South Coast Slam III: Return of the Slam

[stevearcade]

Cheer Olly, I appreciate that. Although it was pretty hectic all the time I was there and when I was just mooching around (not queuing for or playing games) you guys seemed pretty busy with the running of things and I didn't really want to disturb you. I imagine it was fairly stressful and the last thing you needed is some little dude (literally I'm like half your height

) coming up to you wingding about not being able to play Juno First. I hat to leave before 3pm too, before the tournament ended, which was a shame. But that's enough of that subject.

In fact there were a few faces I recognised from photos but you'd be gaming, talking to other people, doing stuff etc whenever I wasn't gaming, talking etc. I mean Rogueio had "Rogueio" printed across the back of his T-Shirt ffs. You couldn't miss him. But he was generally chatting to people or playing, so I didn't want to disturb him you know. Maybe I'm a shrew, but I didn't want to just barge into other peoples conversation or hijack them as they finished a game to chat to them. I'd like to think I'm not alone in this. I mean aren't we mostly all video game geeks, and aren't video game geeks supposed to be socially awkward by nature?

Maybe set a time on both days when everyone from the forums interested in meeting other forum people can meet somewhere specific, like near the bar or something. Then if people want to meet other forum goers, you know where and when. It kind of brakes the ice a little and eases the social awkwardness of going up to someone you've only ever talked to online and introducing yourself not knowing if they're interested in really talking to you. If everyone just congregates at a certain place and time you'll know they're from the forums and know that they're happy to get talking etc.

Anyway, enough from me. Anyone would think I wasn't working today and had nothing better to do than browse the forums

.

Oh, and no one can begrudge cabs that didn't survive the transit. If they do, they need a slap. That's vac man. These things are delicate old machines... Would never expect to see a row of all working machines in a normal arcade let alone a 30 year old one

.

 

[DanP]

Man this is why people don't bother. There's always someone who will bitch and moan about something. I think the tournament games should be announced on the day to keep it from being the usual suspects who always win The randomness does make it fairer imo, as was shown in the fact that none of the usual kick ass players won. Phil might correct me but the games weren't only available for 1 go for your £3. That got you into the tournament, you were only allowed 1 go for your "tournament" score. After that you could still have more plays, just not toward the tourney score. I certainly did, you just had to be a grown up and realise that players playing their tournament go took precedence.

I am surprised at the amount of people who seem to have went and didn't come and say "hi", maybe we really do need some name badges in future. Are we really that unapproachable?

As Oll said I really think people who haven't been behind the scenes of an event like this have a clue just how much work is involved, right up to and beyond the last minute. It's a brutal schedule and a lot of really hard work - but it was very worthwhile for the most part. Seeing people play these games again and enjoy/discover new (to them) ones was great. The work that Rav/Oll put in to get these games there at all was immense, truly immense.

Dan

 

[chubsta]

Man this is why people don't bother. There's always someone who will bitch and moan about something. I think the tournament games should be announced on the day to keep it from being the usual suspects who always win The randomness does make it fairer imo, as was shown in the fact that none of the usual kick ass players won. Phil might correct me but the games weren't only available for 1 go for your £3. That got you into the tournament, you were only allowed 1 go for your "tournament" score. After that you could still have more plays, just not toward the tourney score. I certainly did, you just had to be a grown up and realise that players playing their tournament go took precedence.

I am surprised at the amount of people who seem to have went and didn't come and say "hi", maybe we really do need some name badges in future. Are we really that unapproachable?

As Oll said I really think people who haven't been behind the scenes of an event like this have a clue just how much work is involved, right up to and beyond the last minute. It's a brutal schedule and a lot of really hard work - but it was very worthwhile for the most part. Seeing people play these games again and enjoy/discover new (to them) ones was great. The work that Rav/Oll put in to get these games there at all was immense, truly immense.

Dan

I didn't have a problem with the tournament at all, in fact i was hanging around for 20 minutes at the beginning of the day, waiting to sign up for it! Didn't realise i could have had another go after my 'score' go tho, there was no one else waiting to play but i guess its down to me for not asking!

