Special thanks to Jeff Parsons

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Also, the full results from World Pinball Player Rankings

                          

Via WCSH6

Pinball was a real hit in Gorham this weekend. It was Pin-Maine-ia 4, the New England Pinball Championship. John Reuter held the event in his basement. He owns more than 100 pinball machines. About half of them are at his home. The rest are at friends’ houses. More than 50 people took part in this event, where the top prize was $375. The champion, Steven Bowden, says his real prize is the camaraderie of meeting fellow pinball players.

                          

Pin-Maine-ia 2009 was amazing! Get ready for Pin-Maine-ia IV at the end of June 2010!

Maine’s premier pinball tournament, once thought to have been called off, is a thing that is happening June 25-27, 2010. Last year, the tournament hosted more than 66 players along with a number of other spectators. This year will be slightly scaled back, but the competition will be just as fun and furious. Click here for more information and to register for this fantastic event.

Last year, I helped to administer the scoring for the event. This gave me a little taste of the experience of running a pinball tournament, and helped me to concentrate more while playing.

I hope to see you there.

                          

Pin-Maine-ia pictures by Douglas Mahar

• Congratulations to Nicola Pierobon, 2009 Pin-Maine-ia New England Pinball Champion!
  

• Pin-Maine-ia was amazing this past weekend! Great performances by Nicola Pierobon, Jim Fordham, Ed Zeltman, Josh Henderson, Trent Augenstein

• Thanks to everyone who helped make PinMaineia ’09 a fantastic event, including J.R. “BallyMan”,Scott P, “TheFoodCourt”, Gregg G on the mic.

• Also thanks to Bowen K and his SwissManager software, and all of the 66+(!) Pin-Maine-ia competitors and many more spectators.

Pin-Maine-ia 2009 video Coming Soon…

                          

• Saco, Maine.  Pinball.  It’s On!

• Las Vegas’ Pinball Hall of Fame expands and moves closer to the strip

                          

Last weekend’s PIN-MAINE-IA event was one of the great pinball happenings of this year. Great fun was had by all. This event will continue to grow as long as it has the fantastic support of people like “BallyMan” John Reuter and the Boston Pinball Association. PIN-MAINE-IA, onward and upward!

Team “Wicked Shimmy” (Trent A., Todd M., Ed Z., and myself) won the Pine-Brawl event. I was able to get enough WPPR (World Pinball Player Ranking) points to raise my world ranking up to #16.

IFPA (International Flipper Pinball Association) President Josh Sharpe won the New England Championship to claim the #3 World ranking.

Next event: The FSPA (Free State Pinball Association) pre-PAPA Flip-Off on July 26, 2008 at John’s Place in Fairfax, Virginia. BE THERE!!!

EDIT: YouTube video link changed to include the Eight on the Break Tourney info.

                          

What if there was a good game show about video games. A GOOD one, not like “Video Power” (meh) or Nick Arcade (awful!). What I’m saying is, what if something like Starcade came back and they used retro video games and the first game played was Mega Man 1 for the ca$h and prizes.

I imagine the theme song might go a little something like this.

I also imagine that the cast of RetroforceGo might have to be banned from the show since they would probably own everyone’s asses.

Or maybe they could host the show…Come to think of it “RetroforceGo” is a great name for a retro video game game show. (hmmm….) Oh well, time for more Orange Box.

Please don’t mind me…I’m just a little random sometimes.

(Yes, I AM sober right now…)

Click here to listen
Click here to download

Also,

If any of you are in the Maine area and are looking for some tournament pinball action come to PIN-MAINE-IA – The New England Pinball Championship this Friday through Sunday, June 27-29th.

(Some of the following is quoted from John Reuter, PIN-MAINE-IA Tournament Director)

The location: 80 New County Road Saco, Maine 04072

Entry is $40.00 per person in advance for all events. $45.00 at the door. Entry includes a commemorative T -Shirt. See [url=http://www.nepinball.com]the PIN-MAINE-IA web site[/url] for details and how to sign up.

(If you don’t want to enter the Tournament, $15 gets you FREE PLAY on all the machines all weekend!)

The dates: June 27th – 29th 2008.
Friday Evening: 4:00 P.M. – 11:00 P.M. The Team Tournament

Saturday: 10:00 A.M. – 11:00 P.M.  The Main Event. A non-elimination, individual multi-round tournament. The New England Championship.

Sunday: 10:00 A.M – 5:00 P.M. Open play, side events and The State/ Province Team Challenge.

The Sponsors: The Boston Pinball Association (aka The BPA) and New England Pinball.

This is the 2nd year of the tournament, and we have the use of a much larger facility, 2000 sf, with ample parking and easier access from the Maine Turnpike. Last year was a huge success, with a strong field of 40 entrants in the main event and over 75 people in attendance over the 3 days. We had players from all over the country, including the reigning New England Champ, Chris Wamsley from Ohio. This year promises to be even better.

Hope to see you there.