We have revamped philapinball.com to showcase upcoming regional Tournaments and Leagues!
The major change is the implementation of the Events Calendar.
We look forward to this website hopefully becoming a resource for local Philadelphia pinball players.
A copy of the following e-mail went out to all registered attendees of PracticeBurgh on July 4, 2018:
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Hello Everyone!
If you are receiving this e-mail, then you have registered for PracticeBurgh!
We are really excited that you are going to be joining us for what I hope will be an awesome event.
I just wanted to share some information and links to the group and offer to answer any questions that you may have.
Ticket Status
As of this note, we have 36 tickets of 48 sold so far for the event! If you know of someone who would like to register, the link is here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/phila-pinball-presents-practiceburgh-tickets-46790095435
Attendee List
Here is the Registered Attendee list: http://philapinball.com/practiceburgh-registered-guest-list/
Rules Document
We will be mirroring the Pinburgh ruleset as closely as we can, albeit in a condensed form. The rules document can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aSWRqeGxHucVKneM1Wm9NAKwdLwAK1P-jVBX9IP78AI/edit
Food and Snacks
As part of the entry free, we’ll be providing some food and snacks for the events. It will likely be Pizza or Hoagies along with a variety of chips and sweets. We won’t be providing beverages, so please bring your own or feel free to purchase drinks from the vending machine. If you have any food allergies that would prevent you from eating Pizza or Hoagies, could you flag that to our attention?
Game List
Since many of you are regular patrons of Pinball Gallery, can I ask you to please flag to my attention any games that may not be playing optimally or games that (in your opinion) should not be included in the event? If we know of challenges, I can pass them along to Bill and Sherry so that they are aware.
We have been categorizing games into “Early”, “Mid”, and “Late” to give us three groupings of games. When a round is drawn, everyone will be playing games within that group.
Side Contests
We’ll have a few side events happening during the event, including a TNA Reactor Competition, A “Closest Without Going Over” Competition, and perhaps a few more fun side events!
Pinball Gallery Members!
If you are a member of Pinball Gallery and haven’t requested your partial refund for already being a member, please let us know!
Questions?
if you have any questions, please do drop us a line!
Best,
Corey
Registered Attendee list for PracticeBurgh on July 15, 2018.
Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/phila-pinball-presents-practiceburgh-tickets-46790095435
Updated as of July 9, 2018.
Robert Choate
Christopher Chow
Mike Corica
Mike Corica +1
Casey Cuene
Joseph Fox
Joseph Fox Jr.
Nathaniel Gibson
Anne Gibson
Daniel Gilbert
Dave Gubernot
Beck Gusler
Matt Gusler
Chad Hastings
Sarah Hopkins
Corey Hulse
Richard Kennison
Sarah Line
Christian Line
Sue Lubanski
Kevin Lubanski
Rob Maerz
Marianne Pangia
Rick Prince
Jay Robinson
Victor Scelba
David Schumeister
Justin Semke
Brian Service
Brandon Service
Sanjay Shah
John Shopple
Bill Shupp
Nicholas Wahal
Todd Weber
Todd Weber +1
Ryan Weicker
Stephanie Yee
Allison Young
Joel Zingone
We have an announcement! We are excited to announce a single-day event ahead of Pinburgh called “PracticeBurgh”, which is a one-day Pinburgh-style event.
PHILA Pinball Presents PracticeBurgh
Sunday, July 15, 2018, 10am
Pinball Gallery in Malvern, PA
10 Rounds of Group Match-Play
Single Games on Various Eras of Machines
Split Into Divisions After Round 5
“Practice Finals” for all participants after Round 10
Tickets are available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/phila-pinball-presents-practiceburgh-tickets-46790095435#tickets
The cost is $35, which will cover all-day entry into Pinball Gallery, ticketing fees, and contributions to the Prize Pool.
We are capping the entry at 48 players. After those entries are sold out, we will maintain a waiting list. Refunds will be given up to seven days before the event.
A basic rules document is here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aSWRqeGxHucVKneM1Wm9NAKwdLwAK1P-jVBX9IP78AI/edit?usp=sharing
Please drop us a note at philapinball@gmail.com if you have any questions!
Here’s a mid-day Sunday update for today.
1. Nick Hislop – 800pts
2. Nathaniel Gibson – 800pts
3. Dennis DeLong – 765pts
4. Christopher Chow – 755pts
5. Christina Cimino – 720pts
6. Corey Hulse – 715pts
7. Dave Sharrar – 713pts
8. Harry Jackson – 702pts
9. Bill Shupp – 691pts
10. Michael Reimer – 685pts
11. Jay Robinson – 665pts
12. Dennis Gardner – 662pts
13. Cliff Albert – 653pts
14. Matt Deibert – 639pts
15. Brad Ladutko – 638pts
16. Matthew Gusler – 629pts
Please note that these standings here will differ compared with NeverDrains. There is a known bug on the site where two people with the same score will NOT be given the same amount of points, and it will randomly award one person the high score. We have two instances of ties right now:
Nathaniel Gibson & Nick Hislop are tied for #1 on Paragon
Dennis DeLong & Jay Robinson are tied for #1 on Doodle Bug
The scores above reflect the current actual standings adjusted for these point differentials.
Qualifying will end on Thursday. All scores MUST be submitted by 11:59pm on Thursday evening in order to be counted. We will attempt to perform daily updates of the scoreboard on MatchPlay.
Remember that the Top 32 people make A-Finals and everyone else is invited to participate in the B-Division Side Event. We will also have a set of fun side games at the events.
Let us know if you have any questions as we move through the final week of qualifying.