As for not saying 'hi', well its a bit awkward to walk up to someone and say 'hi, I'm chubsta from UKVAC' - I'm either going to get a funny look, an awkward 'oh, really' or, if i choose the wrong person, dragged off to the toilets and b*mmed

No complaints about the show here, loved every minute!

 

[stevearcade]

I hope you don't think I'm bitching Dan.

I have been heavily involved with Charity Concerts with over 1000 capacity on more than one occasion, I know the kind of prep that goes into these things from organising, promotion, the late nights and early mornings setting up/taking tons of PA rigs, the technical running on the day etc. I know how demoralising it then is when someone turns around on Monday with "suggestions"

.

I also run the fortnightly HighScore challenges over on J+ so am well versed on the nuances of game selection and how fussy people can get about how things are done

.

I think Olly was perhaps replying to a comment I made on JAMMA+ about the slam which I hope addressed the issue in a non bitchy way. But bringing the discussion out of context to this side maybe it seems like I'm being a bit of a knob. I dunno, maybe I am being a knob.

I don't want to detract anything from the work put into the weekend at all and have not stated as such in any posts. The event was heaving, really busy and you raised £3K and counting. No bitching necessary mate.

And yes, let's all do name badges next time.

 

[stevearcade]

As for not saying 'hi', well its a bit awkward to walk up to someone and say 'hi, I'm chubsta from UKVAC' - I'm either going to get a funny look, an awkward 'oh, really' or, if i choose the wrong person, dragged off to the toilets and b*mmed

, that's what I was trying to say, only better put.

 

[Alpha1]

I think Olly was perhaps replying to a comment I made on JAMMA+ about the slam which I hope addressed the issue in a non bitchy way. But bringing the discussion out of context to this side maybe it seems like I'm being a bit of a knob. I dunno, maybe I am being a knob.

Hey mate,

I've read posts from everyone on all forums, J+, here and DLF, then thought i'd do one post to answer every question I had seen

No one is being a knob hehe, I just thought it a good idea to put everything down in one post as that firstly explains everything that I believe I caught across all forums, and secondly let anyone know that hasn't had a chance to respond or read this thread yet.

Just come and say Hello next time. Infact the one thing that did bother me about the entire event was no one other than Virtvic came and said hello. I posted here 3 times asking for people to come and say Hi

How am I supposed to beat you at games if I can't play against you on any of the games?

 

[stevearcade]

Nice one Olly

. Glad you think I'm not being a knob. I'm really not trying to knock people's efforts in putting the Slam together.

I don't have a smart phone with t'internet so wouldn't have picked up the posts while at the Slam

. Otherwise I'd have bowled over to try and blag some Juno action

. Hopefully that can be sorted before future events.

 

[DanP]

As for not saying 'hi', well its a bit awkward to walk up to someone and say 'hi, I'm chubsta from UKVAC' - I'm either going to get a funny look, an awkward 'oh, really' or, if i choose the wrong person, dragged off to the toilets and b*mmed

Hehe, I do know exactly what you mean, in fact I *did* do exactly this (without the bumming) and managed to meet quite a few new people including Bensonrad and the euro guys. You do feel a bit of a plum and get the occasional weird look but it's just a few awkward seconds honest.

Steve, no ones having a real dig at you personally and I appreciate your clarification (I wish you'd come and said hello btw). Personally the tournament was a high point and it was pretty well subscribed (30 contenders iirc). As I said I'm pretty sure you could play the games ad-hoc once you'd entered and recorded your score for a game. I eventually got the hi score on Super Zaxxon on saturday (just over 12k), whereas I only scored 6k in the tourney.

Dan

DanP2012-04-16 14:54:19

 

[IDCHAPPY]

Nice one Olly

. Glad you think I'm not being a knob. I'm really not trying to knock people's efforts in putting the Slam together.

