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Total Nuclear Annihilation Launch Tournament - Semifinals and Finals

IE Pinball·video·26m 10s·analyzed·Nov 21, 2017
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TL;DR

TNA launch tournament semifinals/finals streaming with strategy analysis and Kyle winning heads-up finals.

Summary

IE Pinball streams semifinals and finals of a Total Nuclear Annihilation launch tournament. Multiple players compete across games, with discussion focused on strategy (reactor completion, multiball timing, ball locks), playfield mechanics, and shot execution. Kyle emerges as the finals winner in a heads-up match against Rob.

Key Claims

  • Total Nuclear Annihilation has a timer on jackpots, making them not worth pursuing unless at least three reactors are started first

    medium confidence · Commentators discussing game mechanics early in stream

  • Raymond has the second-highest high score on Total Nuclear Annihilation in a league, with Kyle having the highest

    medium confidence · Commentators discussing player high scores during gameplay

  • The forehand shot on Total Nuclear Annihilation is difficult; Raymond is noted as probably the best at hitting it

    medium confidence · Commentators analyzing shot difficulty during Kyle's ball play

  • Ball save is off during tournament play on Total Nuclear Annihilation

    high confidence · Commentator explicitly states 'Ball save is off, man' when player loses ball

  • Scoop on Total Nuclear Annihilation may provide ball save (uncertain mechanics mentioned by commentators)

    low confidence · Commentators debating whether scoop output was ball save or other result

Notable Quotes

  • “Notice everybody how everybody bobs their head. I mean, the music is awesome on this game. Oh, yes, absolutely. And the artwork is incredible.”

    Commentator @ Early in stream — Praise for TNA game design, particularly music and artwork aesthetics

  • “He's checking out Twitch chat right now... He was looking at Twitch chat while he was playing.”

    Commentator @ During Raymond's ball play — Notes distraction during tournament play

  • “I hate the forehand on this game. Raymond's probably been the best at hitting the forehand.”

    Commentator @ During Kyle's ball play — Identifies difficult shot type and skilled player

  • “I hate how you can't stage flip on this game.”

    Commentator @ During upper playfield play discussion — Game mechanic limitation criticism

  • “Kyle is our TNA Winner!”

    Commentator @ Tournament conclusion — Kyle confirmed as tournament champion

Entities

KylepersonRobpersonRaymondpersonMattpersonTotal Nuclear AnnihilationgameIE PinballorganizationOscar H.personJon Heyperson

Signals

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    community_signal: Active community tournament with multiple skilled players competing; strong engagement with spectators and chat during play

    high · Players checking Twitch chat during play, commentators engaging audience, structured tournament format with brackets

  • ?

    competitive_signal: Strategic depth emerging around reactor completion vs multiball timing, ball lock management, and shot selection in tournament play

    high · Extensive discussion of whether to go for reactor completion, multiball, or mystery during play; debate about optimal strategies

  • ?

    design_philosophy: Positive commentary on TNA game design, particularly music and artwork aesthetic quality

    high · Direct quote: 'the music is awesome on this game... And the artwork is incredible'

  • ?

    announcement: Total Nuclear Annihilation launch tournament being streamed with full participation from competitive community

    high · Entire stream dedicated to tournament semifinals and finals for TNA game

  • ?

    product_concern: Some uncertainty and criticism about game mechanics: stage flipping limitation, forehand shot difficulty, scoop ball save mechanics unclear

    medium · Comments: 'I hate how you can't stage flip on this game', 'I hate the forehand on this game', ambiguity about scoop mechanics