This is a general qualifying announcement about Batman 66 and JunkYard.
* We will NOT BE COUNTING scores on Batman 66 and that machine has been removed from Qualifying.
* We will be COUNTING JunkYard and those scores are now locked in.
A longer, in-depth explanation is below.
Batman 66 was removed from the floor of Chester County Sports Arena on approximately Feb 3, putting it well short of the 50% qualifying requirement.
We are aware the JunkYard has been removed from Barcade and has been replaced by a new machine. For the purposes of the Winter 2018 event, we will be COUNTING the scores on JunkYard as one of the 33 machines to be used for qualifying.
On our spreadsheet where we track, we count a machine as “On” if there are no reported problems. We turn a machine “Off” when someone reports an issue. With our current logic, we only turn it back “On” when we have a positive crowd-sourced indication when the machine is working again, otherwise we assume that it’s “Off”.
According to that logic, JunkYard has been working 43 of the 87 days, which is 49.43% or one single day short of counting.
We have definitive dates for when problems were reported, and subsequently when people indicated that it was working again. What we do not have are definitive dates on when a problem was fixed; only when people observed that it was functioning again.
For the original flipper problem, it was originally reported on Jan 29, and someone reported by a league participant that it was working again on Feb 17, a period of 20 days. What we don’t know is when the problem actually occurred and when the problem was actually fixed, which gives leeway in either direction as to when the problem occurred. However, when we mark a machine as “Off”, we only turn the machine back on when someone has made an effort to go to the location and report back that is is working. It may have been fixed before Feb 17, but we don’t know because it wasn’t reported. A subsequent flipper problem was reported on Feb 23 and reported “working” during a Philly Pinball Club event on Mar 8.
When we assess the situation on JunkYard specifically, the main problem with the game for an extended period was a loose, misaligned flipper that fundamentally changes the angles of the game and puts those playing the game in that state at a disadvantage vs those playing the game in the normal state. Fundamentally, the game was still working and those who choose to put a score up on it were welcome to do so.
Therefore, because our initial arbitrary metric of what constitutes a machine “On” or “Off” in conjunction with the fuzziness around when a machine may actually have been working again, we are going to count JunkYard for qualifying purposes.
We will be taking better action in subsequent seasons to get better clarity and confirmation on the active state of machines moving forward. Any questions or comments can be directed at myself or Casey.
Thank you,
Corey
Hello Everyone! A number of updates for today.
We have confirmed with Pinball Gallery the Start Times for Finals.
Pinball Gallery in Malvern, PA
March 31, 2018
Doors Open for Practice at 11:00am
Both A and B Division Will Start at 11:30am
Top 32 make A Division
All Others make B Division
Entry Fee will be $15 for an all-day pass. The majority of games that are part of the event will be on Free Play, however a handful of the machines in A Division and the Side Contests will be on coin drop benefiting the MS Society.
Here’s your current Top 12:
1. Nick Hislop – 800pts
1. Nathaniel Gibson – 800pts
3. Christopher Chow – 770pts
4. Christina Cimino – 755pts
5. Harry Jackson – 750pts
6. Dave Sharrar – 726pts
7. Michael Reimer – 711pts
8. Corey Hulse – 707pts
9. Dennis DeLong – 702pts
10. Brad Ladutko – 679pts
10. Dennis Gardner – 679pts
12. Bill Shupp – 678pts
Full Standings: http://philapinball.com/scoreboard/
Today’s Machine Notes:
* Batman 66 will more likely than not be pulled from the Standings. IFPA rules dictate that a game should be pulled from the standings if it is not present for at least 50% of qualifying. If the game is not back by Friday, it mathematically cannot reach 50% and will have be be removed. If the game is back by Friday, there is the potential for it to break 50% and will still count.
Game Status: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XsUdaeus2IJZZTDbAp85VM-yZx3rknNMobqg0hWndE8/edit#gid=958002109
Here’s your current Top 12:
1. Nathaniel Gibson – 800pts
2. Nick Hislop – 795pts
3. Christina Cimino – 775pts
4. Harry Jackson – 770pts
5. Christopher Chow – 750pts
6. Michael Reimer – 715pts
6. Dennis Gardner – 715pts
8. Dennis DeLong – 708pts
9. Matt Deibert – 688pts
10. Bill Shupp – 686pts
11. Erik Ryan – 671pts
12. Cliff Albert – 667pts
Full Standings: http://philapinball.com/scoreboard/
I’ve added a column to the Player Matrix that lets you see your Top 8 positions so you can quickly see which positions are counting towards your current standing. This will hopefully help players see what positions they need to go for as they are out and about playing. For example, mine says 3|4|5|5|6|9|11|12, which means I’m current counting a 3rd, 4th, 5th, 5th, 6th, 9th, 11th, and 12th towards my scores. http://philapinball.com/scoreboard/playermatrix.php
Today’s Machine Notes:
* JunkYard is assumed to be down still because of a wonky flipper again. Please let us know if anyone visits Barcade and sees that it’s fixed. This game is currently at 37% Days up, but will be pulled (and scores dropped) if mathematically can’t reach 50%.
* Batman is still fighting crime in Gotham and has not yet reappeared. This game is currently at 32% Days up, but will be pulled (and scores dropped) if mathematically can’t reach 50%.
* We have reports that SpiderMan shots to Doc Ock aren’t registering. We will still accept scores on this game, and it will still count for standings as it has exceed the 50% threshold.
Game Status: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XsUdaeus2IJZZTDbAp85VM-yZx3rknNMobqg0hWndE8/edit#gid=958002109