I don't have a smart phone with t'internet so wouldn't have picked up the posts while at the Slam

. Otherwise I'd have bowled over to try and blag some Juno action

. Hopefully that can be sorted before future events.

Just get a T-shirt printed with:

I'm

Stevearcade

from UKvaC

On it.. job done

 

[P-Man]

well, you see...

If you entered the video tournament, you got yourself a nice geek badge with your name on it... We all had them, so you weren't going up to randoms...

If you didn't enter the tournament (shame on you) then you wouldn't get the geek badge.. but it was a measely £3 so there really was no excuse, get involved next time!

I consider myself to be the worlds worst classic video game player, but somehow ended up coming 15th out of 30!! This leads me to believe that you're all mostly just posers, and are not real VAC'ers.

Bring it on for next time!

 

[stevearcade]

I couldn't afford to man

. I'd spent my last £10 getting in. Hadn't got a penny more on me. Proper broke at the mo. It was a mission TBH to just get the petrol money together to get over. One of the reasons I was a little sore about it I guess.

Anyway, enough fiddle playing. I'm sh*t at old gaming

. If I had have entered I'd have come bottom for sure. I can get over 100K on Juno First, which is meagre I know. The rest of them, I'd have probably truly stunk.

Next time maybe have a two player Street Fighter 2 Tournament. I'll bring the cab. Separate the men from the boys

.

 

[DanP]

I truly suck at Juno First too, I got 20 points (out of 100) for my effort. 100k is dreamland points score for me on that. The obscureness of the games (and the fact that they weren't advertised) was a real leveller.

Dan

 

[Setch]

I truly suck at Juno First too, I got 20 points (out of 100) for my effort.   100k is dreamland points score for me on that.   The obscureness of the games (and the fact that they weren't advertised) was a real leveller.  �

Dan

probably didn't help if you are right handed either as the right fire button on juno was not very responsive compared to the one on the left.

love the game but can only get to round 11.

 

[d-type]

This is a bit long...

Hi All,

In case you don't know, I organised and ran (with lots of help) the South Coast Slam classic video game tournaments in 2011 and 2012.

I've read through all the comments on UKVAC and J+ and I've heard them all before.

That's not to say they're invalid, but I've also run the annual UK Pinball Open tournaments since they started in 2007 and we get the same questions every year...plus a few new ones now and again. And of course, I have to post an email like this every year as well. Have a read and see what you think...

1) High score tournament

It's not a "high score" tournament, it's a tournament format that rewards strategy and solid gameplay over a number of different games, together with the pressure of head to head play in the finals.

High score tournaments are kids play

2) Tournament games on freeplay

If you look on the SCS 2012 website it doesn't say anywhere that the machines are all on freeplay! That said, the intention is that they are all on freeplay and it may have been said that way on forums so it's a good start that people get that impression. If you look on the event flyers, where it probably does say they are on freeplay, it definitely says "excluding tournament machines". This is specifically because we get people complaining each year that some machines are not available at all times.

We can never be perfect. However, we believe that the tournaments add something to the event that people want, otherwise wouldn't do them. Our justification for this that entrant numbers go up every event. At our first individual pinball tournament event in 2007 (2006 was only a team event), we had about 50 competitors. In 2009, when we hosted the European Pinball Championships, it had risen to about 160 competitors. For the SCS 2012 event this year, we had pre-entry and most of the places were filled in a couple of hours and that was weekday midday registration opening!

The video game tournaments might take a few years to get together because they are a diffent entity with very different challenges to pinball events, but this year we had 30 competitors as opposed to last years 25, many of which were pinball players who I cajoled into playing in 2011. Nonetheless, people's *constructive* comments are the best way to improve things over time, so keep'em coming!!!

2) Machines not being available

As soon as we don't need tournament machines, we give them back to the floor, but we'll never be perfect with this, and a big sign would have helped. Several people asked me during the day if they'd be available later on and from memory my stock answer was "Yes, should be after about 4pm". Anyone who lingered around lovingly in the tournament area I wandered up to and told them what was going on, but most of which just replied, "Yeah, it's OK, I'm just having a look" but some of them said "Yeah, I'll have a go, where do I sign up?". Every little helps.

