World Pinball Championship Audit Dump #2 – Batman

Full game audits can be found here: http://pinball.org/scene/PAPA13/PAPA13-SternBatmanAudits.txt

Machine scores from its stint in B Division – http://www.papa.org/papa13/live/topB-Batman.html
in C finals – http://www.papa.org/papa13/results.php#C

And here are the full game audits from the non-tournament Batman in the practice banks – http://pinball.org/scene/PAPA13/PAPA13-SternBatmanAuditsPractice.txt
High Scores: EPF – 349,614,690, DNO – 281,090,860, AAC – 202,118,120

World Pinball Championship Audit Dump #1 – Iron Man

Full game audits can be found here: http://pinball.org/scene/PAPA13/PAPA13-IronManAudits.txt

Machine scores from its stint in A Division – http://www.papa.org/papa13/live/topA-Iron_Man.html
in Juniors finals – http://www.papa.org/papa13/results.php#J
in Seniors finals – http://www.papa.org/papa13/results.php#S

And here are the full game audits from the non-tournament Iron Man in the practice banks – http://pinball.org/scene/PAPA13/PAPA13-IronManAuditsPractice.txt

Keeping an Eye on Pre-Registrations

This time last year we had 97 pre-registrants signed up, while we’re +13 that with 110 at the moment and little more than word of mouth to thank. Historically speaking though, here are how the numbers look – as per dear sigma’s files:

Tournament	Year	Pre-Registrations	Total Players Registered
Pinburgh	2001	49	171
Pinburgh	2002	68	145
Pinburgh	2003	70	149
PAPA 7	2004	102	218
PAPA 8	2005	123	275
PAPA 9	2006	141	315
PAPA 10	2007	132	272
PAPA 11	2008	155	312
PAPA 12	2009	213	389

As always, general admission is free, gratis, walk on through our doors, everyone is invited to come play, we’re open for over 55 hours, from August 12-15.

PAPA HQ is a 30,000sq ft facility, dedicated vintage arcade gameroom stocked full with over 425 pinball machines, 20some classic arcade games, and room to roam. For the World Pinball Championships we arrange 51 of the collection’s games in the ring on the red carpet for competitive play, the remaining 375+ machines on the purple carpet are set to token play for any and all who so desire. 4 tokens for $1, games are typically 2tokens/1game/3balls.

Over the past few years it’s become more than evident that PAPA is growing, the largest most competitive pinball tournament on the planet has earned itself a reputation, and we honestly have no idea how big things are going to get anymore! In 2009 at PAPA 12 we figure well over 2,000 people made their way through our doors to get their game on.

If you’re coming strictly to compete, help clue us in to how many of you plan on descending in Pittsburgh to get serious for cash and rank by pre-registering. Let us know how much energy we’re going to need to focus on the center of the arena.

PAPA 13

Is that BBQ I smell? Ribs? Vulture’s wing?

World Poker Tour Audits

Previously I posted audits from the Family Guy and Shrek operating side-by-side here at PAPA HQ. You nerds hit that page more than 500 times. Well then.

Stern’s 2006 machine, World Poker Tour. First game to implement the SAM system, allowing software code to be updated by USB rather than chip switch.

-Audits from the machine above, across from the B bank.
-From the game in the gambler’s row.
-And the machine on the screen wall.

Hoping to get a real camera soon, will see what I can do about putting together some creative videos for you folks. You’re welcome to steal this idea and send us your own pinball videos to post. In fact, we discourage it.

Family Guy and Shrek, side by side

The only difference between Stern’s Family Guy and Shrek machines is the theme and art package, gameplay is 100% identical. These two games are setup side by side at PAPA HQ, amidst the 400+ other pins that compose the collection. Thought it’d be cool to give you folks a chance to take a look at their audits.

Family Guy & Shrek