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JPA PinGolf Fall 2010 Tournament
begins September 8th
Sep 4th
Spring 2010 JPA season starts on September 8, 2010.
The PinGolf Final will happen one week after the end of the JPA League season.
The JPA PinGolf Tournament is WPPR certified! All players who participate will receive
World Pinball Ranking Points depending on how well they finish. You can be ranked among the best pinball players in the world!
A new season of the JPA PinGolf Tournament will run in conjunction with the JPA League starting September 8th. Last season, I was able to give away $300.00 in prize money and, of course, I hope that the pool will be larger this season. For more information about the way the tournament runs, what games are used, and how you can sponsor the tournament, go to the JPA PinGolf Tournament page.
Jersey Pinball Association Spring 2010 PinGolf Results
Jun 6th
Here are the standings for all participants in the 2010 JPA PinGolf Tournament. I look forward to doing it again next League season which starts in early September. Many thanks to all who played.
1st Jim Fordham
2nd Sanjay Shah
3rd Kevin Smigel
4th Ed Zeltmann
5th Paul Drabik
6th (TIE) Steven Bowden
6th (TIE) Frank Romero
8th Koi Morris
9th Mike Field
10th Joe Oesterling
Jersey Pinball Association PinGolf Final is Tomorrow
Jun 4th
Spring 2010 JPA season ended on June 2, 2010
The PinGolf Final will be on Saturday June 5, 2010 at 7:00 PM
After a wild flurry of PinGolf entries on the last day which caused a shakeup in the standings, the Jersey Pinball Association PinGolf Final participants have been determined.
In first place, with 18 strokes is Jim Fordham, recent winner of the JPA League Championship. In second place is Sanjay Shah, who came through with a great late entry under huge pressure on the last day. He posted a score of 20 strokes. In third place is Kevin Smigel, who posted a great score of 21 strokes earlier in the tournament, only to see it overtaken in the last minute by Sanjay.
Jim will start with a two stroke lead going into the first game of the Final, which will be the challenging, wide-outlaned, tilt-prone Monster Bash. The final will start at 7:00 PM on Saturday. The winner will receive a $180.00 cash prize, the runner-up will get $90.00, and the third place player will win $30.00.
The JPA PinGolf Prize Pool Passes $200.00!
May 6th
Spring 2010 JPA season ends on May 26, 2010
The PinGolf Final will be on June 2, 2010
The Jersey Pinball Association PinGolf Tournament is winding down for the season, but the competition is heating up. The Prize pool has just crossed the $200.00 mark this past week. This means that winner will win at least $126.00 in prize money. Jim Fordham remains in the lead with a strong showing of +7 (22) over the five Pin-Holes.
A new challenge has just been thrown into the mix as 8 on the Break arcade has just added STERN’s Iron Man in place of Whitewater. Because of this, I will need to set a new target score for Iron Man wherein I will play ten games and take the average score. As always, I wish good luck to all players. For those competitors who are looking to get into this season’s tournament or improve their standing for the PinGolf Final, start your entries now as time is running out.
EDIT: The new Iron Man PinGolf target score is 18,000,000 points.
JPA PinGolf Prize Pool Increases!
Apr 1st
Click here for the complete standings [PDF]
Thanks to the recent sponsorship of the tournament by Jim F. and more entries, the PinGolf Prize Pool is now at $125.00 as of today. It looks like Whitewater is becoming the easiest game of the five to get a hole-in-one as Paul D. scores an “ace” in his entry. Updated standings can be found at the Jersey Pinball Association PinGolf web page.
Click here to go to the JPA PinGolf page
JPA PinGolf is Underway! First Hole-In-One Achieved!
Mar 18th
Spring 2010 JPA season started on March 10, 2010
Click here for the complete standings [PDF]
The entries have started to come in for the Jersey Pinball Association’s Spring 2010 PinGolf Tournament. Plus two people have confirmed a sponsorship so the prize pool will increase again soon. We also saw the first hole-in-one which was achieved by Sanjay S. on Whitewater. Initially, players felt the target scores were to high to reach. Soon they found that, if they obtained and use their extra balls properly, the scores are in fact reachable. I will make an effort to post information on the JPA PinGolf Tournament on rec.games.pinball as well as on the 8 on the Break Facebook page and Twitter. Hopefully, this will foster more participation in this tournament.
Click here to go to the JPA PinGolf page
JPA Gauntlet Tournament T-shirt
Jan 19th
Presenting… the official Jersey Pinball Association Gauntlet Tournament T-shirt. The tournament sponsors will each receive one of these shirts at the beginning of the Spring 2010 league season. I would like to take time to congratulate the winners of the JPA Gauntlet tournaments: Andrew Drabik – winner of the Spring 2009 tournament, and Jim Fordham – winner of the Fall 2009 tournament. I also would like to thank those players who sponsored the tournament: Koi Morris, Jim Fordham and Ed Zeltmann. Next season there will most likely be a PinGolf style tournament in addition to traditional league play. I’m looking forward to next season’s competition. For those of you who are interested, the Jersey Pinball Association meets on Wednesdays for 10 weeks in the Spring and in the Fall. The next season will begin in early March, and new players are always welcome.
Nick interviews the Captain
Nov 14th
Interview with Captain Kirk – Owner of Castle Video
Nick from Arcade Hunters interviews “Captain Kirk” owner of Castle Video which is home to over 20 top-condition pinball games including the latest STERN games.
