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Quoted from TigerLaw:Yea, I'll give you a ring...I was actually going to see if either you or Jodester would want to be the tournament director for it anyway.
I can help if you want Tiger.
Quoted from Zukboy2002:Points are up on IFPA
Not super happy with point distribution. I did put in that it was a double elimination best 3 out of 5, which was a change from our original format.
Plan to email IFPA tomorrow to see what I screwed up...
Quoted from Noahs_Arcade:jodester, i think the biggest issue was newer tournament players. 4/9 of the players didn't count towards the calculation due to not having played in enough previous tournaments (i think 3 or 5). under the current ifpa rules, your best bet is having as many 4-player matches as possible since that doubles the meaningful games for each round.
i didn't do the math, but the points look about right. the real solution is a quarterly bayou bash!
That sound great to me!
Quoted from Zukboy2002:I'm thinking about doing a side tournament also for more points. Not sure what format we will use yet
Is pingolf still allowed?
Quoted from Arcade:And for those of you who have been to our gameroom here at the house, here are some early days shots of what our lineup used to look like before we even knew you could have tournaments or pinball parties.
Notice the old paneling from the early days before the hurricane destroyed the room.
I am looking at that lineup with Indy, WW, STTNG, Totan and I am floored. Awesome pics!
Quoted from Pinball-is-great:I believe Jodster will be TD for your Aug 13th tournament, since I am TD for the Houma, LA tournament. I will be TD if necessary.
You & Jodster to register your tournament events on IFPA website by July 12th or sooner.
Yea, can do. We need to get the tourney registered next week on the IFPA website.
Quoted from Nevus:Red River Replay Sept 24th added to Pinside events!
Are we doing best 2 our of 3, double elimination?
I need to put the event on the IFPA website.
Quoted from Pinball-is-great:Could do best 3 out of 5 matches on winners side of the bracket, and best 2 of 3 matches on losers side of bracket. I like dbl elim format.
Tournament can get really long as we saw at Josh's with the format we used. It really makes it rough on those driving 4 to 5 hours.
Quoted from Pinball-is-great:Snuck this in on Jodester's Star Trek before heading back home.
Boooo! It looks like Star Trek will be heading back to Tiger and I get my Tron back. Looking forward to the change. 
Quoted from Zukboy2002:Im looking to trade my X-Men LE Wolverine. Id trade down a little for the right pin. id also do 2 for one deals also. im open for suggestions if anybody is interested.
Offer made!
Quoted from Nevus:Trophies are ready!
Great looking trophies! Can't wait to not win one! 
Quoted from Arcade:Live Ghostbusters Premium pinball stream tonight. 9:00 P.M. CST
http://www.twitch.tv/thepinballmafia
Join in the fun and ask any questions you may have live.
Game has build date of Sept 19th.
No playfield date stamp.
All inserts still perfect and drop targets working really well. Almost no rejections.
So far we have added a Shaker motor, color captive balls, Stern Side art, speaker grill lights and cut out, and an airball protector plastic.
Enjoyed the stream Leon!
Quoted from PoBoyPinball:Couldn't make tonight's tournament but still had fun Red Devils won
I missed my sons band halftime show for the tourney. At least I got to see him play pregame before I headed over to Jude's place. 
It was a great tourney Leon. Thanks to you guys for hosting. All the machines played well although pulling the side post on GoT and the flipper post in Spiderman were murder. 
I may only be going Saturday guys. I seem to be unable to get somebody to work 4 to midnight on Friday.
Quoted from Nevus:What is verified?
It's like being a made man in the pinball mafia.
Quoted from Nevus:Leaving in the morning. I hope to see you all around 12:00.
I hope to beat you there Nevus.
Quoted from TigerLaw:Cool. Who is running our May LC tourney? Have we uploaded it to IFPA?
I was unaware of a May tourney. May will be a lousy month for me to do much on the weekends. Seth has all the stuff for graduation and we head to Seattle at the end of May.
Quoted from Nevus:Target Alpha joins the collection. Thanks to Aaron/ULM
Temporary or permanent? You need to sell me one of those older EMs when you get tired of them. 
Quoted from Nevus:Tiger, decide on a date? (cough) May 27 or June 10 (cough)
Tiger and my schedules have not synced this week. Hope to see him this evening after the Beaumont tourney. I will probably not be doing my tourney until July. I keep hoping my weekend schedule for home stuff/work will finally clear up.
Thanks to the Moncla Mafia for hosting a great tourney. Wish I could have stayed a bit later for the twitch stream.
Quoted from Zukboy2002:Whoo Hooo!!!!! one i can make, We will be there
We need to change that date if Josh will be there.
Quoted from Pinball-is-great:That gameroom is looking great.
One might say it is itchin to host a pinball party and tournament.
One might say that Mike...hint...hint...
Quoted from TigerLaw:So, what are everyone's weekend pinball plans? I'm stuck in NOLA today, no pinball.
I "get" to work this weekend Tiger. Nothing better than 24 hours of heaven at the hospital.
On a side note, I finally put the new legs on Shadow and changed a couple of bad bulbs. Should be ready for its temporary new home soon.
When it comes back home, I plan to put it up for sale. I need to shake up my collection again...
Quoted from Arcade:Maybe. What is wrong with it.
Preston loves F14
You could sell 2001 to me to make room Leon!
Quoted from Arcade:Thanks.
We will work out pick up details soon.
Perhaps a trip to Lake Charles could be arranged.
If not we will find some time to drive down there.
Just let me know so I can stock up my beer frig full of Lone Star.
