Just your friendly weekly reminder that we have league night tomorrow at 7:30 PM down at Main Street Amusements! The game of the week is Batman ’66 and its new .80 code! Be there same Bat-time, same Bat-location!
As some of you know we have done Pinsgiving the last few years as my house, yes it is a made up holiday by me and hallmark with the intent of selling a few extra cards. This year we are doing something a bit different with it. I hope that a lot of you can make it.
Pinsgiving this year will be a charity tournament to help my friend, Henry Dukes’, charity 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.”
We are going to use the Pinbowling format for qualifying, by playing 10 frames. Followed by an A & B division finals splitting the qualifiers in half between the divisions. Finals will be completed in 4-player groups until we have a winner. The games will be WWF Royal Rumble, Metallica, Congo, The Shadow, Fish Tales, Prospector, Baywatch, Viking, and two more to be announced in the coming weeks. The tournament entry fee will be $10, and coin drop will still be required on the machines. All entry fee money and coin drop will be getting donated to Henry House for that day. There will be awards for the Champions.
Pinsgiving is something I have celebrated at my house with friends the past few years, sharing my pinball collection and a meal with people I am thankful to have in my life. This year I’m hoping to share the same idea with a larger group of people and actually help with a great cause at the same time. The games are located in Jerilee’s Pub so players will have to be 21+, but the bar is attached to Market Square Lanes so those of you with family and young ones could spend some of the time with them on the bowling alley side and enjoy the family arcade available over there as well.
The tournament qualifying will start at 12:00 PM on Sunday, November 26th, and end at 5:00 PM. Finals will begin immediately after qualifying. Hope to see a lot of you there and more details will be posted in the weeks to come.
Hey, everyone, I have a few machines over at Jerilee’s Pub in Market Square Lanes. If you are looking to play even more pinball we have a novice league starting up on Thursday’s at 8PM. Anyone, well anyone 21+, is welcome to play but it is aimed at helping out people newer to pinball especially. There are no IFPA points or anything like that, at the end of the season, we will have a small tournament and prizes for the top finishers. All the games are $.50 or $.25 for EM’s. It is definitely no Main Street Amusements but it is still a good time. Feel free to come and bring some friends. The bar has food and drinks available for purchase and there is bowling and a redemption arcade on the family side.
Also, we have FREE PLAY Wednesdays! All machines are set to free play from 6 PM-Close on Wednesday so come and get in your practice for league tonight. Don’t forget to tip your bartender.
Games are NBA JAM, WWF Royal Rumble, Metallica Pro, Congo, The Shadow, Fish Tales, Prospector, and Baywatch.
The standings at the halfway point of the season have been updated. At this point, your two lowest performing weeks are now dropped off from your season score (indicated in red text under drop weeks). Hope everyone had a good Halloween and a fun night of league, hard to believe next week we will be playing in November already. Below are the latest standings.
Dan St. John came away with the win in group 1 last night, Matt in group 2, Tommy in group 3, and Craig in group 4.
Next week we will play Batman ’66 with its new .80 code update as our game of the week.
Tips on new code from a really good player out of Michigan.
Yes its Halloween, but it’s also League Night! Throw on that costume and head on down to Main Street Amusements for some league play starting at 7:30. The game of the week is The Walking Dead. Hope to see everyone there tonight!
This year the Indiana IFPA State Championships will be hosted at Centerpoint Brewing in Indianapolis. The tournament date has moved up this year and is now on January 20th. Bud is the operator at the location which opened about 6 months ago and features lots of great titles. Centerpoint is located at 1125 E Brookside Ave, Indianapolis, IN, 46202. The doors will open at 11 AM for 1 hour of practice, and the tournament will start promptly at noon.
There will be at least 10 machines available on the day of the tournament. Their current lineup includes Aerosmith Pro, Spider-Man VE, Game of Thrones Pro, Ghostbusters Pro, Medieval Madness Remake, The Getaway: High Speed II, and World Cup Soccer. The lineup could of course change as it is a public location and we will do our best to notify everyone if/when that happens.
As always this tournament invites the top 16 players in the state to compete against one another in best of 7, head to head series of matches until we crown a new IFPA State Champion. There is a $20 entry fee per player, $16 is subtracted from the pot to pay for the new IFPA tournament fee ($1 per player), and then the rest is awarded in cash prizes to the top 3 finishers. Tons of more information is available on the IFPA Website regarding the State Championship Series (SCS) if you have any questions feel free to check there or reach out directly to me. If you are currently ranked in Indiana lookout for an email in the first week of January inviting you to participate. Good luck in the final two months of the year in making moves in the standings! See everyone in Indianapolis in January!
Week 3 full results are in and standings are updated. Terry Schmitt rejoins us and comes in and kicks ass putting up 16 points winning group 3 on the night. We got a new member, Mr. Jake Dickover, thanks a ton for coming out and playing with us. Hope to see you back next week! Matt edged out Tom in group 2 putting up 17 points, and in group 1 Dan St. John continued this seasons domination putting up 15 points to win the group on the night.
Thanks for a great turnout, and hope to see everyone next week for week 4! It being Halloween Night I think it is only fair that we play The Walking Dead as our common game next week, kill those zombies!
Here are a couple of great tutorials for The Walking Dead pinball machine.
Costumes strongly encouraged!
Congrats to Matt on winning the monthly tournament last week, and thanks to everyone who came out and played! After getting feedback on the new format it seems that old format is preferred. We will go back to our traditional head to head 3-strikes in November. Thanks for giving something new a shot, and for providing feedback so we can try to make it the best experience for everyone. We have also gotten requests to start a bit earlier so that we aren’t out as late on a weeknight, so starting in November we will move the monthly tournament up to 7:30 PM start time just like all of our regular league nights. Mark it on your calendar Tuesday, November 21st, 7:30 PM, 3-Strikes knockout tournament at Main Street Amusements, prizes again brought to you by our sponsor Lafayette Brewing Company!
Also a reminder that week 3 of our Fall League is tomorrow night at 7:30 PM! Game of the week is Attack from Mars so every group will play that game, and the rest is up to the individuals you are paired with. Remeber that you can’t pick a game you have picked in the first two weeks so do your best to remember those before you get there tomorrow. See everyone there!
Title says it all. Get down to Main Street Amusements by 8PM to play in the monthly 3-Strikes tournament! $5 entry fee payouts to the top 4 finishers! First time doing group matchplay. Bottom two players in the group of 4 get a strike. Bottom two players in groups of 3 also get a strike! Good luck to everyone. I’m still away on vacation but will stay near WiFi tonight in case any issues arise. Big thank you to Lafayette Brewing Company for the awesome prize package as well!
Hey everyone here are your updated standings from Tuesday!
Next Tuesday, October 17th, is our Monthly 3-Strikes Tournament. The tournament will still use the 3-strikes format but will now be played in groups of 4 instead of head to head. The two players with the lowest scores on the game will take the strikes. Should make it a bit more of a social event and I hope everyone enjoys it! Starts at 8PM just like always and has a $5 entry fee!
The following week we will be playing Attack from Mars as our league game for week 3.
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