As promised more info on the upcoming Nashville Pinball League. First night will be March 15th at 7:PM and we will run till 9:PM every Wednesday for 8 weeks. We will take the best of 6 weeks out of the 8, so if you have some bad nights or have to miss a few no big deal. Each Wednesday you will play 4 different games and you will play 3 rounds on each game so each night you will play 12 games of pinball. These will be 4 player games and the scoring will be the following

1st place: 4 points
2nd place 3 points
3rd place 2 points
4th place 1 point

This means that you are guaranteed 12 points for showing up each week (12 last place finishes) or a max of 48 points (12x4)

First Wednesday will be random 4 player groups but after that we will most likely seed groups based on last weeks performance, giving novice players a chance as well.

Buy In is $10 for all 8 weeks and there will be payouts for the top 3 placed finishes. The event will be hosted by Raven Tools and we will are looking into getting T-shirts made with the logo on the flyer. I'm looking to hang the flyers around the Nashville area where I know there is location pinball.

Also there will be pinball announcements for anything going on in the Nashville area. For the first night I have the following.

Aerosmith Launch Party March 17th 7:PM at Game Galaxy Antioch
Tournament March 25th at 6:PM at Game Galaxy Antioch
New Barcade open in Murfreesboro on the square

If you want me to add anything then let me know.

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You're going to have to show me in person, it still sounds very complex and involved. The fact that it is not simplistic and easy to understand with multiple steps just means I will need to see how this works in person. For new players trying to explain how the system works might be involving. It also means tournaments (from what I am getting) will run way longer. This may work on multiple machines for the monthly, for the launch party not so sure.

Hey Will. How goes it? Matchplay.events might be what you're talking about. I've run tourneys with it and played in other tourneys run with it. Very well designed and you can run almost any format you can think of on it. I highly recommend it.

https://matchplay.events/

You are correct. It really is hard to run a meaningful tourney for a launch party. I would suggest keeping it simple and just have fun with everyone getting to know the new pin. Please don't let this stuff overwhelm you. When it come to a real tourney the only thing to remember with respect to IFPA points is the more games played the better.

I've been running double elimination brackets for many years for fighting games, so this is fairly new. I've run pinball tournaments before but with this point system people are after I leave it to the serious tournament players for advice on how they think it should be run, but I still stand by this whole system is not very open and easy to understand for new players to enjoy themselves.....

Good call Chris. Matchplay.events was what I was referring to. We have ran it for a strikes tournament here and tried it with a selfie tournament as well. I'm impressed with it.

Aerosmith is now at Game Galaxy in Antioch for $1 a play or $2 for 3 plays.

Reminder that tonight is the launch tournament for Aerosmith at Game Galaxy. $5 entry into the tourney, $10 cover into the arcade. 7pm!

Just a heads up, if you haven't attended a Nashville League Night at Raven Tools on Wednesday you're missing out on some good times and some good pinball. Also hoping to see some of you guys out Saturday night at Game Galaxy Antioch location at 6PM for the starting back of the monthly tournaments.

On a side note, found this post 4 years ago on this forum regarding the chances of a Family Guy making it to a Game Galaxy location in the Nashville area. Just a shame that it will never happen

It's not happening. It will never be in the Antioch location. I swear on that.

Don't forget about the tournament tonight at 6pm at Game Galaxy in Antioch though! Games will be announced at the event. Nothing crazy =)

Against all that is right, Family Guy is now in the Smyrna location.

I am heading to Nashville on vacation in a week. Any places with pins to check out? Thanks, Mike

Game Galaxy Antioch, Game Galaxy Rivergate, Game Galaxy Smyrna, Flashback Arcade in Murfreesboro.

Ask me specifics on what you are looking for and I will tell you how many and if you ask me what each place has, etc

https://pinside.com/pinball/market/classifieds/ad/46800

Local Paragon for sale

Just an update on pin repairs/moves:

Ac/DC new ramps, now in Smyrna.
Rocky and Bullwinkle now in Smyrna.

Tron and Star Trek Stern will be in Smyrna and setup late Sunday/early Monday.

Barracora Smyrna, "reset" issue fixed.
Stern Viper displays/repaired
Bally Star Trek displays/repaired

working on Q*Bert's Quest (awaiting on part)

Robocop in Antioch plastic repair/replace (finally) and switch issue fixed.

I have a few local games for sale.

Paragon - shopped, polished, tumbled, full playfield overlay with playfield protector, very nice original BG, original cabinet with a few tastefully done touch ups $2000

Centaur II - shopped, polished, tumbled, full playfield overlay with playfield protector, nice GG, original cab that's in great shape with almost no touch ups required $3000

Pharaoh - Full high end restore, touched up a cleared upper and lower playfields, all parts tumbled and polished, cabinet redone, perfect BG, restore was done by Keith Holbrook about 12 months ago. Also has a custom engraved lockdown bar. Maybe the nicest Pharaoh in existence $3400

Fathom - Nice original with a very nice cabinet, playfield has some touch ups and ball swirling but all of the art is present and it plays very well. Original BG with only a few minor issues. Less then 100 plays since it was last shopped. Has a new rottendog mpu. Plays and looks great $4500

Might also part with a fully restored high end Xenon but not sure yet. Prices are fairly firm unless someone wants to do a package deal for several of them. Games are all extremely nice and play great. It's hard to find any of these games in much better condition.

