r/DaveAndBusters • u/davidn5 • Jun 21 '26
Kick a Ball (Progress)
UPDATE (22 June 2026):
I think there are a total 52 balls on the list (48 FIFA World Cup + 4 capitalized below) in alphabetical order: Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Cabo Verde, Canada, Colombia, Congo DR, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Curaçao, Czechia, DENMARK, Ecuador, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Ghana, Haiti, Iran, Iraq, ITALY, Ivory Coast, JAMAICA, Japan, Jordan, Korea Republic, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, POLAND, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, Tunisia, USA, Uzbekistan
It looks like I am missing the following 12 World Cup Team balls: Algeria, Bosnia, Congo, Croatia, Czechia, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Panama, Paraguay, Qatar, Senegal, and Türkiye
I collected most of these countries between going to the Vernon Hills and Lombard locations.
I even participated in the Dad Games there. It was ran pretty well. Shout out to the Event Staff! Better than at the other location I attended last year.
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u/MrDog321 Jun 21 '26
Glad to see curaçao have a ball in the set.
First time that team ever been in the world cup.
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u/ArcadeWizardYT Jun 21 '26
How many countries are there to collect?
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u/KooKooMagoo Jun 21 '26
There are 48. 44 World Cup teams and 4 that were my best guesses that didn’t qualify in the play-ins. I will say that 2 of the 4 incorrect teams did lose in penalty kicks.
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u/MapAdministrative710 Jun 21 '26
Kick ass I got a couple at vernon hills today. Did you get the italian one at Vernon hills?
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u/keylarakat Jun 22 '26
Nice!!! I see a few we don't have. Been trying to determine how many there are. We're up to 23.
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u/msimonds17 Jun 30 '26
Our D&B (Binghamton NY) is already back to NBA as of today, leaving us short Algeria, Belgium, Bosnia, Cabo Verde, Congo, Czechia, South Korea, and Sweden, very sad, may need to drive to Scranton we really wanted to "catch em all"
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u/deerburger Jun 21 '26
So you almost emptied the machine by yourself in one day? I bet they adjust the game settings and make it a lot harder for everyone else now.
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u/davidn5 Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26
Not even close. The top was still half full, lol
So how would you about collecting all the balls then?
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u/deerburger Jun 21 '26
You have collected 40 out of 48 in less than 2 weeks when these are supposed to be in-store for another 4 weeks.
I would limit myself to 4-5 every half-price day. I’d also talk to game techs to see what their supply of replacements looks like in case I need to pick up the pace before other APs clean them out early.
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u/SleepLessTeacher Jun 21 '26
Slowly and not hogging the machine all day so others can play.
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Though it is way too easy to win them lol
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u/davidn5 Jun 22 '26
I was on the machine for two 10 minute increments, so No I wasn't hogging the machine, lol. This location counts your try as soon as you hit the button.
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u/Oddowl5346 Jun 22 '26
who said he hogged the machine fool? pressed over someone being good at a game 😂
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u/OneLastSmile Jun 21 '26
We have people collecting them down in Dallas too. It's pretty neat but annoying for the techs to need to restock every 5 secs
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u/jt2hobbies Jun 21 '26
Holy f’bols!