Not my event but I didn't find a post on Pinside about it. Great tournament with a great line-up.
Line up at the moment (but can change prior to the event)
Dirty Harry
Dr. Who
Hulk
Iron Man
Metallica
Paragon
8 Ball or Taxi
Qualifying 11AM to 5PM eastern. Finals 6PM till......
Held at The Independent, 931 Monroe Dr. NE, Atlanta.
Think Sc1f1 did have a post somewhere but thanks for bringing back to the front page. Looking forward to packing up my machine. Will be hopefully also picking up my Centaur tomorrow! Look forward to seeing everyone there. 
Quoted from Skrippy:Mata Hari
Dr. Who
Hulk
Metallica
Iron Man
Dirty Harry
Pioneer
Small line up change
That was the line-up except Paragon was put in place of Pioneer. Great tournament! Great line-up and great location. Around 40 players. John Schlarb from Georgia came in 1st, Will McKinney from Nashville was 2nd, Joe(sorry I don't remember your last name) from Florida was 3rd, and yours truly(Chris Warren) from Alabama was 4th. Huge thanks to Bryan and his wife for putting this on!
I was first to post a score on Hulk I believe and I was super surprised to see the score last as the top score for the entire 6 hours of qualifying.
Happy finally breaking out of the first playoffs round too making to the second round, only to determine all my mojo was spent on the first playoff round. 
Oh well. Came in 15th in at the Georgia Open, came in 8th at this Georgia Classic, so I guess that's an improvement.
Great job again Bryan and team.
Actually you were second on the Hulk. I fixed a switch (too tightly adjusted) and the game served honorably the rest of the day. I told you ~300,000 was a good score. One day I hope to flip it. Also hope from now on those era games go 5 ball. Even at 5 ball rounds would go quicker. No more of this 20 minute gametime on Sterns. Boo Sterns (unless maybe Tron or older Sterns).
Congrats on your improvement.
great tournament! we had a lot of fun and hope to see you guys at SPF in a couple weeks. making new pinball friends is always a good time, never fails.
Quoted from joegeno:great tournament! we had a lot of fun and hope to see you guys at SPF in a couple weeks. making new pinball friends is always a good time, never fails.
Make sure to get that sound board for your Genie! Now you and Bryan can argue about who wants the Hulk.
First tourney I've played in over 5 years. Bryan did a fantastic job! We had a great time. Thanks Bryan!
Really enjoyed the tournament. Very well run and I hope to be at the next one.
And now I want a Paragon...
Paragon will need to give me a very sincere apology before I entertain owning one again.
Paragon and I do not see eye to eye. I just wanted to make it through the night not getting DFB'd. Alas, during the second round of finals it happened.
<SIGH>
First tournament - had a great time. Still developing my skillz! I never played Paragon before and will never play it again. 
Thanks to Bryan for the set up. Well done! 
Alot of great players/collectors/people there. It was a blast to meet so many local pinballers at one time!
Thanks
Greg Banister
Cue Bill Murray from Caddyshack: "Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac... It's in the hole! It's in the hole! It's in the hole!"
It could be said that getting to play my own game (DH) helped me, but I had to EARN the right to pick DH in the final round. I was awful on IM, consistent with the idea that playing another example of your own game can be hard. My real golden ticket game was Mata Hari, which is pretty funny since my qualifying score on MH was the lowest one of the day.
Anyway, it's good to be a gangsta:
I also want to say that the absolute best thing about winning was seeing my son post about it on FB (implying, but not quite saying, that he was proud of me). That's gold, if you're the parent of a teen.
Quoted from swampfire:Cue Bill Murray from Caddyshack: "Cinderella story. Outta nowhere. A former greenskeeper, now, about to become the Masters champion. It looks like a mirac... It's in the hole! It's in the hole! It's in the hole!"
It could be said that getting to play my own game (DH) helped me, but I had to EARN the right to pick DH in the final round. I was awful on IM, consistent with the idea that playing another example of your own game can be hard. My real golden ticket game was Mata Hari, which is pretty funny since my qualifying score on MH was the lowest one of the day.
Anyway, it's good to be a gangsta:First-Place-GA-Pinball-Open.jpg 95 KB
Quoted from LOTR_breath:That was the line-up except Paragon was put in place of Pioneer. Great tournament! Great line-up and great location. Around 40 players. Will McKinney from Nashville was 2nd, Joe(sorry I don't remember your last name) from Florida was 3rd, and yours truly(Chris Warren) from Alabama was 4th. Huge thanks to Bryan and his wife for putting this on!
Congratulations Will, Joe and Chris. Glad to see those who traveled from out of state making a good showing and got rewarded for their travel.
