Following on from the tournament over the weekend I'd like to put forward my views, as well as invite comments (which may be ignored if I don't like them )
There was a bit of concern over the fact that a comp would take machines away from the general public - hence where possible those machines which were duplicated were prioritised to be put in the comp.
The next criteria was to try and ensure that games were included from other eras, hence Black Jack and Eight Ball in qualifying, as well as Circus and Eight Ball Champ in the finals.
Likewise with not having all of the games available through the lock in.
I hope these worries were allayed?
The format of qualifying is tried and tested in The States, but being the first time in the UK there was concern that the unlimited rebuy style would not go down well, I think it worked well.
£4 per entry seemed about right?
The finals format was tweaked a little on the day, particularly when it got to head to head play. I think it worked well.
I haven't watched any of the streaming yet, but heard very positive things about it. I'll watch it over the next day or two.
All of the machines were donated, hence some of the minor issues with the games, not necessarily being spotted until too late into the competition . There's no way I could change the tilt on TZ, or fix the side ramp on Tron halfway through the comp without compromising earlier people's entries.
Ideally there'd be more time to thoroughly check the machines beforehand, but with late substitutions or no shows (like Metallica) this wasn't always possible. Volunteers to assist beforehand would be helpful, outside of the NLP gang who are already too busy.
The real question is, do people want to have another comp like this again ?
There was a bit of concern over the fact that a comp would take machines away from the general public - hence where possible those machines which were duplicated were prioritised to be put in the comp.
The next criteria was to try and ensure that games were included from other eras, hence Black Jack and Eight Ball in qualifying, as well as Circus and Eight Ball Champ in the finals.
Likewise with not having all of the games available through the lock in.
I hope these worries were allayed?
The format of qualifying is tried and tested in The States, but being the first time in the UK there was concern that the unlimited rebuy style would not go down well, I think it worked well.
£4 per entry seemed about right?
The finals format was tweaked a little on the day, particularly when it got to head to head play. I think it worked well.
I haven't watched any of the streaming yet, but heard very positive things about it. I'll watch it over the next day or two.
All of the machines were donated, hence some of the minor issues with the games, not necessarily being spotted until too late into the competition . There's no way I could change the tilt on TZ, or fix the side ramp on Tron halfway through the comp without compromising earlier people's entries.
Ideally there'd be more time to thoroughly check the machines beforehand, but with late substitutions or no shows (like Metallica) this wasn't always possible. Volunteers to assist beforehand would be helpful, outside of the NLP gang who are already too busy.
The real question is, do people want to have another comp like this again ?