TOURNAMENT : Williams Banzai Run | 1-Ball Challenge!

[@Micky.Michael.88]

Congrats Krobs. Merry Xmas y'all.

[@NewLeaf88]

Thanks Draky! Merry Christmas to you! How did yours go btw? Get anything cool from Santa?

[@Micky.Michael.88]

@NewLeaf88 I had a few colognes. I actually really love colognes so that's good for me lol.

[@Micky.Michael.88]

@NewLeaf88 what about you ? :-) 😊

[@kennykrobs6935]

Thanks Michael, it truely was a christmas miracle! 😃

[@NewLeaf88]

Draky that's a very nice Christmas present actually! What brand of cologne did you get? I used to be very into Aqua Di Gio by Georgia Armani, that was like my go to Cologne in College/University.

[@Chris-HC]

Hope everyone is good. Really enjoyed Charlie Brown. Though did think it was 10 attempts per day and spunked all my attempts practicing on this one 🤣 Looking forward to the next challenge. Will be setting up a daily challenge to run over the next few weeks to try bring a few more players in. Stay blessed all, Jabba

[@NewLeaf88]

Hey Jabba! Always appreciate you and thank you for the comments and chat! When you get your tournament up and running, let me know I'd love to join you :) I never see the option to create daily attempts whenever I go to create a tournament, it's always just maximum amount allowed. Is there something I need to do or is this just how it is? Looking forward to your tournament Jabba!

[@Chris-HC]

@NewLeaf88 I'm working on setting a Facebook group up at the moment folks. Should be ready in a few days. I'll be posting daily contests. You can upload screenshots and video, I don't even mind if you share your KZbin links. Will share it when it's up guys. Today I will mostly be drinking beer 🍻🇬🇧 Have fun 👊

[@NewLeaf88]

That sounds like a nice idea for a Facebook page, Jabba! I don't really use facebook that much though but if you make it publicly visible, I would love to check in on your posted tournaments. What's on tap for you tonight Jabba? What is your go to beer/lager? Cheers!!!!

[@lazyspacecat2143]

The Star Wars tables are bangers! With the addition of realistic physics I think more people will warm up to the originals.

[@NewLeaf88]

That's exactly my thoughts, Leon! Adding in the realistic physics was actually a huge addition and improvement to the game. It kind of gives those tables new life if you will :) and more depth!

[@Micky.Michael.88]

@@lazyspacecat2143 I agree I've been playing more of the older starwars tables lately they feel way better now with realistic physics. Feels like real life pinball with video enhancements - the way it was always intended to be.

[@NewLeaf88]

I never actually realized how big a difference physics could make on a pinball game tbh. But it's sometimes make or break! The normal physics on Zen tables were at best playable but they just felt too easy. Now you've got the ability to play these original tables with Williams realistic physics and it makes you feel like you're playing an actual pinball table as opposed to just pressing buttons and feeling like you're automatically a pinball wizard lol.

[@kennykrobs6935]

Awesome Recap and preview Newleaf 👍 thanks for the kind words. Feels good to be king 1 baller, if just for a day 😄 Congrats on making dinner all on your own 🦃 sounds like everything came out perfect. Oh i did a secret skillshot in CB, i somehow plunged ball into far left outlane. It gave me either 1.5 or 3 mil. Can't remember but it was pretty good award none the less. Happy Holidays everyone, good luck in Banzai this week. Cheers 🍺

[@NewLeaf88]

No problem at all Krobs! You deserve the praise :) It's not always easy to get in 1st place in our tournaments because we have such good competition. I know the feel myself! It's like your sitting on top of the world almost haha. Seeing your name at the top of the leaderboard just feels amazing! It's one of the reasons I love the tournament leaderboards, so take it all in Krobs and enjoy the moment! I just thought it was so cool to see you in 1st because you thought it was a table you might not like and you ended up enjoying it :) Wait, there's another secret skillshot?! I don't believe we're talking about the same one but I want to try that out next time. The skillshot I found was worth 2 million and it had to do with using the upper flipper to hit the middle loop/lane. Happy Holidays to you as well and wishing you the best of luck on Banzai Run!!!!! Cheers!!!

