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Flip Out London - Thursday night league
- Thread starter Matt Vince
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It's the first week of November, so congratulations to the one, the only, the master of disaster, @Nickoss II
But seriously, kudos to @Jackpot and @Neil McRae who both topped three tables to my zero...
Here are the scores:
But seriously, kudos to @Jackpot and @Neil McRae who both topped three tables to my zero...
Here are the scores:
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Congratulations to Yuen Aw, the winner of tonight's league meet!
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Here are the standings for November so far..
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congrats Yuen!
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Congratulations to Dave Fowler, the winner of tonight's league meet!
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Here are the current standings for November with just next week's meet to go!!
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So close - 6 players could take a win next week and jump to the top 2!
Neil - I guess for once you'll be hoping I win (if you don't) to block the others out...
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no I’m hoping I winNeil - I guess for once you'll be hoping I win (if you don't) to block the others out...
but yes I could live with that. Knowing my luck though The final will be on CCC or flintstones!
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Congratulations to Thomas Evrenos, the winner of tonight's league meet!!
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Congratulations to Yuen Aw, the Flip Out League champion for November!!
This month I started doing brief writeups of our Flip Out league events, mostly for my own amusement but also the feeling that pinball commentary on competitive events was missing from our hobby. I've been posting them weekly in the Flip Out Facebook group, but thought I would try posting here also - I figure if even one or two people find it interesting then maybe it is worthwhile.
Weekly league recap - 25th Nov 2021
It was November league finals night at Flip Out with a wide open playoff spot battle on the menu – plenty of contenders could still make the top 8 with one strong performance to end the month.
The stoic Swede Thomas Evrenos had been laser-focused all week resolving to guarantee his playoff berth, and it was he who dominated proceedings in the weekly league to take 1st, showing his experience in the classics by top scoring on Fireball (39,960), and putting handy scores on Nine Ball (515,920), Harlem Globe Trotters (279,830) and Robot (1.67M).
Aw put in another quality showing in 2nd place and secured his spot in the final despite coming dead last on Harlem with a paltry 43,950 – Dirty Harry (430M) and Avatar (22M) helped to overcome this.
Simpson (115M – ACDC) and Hamill (359M – Dirty Harry) took joint 3rd, with Hamill somehow sneaking into the final outright by a few points and stunning the unfortunate Neil McRae (Joint 5th, ACDC 101M) who looked to have sown up his place in the final up until the very end of the evening. Also joint 5th was Robin Kemp, top scoring on Nine Ball with 938,690. His return to fitness brought with it a welcome return to form and a nice finish in the top end of the table.
Matt Vince put in another lackluster performance by his standards to take 7th – usually an ironclad fixture in the top 2 - this month however he would have to fight his way up the playoff ladder in order to challenge for the championship.
In 8th place came James McElhatton with an excellent set of games (Nineball – 665,620). With this he did enough to claim his first ever playoff spot in the league in only his 4th attempt. James has improved significantly each month, from 38th, to 22nd, to 15th and now to 7th – it looks likely he will be a playoff contender going forwards if he continues this trend.
In other news around the league, “Combo King” Anton Stewart somehow managed 5 amazing scores (including 2 top scores - Iron Man 68M, Walking Dead 236M) and 5 very poor scores (1 last place, 3 second last). It really was feast or famine for this talented player and he finished 14th to miss out on the playoffs which he will surely be disappointed with. Defending champ David Tucker also barely squeaked into the playoffs as he was almost undone by some of the classics which were below par for him.
A shout out to John Boffin with a monstrous 3.9 million top score on Robot. John is usually found battling Ben Leigh in the bottom half of the table but occasionally he can shock you with an astounding score (he once got 1.5 Billion on Road Show in the League).
The final 8 playoff qualifiers in seeding order were:
1 – Aw
2 – Hamill
3 – McRae
4 – Simpson
5 – Vince
6 – Evrenos
7 – Tucker
8 – McElhatton
David Fowler qualified 4th but was unfortunately unable to attend finals night meaning James McElhatton took his playoff space.
November League Playoff commentary:
5th to 8th playoff (Nine Ball) – Matt Vince, Thomas Evrenos, David Tucker, James McElhatton.
