Idon't know why I didn't think of this before. I live 2miles from Funspot. I know for some people finances can be an issue just to be able to make the trek. Lodging and food costs especially. I have a good size piece of property. For next year I'll extend my hospitality to anyone who just needs a place to crash, electricity, shower, and a good breakfast. I'll figure it out for next year.

I'll definitely plan it out.

@moneill
There should be an Axe body spray station set up for the non hygienic folk. Or we give the scores deodorant and when the players lift their arms to get the scorers attention they are freshened up?

Juno First is a fine game. I enjoy playing it and struggle to get to 120,000. I'll buy anyone a beer downstairs who let's me watch them do a million+ score.

What are the prizes for the ACAM 14 tourney? anyone know.

DK Jr better than DK? Seriously? You must be smoking some good stuff out there ;)

@CKFan. Is it me or does Mario aka Jumpman look like the comedian Gallager who smashed watermelons with a giant hammer. I think I got something here.

While I have the floor...........IMO the area ACAM uses for the tourney could be more user friendly. I would take all the games positioned on the backside of the tourney games and move them out of the way. Put them on the other side of the mini golf, jam them in where the golf simulators were, etc.

Then (with all the space created) you could have 8 main tournament games on one side (with 2 ipad volunteers) and the other seven games backed up against them (with 1 ipad volunteer). Heck you could even have more than 3 inches between each game...maybe a mind boggling 16 inches or so. Plus then you could also spread out the Manufacturer's Challenge games and give it its own separate volunteer. And place the game of the day on its own.

Wow us with what can be done at ACAM. This is the arcade tournament of all arcade tournaments! Right? Get us raving on the interwebs about the uber-awesomeness of this event so more folks pour in each year.

P.S. The promo video (Aurcade Home Page) for that Seattle Event is killer. It's dripping with production value.

@robross. How about us half ass gamers do some side action. Pick a game from a hat, on game a piece with small wagers?

@Michael

We could get a small group of players who want to play for some cash...then grab a random stranger who goes over to the new wall of fame tv thingy and they pick a game from its listing page. All the players go to that game and get 3 attempts.....highest score wins the money thrown in.

We can call it Mystery Game Gambler.

I agree that separate divisions could attract more competitors (and more revenue for ACAM). The sandbagging issue could be prevented using some combination of these approaches (I don't intend to imply that this an exhaustive list):

- Declaring at signup time whether or not you will compete in division A (pro) or division B, and not allowing any changes after the tournament has begun.

- Not allowing people who placed in the top X positions in the past N years to play in the div B tournament.

- An alternative could be to use a point-based system (i.e. 1st place in an event gets 5 points, 2nd gets 4, etc. assuming you care about top 5 placings) and you tally up points over N years. If the player's points exceeds some threshold, they can't play in div B.

- Not allowing anyone who cashed in previously to play in the div B tournament

- Going forward, anyone who places in the top M positions in the div B tournament can't play in div B any longer.


As an example, similar systems whare set up for PAPA pinball and ballroom dancing. In particular, PAPA pinball gives higher payout for the higher divisions.