Transcript

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0:00
But it times out. So it's on a timer. So that's why it's probably not worth going for jackpots unless... I guess maybe do at least three reactors at the start. And then... Yeah, because three shots is not bad. All right, I changed some settings on the recording. Let me know if it's any better or not with the skipping.
0:28
He's changing the settings. I think he already changed the sound. Is the frames a little bit better?
1:00
So this isn't even technically the finals yet. Because we have the heads-up finals. That's the real finals. You're right.
1:19
So is there going to be a game for third and fourth or no? Man, I wish I was in the finals. Me too. You just sucked.
1:46
What was your excuse? Actually, I had a bad decision when I was playing Sopranos. That's what it was. You went for the save? No, I was trying to combine big multiball with the regular multiball. And I should have just taken advantage of the fact that the three switches and just bent the jackpot. I didn't do that. I was only 10 million away. So that would have given me the two points that I needed. Well, that was only one game. There was other games. Yeah, but that was the obvious one. The obvious mistakes that I did. What killed me was Matt getting, me and Matt were in a group and he got first and I got second. If I had gotten first, it would have been fun.
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2:34
And he still would have made it in the final. Yep. All right, so everyone's in. Ray's up first. All right, let's see.
2:42
Notice everybody how everybody bobs their head. I mean, the music is awesome on this game. Oh, yes, absolutely. And the artwork is incredible.
2:50
I'm like a translator of this. Ah, yeah. And he gets one ball locked. Gets up to the upper play field.
3:05
The one. Two. Oh, almost got the three. How about that? Oh. Really wants to get that locked so he can try to get back up there.
3:20
There we go. Lock that ball. Nice control there Oh I feel like he could have saved it too Raymond We think you could have saved that We saw it and we think you could have saved it You flipped the wrong flipper Raymond's in a lot of pain on his back So he's on tons and tons of drugs Alright There you go Mr. Marwalt All right, so he had the best score out of everyone, I believe. At the moment, but you know what? When we start a new game, I'll bet you're off. No, he does start off with one ball lock, which is nice.
4:06
Adam was not here to gift him two locks. No, he only got one. So he's getting better and nicely done. I would have still hit that on the fly, though. Yeah, now keep it up there. Too short.
4:20
Uh-oh, uh-oh. Oh, he's good, he's good. All right, get that multi-ball. Oh, nice. It's nice. Oh, nice. Nice.
4:34
Tap it. Nice. All right, now just hit the middle targets. Upper right one. One left. Still got Boston, and Boston is five. There we go. No, not yet.
4:58
Oh, nice. Oh, boy. All right. We'll start it over. Relock. And the next one, I definitely want to go for the relock because if you miss it, you might accidentally light up the reactor. Or go for mystery, too, by the way. So, he actually went for the reactor. Yep. Why, though? Why would you do that? I agree.
5:29
Are the mystery rewards worth stuff in this? Ah, yeah, because they have some nice ones. Can you start reactor for mystery?
5:42
I'll have to pick this up. Dude, I still would let it drain. I don't think it's worth doing the 1, 2, 3. Ball save is off. Ball save is off, man.
5:57
Oh, no. I don't know. I mean, the game is controllable. It's not. Well, let's see what Paul does here. I bet you he's going to go for it. Hey.
6:11
Hey, Dave. Hey, he said he can't, right? What's up? Did he care for him? Yeah. Carl gets his first lock.
6:24
Plunges it too sloppily. Backhand the second Yep that it Nice and done Oh, it's gone. Wow, what a gift. I think that is Raymond! What a gift to Raymond! Oh boy.
6:57
He just got a little smile on his face when he saw that. He's like, ah, yeah. He's checking out Twitch chat right now. Huh?
7:05
He was looking at Twitch chat while he was playing. Oh, he was? Yeah. He's got it on his phone. All right.
7:17
And... Oh! Nope. I would be really frustrated right now. Oh, man. Okay. Here we go. Control. Nice. Nice! There we go. Woo!
7:29
Alright, now it's about to start it up. He's got three shots to light the reactor, is that what you say? Yep.
7:38
That's it. Rats is lit, hit the scoop. Soft punch, soft punch. There you go, that should put her in there.
7:50
Oh man, did he just double drain? He did. He did just double drain. Oooh, mystery. Oh, he's got the reactor going.
8:00
This three shot, what is he going to get? Complete keypad. Okay. So that would have been awesome. I know. That would have given you the reactor. Yeah.
8:11
That should have given him a jackpot, though. The 25% of the jackpot. Reactor value is max. So he's at 50,000. So at this point, man, I would definitely try to get Multibot. Oh, my shake that day. Oh, he's on Multibot. He's on Boss A. So at this point you definitely want to do a multi-ball right now. I mean 50 times 3 is 150. Oh yes, okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. 50,000? Oh, he collected it instead. Why? Get the points when you... I don't know man, 50,000? He got some points, but... So Raymond, why didn't you Try to go for a multi-ball. Your reactor was maxed out. I know, it was still a long way, but 50,000 though. Yeah, alright.
