I'll be there. Just saw the design for the shirts from D&G too...pretty cool. Should be a great time!

Free Summit pint glass and opener to everyone who participates in the tourney! $3.50 Summit pints (EPA, Oktoberfest, Saga IPA).

Will post other prizes soon.

John
D&G Amusement

I WANNA SEE TOO!!

I'm a little biased on the shirt coolness considering I helped with the design. When he gets the shirts in, I'll post pics of one. Are you coming?

Its looking more likely now.

I hope to make it too, it will be my first.

Front is going to look like this. They are yellow gold, to mimic the captain's color uniform.

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Shouldn't one of the shirts be red or something?

I thought about red for the away team and the imminent death jokes, but the Metallica Launch Party shirt was red, so we went with the captain's yellow color. It would have been fun to give everyone who doesn't qualify for the top 16 a red shirt though.

WOW!!!

dibs

Big thanks to the sponsors.

Another giveaway for tomorrow. Everyone in attendance gets a $1.00 off drink token now too and until 6:00, there are 2 for 1's on drinks.

What kind of food do they have? Is it any good?

The cheeseburgers are AWESOME! Cheeseburger and fries is literally $4.00 too.

Dam I wish for one day I could go visit my in laws...for an hour then go here

This looks to be one hell of a launch party! Post pics, reviews, and updates so us so cal non launch party folks have something to drool over

I saw Tmac!!!

Here are the standings after the two qualifying games...

John Jundt 54,940,040
Dan Dolney 51,348,130
Fred Richardson 51,053,500
Tina Curtis 46,833,990
Jamie MacFarland 40,815,170
Parnell Lutz 32,158,880
Ben Granger 31,757,620
Blake Dotson 30,779,090
Brian Barnum 29,172,130
Rodney Jergenson 28,512,520
Matt Tomkins 27,193,510
Tony Middendorf 26,890,720
Bryan Moen 26,021,410
Andrew Provost 25,973,700
Dan Toft 25,457,680
Todd McIlwee 23,841,690
Bill Daleiden 23,422,030
Eric Hanson 23,109,790
Joel Bunting 22,431,930
Jesse Bohnsack 18,138,670
Brad Steinke 17,979,730
Pistol Pete 17,438,310
Brian Douglas 16,209,380
Steve Benson 15,813,780
Dave Millz 15,387,020
Chris DeFrancisco 13,841,450
Chris Tommerdahl 13,023,810
Ted Broske 12,657,800
Matt Rasmussen 12,290,580
Dave Lehman 10,676,780
Brian Schmidt 10,357,020
Melissa MacFarland 9,464,230
Ryan Wx 7,995,680
John Huston 7,813,460
Rich Meyer 7,695,870
Ed Mcarthy 7,089,360
Jim Siemers 7,035,980
Scott Lindquist 6,040,820
Jerome Crea 5,483,360
Paul Buxta 4,719,510
Jason Rufer 4,651,400
Tamra Bohnsack 4,451,880
Ryan Vanhorn 4,399,900
Moses Sharai 4,296,090
Charlie Peterson 3,171,470
David Sewall 1,539,190

The results are in for the Launch Party and a big congratulations goes out to Ben Granger for taking home 1st place. Ben beat John Jundt in the finals by a score of 56 million to 50 million to take home the trophy and Blake Dotson and Dan Dolney rounded out the top 4 respectively. The full results and winnings of the event are listed below.

1st Ben Granger ($115 & Grand Champion Trophy)
2nd John Jundt ($57 & Star Trek Translite)
3rd Blake Dotson ($35 & Two Cases of Summit Pale Ale)
4th Dan Dolney ($23 & Summit T-Shirt)
8th Matt Tomkins
8th Jamie MacFarland
8th Tony Middendorf
8th Fred Richardson
16th Brian Barnum
16th Todd McIlwee
16th Rodney Jergenson
16th Dan Toft
16th Parnell Lutz
16th Andrew Provost
16th Tina Curtis
16th Bryan Moen
17th Bill Daleiden
18th Eric Hanson (Random Draw Star Trek Translite)
19th Joel Bunting
20th Jesse Bohnsack
21st Brad Steinke
22nd Pistol Pete
23rd Brian Douglas
24th Steve Benson
25th Dave Miller
26th Chris DeFrancisco (Random Draw Star Trek Translite)
27th Chris Tommerdahl
28th Ted Broske
29th Matt Rasmussen
30th Dave Lehman
31st Brian Schmidt
32nd Melissa MacFarland
33rd Ryan Wx
34th John Huston
35th Rich Meyer
36th Ed Mcarthy
37th Jim Siemers
38th Scott Lindquist
39th Jerome Crea
40th Paul Buxta (Random Draw Case of Summit Pale Ale)
41st Jason Rufer
42nd Tamra Bohnsack
43rd Ryan Vanhorn
44th Moses Sharai
45th Charlie Peterson
46th David Sewall

Numerous others won Cliffy Post Sleeves, T-Shirts, Hats, Pinballbulbs.com LEDs and more. A big thank you to all the sponsors who helped send people home with pinball and/or beer goodies.

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Just wanted to say a *HUGE* THANK YOU to everyone who showed up tonight. The Metallica Launch Party had a record 43 players...because of all of you...The Star Trek Launch Party had a now record 46 players. Even more had to leave early and others showed up too late, it was over 50 at one time. That is AMAZING and the party was a big success! People like you who come out and support pinball on location it what it is all about and there wouldn't be launch party events like this without you. I hope everyone had a good time and thank you all again for making tonight the biggest launch party tournament Minnesota has ever had!

Also, a special thank you to D&G vending. They have been amazingly supportive of the pinball community. They go all out for these events; buying shirts, getting sponsors and additional pinball machines. There is so much work that goes into an event like this and they do it for literally no coin drop during the event as the games are on free play. I am sure I speak for everyone in attendance tonight when I say THANK YOU for all that you do. It is appreciated!

Les, you spelled my name wrong. What a GREAT time.

You can say that again Les. This was my first Launch Party and Tournament and I had a great time and came out a winner with a case of beer and 40th place. Did better then I thought. Star Trek is a beautiful game, sure would like to own one someday.

Sorry Paul, how do you spell it? I'll get it corrected. It was so loud in there, I couldn't hear myself think last night.

2 people got shot there Sat. nite so good thing we had it on Fri. nite.

Results are already posted on the IFPA website...

http://www.ifpapinball.com/view_tournament.php?t=407&e=1&d=2013-10-11#results

Shoot I was trying to be undercover at the event! I had a fun night and made it a Pinball weekend up in the Cities. Did Pinball Circus on Saturday. I think people were surprised I came from the Madison WI area for pinball. I told them I had to show the love to the guys/gals that run these type of events. The Star Trek Tournament, I made the second round as the #16 seed! Thanks to everyone for putting on the event and the players that could make it! Had a blast!

always good to see ya tmac....now don't forget about the 2014 Pinball BBQ.

I committed to it at the end of Pinball BBQ 2013! Just have to remind Tony!

Man I wish we had something like this in Indiana. It's a desert wasteland when it comes to places you can go in the public to play pins and have launch parties. The only way we get something like this if a pinsider happens to buy the newest pin and has a party at their house. Looks like great fun and I LOVE those t-shirts. I would proudly wear it even though I couldn't attend the event. Good job!

Just checking.

Without D&G Amusements I don't think it would happen, they are totally behind the MN scene.