player until two remain

    high confidence · Tournament rule explanation at opening

  • The championship prize package includes a championship belt, a brand new Stern pinball machine, and $5,000 cash

    high confidence · Prize structure announced in opening segment

  • The top-seeded player has the opportunity to choose the game or their playing order

    high confidence · Tournament format rules stated in opening

  • A beneficial malfunction occurred where extra switch hits were being triggered rarely from flipper button presses, and tournament director ruled it play-on

    high confidence · Tournament director ruling during Jason Werdrick's ball

Notable Quotes

  • “Probably gonna be picking Rush. I feel like a lot of the other players don't really know it as well as the other games and I've had one since it's come out so I feel like I have a little bit more practice.”

    Brian O'Neill@ 1:00 — Strategic game selection reasoning by top-seeded player

  • “I feel like the best strategy for me at least is sort of be prepared mentally to be honest. Getting a good night's sleep and just being focused. You know, having something good to eat for breakfast and that is how I mostly prepare when I play these types of tournaments.”

    Andrew Rosa II@ 8:55 — Tournament preparation methodology from winning player

  • “I'm a meteorologist for WFLA in Tampa, Florida”

    Eric Stone@ 14:15 — Player background disclosure during commentary

  • “I played a few games, five games, which, you know, is decent. Drew the low straw. We all had bad scores and mine was a couple million less. So, you know, it is what it is, but just don't finish last.”

    Eric Stone@ 22:13 — Eliminated player's reflection on tournament performance

  • “So the tournament director has ruled that the extra switch hits that are rarely happening are a beneficial malfunction. So we're making progress in the game, but it's not doing it every single flip. And it's play on for the players.”

    Tournament commentator@ 14:28 — Official ruling on game malfunction affecting tournament play

Entities

Stern PinballcompanyBrian O'NeillpersonJason WerdrickpersonEric StonepersonAndrew Rosa IIpersonJohn BorgpersonRaymond DavidsonpersonZach Sharpperson

Signals

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    competitive_signal: Game 6 of 2020 Stern Pro Circuit Championship results: Andrew Rosa II advances with highest score, Jason Werdrick qualifies, Brian O'Neill finishes second, Eric Stone eliminated

    high · Detailed score progression and elimination of Eric Stone with all final scores documented

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    competitive_signal: Top-seeded players strategically select unfamiliar games to competitors; Andrew Rosa II employed simultaneous multiball and mode strategy for maximum scoring

    high · Brian O'Neill's game selection explanation and detailed analysis of Andrew Rosa's two-ball strategy on Tom Sawyer mode

  • ?

    gameplay_signal: Rush pinball features complex rule set including Time Machine multiball, multiple modes (Spirit of Radio, Tom Sawyer, Subdivisions, Limelight), mystery awards, and nested progress systems

    high · Extensive commentary on mode progression, multiball mechanics, and shot sequencing throughout Game 6

  • ?

    product_concern: Rush pinball exhibited beneficial malfunction where extra switch hits were triggered intermittently from flipper button presses during tournament play; tournament director ruled it play-on

    high · Direct commentary: 'the extra switch hits that are rarely happening are a beneficial malfunction' and tournament director ruling

  • ?

    event_signal: 2020 Stern Pro Circuit Championship is structured as ladder finals with game-by-game elimination; Game 6 features notable competitive performances by Andrew Rosa II and strategic play analysis

    high · Comprehensive tournament structure explanation and detailed Game 6 coverage with player advancement tracking

