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UK tournament pinball thread (+ Large international comps)

Great effort by Nathan, didn’t get the luck in the final and Daniele in particular was playing amazingly. Didn’t look out of place at all in a stacked field
 
Jackpot said:
My picks to watch:

Josh
Gene
Jmac
Reece
Gareth Arnold

+Craig
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Quick recap:
So how did these predictions do?

Josh and Craig qualified strongly, but everyone would expect that...

Good/exciting performances from all the others I would say:

Gene played well - he was winning his group almost all the way and was unlucky to miss qualifying in a tie break; similar for Jmac who won 8 games and narrowly missed out - a strong European debut for him.

The People's champ Arnold was flying in his group, leading with a 6-1 record at one stage and wowing fans across the globe with his stylish play on stream. Sadly his run faded and he ended at 6-6. Still, an exciting outing from Gareth. Finally Reece had a creditable debut himself, staying in the qualifying hunt until a couple of games left.

Remember qualification was extremely tough with only the top 2 out of 13 qualifying and some of the 3rd place players in each group.

So in summary maybe a B or B+ for the predictions this time.
 
One more shoutout - the commentary and streaming from JDL was great as ever, but @Genotime did a cracking job with a load of time spent in the booth, often solo which isn't easy at all, and it was entertaining and informative, making a huge difference to the stream in my view. Nice one.
 
Jackpot said:
One more shoutout - the commentary and streaming from JDL was great as ever, but @Genotime did a cracking job with a load of time spent in the booth, often solo which isn't easy at all, and it was entertaining and informative, making a huge difference to the stream in my view. Nice one.
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Very true, the commentary was great. Knowledge, insight and entertainment rolled into one, well played @Genotime
 
Jackpot said:
One more shoutout - the commentary and streaming from JDL was great as ever, but @Genotime did a cracking job with a load of time spent in the booth, often solo which isn't easy at all, and it was entertaining and informative, making a huge difference to the stream in my view. Nice one.
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It was great to watch. I have watched other tournaments and there has been no commentary. JDL do a great job and @Genotime popping on to co-commentate was brilliant too!!
 
Jackpot said:
Josh and Craig qualified strongly, but everyone would expect that...
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Not sure I'd agree with 'strongly' as it was so tough in that format and any lost game cost you. Josh needed to win his last game to avoid a playoff. Craig lost his playoff for Top 2 but then came through the 'best 3rd place' playoff.

I think the strongest UK qualifier was Emily, who smashed the group, stunning given how little she's played this year. Both Pete & Nathan getting out of their group were great performances too as was Nathan's run to the final of the classics.


After starting 5-0, a dodgy middle run put me in the same position as Josh and fate put my last game against Yvan with whom I was tied on seven wins, winner to go through - he played Lady Luck better than me and I dropped out.

Unfortunately, I did the same in the Flip Frenzy, starting 7-0 and went into the last game at 9-1 but losing and then watching the clock tick down with me 'next up' but missing out on a chance of a redemption game by 5 seconds :(
 
cyberkryten said:
Not sure I'd agree with 'strongly' as it was so tough in that format and any lost game cost you. Josh needed to win his last game to avoid a playoff. Craig lost his playoff for Top 2 but then came through the 'best 3rd place' playoff.

I think the strongest UK qualifier was Emily, who smashed the group, stunning given how little she's played this year. Both Pete & Nathan getting out of their group were great performances too as was Nathan's run to the final of the classics.


After starting 5-0, a dodgy middle run put me in the same position as Josh and fate put my last game against Yvan with whom I was tied on seven wins, winner to go through - he played Lady Luck better than me and I dropped out.

Unfortunately, I did the same in the Flip Frenzy, starting 7-0 and went into the last game at 9-1 but losing and then watching the clock tick down with me 'next up' but missing out on a chance of a redemption game by 5 seconds :(
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Emily played fantastically well, but not a big surprise to anyone who has played alongside her this year. She is a very strong player, and will be making Mystic Yuen's lists before too long
 
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