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You might be right mate, but it was 80 last year and the cut was 100
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IFPA19 - Pinball World Championship
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The cut used to be around 94 though wasn't it?
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Yep 94-96 when it was 64 players
You might well be right too
and will be interesting to see. Last year you just made the cut with 100.With 64, it used to be around 98 to get in, but the year before (last year with 64), 98 was only a playoff.
When, Martin, you and I went to Germany I'm sure you remember that you were in a 7 way playoff with 96 and Martin and I just missed out with 92 each.
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Indeed! I remember it well!!You might well be right too
With 64, it used to be around 98 to get in, but the year before (last year with 64), 98 was only a playoff.
When, Martin, you and I went to Germany I'm sure you remember that you were in a 7 way playoff with 96 and Martin and I just missed out with 92 each.
It's going to be super interesting to see
Is there a link for the stream tonight? I was at a gig last night and missed it
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Supersonic was a tap pass and regain control marathon. Josh put up a decent 433k, but Dalton was the star of the game with 898k on his first ball, third place for Josh
We made a detour last week to Bar Eighty Two in LA to get some pre match practice so Josh got some time on Grand Lizard there, it paid off as he had nothing as P4 coming into his third ball but started two Mulitballs to take second place with 640k
Sega Godzilla went OK and Josh’s 84M looked good for third but Luke’s 13M bonus left Josh in fourth
A nine point round, so 92 points with one round to play
We made a detour last week to Bar Eighty Two in LA to get some pre match practice so Josh got some time on Grand Lizard there, it paid off as he had nothing as P4 coming into his third ball but started two Mulitballs to take second place with 640k
Sega Godzilla went OK and Josh’s 84M looked good for third but Luke’s 13M bonus left Josh in fourth
A nine point round, so 92 points with one round to play
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Here we go then! This is for all the marbles!
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Josh gets 2nd on Mystic! He's so close now
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Wasn't sure I was going to be able to watch some of the action as I'm staying away today, however mirroring my phone onto my hotel TV and viola, pinball action on the big screen 
Hoping to get inspired by some high quality action!
Hoping to get inspired by some high quality action!
Are we in the same hotel? Same room even?
Come on Josh, so close 
That's gonna be one hell of a game on Theatre!
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He's done it. The most clutch last ball on TOM. Absolutely fantastic
Awesome play, fantastic Josh 
And so, onto the final round
Mystic started with Jordan putting up 273k and Steve not getting the ball at all
Zach hit 116k and Josh playing last knew his bonus would take him into second so didn’t try to save a STDM ball
Coming into last ball on Deadly Weapon Josh only had 1M chasing 10, he got to 7.5M in second but scores of 11M and Steve’s luck reversing with four scoop bounce ins in a row from the pops pushed him onto 15M leaving Josh in fourth
So, all down to the last game and “don’t come last” on Theatre of Magic whose mega sensitive slingshots claimed everyone’s ball one
Josh came into his last ball in last place as player four on 57M, chasing 90M, 356M and 434M
He passed Zach after a great STDM slap save and started MB, chasing down the others with his bonus taking him to 466M to win his final game and qualify for the knockout stage!
Nick (86) and Andy (88) couldn’t manage the wins needed to get them to the cut line
Mystic started with Jordan putting up 273k and Steve not getting the ball at all
Zach hit 116k and Josh playing last knew his bonus would take him into second so didn’t try to save a STDM ball
Coming into last ball on Deadly Weapon Josh only had 1M chasing 10, he got to 7.5M in second but scores of 11M and Steve’s luck reversing with four scoop bounce ins in a row from the pops pushed him onto 15M leaving Josh in fourth
So, all down to the last game and “don’t come last” on Theatre of Magic whose mega sensitive slingshots claimed everyone’s ball one
Josh came into his last ball in last place as player four on 57M, chasing 90M, 356M and 434M
He passed Zach after a great STDM slap save and started MB, chasing down the others with his bonus taking him to 466M to win his final game and qualify for the knockout stage!
Nick (86) and Andy (88) couldn’t manage the wins needed to get them to the cut line
Starting now:
Picks
Jason: Robocop
Josh: Hoops
Jason: Iron Maiden
Josh: Jaws
Jason: Wizard
Josh: Supersonic
Jason: Robocop
Josh: Hoops
Jason: Iron Maiden
Josh: Jaws
Jason: Wizard
Josh: Supersonic
In the first knockout round of 32 Josh started well on his pick Hoops, putting up 7M with Jason only able to make 1.8M
Jason’s pick of Iron Maiden left both tied around 90M after two balls , but Josh had Mummy ready and passed Jason’s 100M to take a 2-0 lead
Josh then moved to Jaws with a 290M first ball, going on to Rescue MB and 50M encounter collect, ending with 588M with Jason only getting to 63M
3-0 up just one more win needed
On Wizard, Josh fell an agonising 18k short of the 132k target, Jason beat his 258k on Supersonic on his final ball and put up 3.5M on Robocop which Josh couldn’t match, brining it back to 3-3
Josh had choice on tie break and picked Godzilla but failed to get control at all tilting his first ball saving the plunge and losing his second down the middle after a building shot reject
On Ball 3 he got MB ready but a scoop reject to start the mode hit the slings and left him on 8M and down 3-4
Jason put up 448M Ball 1 on Josh’s next pick of Mystery Castle leaving Josh a big target he couldn’t reach with bad feeds and failing to recover missed shots
So his first ever IFPA ends at the round of 32 and a $400 payout
So proud of him for qualifying against such an amazing field, he played really well for most of the games, repeatedly coming back on Ball 3 to gain points and was so close to progressing
Many thanks to everyone who has been so helpful, it’s been an amazing (and incredibly stressful) couple of days
Jason’s pick of Iron Maiden left both tied around 90M after two balls , but Josh had Mummy ready and passed Jason’s 100M to take a 2-0 lead
Josh then moved to Jaws with a 290M first ball, going on to Rescue MB and 50M encounter collect, ending with 588M with Jason only getting to 63M
3-0 up just one more win needed
On Wizard, Josh fell an agonising 18k short of the 132k target, Jason beat his 258k on Supersonic on his final ball and put up 3.5M on Robocop which Josh couldn’t match, brining it back to 3-3
Josh had choice on tie break and picked Godzilla but failed to get control at all tilting his first ball saving the plunge and losing his second down the middle after a building shot reject
On Ball 3 he got MB ready but a scoop reject to start the mode hit the slings and left him on 8M and down 3-4
Jason put up 448M Ball 1 on Josh’s next pick of Mystery Castle leaving Josh a big target he couldn’t reach with bad feeds and failing to recover missed shots
So his first ever IFPA ends at the round of 32 and a $400 payout
So proud of him for qualifying against such an amazing field, he played really well for most of the games, repeatedly coming back on Ball 3 to gain points and was so close to progressing
Many thanks to everyone who has been so helpful, it’s been an amazing (and incredibly stressful) couple of days
Proper proud dad and you absolutely should be, huge well done to Josh. The least he can do with his winnings is buy you a beer 
Really great effort Josh you smashed it!
Arvid makes the final 
Well done to all for getting as far as you did! Thats an awesome achievement!
Jason is the other finalist