Looking forward to it, I'll be there Saturday. Used to be an all weekend event for me, but the lack of pinball tournament due to the date move was short-sighted IMO......

That's good news, last I had heard is that nothing was firmed up yet.....any details to divulge??

***************************Guest Announcement! ********************

Guest Announcement: You may recognize Ilan Mitchell-Smith as Wyatt in 'Weird Science' or from his recent appearance on ABC's 'The Goldbergs,' but he's also a huge fan of tabletop gaming! Join Ilan for panels, autographs, & even select gaming sessions during SFGE 2019.

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******************************SFGE 2019 Guest Announcement***********************

A 15-year industry veteran, Waison Cheng is a game designer and software engineer currently working for Stern Pinball. Over the past 8 years at Stern, Waison's contributions include work on games such as X-Men, Star Trek, and WWE Wrestlemania. Prior to that, he made arcade games such as Golden Tee Golf and even Gameboy/Nintendo DS games. Help welcome Waison to his first appearance at the Southern-Fried Gaming Expo.

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******** New for SFGE 2019 **********
The folks over at Multimorphic, Inc are offering a great deal for #SFGE2019 attendees on their P3 pinball platform. Don't miss out on your chance to own Cosmic Cart Racing and others at a deep discount!

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Is there a for sale/trade thread for SFGE?

There needs to be!

I just started one.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/2019-southern-fried-gaming-expo-for-sale-and-wanted-thread-#post-4993551

It's alive! The SFGE 2019 shirt design is here, thanks to the amazing talent of artist DJ Kopet. Our 2019 design will be available at the show in both poster and shirt options and represents so many aspects of our gamer community.

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Hotel Update: The host hotel room block is FULL (after being extended twice!). However, there is an overflow hotel. An SFGE block has been opened at the Marriott Courtyard for $109 plus tax and fees. This hotel is adjacent to Cumberland Mall across the street from SFGE. This block is ONLY open for the next 30 days or until full.
Here is the registration link:

http://bit.ly/2VCpBzG

SFGE will host its Arcade/Pinball/Console Flea Market on Saturday, July 13th from 10 to 12pm. It is $10 to sell for SFGE members and open to anyone with an SFGE2019 membership.

Sign-up to sell today
http://southernfriedgameroomexpo.com/flea-markets/

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Announcement: We tried something new last year at SFGE and the response was overwhelming! I hope you're ready to turn up the heat, because we're bringing back the HOTLANTA EXTREME EATING CHALLENGE!

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My drunk ass ain't gonna make that walk successfully. How did this happen? One more extension, please???

Did you know that for every game brought to the show for folks to play you receive a raffle ticket to win prizes? Our grand prizes this year are a sweet Independence Day pinball machine and a brand-new 32" Pro Upright Xtension Arcade Cabinet from our fabulous sponsor Rec Room Masters. Check out our current list of games coming to the show and add yours to the list!

http://southernfriedgameroomexpo.com/games2019/

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For anybody still sorting out their hotel stay, there is a Sheraton connected to the Galleria via sky bridge. It seems a hell of a lot more convenient to me than the Courtyard Marriott. Their government/military rate is very competitive and even includes breakfast.

Here's a link with a couple more sky bridge options. The Omni also had a competitive rate, but you are limited to a king bed for the best rate.

https://cobbgalleria.com/attendees/hotels/

Good luck!

Happy Friday! Let’s celebrate by offering a huge Show Special for the upcoming Southern Fried Gameroom Expo July 12-14 in Atlanta. Pre-order yours today.

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Last Call for Southern Fried Show Specials!!!
Ya might as well get one and save some serious money. Message me or email [email protected] for questions or orders.

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FYI - I've been checking Marriott every now and then to see if they opened up any more rooms at the SFGE rate. I had read of someone having some luck getting the SFGE rate a couple of days ago. I was just able to book Friday and Saturday night at the special rate via the website (could have booked Thursday night too, but not Sunday night). The group code is SFMSFMO if anybody else wants to try. Good luck!

Super excited for this event!

If you are coming, I'd like to invite you to come to the Tales from the Collector panel at 10pm on Friday, or the Custom Pinball panel Saturday at 1pm. I am involved with both and will do my best to make it an entertaining time.

Come help support custom pinball and hear some great stories from game collectors! Hope to see you there!

