As someone who just found the forum but is a huge pinball fan am I to understand that the game galaxy pinball machine library will be increasing with a Xmen and Twilight Zone machine?

I just updated my location. I live in the Antioch area. I'm excited about Twilight Zone. I used to play it all the time when I was a kid. I got depressed when the mall closed down and I thought everything moved to Huntsville. The nearest place for me to play now is Opryland Hotel and I'm not a fan of their machines.

Google search really. Ironically enough the closing of the mall and the arcade got me searching. I used to play there when I got the chance or at the AMF bowling alley which had a copy of Pirates of the Caribbean(gone now). Since those locations went away I started searching for alternate places to feed my desire for pinball. The most up to date list I've seen so far is here at Pinside. Then I realized that Game Galaxy was partially staying in Nashville from there website. The last update for Nashville was on July 24th saying that they would open later that week. When that week came and went I got curious as to what was going on so I searched the Pinside forum to see if I could get more up to date info.

Yeah I saw that. I am currently frequenting Crossville cause I grew up there and my fiancee is currently taking a Nursing course there so on the weekends I pass by Lebanon. I may swing by on my way to check out that laundrymat with the 4 pins.

I need to add one to the list actually. Crossville TN has an Attack From Mars machine.

Crash

When does Holiday Wash close on say Sundays?

Awesome. Thanks

I swung by Holiday Wash Friday and played some Adams Family. It's amazing how you remember the rules after so many years I've never played a Hook or a Whitewater but I'm thinking of swinging by again on Sunday to give them a try.

Question on Game Galaxy. Are you guys keeping the same hours as the mall? I noticed the Noon to Six and I was wondering if you were sticking to the mall hours or if you're going to extend your hours now that you're not restricted to mall time.

I'm leaving Crossville around 7:00 so I'll hit Lebanon around 8:30. If I see another guy playing pinball I'll just say hey are you Crash? I figure most people will be trying to do laundry or something.

Thanks for the offer Crash but you don't have to do that.

Nights are usually the best time to play pinball. It's going to be tricky to get to Galaxy before 7. That being said what is Fight Night and Pinball night till 11 PM? That sounds promising.

I did. I played a few rounds on Adams Family, Hook, and Whitewater. Never played a Hook or Whitewater before but I liked them both. When you guys cycle the pins out what do you do with the other ones? Do you work with Game Galaxy or do you have other locations? Jurassic Park and Tales from the Crypt were two other pins I have fond memories of. Although the puns did get old on Tales from the Crypt.

I'd like to one day own my own pinball machine and I'd like to have some idea of what I'm doing to maintain the machine myself without having someone else come in and fix it. You guys ever thought about having some sort of pinball machine weekly or maintainance workshop/talk at game galaxy perhaps during league night where you discuss basic maintainance of a pin or show this is how you do x or currently we have a broke coil on Whitewater this is how you handle that etc. Sounds like 4 or 5 of you have quite a bit of knowledge in this area. Just throwing it out as an idea.

Crash

First off I stopped by Holiday Wash the other day and while I didn't get a chance to play Police Force, I did get a chance to play Adams Family and I noticed it's playing much better than the last time I played it.(Thing Flipper was working much better and so was the plunger) I could tell work had been done on it and it was an enjoyable play.

I went to college in Cookeville and lived there for a few years afterwards and there's no place to play pinball there that I know of anymore. None.

If you find yourself in Crossville though which is 30 miles east of Cookeville

A. I'm sorry you're stuck in Crossville
B. there is a Revenge From Mars Pinball 2000 machine (know I said Attack from Mars earlier but I got my machines crossed) I've updated the pinmap with the location.

Crash

I went on Friday around 6:30. I stopped in before heading to Crossville to visit the family.

Have you tried or thought about advertising on facebook? They could target in the Nashville area and you could set up a decent facebook page advertising all you had.

