[Deptheads] Pinball Arcade tournament - need some outside input

[Nekojin]

I think we're having a breach here. I'm also talking about that same Addams
Family machine, but I'm not talking about bringing the original, physical
tables into the convention. Even getting the ONE table a few conventions
back was difficult, to say the least.

What I'm talking about is Pinball Arcade, a computer program available on
pretty much every platform, that digitizes those classic pinball machines
and makes them fully playable, which is fabulous for people who can't find
their favorite classic games. A physical Addams Family machine in good
condition would cost upwards of $5k these days (and possibly much higher -
I haven't checked pricing in months), while getting the digitized version
is somewhere on the order of $10 (although I've pledged more).

Pinball Arcade seems a good choice for Video Gaming tournaments, since it's
turning classic pinball into a video game (of sorts).

Mike: Junkyard is possible - that's on Pinball Arcade's Season 3. I haven't
had a chance to play it myself, as I haven't bought Season 2 or 3 yet.

On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Eric Aldrich <ealdrich at mac.com> wrote:

> I was referring to the Addams Family pinball machine -- it came out in the
> 1990s.
>
> Eric
>
> On 29 Sep 2014, at 12:42 , Nekojin <nekojin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thinking of mid 1980s at a minimum, moving onward. I'd love to have
> Addams Family involved, but the Kickstarter for that still has 12 days to
> go, and I doubt they'll finish coding it by February, even assuming the
> Kickstarter finishes successfully (it's at 76% right now).
> >
> > On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 12:33 PM, Eric Aldrich <ealdrich at mac.com> wrote:
> > How recent of digital do you want? 1970s? 1980s? 1990s?
> >
> > For some reason Addams Family comes to mind immediately, though I'm
> partial to older titles like Meteor and Spirit of '76. You could do
> something weird like Black Hole.
> >
> > And yes, we could do a slightly tweaked payout scheme. Say $5 for table
> high score.
> >
> > Eric
> >
> > On 29 Sep 2014, at 11:56 , Nekojin <nekojin at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > 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.
> > >
> > > --
> > > "Would you like another drink, sir?" asked the bartender.
> > > "I think not," replied Descartes, and promptly vanished.
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Deptheads mailing list
> > > Deptheads at strategicon.net
> > > https://strategicon.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/deptheads
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Deptheads mailing list
> > Deptheads at strategicon.net
> > https://strategicon.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/deptheads
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > "Would you like another drink, sir?" asked the bartender.
> > "I think not," replied Descartes, and promptly vanished.
> > _______________________________________________
> > Deptheads mailing list
> > Deptheads at strategicon.net
> > https://strategicon.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/deptheads
>
> _______________________________________________
> Deptheads mailing list
> Deptheads at strategicon.net
> https://strategicon.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/deptheads
>



-- 
"Would you like another drink, sir?" asked the bartender.
"I think not," replied Descartes, and promptly vanished.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://strategicon.net/archives/deptheads/attachments/20140929/a8782a5f/attachment-0001.html>