Quoted from Arcade:I love that our little club has an active flame on the main page so often. Lol
Reminds me of the flames on my AC/DC topper...
So Shadow will be going away for a bit but Ripley's will be there in it's place. Looking forward to having the group over for either competitive play or just an afternoon of pinball.
Quoted from Arcade:We are going to need a chart just to keep track of where all of your games are. lol
I can pull out a globe with pins. If I can do a swap with Mudflaps for Kiss, it will be another pin in the globe.
Quoted from Arcade:I have not confirmed with Joshua yet that this will be ok, But it is the easiest way if he is coming and it works out for him.
I hope you guys are cool keeping Tron a bit longer. I am having a blast with Spidy.
An FYI for the group, I am putting Game of Thrones up for sale. It has lighted speaker grills with nice graphics in front, lighted flipper buttons, and mirror side blades. Game has no issues with insert ghosting,decals , or cabinet. I am asking $4900 with pics to follow in for sale thread.
Playfield looks pretty nice on that machine. There have been discussion back and forth on the matter. I have used Novus 2 and it works well for a light cleaning.
So, I got a repreive to play pinball today while in Seattle.Took an Uber to the Seattle Pinball Museum. Seth came along but regretted his decision after 4 hours.
HUO Paragon somebody donated to museum. Cab was amazing. Got to play a lot of Dialed In, Hobbit, and Batman 66.
Games were in better shape than most of the other arcades I have visited. Very nice service tech there that shared some repair stories with me.
Quoted from Spg101:Sweet, Seattle is a crazy town. I covered Washington, Oregon and Alaska at one point. Would love to play some of those games.
There are a bunch of bars that have machines in this area. It seems to be a great city for pinball.
Quoted from TigerLaw:Which was your favorite JJP game?
Lets just say I have a new appreciation for the Hobbit. I liked Dialed In a bunch but the game felt different quality wise than Hobbit and WOZ. The displays are way better on TH and DI than on WOZ. (Maybe just from age?) I recommend Cliffys on all the outholes on any JJP game. All 3 showed much more wear than the Sterns sitting right next to them.
Quoted from TigerLaw:The DI being a prototype model that's been traveling the country likely gives it a different feel than a fresh production game will have.
Gosh! I'm jealous you got to go there! That's been on our short list for a long time.
Well worth the price of admission.
Quoted from Nevus:I've got a Target Alpha I've been meaning to list for just a tad more. It works 100% and is in good shape. I'm asking $650. Pics coming soon. It's about an 7.5/10.
I seem to remember somebody offering to buy it from you the week you got it. Now who could that be...
Quoted from Noahs_Arcade:if you were already in line, it's yours. you should have kept the paragon another month!
My Hobbit should be here Friday. I won't cut ahead if Chris doesn't remember.
Quoted from ulmpharmd:Jody, there is an unspoken gentleman's rule, never more than one new game at a time. I myself would never break this rule
LOL! Maybe we should change that rule to never more than 3 games at a time. We gotta let everybody else have a shot at the games for sale. (Looking at you Monclas) 
It really stinks that I work the weekend of Josh's tourney. My only consolation is that the Hobbit may be here by then.
Looks like GoT will be gone on Saturday too. Now I need to decide what to do with my spare pinball cash. Do I buy an Aerosmith or a Houdini or the infamous Star Wars...hmmm...
I will plan all my free time in the Shire once I get off work....
Quoted from TigerLaw:The bummer is I have no one to hitch hike a ride over with.
Sorry that I work the weekend. It would have been a fun road trip.
Hobbit is shaping up nicely. I am still waiting to get the new warg bash toy from JJP. I must say that the game reminds me of all the maintenance nightmares from the past. (ST:TNG, TZ) I have tracked down 5 broken wires on coils and switches and adjusted the popups a bunch to get things playing well. The well worn playfield protector was cut off last night.
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Quoted from Zukboy2002:High roller casino shipping out today.
Where is it heading Josh?
What will replace it?
I got a bit of water in my sunroom last night. I rearranged the sandbags to keep that from happening tonight. (I hope)
My game room is high and dry. 
I will be there Chris. I planned to head over there this week to pick up Target Alpha. Due to the weather, doubt that will happen.
Windy tonight and raining sideways.
Dennis, are you guys OK in Beaumont? Looked like the water was rising earlier in your neighborhood.
Quoted from TigerLaw:2:40am. Just made it back home safe and sound in LC. Thanks for hosting Nevus!
Awesome hosts....Henry and Chris...
I will put my place in the running for the state tourney Mike. I plan to get a couple early 80's pins to level out all the dmds.
Maybe I could get James to bring one of his EM's to give things an even better mix.
Quoted from PoBoyPinball:As deep as the trencher would go I think they told me it was 2 feet deep but it's more like 20 inches deep. Using 3/4" schedule 40 PVC same size that goes to the house. But this is much deeper in the ground then what is going to the house now. My plan is a 1 and done. Hope it turns out like that.
Should finish up tomorrow so far 290' of PVC in the trench. If no leaks will start covering it up.
Looks good James. Can't wait for an event over at your place.
Quoted from Arcade:Had another one jump in the truck today.
Photos to come.
This one is a repeat but a great game.
Hmmm...which Stern?
Quoted from PoBoyPinball:At least remote them I don't think I have any battery's on boards any more (now I'll have to double check). I need to start going the Nvam route.
They are remote James. Darn things just started leaking. Duracell batteries with an expiration of 2025...
Quoted from PoBoyPinball:Good deal much rather deal with a remote pack then acid damage on a MPU. I have
had the same thing happened with good battery's don't know why. Maybe we need to start going the Nvam route and be done with battery's.
