First off, congrats to the Region Rats on an epic victory in Team League 2019! They rose up from their second place regular season placement to win the championship by 1 point over Pindemonium Zwei! with the final game being decided on Stars! THE CUP will soon be emblazoned with their team name an individual members names as well. Thank you to everyone who came out and played in Team League. The time is now to start prepping for 2020! Get your teams ready!

Secondly congrats to Travis Kearney on winning the February Selfie Tournament last night! The battle was closely contested as it came down to all players having 3 strikes heading into the last couple of games. Travis finished at the top, Casey Taylor in 2nd, Tom Vandenberg in 3rd, and Michael Alexander in 4th. Thanks to all 17 players who put up scores for the month of February. Look to play Split Second and World Cup Soccer for March! Both games are still having some gremlins sorted out but are playable currently and will only get better throughout the month. You can now post your scores to Matchplay, you can write them down on the official score sheets that are attached to the games with magnetic clipboards, or you can just text them to me 574-596-2668. You have until the end of March to get those scores in. Below are the current standings for March.

Third, we start our new individual season on Thursday night at 8:30 PM. We will still be using pinballportal.com to enter our scores each night. The season will last 8 weeks, and your two lowest weeks will be dropped from the standings for your season total. The top finishers from the season will get to compete in the Hoosier Open Pinball Super-League Finals event at a date and time to be determined. They will face off against the top players from other leagues located around the state to determine an overall champion.

Lastly, don’t forget about the Indianapolis Lafayette Circuit Series. This Sunday the tournament is held at Tappers in Indianapolis. The 17th will be at Main Street Amusements in Lafayette, and the 24th will be at North End Pub. Each tournament just has a $1 entry fee plus coin drop. Battle the best players from around the state and earn those WPPR (World Pinball Player Ranking) Points!

And as always FREE PLAY WEDNESDAY will be here TOMORROW! A great night to get those scores entered for the selfie tournament!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the April Super-Selfie League! We were up to 15 competitors this month over the nine we had the first month which was nice to see. Last night the finals took place with eight participants.

Matt, Tommy, Keith, and Tom in “A” Division battled it out for some tokens! Craig, Dan I., Dan S., and Chris in “B” division fighting for pride and reputation. Matt and Craig would be driving the bus for their respective groups on the night. Before the finals began we agreed to a slight point change from PAPA scoring 4,2,1,0 to Pinburgh scoring 3,2,1,0 so to insure that all three games on the night would carry weight. In the end the decision paid off and led to multiple tie-breaker games being played demonstrating the equal skill level of all the players involved.

In “A” group Matt would pick Game of Thrones, Metallica, and Harlem Globetrotters but only coming away with victory on GoT. Tommy would come up with the wins on Metallica and HG, while Keith and Matt traded out 2nd and 3rd place on those two, Tom had a rare “off” night for him and brought up the rear of the group. After the third game Tommy and Matt were dead even in points leading to a mandatory tie-breaker. Matt threw a curve and elected to be second player forcing Tommy to choose between Demolition Man and Captain Fantastic; he chose Demolition Man. Heading into ball three they were seperated by under a 100 million points. Tommy was able to start a multiball and capitalize on a few jackpots while Matt’s ball three took and unfortunate bounce while targeting the multiball start shot and headed down the drain. Final results for “A” Tommy 1st, Matt 2nd, Keith 3rd, and Tom 4th.

In “B” group Craig chose Harlem Globetrotters, Metallica, and Captain Fantastic. Dan I. came away with a clean victory on Harlem only take a quick  fall into last place on the next two games. This allowed Chris and Craig to battle into a tie for 1st place, while Dan I. and Dan S. slid into a tie for 3rd. Both groups elected to play their tie-breaker on Game of Thrones. In the end Craig was able to edge out Chris in their tie-breaker, and Dan I. finally stopped his 2 game skid while clinching 3rd place from Dan S. Final restults for “B” Craig 1st, Chris 2nd, Dan I 3rd, Dan S. 4th.

Results have been submitted and approved by the IFPA, I may have made a mistake in submitting the value of the tournament but won’t be able to tell until they have posted the points, if I did I will get that corrected.