...Shaping up to possibly be the biggest UK tournament this year outside Pinfest and the UK Open! With a great mix of players...
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ELECTRIC CIRCUS WINTER WARMER MATCHPLAY
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...Shaping up to possibly be the biggest UK tournament this year outside Pinfest and the UK Open! With a great mix of players...
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Don't worry we will squeeze you all in!
Legal capacity of room is 200 but those pesky pinball machines are in the way !
Legal capacity of room is 200 but those pesky pinball machines are in the way !
It's the Agra palace. Just a 10 minute walk from the club.
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can l have a quick head count for the curry?
8pm Saturday Agra Palace
8pm Saturday Agra Palace
Put me down for the curry.
I'm in for the curry.
Not me
I'm delivering curry....
I'm delivering curry....
@Genotime @steve brum unfortunately I just found out I'm going to have to work Sunday so won't be able to make it See you at the end of Feb for the league meet
See you at the end of Feb for the league meet@Genotime @steve brum unfortunately I just found out I'm going to have to work Sunday so won't be able to make it
Aww that's a shame mate. The UK pinball scene is eagerly following the 2023 return of Chrissy E. If you can make a Tuesday Classics league come along too mate.
Looking forward to this, looks like a good turn out, see you all Sunday
Stick me down for the Sunday as well please! No curry for me!
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Hi guys
Can folks please bring £10 cash for the tournament registration. As a last resort a PayPal gift payment would be OK.
Accompanied under 18s are £5 .
Card payments are fine for bar purchases.
All the games are on free play so no stash of 50ps required unless you want to play pool, air hockey or heaven forbid the bandits
Additional medals tomorrow for best newbie best lady and best under 18
Wooden spoon for worst adult excluding newbies .
Its an actual spoon this time.
Can folks please bring £10 cash for the tournament registration. As a last resort a PayPal gift payment would be OK.
Accompanied under 18s are £5 .
Card payments are fine for bar purchases.
All the games are on free play so no stash of 50ps required unless you want to play pool, air hockey or heaven forbid the bandits
Additional medals tomorrow for best newbie best lady and best under 18
Wooden spoon for worst adult excluding newbies .
Its an actual spoon this time.
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Everyone gets a raffle ticket on registration.
Random door prize every two hours on the hour . 1pm 3pm 5pm
Choose from a drink , a pin-kgu soft toy or mug
Random door prize every two hours on the hour . 1pm 3pm 5pm
Choose from a drink , a pin-kgu soft toy or mug
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Thanks for everyone who took part today. Shout out to Gene for his hard work and congrats to Nick for his win
See you all soon !!
See you all soon !!
Just back from a great day at Electruc Circus. Huge thanks to @steve brum for hosting and @Genotime for all his hard work organising and running things.
I had a brilliant day, finished 6th in the tournament, and 2nd in the high score blast. Congrats to @Wayne J on his high score win, and to @mufcmufc for his tournament victory. Great play by Nick in both the semi and final, a deserved winner.
One of my personal highlights was a great battle with @Jackpot on Stranger Things, when we were both battling for an automatic final spot. Yuen played a great final ball and won on the bonus, a superb, gutsy performance. It was great to see so many people at the event, and I hope it's the first of many
I had a brilliant day, finished 6th in the tournament, and 2nd in the high score blast. Congrats to @Wayne J on his high score win, and to @mufcmufc for his tournament victory. Great play by Nick in both the semi and final, a deserved winner.
One of my personal highlights was a great battle with @Jackpot on Stranger Things, when we were both battling for an automatic final spot. Yuen played a great final ball and won on the bonus, a superb, gutsy performance. It was great to see so many people at the event, and I hope it's the first of many
Great event again. Top marks to Gene, Steve and anyone else involved. Sorry Ian and I had to dash before finals wrapped up to make sure trains were not missed.
Great to see some new faces there too amongst the usual friendly bunch. Looking forward to the next one
Great to see some new faces there too amongst the usual friendly bunch. Looking forward to the next one
Here are the results.
Congrats to Nick Marshall for the victory, big thanks to Steve and all the EC crew for hosting and thanks to everyone who came. Hope you all enjoyed yourselves. Bit of a stressful start but think it chugged along ok once it got going.