Would you still have the extra translight for Laserball? John from the Gulf Coast bought one with a backglass worse than that one. Any interest in getting rid of it?
Everybody planning to do a game swap with me for the Romp, give me a call this week.
Currently:
Ripleys back to Jason, Shadow back home
Skateball project home ( don't forget to bring it Josh)
GB to Mudflaps, KISS home
Target Alpha to Mafia, ??? to home.
Looks like a lot of fun...
Quoted from Arcade:Jody.
Thanks for returning Spider-Man last night and staying for the live Stream on AC/DC.
It was a great night.
It was awesome to see how things work behind the scenes. Thanks for having me!
Quoted from PoBoyPinball:jodester = Buying, selling (?) swapping and trading
It sure is tiring! I got X-Men back from the Mafia last night. It was like getting a new pinball machine all over again. I had their Spiderman for about 6 months...
Quoted from Arcade:Just got word today that our Attack From Mars LE has shipped!!!
So we will be live streaming Guardians this Sunday
And then AFMLE the following Sunday.
Very excited about all of this.
Awesome news Leon!
Quoted from Arcade:Does Lake Charles have a Guardians as well?
It's a secret Leon. ( No we don't)
Quoted from TigerLaw:Doctor Who is back and getting ready for the tourney:
Gear box issues with Dr. Who. Hopefully they can be fixed before Saturday. May be able to get another game there if needed.
Quoted from TigerLaw:Are y’all staying in LC tomorrow night? Really happy y’all are coming!
Chris is headed to my place first for a game swap. I may be a bit later Tiger... 
Quoted from Mudflaps:I will bring my good humor and elaborate conspiracy theories about city tap water.
Theories or truths?
Don't get me started...
Quoted from PoBoyPinball:I need this to haul pins
Award for coolest pin hauler would go to you.
So, it looks like the results for the final tournament have posted to IFPA for the top 16 in Louisiana.
For those of you interested, the game lineup is as follows:
Metallica Pro
TWD Pro
Tron Pro
Aerosmith Pro
Kiss Pro
The Shadow
Skateball
Starship Troopers
Target Alpha
Another unknown EM
We will also have a side tourney on The Hobbit. It will be $5 to enter and a nice trophy will go to the winner. (Plus IFPA points)
Quoted from NicoVolta:Headin' back to Dallas right now but not before making a stop at jodester's place in a few. Target Alpha isn't shooting straight... yet.
Target Alpha is playing great thanks to @nicovolta!!!
Quoted from Arcade:Hey TigerLaw. Is Game of Thrones color ready when the code drops on the 21st?
The photos so far look stunning.
Makes me wish we still had ours to try it on.
So, spike games can be done now. Gives me hope for KISS, and GB. I may want to buy an extra ColorDMD for whichever one I end up keeping.
Quoted from PoBoyPinball:Merry Christmas GCPC
Same to all of you guys! 
Quoted from TigerLaw:February 6th weekly league event for Lake Charles will be speed location. 5:30pm start time. Four machines will be in play: high deal, AC/DC, Tron LE, Avengers LE. If a machine goes down XMen LE is substitute game.
Very interdasting...
Is LOTR out of service Tiger?
Quoted from Arcade:Got our shaker motor installed in Aerosmith yesterday.
Has to be one of the most lightly used shaker ever. Very subtle.
However I hear from people who have tested the new code that it will take the game to new levels of great gameplay.
Can’t wait till they release it.
I have not purchased one yet. I was hoping you would tell me it wowed you...
Quoted from Nevus:Complete and total Armageddon here in North LA.
Schools closed
Air Force closed (Yes the United States Air Force is closed).
Interstate 20 is closed.
According to Henry “It’s enough snow to make a pretty good footprint”. My wife was back and forth to the hospital several times in the night and says “The roads are fine, uggghhh!”
It’s a great day for Pinball!
Well at least snow won't be on the menu for Saturday. We will probably get some sleet later today.
Quoted from epichoff:Does anyone know where I can get a nice Home use only avengers pro or premium?
I know somebody locally with an LE. Not sure if they want to part with it though.
I wanted to give thanks to all of you guys that participated in the tourney Saturday. Special thanks to Mike V for a smooth running tourney and Josh D for an awesome side tourney trophy.
With the exception of overheated flippers on Hobbit, all the games seemed to hold up well.
A fair afternoon of fixing issues with a few games. Got the broken rubber fixed on Tron. (Time for a total teardown and shop job on that one.) Adjusted the TNT drops on ACDC pro and added another rubber behind the targets to keep ball from being stuck. Also, amazing how a trough switch that was sticking was the cause of my game loading 2 balls in the trough.
All in all a good day of fixing stuff.
Quoted from PoBoyPinball:I have asked Jody for first chance at Skateball. I had a chance to buy it from Josh but timing just wasn't good so glad Jody picked it up and I still maybe able to buy it.
It's yours when you are ready James. Going to need the room to shop a couple of Tiger's games.
There seem to be a ton of trades going on in the area. I have sold/traded a couple games with the guys in in Shreveport recently. Who knows if I will snag one of Tiger's games to keep it in the community...
Quoted from Mudflaps:I’ll be ready to trade SW after dumping a ton of money into it that I can’t get back, right before the massive code update.
Isn't that the way the pinball community works? Spend 5k on a game, pump $1000 in addons in it, then sell the game for $4800. It seems to work for me... 
Quoted from Mudflaps:How are you enjoying ACDC, Jodester?
Loving it again! Why did I sell my premium way back?
