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And the winner of the STAR OF SLOTS Knockout Cup is...
DEAD OR ALIVE :clap:
The forum has spoken and the legendary high variance slot has won the contest in some style.
Runner up and silver medallist- GREAT BLUE
Bronze medallists - Immortal Romance and Bruce Lee
Great Blue was the only slot apart from DOA to reach the semi finals without a struggle but in the final the fish were finally fried!
Immortal Romance and Bruce Lee did more than enough to establish their status as MGS and WMS flagships respectively.
Dead or Alive's progress to the trophy is broken down as follows.
Round 1
Round 28 nominations
Round 2
Dead or Alive 28 votes
Isis 2 votes
Round 3
Dead or Alive 23 votes
Break the Bank Again 10 votes
Round 4
Dead or Alive 22 votes
The Dark Knight 8 votes
Round 5
Dead or Alive 16 votes
Immortal Romance 14 votes
Round 6
Dead or Alive 18 votes
Great Blue 8 votes
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Additional awards
The most nominated software provider was
Microgaming
With a staggering 19 nominated entries, Microgaming had a dominant share of 25 percent of total nominations.
The most surprising overperformer was
Creature from the Black Lagoon
This slot had been the subject of some negative opinion threads but turned out to have a strong fanbase on the forum and nearly reached the semi final!
Its voting was consistently among the top 6 slots in every round and only lost out to Immortal Romance by 14 votes to 16.
The biggest surprises were
The early exit of Playboy
This slot gathered the fourth highest number of initial nominations, but was beaten in the third round by the relatively unfancied League of Fortune by 17 votes to 16.
The very minor presence of IGT slots
The only IGT slot to pass the nomination stage was Cleopatra which went out tamely in the second round to Playboy after a 24-6 hammering in scoring.
Considering the high profile of IGT and the heavy presence of IGT slots in land casinos, I was expecting them to feature more heavily in the contest.
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We now come to two prizes for slot providers that aren't among the 5 most discussed providers (Microgaming, Net Ent, WMS, Playtech, IGT) which for brevity we shall term the 'most discussed 5'
The most successful slot by a software provider outside the 'most discussed 5' was the NextGen slot
300 Shields
This slot did very well, beating the very high profile low variance NetEnt slot 'Starburst' in the second round by 17 votes to 13
before losing out to eventual medallist Bruce Lee by a respectable 13 votes to 20.
The most nominated software providers outside of the 'most discussed 5' were jointly
Ash Gaming
and NOVOMATIC
Ash Gaming were nominated for both Heart of the Jungle and Cash of the Titans.
Novomatic were nominated for Lady lucky Charm and Book of Ra.
Both companies did well to place two slots within lists of players absolute favourite five slots so keep an eye on them.
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Some other things worth mentioning
Microgaming 243 line slots were heavily featured with seven reaching Round 3. (The Dark Knight, Terminator 2, Fish party, Playboy, Immortal Romance, Playboy and Thunderstruck 2)
3 of the 4 MGS games to reach the quarter finals were 243 line slots. Each was eventually beaten in a head to head battle with a non 243 line, non MGS slot.
The most popular theme for slots was a water based setting.
Of the final eight that made the QF, an amazing 4 slots (50 percent!) were water themed slots, with League of Fortune, Great Blue and Fish Party sharing an extremely similar underwater/sea background.
People seem to love high variance.
Arguably the highest profile non-HV slots to feature were Starburst and Thunderstruck 1, both of which were knocked aside by Round 2!
The finalists Great Blue and Dead or Alive were two of the highest variance slots in the whole competition.
________________________________________________
Okay that about wraps things up for the Star of Slots Knockout Cup.
As a suggestion, we could run this again in 2 years time (August 2016, coinciding with the next major football competition). Tastes in slots probably change quite slowly so a 24 month interim might be sensible.
A big thank you to everyone who took part in the voting. I enjoyed organising it and there were some good battles and some real surprises along the way.
And as the curtain falls and the winners make their way to the waiting champagne backstage,
let's congratulate your winner Dead or Alive one more time
and so, as Bruce Forsyth might say
Keep slottin'
DEAD OR ALIVE :clap:
The forum has spoken and the legendary high variance slot has won the contest in some style.