Yeah the banners and advertisements on the right. The plus to Facebook advertising though is you can filter for your target audience based what's on their page. So for instance you'd probably want to filter for the Nashville area. You can also filter by relationship status, age, gender etc. If you've ever wondered why there are advertisements for dating sites when you're single but then when you get engaged suddenly wedding advertisements pop up. Anyone with children will notice daycare advertisements.

So if you wanted to target your advertisment to males between the ages of 15 to 45 who have an interest in video games in the Nashville area you could.

Now it figures Crash that I'd leave Cookeville and they would actually get some pinball machines.

I just got back from Vegas and the pinball hall of fame down there. It was really enjoyable to play a few games not offered by the fine people at Game Galaxy. If I could encourage you guys to aquire a Family Guy pinball though. I played one while down there and I'm addicted to it now.

I'll never complain about the tilt settings on Monster Bash at Game Galaxy again. I just played Pirates of the Caribbean in Cookeville at the bowling alley today. You can't even nudge the machine there without getting a tilt.

Somebody put a new high score on ACDC too. Jason I believe.

I've added some new around Nashville locations to the pinmap. There is a laundrymat in Smyrna that has a Comet, X-files, Pinbot, and Mata Hari. The Pinbot and Mata Hari were broken but the Comet was playing very well.

Also in Mt. Juliet the USA Bar and Grill has a Nascar.

No one will argue that Game Galaxy is the best one stop location around here for pinball. But if you don't have an hour to kill, or you want to play a quick 10 minute game you have some options.

Man's got a Nashville Monopoly going Yeah I just moved to the Smyrna area so I'm trying to see what's all available. What do you have in Murfreesboro?

There's a Cirqus Voltaire at Game Galaxy? I've never even noticed it.

If there's a fully stocked bar up there too then I'm sold on the VIP membership to get in.

Hey guys. Normally Williams posts Tournament info but he won't be able to make the next one so he's asked Curtis and I to send out updates/host it next month.

So next Tournament scheduled for August 2nd at 2:00 PM.

The lineup is looking like
Congo
Tron
Getaway
Monday Night Football

We will post an alternate as well in the near future.

The real mystery in Congo is figuring out how did they make a movie about killer Gorillas and diamond laser guns boring.

That would be amazing! Best idea I've heard since Game Galaxy's daycare service.

The alternate game will be RollerGames

Yeah they've gotten a few pinballs more than 15 since then. I think the count might be around 80 now.

You probably already know this too but where your staying has 2 pinballs as well. Big Buck Hunter and World Series Poker. If you want some variety though, it's absolutely worth the trip to check out.

There is also a location in the Rivergate Mall area that has a Star Track and a few other pins as well that is slightly closer to you.

See it's not the location that's the problem but the game quality I think. You just need a few more A list titles in the Antioch location. Perhaps, oh I don't know, an Attack From Mars or a Lord of the Rings. If only we knew somewhere we could aquire these titles.

Well you do what you have to do. Just so long as you don't remove my all time favorite pin Wizard of Oz.

Fascinating. I was unaware of the general history of Game Galaxy. I guess that's what happens when you try to mess with pure capitalism.

Looking forward to the release party. Is Walking Dead coming to the arcade going to be a LE or Pro? As far as the rate increases go, I'd be ok with either method. I'd imagine it would be easier though to simply increase your rate to either $12 or $15 and say everything is free play as opposed to saying yeah $10 gets you everything except these pins and explaining to new people why that is.

Man you giving out trophies now for these things! Will there be a participation trophy as well to inform us that we are great sports but not great pinball players?

So has Walking Dead earned more than WOZ yet?

In defense of Mustang, it's not that bad. The ability to cancel the multiball out is a neat idea and it has Motorhead Ace of Spades on it. If you enjoy a fast paced game it's worth a look. Especially in a few years when the price of one drops significantly as it wasn't a hugely popular title. Of course, I also didn't think Avengers was all that bad either so judge my opinion accordingly.

Oh the more terrible the movie, the better the pinball machine is.