I just want to say thanks to all those that came and supported this event and The Independent. You all made this a great first GA Pinball Classic. The Sponsors: AtlantaPinballRepair.com, Pinballshirts.com, TitanPinball.com and PinballLife.com. Pinball Machine volunteers: Al W., Mark J., John S. and Robby H. without you guys this event would not have happened. So a big thanks to you guys for bringing in your pins for us to enjoy. I know it stinks leaving late and carrying them home. I had 3 and truck load of gear so I know it’s a pain but I truly enjoy meeting new faces and bringing more people to pinball.
Scorekeepers: Mark A. Chris C. Chris W. Matt K. Paul K. & Mark K. Thank for volunteering your time and giving my brother in law and I a break to eat and play a couple entries. (I hope I didn’t forget anyone)
The Independent for opening up early and allowing us to run this event! They were a great host.
Thanks to Runa and the gang there.
Thanks to the people that helped load and unload all our gear. Chris C. Scott K. Al W. Mark J. Joel R. Dana R. Bryan G. Matt K. and I know I’m forgetting someone but thanks to all of you.
A huge thanks to my wife for putting up with me freaking out the week prior and being stressed to hell. And her tournament front counter and scoring management. She also kept me organized the whole week getting everything I needed to bring for the event. Thanks to the best wife ever.
It pretty much ran smooth other than a time zone issue in the database settings. Thanks to Paul K for coming over and putting a second set of eyes on it and helping me with the quick fix. That momentary shut down of the system about sent me in an anxiety attack lol. Luckily we pushed the end of the tournament date in the software out one day and then the scorekeepers were able to get log back in and we kept on trucking. Every now and then the pages logging the scores slowed down a bit but overall I really like the software and will be using it permanently going forward.
It was so cool seeing 4 people from 4 different states in the final match. AL, TN, FL and GA (with the win)
We had 5 states represented that I know of total which included some guys from NC.
I’ll post the qualifying and finals results shortly. I didn’t do anything yesterday but recover 
Georgia Pinball Classic Final Results
1 John Schlarb $635 + Titan Pinball Package + Star Trek Translite+ Trophy
2 Will McKinney $315 + Titan Pinball Package + Atlanta Pinball Repair's Powder Coated Legs w/levelers& bolts.
3 Joe Geneau $240 + Titan Pinball Package + Pinballshirts.com's signs
4 Chris Warren $160 + Shirt from Pinballshirts.com
5 Scott Kutheis Shirt from Pinballshirts.com + Leg protector set from Atlanta Pinball Repair
6 Mark Kiefert Shirt from Pinballshirts.com + Pingulp from Terry @ PinballLife.com
7 Tony Pierce Shirt from Pinballshirts.com
8 Paul Kiefert Free entry to next Georgia Pinball Org's next event
9 Bryan Broyles
10 Casey Bryson
11 Chad Hyatt
12 Chris Compton
13 Josh Karg
14 Robby Hay
15 Preston Burt
16 Charlie Gehlhaus
Runners up tournament (B div) No restricted players
1 Nick McKinney $160 + Titan Pinball Package + Trophy
2 Tyler White $75 + Titan Pinball Package
3 Aaron Williams Titan Pinball Package + Pins & Vids DVD from Pinballshirts.com
4 Mark Jarzewiak Free entry to next Georgia Pinball Org's next event
5 Matt Kiser
6 James Loflin
7 Alexander Ward (Alex)
8 Tony Teixeira
Al Warner took the PinballLife T-Shirt drawing for preregisters. We also gave away plenty of swag from The Independent (shirts, sandals, hats and etc) for preregisters as well.
Chris Warren took $40 for Top Qualifier
Georgia Pinball Classic Open Division Qualifying
1 Chris Warren
2 Chris Compton
3 Tony Pierce
4 Josh Karg
5 Robby Hay
6 Casey Bryson
7 Charlie Gehlhaus
8 Chad Hyatt
9 Preston Burt
10 Joe Geneau
11 Paul Kiefert
12 Will McKinney
13 Scott Kutheis
14 Bryan Broyles
15 Mark Kiefert
16 John Schlarb
17 Nick McKinney
18 Aaron Williams
19 Matt Kiser
20 Mark Jarzewiak
21 James Loflin
22 Alexander Ward
23 Tyler White
24 Tony Teixeira
25 Jaz Jarzewiak
26 Scott McNerney
27 Al Warner
28 Bryan Grantham
29 Joel Reeves
30 Darryl Schwartz
31 Lauren Emmel
32 Jon Frisco
33 Greg Banister
34 Matt Gard
35 Alex Krumbach
36 Sara Gard
37 Nick Lusk
38 Annie Lusk
39 Jason Loss
40 Michael Botelho
41 Mark Andrews
42 Andrea Gianiono
43 Kinney Bacon
44 Dana Reeves
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