Quoted from Arcade:Probably a toss up between Addams and Spider-Man
I may be available if my schedule holds and you need an ugly face for the camera...
Quoted from PoBoyPinball:Any updates how is Preston doing?
Looks like Preston is tied 3 to 3 in a game of Ironman against Karl Deangelo.
Quoted from Pinball-is-great:So far, I'm the only Pinsider that has indicated that they are "going" to TigerLaw's Sat Apr 7th tournament listed in the Pinside Events section.
I'll bring some snacks, and drinks in an ice chest.
I think it's understood that I will be going. I don't need the feds knowing my whereabouts all the time...
Quoted from TigerLaw:What better way to celebrate a 28th anniversary than a pinball tourney!
James wants to make it to a 29th anniversary Tiger...
Quoted from Nevus:First time in a while. Totally packed up for the show on Sunday!
Woot!
C37 and???
So, it looks like I am in on ACNC. I liked the game shots a lot and decided it should be my first Spooky game.
Quoted from Pinball-is-great:They had at least 3 of The Incredible Hulk pinball machines there at TPF this year (and Lou Ferrigno was there too).
I got the high score on one of the machines that was set up beside Lou's booth.
Did you flex for Lou afterward Mike?
Quoted from Arcade:We were very impressed with it as well.
We talked a lot about it on our live stream Sunday night.
Was the chat working Sunday night? I tried to make a few comments, but looked like it might be broken again.
Quoted from Arcade:It started working eventually. Turns out Preston hit a button before the stream and all that could get through were posts with cursing in them. lol
Well $%!#...
Quoted from PoBoyPinball:What time can we start showing up at this weekends tourney's? Friday's and Saturday's.
Can you make it Friday James?
Quoted from Mudflaps:Get back from Memphis and let’s play. I’ll even let you play one game on Drop A Card.
Let's not spoil him Kyle. Maybe he can play one ball on Drop A Card.
Quoted from Arcade:Hopefully that will work out. Would love to have you for another stream and do the game trade.
I wish I could ride with Tigerlaw , but trying to get the new hospital up and running. Maybe in a couple of weeks...
Quoted from TigerLaw:What are everyone’s Pinball plans this weekend? I’m heading to the Mafia’s on Sunday and swapping back WH2O for DW. Then we will set up DW at the office later that day for the league.
I’m going to have three empty slots at my casa, two of them are being claimed by TNA and Iron Maiden, what game will fill the third empty slot?
WOZ would look nice in your collection. So would BM66...
Quoted from Mudflaps:I found Iron Maiden in Germany!
Wow! Great artwork and no dimpling. They could really build them back then...
Quoted from TigerLaw:Let me know if any of you all plan to make it out on Friday for the office IFPA tourney in Lake Charles. It’ll follow the same format as the last friday night event in Lake Charles. I hope to see some of you. Thanks.
What part of me did you want to see? JK...
What time does it start again Tiger?
Quoted from cadmium:jodester this is in our tournament today. Does it look familiar?
That can't be my old game...
I really hated to get rid of it...
Quoted from Mudflaps:Nevus is the Shreveport tourney godfather. I’m waiting patiently for his instructions.
I have a list of pinball to-do’s: wait for TS sound board, re-paint & re-stencil Drop A Card, finish Police Force, etc. How can I do all this while raising a family *and* squeezing in 6 hours of TV a day?
So, the sound board was bad on Shadow? 
Quoted from PavBall:I am making Tiger take a week off playing pinball. We possibly could locate a machine or two but they are not common in this country. Arcades are not common here except on a couple islands and those are all redemption based. I think he has a deep clandestine plan to try and sneak off with Phillip and Ferdinand who have both just arrived and scrounge around for a pin somewhere but he is on his own there and I am on to him anyway.
I know Tiger is really looking forward to the league starting up again in a couple weeks. Catacomb ended up being the game that came out to fit speed ‘s WOZ into the league lineup. We ordered the ball gate stopper for the bagatelle from cottonm4 and jodester has rebuilt the pop bumpers for more action and easier ball locks. Catacomb will be better than ever upon its eventual league return in the future.
I also fixed that spinner that was causing us issues. Game is playing great and is just in need of the bagatelle gate.
Quoted from TigerLaw:Yes, the summer vacation trip photos are quickly becoming a tradition for this club. pavball and I will post some from Greece for sure.
By the way, Iron Madien premium arrived in Lake Charles yesterday. Total Nuclear Annhilation is now fully paid for and will be there before June 23rd.
We better unbox IMDN as soon as you get back. Seems like there are lots of adjustments with the Premium. (And possibly issues)
The bagatelle gates came in today. Should make Catacomb even better...
Quoted from Nevus:More
Insanely jealous!
Says the guy in Hawaii 
Quoted from Arcade:More
Preston and I will be there on the 23rd.
Dennis can't make it.
I pulled the trigger on the stuff we talked about yesterday Leon.
Talking in code for TigerLaw ...
Quoted from Arcade:Awesome.
One of the best rule sets in pinball.
Great Game.
Agreed. You won't grow tired of the game.
Quoted from Arcade:How is the auto plunger doing with getting the ball around the orbit?
I see a lot of people having issues with it.
We didn't notice any issues last night. I will look at it this weekend to see if a problem exists. I downloaded the newest code and will try to update his game before the tourney.
Quoted from PoBoyPinball:Happy Father’s Day to all GCPC dads out there today.
To you also James! Hope you guys all lets some pinball stuff as a gift..
I would wipe down the play field monthly and throw a coat of wax on it quarterly. It will keep the game playing fast.
Buy some micro fiber towels to wipe the playfield with...
