PinballMania is Coming…

Mark your calendars, Sunday, April 7th! The showcase of the immortals is taking place at North End Pub! This once a year event will coincide with WWE Wrestlemania. I’m putting the Indiana Matchplay Championship on the line! Taking place from 1 PM – 5 PM, battle against the greatest players from around the state in a group matchplay format tournament. At the end of 4 hours, the person with the greatest point total will be lay claim to the Indiana Matchplay Championship! If any players are tied they will face off in a one-game tie-breaker on a random machine.

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Following the conclusion of the tournament get ready to watch “The Premier Sporting Event of the Year!”, Wrestlemania 35! Will it be Kofi-Mania? Will Daniel Bryan save the Earth and all of us with it? Can The Man be held down by the Rowdy one and The Queen? Will Drax, aka Dave Bautista, vanquish HHH from Wrestlemania once and for all? Roman Reigns beat cancer, but can he beat a giant Scotsman with a Claymore in Drew McIntyre? Will Seth Rollins finally burn down Brock Lesnar?! All these questions and many more will be answered that night. Oh, and did I almost forget to mention it’s a pot luck dinner celebration?! Bring a dish to share with everyone as we wine and dine as only Nature Boy would do on this special night! As always food and drinks available at the bar all day long!

Make-Up Monday!

If you couldn’t make it down to the league last Thursday then tonight is your chance to get in those scores! Get to North End Pub by 8:30 and we will put you into a group to play your 4 games. Anyone can still play so bring some friends with you!

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Here is where you rank amongst all the players participating in the league from different locations around the state!

Also, don’t forget to play those selfie games on Split Second and World Cup Soccer! Here are the current standings.

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League Kicks Off Tonight! 8:30 PM! North End Pub!

Get down to North End Pub tonight for pinball league action! League will start at 8:30 PM, anyone can play. The league is free to join and will take approximately $2-$3 dollars in quarters to play your 4 games for the night. It lasts 8 weeks plus a finals tournament. Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

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Congrats and Reminders!

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!

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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.

 

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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.

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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!

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Let’s Get Ready to Rumbleeeeeee!!!!!!!

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Tonight is the Championship of Team League! Playing for The Cup is Pindemonium Zwei vs The Region Rats! The winning team will have them names permanently etched into the record books as well as onto The Cup!

RIP Tommy B vs the Super Jackpots will settle the placement for 3rd.

While the Doom Room and Pull & Pray will determine who sits at the bottom of the barrel for the next year. Team League will start around 8:15 as usual. Food and drinks are available all night at the bar, and fun is to be had by all!

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We also have a new machine to play! Say goodbye to TNA, and hello to Split Second! Split Second is a rare Stern Electronics widebody game designed by the legendary Harry Williams who designed games starting in 1932 all the way up to this one, his last production design in 1982. He worked on over 100 games during that time span. The game features an upper and lower playfield, 4 flippers, 11 drop targets, a timed U-turn shot, a ramp, springboard upper playfield exit, and a 3-ball multiball…the best part is it is only $.25 per game and will be one of our Selfie Tournament games for March which kicks off a day early, so put up those scores tonight! Hopefully, we should be adding another new game this weekend as well, World Cup Soccer! If we are able to get it set up this weekend we will make that our other Selfie Game for March.

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Also here are the updated standings for the February Selfie Tournament featuring The Shadow and Monster Bash. The top 8 players after tonight get invited to play in the 4 strikes finals tournament on Monday, March 4th at approximately 6 PM. Tonight is your last chance to get scores in for the tourney so enter one!

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Final Team League Standings!

The regular season has ended for Team League and next week all teams will play in a battle for finishing placement. The full stats for the season are below.
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The Championship Match next week will be #1 seed Pindemonium Zwei! vs. #2 seed Region Rats, winners will have their names permanently etched into THE CUP!

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#3 seed RIP Tommy B. will battle #4 seed, and former champions, Super Jackpots.

#5 seed Doom Room will face #6 seed Pull and Pray (ironic name based on recent announcements), to not place last in the league!

This will also be the last day of the month so get in those Selfie Tournament scores on The Shadow and Monster Bash as well!

I want to personally thank everyone who has come out and participated this season. It has been a ton of fun seeing everyone compete and still have a good time on Thursdays. Although next week will be the final week of team league, we will be starting up our next individual season on March 7th. Anyone is welcome to play in that as well.

Lastly, just a small reminder that this Sunday at 4 PM we have our monthly 4-Strikes Tournament! Just a $1 entry fee + coin drop to play in the tournament. Everyone is welcome to come and play.

Team League Tonight & Monthly Tournament on Sunday! New League Starts March 7th!

The title says it all, but tonight is Team League down at North End Pub, approximate 8:15 start time and every team will have two matches tonight. At the end of the night, we will know who is playing for The Cup next week!

Sunday @ 4PM North End Pub will host their monthly 4-strikes tournament. $1 entry fee + coin drop on the machines. The Indiana Matchplay Championship Belt will be on the line with the winner taking it home. Hope to see lots of smiling faces at the tournament.

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Lastly, we will be starting up our next individual league on March 7th. The league will play on Thursday nights at 8:30 PM. The league will last for 8 weeks and the finals tournament will have multiple divisions to crown champions in. Additionally, North End Pub has joined up with locations from around the state in Ft. Wayne, Evansville, Schererville, Attica, and Shelbyville to form the Hoosier Open Pinball Super-League … aka H.O.P.S. Each location hosts events on their own specific dates over the 8 week season and at the conclusion each location will send their top finisher(s) to compete in a major finals event. This is the inaugural season and we hope to learn and expand as we continue to move forward with the Super League concept.

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FREE PLAY WEDNESDAY!

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Get down to North End Pub tonight for FREE PLAY PINBALL! Tonight you will even get a special visit from Frankenstein, The Creature from the Black Lagoon,  Dracula, and more as Monster Bash makes its way into the bar for a guest appearance. That means it is the perfect time to enter scores for the February Selfie Tournament! Take a picture of your score on The Shadow & Monster Bash and submit them to the tournament to have a shot at making the finals!

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REMINDER Team League Double-Header on Thursday!

Just a reminder to everyone out there that Thursday night at North End Pub we will have our last night of the regular season for Team League! Every team will play two matches that evening and by the end of the night, I will be able to tell you who is playing for The Cup the following week. As always plan to start around 8:15 or so and we should still be wrapped up by about 10 even with the two matches. Looking forward to seeing everyone there, until then stay warm and stay safe!

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Team League Standings

Current Standings:

  1. Pindemonium Zwei! 3-0 with 21 team points
  2. Region Rats 2-1 with 16 team points
  3. RIP Tommy B 2-1 with 15 team points
  4. Super Jackpots 1-2 with 13 team points
  5. Doom Room 1-2 with 11 team points
  6. Pull and Pray 0-3 with 5 team points