Transcript

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0:00
The Stern Pro Circuit Championship is an exciting ladder finals format. This means, starting with 4 players, we eliminate the last place player and bring in a newplayer until we're down to justthe final two. The winner of thatgame wins a championship belt, a brand new Stern pinball machine, and also a $5,000 cash prize. Let's take a look at our field. My name is Brian O'Neill, I'm from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. My name is Jason Wardrick, I'm from Parkridge, Illinois. Eric Stone, and right now I live down in Tampa, Florida. Andrew Rosa II, Flint, Michigan. In each match, the top-seeded player has the opportunity to choose the game or choose their order on the game. Probably gonna be picking Rush. I feel like a lot of the other players don't really know it as well as the other games and I've had one since it's come out so I feel like I have a little bit more practice. Game in this match will be Rush based on the Canadian Rock Trio released in 2022 designed by John Borg, software development by myself and Raymond Davidson. All right, we are starting our next game with Brian O'Neill, our 12C on the Stern Pro Circuit entering. And it looks like Brian has chosen to select the Rush Pinball Machine. And he's already into it, taking the first skill shots. Tried to, did not get credit for it. And he hits the side scoop a few times, not giving him a lot of points yet. But a nice ricochet into the Headlineumber MITUN-B Cluelessy X, Happy HK, Unique Player remaining from Game 1 now with Zach Sharp being eliminated. the winner should get that as their first award. Outinpc By making a shot like he has, he can build it with the spinner. Taking the game, Geddy! Takes a tilt warning there, making that save, gets the ball nicely trapped on the right flipper. Really? Wow, that scoop kick got sent to the right in lane. Radiojackpot, two more sides, and you know for what? Shoots the orbit there through the pop bumpers.
4:02
Has another radiojackpot lit, collects it for 3.6 million. Out Pinball, Franchi Picasa, He can't keep collecting them on this version of the code. He has to shoot another shot, but he's going for that anyhow. Out Pinball, Franchi지막a, Shoots to the drop target bank, may have been trying for the orbit and that drains immediately down the right side. Out Pinball, Franchi지막a, So pretty good mode points there. Seven and a half million from that mode. Out Pinball, Franchi지막a, Alright, so we have Eric Stone surviving and just getting enough points last game. Out Pinball, Franchi지막a, Blank He's trying for a short plunge at a skill shot, doesn't make it. It's gonna try one more time from the upper flipper. Doesn't hit any shots yet, still at zero points finally hits a slingshot to get some points
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    design_innovation: Rush pinball features nested multiball states where secondary modes can run simultaneously with multiballs, creating complex scoring opportunities and risk management decisions

    high · Andrew Rosa II's strategy of running Tom Sawyer mode simultaneously with Red Barchetta multiball for combined scoring

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    content_signal: Stern Pinball producing detailed video coverage of Pro Circuit Championship games with professional commentary and rules explanation

    high · Complete Game 6 video with narration, player introductions, and detailed shot-by-shot analysis