Defending champion Tucker was not at all happy with this random game selection, whilst the other competitors appeared very comfortable, having achieved high scores on this game during league. Evrenos continued his excellent play, gracefully easing his way to a massive 443000 on the first ball completing the numbered drops twice and expertly using the central post three times to extend his ball time. Vince, going last was not at all phased and made great use of multiball to promptly beat Thomas's ball 1 score! Tucker was unable to get anything going, but McElhatton forced Evrenos to play his last ball with a brilliant third ball to reach 575000. Evrenos still had work to do but calmly navigated past the danger and it was he and Vince who moved on to the next round.
3rd to 6th playoff: BK 2000 (Vince, McRae, Simpson, Evrenos)
I don't have too many notes on this game, but a stand out moment was when Flintstones was initially randomly selected as the game – McRae had asked for anything but Flintstones or Cactus Canyon proving Sod's law clearly exists(!) Due to a malfunction however, BK2000 was selected as the replacement.
Matt Vince was locked in once more returning to form as winning time was nigh – his trademark calm and control under pressure and 4M proved too much and Evrenos posted a useful but not insurmountable 1.1M to set the target for 2nd place. Simpson and McRae could not overhaul him on ball 3 so again it was Vince and Evrenos who moved onto the final.
Final - 1st to 4th playoff: Black Rose (Vince, Aw, Hamill, Evrenos)
There was an audible groan from everyone except Nick Hamill when this game was selected. Evrenos started ball 1 again looking sharp with 8M and counting, but was screwed by a “safe” return from the central rail going straight down the middle instead of to the right flipper. Not much happened for Vince and Hamill and Aw was able to put up a useful 17M with his first ball. Ball 2 was uneventful at first other than Matt starting Millions mode and looking dangerous with 1M, 2M and 3M combination shots within seconds – but an unfortunate drain ended the mode. Aw then managed to play ball 2 for what seemed like 10 minutes, consistently hitting the centre shot and accurately firing the cannon to sink two ships. Aided by 2 Jackpots as well this was enough to top 100M after ball 2 and secure his first ever monthly league title (Final score 155M).
Matt Vince came 2nd with 29M, Thomas 3rd – 12M, and Nick was unlucky to come 4th with 2 house balls not helping matters.
Thanks to everyone who took part this month in the league – and thanks also to anyone who bothered to read this!
Weekly league recap - 25th Nov 2021
It was November league finals night at Flip Out with a wide open playoff spot battle on the menu – plenty of contenders could still make the top 8 with one strong performance to end the month.
The stoic Swede Thomas Evrenos had been laser-focused all week resolving to guarantee his playoff berth, and it was he who dominated proceedings in the weekly league to take 1st, showing his experience in the classics by top scoring on Fireball (39,960), and putting handy scores on Nine Ball (515,920), Harlem Globe Trotters (279,830) and Robot (1.67M).
Aw put in another quality showing in 2nd place and secured his spot in the final despite coming dead last on Harlem with a paltry 43,950 – Dirty Harry (430M) and Avatar (22M) helped to overcome this.
Simpson (115M – ACDC) and Hamill (359M – Dirty Harry) took joint 3rd, with Hamill somehow sneaking into the final outright by a few points and stunning the unfortunate Neil McRae (Joint 5th, ACDC 101M) who looked to have sown up his place in the final up until the very end of the evening. Also joint 5th was Robin Kemp, top scoring on Nine Ball with 938,690. His return to fitness brought with it a welcome return to form and a nice finish in the top end of the table.
Matt Vince put in another lackluster performance by his standards to take 7th – usually an ironclad fixture in the top 2 - this month however he would have to fight his way up the playoff ladder in order to challenge for the championship.
In 8th place came James McElhatton with an excellent set of games (Nineball – 665,620). With this he did enough to claim his first ever playoff spot in the league in only his 4th attempt. James has improved significantly each month, from 38th, to 22nd, to 15th and now to 7th – it looks likely he will be a playoff contender going forwards if he continues this trend.
In other news around the league, “Combo King” Anton Stewart somehow managed 5 amazing scores (including 2 top scores - Iron Man 68M, Walking Dead 236M) and 5 very poor scores (1 last place, 3 second last). It really was feast or famine for this talented player and he finished 14th to miss out on the playoffs which he will surely be disappointed with. Defending champ David Tucker also barely squeaked into the playoffs as he was almost undone by some of the classics which were below par for him.
A shout out to John Boffin with a monstrous 3.9 million top score on Robot. John is usually found battling Ben Leigh in the bottom half of the table but occasionally he can shock you with an astounding score (he once got 1.5 Billion on Road Show in the League).
