Michael Jastrzembski breaks the Tie

(Yes, we know these guys aren't as fun to look at as the doublemint twins...)

Michael Jastrzembski has broken the tie with Steven Guenther by surging ahead to 24540 pts and with a (seemingly) comfortable lead of 541 points in this months Big Buck Hunter Pro National Tournament.

He must have been using some of our tournament scoring tips.

Steven..?

Double Header - Double Vision

When you look at the current leaderboard for the Big Buck Hunter Pro Nat'l Tourney 'Double Header' you may think you are seeing double.

The first place and second place players currently have the EXACT same score of 23999. Michael Jastrzembski of Rochester, NY and Steven Guenther of Corpus Christi, TX after shooting 30 deer, 2 bonuses, and multiple critters, both have the identical score, down to the last point!

What happens in the case of an exact tie? In Big Buck tournaments, accuracy is the tie breaker. So in this case Michael's accuracy of 72% puts him above Steven's 59% accuracy.

And so the moral of the story is 'keep up your accuracy!' You never know when it's going to make the difference. In this case, it's the difference between $500 prize and $250 prize.

Double Crown Winner

For the first time the same player has won the Big Buck Hunter Pro National Tourney AND the Big Buck Safari National Tourney in the same month!

Steven Guenther of San Antonio, TX won both National Tournaments last month.

Steven, that's $1000 of prize money headed your way, congratulations and Good Luck!

Tenth Easter Egg Revealed - Get Huntin!

Yesterday we posted the 10th Easter Egg location in Big Buck Safari.

As you may recall the current Big Buck Safari National Tournament (aptly called The Great Easter Egg Hunt) has an Easter Egg at every site (In the video game universe, Easter Eggs mean secret or hidden bonuses). Yesterday we revealed the location of the 10th and final Easter Egg. Of course, finding these Easter Eggs increases your tournament score, so the more you find, the higher your score.

Now all the hiding places have been revealed.

What are you waitin' fer? Git out there and hunt!

Triple the Bling!

Due to extreme amounts of Big Buck Safari tournament play across America, Play Mechanix has announced that they've TRIPLED the prize pool for the next National Tournament!

That means between the Big Buck Pro and Big Buck Safari National Tournaments, there's well over $5,000 available in cold, hard caaaaash.

Not to mention the many local tournaments currently running, offering even more cash and prizes.

Now don't forget that there are 10 Easter Eggs hidden in this months Big Buck Safari National Tournament.

Triple the prizes with 10 hidden secrets... that is one pimped out tournament.

Trip, Trip, Trip-le the Bling!

The Great Easter Egg Hunt

Looks like we're going to have some fun with this month's Big Buck Safari National Tournament. This month's tournament, The Great Easter Egg Hunt, features one Hidden Easter Egg at every site!

Now before you start looking for brightly colored eggs under every tree, remember that in video games, an Easter Egg refers to a hidden secret. So were not looking for those striped eggs you used to make with your mum, were looking for Hidden Secrets.

Now it just so happens, that we here at the porch have been faithfully and dutifully recording hidden secrets (i.e. Easter Eggs) in Big Buck Safari and Big Buck Hunter Pro. If you look at the sidebar of this blog, up near the top, you can see a list of the Easter Eggs that we've already identified for you.

So write them down, go out to your favorite Big Buck Safari (online) location, and play the national tournament (starts April 1st), and find all the hidden easter eggs.
Oh and don't write them on your hand, because it's hard to shoot one-handed.

That's a heckuva shot!

We at Pappy's Porch would like to send out our congratulations to Alex Derhohannesian of New York, New York for taking 1st Place in Jungle Jam, the Big Buck Safari National Tournament. His score of 36323 pts, and perfect streak of 10 were very impressive, but even more impressive was his eye-popping 76% accuracy!


To better understand that feat, consider that there are 9 targets at each site (3 deer, 1 trophy animal & 5 critters). To obtain a 76% accuracy across 10 sites, you'd have to bring down all 9 targets in each site with less than 12 shots fired per site! Yikes!

Alex, we salute your high accuracy. Pappy says he thinks you got to be a crack shot from having to shoot all those letters in your last name when you login (he can be a bit surly sometimes).

We at the porch hope that for all you Big Buck players out there, that this brief story would serve as an inspiration to continue to aim high and to continue to improve your aiming skills.

Need Money for Valentines Day?

Does your girl demand the best?

Are you wondering how you're going to come up with the scratch for Valentine's Day?

If you're looking to come up big this Valentine's Day, but are a little light on cash... have no fear!

