I listened to ep 6 last night on the way to and from hockey. Now I want to do a local team league as well, but we have a pretty sad player base compared to the total population of the area. I was thinking "factory" teams for Tucson Pinball (my place) and D&D (30 game location). 6-player teams and matches are determined by rolling dice. Each player would play and if not all 6 are there, the team with fewer players would have some playing in 2 matches. 3 games per match, 1 point for a win, 2 for doubling opponents score. Home player picks all 3 games. Events alternate home/away so it evens out in the end. Would need a rule in there so maybe players with less than 12 months of IFPA records don't get destroyed and quit. Maybe 1 point for being better than 50% of the other score, 2 points for the win, and 3 points for doubling the other score.

No IFPA points though right? Phoenix has exploded this year and so next year I think Tucson will be back to where it was, struggling to have a point count that gets them into the SCS finals. That might be a different battle though, and I don't need to be running another local event. I already do league, superleague (2017 plans undetermined), and a match play even on the second and fourth week of the month. Team league still sounds fun.

Oh, and tell Ryan I sent him a wall of text PM yesterday.

Sierra Vista. The town you are thinking of in S. AZ is Sierra Vista.

This would be great info. I love listening to podcasts that have multiple angles. Little Kings can cover game play strategy really nicely, but can change gears just like that to talk about hobby operating, and much more. We actually got asked if we could go from 2 machines at our newest location to 4-8, so I'm back at looking at project machines I can get into, fix up, and get out in the public. Having a small list of pre-DMD titles to look out for (that give a decent ROI... Funhouse ) would make for a good segment.

High Speed is my current restoration project. I have 3 System 11's on route already though. Diner, Police Force, and just last week, Taxi. At .50 a game, I have found that they are pretty popular and very reliable.

I have a few lingering issues that have started to pop up on Police Force, but I'm hoping to bring that one back in for some fixing once HS is ready to go out. PF is not down, but does play differently because sometimes the car works fine (it's the ball lock) and other times it will always stay in the down position so locks can't happen. In that game though, multiball is simply single ball play with 2 balls. Jackpots are done another way. MB tends to be very quick anyway, so nobody really minds.