[@Mattmanhu]

Congrats Krobber! Big Xmas win!

[@NewLeaf88]

Big Xmas win indeed! We missed you Matty! Hope you had a nice Christmas Day!

[@SinomodStudios]

That upper playfield discussion comes back! Haha. Yeah, this is a good example of that. I know I've had visibility issues on quite a few Zaccaria tables as well with upper playfields. Sometimes they do use transparent materials on the upper playfields to alleviate the issue but it can still be problematic.

[@NewLeaf88]

Right, Dom! I had to bring it up just because we were talking about it. I did notice that about some of the Zaccaria tables as well. Actually, a lot of their tables had upper playfields now that I think about it. I think they just enjoyed designing them that way. But even the Zaccaria "Deluxe" tables use a lot of secondary playfields in their design, sometimes more. I think my main issue with an upper playfield is when you don't really interact with them all that much. Like on Charlie Brown, it was only used to lock in a ball. So most of the time you're playing, you're not even interacting with it. If you can somehow divide the playfield time between each playfield, I think that makes for a better use case of it. Using the Charlie Brown table as an example, I'd rather see more of the playfield than have something that's barely used.

[@SinomodStudios]

How were the pre-made meals? I didn't realize they did pre-made stuff for mashed potatoes, candied yams, etc... I've always done that sort of stuff by scratch. I love hearing about your holiday plans and I'm glad that they went over well. Real question, did you watch the Charlie Brown Christmas this year?

[@NewLeaf88]

I think I worded it wrong in the video, but what I meant to say was I used a lot of Instant ingredients. Like the mash potatoes I just had to mix in the powder with boiling water and it was done. Same with the stuffing, boiled the water and just poured the stuffing mix and covered it for 5 minutes and it was done. I know some people like to add and use their own vegetables and mix it in with the stuffing but I was too lazy for that lol. The candied yams I just bought a can of sweet potatoes and then put some marshmellows on top and baked them in the oven. But I forgot to add brown sugar and walnuts lol, so it wasn't as sweet as I'm used to. The turkey was pre-roasted though so it only took roughly half the time which was awesome, it turned out great but I was worried if I left it in longer it might burn the turkey so I played it safe and just followed the instructions for 2.5 hours. I did not watch Charlie Brown Christmas :( But I did have The Grinch playing in the background as I cooked lol. When Christmas is over, do you still enjoy watching Christmas classics like a few days before December ends? Or do you prefer to move on from the holiday?

[@SinomodStudios]

@@NewLeaf88 I haven't been watching any more Christmas movies but I may still watch one or two more. I have Christmas music playing though, usually I stop all that around New Year's Day. I actually haven't watched the Charlie Brown Christmas special this year either. Its not one that I visit alot but its actually one of my dad's favorites. I've never used the instant mashed potatoes before, but instant stuffing I have. I've done both homemade stuffing and instant. They're very different but both enjoyable.

[@NewLeaf88]

I didn't really watch that many Christmas films this year except for National Lampoons Christmas Vacation, Jingle All The Way (but just had it playing in the background on my DVD player), Elf, and Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas. It's more than I usually watch for any one holiday though. I was thinking about watching A Nightmare Before Christmas but I feel like the time has passed for that since both those holidays are over lol. Do you know of any New Years movies or are they usually part of the Christmas movies? What kind of Christmas music do you enjoy listening to Dom? Like do you have a curated playlist or just listen to a channel that plays christmas songs? I will listen to anything Christmas really, I'm not too particular about it. Come to think about it, I may have made homemade stuffing once but very long time ago. I made it with my dad and I think he used crutons or just straight bread crumbs for it. Is this how its usually done? Homemade mashed potatoes sounds more straight forward, is it basically just mashing actual potatoes and adding in flavor and seasoning?

