[Deptheads] Pinball Arcade tournament - need some outside input

[Nekojin]

I'm planning to run a Pinball Arcade tournament at Orccon (and further on,
if it does well). I've already figured out that, given the average play
time of playing pinball, the sweet spot for doing a tournament would be an
"Ongoing" theme for three tables. I have now have two questions to resolve.

The first, which I'm mostly going to have to do myself, is to find three
tables that are truly tournament-worthy. I'm going to be avoiding the
pre-digital tables (those with purely physical tables), because there isn't
any goal in those machines - the "goal" is simply to keep the ball from
passing the flippers. Beyond that, though, it gets more complicated. I've
already crossed Bride of Pinbot off the list for a couple of reasons, but
could use some more suggestions for tables that are exceptionally good or
bad for tournament play.

The second, which I particularly want input from here, is whether it would
be appropriate to do a different payout scheme - in addition to (or instead
of) the classic First / Second / Third payout, would it be worthwhile to
also give per-table awards - say, give an extra 3 DD for someone who was
the top scorer of Table 1, even if they didn't end up being the top overall
player?

Any thoughts or input are welcome.

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