High score is still under 1,000,000! Ripe for the taking!

Fall League Session #1 Results:
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Congrats to our Fall League Session #1 Winners!

1. Jay Robinson - 64 pts.
2. Nathaniel Gibson - 61 pts.
3. Daniel Gilbert - 58 pts.
4. Joe Miller - 57 pts.
5. Billy Gilbert - 56 pts.

Congrats to our Match Play winners who are entered into the end-of-season drawing for some great pinball prizes!
Jay Robinson 3x, Billy Gilbert 2x, Daniel Gilbert 2x, Michael Reimer 2x, Nathaniel Gibson 2x, Brian Service, Corey Hulse, Dennis Gilbert, & Mike Kalinowski

Join us for Session #2, starting on Wednesday Oct 4:
https://www.facebook.com/events/714628655403331

Session #2 Results:

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Congrats to our Fall League Session #2 Winners!

1 - Corey Hulse - 62pts
2 - Billy Gilbert - 60pts
3 - Nathaniel Gibson - 54pts
4 - Daniel Gilbert - 53pts
4 - Joe Miller - 53pts

And here are your Match Play Winners from this Session: Billy Gilbert (2x), Daniel Gilbert (2x), Joe Miller (2x), Corey Hulse (2x), Nathaniel Gibson, Michael Reimer, Dennis Gilbert, Brian Service, John DeOliveira, Ryan Boyle, Doug Darlington

Every Match Play win gives the player an entry for awesome end-of-season prizes!

The next three-week session starts on Oct 25, and you're invited! Come out and join us!

https://www.facebook.com/events/1956504381234805

Lots of great pinball events happening at PinCrossing!

Next session of Fall League starts on Wednesday, Oct 25! All are welcome! https://www.facebook.com/events/1956504381234805

Pinball Pinball Pinball Event! Nov 29: https://www.facebook.com/events/205656383308965

PinCrossing is also participating in the PHILA Pinball Regional League. Play qualifying games any time that PinCrossing is open. Finals taking place at PinCrossing on Dec 2: https://www.facebook.com/events/534840703525949

Work in progress! We'll have a post published on Facebook tomorrow (Oct 30) at 10am.

Hi Everyone! A few updates from the world of PinCrossing:

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Check out Vol 1 Issue 2 of the "PinCrossing Post", where we share the latest pinball news from PinCrossing!
http://mailchi.mp/401c9356d27c/pincrossing-post-vol-1-issue-2

To subscribe to receive future issues of the PinCrossing Post in your email, visit this link: http://pincrossing.us16.list-manage1.com/subscribe?u=7adacd8b65ac0c0c55b40e07d&id=042c97ddc5

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Wanted to make sure that I passed along the list of upcoming events at PinCrossing:

"Pinball Pinball Pinball" - Wed, November 29 - https://www.facebook.com/events/205656383308965/
Come out and try this funky format where you get to play lots of head-to-head pinball games over the course of two hours.

PHILA League Fall Finals - Sat, December 2 - https://www.facebook.com/events/534840703525949/
PinCrossing is proud to host the PHILA Pinball Regional League Finals. Top 32 qualify for finals, and there will be a B-Division Side Tournament for anyone who wants to join. Read more about the PHILA League on their website: http://www.philapinball.com

Holiday League - December 6, 13, and 20 - https://www.facebook.com/events/1361864587258869/
We run a fun, casual match play format every week on Wednesday! Meet fun people, eat great food, and play some pinball! We're running three weeks of league on Dec 6, 13, and 20 to wrap up the year.

Jay's Place New Year's Eve Tournament - Sun, December 31 - https://www.facebook.com/events/311969772614529/
Join us for a little friendly pinball competition at this IFPA registered event. This will be a casual Match Play format with A, B, and C Division finals so all skill levels can enjoy the fun. We are shooting to wrap things up by 6pm for those with obligations for evening activities.