The Shadow
Congo
Dracula
Godzilla

As far as game requests to possibly get:

Junkyard
Maverick
Batman Forever
Simpsons Pinball Party
Family Guy
Indiana Jones Williams version
Lord of the Rings

Hey guys as Aaron said, I'm going to be heading up the December 6th tournament at Game Galaxy. Rather than me select 4 games for us to play, I thought it would be fun and democratic to vote on the 4 to have out of a preselected bank of 12 games. Voting starts now and will officially end on November 30th for the December tournament. Feel free to vote publicly or to just PM me. Also, even if you don't regularly participate in the tournament, don't be afraid to cast a vote if you just want to punish us with a particularly challenging game on the list.

Pick 4 of the following:
Xenon-Currently 3 ball but will most likely go to 5 ball
Centar-Currently 3 ball but will most likely go to 5 ball
Batman Dark Knight
World Cup Soccer
Gladiators
Sorcerer
Fish Tales
Sopranos
Elvira and the Party Monsters
Monday Night Football
Whirlwind
Star Wars

See you around in the arcade

I can confirm that the safe is working as well. Jason when you get a chance, do you care to switch Xenon and Centar to 5 ball. Centar is currently 3 and Xenon was actually on 2 ball I believe last I was in.

I suppose they can be 3 ball, I was just wanting it at 5 ball for consistency. In the past tournaments older games had been set to 5 ball. Elektra, Gottlieb Spiderman, Firepower...

Papa rules typically have ems at 5 balls and everything else to 3 with extra balls turned off so we will do them at 3 balls. Again it's not that big of a deal.

All just a friendly tournament reminder that the next tournament will be December 6th at Game Galaxy Antioch at 2pm. We are voting for the 4 games that will be played from a list of games. Voting ends on November 30th. Also if you've voted for Xenon, we are going to have to pull it so feel free to send me an alternate game if you voted for that one. PM or reply with your votes from the following list:

Centar
Batman Dark Knight
World Cup Soccer
Gladiators
Sorcerer
Fish Tales
Sopranos
Elvira and the Party Monsters
Monday Night Football
Whirlwind
Star Wars

Votes are in. Here is your lineup for the next tournament on December 6th. See you then.

Sorcerer
World Cup Soccer
Sopranos
Fish Tales

I don't know Aaron, if I remember my Star Wars prequels correctly. Things were running smoothly when they called themselves a 'Republic' and then some guy showed up and suggested a simple name change too. Lets call ourselves an 'Empire'. Then all hell broke loose.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the next pinball tournament will be on January 3rd 2015 at 2:00 PM at Game Galaxy. Please either post or pm me your votes for the 4 games to be played out of the below 11. Voting will end on December 27th. Looking forward to it.

Pick 4 out of the following 11

Gladiators -Best described by Aaron as so dumb that it's fun

Elvira and the Party Monsters

Mousin Around - The left divertor on this one is not working properly so the ball will always divert to the mouse hole. This doesn't effect the game but it is much harder to start the multiball as you can't use the left inlane to spot mouse trap letters.

Star Wars

Class of 1812 - Currently set to 5 ball

Metallica

Funhouse

Cyclone

Jokerz

Godzilla

Monster Bash - Just so you know the scoop kickout on this one tends to go way left towards the left inlane/outlane area and it has an extremely tight tilt making it a real challenge. You've been warned.

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas

Join us Saturday January 3rd at 2:00 PM at Game Galaxy Antioch for our monthly pinball tourny.

The games will be

Gladiators
Monster Bash
Metallica
Elvira and the Party Monsters

Looking forward to seeing you there. Spread the word!

Thanks to everyone who participated in the pinball tournament at Game Galaxy this weekend.

Your winner was Brandon Brocius who absolutely crushed it on Metallica and Monster Bash in the finals so congrats to him.

2nd place went to Jamie Webber whom absolutely no one should challenge in a cash money game on Elvira and the Party Monsters and Joe Farnsworth comes up 3rd.

Aaron will be posting the overall results on the website soon and will be running the Feb tournament.

I just realized that the next tournament falls on my daughters 4th birthday so I'll be missing this one. However, I'll still cast my votes.

