Depending on your area you might have a couple release tournaments if you're lucky!!! I have two more happening at different venues in the city i'm still planning on attending 😉
Ugh. What masochist put Spectrum in the tournament? It's on the IFPA banned list for a reason. Researching games you're unfamiliar with is great prep. Before going to Pinburgh, I spent months compiling a short strategy guide for games I'd never played before, and it helped immensely. And if you can't find info on a game, just watch a top player play it whenever you're free. At INDISC, I only needed 30 seconds of watching Keith Elwin play Rescue 911 to figure out what to do on that game.
@@gabechaz To be fair, the IFPA doesn't have an official "banned list". But it does have an unofficial list of games it recommends not using in tournaments for a variety of reasons. You can find some of those games listed on the IFPA site under Resources > Director's Guide > Game Notes. For Spectrum: "Spectrum suffers from a highly unusual competitive layout, causing games to last an exorbitant amount of time in a competitive environment when compared to other games from the same era. In addition to the playfield layout leading to exorbitant game times from average to expert players, potentially causing backups in tournament queueing systems or scheduling, Spectrum’s scoring strategies are obscure to new players, making it a poor choice for novice divisions as well. When all factors are considered, tournaments are encouraged to find a better option. Tech Notes: Remove legs, bolts, fold down the head, and wheel it back to the truck." I've only seen Spectrum used in a tournament once, and these notes are spot on. The game has no outlanes and every made saucer shot returns safely to a flipper. Our 4-player game lasted 2 hours. That's why my initial reaction to Spectrum was "Ugh."
3:49 - Big Guns
12:33 - Diamond Lady
16:40 - Hotdoggin
20:35 - Quicksilver
25:48 - Spectrum
32:58 - Extra Content & Outro
I wanted one of those plaques so bad... you earned it!
Depending on your area you might have a couple release tournaments if you're lucky!!! I have two more happening at different venues in the city i'm still planning on attending 😉
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Ugh. What masochist put Spectrum in the tournament? It's on the IFPA banned list for a reason.
Researching games you're unfamiliar with is great prep. Before going to Pinburgh, I spent months compiling a short strategy guide for games I'd never played before, and it helped immensely. And if you can't find info on a game, just watch a top player play it whenever you're free. At INDISC, I only needed 30 seconds of watching Keith Elwin play Rescue 911 to figure out what to do on that game.
@@OutlandishZathrus I’ll be volunteering for a couple hours and my eyes will be PEELED on certain games haha
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What ban list? Also what is the "reason" it's on the list?
@@gabechaz To be fair, the IFPA doesn't have an official "banned list". But it does have an unofficial list of games it recommends not using in tournaments for a variety of reasons. You can find some of those games listed on the IFPA site under Resources > Director's Guide > Game Notes. For Spectrum: "Spectrum suffers from a highly unusual competitive layout, causing games to last an exorbitant amount of time in a competitive environment when compared to other games from the same era. In addition to the playfield layout leading to exorbitant game times from average to expert players, potentially causing backups in tournament queueing systems or scheduling, Spectrum’s scoring strategies are obscure to new players, making it a poor choice for novice divisions as well. When all factors are considered, tournaments are encouraged to find a better option. Tech Notes: Remove legs, bolts, fold down the head, and wheel it back to the truck."
I've only seen Spectrum used in a tournament once, and these notes are spot on. The game has no outlanes and every made saucer shot returns safely to a flipper. Our 4-player game lasted 2 hours. That's why my initial reaction to Spectrum was "Ugh."