2) Tournament machine selection

OK, I live in Zürich and my missus is 7 months pregnant. We live in a 2 bed flat up two flights of stairs and on a 17% hill. Any words that leave my lips that are not regarding finding us somewhere new to live could be some of my last. It was questionable if I'd be coming at all this year. Bottom line is that it was thrown together a bit last minute and I didn't communicate anything out beforehand because it could have easily fallen apart. So, the machine selection basically goes along the lines of...

Me: "Guys I need some tournament machines, what can I have? I need something that won't pack up, doesn't take too long to play, else we might get a log jam at the end (which is a nightmare, it screws up the whole event schedule) and is a bit obscure so we don't get too many specialists"

Machines Owners: "What about that one and that one? They're switched on and working, so have packed up yet. That one and that one are quite hard. Those ones are a bit obscure. Right, sort yourself out, we've got machines to unload/fix etc."

Then of course you get the problems of tournament machines in position, turn on...bu**er, it's dead, wait for someone to fix it...doesn't happen. Pull it out, or wait... That's for the machines where the owner is present, some of them the owner has the keys and they can't be powered up, and he's not due until after the start of the event...

Also, having the Friday setup schedule being hacked last minute to START at 9pm after everyone's full of Chinese because the hall owners double booked us doesn't help either.

So, yes, for some, all the premium games in the tournament. Or where they? Since when was Liberator an 'A' rated game? Maybe it is to you, but the next man might not have heard of it. The bottom line is that it was not a case of pulling out the "best" machines, it was roughly on the critera above. Sorry if it was your 'A' list, but if it was, you probably played them to death in MAME and were well set for the tournament ;-))

Something else I was hoping for was some MAME cabs, these are ideal for tournaments as you can change the game and no-one complains that they really wanted to play that exact cab. Sadly none materialised. *Perhaps you'll bring your one next time?*

One other thing to point out. At the pinball events, we also have complaints sometimes when machines are only available for some of the time due to tournaments. However, some people will only bring their uber-minty machines if they are used IN the touranments ONLY, because that means that they're being monitored by the referees. Yet we still get complaints because XYZ minty machines isn't available. What do we do? Tell the owner not to bring the machine because we'll get complaints? Luckily it didn't happen this year with the videos, but it's just one of things that can happen.

3) Cost of tournament

Last year I think we changed 2 quid, but it might of been 2.50, or 3, I can't rememeber. When compared to the pinball tournament, it's cheap, because that's a tenner a go. When I discussed it with Rav, he said, "Why not make it free?". I was thinking of 1 or 2 quid, but then I spoke to someone else and they gave me the sad story about the show probably being out of pocket because of van issues etc. etc. and I was suckered ;-) So I charged 3 quid.

To be honest, these shows don't make any money and anything that does gets made stops it making a loss and probably up in a charity pot anyway. How much would you expect to pay to enter the video tournament? Nothing? 2 quid? A fiver? A tenner? Ask 5 people and you'll get 5 different answers. Most important, all of the proceeds from entrants fees go directly into the show kitty. That gives you the best possibility of a show next year and might just help save someone's life via the charity donations.

4) Usage of machines

The aim is to get as many plays on the machines in the tournaments as possible, thus you don't get a load of machines sitting there idle waiting for new contestants, which is annoying for everyone.

What you're having to is juggle entry price, so people will play in the first place, number of shots on each machines for each person and also make a judgement of how many people will actually enter the tournament. If you sell too many tickets, you get a pileup later on, on the machines, and people get grumpy about not being able to fit their plays in before 4pm. If you charge too much, people get grumpy about it and you don't get many entrants and ultimately the show might make a loss. If you let people have lots more goes, it limits the number of people that can play as the machines again get blocked and some people hog them.