Rocky - This game is awesome! Even if you don't play in the tournament I encourage you to give it a few tries. Flipper setup starts messing with your head.

Iron Man, Batman, and Cyclone

I still prefer here to post info and to chat with everyone as opposed to facebook. I did glance at the facebook site though and noticed that a certain local arcade is getting credit cards finally. How did that info fail to make it to the pinside forum?

I'll officially sign that petition.

I cast my vote for Scared Stiff

I'm going to have to agree with Jason on this one. I think Orbitor 1 might have to make an appearance in a future tournament.

Lineup sounds good. You also have Dirty Harry as well. Been a lot of new games coming in.

You know what stinks?
Let's say you're a local business man who owns an arcade in the Nashville area, and you say to yourself, I think I'll bring my nice Attack from Mars to the arcade that you've had in your private collection. Say you have an impressive high score on it of about 17 billion on it. Then some local jerk comes in and just slightly edges past that score....

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What a jerk

Aaron can make a call when he plays it, if it's playing super hard cause none of us play at a PAPA level. Some other older games that I think play rather well...

Qbert's Quest
Rocky
Cyclone
Mousin Around

If we need some subs.

Other than pinside, is there a place where we can post the tournament info? Facebook? Twitter? All that jazz.

Star Trek looks good.

I'm super excited about this. One thing though. I like the idea of having the tournaments once a month on Saturdays. This extends the prize out and allows you to spread the word so someone doesn't feel like they missed out on the prize. Also my wife is a nurse and typically works weekends and we have a 4 year old. I can get one Saturday a month to play sometimes even two but four Saturdays in a row is going to be tricky for me personally to make. Anyone else in the same boat?

On a completely separate topic, I've been watching the IFPA Pinmasters Golf Tourny on You Tube (Google it). I'd think it would be really cool to do a pin golf tournament. Jason could even sync it up to be included with the Firepower II circuit.

How it works is you pick 9 games and those 9 games have a 'task' or goal to them. Say get to sea of simulation on tron or score 350,000,000 on Indy 500. You have these games set to 5 ball and everyone tries to achieve these goals in the fewest balls possible. If you don't make the goal in 5 balls then there is a penalty stroke given.

So using our example of Indy 500 if you don't achieve 350,000,000 in 5 balls if you got between 349,999,999 and 250,000,000 that's 6 strokes, between 249,999,999 and 150,000,000 is 7 strokes all the way down to 10.

Lowest score wins just like golf. I think it would be interesting as you can make the goals anything you want which will force someone to shoot for something they normally wouldn't.

You should make it the most random assortment of games ever. You know the ones everybody loves.

Orbitor1
Avengers
Super Mario Bros
Street Fighter II

Jason don't suppose I could get you to set a date of July 11th for this tournament. Reason I ask is IFPA has a rule that you have to announce tournaments a month in advance. We already have July 12 on the books though as it's our normal 1st Saturday of the month tournament (offset of course due to July 4th holiday) that way we can register it with IFPA.

July 12th works better for me for personal reasons as well but I understand if the date is set.

Absolutely amazing video Crash. I'd take "The Bank Shot" from Cue Ball Wizard over "Chop of the Morning to Ya!" from Tales from the Crypt any day of the week.

I think that sums it up nicely. I'm excited for this one! It looks like they are going ACDC route of picking a song will tell you which shot to go for. I have no idea what picking a city will be used for but perhaps a code update will implement. The demon kickout can be brutal but it's for multiball and you can save the ball so it's not as bad as walking dead pop bumpers. It has a left outlane ball save but it's not lit at the start of your ball, you have to earn it which I like.

One minor thing about the game that I think is kinda cool is the mystery scoop when lit just gives you your award and then just spits the ball back out in 1 second. There is no mystery animation, no chance to take a break and think, you're just back at it.

"No one wants to be Peter Criss Lois, Not even Peter Criss."- Peter Griffin

I agree with you on the spending money aspect of it. I've always been shocked at what some guys will drop relative to try to get in. One of the guys I played in the finals in Louisville told me he dropped $240 to get in. Personally I try to go in with a max cap on what I will spend to qualify and if I don't then the free play area in this show is amazing.