Quick announcement about the Holiday League! We are pushing back the start of the Holiday League to Dec 13 because of a private event happening at Railroad on Dec 6. The league will now run for three weeks on Dec 13, 20, and 27.

https://www.facebook.com/events/1361864587258869

Hey everyone! We're starting the league back up again. Tonight (Jan 3) is a Bank Score/Orientation night, and we're going to start with weekly competition on Jan 10: https://www.facebook.com/events/144313419605241/

The fall league will be run from January to March
- Dates Subject to Change -
Bank Score Night: Jan 3
Session #1: Jan 10, Jan 17, Jan 24
Session #2: Jan 31, Feb 7, Feb 14
Session #3: Feb 21, Feb 28, Mar 7
Finals: Mar 15
Entry Fee for All Three Sessions: $15

Format: 4-Player Match Play, 4 Games Per Week, 7/5/3/1 scoring, IFPA Approved Format.

Hey everyone...sharing the current league standings after Winter Session #2

Session #3 starts tonight. Only $5 to enter. https://www.facebook.com/events/177528226309150/

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1 Jay Robinson - 70 pts.
2 Daniel Gilbert - 62 pts.
2 Corey Hulse - 62 pts.
4 Brian Smith - 59 pts.
5 Pete Tsipouras - 57 pts.

Session #2: https://matchplay.events/live/2g3xr
Season Standings: https://matchplay.events/live/series/480

Match Play Winners from Session #2:
Brandon Service, Brian Service, Corey Hulse (2x), Daniel Gilbert (2x), Dennis Gilbert (2x), Doug Darlington, Jay Robinson (2x), Joe Miller (2x), Ken Cobb, Kristine Hulse (2x), Pete Tsipouras (2x)

Hey Bob! Just want to acknowledge that I've see the post and flagged it to Jay. It's on the list of things to do at Railroad, and I'll post here when we've been able to update the code. I also apologize in advance if it wipes the existing Grand Champ scores.

Hey Everyone,

I wanted to announce that we're going to be having a Progressive Strikes Tournament at PinCrossing on Wednesday, June 20 at 7:00pm.

https://www.facebook.com/events/634557363570397/

This is a Progressive Strikes event. You will be paired in groups of three or four people and play a single game.

1st - 0 Strikes
2nd - 1 Strike
3rd - 2 Strikes
4th - 3 Strikes

Once you have seven strikes, you are out of the event.

When the tournament has just two participants left, the number of strikes will be reset to put the person with the most strikes in a "must win" situation. For example, let's say the last two players have 3 and 4 strikes, respectively. We will manually give both players 2 each so they now have 5 and 6. This will maintain the competitive advantage earned by the better player, but allow for the event to conclude in a quicker fashion.

Top Three will receive prizes.

We've added an Iron Maiden (Pro) to the line-up:

Current Game List:
The Addams Family (Bally, 1992)
America's Most Haunted (Spooky Pinball, 2014)
Attack from Mars (Remake) (LE) (Planetary, 2017)
Dialed In! (LE) (Jersey Jack, 2017)
Fathom (Bally, 1980)
Funhouse (Williams, 1990)
Game of Thrones (LE) (Stern, 2015)
Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast (Stern, 2018)
Kiss (Bally, 1978)
Kiss (LE) (Stern, 2015)
Medieval Madness (Remake) (Planetary, 2015)
Metallica (Master of Puppets - LE) (Stern, 2013)
Rob Zombie's Spookshow International (Spooky Pinball, 2016)
The Simpsons Pinball Party (Stern, 2003)
Spider-Man (Stern, 2007)
TX-Sector (Gottlieb, 1988)

Congrats to our Spring League Champions!

A-Division: Michael Reimer, who won a playoff against Nathaniel Gibson on The Addams Family
B-Division: Vic Scelba, who won a playoff against Ken Cobb on The Simpsons

Join us next week (June 20) for our Progressive Strikes event!

https://www.facebook.com/events/634557363570397/

League will begin again on June 27!