[@SinomodStudios]

@@NewLeaf88 There are some New Year's comedy films about partying and stuff like that that I've seen over the years. Nothing too memorable though and nothing I'd revisit. There is a movie called Rudolph's Shiny New Year made by Rankin/Bass (the people who made the original Rudolph film). It's okay. I think it's better in theory than it is in execution. I watch it every few years or so though just because, haha. Have you seen it? Christmas music? I really like listening to Disney, Alvin & The Chipmunks, Elvis Presley & Colin James. I'll listen to other stuff too though, its hard for me to dislike Christmas music! I do have the Grinch, Home Alone and Rudolph soundtracks which I got this year too!

[@NewLeaf88]

Can't say I've seen Rudolph's Shiny New Year but I'm adding it to my watchlist just because I feel like New Years movies are sort of few and far between. It makes me wonder if there were more memorable movies about holidays like New Years could that in someway make the holiday seem more popular than it already is? I feel like New Years, in some ways, gets overlooked because of where it is on the calendar. It's right after Christmas so it sort of gets bunched with it. And there's really no hype until the day of because everyone in December is already just thinking about Christmas. And because its directly after Christmas, there's not a lot of time to "hype" it up so to speak. But Halloween, for example, people already are planning for months in advance. What are some of your favorite Elvis Presley Christmas tunes? I just googled and I never realized he had so many like an actual album of Christmas music. I've heard of White and Blue Christmas, they seem like very popular songs from him. But I was unaware just how many others he had on this holiday. What do is your preferred media type when it comes to buying soundtracks? Do you like a CD or records or something else?

[@lazyspacecat2143]

I actually got around 16 mil on my own after blowing all my attempts on the tournament. I could have been in 2nd, lol.

[@NewLeaf88]

Was it a case of the "tournament" jitters Leon? A lot of people have told me similar things where they'll score much higher playing outside of the tournament. I got 13 million on my own but in the tournament only 9 million, so I'm blaming it on my tournament nerves lol.

[@lazyspacecat2143]

@@NewLeaf88 Nah, my inexperience with the table is to blame, lol.

[@NewLeaf88]

Haha I like your honesty here Leon!

[@lazyspacecat2143]

Yeah, about the mailbox. Heh, heh, look ON the upper playfield.

[@NewLeaf88]

^ Right! When I first realized where the mailbox was, I was absolutely dumfounded lol. Because I thought the mailbox was on the lower right for some reason.

[@Micky.Michael.88]

by the way the bug for me was not that it allowed me to continue playing past the 10 attempts/ It did not register my top 3 highest scores. It said 'failed to register score' something something and that was within my 10 attempts. Then after that it did reset to another 10 but did not register them either. Not that it matters now. Must have been a temporary issue with Steam or Zen network. 😋

[@NewLeaf88]

Thanks for correcting me on that Draky! The bug you encountered seems even more confusing to me since you still had attempts left. But it also seems very likely that it had to do something on Zen or Steams servers like you said. Sometimes I get those 'Failed to Register Score' errors when my internet speeds are bad. Hopefully they fix it though, the less bugs the better!

[@Micky.Michael.88]

@@NewLeaf88 well they all happened consecutively so it will have been my own internet at that brief moment. I was determined to keep going cos I felt like I was in the zone and able to get higher score. It was my last 3 attempts so thats why they were my top scores after a little warm up, but I could probablh have got much higher had I had a few more attempts. I got unlucky but was feeling it more and more. Never mind lol

[@NewLeaf88]

Oh I totally get it though Draky! I've had similar experiences before where I really get into a table and just find a rhythm but most times its because I can't put the controller down, I just want to play until I'm "satisfied" with my results or get a decent score.

[@andyb6120]

Who else guessed what Newleaf88 got for Christmas? Some training from a Pinball FX Champion! Best present ever and working a treat!! LOL 😃😃😃 Can you please give me their Number? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@NewLeaf88]

I got the best Christmas present ever and it was a 1-day training session from a Pinball Master named Balchie99! He taught me all the tricks and how to play pinball like a true wizard lol. hahaha Their number does not exist because a pinball master does not give away his secrets so easily! Balchie, there is still time to catch up to me! Mhuahahau