Quick Tournament recap: Curtis and I both made it to the finals of a papa tournament A division which is a pretty major accomplishment for both of us as neither of us had ever done it before. Top 24 get in with a bye going to the top 8. Curtis and I are pretty competitive in nature and we were constantly going back and forth in ranking trying to better the others scores and 'one upping the other'. I ended up putting a top 3 score on Adams Family and Curtis ended up with a top 3 in Dracula both us us putting our initials on the games. With only one hour of qualifying left Curtis was in but I was sitting out at 25th place. With some encouragement and advice from Aaron though, I played one more entry and was able to put up a good score on Fathom which got me in. I went out last place at 24th in the Finals and Curtis did better going out at 18th. Chris Bassler ended up winning the tournament overall.

If you've never been to this show, I would encourage you to go. I can't think of a single game that was not available in the Free Play area and all of the latest games were there including the P3 pinball and the Whoa Nelle game both of which are pretty cool. Almost all of the games are for sale as well. America's Most Haunted was in the tournament and that game is amazing! That will be the new Medieval Madness in a few years going for ridiculous amounts of money.

Also if you've never played competitive pinball before. I don't care if it's a Papa tournament, or the local tournaments here, or just you and a friend playing dollar games on a machine, pinball is a lot more fun with a friend to compete against. Most fun I had all weekend was playing Curtis and Aaron $1 game challenges on Indy, Maverick, and Jackbot.

Aaron, you would seriously rank a WWE or Transformers below Rolling Stones and Avengers?

Wow. Over LOTR Jason?

X-files is no Maverick Aaron.

Has Peter Criss replaced the Star Trek award on your mantle Aaron? Nothing ties a room together like Catman!

On a serious note, thanks to everyone for coming out. I tried to get contact information for upcoming Tournaments we do. It's looking like the next one will be the first weekend in August. We will keep everyone posted.

Any special July 4th weekend hours Jason?

Sounds like a plan! Let me know when you're having a clown get together.

I've never seen great games and Frankenstein in the same sentence. Great scores though.

She's home. My Firepower II I won from the tournament. Needs a little love but I'm up for the task. Minus the back glass cause I hadn't put it in yet.
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Hey what do you guys recommend for cleaning a pinball machine? Not the playfield itself but things like inside the cabinet, inside the backglass, under the playfield, etc.

Hey guys. August 8th is the date of the next tournament and it's fast approaching. What we typically do is we will provide a list of games playing well at Game Galaxy and allow people to vote for 4 to make it in to the tournament. Voting will end August 1st so without further delay choose 4 of the following:

Banzai Run
Spiderman
Batman
Dirty Harry
No Fear
Getaway
Kiss
Mousin Around
Class of 1812
Cyclone
Johnny Mnemonic

Chad

This is simple. You just tell your wife/girlfriend/life partner that you're going out to get some cleaning supplies for the new house/apartment/condo and then you disappear for like 6 hours and compete in a pinball tournament. Then when she asks where have you been when you come back, point out that there are still some boxes that have not been unpacked, has she been goofing off this entire time?

To clarify it's the new Stern Spiderman and anyone can vote for a lineup even if you can't make it or if you're not sure if you can or not.

Only people in the Rutherford County area need apply

On a serious note this is exciting news as more location pinball is always a good thing. We will have to check this place out very soon.

That's way better than I've ever done on walking dead.

My GC scores that I know of are

World Cup Soccer
Attack From Mars
Stern Indy Jones
Dirty Harry

None of them are that high though except for the Attack.

Oh and if you're in the Rivergate area, I'm the GC on Pirates.

If you take down the Stern Indiana Jones score you get a special award for playing Stern Indiana Jones that long and not going insane. How long does a game of 700,000,000 spiderman take by the way? That game is a grind so you must have been there for a while.