Not only will we help you with free dating advice... but now we also help you put some wonk in your wallet.

There are 9 separate Big Buck Hunter Pro or Big Buck Safari Tournaments currently running, with almost $7000 available in cash and prizes. Now you can really turn her head with all your Big Buck Bling. That's right, ...goodbye loser...hello lover.

Here are some tournaments currently running:

SuperBuxx Tournament(Big Buck Hunter Pro - National Tournament)
[Now running on every online Big Buck Hunter Pro game (excl. North Dakota)]

Caribou Challenge Tournament (Big Buck Hunter Pro)

Locations:

Minnesota
Billy's - St. Paul, MN
Buffalo Bar & Grill, Buffalo, MN
Carbone's Pizza & Pub - Rosemount, MN
Decoy's Grill & Bar - Hopkins, MN
Decoy's Grill & Bar - White Bear Lake, MN
Firehouse Lounge - Circle Pines, MN
Flaherty's - Arden Hills, MN
Goby's - St Paul, MN
Groveland Tap - St Paul, MN
Grumpy's Bar & Grill - Roseville, MN
Grumpy's - Roseville, MN
Mad Jack's Sports Cafe - Vadnais Hts, MN
Major's Sports Cafe - Blaine, MN
Major's Sports Cafe - Bloomington, MN
Major's Sports Cafe - Golden Valley, MN
Major's Sports Cafe - Inver Grove Hts, MN
McCann's - St. Cloud, MN
McHughs - Savage, MN
Moe's - Coon Rapids, MN
Outpost Bar & Grille - Ramsey, MN
Panino Bros - Apple Valley, MN
Spectator's - Ham Lake, MN
The Nook - St. Paul, MN
Throwbacks Grille & Bar - Woodbury, MN
Ugly Mug - Minneapolis, MN
Texas
Clicks Oltorf - Austin, TX
Wisconsin
Circle B Recreation - Cedarburg, WI
Pastyme - Oshkosh, WI
Joe's Sample House - Oshkosh, WI
King Pin Bowl & Ale - West Bend, WI
King Pin Lanes - Campbellsport, WI
Thirsty Marlin's - Waupun, WI
Illinois
KC's Cabin - Spring Grove, IL
Merkles - Chicago, IL
Rand Roadhouse - Des Plaines, IL
Sideouts - Island Lake, IL
Wings Etc - Crystal Lake, IL
Wool Street - Cary, IL

Best Shot Wins Tournament (Big Buck Hunter Pro)

Locations

Al's Cafe - Bethel Park, PA
Elrama Tavern - Elrama, PA
Bullpen Bar & Grill - Avella, PA
Keystone Clubhouse - New Alexandria, PA
Trio Lounge - Washington, PA
Cains - Dormont, PA

CJ'2 2nd Big Buck Tournament (Big Buck Hunter Pro)

Locations

O Callaghans - Rochester, NY
Boulevard - Rochester, NY
Woody's II - Rochester, NY
Tipsy McStaggers - Rochester, NY
JW Prepp's - Rochester, NY

Jungle Jam Tournament (Big Buck Safari - National Tournament)

[Now running on every online Big Buck Safari game (excl. North Dakota) ]

Buckin' Safari-Style Tournament (Big Buck Safari)

Locations

Mackenzies - Minneapolis, MN
Majors Sports Cafe - Albertville, MN
Throwbacks Grille & Bar - Woodbury, MN
Moe's - Mounds View, MN
Grumpys Bar - Minneapolis, MN
Sneaky Pete's Bar & Grill - Minneapolis, MN
Mayslacks Music Lounge - Minneapolis, MN
Panino Brothers - Apple Valley, MN

Mighty Cow Slayer Tournament (Big Buck Safari)
Locations

Bog - Portland, OR
Hungry Tiger 2 - Portland, OR
Rialto - Portland, OR
Rialto - Tigard, OR
Shanghai Tunnel - Portland, OR

Ice House Safari Challenge (Big Buck Safari)
Locations

Ice House Sports Bar - Omaha, NE

Philly Safari Challenge (Big Buck Safari)
Locations

Philly - La Vista, NE

Dude...the money's practically yours.

Big Buck Safari - Google Gadget

Now you can track the Big Buck Safari National Tournament easily from your computer. Simply add this iGoogle Gadget to your iGoogle page.

The hard part is, once you see some doe-killin' noob has passed your score... It's obvious you need to drop what you're doing, get down to your favorite waterin' hole, take a couple of practice beer rounds, then put up a couple of sweet tournament scores - in order to restore order to the Big Buck Universe.

