Quoted from Jdawg4422:

whats the name of the tourney? Isnt it called state championships? So wouldnt it be you have to play in your state?
What you are trying to say is the same thing if you wanted to compete in the olympics, say i want to compete in a sport that mexico sucks at in the olympics. Can i go to mexico and compete for them since i have a better shot at making the team? (I am the number 1 person there for the sport and 16th in USA and im 1474 miles from mexico city but 2396 from new york.) no because it is a country specific thing. just as the state championships are state specific.
The IFPA state championships are the closest thing pinball has to the olympics. So would that be fair for someone to do in the olympics.

Quoted from metallik:

Ok, so here you go... first stab at regional based pinball conferences! Tried to group contiguous areas where it seems people tend to congregate and travel within. Obviously not perfect but what the hey for quick first draft. Apologies to neighbors to the north... Cuyahoga, Flint and Kalamazoo, oh my...
Flame away!

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Quoted from sleethering:

Not sure who among "the Cleveland crowd" complained about this. I was personally excited to have an opportunity to play Phoebe's collection and I know some of the others were as well. As part of the NE Ohio group of players, I definitely wouldn't throw a fit about an SCS in Southern Ohio if that's what made the most sense for a given year.
Curious to know more about why you think the players in Cleveland are so stubborn, but I don't want to clutter this headache of a thread with another tangent. Send me a PM if you feel like discussing.