If you take down the Stern Indiana Jones score you get a special award for playing Stern Indiana Jones that long and not going insane. How long does a game of 700,000,000 spiderman take by the way? That game is a grind so you must have been there for a while.

Nothing worse than that. Just a reminder next tournament is August 8 at 2:00 pm at Game Galaxy Antioch. Last day to vote on games so get them in.

I need to run to Sams today in Murfreesboro so I think a slight detour to Flashback might be in order.

Gentlemen

Your lineup for the tournament on August 8th

Spiderman
Dirty Harry
No Fear
Getaway

Alternate will be Batman

Good luck and play more pinball!

You just can't keep the JEWs down for long though.

An impressive feat as the GC on that one is over 800 million. That's your game.

Stopped by yesterday to make sure games were running smooth for the tournament and put the GC on No Fear 2.7 billion with no buy in.

Well the glass was off so that helps....

Game Galaxy is also the only location with a Sorcerer so stop by around 2 and play some tournament pinball as well as some Sorcerer. We've featured it in the tournament before and it plays rather well.

As far as Getaway goes no I was talking about the Antioch one. The GC on it is 800 million and I though it was you Jason but must be someone else.

Tournament tomorrow at 2! Getaway, No Fear, Dirty Harry, and Spiderman!

Curtis and Joe

What's your thoughts on the Hobbit and Full Throttle while you were down there.

Now that looks good!

Special thanks to everyone who made it out to the tournament. We had a really good turn out and as always it was a lot of fun.
Aaron will post the results on the website so everyone can see how they did. David Daluga from Milwaukee took 1st, I came in 2nd, and Richard Rickman from Memphis came in 3rd.

Next Tournament is September the 5th and since we had all DMD games for this tournament I'm looking to do some older games for this next one. Think Cyclone or Firepower etc. I'll compose a list to vote on soon but if there's something playing well at the arcade you'd like to see, don't hesitate to throw out a game for consideration.

One way or another that will make a tournament. That's a great game.

Hey guys

Next Tournament will be September the 5th at 2:00 pm at Game Galaxy Antioch. We will be going old school with this one so we will have a few more alternates with this one. Pick 4 from the following titles. All games are 3 ball unless noted.

Haunted House
Sea Witch(5 balls)
Black Knight 2000
Lights Camera Action
Defender
Firepower(5 balls)
Elecktra
Rocky
Banzai Run
Amazing Spiderman(5 balls)
Class of 1812(5 balls)
Cyclone

Voting ends a week before tournament so August 29th. Good luck and Happy voting.

Just a reminder voting ends Saturday for the Game Lineup for the tournament on September 5th.

Also from a competition side if you have no idea about a game at all and need a quick reference guide on what to do for points there is a site now pintips.net that has a ton of games that link to strategies to get a high score.

Gentlemen your lineup for the tournament

Amazing Spiderman(5 ball)
Banzai Run
Class of 1812(5 ball)
Black Knight 2000

Alternates
Cyclone
Lights Camera Action
Haunted House

Gentlemen

Next tourny is October 3rd 2PM at Antioch. The following are the list of games to vote on. Cast your votes. Top 4 get in with 1 alternate. Voting stops September 26th.

Twilight Zone (no powerball)
Austin Powers(no laser gun firing)
Red and Teds Road Show
Taxi
Mousin Around
Johnny Mnemonic
Indy 500
Firepower (5 ball game)
Elektra
Rocky

The callouts alone give this one a bonus I think. I liked these movies. If you do want to sell it though Curtis is looking for one.

Last tournament results

I came in first
Cher Farnsworth took second
Joe Farnsworth took third
Curtis Baker took fourth

Anyone can vote even if they can't make it but you can't vote for the same game 4 times.

Also I'm adding Eight Ball Deluxe Limited Edition to the list to vote on because Eight Ball Deluxe Limited Edition is an amazing game.

Twilight Zone (no powerball)
Austin Powers(no laser gun firing)
Red and Teds Road Show
Taxi
Mousin Around
Johnny Mnemonic
Indy 500
Firepower (5 ball game)
Elektra
Rocky
Eight Ball Deluxe Limited Edition

Man's gotta make room for the new WWE Wrestlemania pin right?