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Reminder that tonight is the Progressive Strikes event at PinCrossing. We have some sweet consolation prizes for the first five people who get knocked out of the event: a VHS tape of a movie that has a related pinball machine!

https://www.facebook.com/events/634557363570397/

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We've done some proper calendar planning and are announcing a number of events, including the Summer Classic and a new Monthly event (3rd Wednesday of the Month).

* Special Events *
PinCrossing Summer Classic - August 11 - https://www.facebook.com/events/252623025291327/
IFPA Tournament at the White Rose Gameroom Show (York, PA) - October 13 - Information Coming Soon!

* Summer League *
Bank Score Night - June 27 - https://www.facebook.com/events/252439238823074/
Summer League Session #1 - July 11 - https://www.facebook.com/events/922213077958609/
Summer League Session #2 - August 1 - https://www.facebook.com/events/435028093631281/
Summer League Session #3 - August 29 - https://www.facebook.com/events/249127509187208/

* Monthly Events (3rd Wednesday of the Month) *
Mini Match Play Event - August 15 - https://www.facebook.com/events/1837164386585010/
Pinball Pinball Pinball Event - September 19 - https://www.facebook.com/events/239159806860148/
Progressive Strikes Event - October 17 - https://www.facebook.com/events/1004901296346030/

I wanted to share a few items.

We now have a Firepower at PinCrossing, and we've modded it to include drop targets like the original prototypes!

We also have two events this week:

* Summer League Session #2 - Wed Aug 8: https://www.facebook.com/events/929294997280897/
* PinCrossing Summer Classic - Sat Aug 11: https://www.facebook.com/events/252623025291327/

We are very excited for the Summer Classic this weekend! Weather pending, we're going to open up the patio and put some extra games out there. We've also got some cool Firepower-themed shirts for sale, and the event should be a lot of fun! We've upped the amount of the machines in the event and the number of tickets that you can purchase. More details can be found on the Facebook page.

We'll also be streaming the event thanks to RAGE TILT PINBALL: https://www.twitch.tv/ragetiltpinball

WE ARE LOOKING FOR SCOREKEEPING VOLUNTEERS! Anyone who volunteers for an hour will receive 4 free tournament tickets (a $10 value). If you are interested, please drop me a line at [email protected] and I'll provide access to the sign-up sheet.

Looking forward to seeing people this weekend!
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We just wanted to share a few quick notes about the Summer Classic!

If you're interested to help with scorekeeping, please drop a line to [email protected] and we'll send you a link to the sign-up document. We'll provide four free entries for every hour volunteered.

Qualifying is 11:30am to 4:30pm
Limited Best Game
7 Games Count
Max 16 Tickets

We will use the same Best Game scoring that was present at PinFest (modified 97.5% Decay Rate) that offers a greater points reward for achieving a Top 12 position.
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We are planning to have an expanded bank of available games in the pool (12 to 14), which is larger than at prior Summer Classics. The exact games will be announced the morning-of after we finish our final tech inspections. We will be using NeverDrains and are planning on using the self-queuing portion of the software.

Finals Start at 5:00pm

Top 16 make A Finals
Next 8 make B Finals
Next 8 make C Finals

A Division - PAPA-Style Finals on Three-Game Banks
B & C Division - Group Knockout 4-Strike Aussie Format (0/1/1/2)

With this format, we will evaluate to 100% TGP.

Finally, the t-shirts are in! We'll be selling them at the event.

We're looking forward to seeing everyone this weekend! Let us know if you have any questions.

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What's this? A second Firepower?!? Thanks to one our league members, we're adding a second Firepower to the Summer Classic on Saturday. This one will be hanging out on the porch and we'll use it for a fun side game.