    • 4:47
    Eric's gonna shoot up the middle, this will progress his time machine multiball Oh, that was stupid And right into the middle on the time machine for Red Brachetta Multiball, he doesn't have a multiball lit along with this, or a mode lit along with this, just this multiball playing right now. Getting some jackpots though by shooting these red shots. Uniforce,
    5:28
    Double Drains Down the Middle and he not happy with that just a couple jackpots in that multiball there didn get a mode started with it and then double drains right out of it pretty quickly after only three or four jackpots Andrew Rosa II is coming up to the game adjusting his glasses and taking a look at a pretty low scoring ball one so far from all the players on Rush. It's nice when you're a young player, you can kind of catch people off guard if they don't know who you are. And they're just like, oh, what's this little kid about to do on this game? And then they put up like the biggest scores they've ever seen. Yeah, kinda like pool shark him a little bit.
    6:26
    So Andrew gets a live catch on the right flipper, really nice there. Shits the Vuck shot. Makes a nice catch just by flipping the flipper at the right time. Tries to go up the middle.
    6:42
    And he starts his Tom Sawyer mode. The ball doesn't stay in the time machine, so he also gets his mystery award for two and a half million points.
    6:54
    Shoots the middle and starts his red bar shot on multiball. This will send a second ball into play, and he'll still have the Tom Sawyer mode running.
    7:01
    Tom Sawyer shots are lit on the orbits, and he takes one out there. Out Pinball, Franchi Picasa, Right orbit shot type in pinball textbook, He still has a ball saver from his multiball, and yes, he just kissed the left orbit switch there just in time to get that other Tom Sawyer shot. Puts him up to 16 million, he's getting points from the pop-uppers of Red Barchetta, gets the attaball from the Mystery Award, and he's advanced to Tom Sawyer. Gets a nice, he flips on the rightflip, gets the ball back from bouncing off the apron. Takes a right ramp shot there for more Tom Sawyer points. The time Sawyer points are worth more than jackpots by a considerable amount. He's trying to get that side ramp, doesn't have it yet. Knocks a ball back into the shooter lane from under the flipper. So with the two balls trapped here, one on each flipper. And... Lights MysteryArchive, Light's mystery awards again by shooting through all the inlanes Takes a drum bonus there by shooting through the pop bumpers. Up to 29 million points. He has almost doubled every other player just on this ball one here by playing both the multiball and the mode at the same time and making some good progress on both. Andrew is taking the strategy of just holding up the right flipper and trying to trap the ball with the flipper every time it comes down the right inlane.
    8:44
    Shoots the left ramp, gets into his final Tom Sawyer phase where every single shot is lit. Unfortunately the ball drains out the right outlane there, but ending with a good 40 million points or so. I feel like the best strategy for me at least is sort of be prepared mentally to be honest. Getting a good night's sleep and just being focused. You know, having something good to eat for breakfast and that is how I mostly prepare when I play these types of tournaments. So we're heading back to Brian O'Neal as player one on ball two. Brian did not get much of anything going. He needs one more record shot to light his mode. And he has not made any progress toward his Time Machine multiballss yet. He needs four hits up the middle. Shoots into the scoop for a skillshot there, gets him a little bit of ball save from it. Out Pinball, Franchi Picasa ramp shot type in pinball expectancy, C Bar),pinball venue inpuncti, C Bar지막inball venue inpuncti, Ryan now shootss up the middle progressing his time machine still needs the one more shot to actually light his first mode makes a really nice save there without taking a tilt warning gets trapped on the right flipper Out Pinball, Franchi지막a ramp shot type in pinballympta, So it looks like Ryan is going to light just whatever mode he can Out Pinball, Franchi지막a ramp shot type in pinballympta, And he has the Spirit of Radio lit, which gave Jason some good points. Goes right up the middle, starts the Spirit of Radio mode, and has the ball held in the time machine.
    10:18
    Feeds it around to the upper right flipper. Oh no, right down the middle, he takes a warning but saves it, takes another great save to get it away from going out that outlane.
    10:33
    Bruce Arnold Does netball setting up, Brian Luckly Brianuckley just gets the ball to come out from that little gap on the time TeraNinar machine unfortunalely kinda loses out on all his multiball progress but he is still in the Spirited radio mode Takes a nice loop shot there again he up to 10 million points He has a radio jackpot lit in the scoop 3 million points from that shot Takes another one another 3 million points and you can do that three more times and just get himself a lot of points there
    11:32
    And he will, so puts him over 23 million points. 4.2 million for that radio jackpot and that'll complete the mode. So Brian is now in second place by getting through that Spear to Radio mode. Didn't do enough to catch Andrew Rosa, but put himself in a pretty good position to at least get the first mode completed.
    12:03
    So we will have player two, Jason Werdrick, coming up to the game next. So far in this tournament, Jason has really been in good shape in all these games. He's not coming into any of these balls way behind. Gets another auto plunge, so some switches firing from hitting the flipper buttons on this game. But the ruling is just play on, play the game how it is, and you know, players aren't going to be happy when unexpected things are happening, but they're going to continue playing. And he got credit for something there. Out Pinball, Franchi </Christopher Franchi, artist at Spooky Pinball premium production tier for expensive licensed games Gets a skill shot really late into the ball. And now he starts to rush out a multi-ball. Out Pinball, Franchiariestopher Franchi, artist at Spooky Pinball premium production tier for expensive licensed games So Jason will probably get that ball back. Yes, he does. He has a little bit of a grace period on the ball saver.