But what excuse do you give to your boss as you run out of your office, lucky rabbit foot in hand?

If you've got any can't miss excuses, put them in the comments, for all to see.

Here's the link to the Big Buck Safari National Tournament iGoogle Gadget:

CLICK HERE for BBS Gadget

Here's a link to the Big Buck Hunter Pro National Tournament iGoogle Gadget:

CLICK HERE for BBH Gadget

Here's a link to the Pappy's Porch iGoogle Gadget:

CLICK HERE for Pappy's Porch Gadget

PlayMechanix launches bigbucksafari.com!

PlayMechanix, Inc has just launched www.bigbucksafari.com !
Much like bigbuckhunter.com, now players can find online Big Buck Safari games near you, and find Big Buck Safari tournaments near you as well.

Additionally, now the leaderboards show the player's picture as well. So now it's time for all you players to put up a picture on your player account!

To add a picture to your player account:

1) go to www.bigbuckhunter.com (note: soon this will be available from www.bigbucksafari.com as well)

2) create a player account (if you already have a player account - skip to step 3)

• Click on 'Register a Player Account' in the upper right corner


• Enter your 10-digit login ID & Birthdate (just like you would at the game)


• Enter your address & other info


• Create a Web Login (i.e. email & password) This is what you will use to log back in to the web.


• Click Register


• You have now created a Player Account, now you can join a Hunting Party, check your stats, etc. etc.

3) Log-in to your player account. Enter your email & password in the upper right corner of the home page of bigbuckhunter.com

4) When your 'Trophy club' page comes up, click on 'My Account'

5) Click the 'Browse' button

6) Find your favorite photo of your ugly mug. (Note: image should be 100 x 125 and .jpg format)

7) Don't put up a picture of your butt. That's just rude. Besides, the folks at CoinUp will filter it out anyway.

Look for more functionality to get added to the site soon!

Now, go find an online Big Buck Safari near you, throw a score up on the tournament, and see your picture go up on the website. But you better hurry. The national tournament runs the 1st thru the 21st of each month, so this one ends on sunday!

Safari Tournaments go down under!

Big Buck Safari Tournaments and Trophy Club play first available in the US have now become available in Australia.

For those of you might have been off on a walkabout or otherwise unfamiliar, 'Trophy Club' play means your scores and stats are tracked and downloaded each time you play.
Every time you play a Trophy Club game, you can compare your score to your Personal Best, the National Best, and the National Average. Also, you can form 'Hunting Parties' with your mates. Then, if you've had an epic arvo of shooting trophies, you can compare your scores against your mates scores at every site.

Also, you can compete in National Tournaments for cash and prizes.

Unfortunately, not every Big Buck Safari is automatically online. Each cabinet has to be converted to be an online cabinet. However, more online cabinets are popping up every day.

Soon you will be able to see all the online locations by going to www.bigbucksafari.com/au probably sometime before the end of the year.

Until then, here is a list of a few online cabinets:

Terminus Hotel - Abbotsford
Gumeracha Hotel - Adelaide
Lobethal Hotel - Adelaide
Marble Bar - Adelaide
Tonsley Hotel - Adelaide
Bridge Hotel - Ballarat
New Bay Hotel - Brighton
Khyuts Hotel - Brighton
Bendigo Hotel - Collingwood
Dandenong Hotel - Dandenong
Forest Hill Shpg Ctr - Forrest Hill
Arkaba Hotel - Fullarton
Breakwater Hotel - Geelong
Commo Hotel - Geelong
Beehive Hotel - Hawthorne
Kensington Hotel - Kensington
Marion Hotel - Marion
Russell Street Arcade - Melbourne
Strike Bowling QV - Melbourne
Wellington Hotel - N. Adelaide
Start of the West Hotel - Pt. Fairy
Strike Bowling Chapel - Prahan
Olympic Hotel - Preston
Bowman Hotel - Terang
Toolangi Tavern - Toolangi
Royal Hotel - Torrensville

If you see more, let us know!

Big Buck Safari Tournament Locations

We've spotted some Big Buck Safari games that are running the National Tournament!

