Deleted Pinball Scene from the film ‘Blended’
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Antidoto Design
A soccer promo.
Pin a Go Go is only Seven Months Away!
This pic will get out there anyway so I might as well post it…
Bonus hidden cow in this pic
Huge thanks to Brad Grant for opening his home and collection for the Pin a Go Go volunteer appreciation party. It was an awesome time.
The next PAGG is May 15 – 17, 2015. The show keeps getting better. Book your hotel/motel/No-tel spots early!
Tournament at Gestalt Haus 11/4
Hey folks. Recent bay area transplant Aaron Nelson will be hosting a tournament in SF. Details below
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Gestalt Haus along with Allagash is hosting a Pinball and Beer event to raise money for Pinball Outreach Project on Nov. 4th.
Qualifying: Will be open from 1:00pm to 9:00pm. If you sign up from 1-4 you will receive 6 chances, from 4-8 you will receive 4 chances. No player may sign up after 8:00pm. Entry is $20.
There will be four machines that players will compete on using only two balls per game to record their best score. The top 3 scores on each machine will advance to the finals. If any player has a top score on more than one machine, the only score that will count will be the machine located furthest to the left on the leaderboard. Therefore allowing the 4th score on the next machine to advance to the finals.
Finals: Will be 4 player single game matches. The 4 players with the highest qualifying scores per machine will receive a bye. The other two matches will consist of two 2nd place scores and two 3rd place scores randomly assigned. The machine played will be randomly assigned as well.
Prizes: The top 4 players will be payed out after the pot is split and half is donated to POP.
Side Tourney: There will be a single ball high score side event where the winner will receive a Big Bang Bar translite. Unlimited entries, $5 a try. The entire side tourney cash take will be donated to POP.
Allagash Beer Specials: The entire day there will be beer specials on limited, special, and unique Allagash beer. A portion of the proceeds from all Allagash beer sales will be donated to POP.
Hope to see you all there.
Giant Heinekin Pinball Machine
This thing puts the Magnificent Marble Machine to shame.
HSN Arcade Advert
HSN Advert. They don’t allow embedding so you’ll have to click here: vimeo http://vimeo.com/97545563
Full Tilt
Now this one is special. And who knew the god of pinball was Cee Lo Green with silver face paint?
The Morricones – Pinball
Andrei Massenkoff wins Ironman pinball machine!
Above: Andrei Massenkoff plays Ironman
PAPA 2011 World Champion Andrei Massenkoff defeated 15 other finalists in the RadioShack Pinball tournament to commemorate the lifting of the decades-old pinball ban in Oakland, CA. In addition to winning a $5000 pinball machine, Andrei also received $2500 cash to pay the taxes.
1 Andrei Massenkoff
2 Trent Augenstein
3 Hal Erickson
3 Neil Shatz
5 Dan Dempsey
5 Tim Hansen
5 Aaron Nelson
5 Mitch Tunick
9 Damien Charlety
9 Matt Willmarth
9 Chris Heilig
9 TJ Beyer
9 John Lautmann
9 Devon Kelly
9 James Squires
9 Walter Hurwitz
Big Lebowski Pinball Abides
The Onion has a feature article on Dutch Pinball‘s upcoming Big Lebowski machine.
http://www.avclub.com/article/amazing-prototype-big-lebowski-pinball-machine-abi-209821
Tim Arnold – Stop playing a boy’s game
The never-bashful Tim Arnold, the mind behind the Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas, drops an interview with www.casinotop10.net.
The full article and interview is here
Power of Four Pinball Tournament – Results
Last weekend I competed in The Power of Four pinball tournament. I had a great time!
The format was something new, and I always like to see this kind of innovation. The basic registration of $5 was coupled with $1 per entry for each game. All games were on free play. There were eight games to qualify on, but the twist this time was that if you scored top 4 on any game, you were guaranteed a spot in the playoffs. That really changes the expectations of players entering the event. If you know even one of the games, you have a shot at the whole thing.
The $5 registration fees were divided to the host and those who voluntarily brought potluck food. They weren’t expecting it, and it was pretty class move.
Damien Charlety was Tournament Director and his wife Holly deserves a lot of thanks for doing the scorekeeping and registration. Michael Hosier hosted at his home with an excellent collection of games and was also the grill master for the event.
Amazingly, I finished qualifying as 2nd seed. I didn’t expect this at all given guys like Walter Hurwitz, Jeff Fehervari and Damien Charlety were in the mix.
Buck Rogers was positioned directly opposite the side tourney in a tight hallway configuration, and moon-landings (i.e. when butts collide) were a guarantee for all punters. I think Buck Rogers got a bit less play because of that, but that’s exactly why I played it until I got the highest score. Will I brave man-ass for a higher seed? You better believe it.
Newcomer Amanda Kunzi brought her A game. We faced off in the Finals.
I was the higher seed and chose Gorgar for our first game. It was probably excitement, but I ended up tilt-failing, whereas I got away with some nice bumps in previous matches. Next game went to Star Trek LE, which Damien set up very tough. No ball save and no tilt warnings.
I knew Amanda knew this game very well. She was top qualifier on it with over 50M and dealt a thrashing to her previous-round opponent in the semis. I know ST okay, but I knew she was the better player going in. My main hope was a mistake on her part to take it to game 3 on F14 Tomcat, where I felt I had the advantage. At the end of her 3rd ball she put up a respectable 20M to my tilted-ball 2 of only 2M. I was in a tough situation, but not impossible. I started to mount a comeback with a stacked-Vengence and a Klingon ready to go, but tilted it all away like a chowderhead to end at 10M. Thems the breaks. But good for her.
Congrats to Amanda Kunzi!
Full Results Below
2 Jonny O.
3 Izzy S.
4 Adam P.
5 Walter H.
6 Jeff F.
7 Brad G.
8 Damien C.
9 Mike B.
10 Ann B.
11 Mike H.
12 Cassidy T.
13 David H.
14 Jenn C.
15 Bobby W.
16 Brandon T.
17 Juan B.
18 Avery H.
19 Debra H.
1 Damien C.
2 Walter H.
3 Adam P.
4 Jeff F.
5 Jonny O.
6 Amanda K.
7 Mike H.
8 Jenn C.
9 David H.
10 Bobby W.
11 Juan B.
1 Avery H.
2 Alex C.
3 Hannah B.
4 Matthew H.
5 Zabrina
6 Katrina C.
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