Runner up and silver medallist- GREAT BLUE
Bronze medallists - Immortal Romance and Bruce Lee
Great Blue was the only slot apart from DOA to reach the semi finals without a struggle but in the final the fish were finally fried!
Immortal Romance and Bruce Lee did more than enough to establish their status as MGS and WMS flagships respectively.
Dead or Alive's progress to the trophy is broken down as follows.
Round 1
Round 28 nominations
Round 2
Dead or Alive 28 votes
Isis 2 votes
Round 3
Dead or Alive 23 votes
Break the Bank Again 10 votes
Round 4
Dead or Alive 22 votes
The Dark Knight 8 votes
Round 5
Dead or Alive 16 votes
Immortal Romance 14 votes
Round 6
Dead or Alive 18 votes
Great Blue 8 votes
______________________________
Additional awards
The most nominated software provider was
Microgaming
With a staggering 19 nominated entries, Microgaming had a dominant share of 25 percent of total nominations.
The most surprising overperformer was
Creature from the Black Lagoon
This slot had been the subject of some negative opinion threads but turned out to have a strong fanbase on the forum and nearly reached the semi final!
Its voting was consistently among the top 6 slots in every round and only lost out to Immortal Romance by 14 votes to 16.
The biggest surprises were
The early exit of Playboy
This slot gathered the fourth highest number of initial nominations, but was beaten in the third round by the relatively unfancied League of Fortune by 17 votes to 16.
The very minor presence of IGT slots
The only IGT slot to pass the nomination stage was Cleopatra which went out tamely in the second round to Playboy after a 24-6 hammering in scoring.
Considering the high profile of IGT and the heavy presence of IGT slots in land casinos, I was expecting them to feature more heavily in the contest.
____________________________________
We now come to two prizes for slot providers that aren't among the 5 most discussed providers (Microgaming, Net Ent, WMS, Playtech, IGT) which for brevity we shall term the 'most discussed 5'
The most successful slot by a software provider outside the 'most discussed 5' was the NextGen slot
300 Shields
This slot did very well, beating the very high profile low variance NetEnt slot 'Starburst' in the second round by 17 votes to 13
before losing out to eventual medallist Bruce Lee by a respectable 13 votes to 20.
The most nominated software providers outside of the 'most discussed 5' were jointly
Ash Gaming
and NOVOMATIC
Ash Gaming were nominated for both Heart of the Jungle and Cash of the Titans.
Novomatic were nominated for Lady lucky Charm and Book of Ra.
Both companies did well to place two slots within lists of players absolute favourite five slots so keep an eye on them.
_______________________________________________
Some other things worth mentioning
Microgaming 243 line slots were heavily featured with seven reaching Round 3. (The Dark Knight, Terminator 2, Fish party, Playboy, Immortal Romance, Playboy and Thunderstruck 2)
3 of the 4 MGS games to reach the quarter finals were 243 line slots. Each was eventually beaten in a head to head battle with a non 243 line, non MGS slot.
The most popular theme for slots was a water based setting.
Of the final eight that made the QF, an amazing 4 slots (50 percent!) were water themed slots, with League of Fortune, Great Blue and Fish Party sharing an extremely similar underwater/sea background.
People seem to love high variance.
Arguably the highest profile non-HV slots to feature were Starburst and Thunderstruck 1, both of which were knocked aside by Round 2!
The finalists Great Blue and Dead or Alive were two of the highest variance slots in the whole competition.
________________________________________________
Okay that about wraps things up for the Star of Slots Knockout Cup.
As a suggestion, we could run this again in 2 years time (August 2016, coinciding with the next major football competition). Tastes in slots probably change quite slowly so a 24 month interim might be sensible.
A big thank you to everyone who took part in the voting. I enjoyed organising it and there were some good battles and some real surprises along the way.
And as the curtain falls and the winners make their way to the waiting champagne backstage,
let's congratulate your winner Dead or Alive one more time
and so, as Bruce Forsyth might say
Keep slottin'

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