Just a reminder

Next tournament is October 3rd 2:00. Voting on the games ends on September 26th. Hope to see everyone there!

Next tournament October 3rd. Here's your lineup

Twilight Zone
Indy 500
Red and Teds Road Show
Eight Ball Deluxe

Alternate
Taxi

See you guys there!

Just a reminder. Tournament tomorrow October 3rd at 2:00 PM Game Galaxy Antioch. Hope to see everyone there.

All part of my plan to try to get Taxi in.

A big thanks to everyone who came out and supported the tournament. Aaron will post the overall results on the website soon.

I came in first, Joe Farnsworth came in second, Brandon Brocius came in third, and Zach Brattsveen crossed over from fighting games to the dark side of pinball to come in fourth in his first tournament.

October 24th will be the Game of Thrones launch party. Qualifying will be from 5-7 with the finals immediately after. Stern always provides some good prizes for these so try to make it out.

The next Tournament will be November the 7th I believe Aaron will be running this one.

Nooooooooo!!!!!!!!!

The cool thing about this game is that it's a mode based game but the modes are cities as you go cross country from East Coast to West Coast. There are various paths you take so you will never play the same modes from game to game and you will never play the same modes twice. So in one game you may play New York to Ohio to New Orleans and in the next you will do Miami to Atlanta to Nashville. It's a really neat idea vs say you have a certain number of modes and you must play all of them every time to get to the wizard mode.

Diner
Bad Cats
Jurassic Park
Stern Indiana Jones
Jokerz

See how I haven't missed it at all!

Also Simpsons could go.

Let me know Aaron what dates and I'll make some flyers. Never mention Q-Bert again. That was a nightmare.

Always excited for a pinball machine contest

On another note, and I ran this by Aaron, I'm toying with the idea of potentially trying to implement a handicap system in the monthly tournaments. The handicap would not count towards release parties or any special events Jason runs but just the regular old monthly tournament that we do. Idea I'm kicking around is on the first tournament everyone is on the same level and then if you are 1 place out of the finals you get 3 points added to your qualifying score for the next tournament. If your 2 or 3 places out the points go up maxed out to something like 20(the point numbers are just for example purposes and are in no way finite). Once you made it to the finals everyone would be on an even playing field and your handicap would reset to 0 so the handicap would help you qualify but you have to win on your own.

For Example:

Curtis Baker 1st
Aaron Williams 2nd
Joe Farnsworth 3rd
Cher Farnsworth 4th

At the next tournament Cher would have +3 to her qualifying score giving her a better chance to qualify. If she failed to qualify at the next tournament and say got 5th then we would add +6 from that tournament to her 3 and she gets a 9 point boost. Her max boost would be 20 points and once she got to the finals all her extra handicap points would go away and she would start fresh. This would hopefully encourage regular tournament participation as well as getting some new blood in.

Only thing is this would pretty much kill IFPA points in our tournaments which means you would miss out on 1/2 a point but I don't think it's that big of a loss. What do you guys think? Hate the idea? Undermines the purity of pinball? Or are you for something like it.

Any chance to get BeatemUp to do it? I think Aaron and I would be uncomfortable running a tournament with such a high stake that we were competing for. We wouldn't want an unfair advantage. If you intend to announce the other 3 games and they are not a secret we can print out the score sheets and help do addition to see who qualifies. This is basically what goes into running a tournament anyway.

Do you have alternate games as well in case something goes wrong with one that is not fixable?

What pinball machine are we playing for?

Yeah you'd be pretty safe there. Though it might get crowded in the front row. You're probably not going to find anyone not competing willing to run it so I don't care to volunteer to help as long as I have no advantage. Let me know the scoring system you want to use.

So I understand the finals is one game on the mystery machine correct?

What's your take on playing extra balls? Do we play one or all of them or none of them? Typically we will play 1 and then drain the rest.

Will do.