It is the final night of the regular season for our fall league!  The standings are very tight at this point so we should have an exciting evening. We will draw the game of the week randomly before start tomorrow night. The following Tuesday, December 12th, will be our league finals night! Plan to spend a bit of extra time down there that evening as the finals typically last a bit longer. We can also discuss if you guys would rather have finals as one large bracket or split the finalist in half between an A & B division.

Splitting would likely speed up the finals night, and it increases the WPPR point value of the league season. Keeping it as one bracket has the advantage of anyone could end up winning and we are one large group playing together. I’m fine with whatever people prefer, a survey is posted below to share your opinion if you care at all.

Start marking your calendars as the tournament dates for our monthly 3-strikes have been set for 2018! As always they will still be held on the 3rd Tuesday of the month. We will continue with the start time of 7:30 PM that we started this month.

The dates for our Winter season have also been established. Our Fall season will wrap up on December 12th and we will take about a month off during the holiday season before we start up the Winter season 2018 on January 9th at 7:30 PM. All dates have been submitted to the IFPA and should be approved in the near future,  UPDATE EVERYTHING WAS APPROVED OVER THE WEEKEND! See you all for some pinball in 2018!

Purple indicates league night, Green indicates monthly tournament.

Well here we come approaching the last week of the season and the championship is still up for grabs! We had a relatively small turnout last night due to some work, vacation, and health issues making their way through our league but fun was still had by those in attendance. Below are the standings.

Next’s weeks game of the week will be drawn at the start of the night from games that we have not yet used this season so that there is no unfair advantage given to anyone. Week 8 will wrap up our regular season and on December 12th we will have our finals tournament night! See everyone next week.

In the continued theme of play it before its gone the game of the week will be Star Trek Premium! Same start time as usual 7:30 down at Main Street Amusements, this is week 7 and next week will be our last week of the season followed up by finals on December 12th. Hope to see everyone there tonight.

UPDATE: Sunday’s charity tournament for Henry House raised $434 when coin drop was all totaled up! Again huge thank you to everyone who came and played!

Lafayette had quite the week for competitive pinball as Main Street Amusements hosted their monthly 3-strikes tournament on Tuesday before Thanksgiving and Jerilee’s Pub hosted their first IFPA event with the Henry House 4-Strikes Tournament. The event at MSA saw Larry Schmitt become an IFPA ranked player, and the event at Jerilees added five new players to the IFPA rankings. Also a big thank you to everyone who came out to the Henry House tournament and helped raise funds for that project. With entry fees and donations we raised $290, coin drop will be counted up later today and added to the total for the donation. The full results are below for both events.

Results November 3-Strikes Tournament Head to Head
1 Tommy Skinner
2 Keith Alyea
3 Dan Isaacson
4 Travis Hockemeyer
5 Matt Peace
5 Dan St. John
7 Kim Coghill
7 Ron Languell
9 Tom Vandenberg
9 Larry Schmitt
11 Mike Burgess

Results Henry House 4-Strikes Tournament Group Knockout format, only last place taking a strike.

1, Matt Peace
2, Jason Werdrick
3, Tommy Skinner
4, Keith Alyea
5, Bob Twichell
6, Phil Mowers
7, Mike Burgess
8, Chuck Jackson
9, Casey Taylor
10, Mark Uncapher
11, Tom Vandenberg
12, Daniel Isaacson
13, Rick Dunkin
14, Craig Farner
15, Paul Meredith
16, Chris Hill IN
16, Brandon Edging
18, Nick Leuck
19, Nik Emerick

Only two tournaments left at Main Street Amusements this year! Be there tonight for our November 3-Strikes Tournament, $5 entry fee + coin drop,  all money paid back out in prizes to the top 4 finishers. 7:30 PM start time! A random opponent, on a random machine. Play until there is only one person left standing! Some of your last chances to move up the IFPA rankings for 2017!

Below are the current top 30 players in Indiana. The State Championship Tournament is just over two months away on January 20th in Indianapolis!

Just your friendly reminder that tomorrow night is the monthly 3-strikes tournament! We hope everyone can make it out and enjoy some competitive pinball. We will start at 7:30 PM, $5 entry fee, random opponent on random machines, and play until you lose 3 games or are crowned the champion of the month! Any questions please let me know otherwise see you all tomorrow!