Quoted from Mudflaps:Jason and Jody are holding their fingers for how many times they crop dusted their opponents.
I counted at least six on my part.
It keeps your opponents on their toes...
Quoted from action76:Making progress. Hope to be done by October. We'll see.
How big is that game room going to be?
Quoted from action76:The main room/gameroom is about 37x24.
Uge!
Quoted from Arcade:Where are the TNA unboxing photos?????
He posted some girls playing in the TNA thread. All the good ones of me unboxing must have been lost.
Game plays great. Sound is even better in a home environment that at a show.
You guys will enjoy getting beat up by TNA...
Quoted from Pinball-is-great:Lake Charles, LA tournament results from June 22-23, 2018 posted now on IFPA website.
So, as of half way through year 2018, here is link to Louisiana players current IFPA points standings as of June 29, 2018:
https://www.ifpapinball.com/nacs/standings.php?l=LA
and here is current Texas IFPA points standings:
https://www.ifpapinball.com/nacs/standings.php?l=TX
I keep winning the wrong tourneys...
Gotta win main for points I guess.
Whats happening this weekend pinball players?
I am headed up north to claim a Transformers Pro for the game room.
After the next two weekends my collection will be:
Metallica Pro
AC/DC Promium
Aerosmith Pro
Tron
TWD Pro
Transformers Pro
Hobbit
Target Alpha
KISS Pro
Seawitch
Game room getting to full, may need to ship to temporary homes or sell KISS or Hobbit outright. (Code update this week on Hobitt)
Quoted from Nevus:Anyone know Popper?
I’ve been looking for a High Speed for a while.
Machine - For Sale
High SpeedNew!Partially shopped/refurbished “Selling my Williams High Speed To make room for a new addition. $1700. New Rotendog power supply board, bands, balls & flipper bats. Rebuilt shooter assembly. Freshly waxed &am...”
20 hours ago Thibodaux, LA 1,700
Popper
Yep. I am getting 2 project games from him. I can get you his number if you want...
Quoted from PoBoyPinball:Are you picking up those two Gottlieb system 1's?
Yep. Just working on logistics for pickup.
Going to pick up Transformers this weekend, so will try to work out something with him to get the games.
Quoted from Mudflaps:Finished Drop A Card head. Cabinet next.
Webbing turned out alright for my first attempt. Pinball Pimp stencils are awesome.
Wanna sell a treadmill?
Quoted from Mudflaps:RZ is out, T3 is in. It was a swap (plus cash) with a fellow pinsider. We each had to ship the game, which kind of sucked, but life is short.
I’m wrestling with the ColorDMD now and replacing what seems to be about 700 incandescent bulbs. I’ve got a pretty sweet topper on the way, too.
Just did that with Transformers. I keep finding hidden bulbs I missed the first time. Most games look so much better with LEDs...
Quoted from WavingWilly:My fingers are a sacrifice @tigerlaw is willing to make to protect his pins.
Tigerlaw, THE Pinball God. Only requires sacrifices of fingers, knuckles, bruised shins.
I really feel happy we have a good group of folks in the GCPC. I read all of the dumpster fire/totes thread here on Pinside and can't believe some folks would call another member out like those folks did. Not saying behavior was acceptable by the subject of the thread, but we would have handled it differently.
Quoted from Arcade:Just sold our Elvis and F-14 yesterday.
Did not even have time to post them to Pinside.
F-14 sold within 10 min. on the Gulf Coast Pinball Facebook page and Elvis took just a few hours.
Hmmm. What new games may be coming.
Nice problems to have.
Congrats on the sales! So, do I smell a MBr in your future?
mb_play (resized).pngQuoted from Arcade:You may indeed sir.
Our plan is to put a deposit down on MBrLE. Then if it is not as great as it seems it might be we will go with Maiden.
And the guy who purchased our Elvis is the guy that traded some games with you from Austin. His name is Brandon.
Small world.
Great guy to work with. I traded my ACDC with him I think...
Quoted from Mudflaps:Is this indeed the next Chicago game? The rumors are bouncing all over the place.
Most likely. Still not 100% verified.
Well, Hobbit is sold and being delivered today.
I finally completed Barrel Escape on Hobbit Saturday night. That mode has eluded me since I bought the game. I figured the game was being nice to me before I sold it.
I have no idea what title I should purchase to replace. I think I may wait for cgc to announce before I decide. Currently leaning towards a Batman 66 Premium...
Quoted from Nevus:I’ll need to set the date soon for my Sept Tournament.
If I do Labor Day Weekend...
Could anyone give a preliminary Yes or No for that weekend?
Also I am flexible on the day but will pick Saturday or Sunday unless otherwise requested.
Thanks!
Saturday, yes.
Quoted from Mudflaps:How come when I come over, you’re always out?
He does that to you too?
Quoted from XQ11:FINALLY cashed out in Crank It Up mode on Metallica. I’ve choked every time in that mode so far so it was awesome to finally do it.
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It's about time.
I installed a ColorDMD in Transformers yesterday.
I am currently waiting to preorder MBr. That will make two games I have money spent on deposits (ACNC) and no game to show for it.
Deadpool looks cool and I don't see how Edwin can resist the temptation to order one.
Quoted from Arcade:Hey Jody here is a copy and paste of the latest post in the Monster Bash Thread.
This is what we have been hearing rumbles about so I hope it is true.
"This just in on the rumor mill. Don't shoot the messenger. This is HUGE!!!!!!
