The World Pac-Man Tour

[Suicane75]

The year is 1980. Video games are taking over the world and the most exciting by far is Pac-Man. Join me as I, Joey Joseph, embark on a magical journey and join the World Pac-Man tour.

Names are randomly generated, scores are randomly generated between 33,000 and 200,000.

Lower scoring players will drop out and be replaced from tournament to tournament.

Depending on your placement in a previous tournament you will receive bonuses to your score in the next tournament as a way to try and obtain some sort of hierarchy of quality.

These points can be distributed throughout the tourney as need be.

I just realized I'll be doing more math than Pac-Man playing. Oh well, let's see how it goes.

[Suicane75]

1980 World Pac-Man Tour Schedule
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January 5th: Norfolk Invitational
January 19th: Gulf Coast Open
January 27th: Omaha Pac-Man Championship
February 10th: California Gold Open
February 23rd: Hawaiin Tropic Pac-Man Invitational
March: 9th: United States Pac-Man Championships
March 22nd: Calgary Open
April 12th: Detroit Gold Open
April 27th: Seattle Players Invitational
May 10th: Canadian Grand Prix
May 24th: London Open
June 1st: Munich Gold
June 14th: New York City Pac-Man Open
June 29th: Philadelphia Championship Open
July 19th: Europen Pac-Man Championships
August 3rd: South African Open
August 10th: Sydney Gold
August 23rd: Asian World Pac-Man Open
September 14th: World Pac-Man Championships (Rotating Host)

[korme]

This is going to be cool

[Suicane75]

Gah, completely forgot about this. Right after I posted this I got the weird issue and couldn't get to the site for a week. Will almost certainly start this sometime soon.

[Suicane75]

Norfolk Invitational, January 5th 1980

Entries: 50

Format: Each round is 3 games cumulative
1st Round will reduce field to 35 players
2nd Round will reduce field to 20 players
3rd Round will reduce field to 8 players
Quarter Finals, Semi finals, Finals.

Prize Pool: $100,000
Quarter finalists will earn $2,500
Semi finalists will earn $10,000
Runner Up will earn $20,000
Champion will earn $50,000

Round 1

Giovanni Henry 590086
Lester Jensen 586695
Anthony O'neill 581500
Keith Ray Chambers 562313
Jerald Kerr 562019
Gil Noble 542821
Eli Melendez 540040
Jerri Duran 524301
Abe Hendricks 515865
Rodrigo Ashley 500364
Jeremiah Holman 491410
Dudley Fowler 485524
Toni Waller 476948
Billie Hanson 456820
Trey Hendricks 454029
Wilburn Buck 426858
Zane Fuller 417256
Ronald Cantrell 409834
Salvatore Cooper 367984
Harrison Gomez 366794
Tracy Mccray 359838
Woodrow Gay 351589
Tony Barnes 350753
Wilmer Arnold 341450
Michael Alexander 333935
Guy Rush 333285
Galen Blankenship 300118
Isiah Zimmerman 292670
Rob Kelley 274916
Lenny Sheppard 242225
Cornell Evans 238013
Keith Raymond 230188
Olen Medina 229662
Phil Millard 226023
Eddie Wilbert 225553
36. Fred Aguirre 220881
37. Raphael Sweeney 217313
38. Curtis Best 216052
39. Jerald Vang 203163
40. Dick Kane 186650
41. Sherman Wade 174495
42. Sterling Church 165682
43. Mel Hester 163933
44. Juan Mcmillan 163193
45. Clayton Morse 143344
46. Andre Powell 142696
47. Joey Joseph 142170
48. Willie Peck 131248
49. Anderson Vega 125736
50. Anderson Holloway 124308

