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

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.

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!