The obligatory who won Chicago Pinball Expo 2018 thread.
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Chicago Gaming with that sweet ass MBr, but American pinball a close second with that sweet October Fest
Lake Havasu City, AZ
Berk, whilewhile the crowds were down, and the participant bright games were down, expo itself was way more fun, no yelling, everyone was relaxed. There is now a chance that expo will continue rather than die as was happening before. Are there issues, yes. Berk needs to convince poodle to bring games. If he didn't bring a ton, John P didn't bring a ton, and the ghost didnt literally full a room, this would have been pretty barren. Thanks to them, and the regulars who did bring game this was a success.
Saskatoon, SK
Everybody won, for the show didn't have MP involved with it. Expo took a MP dump, and got rid of a large part of the problem with the show. Good for Berk, good for Expo, good for pretty much everyone in pinball. Now if they would focus a little more on the people instead of the industry (video was a good start, timing of open rooms would be another) it would become more of a pinball show than a pinball conference.
Can we really say American Pinball won when they had 15 Houdinis and nobody playing them?
Also super surprised about how sorta quiet and flat Pirates did. I definitly like dialed in better. Sorta anti climatic for jersey jack, there.
I think the more important discussion is who lost.
Remember last year when Stern had their dark night, and the company was literally destroyed overnight since they didn’t have some flashy new wares to show off? We haven’t heard from Stern since and probably
Never will again.
So who experienced a horrific Dark Night at expo this year?
Quoted from Vino:If “winning” an expo means securing real orders from homeowners and now operators, that’s CGC.
Yes that would be a win!
Quoted from Doctor6:Can we really say American Pinball won when they had 15 Houdinis and nobody playing them?
Also super surprised about how sorta quiet and flat Pirates did. I definitly like dialed in better. Sorta anti climatic for jersey jack, there.
The Houdini’s in the AP booth and in booths of our distributors were played nearly non-stop, the 10 or so against the wall were only being used by the tournament.
We won. Fun show. Thanks to organizers, vendors, manufacturers, speakers and people who brought their machines to share.
Quoted from JY64:#4 JJP known for stealing the show has nothing to show
And may never again either.........
Quoted from Sarge:...closes door, was looking for tourney winners and to see if I won the DEADPOOL raffle
Some Sebastian guy won the DeadPool raffle.
Quoted from Elix72:Antar won expo!
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Awesomeness!!
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Quoted from Eskaybee:I'd have to say JPOP won expo for making it out of there alive.
He was actually there??
John
Quoted from JY64:#1 CGC MB
#2 American Pinball Oktoberfest
#3 Stern same shit different expo no reveal
#4 JJP known for stealing the show has nothing to show
Was there no JJP POTC there to play?
Yeah he was there for the deep root seminar as has been advertised for months.
It was pretty brutal. he was peppered with questions by the audience about the zidware scam. He was booed. Some pissed off dude actually had to be restrained from attacking him, and the entire seminar was ended early dude to the ruckus.
Psyche! None of that shit happened and if you didn't know the back story you'd have no idea he's a hated pariah. It appears the deep root thing is gonna keep rolling on, and as far as I can tell the zidware victims are hoping the agreement thingee works out and they finally end up with some games.
Quoted from Ericpinballfan:Was there no JJP POTC there to play?
There were three of them in the main vendor hall.
Quoted from Doctor6:Can we really say American Pinball won when they had 15 Houdinis and nobody playing them?
Also super surprised about how sorta quiet and flat Pirates did. I definitly like dialed in better. Sorta anti climatic for jersey jack, there.
Most of those were for tournaments.
Quoted from CrazyLevi:Yeah he was there for the deep root seminar as has been advertised for months.
It was pretty brutal. he was peppered with questions by the audience about the zidware scam. He was booed. Some pissed off dude actually had to be restrained from attacking him, and the entire seminar was ended early dude to the ruckus.
Psyche! None of that shit happened and if you didn't know the back story you'd have no idea he's a hated pariah. It appears the deep root thing is gonna keep rolling on, and as far as I can tell the zidware victims are hoping the agreement thingee works out and they finally end up with some games.
LOL......you had me going there for a second. 
John
Quoted from Dayhuff:LOL......you had me going there for a second.
John
Did you make it there John?
Quoted from yancy:Mike Nogle won Expo with his black & white Twilight Zone.
That was fantastic! The only TZ I would ever consider owning , beautiful.
I could say something corny like “Fun” but then someone wound post that FUN stands for F*cked Until Numb or some other nonsense so I’ll say something from the heart. I think pinball won. What I saw is a budding homegrown grassroots pinball resurgence and though money puts gas in the tank, its the passion that drives the car. I had fun and bought a new pinball machine. So I won. My vote was CGC, but maybe because I bought a MBrLE, I am biased.
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