Mesa, AZ
Atomic Age Modern Pinball Tournament
This evening Josh, Sophie, and I played in the Atomic Age Modern Pinball tournament. This weeks tournament was really big at 47 players. There were some Holiday Festivities going on in Downtown Mesa so I assume this brought a few more casual players in. It was Sophie's first tournament and maybe her last. There was quite a bit of waiting around for games to finish up before the next rounds could start and it was so crowded that you couldn't really play much between rounds.
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At the end of the 6th round there was a 5 way tie for first so we had a 5 way playoff. The Playoffs were on 1 machine and there was a 4 player game and a 1 player game and the finishers finished in order of their score.
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| My first ball pretty much drained straight down and at the end of the first ball I was in dead last |
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| My 2nd ball was kind of the same story. By the end of the 2nd ball I was dead last but there was only 1 player running away with it. |
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For my 3rd ball, I knew I had to have a great one so, no pressure. I told Sophie I knew what I had to do and I stepped up and had a great ball. I took my score up to 7.7 million. This put me in 2nd place with 2 players to play.
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The 4th player started his 3rd ball with 6 million. He just had to play a little to pass me up. He ended up having a terrible ball and ended with 6.8 million. This left just one person to play their 1 player game. I was in 2nd and the worst I could do was 3rd. I was on the podium! The 3rd player had 3 terrible balls and that sealed my 2nd place fate. I was really happy with this.
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| Winners don't get money in this tournament, they get a Knick-Knack from the store. |
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| I got a totem! |
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| It's my highest finish and my first "Major Award" |
A special thanks to Sophie for helping document this pinball milestone for me.
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