The final 8 playoff qualifiers in seeding order were:
1 – Aw
2 – Hamill
3 – McRae
4 – Simpson
5 – Vince
6 – Evrenos
7 – Tucker
8 – McElhatton
David Fowler qualified 4th but was unfortunately unable to attend finals night meaning James McElhatton took his playoff space.
November League Playoff commentary:
5th to 8th playoff (Nine Ball) – Matt Vince, Thomas Evrenos, David Tucker, James McElhatton.
Defending champion Tucker was not at all happy with this random game selection, whilst the other competitors appeared very comfortable, having achieved high scores on this game during league. Evrenos continued his excellent play, gracefully easing his way to a massive 443000 on the first ball completing the numbered drops twice and expertly using the central post three times to extend his ball time. Vince, going last was not at all phased and made great use of multiball to promptly beat Thomas's ball 1 score! Tucker was unable to get anything going, but McElhatton forced Evrenos to play his last ball with a brilliant third ball to reach 575000. Evrenos still had work to do but calmly navigated past the danger and it was he and Vince who moved on to the next round.
3rd to 6th playoff: BK 2000 (Vince, McRae, Simpson, Evrenos)
I don't have too many notes on this game, but a stand out moment was when Flintstones was initially randomly selected as the game – McRae had asked for anything but Flintstones or Cactus Canyon proving Sod's law clearly exists(!) Due to a malfunction however, BK2000 was selected as the replacement.
Matt Vince was locked in once more returning to form as winning time was nigh – his trademark calm and control under pressure and 4M proved too much and Evrenos posted a useful but not insurmountable 1.1M to set the target for 2nd place. Simpson and McRae could not overhaul him on ball 3 so again it was Vince and Evrenos who moved onto the final.
Final - 1st to 4th playoff: Black Rose (Vince, Aw, Hamill, Evrenos)
There was an audible groan from everyone except Nick Hamill when this game was selected. Evrenos started ball 1 again looking sharp with 8M and counting, but was screwed by a “safe” return from the central rail going straight down the middle instead of to the right flipper. Not much happened for Vince and Hamill and Aw was able to put up a useful 17M with his first ball. Ball 2 was uneventful at first other than Matt starting Millions mode and looking dangerous with 1M, 2M and 3M combination shots within seconds – but an unfortunate drain ended the mode. Aw then managed to play ball 2 for what seemed like 10 minutes, consistently hitting the centre shot and accurately firing the cannon to sink two ships. Aided by 2 Jackpots as well this was enough to top 100M after ball 2 and secure his first ever monthly league title (Final score 155M).
Matt Vince came 2nd with 29M, Thomas 3rd – 12M, and Nick was unlucky to come 4th with 2 house balls not helping matters.
Thanks to everyone who took part this month in the league – and thanks also to anyone who bothered to read this!
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Here are the results of tonight's 'Stern only' league meet! Next week, 90's games only!
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Busy in the back room tonight then
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Well played Matt!
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Look what you do in your own time in the privacy of your own home is up to you.
Weekly league recap – 2nd Dec 2021
(Much shorter writeup this week!)
It was Stern night at the famous Flip Out London Thursday night league with 19 participants hoping to start December strong and get those even more important league points given this month will only have 3 weeks in total before the playoffs on Dec 16th.
At the end of the night the weekly table had a familiar feel to it – 1st, Matt Vince, 2nd Neil McRae. Matt returned to league form with some top efforts particularly on ACDC (189M) and Led Zep (311M). Neil posted a big 320M on AIQ and 220M on Guardians, beating Aw by a single point overall to take that all important top 2 finish. Aw took third behind Iron Maiden (317M) and Metallica (123M) with Nick Hamill playing consistently well yet again across all the games to finish 4th.
Rounding out the top 8 were Simpson - 5th (Godzilla – 348M, Walking Dead – 154M), D.Fowler – 6th, Kemp - 7th (Avatar – 18M) and C.Bush – 8th.
In general the league participants did well on Maiden and Metallica this week, while finding ACDC and Avatar a much greater challenge (lots of cursing at Avatar this week!)
As mentioned, next week's lineup will be all 90s pins instead of the modern Sterns, which some including Evrenos and Chambers will be much happier about!
(Much shorter writeup this week!)
It was Stern night at the famous Flip Out London Thursday night league with 19 participants hoping to start December strong and get those even more important league points given this month will only have 3 weeks in total before the playoffs on Dec 16th.
