Huntsville, AL
yeah, what this guy said. I run a small 17 pin location and just started doing IFPA events. All but 1 machine (MMR) is a Stern. Since I'm basically a Stern showroom anyway I might as well get some free prizes for my league and tournament players. One of my league players just bought two brand new Stern machines so if I can score a few free T-shirts to give away Stern is way ahead.
Quoted from ZenTron:The Stern Army is a mutually beneficial program that is coordinated through the IFPA.
From my perspective Stern is showing a lot of respect towards Tournament Directors who start location based IFPA Tournaments with Stern Pins. This is a GOOD thing as location based pins and tournaments is how we grow our player/buyer base.
Stern is asking for a little bit of data and some pictures of the events and in return will send the directors swag to give to the participants. It appears Stern will use this data to make their machines better. I dont know the specifics but it could help with them picking more desirable / popular themes, designs/features of the tables and even code.
This program is brand new and over the next couple of weeks more details will be known. I would encourage folks to support this program as much as they can so it can be successful and grow.