At 4PM on Saturday, in what should be an entertaining and informative seminar, I'll be sitting down with Zach Meny ZMeny (Straight Down the Middle, Flip N Out Pinball and the This Week in Pinball Podcast), to talk about the making of Oktoberfest, rules and tips for game play, whats up at American Pinball and whatever else Zach, or those who attend, ask about. Warning, part of this seminar will NOT be family friendly.

Some more news for this panel!

Whitney and Brent from Brokentoken (http://www.brokentoken.com) will be joining the panel, as will Stephen T., an avid player and restorer. Come hear some great stories from these guys!

3 more days! Who is hype for SFGE?!?!

I am ready!!

What time do people start lining up for tickets Saturday morning? We can only attend on Saturday so that’s why we’re not buying the 3-day pack.

I personally can't speak to what time people start lining up, but I believe the registration booth opens at 10am on Saturday. Walk that back however far you feel necessary.

So... Friday at 3:00pm sounds appropriate.

Flip N Out Pinball is ready for SFGE! We have been the distributor supporting this show and ATL for years.

Come by and play all of the best new pinball machines on the market. We can also take your orders there. For those that can’t attend, no worries, call or message us and we will ship one or two or ten right to your door.

Come by, hang out, pinball! Josh Kuglar (American Pinball), Gerry Stellenberg (Multimorphic), and Jason Fowler (Slap Save Pinball Podcast) will be at the Flip N Out Booth all weekend. Pinball Undesirables also will be streaming the Flip N Out games so make sure to battle Stephen. That’s just the beginning. LETS DO THIS ATLANTA

Tentative Game List
- Willy Wonka Standard (production)
- Willy Wonka LE/CE (prototype)
- Cosmic Carnival
- Oktoberfest
- Oktoberfest
- Monster Bash Remake SE
- Attack From Mars Remake CE
- Lexy Lightspeed
- Escalera Demonstrations
- And More

Zach Meny
Flip N Out Pinball
847.778.4876
[email protected]

We will have PDI glass for $299.99 cash

It's load-in day!

I'm planning on being there all weekend with my son - can't wait!

On the SF Pinball Tournament group on Facebook there is. From there games are, 300, walking dead pro, st prem, time fantasy, gottleib king pin, wcs, mars trek, shadow, wpt, xenon, whirlwing, solar fire, gorgar, jungle lord, bk, elvis, paragon, metallica.

Share some good places to eat in Atanta....

This place is a bit of a dive, but the gyros and fries are fantastic...

https://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g60898-d2078294-r119318443-Nick_s_Food_to_Go-Atlanta_Georgia.html

For another dive with fantastic food...this is my go to.

Korean-Mexican fusion and everything is great.

About 10-15 minutes from SFGE.

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g60898-d2363452-Reviews-Hankook_Taqueria-Atlanta_Georgia.html

I can't make it to the show.
Somebody remember to take pictures!!

Will the Sat night tournament be streamed?

This place was really good. 4 tacos and a large order of sesame fries was plenty for 2.

Thanks!

Really nice BK and a very nice playing BK2K. Thanks to the folks who brought those. That BK was brutal, just as I remember it!

Just a few more hours left.

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Thanks to everyone who contributed to putting on another great SFGE! Tons of games with very short wait times on the most popular ones if there was a wait time at all.

And to the very few of you that would play a 4-person game when you were the only one playing or you kept starting a new game with people waiting behind you, COME ON! You know better than that.

I think that was mostly kids, but damned if you do and damned if you don't. I cycled power on a game that a kid left with 4 games running and next thing you know the owner is asking me what happened. I only got crop dusted once, so that's a plus.

This year was a bit of a growth spurt. We will definitely be back next year. It was lots of fun!

Thanks to all involved in this event! Especially Mark (I think it was Mark who ran the tourney Sat AM).

In other news

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Deadpool is a pretty freaking good pin!

Multiple times I had adults playing four players games by themselves.
I loved Deadpool also.
But this followed me home.

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Suncoast Cosmic Carnival Review!!

Are the tourney results from SFGE posted somewheres?

https://matchplay.events/live/search?query=SFGE

Click on the tourney you want and then click the standings tab. (The pingolf was tracked somewhere on google docs.)

Thanks for bringing Firepower!

Thanks! Happy to bring it! I don't think anyone noticed it had the drop target retrofit installed...