Safe Cracker in WPPR tournaments?

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Is Safe Cracker an acceptable game for WPPR tournaments given the heavy focus on the boardgame? If so, what happens if a magic token is won? Is the wizard mode then played as a separate game and scores added together, or is the token worthless?

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If you go through the trouble of making all the adjustments as nonrandom as possible, you might have something, as the game is capable of being largely skill-based. This would include instant number stop, sequential numbers, ability to quit out of board game at any time, and a few others IIRC. There will still be an amount of luck, but it wouldn’t be AS bad.

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Yes, this is how my SC is set up and I’d say it’s nearly as skill-based as any other modern game. Only the random awards in the bank game can throw things off, and with insta-stop and sequential dial, it’s your fault if you miss your intended board space and get a “?”. Fun game to play in a tournament, as balltimes can be short, but you get ‘unlimited’ balls til the clock expires, so lots of player rotation.

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But, does this count towards TGP?

The TGP only considers games of 3 or more balls in the game count, with the exception of the Pin-Golf format where players can possibly hit their target score in fewer than 3 balls. 1 ball games or any timed games will not be included in the TGP calculation.

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It doesn’t count towards TGP if it’s one of the games used.

Next year it will count as 1/3rd of a game played.

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Same for beat the clock/travel time etc…?

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Yep . . . unless it’s used in a PAPA style qualifying format because it can’t die!!! :slight_smile:

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Hmm, what about Zaccaria games with the timed last ball (Magic Castle for example). Good for TGP or no?

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It’s fine

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I understand how you devised that rule, but to me, it’s still bogus to say that a 15 minute real-time game on BTC would count 1/3 while a 1-minute multi-house-ball game on some EM or SS counts full. If you’re only playing one ball on a game designed to be played as 3 or 5, fine. but not for a game designed to run on time with an expected average game time similar to that of a 3- or 5-ball machine. Fails the smell test.

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Smells just fine to me :slight_smile:

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IIRC you also need the “N” rom for non % of the board game. When I had a SC I had it set up as Keefer suggested and it was fine. All about disabling the computer with Explosives mode running :wink:

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what is wording around BTC only being 1/3 TGP?