Saginaw, MI
Quoted from kguenther6:Wait list was updated Friday. Looks like 1 spot moved off the list?
Yes one lonely spot. I thought more would cancel out ny now. Pretty surprised so far.
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1 week later
Frankfurt Am Main
Quoted from PghPinballRescue:There was one, plus cointaker.
there were some seller of "Pinball machines" but nobody who was selling "Pinball parts"
did anyone of you saw any vendor with pinball parts?
Quoted from pinmanic:there were some seller of "Pinball machines" but nobody who was selling "Pinball parts"
did anyone of you saw any vendor with pinball parts?
Ted Garner (our lead tech) always has a booth setup with mostly electronics parts, often VERY difficult to find ICs and whatnot.
Quoted from PghPinballRescue:Make sure you guys stop and say hi to me. I'll be one of the techs pushing a repair cart around.
Kind of difficult without a pic or name. Will try.
Quoted from GravitaR:Kind of difficult without a pic or name. Will try.
Then just say Hi and Thank You to every single repair guy you see working there. They do a fantastic job keeping that many games running well, and as a player, I can't thank them enough for making this competition be about fun pinball.
Quoted from DaveH:Then just say Hi and Thank You to every single repair guy you see working there. They do a fantastic job keeping that many games running well, and as a player, I can't thank them enough for making this competition be about fun pinball.
Always do as I know most of them from attending prior PAPA's and Pinburgh's. Great people that deserve all the thanks the players can give them.
Quick story to show how well prepared the Pinburgh techs are.
Three years ago at Pinburgh we are playing Avengers and the player is in MB and realizes he is playing a one ball MB, there is a ball stuck. He traps up and we summon a tech. The tech and a TD can't seem to find the stuck ball. They look for over 5 minutes with the glass on and off and just can't find that ball. So what happens? The flipper transistor blows. They send us to an alternate game. So I'm thinking, well, Avengers is out of the tournament. The tech pulls the board out and flips it over right on the cart and replaces the transistor. The Avengers was back up and running by the time we finished our alternate game. Now that is awesome!
Quoted from LOTR_breath:Quick story to show how well prepared the Pinburgh techs are.
Three years ago at Pinburgh we are playing Avengers and the player is in MB and realizes he is playing a one ball MB, there is a ball stuck. He traps up and we summon a tech. The tech and a TD can't seem to find the stuck ball. They look for over 5 minutes with the glass on and off and just can't find that ball. So what happens? The flipper transistor blows. They send us to an alternate game. So I'm thinking, well, Avengers is out of the tournament. The tech pulls the board out and flips it over right on the cart and replaces the transistor. The Avengers was back up and running by the time we finished our alternate game. Now that is awesome!
Where was the stuck ball?!? 
Quoted from chuckwurt:Where was the stuck ball?!?
Gomez game? No telling.
Quoted from LOTR_breath:Quick story to show how well prepared the Pinburgh techs are.
Three years ago at Pinburgh we are playing Avengers and the player is in MB and realizes he is playing a one ball MB, there is a ball stuck. He traps up and we summon a tech. The tech and a TD can't seem to find the stuck ball. They look for over 5 minutes with the glass on and off and just can't find that ball. So what happens? The flipper transistor blows. They send us to an alternate game. So I'm thinking, well, Avengers is out of the tournament. The tech pulls the board out and flips it over right on the cart and replaces the transistor. The Avengers was back up and running by the time we finished our alternate game. Now that is awesome!
We've pulled monitors, rebuilt them in the tech area, and had them back on the floor before the end of the day.
Quoted from chuckwurt:Where was the stuck ball?!?
Most likely in the cabinet.
When will I get contacted for the Pinburgh ticket I won at a tournament last weekend? They said someone named Elizabeth would be contacting me by email...
4 weeks later
Hope to there all three days as an event volunteer as in years past. Hope everyone has fun downtown PITTSBURGH!!
Quoted from ThisNotes4U:Hope to there all three days as an event volunteer as in years past. Hope everyone has fun downtown PITTSBURGH!!
Thanks for helping out. As a player, I really appreciate all the work people do to put this event on.
Who knows the rules of "Stall Ball"? We were messing around playing it last night, and ran into the question of ball savers. Is a drain during the ball saver a loss? Or is it a ball saved and not a loss?
Yes, we could have just shut them off, but just curious how others play it.
Quoted from DaveH:Who knows the rules of "Stall Ball"? We were messing around playing it last night, and ran into the question of ball savers. Is a drain during the ball saver a loss? Or is it a ball saved and not a loss?
Yes, we could have just shut them off, but just curious how others play it.
We play that ball saves still counts as the current ball and not a loss of ball. Same with VIP pass, kickbacks, etc.
We play that a drain is a drain, ball save or not. Otherwise it's an unfair advantage to those who step up after a drain vs. a successful stall. Kickbacks are still ball in play.
I don't think we've used a game with virtual kickbacks, so it never came up. Kind of a gray area. I don't have a strong opinion either way as long as everyone knows the house rule.
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And an unrelated question... is there a pickup location again like last year for wristbands/registration info? I know the line was quite long in the morning last year and I thought I read somewhere this was being addressed somehow.
Quoted from Pinzap:And an unrelated question... is there a pickup location again like last year for wristbands/registration info? I know the line was quite long in the morning last year and I thought I read somewhere this was being addressed somehow.
