We just had a very successful evening of pinball. Food, drinks and some friendly competition. We ended up playing a double elimination tournament using Brackelope, and then we played 6 "holes" of pin golf. Both methods were lots of fun. We will definitely do this again. We're already talking trying to start up a monthly game. If anyone is in the Colorado Springs area and wants to get involved, let me know.

Thanks to pinsiders: GHaradon, RobKnapp, Q-Dog and to guests Matt, Alan, and Kip.

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I have Missile Command, Major Havoc, Tempest, Centipede, Dig Dug, Black Widow, Galaga, Donkey Kong, Joust, and Crystal Castles.

I am planning on thinning out the arcades a bit, to allow for more pins.

Our next meetup and tournament will be 5/25/14. PM me for details if interested.

We had another great night of pinball in Colorado Springs. Special thanks to gharadon for hosting tonight. We played 8 holes of pin-golf on 4 machines: Diner, X-Men, AustinPowers and SpaceJam.

We had a great turnout, 15 players! Thanks to all who joined us, including Pinsiders: gharadon, hyperball91, cincy_kid, dankme, wesleycowan, erczilla, RobKnapp, Q-Dog, pushupman (+2), along with Drew, Eric and Tony.

We don't yet have our next meeting worked out. If anyone in the area is interested in getting involved, PM me for details.

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Having a little get-together in Colorado Springs tomorrow. 1pm until whenever. Let me know if you're interested.

No, I'm studying most of the day. Figure I can have a little pinball hang out, but can't spend all day in Denver.

We had a nice little get-together. Played 18 holes of pin-golf. We even had a rare Rob Knapp sighting!

Time for another casual Colorado Springs pinball party. Tomorrow. Sunday, 2/25/2018. All are welcome. Let me know if you’re interested. No idea why it’s attaching this old photo.

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Probably 4-8pm. Will PM you.

Thanks, everyone for joining me this evening. Great turnout. Had a great time. Congrats to Ryan Wanger, who took home the Grand Prize with a 41 over 18 holes of PinGolf.

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Thanks. Next time, I think we should just do 9 holes. 18 was a bit too long, though still fun.

It was a lot of fun. I think we had 22 players...with no WPPRs! I think this, along with the fact that I couldn’t buy one of the 880 Pinburgh tournaments 30 seconds after they went on sale, shows the incredible growth of interest in pinball. Glad to see it finally happening a little in Colorado Springs.

New pinball location in Colorado Springs.

It’s called The Control Room. It’s within Cleats Bar and Grill.
6120 Barnes Rd, Colorado Springs, CO 80922, USA

The games are decent. Some of the games are floaty. And someone desperately needs to buy this place a level. But overall, a decent venue. Check it out.

Not sure. Might be possible. There would be quite a few people that would be into it.

Thats great. Definitely worth seeing if the venue is interested. I’m happy to help.

Wonder how many players we could get? AJ is the one that told me about the place. I bet he’d play.

Drew, do you have plans for leagues, tournaments?

By the way, Stewie pinball on Family Guy doesn’t work at all.

I’m here now. TWD is very floaty and exit out of pops goes SDTM. A tough game to set up properly.

TWD still WAY too flat and leaning hard to the right. Stewie working well.

Yes, tilts are pretty tight. I bet you can fix TWD just by putting it at an appropriate angle. Mine works fine without any extra rubber.

Very excited about this!!! Will it be extra or replace an existing game. If it is a replacement, I vote for it to replace the problematic TWD.

Not really. Supernova’s games are awful. Manitou Penny Arcade has some decent games. But really, The Control Room is the best we’ve got. Hopefully, we can help them optimize it and turn it into something great.

Supernova has always been very resistant to any help or assistance.

I'll be there at 4 with Pinsider Apex to play a bit.

Munsters, Deadpool, TWD, GOTG, GB, Family Guy, MBR

Family guy has a ball trap...

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TWD much less floaty now. Thanks. Also appreciate reduced prices to $0.75.

The games have improved dramatically. I would still like to see a few tweaks:

Monster Bash and Munsters need to have ball saves added.

Monster Bash needs the tilt loosened.

The action button on Guardians is stuck.

Drew- thanks so much for being so receptive. All requests have been addressed. Games are now playing great. Could barely get on a game today, at 4:30. This is how operators should all function. You’re quickly building a community of players. Time to have a tourney?

Would definitely vote to keep Munsters and Monster Bash. I think Munsters lost the ball save when the code was updated. Still, it’s great to have a local operator that updates code! (Time to step it up, Manitou Penny Arcade.)

Monster Bash. Ball got stuck under Frank stand ups, knocked ball free but bank of targets stuck in partially up position. Was worried it might burn the coil, so i switched it off. Hope that was OK, just trying to be helpful.

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While he’s there...can he make the tilt a bit less sensitive?

ACNC is doing something really weird. Like it has buggy code or something. Flippers delayed by 3-5 seconds, won’t kick a ball into shooter lane. Very strange behavior.

Wow- significant changes at Control Room. Great stuff. Same pinball lineup, but they added a Killer Queen arcade game! I can't wait to form a Colorado Springs team for KQ. lmk if anyone interested.

When do you think we'll be able to have some leagues and tournaments at Control Room?

Ready to start up a league or tournament, Drew?

Talk to Justin. He’s Apex on Pinside. Good guy. Will do a good job.

Hated to see Killer Queen removed from
Cleat’s. Where did it end up? Any progress on leagues, tournaments?

At what time? And will they even be open Xmas Eve?

Nooooooooooooooo!!!

Thanks, DNO. Wish I could’ve made it. Drew- Any word on getting the game into Cleat’s?

2 new ones!?! That’s amazing. Headed there after work.

Yep, the main house shot on Elvira not working. Also, a ball is stuck under the demogorgan on Stranger Things. (same spot that it was stuck before.). If the tech is going by anyway, maybe he can update the code on STh?

We are holding our first tournament at North Side Social (9633 Prominent Point, CS, CO, 80924). This will be Sunday, 3/1/2020 from 2-5pm.

This is an official IFPA tournament. We have 7 games, so we’re going to cap entries at 28 people.

Signup will be done on North Side Social’s website (https://northsidesocialco.com/event/pinball-tournament/)

We will continue signup at 1pm on the day of the tournament if we aren’t full.
Come join us!

I know, I keep trying to get them to change it. Signups will begin at 1, and we anticipate the tournament will be 2-5pm. Yes, I put my collection on location. If we get enough regulars, I intend to have a monthly tournament, leagues, and even potentially an annual tournament. They're doing signups on the North Side site, linked above. Sign up there to reserve a spot, we have to limit entries to 28!

Is anyone interested in starting up a Southern Colorado Pinball Club?

Kudos to Drew for keeping a nice lineup available for Colorado Springs pinheads. And his tech, Victor does a great job at maintaining these games at a high level.

That's a good summary. The only place with nice modern pins is Control Room. Manitou Penny Arcade gets the occasional new game, but they NEVER update software. So, it's a place mostly for playing some older games. Would just skip Supernova and the RV park.

Yes, AJs place in Pueblo is cool, and worth a visit.

Drew, Are you having a FF launch party tonight (now?) at Control Room?

It’s connected now, but usually a launch party implies a tournament, with prizes, etc.

Drew- any word on Jaws for Control Room?

Nice update to the lineup at Control Room- Jaws, Godzilla, TNA all added.