Get ready for the 2nd annual IFPA tournament at the Grand Ole Gameroom Expo this year coming in November! We had a good turnout from the region for last year's event, and we expect an even better turnout this year. Last year's event went well with some great players and ran pretty smoothly for a first year event (and my first time running a larger IFPA event).
You're not likely to find a more laid back atmosphere in an Expo like you'll find here. If you know anyone that attended last year, they'll tell you that this one is all about having FUN!
Follow the link for all the deets!

https://www.ifpapinball.com/tournaments/view.php?t=20852

I'm bringing a good part of the tournament bank from my lineup of machines so hopefully I'll be able to service them more readily, but yeah, machines going down is the recurring nightmare that causes me to be bolt upright from my slumber.

Good luck to us.

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I'm a little late to the party, but I've been recovering from Expo Hangover for the last few days (and getting all my machines back in the arcade).

Wanted to say thanks to everyone who joined us for the Southern Strike-Out tournament on Saturday. When 64 players showed up I was a little freaked out, and afraid I wasn't prepared for that many folks. Luckily, everything went off pretty much without a hitch. I think we had the tournament finished in around 3 hours.

On a side note, for anyone in the West Tennessee region, we have a weekly IFPA tournament (head to head matchplay) that we do at our arcade (The Retro) on the same machines that were in the tournament the past Saturday (plus some others). The weekly tournaments have been growing in popularity, with our last one drawing 20 players. Please stop in and join us some time. And it's BYOB as well. Just bring a cup to put your beverage of choice in, we have a fridge on premises to keep 'em cold for ya.
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Thanks again, everyone!

Yopp.

No problem. I’ve gotten used to getting them resulted quickly since I’ve been doing it weekly. And Matchplay makes it way too easy!

Yes I’m sure Bill is thrilled with the points he got from that single tournament. Of course it helps when there are some heavy hitters like you and Tim in it. On the downside, I dropped 6 places in the state by not participating. I’ll have to work extra hard the next few Fridays to try and claw my way back up some.

Congrats! I have 4 kids ranging from 25 to 11. Just do what I've done and get them into the hobby with you! I've managed to get my 11 year old (Asa) hooked and he never misses the opportunity to compete. My 16 year old (Jon), who's a solid competitor but had to take a break from pinball for marching band and other school functions, has started to rejoin us. He came out last night and played in our IFPA Friday Night thing and took first. Even managed to beat Bill Baggett and some other really good players.