I think the issue is having people with less machines join wanting to participate, as opposed to wanting to host. As someone who is new, and has his first pin coming soon, I would rather meet a bunch of people, and play a bunch of different games so I can start planning for the next pin, than host people and just stand around.

We have a Jackson area private league going on 5 years now I think. 20 people in the league..capped at 20 for room, 6 with large game collections , about 160 games total . League plays once a month for 8 months rotating the 6 houses. Then a finals. League dues are $100 a person per season. We've used all the money over the years to buy two games.. one awarded to the a division league winner and one to B division each season. Winner keeps the game for 6 months. The current two are X-Men Le, and WWE LE. Have upgraded and usually get new trophies Evey year... Just thought I'd mention if your looking for ideas for your new club. Unless your just going for casual play..

When you're in a league or club like this each person has to be able to host when it's their turn. It wouldn't be fair if the same people had to open their home all the time to host events. Being able to host everyone is also important; otherwise, how do you decide which people can't participate in an event.

IF a game limit is determined and people don't meet that requirement, it doesn't mean you can't join later once you meet the requirement.

The intent here is simply to meet other locals and get together to enjoy the hobby of pinball. Unfortunately, there has to be some sort of rules involved that make it fair for everyone involved.

Again, we don't need to get too deep in this conversation until we meet on the 26th. We need to go in open minded and try to come up with ways to keep everyone included that is interested in participating.

I don't think we're looking at getting in to annual fees or pay to play. We're simply asking that everyone respects each other property. Try to remember, most of us don't know each other and we're getting ready to open our houses to host one another.

I look forward to meeting everyone on the 26th, and let's try to hold off on all the details until we can meet as a group.

Thanks for sharing, those are all great ideas for a league. This is more for casual play and to meet people. We're not planning on this becoming a competitive league. We may have the occasional tournament, but monthly league play is not the initial intent of this gathering.

In for the 26th.

2 people (me and the missus)

Later,
EV

Our 9 pins are;
- X-men Pro
- Stranger Things Pro
- Guardians of the Galaxy Pro
- Star Wars Pro
- Iron Maiden Premium
- Jurassic Park Premium
- Avengers Infinity Quest Premium
- Game of Thrones LE
- Alien SV (remake)

+ Arcade 1up Marvel mini digital pin

I'm interested in learning more on the 26th. It will just be me in attendance.

I live in the NW corner of Superior Township. My house is 25 minutes from Downtown Brighton, near the intersection of M-14/23. I have the following collection:

Willy Wonka LE
MMR
Star Wars Premium
BM66
Indiana Jones (Williams)

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As someone who wouldn’t be able to host for years (small game room is right next to my kids’ bedroom so I can’t play at night), I’d love it if people who can’t host were still allowed to participate but just had to pay something like $20 per time to the host. We can talk more on the 26th. Thanks for putting this together!

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I have three machines. Looking forward to the discussion on hosting because I am probably on the cusp. For newer players, machines have become prohibitively expensive. We can't grow our collections at the same pace folks did 5+ years ago. Still, I think it's important to draw some younger members. At 39, I am often the youngest person in the room at events.

I'm 41, so around the same age

Danny - I'm counting roughly 10-12 people up to this point.

I'm interested and I just meet the 30 minute cut. I won't be able to make the 26th either so I'll look at details that come about from the meeting.

I will say, my gaming area is pretty tight, like 12x30 tight mixed in with the games, a furnace, some low hanging ducting in the basement. Not really sure what an absolute max would be with my space.

But pinballs I have:

Stranger Things Premium
TMNT Premium
Jurassic Park Premium
Bride of Pinbot 2.0
Hardbody

Video games
Konami TMNT 4 player cabinet
Ms. Pac-Man
Couch/TV/Consoles

How are we going to know who we are meeting? Will there be a group name, or do some of us know each other and can wrangle people we don't know? I have never met any of you guys, and I don't want to random people not part of the group.

You guys need a secret hand signal.

I'm bringing a sign-in sheet so we can get everyone's contact info for the Google group. Look for a large table with a sheet of paper and a pen.

I enjoyed meeting everyone. Did you send out the google group info yet?

Mine went to spam but I found it. Thanks again for organizing. Looking forward to the first event.

I've only heard back from 3 people for Thursday. PM if you didn't get an email.