New STERN Investor
Stern Pinball Inc has a new investor and partner who hopes to turn the business around and halt the decline in sales over recent years.
One man working hard to bring pinball and other classic amusements back to Asbury Park is Rob Ilvento who built his business selling fried chicken under the Cluck-U-Chicken brand and French fries through the Jersey Shore Fries company. (Pinball News)
Michael Jackson, Sonic 3 Urban Legend Confirmed… Maybe
Urban legend confirmed! According to Michael Jackson’s composer, Brad Buxer, the King of Pop arranged the blips and bloops Sonic 3′s OST.
Unless, he didn’t.
Super Mario Bros. Series Unfair to Turtles
Tongue firmly in cheek, University of Pittsburgh student Ben Korman has penned a column decrying the way turtles are portrayed and treated in Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros. series of games.
Video Game War =/= Real Life War
“napalmstrikesback” uses his drug high to speak the straight truth about Modern Warfare 2 and other controversial games for nearly 9 minutes. If this is your brain on drugs, then I want what he’s having!
Jersey Pinball Association Gauntlet
We have a winner!
The Onion Sends Up Modern Warfare 2
This will be the realest representation of real war ever!
Dr. Mario with Lyrics
Brentalfloss teams up with DarkV to produce a magnificent parody of Dr. Mario
Pin Wall
“How do you take a normal building face and turn it into something interesting? With Pinwall, of course! This project was designed by Urban Screen who have gone about creating similar projects in the past although this would mark the first time pinball is involved.” (Arcade Heroes)
Until We Win – Super Castlevania IV
SCIV was one of the best games made for the Super Nintendo. “Lordcat” provides a very detailed strategy review on how to beat the game.
The Nostalgia Critic
Reviews 2 of the Sonic the Hedgehog cartoon series: Adventure of Sonic the Hedgehog and Sonic SatAM.
Until We Win – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
That fact that he (Lordcat) beat TMNT for the NES is an achievement. This video review is another one. Damn that dam level.
Et tu, Mario?
“Murder, looting, pizza theft, and other hazards of cooperative video-gaming.” (Slate)
A Shmups Documentary
“This is a French documentary from Gameone covering the evolution of the shmup genre.” (YouTube)
http://www.ugo.com/games/video-game-urban-legends/
“Get the extra ball, ya weiner!”
Nov 6th
Arcade HuntersBefore there was Grand Theft Auto there was… Death Race! Videogame violence indeed.
Star Fox in Iraq
Do a barrel roll! “Fighting terrorists is hard enough without a frog yelling at you.” (CollegeHumor)
Jersey Pinball Association Gauntlet
The JPA Gauntlet jackpot increases again, and we have a new game replacing Fish Tales: Whitewater. The goal for this game is 20 Million + Make a “Multi Millions” ramp shot for 4 Million.
Inside Akihabara
Videogame mecca of Japan
Once Upon a Pixel
“What if Katamari Damacy were a hard-boiled comic book?” (Destructoid)
Pacific Pinball Expo 2009
“Clips of the show, pin-tourneys, SF Bay area. For the best pinball tourney tips visit http://www.pinballvideo.com/”
Totally Rad Show
Time-lapse of The Totally Rad Show’s 24 Hour Gaming Marathon, benefiting the Texas Children’s Hospital, fighting pediatric cancer.
Video Game Dioramas
“Video game geeks are a creative bunch — especially those capable of creating artwork depicting characters and places most people over the age of 40 would never recognize. How do you take your game to the next level (pun intended)? Build fantastic dioramas of scenes from the best games ever made.” (Bitmob)
“Get in my belly!”
Oct 13th
Kirby Mario?Mario image parodies!
Bowser’s Inside Story
Zero Punctuation reviews the newest Mario and Luigi RPG saga.
JPA Gauntlet news
The JPA Gauntlet Jackpot increases again!
Also, thanks to KOI for his sponsorship.
R. I. P. Captain Lou Albano
“Captain Lou Albano, the WWE Hall of Fame inductee who parlayed his wrestling career into becoming the live-action face of Mario in “The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!” died Wednesday at age of 76.”
The but satisfier
Satisfying all your buts!
MaRiO’s WoRsT NiGhTmAreS
Dude… that’s messed up!
Sonic has Pink eye?
You cannot un-see it now!
“Prepare for maximum acceleration!”
Sep 17th
Jersey Pinball Asoociation Gauntlet
The Jackpot has increased, and Jack*bot replaces ST:TNG. The Jack*bot target score is 800 Million + 4 Jack*Bots.
Pacific Pinball Expo 2009 Coverage
Pinball News – “This is the third annual Pacific Pinball Expo show and like the previous two, it is being held at the Marin Center in San Rafael, California.”
Special When Lit
A Pinball Documentary
Pinball on a Stick
IFPA 6 Coverage from London England
Knuckles BriefsFrom the same people who brought you “Sonic Shorts.” Knuckles finally gets some props… sort of.
The Highest Pinball Tournament in the World?
Dory Hill campground Pinball Tournament walk-around
Also… young [EJL] shows us how to kick @$$ on getaway
Bleep Bloop: Pinball“ClassicPinball.com repairs, sells, and rents pinball machines. Team Bloop went outside for the first time in weeks to investigate.”
Luigi Finally SnapsYes, it’s old… I don’t care.
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