9:08
I mean, that is six shots, or one shot for here in two points. Yeah, but at that point, say you don't get your reactor, but somebody locks the ball for you.
9:20
Yeah, that's true. All right. Uh-oh. Oh, it's gone. Wow. Tough break for Matt. Tough break. Yeah.
9:46
All right, let's see what Rob can do here, because right now, I mean, we're going to see any big scores so far. Nope. Not like our last two games. No.
9:56
Okay, react as lit. With the locks first? Yep. Yeah, every time that's on the backhand, I will take that all day long. Oh, yeah.
10:14
Nice. Two locks. Pitch the soft one. All right, starting the reactor. See if he can get the multi-ball.
10:28
Oh, like that. And he got the multi-ball. Nice. All right, we're done. He's got the brawlers on. He's at 33%. Nice. There it is. The reactor's done.
10:56
Almost maxed out, so you really want to complete it. Come on, baby. This is that alley. He actually got a kind of a, oh, it's just that target. It's one of the harder targets, that one, unfortunately. Yeah, I don't, I wonder if that's backhandable. Come on, three adds. Do it now. Ah, no, just kidding. Did he get it? I think he got it. He got it. Oh, he did. He got the ball safe.
11:23
Nicely done. Nice. All right. Just cranking out the keypad. There you go. Nicely done. One more to relight reactor. Oh.
11:39
That's alright. Ooh, he's got the mystery there too. Nice save. Nice. Alright, nice easy backhand here. There's actually one that you can miss quite often.
12:00
That's been happening a lot. Everyone's like, oh, I have the ball saved. But, yeah. Good ball, good ball.
12:06
That was the best ball we've seen yet. Let's see what Carl can do. So Carl lost his ball that he had locked. Let's draw it over again.
12:21
Oh yeah, two balls locked. That's right, he gave you two. All right. Oh. Carl's struggling a little bit. Let's see if he finds his groove. Dude, I hate the forehand on this game. Raymond's probably been the best at hitting the forehand. Oh, look at that. Just block it.
12:46
Nice. There you go. That's one. That was a nice catch. Oh, boy. He's juggling. He about there There you go Nice That two
13:12
Gets the soft one this time. Yep. Trying to get that one, two, three. Nice. You got one. Keeping it alive. Nice Rob Oh he got the ball save He had it on the right one Oh my gosh I can't believe it He knows it He got lucky Lucky Oh my gosh I don't know what he was doing there He was juggling a little bit Okay there it is Oh no Wow The ball actually moved There it is, there it is.
14:05
He has the reactor lit. You know that scoop is not the easiest scoop to hit during one-on-one. So he's on the reactor, alright. Yeah, flip it up there to the upper flipper, to the upper playfield. I hate how you can't stage flip on this game. You can, but you know what, you don't need that many hits, you see? There you go, he's winning, all he needs is a beat. There you go. Double value. Not bad, now he's at 350.
14:45
Oh, yeah, he fluffed it. He fluffed it. It's alright though. That one he nailed. That one the Admit Tech could do it.
15:09
Get that one. This is already better than the ring in WWE. What? How did he get that one? I didn't get that ball save. I wasn't quite paying attention. Did it come out of the scoop?
15:28
Did it come out of the scoop? It did. Okay, I think you get a small ball save out of the scoop. All right.
15:44
No. I don't think it was actually a net. I think that aggravated it. Good ball. 400,000. Puts him in second right now.
15:56
Now, this is it for Raymond right here. Yeah. So, he's got to make it happen. Starting at the beginning.
16:03
Soft plunges too much. He's very familiar with the game. He's playing in that league over here. I think he has the second highest score.
16:17
I think Carl has first. I think Carl has a high score on this. I think Raymond has the second. Raymond has the second high score. I think so.
16:28
All right. One ball locked. Let's see if we can get the other one. Not yet. No. Oh, he traveled. Oh, look at that. I'll take that.
16:39
I'll take it. It was dirty, but take it anyways, right? Let's see if we can start ball time. Oh, no. That was savable. Well, at least Raymond can rest his back now. Yep. Sorry, Raymond.
16:55
All right, let's see what Matt can do. All right. Did you guys qualify? Nope. You didn't? One point. Really? All of them. Did you make it, Raymond? Mine was also... He just got eliminated on the... Mine was also one point. Yeah. I went for slot machine instead of other thing, So I technically got third on that game, but it would have been second because I would have picked something else if I wasn't trying to beat Carl.
17:22
All right. That's okay. Matt actually was just gifted another multi-ball. He did? Yeah, Raymond had two slots. And he can complete his reactor right here, triple scoring. I think I want to be a player too.
17:36
Come on, just complete the reactor. Just hit it. Don't wait too long. All right, there you go. Control, control.