Here are some locations we know are running the 'Kickoff' National Tournament:

Chicago Area
Korner House - Elk Grove Village
Buffalo Wild Wings - Skokie
The Stadium - Rolling Meadows
Replay - Niles
City North 14 Theatres - Chicago

Wisconsin
Livewire Fun Center - Rothschild

Minnesota
Mackenzies - Minneapolis (Hennipen Ave)
Sneaky Pete's Bar & Grill - Minneapolis
Grumpy's Bar - Minneapolis
Moe's - Mounds View
Majors Sports Care - Albertville
Throwbacks - Woodbury
Sneaky Pete's Bar & Grill - Minneapolis

New York
Legends Bar & Grill - Nassau

Oregon
Bog - Portland
Hungry Tiger 2 - Portland
Rialto - Portland
Dr. Johns Pub - Oregon City
Wichita Pub - Milwaukie

Washington
Spot Bar & Grill - Vancouver
Auto's Pub - Vancouver
Icehouse - Vancouver
Porkys - Longview

Connecticut
Cabela's - East Hartford

Utah
The Game Grid Arcade - West Valley City

Let us know if you see any more.

When the Big Buck Safari player site comes online, you'll be able to get a complete listing of locations with Google Maps.

Don't forget, if your favorite location is NOT on the Big Buck Safari tournament, be sure to ask for it!

Big Buck Safari - National Tournament

The first Big Buck Safari National Tournament is scheduled to start December 1st. Top prize is $250. You've played for kicks, now play for cash.

Big Buck Safari games are beginning to come online across America.

The Big Buck Safari player site will come online very soon as well.

Stay tuned for details.

Big Buck Safari goes ONLINE

The warmup is over. You've had six months to hone your safari skills, now it's time for the big show. Now when you log-in to a Trophy-Club game on Big Buck Safari, you'll be able to see the national best scores, your personal best scores, and the scores of your hunting party.

In addition, you'll be able to play for cash and prizes too. The First Big Buck Safari National Tournament is slated to begin on Dec. 1st, 2008. Talk is cheap, now we'll find out who really IS King Shaka Zulu.

Any Big Buck Safari game can be easily converted into an online game. If you play at a location where the Big Buck Safari is NOT online, gently remind the establishment that you would like to play Big Buck Safari Online... then take a cocktail waitress hostage.

See you on the leaderboards!

Ultimate Dream Tournament Sites - Jerad Style

Is there such a thing as the perfect tournament?

What would your 'Dream' Tournament be? (Okay, besides the frog in the log).

Jerad Berg, the 2008 Big Buck Hunter World Champion, has hand-picked the sites and bonuses for this month's National Tournmment. Pure Premium-Select, Grade A lovin' from the frozen tundra of Minnesota.

Also, this tip from the Champ:

"This tournament is designed to be played, optimally, while enjoying a fine pitcher of ice cold beer. Preferably paid for by your brother."

Meet the Playaz!

Here are the winners of the Regional Qualifying Tournaments:


Southern Division:


1st Place: Manny Donato

2nd Place: Chris Fortune

3rd Place: Cynthia Bingham

4th Place: Matt Budzisz (No Photo Available)


5th Place: Nick Meyers

Western Division

1st Place: Eddie Blake

2nd Place: Jason Smith

3rd Place: Daniel Anen

4th Place: JP Luiggi

5th Place: Santino Filipeli

Eastern Division

1st Place: Nick Rossi

2nd Place: Shelley Maasdorp

3rd Place: Matt Ramey

4th Place: Dave Williams

5th Place: Jaron Anderson

MidWestern Division

1st Place: Trevor Floren

2nd Place: Brett Godsey

3rd Place: Daniel Mundschau

4th Place: Nick Berg

5th Place: Jerad Berg

Congratulations to these Hunter Heroes, they have won spots to the Big Buck Hunter World Championships in Chicago on Oct 18th, where the winner will win $10,000! These players will play against the top 4 placers from the Big Buck Hunter International Open Tournament held immediately before the World Championships. If these players are not able to compete for any reason, alternates will be appointed from other regional finalists.

Good luck players!!

Click HERE for more details.

Don't Mess with Texas

If the Big Buck Hunter Pro - National Tournament is any indication, there are some serious Big Buck players down in the lone star state. In the last 5 National Tournaments (Jan 2008 - May 2008) two-thirds have been won by someone from Texas.

In fact if you look at the top five places in the the same tournaments, Texan players took in over 68% of the cash prizes. The next closest state was perennial powerhouse Minnesota with only 21% of the prizes from the top five spots.

Texas is unmistakably the current hot-spot for Big Buck mastery. In fact, not only are the Texan players owning the national tournament scores, they will go to great lengths to play the national tournament. A recent article at coinup.com reports that some Texan players drove over 400 miles roundtrip just to play in the national tournament. Ten-gallon hats off to you.

However, there may be a change in the air. Perhaps a stirring from the great white north of Minnesota. According to the latest leaderboard of the current national tournament (Caribounga) the top 3 spots belong to Minnesotans. Who knows how it will end up.