We're still looking for scorekeepers! For every hour you scorekeep, you'll get 4 tournament entries. If you're interested, please sign-up at the linked spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HfVFWSQMGpvOOjp417XJIdU1BCJMFwyP86LO0dJxduE/edit#gid=0

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Thank you to everyone who came out to PinCrossing this weekend for the Summer Classic!

We had 38 people attempt to qualify for Finals across 15 machines. We even put four machines out on the porch for some awesome outdoor pinball!

Congrats to our event winners!

A-Division:
1. Jason Zahler
2. Jay Steinberg
3. Jay Robinson
4. Ed Zeltmann

B-Division:
1. Steve Zahler
2. Stephen Haberman
3. Ryan Altermose
3. Francesco La Rocca

C-Division:
1. Dave Peller
2. Josh Sosnin
3. John Moran

Side Contests:

Closest-Without-Going-Over Winners
Mike Pantino
Sarah Hopkins

Simpsons Project Pinball Charity Contest Winner
Jason Zahler
$30 was raised for Project Pinball!

Firepower Top Qualifiers
Winners of some sweet Summer Classic coasters
1. Brandon Service
2. Jay Steinberg
3. David Schumeister

Many thanks go to:
- Rage Tilt Pinball for broadcasting the whole day, including finals!
- Joe Miller, Brandon Service, Brian Service, and Michael Reimer for hauling extra games to the event
- The crew at Railroad Bar & Grill for letting us host and serving up delicious food all day!

Our next event is a "Mini Match-Play Event" this upcoming Wednesday! - https://www.facebook.com/events/1837164386585010/

The main photo album is on Facebook, but I've included a few photos below:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/Pincrossing/photos/?tab=album&album_id=1487137284721717

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Kicking up an old thread to mention two upcoming events:

Flip Frenzy Tournament on Wednesday, August 21 -> https://www.facebook.com/events/487025965193537/

We're also revitalizing the League format to be different than what has been run the past few years. -> https://www.facebook.com/events/380639802638997/

The regular season will run across five different one-night sessions. Your best three nights count towards the season standings, and a Finals Night will be held among all competitors split into A, B, and C Divisions.

It's still a match-play format where you will play four different machines and be grouped with various players. You will earn points based on your performance which will contribute to your placement in the end-of-season playoffs.

Session Dates:
September 4
September 11
September 25
October 2
October 9
Your best three of five nights will count towards your playoff standings.

Finals - October 23

League Nights start at 7:20pm

Cost for League Participation is $20 (plus venue coin drop) which will go to fund the end-of-season trophies, prize pool, and IFPA fees. Guests are allowed (and encouraged!) and will not have to pay the league fee until their second night of participation.

Full Rules document will be shared as we get closer to the season.

Information about the Summer Classic:

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Join us for our 7th annual Summer Classic event! Featuring famous Railroad Street Bar & Grill food, t-shirts, trophies, craft beer and of course all your favorite pinball machines!

This year we are featuring a Match Play Tournament and will host 40 players at the event.

The event will take place on September 28, 2019. Sure, that might technically be “Fall”, but we’re going to go with “Late Summer” instead.

Registration for the event will open on Friday, August 23 at 12:00pm EDT. The registration link will be posted on this page: https://pincrossing.wordpress.com/2019/08/19/7th-annual-pincrossing-summer-classic/

Main Tournament
September 28, 2019
Doors Open at 11am for Practice
Event starts at 12pm
12:00pm to 3:00pm – Match Play Qualifying (Seven Rounds)
3:30pm – Approximate Finals Start Time
5:00pm – Side Contests Conclude

A Division Finals : 1st-16th (Group Round Robin)
B Division Finals : Everyone Else (Three-Strike Fair-Strike Finals)

Event Cost is $40 and includes:

* Voucher for an Alcoholic or Non-Alcoholic beverage of your choice
* Voucher for a sandwich or other food item from Railroad
* IFPA Fees for the event
* Coverage for event expenses (costs for additional machines, ticketing site fees, event supplies, etc.)
* Coverage for coin drop during qualifying
* Contribution to the prizes for the pool

We anticipate that there will be no cash prizes after expenses. Winners will receive non-cash prizes which will include trophies, t-shirts, pinball swag, and sweet sweet WPPR points.