1,Nick Marshall,981
2,Andrew Foster,2522
3,Yuen Aw,77952
4,Paul Owen,4047
5,Greg Mott,974
6,Andy Brock,83509
7,Owen Lloyd,82982
8,Joshua Iles,66195
9,HARRY BARNETT,89803
10,Dan Lewell,24802
11,Wayne Johns,11264
12,Diane Bush,61320
12,Kevin Donovan,19898
15,Chris Granby
15,Leo Marshall,5621
15,Dan Williams UK,12692
15,Simon Harper,10466
18,Armen Lloyd,82985
21,Ian Clarke,86345
21,Paul Garner,10784
21,Michael Aw,85862
21,Toby Redman,90532
21,Effie Lewell,57785
24,Clive Bush,58197
24,STUART BRUCE,84982
26,Steve Pagett,16719
27,Gene Aw,84135
27,Martyn Iles,66917
30,Stewart Judson,33435
30,Dan Prachar,977
30,JORDAN HANDLEY,84986
32,James Aw,84377
33,Chris Miller,52045
33,JOSEPH MCGEE,86344
35,Mark McKenna,96432
36,DAVE WILEMAN,89801
38,Ian Walmsley,27402
38,Gareth Arnold,51420
38,Isaac Leese,96696
38,JAY BRYAN,89799
41,Alice McKenna,96431
41,SIAN GRANT,89798
43,Lan Aw,88359
45,Steven Hill,83508
45,Jim King,20765
45,Kevin Smith,1515
45,Phoebe Lewell,48644
48,Paul Ionita
48,Todd Brock,96436
50,JONNY BARNETT,89800
50,Dave Willcox,1247
52,Janice Brock
52,AJ Roper,95094
54,Martyn McDermott,96430
55,Sonal Nanavati
56,Andy Campbell,61842
56,Eliana Ciulei,96433
58,Ethan Campbell UK,41838
59,Emma Campbell,66896
Congrats to Nick Marshall for the victory, big thanks to Steve and all the EC crew for hosting and thanks to everyone who came. Hope you all enjoyed yourselves. Bit of a stressful start but think it chugged along ok once it got going.
1,Nick Marshall,981
2,Andrew Foster,2522
3,Yuen Aw,77952
4,Paul Owen,4047
5,Greg Mott,974
6,Andy Brock,83509
7,Owen Lloyd,82982
8,Joshua Iles,66195
9,HARRY BARNETT,89803
10,Dan Lewell,24802
11,Wayne Johns,11264
12,Diane Bush,61320
12,Kevin Donovan,19898
15,Chris Granby
15,Leo Marshall,5621
15,Dan Williams UK,12692
15,Simon Harper,10466
18,Armen Lloyd,82985
21,Ian Clarke,86345
21,Paul Garner,10784
21,Michael Aw,85862
21,Toby Redman,90532
21,Effie Lewell,57785
24,Clive Bush,58197
24,STUART BRUCE,84982
26,Steve Pagett,16719
27,Gene Aw,84135
27,Martyn Iles,66917
30,Stewart Judson,33435
30,Dan Prachar,977
30,JORDAN HANDLEY,84986
32,James Aw,84377
33,Chris Miller,52045
33,JOSEPH MCGEE,86344
35,Mark McKenna,96432
36,DAVE WILEMAN,89801
38,Ian Walmsley,27402
38,Gareth Arnold,51420
38,Isaac Leese,96696
38,JAY BRYAN,89799
41,Alice McKenna,96431
41,SIAN GRANT,89798
43,Lan Aw,88359
45,Steven Hill,83508
45,Jim King,20765
45,Kevin Smith,1515
45,Phoebe Lewell,48644
48,Paul Ionita
48,Todd Brock,96436
50,JONNY BARNETT,89800
50,Dave Willcox,1247
52,Janice Brock
52,AJ Roper,95094
54,Martyn McDermott,96430
55,Sonal Nanavati
56,Andy Campbell,61842
56,Eliana Ciulei,96433
58,Ethan Campbell UK,41838
59,Emma Campbell,66896
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Just in case you can't get the Bond theme out of your head!
Great day.
Competition ran smoothly and the food was great as well.
@Genotime and @steve brum were great hosts.
The only criticism about the comp at all was that the matchplay software wasn't great at allocating random machines or players.
Over 12 rounds I played the same 2 machines twice, numerous competitors I played against twice and one of them 3 times.