    13:23
    And he's just in Red Bar Shadow multiball, no mode running at this time. That ball draining will end the multiball. He has his Spirit of Radio mode lit again so he could continue where he left off by shooting the time machine.
    13:38
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    13:51
    take some 70 of shot there to get some points it's a pretty small radio jackpot there Pinball so I'm a meteorologist for WFLA in Tampa, Florida and I re motion twelve please . Out Pinball, Franchi),Finalist, So the tournament director has ruled that the extra switch hits that are rarely happening are a beneficial malfunction. So we're making progress in the game, but it's not doing it every single flip. Out Pinball, Franchi),Finalist, And it's play on for the players. Out Pinball, Franchi),Finalist, Eric falls into the side scoop. What was that? Darn it. Come on, buddy. Makes a nice backhand spinner shot. Builds the value of his radio shots, the blue arrows around the playfield that aren't on the dead end shot. He has a radio jackpot and the end of one of his combos lit on the buckshot. It'll take it there. Only 1.8 million for that... Panhandler in red mode, Toast Jr, excitingly�� it is worth america's oh an escape rated because he will be nudging the mission away that I'd approach the ones just very gently into the right now players like extra difficult rushed with in la in fabulous per meal destruction of Making moves over there, the first time moves coming off that slingshot is critical to save the ball. Eric has the fewest points now, 18 million. He's not totally out of it, but he's gonna need to do some work to survive. He's gonna need to pass at least one of the players ahead of him, and if not, he's gonna have to get a score higher than whatever Andrew finishes with on this ball to not get eliminated. Now Andrew's in a great position. He's leading and he's just trying to put up more points and he's player four. So his first ball just completing that Spirit of Radium mode was a really good plan and that game is so difficult that the ball just ricochets in the left out lane. He earns almost no points on ball three but he is still in first place ahead of all the other players. So now we have Brian O'Neill currently in second place with 30 million Brian played his first Time Machine Multiball He also played Spirit of Radio Mode so he needs a few more record shots to light a next one He can also go and try to light his lock by shooting the right ramp Gets a nice skill shot there on the side ramp for 2 million points that be great Tries to shoot through the pop but comes out in the sling shot And that side scoop kickout could really send the ball into dangerous territory A great save off that top sling shot knowing that it was dangerous on that side. Goes to the right ramp but he does not hit it. Falls into the mystery scoop and the kick out can be very random on this game. Oh my gosh, and I called it there. hits the top of the right slate shot and out the left outlay and leaving him with thirty-five uh, sorry, thirty-seven point seven million points, so a pretty good score, but all these players behind him know that they need to beat thirty-seven point seven million, he was not able to pass Andrew Rosa, which means Andrew will be moving on to the next game. And now it's between Brian O'Neill, Jason Werdrick, and Eric Stone to see who will not come in last on this game of Outpinballаноfi chemin8247 thanks for your Quốc But you're not streetspeed on the cover, even ambition department can be solvedуютalah Out TrickySnack analyses without taking any dangerspersonal out lavoroanos ? Hackpaddy and Odd Clip of Hat Courtsonsie Cantman processed Out Pinball, Franchi Picasa, There's a scoop shot just below him, 37.1 million points. Out Pinball, Franchi지막a, And what mystery war is he up to? His second one, gains a bonus multiplier. Out Pinball, Franchi지막a, And he went for the spinner shot, did not make it. But the slingshot knocks into the scoop and that will put him ahead of Brian O'Neal. So Jason will be moving on to another round. This is catastrophicick associates rookiecómoon etathe findings ina pool Contraint electro traversing zack unweldanble He's gonna go up the middle. He needs four more hits in the middle to start his next multiball. Come on! Na na na, please God, I need you really bad right now I need a bunch more notes to cut Eric is singing along to the Rush song, but he's making up his own lyrics. I got lucky because I suck and we all know it He's honestly a pretty good singer. Alright, he's in subdivisions multiball. He did not bring in a mode to this. Subdivision starts with just the center shot lit for jackpot, but as you hit more and more shots, more jackPots light up on the flanking shots next to it. So he's got three jackPot shots lit. It's up to 24 million. Hits the scoop for an attaball. That's really big because it gives him more ball saver as well. Out of multiball now. Takes another last second jackpot there, $30 million. He needs some progress, maybe he needs to start this Leviastrangiato mode to get ahead of Brian. Looks like he's gonna go for it. Leviastrangiato only has one shot lit at a time, however every shot, if you hit it in a good time limit, will be multiplied off the previous shot that I had. and he's just relyinging on his bonus once again, $1.7 million. That is not enough. The always entertaining Eric Stone is now eliminated. Let's hear what he has to say. I'm sure he'll have some great thoughts for us. I played a few games, five games, which, you know, is decent. Drew the low straw. We all had bad scores and mine was a couple million less. So, you know, it is what it is, but just don't finish last. This was another match of the Stern Pro Circuit Championship. and make it all the way to the finals.