Event T-Shirts (made by the wonderful folks from Rage Tilt Pinball) will be available for sale at the event.

Many thanks to our event supporters:
Railroad Street Bar & Grill
Rage Tilt Pinball

We're also going to have a IFPA Charity Side Contest benefiting To Love a Canine Rescue, Inc.

Full Rules document will be shared ahead of the event.

Please note – timing and format are subject to change based on requirements of our venue and sponsors.

We have the trophy ready to go for the Summer Classic!

Registration for the PinCrossing Summer Classic will open today (Saturday, August 24) at 12:00pm EDT. (Apologies, as some of the prior correspondence said Friday, August 23).

We are using EventBrite to manage registration. When you register, you will receive instructions on next steps for payment via PayPal.

Entry fee is $40.

https://pincrossing.wordpress.com/2019/08/19/7th-annual-pincrossing-summer-classic/

You will also have the option of reserving a t-shirt ahead of the event.

If tickets sell out, a waitlist will be created on EventBrite.

Looking forward to seeing people at the event!

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Announcing the Jay's Place New Year's Eve Pinball Party! Because New Year's is in the middle of the week, we're going to wait a few days and have the event the weekend following New Year's.

Tickets sales will go live on December 7, 2019 at 12 noon.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jays-place-new-years-pinball-tournament-tickets-84837056921

Doors will open at 11 am and competition will start at 12 noon. This will be a casual Match Play format with A, B, and C Division finals so all skill levels can enjoy the fun.

The entry fee covers lunch, snacks, drinks, dinner, prizes and a trophy for our champion. We'll also have some fun side contests for everyone to try!

Main Format:
4-Player Match Play Qualifying
12pm to 4pm, followed by Finals
25 TGP Expected

Classics:
Unlimited Attempts on a select few side games
Top 4 will play in a Multi-Match Play format
13 TGP Expected

One-Ball Challenge
Limited Attempts on a single game set to one ball
Top 4 will play a single game set to one ball
1 TPG Expected

...And other non-IFPA events!

See document for more details:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Rox1mOf6QNDa6YynAQz3CsnOGdlkp9m2KBm3AqvCUd4/edit"

Hey Everyone! An exciting announcement today regarding the Pennsylvania State Championships for 2020:

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PinCrossing is proud to announce that we will be hosting the 2020 Pennsylvania State Pinball Championships!  The event will be held in January 2021 and will feature the Top 24 players in the state.  All Pennsylvania-based IFPA events across the state will earn points towards the State Finals at PinCrossing, located within Railroad Street Bar & Grill.  We’ll be doubling-down on our efforts to give regional players as many chances as possible to quality for the Pennsylvania State Championships.  Sign up for our newsletter and stay tuned for upcoming events!  http://eepurl.com/c0CM45 

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Oh, hello everyone. Long time, no speak.

PinCrossing IFPA League is back with a Team Twist.

League: Wednesday Aug 4, Aug 11, Aug 18, Aug 25, Sep 1
Finals: Wednesday Sep 8
7:20pm

$5 each night, or $20 gets you all five weeks + Finals

Five Weeks of Best Game Qualifying
Four Games Played Each Night
Each Week you are grouped with a Team to play games together to earn bonus points towards Individual standings
Best 3 of 5 Weeks Count

Finals Format:
7-Strike Fair Strike Tournament ( A & B )
Top 8 Make A Finals
Everyone Else Makes B Finals

Facebook Invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/1431265597229254

Rules at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YjIeBbygUvPdmwH3IfHXK8-_kEkmQl_L-tXTz49x9aY/edit