It's a difficult call and everyone has his opinion. Judging from the buzz on the forums beforehand, I thought we might get 40 people entering, maybe 45 at a push, so I made the call of 5 plays out of 7 machines, 1 entry per person only and 3 quid. On hindsight, the location of the tournament was rubbish (my fault as I actually chose it specifically), the cost was too high and there was no promotion, so footfall was limited, but at least it was better than last year.

Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

5) "Only 1 play on the machines" - DanP

Dan said: "Phil might correct me but the games weren't only available for 1 go for your £3. That got you into the tournament, you were only allowed 1 go for your "tournament" score. After that you could still have more plays, just not toward the tourney score. "

Officially, you were allowed 1 play on the machines and that was it. Some people did ask if they could have a go on a particulay machine and most times when it was not too busy, I said yes. I probably would have said no if it was busy in there, because if it gets too crowded marshalling is difficult and people are tempted to try and cheat.

If you're a bit timid, you might be tempted to not bother asking and then moan later on. Oh well. Better communication always helps, I guess.

Hats off to the TV presenter, Andy Dickenson, though. He only wanted to play the Return of the Jedi, whilst waiting for his cameraman, so I said OK and he then insisted that he paid the 3 quid entry fee to get on there. He only played the one game!

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Overall, yes, you get some grumpy people and you can't please everyone. However, the people that I listen to most intently are the ones that have a go, tell me what they like and don't like and maybe ever to offer to help next time because they can contribute.

Fortunately, I get a lot more people who come over and say thanks for our efforts and they had a good time than really have any issues, otherwise we wouldn't do it. It's especially good when someone has a go without really thinking about it too much, but then they keep coming back to see how they're getting on as other scores come in during the day. Sometimes they do quite well.

** Many thanks to everyone who contributed to the running of the show, the video games, the tournaments and or course those who competed. Special thanks to my missus Adeline, Dave Langley and his missus Sal for helping me run the tournament. Before during and after, some people just deliver and keep on giving, you know who you are. **

 

[d-type]

This badge/meet point thing comes up time after time. For years people have been setting meeting point and no-one ever turns up.

People also get scared of wearing a name badge, probably because it's uncool. Also people hide behind nicknames and don't say who they really are. Is it really a wonder that people don't get talking?

As Andy W. said, on some forum or another, if you entered a tournament, you'd get a big badge with your name on it, which then gets you round the uncool bit, as you didn't put the badge on just to make friends.

All you lurkers are now kicking yourself for not saying hello when you had the chance. Seriously, we were all newbies once, and without newbies, the hobby will die! "He who dares, wins!"

The person who probably knows more people in the pinball community than anyone else is my missus, she enters all the tournament registrations at the UK Pinball Show/Party and seems to be able to recall them at any time. I'm not sure if that's a good thing

Will handed me a great Crew badge this time, well smart! Next, time get yourself a UKV** or JAM**+ badge...or both!

 

[d-type]

What you've all been waiting for, tournament results and scores!

Rav was playing his final 3 games, which were the final 3 scores of the tournament, and the qualifying positions were moving after every score - and everyone was watching the screens, it was tense!

Players 4 and 5, Dave Langley and Bruce Smith ended up tied in 4th place, so they had a playoff which Dave won.

Then, there was a playoff between 1st qualifier (Dave Sanders) and 4th (Dave Langley) and between 2nd (Martin Deem) and 3rd (Daniel Pearson).

Dave S and Martin made it through to the final and then after a tight game on Amidar, Martin Deem pulled off the win.

So, the final result was:

1) Martin Deem

2) Dave Sanders

3) Daniel Pearson

4) Dave Langley

Kudos to Dave Sanders, he was top score on 4 out of 5 of his qualifiers, scoring 488 out of a maximum of 500 qualifying points - top gaming.

