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Inside the Wild Comeback of Tournament Pinball

By stangbat

9 years ago

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#1 9 years ago

stangbat

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This article is in this month's Wired magazine. Good mainstream coverage of IFPA, PAPA, and competitive pinball in general.

http://www.wired.com/2014/06/pinball-tournament/

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#2 9 years ago

ItsOnlyPinball

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11y 71,300 676 27 25

Great article. Thanks for posting that...

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#3 9 years ago

davewtf

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12y 84,400 9,740 1 114

how dare you post something that doesn't involve pinball pricing or leds.

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#4 9 years ago

Whysnow

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12y 187K 35,339 30 1

fun article. I feel like I read something very similar right after the SCS happened in Feb?

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#5 9 years ago

TheLaw

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"Really, pinball is a game of skill AND chance. "

So...like any other game then.

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#6 9 years ago

pinballcorpse

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Quoted from TheLaw:
"Really, pinball is a game of skill AND chance. "
So...like any other game then.

I would not say chess, GO or other similar pure strategy/tactics games involve chance.

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#7 9 years ago

TheLaw

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Quoted from pinballcorpse:
I would not say chess, GO or other similar pure strategy/tactics games involve chance.

I'll go along with that.

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#8 9 years ago

Shoot_Again

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I suck at pinball but would like to play in more local tournaments.

Only way to get better is to be in the middle of it and practice practice practice.

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#9 9 years ago

rotordave

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Quoted from Shoot_Again:
I suck at pinball but would like to play in more local tournaments.

I played at IFPA11 in Denver and I sucked ass.

My advice .. play in as many leagues and comps as you can. Its good fun, you meet good guys, and your skills increase exponentially.

Here in NZ we don't have the weekly leagues that you guys in the USA have .. and you can see the difference it makes. Everyone in the States is a tough competitor. Because they do it every week. Some of the guys have been competing for 10-20 years, and it shows.

rd

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#10 9 years ago

chadderack

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Nice article. Good to see a major publication (relatively) do a piece on pinball.

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