Round 2

Ronald Cantrell 530258
Tracy Mccray 528425
Giovanni Henry 523857
Rodrigo Ashley 510530
Lenny Sheppard 500631
Dudley Fowler 421564
Woodrow Gay 395982
Jeremiah Holman 387335
Jerri Duran 361218
Wilmer Arnold 358868
Michael Alexander 355482
Rob Kelley 352698
Isiah Zimmerman 331450
Keith Raymond 324258
Lester Jensen 321319
Billie Hanson 305067
Eli Melendez 303771
Keith Ray Chambers 300120
Galen Blankenship 292753
Toni Waller 295919
21. Cornell Evans 273467
22. Zane Fuller 260938
23. Wilburn Buck 258639
24. Gil Noble 247699
25. Salvatore Cooper 204637
26. Jerald Kerr 199573
27. Anthony O'neill 169736
28. Phil Millard 168337
29. Abe Hendricks 166115
30. Tony Barnes 141671
31. Guy Rush 117422
32. Trey Hendricks 107805
33. Olen Medina 102176
34. Harrison Gomez 100620
35. Eddie Wilbert 96786

Round 3
Rob Kelley 599357
Jerri Duran 570728
Rodrigo Ashley 560438
Eli Melendez 549758
Jeremiah Holman 523167
Michael Alexander 505440
Keith Ray Chambers 502093
Ronald Cantrell 437856
09. Isiah Zimmerman 394975
10. Lester Jensen 367200
11. Lenny Sheppard 322688
12. Keith Raymond 322100
13. Wilmer Arnold 312748
14. Dudley Fowler 305780
15. Toni Waller 273665
16. Giovanni Henry 165347
17. Galen Blankenship 158930
18. Woodrow Gay 127015
19. Tracy Mccray 126168
20. Billie Hanson 98445

Quarter-Finals
Keith Ray Chambers 595178
Jeremiah Holman 559870
Eli Melendez 539588
Jerri Duran 503265
05. Rodrigo Ashley 501683
06. Rob Kelley 488158
07. Michael Alexander 298766
08. Ronald Cantrell 212967

Semi-Finals
Eli Melendez 542741
Jerri Duran 468896
03. Keith Ray Chambers 434341
04. Jeremiah Holman 163568

Championship
Jerri Duran 335870
Eli Melendez 318004


Finals Standings Earnings
01. Jerri Duran $50,000
02. Eli Melendez $20,000
03. Keith Ray Chambers $10,000
04. Jeremiah Holman $10,000
05. Rodrigo Ashley $2,500
06. Rob Kelley $2,500
07. Michael Alexander $2,500
08. Ronald Cantrell $2,500
09. Isiah Zimmerman
10. Lester Jensen
11. Lenny Sheppard
12. Keith Raymond
13. Wilmer Arnold
14. Dudley Fowler
15. Toni Waller
16. Giovanni Henry
17. Galen Blankenship
18. Woodrow Gay
19. Tracy Mccray
20. Billie Hanson
21. Cornell Evans
22. Zane Fuller
23. Wilburn Buck
24. Gil Noble
25. Salvatore Cooper
26. Jerald Kerr
27. Anthony O'neill
28. Phil Millard
29. Abe Hendricks
30. Tony Barnes
31. Guy Rush
32. Trey Hendricks
33. Olen Medina
34. Harrison Gomez
35. Eddie Wilbert
36. Fred Aguirre
37. Raphael Sweeney
38. Curtis Best
39. Jerald Vang
40. Dick Kane
41. Sherman Wade
42. Sterling Church
43. Mel Hester
44. Juan Mcmillan
45. Clayton Morse
46. Andre Powell
47. Joey Joseph
48. Willie Peck
49. Anderson Vega
50. Anderson Holloway

Not a good start for me at all. I scored 46,120 in my first game which put me in a major hole, and things just got worse from there. My 2nd game was a disastrous 24,670. I still had hope of making the cutoff with a huge 3rd game but could only manage 71,380. Oh well, can't win em all. On to New Orleans for the Gulf Coast Open.

[sterlingice]

This is just an excuse to play a lot of Pac-Man, right?

SI

[Suicane75]

Actually I'm not playing a lot of Pac-Man at all, which is kind of defeating the whole purpose. I'm doing a ton of cutting and pasting though, if that sounds like fun.

[Suicane75]

Gulf Coast Open, New Orleans, January 19th 1980

Entries: 70
Format: Each round is 3 games cumulative
1st Round will reduce field to 50 players
2nd Round will reduce field to 32 players
3rd Round will reduce field to 16 players
4th Round will reduce field to 8 Players
Quarter Finals, Semi finals, Finals.

