San Francisco, CA
Actually Josh Sharpe said on the Coast to Coast Pinball podcast that people have the right to play in the lowest division they are able to and should. I kinda disagree since I feel like I'd wanna play in the highest one I could (at Pinburgh last year I was more a "C" player but if you were on the bubble you could tell the organizers if you wanted to bump up or down and I picked up into B). I get why it is more fun to play down since you have a better chance at the money and glory, but I think I just like being punished 
Oh and on the EM thing, they rock - I used to dislike them too and in fact at Pinburgh I did beat the Pinburgh champ (Jim Belsito) on only one game in the group we were in and it was an EM