Monster Bash Remake is going to have 2 full games in one. Very similar to a Bride of Pinbot 2.0 Players will be able to choose between the original game and the new enhanced game mode. This means you will get to play a totally redesigned Monster Bash. New rules sounds and animations. If this is true CGC hats off to you. This personally makes me even more excited to buy this game. New code and enhanced game play opens up the doors on many future titles that are begging to be finished/remade.
Looking forward to playing this already great game. Can't wait to see the redesigned animations on that giant LCD. And a kick ass animated topper is always a plus in my book. "
Whoa!!! Glad I already talked to my distributor. If the art package is not the holdup, they could actually be producing games for shipping.
Quoted from TigerLaw:Sorry we missed you. Did you stay in LC or head home after the concert?
Anybody do any fun Pinball stuff this weekend?
I went to this cool guys house and played TNA and IMDN Friday night. Does that count?
Quoted from action76:I want a Deadpool too! Alas, my money is all tied up in my building project
However, it is coming along and shouldn't be too much longer. I've got some of my best people working on it [quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]
Is that a 3 ton mini-split unit on the wall for cooling? I went 3 ton and it's too much. I should have gone smaller.
Quoted from Raegor:Yes, very.
If too large it won't dehumidify. Plus since it won't run long it would do a lot of starting and stopping which isn't necessarily good for it's lifespan.
Yep, this. I have to run a secondary dehumidifier to keep the humidity in the 50% range.
Quoted from Mudflaps:Whatcha guys think about the Deadpool video? Great flow, sweet animations. Love the 90s video game vibe! Not sure if the callouts will get old, though.
IMDN on order, so I’m looking forward to that!
I hope you like IMDN better than I do. Played a bunch of Edwin's premium and the game just falls flat to me. His TNA on the other hand is a crowd favorite.
I liked the DP Dead_Flip stream. Shots look fun. My only issue is that I think it may be a long ball time game for better players. Could be a problem for tournaments.
Quoted from PavBall:Jodster is trying to cryogenically freeze himself, his family, and his guests.
Any thoughts on the Deadpool stream? Tiger only saw a couple minutes and I did not see any of it.
Jack Danger said it will be posted to Youtube tonight. You guys can check it out later.
And yes, I like it to be cold when playing pinball.
Quoted from Mudflaps:TNA is super, super fun. *However*, I feel like the lack of any real modes, coupled with just the 3-ball multiball, it wouldn’t last in my collection. I seem to be in the minority, though, because everyone who owns it, loves it. I only have a handful of games on it.
IMDN seems more my speed. While it differs from normal ‘flow’ games (Kiss, ACDC), it seems like it has enough to do to keep my interest.
Of course I turn over my collection often, so you never know.
I have six different games in my collection since the beginning of the year. Crazy turnover...
About TNA, it just keeps pulling you back in for one more game. The Coop mode is one of the coolest things about the game because everybody is cheering the other players to do well. Totally opposite to our regular competitive streaks. Game play is generally fast, much like Ironman.
Todd's game room is really nice. He has 6 or 7 pins and lots of arcade games in really great shape. I enjoyed playing Waterworld and his Star Wars last time I was there.
Quoted from Pinball-is-great:Killing bugs is great fun on Starship Troopers. Good choice for a first machine.
Good drinking game too, playing multi-player games with friends, with some trash talking thrown in.
Speaking of drinking games...
This stuff is fantastic. TigerLaw missed the post fantasy draft card game and then the signoff.
A word of wisdom, never start out with 11% beer. It can only go downhill from there.
20180818_213240 (resized).jpg20180818_213254 (resized).jpgQuoted from WavingWilly:tigerlaw What pins are in play for the league tomorrow?
It depends Alex. Xmen may be out if I can't fix the captive ball issues.
Quoted from Nevus:There goes the neighborhood.
It was such a nice neighborhood until that guy moved in...
Quoted from Mudflaps:What?! Well, it was nice knowing him before he inevitably becomes drunk
Fixed it for me...
Quoted from Scott8806:I just talked to zucboy2002 hoping to go see his setup in houma and then have him see Mine maybe trade off a few games for a little while just glad to finally meet someone around me and mandeville is real close I went to Johnny's pizza in Covington last week to play some pinball and they got rid of all their machines except a ghostbuster pro
Very nice setup. Josh has a great game room in Houma too.
Quoted from Nevus:I got a call and sold GOTG about 1 minute after hitting submit on the sale post. A second offer came in while I was on the phone. I wish all games sold this easy.
I’m going to look at Deadpool this Saturday!
Forget about Deadpool, I have a nice KISS pro to sell you. I will even "throw in" the topper!
(Quiet Mudflaps, don't mess up my sale)
Quoted from Scott8806:How much should a batman forever in good shape go for these days
I sold one 4 years ago for $2000 that was in nice shape. Market must be closer to 2500 now...
It is a super fun game...
Quoted from Mudflaps:Great movie!
Call me crazy, but I like the movie and the pinball machine.
Quoted from Pinball-is-great:Will Little E be making the ride up, or will he be busy playing w/ friends and family down in L.C.?
Little E will stay home with Pav. Big W is riding with us. 
Quoted from TigerLaw:You are very welcome in the thread.
'Relax' said the night man,
'We are programmed to receive.
You can check out any time you like,
But you can never leave!'
Quoted from Nevus:Addendum.
After a few more games, there is more music that varies. Some country with funny lyrics and a dew other styles. The end sequence music seems to be a bit random also.
Awesome! Now I get to find out if this might replace KISS. Can't wait for this weekend.
Quoted from Nevus:Tempest is sold.
Centipede is still available.
I will bring up the cash for Todd. Worked out all the details...