Qualifying Positions

For all competitors, listed by game:




Name Country Liberator Super Mad Return of Space TRON Juno Total

Zaxxon Planets the Jedi Invaders First Points

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1 Dave Sanders UK 100 100 100 100 88 488

2 Martin Deem UK 93 100 71 93 100 457

3 Daniel Pearson England 86 93 55 100 20 354

4 Dave Langley England 91 45 82 46 82 346

5 Bruce Smith UK 78 86 76 51 55 346

6 Adrian Purser UK 23 79 65 68 60 295

7 Dominic Escott England 59 85 40 57 50 291

8 Greg Mott England 2 70 26 94 94 286

9 Ivan Miles England 75 31 92 80 8 286

10 Dave Orton England 4 47 88 74 45 258

11 Martin White England 53 57 20 87 40 257

12 Neil Pearce England 67 33 45 36 65 246

13 Phillip Eaton England 83 41 64 28 24 240

14 Andrew Hannay Wales 47 65 32 62 28 234

15 Andrew Welburn England 60 79 51 17 3 210

16 Karl Jeffery England 46 19 31 41 71 208

17 Alex Crowley England 28 4 50 31 76 189

18 Stephen Brady Ireland 53 39 36 12 17 157

19 Andrew Royston UK 12 21 53 60 9 155

20 Jim Brady Ireland 33 65 7 10 23 138

21 Andre Huijts The Netherlands 39 14 21 24 36 134

22 Ben Geeves England 27 72 10 5 19 133

23 Pieter ten Dolle The Netherlands 22 17 11 41 32 123

24 Matt Jones England 17 13 59 8 4 101

25 Andy Dickenson England 72 72

26 Joseph Hannay Wales 26 7 2 27 5 67

27 Sam Howarth England 10 4 36 6 10 66

28 Christopher Jones England 5 17 13 15 13 63

29 John Bateson England 8 36 2 3 2 51

30 Shaun Alexander England 2 7 2 13 2 26




Individual Scores




Machine Position Player Score Points


Juno First 1 Martin Deem 661,340 100

Juno First 2 Greg Mott 292,710 94

Juno First 3 Dave Sanders 268,940 88

Juno First 4 Dave Langley 197,070 82

Juno First 5 Alex Crowley 167,560 76

Juno First 6 Karl Jeffery 165,740 71

Juno First 7 Neil Pearce 143,390 65

Juno First 8 Adrian Purser 139,580 60

Juno First 9 Bruce Smith 95,480 55

Juno First 10 Dominic Escott 89,590 50

Juno First 11 Dave Orton 64,340 45

Juno First 12 Martin White 51,210 40

Juno First 13 Andre Huijts 42,480 36

Juno First 14 Pieter ten Dolle 34,180 32

Juno First 15 Andrew Hannay 33,970 28

Juno First 16 Phillip Eaton 32,610 24

Juno First 17 Daniel Pearson 29,870 20

Juno First 18 Stephen Brady 28,850 17

Juno First 19 Christopher Jones 20,250 13

Juno First 20 Sam Howarth 18,450 10

Juno First 21 Ivan Miles 7,250 8

Juno First 22 Joseph Hannay 6,750 5

Juno First 23 Andrew Welburn 6,350 3

Juno First 24 Shaun Alexander 5,650 2

Liberator 1 Dave Sanders 37,810 100

Liberator 2 Dave Langley 18,300 91

Liberator 3 Phillip Eaton 7,360 83

Liberator 4 Ivan Miles 6,350 75

Liberator 5 Neil Pearce 5,980 67

Liberator 6 Andrew Welburn 4,750 60

Liberator 7 Martin White 3,760 53

Liberator 8 Karl Jeffery 3,740 46

Liberator 9 Andre Huijts 3,530 39

Liberator 10 Jim Brady 1,780 33

Liberator 11 Ben Geeves 1,700 27

Liberator 12 Pieter ten Dolle 1,480 22

Liberator 13 Matt Jones 1,450 17

Liberator 14 Royston Andrew 1,220 12

Liberator 15 John Bateson 1,180 8

Liberator 16 Christopher Jones 580 5