Prize Pool: $150,000
Quarter finalists will earn $5,000
Semi finalists will earn $15,000
Runner Up will earn $25,000
Champion will earn $75,000


Round 1
Chad Stephens 598809
Zane Fuller 585783
Lester Jensen 582875
Emmett Hendricks 585236
Elmer Gilbert 580014
Rob Kelley 574493
Lenny Sheppard 564103
Morgan Chang 541825
Anthony O'neill 539493
Rodrigo Ashley 537430
Curtis Best 530908
Galen Blankenship 500907
Billie Hanson 506979
Giovanni Henry 499562
Mac Hill 494605
Cornell Evans 471980
Jerri Duran 469546
Bryon Carroll 456964
Josh Schroeder 456113
Antony Fuentes 439465
Jerri Newton 437943
Kip Reilly 437714
Willie Peck 427956
Harrison Gomez 427347
Keith Raymond 398638
Tony Barnes 395746
Isiah Zimmerman 387305
Jeremiah Holman 385169
Phil Millard 370070
Eddie Wilbert 369435
Anderson Vega 365616
Juan Mcmillan 359750
Osvaldo Giles 352337
Aaron Fritz 329916
Salvatore Cooper 311849
Abe Hendricks 317655
Trey Hendricks 317108
Donald Jarvis 314254
Sterling Church 313766
Woodrow Gay 308564
Michael Alexander 303229
Jerald Vang 302173
Wilburn Buck 284817
Morgan Guthrie 284535
Sherman Wade 276413
Mel Hester 274820
Clayton Morse 274277
Ronald Cantrell 260519
Eli Melendez 237222
Tracy Mccray 237998
51. Wilmer Arnold 236660
52. Earnest Bell 234326
53. Joey Joseph 230480
54. Olen Medina 228096
55. Anderson Holloway 216827
56. Toni Waller 216647
57. Andre Powell 215527
58. Guy Rush 198074
59. Tomas Willis 196415
60. Garry Bruce 193402
61. Jerald Kerr 171330
62. Dick Kane 170299
63. Fred Aguirre 156607
64. Raphael Sweeney 156067
65. Dudley Fowler 155374
66. Keith Ray Chambers 150832
67. Alvin Terrell 150689
68. Galen Morgan 121303
69. Sheldon Wallace 110586
70. Gil Noble 109088

Round 2
Jerri Newton 597451
Clayton Morse 594572
Galen Blankenship 584607
Lenny Sheppard 582574
Sherman Wade 574148
Tony Barnes 557758
Donald Jarvis 556157
Emmett Hendricks 569746
Rob Kelley 539740
Josh Schroeder 522598
Jerald Vang 520406
Woodrow Gay 506407
Curtis Best 502128
Giovanni Henry 477632
Bryon Carroll 463538
Anthony O'neill 457240
Salvatore Cooper 450777
Rodrigo Ashley 449448
Willie Peck 448738
Morgan Chang 439402
Lester Jensen 397553
Eli Melendez 391738
Zane Fuller 391179
Elmer Gilbert 389036
Juan Mcmillan 387256
Harrison Gomez 385220
Mel Hester 361137
Wilburn Buck 344447
Isiah Zimmerman 328253
Phil Millard 316377
Billie Hanson 304579
Jeremiah Holman 294307
33. Trey Hendricks 293372
34. Osvaldo Giles 282926
35. Ronald Cantrell 281170
36. Sterling Church 260650
37. Michael Alexander 232460
38. Jerri Duran 232911
39. Abe Hendricks 228322
40. Cornell Evans 225161
41. Antony Fuentes 190049
42. Eddie Wilbert 182035
43. Anderson Vega 174534
44. Chad Stephens 167096
45. Kip Reilly 139982
46. Keith Raymond 135890
47. Tracy Mccray 130027
48. Aaron Fritz 111458
49. Morgan Guthrie 105212
50. Mac Hill 101735