At the end of the night the weekly table had a familiar feel to it – 1st, Matt Vince, 2nd Neil McRae. Matt returned to league form with some top efforts particularly on ACDC (189M) and Led Zep (311M). Neil posted a big 320M on AIQ and 220M on Guardians, beating Aw by a single point overall to take that all important top 2 finish. Aw took third behind Iron Maiden (317M) and Metallica (123M) with Nick Hamill playing consistently well yet again across all the games to finish 4th.
Rounding out the top 8 were Simpson - 5th (Godzilla – 348M, Walking Dead – 154M), D.Fowler – 6th, Kemp - 7th (Avatar – 18M) and C.Bush – 8th.
In general the league participants did well on Maiden and Metallica this week, while finding ACDC and Avatar a much greater challenge (lots of cursing at Avatar this week!)
As mentioned, next week's lineup will be all 90s pins instead of the modern Sterns, which some including Evrenos and Chambers will be much happier about!
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Congratulations to Neil McRae, the winner of tonight's 90's league meet!
Next week is Classics, followed by the finals.
Next week is Classics, followed by the finals.
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Here are the standings for December so far:
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Just in case you haven't heard about the new visitor at the club...
League recap - 9th December 2021
After the week 1 December result of 1st Matt Vince and 2nd Neil McRae, for a bit of variety during 90s pinball night, the week 2 results ended 1st Neil McRae, 2nd Matt Vince.
Neil put in a consistently strong performance across all games, with the 395M on Tommy the highlight. Matt's took second place behind a monstrous 416M on Monster Bash, and a superb 310M on Creech.
These results have locked in Neil and Matt as the top 2 qualifiers for the playoffs on Thursday, meaning they can relax and see who will join them in the final. Given the short 3 week format this month and likely lower attendance the playoffs are still wide open – with Yuen Aw (4th on the night with 1.1 Billion on GoldenEye and 500M on Dirty Harry) and Clive Bush (3 Billion – AFM) sitting currently in 3rd and 4th spots. Graham Swaffield is currently 5th overall, having put in an excellent 3rd place with 441M on TZ.
Andy Ball and Tony Greenwood shared 6th place honours, with Rayne Passmore and Mark Johnson tied for 8th place.
Shout out to Diane Bush who came top on Junkyard with 16.9 Million.
Thanks again to Thomas Evrenos for lending his Big Lebowski to the club – enjoyed and appreciated by all!
Classics on Thursday followed by the end of month playoffs.
Can Neil McRae build on his stellar league form to take the title? Will Matt Vince start to assert his previous dominance on the league once again? Could Yuen Aw win two months in a row? Or will another strong contender work their way up the playoff ladder to steal the victory. We'll find out on Thursday!
After the week 1 December result of 1st Matt Vince and 2nd Neil McRae, for a bit of variety during 90s pinball night, the week 2 results ended 1st Neil McRae, 2nd Matt Vince.
Neil put in a consistently strong performance across all games, with the 395M on Tommy the highlight. Matt's took second place behind a monstrous 416M on Monster Bash, and a superb 310M on Creech.
These results have locked in Neil and Matt as the top 2 qualifiers for the playoffs on Thursday, meaning they can relax and see who will join them in the final. Given the short 3 week format this month and likely lower attendance the playoffs are still wide open – with Yuen Aw (4th on the night with 1.1 Billion on GoldenEye and 500M on Dirty Harry) and Clive Bush (3 Billion – AFM) sitting currently in 3rd and 4th spots. Graham Swaffield is currently 5th overall, having put in an excellent 3rd place with 441M on TZ.
Andy Ball and Tony Greenwood shared 6th place honours, with Rayne Passmore and Mark Johnson tied for 8th place.
Shout out to Diane Bush who came top on Junkyard with 16.9 Million.
Thanks again to Thomas Evrenos for lending his Big Lebowski to the club – enjoyed and appreciated by all!
Classics on Thursday followed by the end of month playoffs.
Can Neil McRae build on his stellar league form to take the title? Will Matt Vince start to assert his previous dominance on the league once again? Could Yuen Aw win two months in a row? Or will another strong contender work their way up the playoff ladder to steal the victory. We'll find out on Thursday!
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Congratulations to Neil McRae & Yuen Aw, the joint winners of tonight's Classics league meet!
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Congratulations to me on winning December's Flip Out League.
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Well done mate
No league this week, as its new year, and people have things to do (ahem @robotgreg) - but since when has that stopped us! Well done @bartron - stormin' everything and champion of the exclusive club of Dec Week 5 players competing in a one off fun session!