Liberator 17 Shaun Alexander 460 2

Mad Planets 1 Dave Sanders 113,289 100

Mad Planets 2 Ivan Miles 44,818 92

Mad Planets 3 Dominic Escott 27,724 85

Mad Planets 4 Bruce Smith 25,805 78

Mad Planets 5 Greg Mott 25,714 70

Mad Planets 6 Phillip Eaton 24,023 64

Mad Planets 7 Martin White 18,485 57

Mad Planets 8 Andrew Welburn 15,914 51

Mad Planets 9 Dave Langley 15,878 45

Mad Planets 10 Stephen Brady 13,620 39

Mad Planets 11 Neil Pearce 13,381 33

Mad Planets 12 Alex Crowley 12,166 28

Mad Planets 13 Adrian Purser 11,812 23

Mad Planets 14 Karl Jeffery 9,856 19

Mad Planets 15 Andre Huijts 3,734 14

Mad Planets 16 Pieter ten Dolle 3,659 11

Mad Planets 17 Jim Brady 2,965 7

Mad Planets 18 Sam Howarth 1,097 4

Mad Planets 19 Shaun Alexander 680 2

Return of the Jedi 1 Martin Deem 1,160,280 100

Return of the Jedi 2 Daniel Pearson 837,190 93

Return of the Jedi 3 Bruce Smith 642,240 86

Return of the Jedi 4 Adrian Purser 640,460 79

Return of the Jedi 5 Andy Dickenson 181,150 72

Return of the Jedi 6 Andrew Hannay 75,880 65

Return of the Jedi 7 Matt Jones 52,690 59

Return of the Jedi 8 Royston Andrew 51,620 53

Return of the Jedi 9 Dave Orton 21,680 47

Return of the Jedi 10 Pieter ten Dolle 19,070 41

Return of the Jedi 11 Sam Howarth 15,120 36

Return of the Jedi 12 Karl Jeffery 13,510 31

Return of the Jedi 13 Greg Mott 12,660 26

Return of the Jedi 14 Andre Huijts 12,290 21

Return of the Jedi 15 Christopher Jones 12,280 17

Return of the Jedi 16 Shaun Alexander 9,690 13

Return of the Jedi 17 Ben Geeves 8,630 10

Return of the Jedi 18 Joseph Hannay 8,030 7

Return of the Jedi 19 Alex Crowley 6,410 4

Return of the Jedi 20 John Bateson 4,030 2

Space Invaders 1 Dave Sanders 9,600 100

Space Invaders 2 Greg Mott 6,730 94

Space Invaders 3 Dave Orton 5,460 88

Space Invaders 4 Dave Langley 4,760 82

Space Invaders 5 Bruce Smith 4,700 76

Space Invaders 6 Martin Deem 3,890 71

Space Invaders 7 Adrian Purser 3,700 65

Space Invaders 8 Royston Andrew 3,470 60

Space Invaders 9 Daniel Pearson 3,460 55

Space Invaders 10 Alex Crowley 3,440 50

Space Invaders 11 Neil Pearce 3,350 45

Space Invaders 12 Dominic Escott 3,140 40

Space Invaders 13 Stephen Brady 2,740 36

Space Invaders 14 Andrew Hannay 2,690 32

Space Invaders 15 Phillip Eaton 2,630 28

Space Invaders 16 Andre Huijts 2,500 24

Space Invaders 17 Martin White 2,440 20

Space Invaders 18 Andrew Welburn 2,130 17

Space Invaders 19 Christopher Jones 1,130 13

Space Invaders 20 Jim Brady 1,110 10

Space Invaders 21 Matt Jones 1,020 8

Space Invaders 22 Ben Geeves 970 5

Space Invaders 23 John Bateson 790 3

Space Invaders 24 Joseph Hannay 790 2

Super Zaxxon 1 Dave Sanders 12,300 100

Super Zaxxon 2 Martin Deem 6,200 93

Super Zaxxon 3 Daniel Pearson 6,000 86

Super Zaxxon 4 Andrew Welburn 4,500 79

Super Zaxxon 5 Ben Geeves 4,300 72

Super Zaxxon 6 Jim Brady 4,300 65

Super Zaxxon 7 Dominic Escott 3,200 59

Super Zaxxon 8 Stephen Brady 3,000 53

Super Zaxxon 9 Andrew Hannay 2,600 47

Super Zaxxon 10 Phillip Eaton 2,600 41

Super Zaxxon 11 John Bateson 1,400 36