Round 3
Josh Schroeder 580375
Emmett Hendricks 572193
Elmer Gilbert 560760
Lester Jensen 525276
Wilburn Buck 520260
Zane Fuller 520106
Mel Hester 517705
Rob Kelley 443693
Clayton Morse 440645
Jerri Newton 429728
Juan Mcmillan 426507
Tony Barnes 413229
Giovanni Henry 400097
Lenny Sheppard 386649
Isiah Zimmerman 381375
Curtis Best 337521
17. Woodrow Gay 326245
18. Phil Millard 306470
19. Willie Peck 278546
20. Bryon Carroll 257070
21. Eli Melendez 225811
22. Galen Blankenship 210325
23. Jeremiah Holman 200685
24. Salvatore Cooper 195705
25. Billie Hanson 181101
26. Rodrigo Ashley 174502
27. Anthony O'neill 167663
28. Morgan Chang 160014
29. Donald Jarvis 133504
30. Jerald Vang 125974
31. Sherman Wade 112545
32. Harrison Gomez 102727

Round 4
Mel Hester 527570
Tony Barnes 515222
Rob Kelley 499665
Emmett Hendricks 446363
Giovanni Henry 428142
Curtis Best 402856
Zane Fuller 391396
Juan Mcmillan 328014
09. Elmer Gilbert 324068
10. Clayton Morse 273358
11. Isiah Zimmerman 271149
12. Lester Jensen 265883
13. Wilburn Buck 228248
14. Josh Schroeder 141420
15. Lenny Sheppard 124806
16. Jerri Newton 104842

Quarter-Finals
Tony Barnes 588591
Curtis Best 545390
Emmett Hendricks 483454
Giovanni Henry 459584
05. Mel Hester 336414
06. Zane Fuller 257002
07. Juan Mcmillan 235393
08. Rob Kelley 213852

Semi-Finals
Emmett Hendricks 449440
Giovanni Henry 171222
03. Curtis Best 150000
04. Tony Barnes 104513

Championship
Emmett Hendricks 586782
Giovanni Henry 530959

Finals Standings Earnings Total
01. Emmett Hendricks $75,000
02. Giovanni Henry $25,000
03. Curtis Best $15,000
04. Tony Barnes $15,000
05. Mel Hester $5000
06. Zane Fuller $5000
07. Juan Mcmillan $5000
08. Rob Kelley $5000 $7,500
09. Elmer Gilbert
10. Clayton Morse
11. Isiah Zimmerman
12. Lester Jensen
13. Wilburn Buck
14. Josh Schroeder
15. Lenny Sheppard
16. Jerri Newton
17. Woodrow Gay
18. Phil Millard
19. Willie Peck
20. Bryon Carroll
21. Eli Melendez $20,000
22. Galen Blankenship
23. Jeremiah Holman $10,000
24. Salvatore Cooper
25. Billie Hanson
26. Rodrigo Ashley $2,500
27. Anthony O'neill
28. Morgan Chang
29. Donald Jarvis
30. Jerald Vang
31. Sherman Wade
32. Harrison Gomez
33. Trey Hendricks
34. Osvaldo Giles
35. Ronald Cantrell $2,500
36. Sterling Church
37. Michael Alexander $2,500
38. Jerri Duran $50,000
39. Abe Hendricks
40. Cornell Evans
41. Antony Fuentes
42. Eddie Wilbert
43. Anderson Vega
44. Chad Stephens
45. Kip Reilly
46. Keith Raymond
47. Tracy Mccray
48. Aaron Fritz
49. Morgan Guthrie
50. Mac Hill
51. Wilmer Arnold
52. Earnest Bell
53. Joey Joseph
54. Olen Medina
55. Anderson Holloway
56. Toni Waller
57. Andre Powell
58. Guy Rush
59. Tomas Willis
60. Garry Bruce
61. Jerald Kerr
62. Dick Kane
63. Fred Aguirre
64. Raphael Sweeney
65. Dudley Fowler
66. Keith Ray Chambers $10,000
67. Alvin Terrell
68. Galen Morgan
69. Sheldon Wallace
70. Gil Noble


Another horrible start as I garnered just 27,100 points in my first game. Faced with becoming a laughing stock I stepped up my game on my 2nd turn and scored 118,240. On the verge of making the cut, I came up just short in game 3 with 86,130. Hopefully a nice corn on the cob dinner will help me in Omaha. I can't keep getting knocked out in the 1st round.