Judging by the fact that the last post here was 11 months ago It looks like this thread is not exactly the hot place for Nashville area pinball fans right now In case anybody is still monitoring it I'll go ahead and post.

Some may remember me when I used to come to the Antioch Game Galaxy tournaments fairly regularly quite some time ago (if any of the guys who used to come then are still around). I'm still around but I'm moving at the end of the month (just moving locally) and I've been trying to purge quite a bit of the stuff I own and I've decided not to take the machine you see in my profile with me. I've also decided that as long as someone locally can pick it up before the end of this week (preferably within the next few days) they can have it free otherwise it goes in storage for a while. Also if whoever gets it is interested I have new in box the Pascal PI-1x4 all-in-one board for Gottlieb sys 1s that I originally bought for the machine (they are super nice) and while I'm obviously not giving it away too (Pascal currently sells them for about $330.00 depending on the Euro to dollar conversion at any one time) I can work out a good deal for it otherwise I'll keep it.

The last time I powered up the machine it wasn't working but overall I think it's good cosmetically with the usual cabinet scuffs and couple of initials in one side of the head and an overall good backglass and playfield.

PM for details

EDIT:
I've had a few PMs already and one commitment to take it so as of now it's spoken for but if that changes I'll update this post.

Since this thread is pretty much been taken over by various Facebook groups, I'll point out www.tnpin.org. It's a one stop shop for links to all things pinball in Tennessee. I created it pretty much for people new to the scene, so maybe it's helpful for anyone who stumbles on this thread.

Just thought I would give this thread a bump. This used to be the go to place for Nashville pinball info but now Facebook has taken over.

For the curious....Pinball has been heating up in Nashville! Last year we had our first official State Championship in Tennessee and this year we have had regular Weekly league since April and starting in June we've had two weekly leagues going (gotta get the IFPA points) so if you are interested in hanging out and playing some pinball check out the Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/482322968795288/

Resurrecting this thread as well. Pinball tournaments now Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays in the Middle Tennessee area.

I forget about this thread. I don't get to get out much and play with all of you guys, I kinda hate that at times. I think most know I'm working somewhat around the clock, in the evenings it's usually game and mostly pinball related.
Hope everyone is doing well, tho. I'm here if you guys need anything, always glad to lend a hand, a part, or whatever. Just yell at me.
Chris

I was supposed to go to Nashville on Saturday to watch the Preds play the Avalanche. I'm glad I didn't because they got whopped 5-0.

Chris... take some time to go play some pinball and hang out. The work will always be there, but the friends won’t.

No-one knows how true a statement that is, then myself. I want to. Just a crazy season with so many little ones here as well. It will happen in time. But thank you for the encouragement!

For IFPA points:

Tuesday April 9 Game Galaxy Smyrna tournament. FREE ENTRY including arcade entry. You must play in the pinball tournament to gain free entry. 400+ arcade and pinball games for free included with tournament entry! $30 cash prize to FIRST PLACE. Time is now changed to 730pm.

6 Rounds of Matchplay, Top 4, 6, or 8 make Finals (depending on number of entrants)

This week's games:

Gorgar
Fathom
Frontier
Dolly
Bobby Orr's Power Play
Iron Man
Johnny Mnemonic
BMX
Paragon

Resurrecting this from the dead in case there are more new players out there in our zone!

Glad you resurrected this thread. I’m fairly new to this group and check this and FB for any local happenings.

Most of the pinball groups/gatherings are Game Galaxy or No Quarter these days it seems. Weekly tournaments Tues at Game Galaxy starting in January and weeklies at No Quarter (there is one tonight) on Wednesdays

See you Tuesday!

Nice! What other pins are currently there? I might have to scrounge up some coins and head over there for awhile tonight.

Bump

yea that was my nib tmnt lol crazy

Anyone in southeast Nashville, specifically the Antioch/Brentwood/Nashville area, available to help me get my nib rush pro from my garage up 2 steps in the house, up 6 steps to a landing where you turn 90 degrees and go up about 9 step to the bonus room over the garage? Never done it before and can't do it alone!
I do have a cheap dolly and some cheap ratchet straps.
Thx.

Still looking for help from anyone who can swing by and help me get my rush up some stairs with my dolly and straps? Happy to trade a a Ben Franklin for however long that takes... Buy yourself some egg nog!

I have a wide-body glass available that I do not need. It is brand new and yours for the taking (i.e. FREE). I will happily package it and leave it out by the garage if you just want to swing by. Of course, the trip needs to be worth it.

PM me if you want it and when you want to drop by. It is in Murfreesboro, TN 37130