There will be offsite pickup available the day before the show. Details are being finalized and will be announced soon.
Quoted from AndyJr:Are there any movements in the waiting list for Pinburgh and also for WIPT ?
it is now only 5 weeks to go and the last update for Pinburgh waitlist was 28th of May
WIPT wait list was updated June 10th.
Quoted from ninjadoug:There will be offsite pickup available the day before the show. Details are being finalized and will be announced soon.
Doug... Do you know if this will include the replay FX wristbands also? Or only the pinburgh registration? I thought last year it was the replay FX wristbands that caused quite the delay (but I might be wrong).
Quoted from epthegeek:Pre-registration check in has always been checking in for the tournament and getting your show access bits (lanyard, wrist band, whatever) if pre-paid -- every year so far that it's been at the current location.
Thanks... memory fail on my part.
Quoted from djreddog:WIPT wait list was updated June 10th.
I know, that's why I explicitly mentioned the Pinburgh waiting list.
I asked in the first set for both tournaments, but in the second I only mentioned that the Pinburgh waiting list was last renewed on May 28th.
Nevertheless thank you for your helpful answer.
Quoted from epthegeek:Pre-registration check in has always been checking in for the tournament and getting your show access bits (lanyard, wrist band, whatever) if pre-paid -- every year so far that it's been at the current location.
This.
Do yourself a favor and buy your show tickets online ahead of time, then you can just pick everything up at the pre-reg location.
Quoted from GravitaR:Really hoping the pre-reg pick-up spot isn't in the middle of downtown and instead at the new ReplayFX/PAPA HQ location.
One can dream.
Dream to need to drive 20 minutes away from where everyone is staying to pickup the passes? No thanks.
Pre-reg pickup is definitely the way to go if at all possible. The lines were pretty intense the two years I didn't grab it beforehand.
Does anyone offer show discount on games? I know CGC SE and CE models have show specials some time. Would love to pick up a AFMr.
Quoted from GravitaR:Really hoping the pre-reg pick-up spot isn't in the middle of downtown and instead at the new ReplayFX/PAPA HQ location.
One can dream.
Yeah the hundreds of people who are staying downtown without cars are dying to spend an extra hour or two hiring cars to drive around the Pittsburgh area to register. After all, pointless inconvenience is what pre-reg is supposed to be all about!
It's a good thing people who actually understand how to put on a pinball show are behind PAPA instead of clueless rubes.
Quoted from Blackbeard:Can someone just show up Saturday, pay the admission, and come in a buy tokens and play?
Yep except no tokens needed. Free play everything.
Quoted from Halfwasted:Does anyone offer show discount on games? I know CGC SE and CE models have show specials some time. Would love to pick up a AFMr.
Could check with Joe at PinballStar - he's always had a big booth of stuff there. Not sure if he does show deals for games used at the show or not.
Quoted from Blackbeard:Can someone just show up Saturday, pay the admission, and come in a buy tokens and play?
Yep with games on free play. Most of the games will be available for play except those in finals banks. So that leaves at least a few hundred plus whatever is in the vendor areas. Plenty of vids too.
Quoted from LOTR_breath:Banks, Banks, Banks. Where be da banks?
90% the same as last year would be my guess
Quoted from Whysnow:90% the same as last year would be my guess
I would imagine more game-duration testing has occurred over the past year... also there are likely many, many configurations where you get equal duration banks... not just the one configuration from last year.
Quoted from Whysnow:90% the same as last year would be my guess
They have to add some, so that will at least be new, even if they don't shuffle. But I don't get the hype for getting the bank list. You only get to play 10 of them, and you have no idea which they'll be.
Quoted from epthegeek:They have to add some, so that will at least be new, even if they don't shuffle. But I don't get the hype for getting the bank list. You only get to play 10 of them, and you have no idea which they'll be.
It’s just awesome to see them all and pick favorites with friends. Gets the hype train rolling. I will have a car full of people coming from cincy and I bet we talk about banks most of the way.
Quoted from chuckwurt:It’s just awesome to see them all and pick favorites with friends. Gets the hype train rolling. I will have a car full of people coming from cincy and I bet we talk about banks most of the way.
Not to mention watching Bowden get his ass kicked by more games in one day than any person alive!! I wonder if they have something similar planned for this year by someone different? I nominate Chuckwurt!! 
Quoted from Pinzap:Not to mention watching Bowden get his ass kicked by more games in one day than any person alive!! I wonder if they have something similar planned for this year by someone different? I nominate Chuckwurt!!
Just give me a time and a place and I’ll be there!
Quoted from chuckwurt:It’s just awesome to see them all and pick favorites with friends. Gets the hype train rolling. I will have a car full of people coming from cincy and I bet we talk about banks most of the way.
Exactly! We all (mostly) travel a long way and it's great to talk about. Man, if I could only get THAT bank(which you never will). And, Look at that shitty bank, man I hope I don't get that one(it will be your first bank on Thursday morning) LOL.
Or the bank that has your favorite game of all time, paired with 3 stinkers!
Or what games are paired with the very latest Sterns like BKSOR or Deadpool.
Sure, you only get to play 40 games and you're lucky if you really like even half of those. But don't worry, your buddies will get ALL the games you wanted to play!
Quoted from chuckwurt:Honestly as long as I don’t get motor show or blackwater 100, I’m good. Haha.
You know you're getting them both now right? The pin gods are listening.
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