Super Zaxxon 12 Ivan Miles 1,100 31

Super Zaxxon 13 Joseph Hannay 1,000 26

Super Zaxxon 14 Royston Andrew 900 21

Super Zaxxon 15 Pieter ten Dolle 800 17

Super Zaxxon 16 Matt Jones 800 13

Super Zaxxon 17 Sam Howarth 600 10

Super Zaxxon 18 Shaun Alexander 600 7

Super Zaxxon 19 Dave Orton 500 4

Super Zaxxon 20 Greg Mott 300 2

TRON 1 Daniel Pearson 107,652 100

TRON 2 Martin Deem 43,994 93

TRON 3 Martin White 34,637 87

TRON 4 Ivan Miles 26,589 80

TRON 5 Dave Orton 21,215 74

TRON 6 Adrian Purser 20,170 68

TRON 7 Andrew Hannay 19,572 62

TRON 8 Dominic Escott 18,501 57

TRON 9 Bruce Smith 16,916 51

TRON 10 Dave Langley 14,858 46

TRON 11 Karl Jeffery 6,697 41

TRON 12 Neil Pearce 6,532 36

TRON 13 Alex Crowley 3,901 31

TRON 14 Joseph Hannay 3,769 27

TRON 15 Jim Brady 3,681 23

TRON 16 Ben Geeves 3,600 19

TRON 17 Christopher Jones 3,500 15

TRON 18 Stephen Brady 3,144 12

TRON 19 Royston Andrew 2,225 9

TRON 20 Sam Howarth 1,127 6

TRON 21 Matt Jones 900 4

TRON 22 John Bateson 100 2



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[Alpha1]

sure is interesting looking at those scores! It seems Martin Deem and Dave Sanders are pretty good at vids!

 

[virtvic]

Just thought I'd post up my views about the Slam -

Loved it! My mate Alex, who's a bit of a noob REALLY enjoyed it - probably because he bought himself the Berzerk shell from the Belgian guy. He was also impressed (as was I) of Rav's excellent kind nature and agreeing to store said cab for a few weeks until we can pay for and pick it up. Top geezer!

I have no negative thoughts at all. I thought that the hi score comp fee was to go to the kind vaccers who brought machines (to help pay for costs), but I understand it went to charity? Even better! I din't enter as I hadn't brought much money in the morning with me and didn't have much time left after we had a late lunch. Deffo next year though.

I only played a few pins, but loved Dirty Harry. Wish I'd had a go on a few more, but it would only tempt me into getting one (again) and I like vids too much!

It was nice to meet a few people I had seen before (at the Barn) but not had chance to talk to.

I'm looking forward to Replay and next year's Slam already!!!

 

[d-type]

I have no negative thoughts at all. I thought that the hi score comp fee was to go to the kind vaccers who brought machines (to help pay for costs), but I understand it went to charity? Even better! I din't enter as I hadn't brought much money in the morning with me and didn't have much time left after we had a late lunch. Deffo next year though.

Tournament takings (30 x 3 quid = 90 quid) were dispatched straight to Will's trouser pocket as soon as the tournament finished.

How that translated into show breaking even/money to charity, I have no idea...

 

[DanP]

Great Tourney write up Phil, really glad you published the score for each game too. Those last 10 minutes with Rav completing his games were amazing. It was in fact 3 of us shuffling positions after each of Rav's scores came in, proper nail biting stuff.

Dan