Sort of emo

Who knew who was gay back in the 80s?  It was a confusing time.

WHEN: December 6th. We start playing at 6:30 PM; registration will be open from 5 PM to 6:20 PM.

Where: FREE GOLD WATCH  on 1767 Waller St (intersection Stanyan) in the Haight. Kezar Pavilion is nearby and has (pay) parking if you can’t find street parking.

HOW: Match play, 3 strikes and you’re out!

(Depending on the turnout, we may play the first few rounds as matches best of 1 instead of 3 to save time.)

WHY: Come on, wouldn’t it be cool to be the 2012 City Champ? All it takes is $5 and quarters.

WPPR: Yes! What is this? All participants will receive world ranking points depending on how
well they fare. Check out www.ifpapinball.com if you don’t believe me.

What do I do when my stomach starts growling? Run across Stanyan, where the Off the Grid
food trucks are set up just so you can get your grub on!

Prizes: The winner will receive a very cool t-shirt from Free Gold Watch and 50% of the prize
pot. 2nd place gets 25%, 3rd place 15% and 4th place 10% of the prize pot. There will be prizes
raffled out as well.

For more information: E-mail Per at barnburner101@yahoo.com

This is my Tuscan-style butter that I put on my 2x fiber “Poops-a-lot(tm)” english muffin every morning and IT’S NOT YOURS.

Prizes donated by:

(editors note: If you would like to donate a prize for this event, please email me at jonnynacho@gmail.com – shipping will be refunded via Paypal or personal check)

Hurricane Sandy has left an unfathomable number of families homeless, cold and hungry in the days leading up to the holiday season. As the Bay Area Pinball Community, let’s come together for one Saturday in November for a day of pinball and support our East Coast brothers, sisters, mothers and fathers with a charity tournament.

Tournament format is individual, double elimination head-to-head. Registration fee is $20 per person, with $15 of that going towards a charity donation to help with Sandy relief efforts. $5 goes towards the tournament prize pot.

Official web page: http://screwsandy.drunkentemple.com/

Want to register? Hit the Registration page. General information on the event and format can be found in the FAQ section. More detailed, official rules can be found on the rules page. Want to scope out your competition and who has pre-registered before you? Check out the Roster page.

Where: Phoenix Games, 445 I-A Treat Blvd. Concord, CA

When: November 17th 2012, 10 AM

Registration Cap: 40

Online Registration Closes: November 16th 2012, 10PM PST

On-site Registration Closes: November 17th 2012, 11:30AM PST

Current line-up of super fantastic maintained games is: Roller Coaster Tycoon, Johnny Mnemonic, Medieval Madness, Firepower, Doctor Who, Twilight Zone, Cactus Canyon, Addams Family, Shrek, Star Trek: TNG, Transformers, Guns ‘n Roses

This is a pilot of a show that TNT Amusements has been shopping around.

No tournament this night.  Hang out with friends, play pinball, have a drink, support a cause.  Come on OUT!

Where: Kimballs Carnival – 522 2nd Street, Oakland, CA

When: Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Come for pinball at 7:00. Comedy show starts at 8:00.

The Pinball Outreach Program’s mission is to improve the lives of hospitalized children during the downtime of treatment by bringing the game, history and excitement of pinball to Children’s Hospitals. Comedy and Pinball for a Cause will be holding a benefit for POP. The show is free but we will be passing around “the hat” to donate to this project. Also, all money made from the pinball play will be donated to POP (which include some of the best

Thanks to Steve Bowden for the link!

Who needs flippers when you’ve got hockey sticks?

Big thanks running this one to Per S, Damien C, Erin R and others.  It was a lot of fun and we actually finished on time.

Huge thanks to Playland not at the Beach for all their support.  Playland has been a super supporter of pinball over the years.  There were several first-timers at Playland and they were blown away.  Not really a surprise – Playland is truly something special and much more than just pinball.  You just have to experience it.

Pinball Magic unfortunately turned into Pinball Tragic and I had to yank it from competition early on.  The other unfortunate scenario was in the Finals when both Per and Kenley suffered situations where the coin door on Scared Stiff spontaneously popped open!  Yikes!  We dealt with the situations as best we could, but on the second instance we applied around 8 lbs of tape to ensure the other finals group didn’t have the same trouble.

Other than that, things went great

GRAND CHAMPION: Alex Samonte ($46 + Plaque)

2: Jonny O ($34 + Plaque)

3: Josh Lehan ($23 + Plaque)

4: Walter Hurwitz ($12 + Plaque)

5: Jim Vierra ($25 Playland Family Pass)

6: Kenley Fritts ($15 Playland pass)

7: Damien Charletty

8: Per Schwarzenberger (Raffle Prize Winner: Drop Target Zine)

9. Dan Schulman

10. Jeff Fehervari (Novice 4th: Plaque)

11. Matt Willmarth

12. Stephen Kleckner

13. Chris Lindboe (Novice 1st – $25 family pass + plaque)

14. Molly Reismann (Top Woman, Novice 2nd – $15 pass + plaque)

14. Erin Ray (Novice 3rd – plaque)

16. Max (Raffle Prize Winner: Pinball 101)

16. Echa Schneider

16. Darren Ensley

19. John Lautmann

20. Andreas Haugstrup Pedersen

21. Brittany Shoot

22. Elias Zamaria

23. Devon Kelly

First Place Kids: Peter Williams (Plaque + $15 pass)

Jean-Paul de Win discusses his animation work on The Wizard of Oz pinball game.  This is probably the most comprehensive preview of the LCD animation work currently available.