17:43
Hit that R. Do a nice little juggle here I say a little juggle on the left bumper Just a little bit Oh he's going up Where is he going? Where is he going up? I don't know He's at 33,000 I mean I don't know Okay There he goes He's going up Oh no That's double Hit it Did he give him double?
18:08
No I don't think he did Yeah no No way Oh boy Alright This is a long way to go right now Because you've got to get his Lux again Yeah, basically playing the game from scratch right now Yeah Worse than that Because you've got to hit so many shots to Yes, that's true Bobby's hit two of them already He's got more That last one's hard for the backhand You still do it though Yeah, I mean I would go for it as well Nice Oh! Totally could have saved that Oh man Nice little slap save there That's it Sorry man So, that is 11-8-8. How was it? Raven got third. So, Carl and Rob are going to face off in the finals. Yeah.
18:55
Do you guys even want to play? Hey, Rob. Do you guys even want to play? You can be done because you guys play heads up now.
19:04
Yeah. Hey, Carl. You guys play. Okay. All right. So that still means I have more trophies than Matt. You did not pick one up today. So we got the last game coming up. So Matt, you got, you got four. By 10 points Why were you shooting the right orbit in multi Because I had the two over and I needed the arm Why didn't you just try to let it go a little bit? I guess I should have done that. A little safer. Yeah. Yeah, I mean, if anything, I was thinking if I missed the orbit, then it will bounce off there and then go to the arm. I think the juggle, I mean, you give it a second time. Ideally, that would have been awesome, but yeah, it came around fast. And it came around fast, too.
20:14
Yeah, but then I got a cradle of love again, but then I saw the fight, cradle separate, and then go, but I'm like, that's it. All right, here we go, finals. No, they're good, semifinals. Oh, they're good. They're good. You got hardware? what you got hard work yeah
20:48
yep you gotta pay brother you gotta pay your brother all right so this is a heads up, I like this, because if you mess up on your locks, the other guy's going to get it. Oh, you could have shaken that. At that point, you do. You have no points invested at all. You have to shake that. Absolutely.
21:12
All right, so that was a no ball for Rob. Let's see what problems we have. Oh, he's got a ball slip going on his head.
21:33
Bounce it over? Oh, no, he's not going to bounce it over. Okay. All right, gets his lock. One lock. Oh, fumble. That's a fumble. So we basically have a two-ball game. I don't know what you want to call it, fumble-ina, fumble-ia.
21:57
What would you call that kind of fumble? Fumble-aya. All right. Hey, Carl, come here, Carl.
22:09
You're fine? Okay. We're going to discuss the fumble with Carl, buddy. All right. Rob has one ball locked because of Carl. Oh, nicely. Nicely.
22:18
What a thief. Man. Uh-oh. Oh, no. So Carl is gifted with a multi-ball. Oh, no. Wow. Yeah, Carl's ball is still there. Man. No, he got a twin.
22:39
Son is like, oh, you have twins. Yep. See how he full plugs out those two? He didn't even go for the soft one. Yeah, I guess so because of the ball to the neck is. Yeah, he's like, I'm making sure I'm getting my line. Yeah, you're probably right.
22:55
So it's heads up, so it's a little bit different at this point, right? Yeah. So I'm wondering, is he going to go for Reactor? Or, yeah, he is going to go for Reactor.
23:07
Okay, so he's down to two acts right now. Create a separation. Let's see. Try to. There you go. Now would you back it? No, for it.
23:25
What was that? What was that? He actually had missed the button dude. Is that what happened? He missed the button? Wow. Alright. It's half points half to all of us. At this point I guess you actually collect the points. He's got a mystery. What's going to be a mystery? Let's see. Max bonus. That's pretty good. Wow.
23:57
That's very good, I think. He doesn't need to spell core anymore. He doesn't have to worry about that. I know. Well, I guess it just adds bonus to it, right? Yeah, probably. So it's 5x. That's the max. Okay.
24:12
I thought it was 7 on the screen. Oh, no, 7. Yeah, 7x. You're right. 4-3. Nice. Alright, let's see the ball. Rob is very much in the game. He was at 166, alright, 275. Okay, so it's not, okay. He's basically got a 300 in him, right? Yeah, it wasn't bad. Come on, Rob. One ball. Look at that, look at that skill shot, baby. Lit up that reactor. That's even goes in. Yep, went in there. You need your points. Do you just go for a multi-ball or do you just play the reactor? Absolutely. He's at 275,000 points.
25:04
Yeah, his reactor if he finishes it is $30. He's 36. 27,500. Shake that thing! Shake it! That's the end of it. Carl is our TNA winner! Yep. Congratulations, Carl. That's it.
25:23
Good job, Carl. Thanks, everybody, for listening in. We'll probably play this. And he gets to play the last ball.
25:35
And we get to play some total annihilation. What do you think? Absolutely, I want to play some. I'll leave it up.
25:50
Alright guys, so, Chad, you want to watch more of this or should I shut it off? I can run for a little bit longer.