What games are currently for sale or trade locally? I plan to put my KISS Pro up next week here on Pinside. If anybody is interested, 5K gets you lots of game with the awesome (blinding) KISS topper.
Quoted from Mudflaps:The highlight for me was when Tigerlaw assaulted me with a soda in the middle of a great ball, causing me emotional stress from which I was unable to recover.
I told him to use cat urine. All he could find was the soda.
On a lighter side note, I am in the ER after our trip this morning. Looks like I may have eaten too much banana but bread from Mrs. Nevus and it is stuck in my small intestine. Hurray!
20180902_083447 (resized).jpgQuoted from Mudflaps:Now I don’t have to burn my game![quoted image]
Cool! Now you can put the glass back on...
Due to improper lifting techniques I will not be moving any machines for quite a while.
Looks like I am stuck with my current lineup.
Quoted from Nevus:I’m really happy with it. It’s turned out to be a lot of fun.
Art, music, fallouts, layout/flow, ramps and toys, animations are all very well done. I can’t sleak to depth of code other than to say it’s very early and I still can’t complete the mods so that not a big issue to me.
I was surprised how much I liked the game. It will definitely be the next game I buy depending on when MBr comes out.
Game has lots of fun shots and great callouts. The game didn't not have super long ball times either.
Quoted from Mudflaps:Where else are you supposed to piss?
Don't get pissy with me Mudflaps!
Quoted from Mudflaps:Yeah, his arcade was bananas.
Was he rocking 80's videos?
Quoted from Arcade:Jody to the rescue.
It is a wonder an issue that big can make it passed quality control.
Congrats on the nice looking game though.
Wiring harness got hung up on his Batman.(During shipping???) There was a wire hooked on the motor assembly that would not allow it to spin. After de-tangling and taping up a nicked wire, all is well.
Batman plays well but Tiger has it the game set at 8 degrees!
Quoted from scottslash:And the tilt bob at the end of the rod too I bet! lol
Simpsons is beautiful Scott. I had not seen it during the unloading. I adjusted the pot for 5.1 volts to stop the issue Tiger was having.
Played a few games on it with no issues. I had a good game and put up 22 million. How the heck do you get to 300 to 400 million on the game????
Quoted from PoBoyPinball:jodester = LC pinball Dr. I only see 3 bucks laying on the game so his rates must be pretty cheap unless you are paying him in beers?
I do see A roll of duct tape on the game so he must know what he’s doing.
I was on my second roll and third beer James. Or was that third roll and second beer... 
Quoted from WavingWilly:We were playing some pretty high stakes games. I encouraged the $1 buy in and promptly lost two of my dollars.
I think I lost 2 dollars on that deal since Tiger posted my bet and I won...
Quoted from Nevus:I've got a few ad ons or the TNA. Plastic protectors, mirror blades, knocker, shaker ad speaker lights from the factory / PBL.
Side rail kit is on the way from Hooked.
Any other thoughts on this game? Im pretty excited!
How much was the speaker light addon?
I think you have all the bases covered with mods.
Quoted from PoBoyPinball:I thought Batman was in the running? Is it out now that there is one in LC to play and you have easy access to it.
Out now that Tiger bought one. Trying to keep more duplicates out of LC. I wish I liked WOZ more. There is a nice one up for sale within driving distance.
Quoted from Nevus:Mudflaps helped me get it set up and break it in. Love Love Love this game!
Speaker lights going on soon. Hooked side rail kit probably on this weekend.
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Awesome lineup Chris!
I told you you would like TNA...
I ordered a Deadpool Pro today. Should he fun for tourneys and league play.
Damn, this hobby is addicting.
Quoted from Bryan_Kelly:It is.
There's always one in the crowd...
Quoted from Mudflaps:And your head kind of looks like a nut sack.
Make that two...
Quoted from Pinball-is-great:Motorcycle races this weekend at Barber Motorsports Park on east side of Birmingham, AL. Nice grounds and facilities, and a cool track.
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When I grow up Mike, I want to be just like you.
Quoted from Nevus:Loving TNA w/ Henry.
He figured out the addiction of trying to get reactors right away. His best so far is 3.
I love doing co-op with him.
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Co-op mode is the best feature in the game IMO. It is especially cool for new players...
Quoted from WavingWilly:I think the reactor 6 is the highest reactor the Lake Charles TNA has achieved. It was tigerlaw & xerico playing a 4 player co-op together.
I got to reactor 24 once at band camp...
Dang Leon! That is one very nice game. Very sorry to see it go. I got rid of my KISS and kept Aerosmith.
Deadpool is supposed to be delivered today.
Quoted from Arcade:Maybe Maiden or Munsters.
We still have Monster Bash on Pre order as well.
Did Deadpool make it in Jody?
If so let’s see some pics
Pics tonight. Set it up late due to poor help. ( Seth ) Played once with Josh and he almost beat me. Katana shot was about 50% so I need to adjust some things.
Quoted from Nevus:I’ve been trying to do that for a while. Watching Henry reminds me that hand-eye coordination seems to be hard to adjust.
How frequently do you hit that shot Chris? I plan to check tonight that I am at 7 degrees or more.
Quoted from Nevus:Nice Jody!
I don't hit the shot very often. Henry hits it petty regularly.
I think my katana shot is about the same as yours. I do have problems with the mystery hole. The ball bounces out half the time. All the other shots are make able.
Quoted from Nevus:In for the Mudflaps tournament!
You will have to put the glass back on the games when you play in front of guests.
I think he sold the glass for all his games Chris...
Quoted from Mudflaps:Who else is going to TPF?
This will be my third year and first long weekend (Fri-Sun).