Here are your standings after 6 weeks of our Fall Season! A mere 12 points separate 1st place from 10th place as we head into the final stretch of the season. Remember that if you want to play in the finals tournament at the end of the season you must play in at least 3 weeks of league play to be eligible. 

Also a reminder that next week is our Monthly 3-Strikes Tournament. $5 entry fee to play and all money is paid back to the top 4 finishers. The more the merrier so bring some friends out to give tournament pinball a try. TOURNAMENT WILL START AT 7:30 PM! This is 30 minutes earlier than previously, I will remind everyone again early next week but plan accordingly! Random opponent on a random machine, keep playing until there is only one person without 3-strikes. See you all next Tuesday @ 7:30!

Just your friendly reminder that tonight is league night, week 6 down at MSA, and the game of the week is Game of Thrones Premium since winter is coming. We will start at 7:30 PM like always.

Other important reminders that next week, 11/21/2017, will be our monthly 3-strikes tournament. We will start at 7:30 PM,  NOT 8PM as we have in the past and we will return to our head to head format as we have traditionally done instead of the group format that we tried in October.

Lastly, there is a charity tournament at Jerilee’s Pub on Sunday, November 26th. It will be a 4 strikes tournament. The entry fee is $10 + coin drop. All entry fee money and coin drop will be donated to my friend’s charity, Henry House.

What is Henry House?

The purpose of Henry House, Inc. is to build a universally accessible, adaptable residence, where individuals with physical disabilities and able-bodied individuals live together to experience the dignity and self-respect that comes from contributing to their community. It is an intentionally inclusive environment that allows individuals to live at the highest level of independence possible, while fostering a sense of community by utilizing the model of cooperative housing.
Henry is a 23 year old man with physical challenges. He utilizes a wheelchair and needs daily attendant care. Henry is funny, intelligent and great with numbers. He is an assistant Director of Basketball Operations for Purdue Women’s Basketball. Henry cannot live independently without assistance, but he has so much to offer the community.
While Henry is the inspiration for this new home, he is far from alone. Many individuals in our own community, including our Nations Veterans, require attendant care but are capable of actively engaging in the community. There are others with varying physical challenges. 

What would Henry House provide?
Currently, in Indiana there are many group homes that serve all disabilities. To our knowledge, there are no residences that specifically provide what Henry House seeks to offer – an integrated, cooperative home. This is a new model. It is designed to create a self-sustaining, intentionally inclusive community, which will empower those with physical needs to be a valued part of the community at the highest level. Its intended location is close to Purdue, near services, such as banks, drug stores, sports arenas, classes, performing arts, markets and eateries.
What would the Henry House include?
This residence is being designed to accommodate individuals with physical challenges and also able-bodied individuals. It will follow a cooperative housing model, where all residents will contribute to the daily operations of the house. Each resident with physical challenges will have private adapted space where support services can be offered. Primary care services will be the responsibility of the individuals living there and not tied to the residence. Able bodied residents can rent private rooms with a bath. The key to the success of Henry House is to engage the community, like students, in nursing or engineering or pharmacy. These individual would be offered reduced rent in exchange for support services. Henry House would have a kitchen and other common living areas to promote positive social engagement and friendship and to foster a sense of community that welcomes all. The key to its success is to engage the community.

This tournament will be played in groups of 4 with only the person finishing in last place taking a strike. The idea is it makes the tournament last longer, raises more funds for the charity, and allows everyone to hang out and socialize a bit longer on the day. Important reminder this tournament is located in the bar so only people 21+ will be able to play. The bar is attached to a bowling alley that does have a family arcade side (no pinball sorry) if anyone is thinking of bringing down the family with them and worried about them having something to do. There will also be food and drinks available for purchase at the venue. Celebrate the end of Thanksgiving weekend with some pinball and a bit of charitable work while having some fun!

If you plan to attend please RSVP on the Facebook Event Page so that we can have a rough estimate of the number of players to expect. Also please feel free to invite friends and family for a good time, hope to make this event large and fun!

We are now officially past the halfway mark of the fall season. We had two members return to the league this week, great to have Andy and Terry back, both putting up awesome weeks with 16 points! Tommy came away with the lead in group 1 this week with 16 points, Tom won in group 2 with 17 points, Danielle in group 3 with 17 points, and Andy and Terry Vandervate in led group 4 tied with 16 points each. Below are the full standings after week 5. The game for week 6 next week will be Game of Thrones in honor of the fact that it feels like…..Winter is Coming!

Click the picture to watch a tutorial on Game of Thrones Premium