Ok, lets see what happens. Thanks,
John

Looking forward to it.

Anyone bringing glass to sell and how much per sheet

Looks great!

I will probably bring a Stern Stars to the show!

There's a good chance I'll bring Swords of Fury for the free play area since I just shopped it.

Alternatively, might bring something to sell or trade

Best game ever made, I should buy another.

If anyone needs translite glass, let me know. I have 4 brand new pieces. Free to a good home.

They measure 19" x 27".

I plan to be at the show Friday morning and can leave with Pacak if you're not coming until Saturday.

I plan to be at the show and would happily be able to use the translite glass. Please Pinside mail me with details.

Where is the juniors tournament? None last year and apparently not one this year.... Is it reallly that hard to have a juniors tourney for the kids?

First time I've ever heard anyone ask for it.

I don't think any shows besides PAPA actually do a juniors tournament (and even they have very, very few players in them). The problem that makes shows not line up well with juniors tournaments is having to have some sort of finals where all the qualifiers are there to play against each other. Not too many kids play at the shows as it is, and then having their families come up again on a specific day/time to play the tournament wouldn't be of interest to most people.

Do we know any of the games that are going to be in the tournament yet?

Nope, will probably be a few weeks before you hear anything of tournament games.

Probably at states this weekend will be the first time Marvin, Tommy, and I all get a chance to talk about tournament stuff.

Room booked - game I'm bringing? Who knows at this point.

Scott

If my schedule allows I could bring one or two of the following:

Judge Dredd
Fire!
Big Guns
Bounty Hunter
WWFRR
Shadow

They used to have a Jrs. tournament every year...I've been to every Ohio show except the very first year, and they used to have alot of other tournaments also...not for "points" but still fun tournaments that folks enjoyed. I think it is a shame that they don't do the Jrs. tourney anymore. It used to be well attended, and a Jrs. tourney is always a good way to get kids involved in playing pinball.

Phoebe

Didn't they have a fun tournament one year where they just used the games on the floor? Someone should volunteer to organize that.

No doubt. I think last year was the first year without one for some time. Michigan show also has a juniors tourney.

In the 3 years I've gone to the Ohio show I haven't been at one that's had a juniors tournament, so it's been gone at least longer than that.

Michigan having one must be a somewhat rare exception, because any other shows I think of off the top of my head (Cleveland show, ReplayFX, California Extreme, Texas Pinball Festival, Arcade Expo) don't have it either.

I wouldn't be opposed to having a junior's tournament, I'm just not sure what way it could be scheduled to actually function well. If anyone knows how it use to be done let me know, and I can bring it up in the tournament planning discussions.

My kids were in one at the Michigan show that had a ton of kids signed up and went really fast (I think it was Marcos who brought a bunch of Metallica's and Mustang pins), they got to play one game on Mustang, and who ever had the highest scores won. I believe there were a couple different age groups.

Originally when my son played in it it was on 1 game 1 day highest score was the winner (the year he played game was POTC at the original location). In more recent years Jrs. played same games as main...same format...I think they only took top 4 for finals then they had playoffs on Fri. evening like 6ish top 3 got some type of award...$$ or trophy. Something along those lines. Josh H. used to come play in it, and both Rosa's and several others I can think of off the top of my head.

The other tourneys that were just on games on the main floor were just for fun. Pickup type random game, they had Women's. split flipper, EM, team and several others with prizes donated by vendors at the show or that had sent stuff for those tourneys.
Phoebe

In years passed they held qualifiers during the same time on the same machines then just took the top 4 for playoffs and gave trophies. The year they had all shadows it was a bit chaotic since they tried to hold both finals at the same time, but you could always have the kids finals earlier than the adults.

With a 4 day show there's certainly many more options for time slots. Marvin will probably see the posts here and I'll also bring it up over the weekend to see if he wants to add it alongside the other tournament stuff.

I have never been to a pinball show, but am planning on being there. I have a BOP 2.0 cc FULL chrome (even spinners), custom translite, perfect cabinet, etc. She's my baby. Certain you all would ogle her. I do. So... Just how gentle or not is everyone with these beautiful machines?

I have been going to video game and pinball shows for almost 20 years. I would say that you are MUCH more likely to actually damage a game in transit than to suffer any damage by players at the show. Even if your game does suffer some sort of damage, it is MUCH more likely to be from regular old play than some one being too aggressive on your game.

Blown transistors and locked up coils seem to happen at shows quite often. That's really all part of the experience for me though!

Best show advice I can give out is to make CERTAIN that you have the proper type and value for all your fuses in ANY game that you bring!

Also, if you have a pre-Fire! system 11 Williams to bring, make CERTAIN that you fuse the bridges and while you're at it, add some special sol. saver boards made by BARAKANDL to any early Williams SS game you are bringing to a show!

Good advice. I'm not extremely knowledgeable on pinball machine repair (or fortifying), but it does seem that I'll be in the company of pros. I'm still a bit on the fence on bringing my BOP 2.0, but will likely throw caution to the wind. ...and I'm looking forward to meeting you all, so if you see a guy with a gorgeous bride, stop by and say hi.

Stunning Dr Who!

Man, what a knockout Doctor Who!

Big thanks to Aaron for making the the new website so check it out.

Stop teasing us

...and this Bride you can look at ...and touch. LOL

You could use floor games in a 3-4 strikes knockout tournament. Honestly a king of the hill knockout would probably have 100 entrants, could be wrapped up in 5-6 hrs. Could be done for ifpa points as well. Player 1 always gets to pick the game. If the game malfunctions and owner isnt around, judge rules them on to a few set reliable games with super short times.

Will there be Cheerwine?

What, no Breakshot?

My buddy has her now and putting her thru the full treatment.

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Looking for a White Water. I really miss having one.

I just updated my build thread with some pics from this week. Will be set up at the LOU show as well.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/defender-from-scratch-populated-playfield-go/page/2#post-3457924

Cool, ill take a look. Thanks!

TOURNAMENT UPDATE:

In addition to the main tournament there will be a Junior's and a Women's tournament. These side tournaments will be played as a "knock-out" format, and will use games on the main show floor which are labeled as tournament games.

The Women's tournament takes place at 7 PM on Friday, with a $2 entry fee that will be paid out as a prize pool, as well as having a trophy for the winner. It will also be sanctioned with the IFPA's Women's Rankings.

The Youth tournament will be at 7 PM on Saturday. Entry is free and there will be a trophy for the winner. Tournament is limited to children ages 16 and under; a player with an IFPA rank better than 300 is ineligible.

Details are subject to change. The detail I'm particularly unsure about is the time for Juniors, I'm not sure if families would prefer the Juniors tournament start earlier. Let me know what you think and these event details may be adjusted.

You could probably do an earlier start time just in case there are a lot of entries, but 7:00 should work fine too. Thanks for listening!

I have a friend looking for an EM pin, an EM carnival/arcade game, and a vendo 39 Coke machine. Need to be working, do not have to be restored or pristine. He has no specific titles or themes in mind. Message me if you have something that might fit the bill.

That format sounds fun as hell using the floor games. If it works, perhaps an all ages and sexes knockout king of the hill next year!