Reservation booked for event hotel at TPF. Plan to go up on Thursday. That seems to be when most of the heavy drinking occurs...
I will miss you guys in Houston this weekend. I usually have my car packed already and ready to roll out tomorrow morning. I try to stop by Colorado Canyon for some pizza for lunch...I guess Dennis will have to find another source of Crown Royal this year.
Quoted from action76:I'm pumped for the show. We should be there Thursday around 6-7 PM. Jody, I thought you were going to be there
Overnight stay at hospital. Would love to be there if I could...
Quoted from scottslash:I hope your back is better jodester
Keep those pix coming tigerlaw and pinball-is-great !
Not back, front
Wishing our group well in the tourney!
Quoted from iceman44:Need to make room, gonna be selling IMDNLE. Want to offer local first, gulfcoast.
It's now fine tuned and mint condition.
$8k. Let me know if interested.
If I hadn't preordered MBr, I would be all over this. GLWS!
Quoted from Zukboy2002:That would be awesome if i could squeeze in as much as i could. I eat sleep and S___ this stuff.
Please, no damaging my toilet.
Quoted from Mudflaps:So apparently there was a furry convention at the 1Up bar in Denver today[quoted image]
Like you didn't know before you went there.
Quoted from Mudflaps:Enjoying my day off [quoted image]
I like that IMDN topper Mudflaps.
When are we doing a Star Wars temp trade?
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Damn! That line is longer than the line for Port-a-pottys at beer fest.
Quoted from Mudflaps:For your information, I do have a pleasure robot at home. Unfortunately, it looks like Yul Brynner. [quoted image]
You should have spent the extra $100 bucks for the lady faced robot.
Quoted from Zukboy2002:Awesome bro!!! Safe travels
Any word on MB?
Quoted from PoBoyPinball:jodester isn’t this your next NIB game also?
Yea, but I ordered an LE. I won't get it until Jan even though I was once if the first 12 that put down a deposit at my distributor. Matching number machines made first and a temporary parts shortage slowed initial production.
Quoted from Mudflaps:Dude, you need to stamp that photo as NSFW because it’s sexy!
What about me?
63060_original_square (resized).pngQuoted from Nevus:Nice game!
It really is a great looking game. I am still working to get my Countdown displays working. 
Quoted from action76:Nevus, you have really done it now. You had to go and make Dr. Phil mad.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vSDao7zH2oObxqCa6uUyE995Bmr1J_Bw/view?usp=sharing
Wow! Nevus makes it big time!
Quoted from jsm172:I just got this one. He sold me my first two machines as well. I never have played it but I couldn’t pass it up
Well dang. I actually thought about giving it a try for that price. You really couldn't lose money on that deal.
Good pickup!
Oh man! I hate when glass shatters like that. It happened a couple weeks back at Edwin's and I swear you could hear the glass making popping sounds as it lay there on the floor.
Was this another of Kyle's ploys to play with the glass off?
Quoted from Mudflaps:I was able to reach the Deadpool score by breaking Nevus’ glass and just hitting the slingshots. Took me just over an hour.
Well, you have done it every other way, might as well try the slings.
Did you make any machine trades yet?
Let me know when you get tired of IMDN. Maybe we could pull off a temp trade.
Quoted from PoBoyPinball:Merry Christmas to all my GCPC friends. Just got done doing a Cajun Turkey (boil like crawfish) it was a success.
Can't beat a Cajun turkey!
Quoted from Pinball-is-great:scottslash,
I can clarify about some of the machines in the tournament, but TigerLaw and PavBall can give a more complete answer.
* Varkon will only be in the side tournament, and will not be in the LA State Championship.
Varkon may not be available. During testing last night, one of the flippers died. Will work on it Sat morning, but we may have to chose another game for the side tourney. (That game will not be included in tourney lineup and will be available for side tourney play through the day.)
Quoted from PoBoyPinball:Side tourney?
Varkon was to be the side tourney. It will end up being another game that will be taken out of the main rotation. That still leaves 11 games for the main.
Quoted from Nevus:I booked a room for Henry and I Saturday night. I’m looking forward to seeing everyone.
Looking forward to hanging out Chris. After I get booted in the first round, we should have plenty of time to chat.
Quoted from Arcade:Live unboxing of Monster Bash LE starting in a few min on
Twitch.tv/thepinballmafia
I was late to the party but great video. 
Quoted from TigerLaw:I’m thinking of having scottslash ‘s TSPP be the side tourney game. I’d like it to be in the main tourney as well though, perhaps it can be. Will discuss with jodester and pinball-is-great and make a decision Saturday.
Warm up starts at 11:30am I believe. Thanks all.
I think that is a perfect game for the side tourney. It's out in the foyer and will not cause congestion in the main pinball room.
Dead around here. Any pinball events or unboxings to post?
I will post pics if I ever get my MBrLE...
Quoted from Mudflaps:IMDN for your Spooky translite.
Shoot me a text with which games you may be looking to move.
I hate to hear that you are leaving before we got to discuss my hernia surgery.
Great work!
I am super happy our league starts this week. I got Count Down playing 100 percent just a few cosmetic items to chase down. ( 8 more bad bulb sockets ) Plan to use it in this weeks league event.
Awesome news Leon. Does your buyer need a second Aersmith Pro? I have one I am willing to sell...(LOL)
We will be there Thursday afternoon. I think we are supposed to head to BOS to check out Marcus' place that evening. Unsure on timing though...
Not that I have room, but what might you be selling.
Time for me to move my Aerosmith Pro. Monster Bash LE came today and something has to go.
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