I heard the same thing from plenty of other people too.
You would think that with 25 or so games available, 59 competitors it would be able to do better.
Competition ran smoothly and the food was great as well.
@Genotime and @steve brum were great hosts.
The only criticism about the comp at all was that the matchplay software wasn't great at allocating random machines or players.
Over 12 rounds I played the same 2 machines twice, numerous competitors I played against twice and one of them 3 times.
I heard the same thing from plenty of other people too.
You would think that with 25 or so games available, 59 competitors it would be able to do better.
I didn't have any repeat machines but played 5 players twice, 1 player 3 times and 1 player 4 times!
There's an option in Matchplay for 'balanced' pairing which tries to reduce the chance of replaying someone you've already met. There's a fair chance @Genotime might have had it on pure 'random' pairing
Edit: I'd also be tempted to try a 'tiered Swiss' pairing, which basically starts of with randomly allocated groups, but then slowly narrows the groups over the course of the comp so that you're paired with people 'at your level'. It might produce some interesting groups of the top seeded players, but that might also have an impact on how long it takes for those games to complete I suppose. The other upside is that those of us that are having a bad day can at least have some closer games with other people also having a bad day
But either way - it's a great fun comp as it is can't thank Gene enough for the effort
Edit: I'd also be tempted to try a 'tiered Swiss' pairing, which basically starts of with randomly allocated groups, but then slowly narrows the groups over the course of the comp so that you're paired with people 'at your level'. It might produce some interesting groups of the top seeded players, but that might also have an impact on how long it takes for those games to complete I suppose. The other upside is that those of us that are having a bad day can at least have some closer games with other people also having a bad day
But either way - it's a great fun comp as it is can't thank Gene enough for the effort
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Just adding our thanks for a brilliant day 
Thanks to Steve for hosting, Gene for running the tourney and all the other helpers.
A really great atmosphere with such a lovely bunch of pinheads!
Well done to all the winners
Di & Clive
Thanks to Steve for hosting, Gene for running the tourney and all the other helpers.
A really great atmosphere with such a lovely bunch of pinheads!
Well done to all the winners
Di & Clive
Machines are set to be balanced - though there's possibility of playing the same one.
Player pairings are set for random. So it's truly a random throw of the dice each time. I personally like it - in line with the random nature of EC and part of the building new friendships/rivalries narrative.
Perhaps for more 'serious' competitions it's good to have a system where you know you're likely to only play each player once/even amount of times but I think its nice to have that random element in for fun.
If the overall majority don't like this aspect I will think about changing it in the future- but randomness working as intended.
Player pairings are set for random. So it's truly a random throw of the dice each time. I personally like it - in line with the random nature of EC and part of the building new friendships/rivalries narrative.
Perhaps for more 'serious' competitions it's good to have a system where you know you're likely to only play each player once/even amount of times but I think its nice to have that random element in for fun.
If the overall majority don't like this aspect I will think about changing it in the future- but randomness working as intended.
Many thanks to Steve for hosting and Gene for running the comp very smoothly. Great fun! Well done to Nick on the win and to Andy for crushing AFM in the quarters.
Re Wayne's matchplay comment, I've found this very often that the software is not a great as some would have it. You would have thought with 59 players and only playing 36 players over the 12 rounds, it would be pretty simple for it to esnure that you only play one player or machine once. However, as Wayne said I also played several people twice.
I've experienced thsi dupl;aication of machines/players in every comp that I've played in which has been run by Matchplay software. I'm really surprised that with it being the "go to" and possibly only option for running comps automatically that it hasn't been developed better. I think we're stuck with it unless you do it manually but it is far from perfect and the amazing product that some would purport!
Re Wayne's matchplay comment, I've found this very often that the software is not a great as some would have it. You would have thought with 59 players and only playing 36 players over the 12 rounds, it would be pretty simple for it to esnure that you only play one player or machine once. However, as Wayne said I also played several people twice.
I've experienced thsi dupl;aication of machines/players in every comp that I've played in which has been run by Matchplay software. I'm really surprised that with it being the "go to" and possibly only option for running comps automatically that it hasn't been developed better. I think we're stuck with it unless you do it manually but it is far from perfect and the amazing product that some would purport!
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its an unmeasurable amount of times better than doing it manually - it means you get more pinball time rather than fixing errors in Excel and doing it manually.
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