
The Truth Behind Some say it's possible. Others say no way.
The Perfect 120 score in Target Toss Pro: BAGS. In just a few months it's become the most debatable accomplishment in video sports.
Can it be done? If so who will be the first?
Ask anyone who's played the game and they'll have an opinion. Steven Sobe, three-time Golden Tee national champion and the first person to record a 100 game, was adamant that someone could toss a perfect game. Now… not so much.
"Man, I just don't know," Sobe said after recording another nearly 100-point round of Bags. "It's so tough because of the wind. In Silver Strike Bowling you have a static shot. But in Bags the wind may affect your shot every time. Honestly, I don't know if it can happen."
Timmy Mims from Sumter, SC isn't letting Sobe's words stop him from trying. Unknown until he went head-to-head against the champ at the end of August at the Golden Tee Regionals in Atlanta, Mims just recently broke his own record high score with a 112! And he's sank all 24 bags three times! If anyone is going to do it, Mims may have the best shot.
But he hasn't done it yet. And neither has anyone else which leaves the whole idea up to speculation - henceforth all the opinions.
But here at BAGS Central we don't want opinions. We want facts. We want the odds of tossing The Perfect 120. So we went to the source: Ralph Melgosa and Jim Zielinski, the brains behind Bags. These two know everything there is to know about the game. Heck, they created it. If anyone will know the answer they will. So… can it happen?
"I… think it can," hesitated Melgosa, IT's senior artist. "But it's going to be a real challenge. It's gonna take a while."
Ok? Didn't sound so sure. What about you Jim? Have a more definitive answer?
"It's not impossible," said IT's senior game designer. "But I don't know if we'll ever see one."
Thank you! From the creator of the game himself. A 120 can be achiev… ed… Wait. What?
"I just don't know if it's ever going to happen," Zielinski said. "A good player has a shot at 100. But you have to readjust AND be perfect every time. Let me just say this, it's going to take some very favorable winds just to even get close. The wind is such a huge factor and it only gets harder as your round goes on. It affects every toss differently."
How about some odds? I'm not talking MIT statistics here. Just something simple. Let's just compare it to something, like say, the Chicago Cubs winning the World Series. Which one will happen first?
"Cubs will win the World Series," Zielinski said.
Oh. That's not good.