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ndiniz:
It's almost time, my friends, for yours truly to GO B A C K in time, yet again. It's almost time for me to participate in my pinball league's fall 2013 tournament! I can tell you that I have been quite busy physically exercising my whole body, and not just my fingers, so I can be spiritually, mentally, and physically fit for what will be one of the toughest battles a pinball competitor can go through! Will I pull off yet another 5 game win in one single night? Will I win once a week for sure? What pinball machines will I come across that I have yet to play in real life? Those, and many more questions, my friends, have yet to be answered!
At this point in time, I have no idea of how long it'll be before the league starts up again, but I estimate at this point in time that I have almost less than a month, if not less than a month and a week, before the whole thing happens.


If it weren't for my idea to take things from a scientific standpoint (which is what I should've done during the league's "FREE PLAY" opportunities at my friend Mark's house, I probably would've gotten 3rd place, or worse, in my division, and I also couldn't have done it without you guys, and all my friends at the VPU chat room. You guys are awesome!


So stay tuned! This is going to be O N E WILD RIDE! :Wink: :Wink: :Wink:

Pintrepid:
Well, coooool, Nate! As they used to say in the Southland, "TEAR it UP!!!"  :Green:

Some PICTS would be cool. Grab a cam and let's see how it goes this time. "Enquiring Rogue minds want to know!"  :Cool:

So anyway, which era tables do you play in the tourneys? EMs ('70 - '75), Early SS ('75-'80), Pre-DMD Eighties ('81-'87), Advanced DMDs, Ramps & Toys Era ('88-2000), Late Model Stern Era (2000-present)? Probably the DMDs I would think ... Lord of The Rings, Funhouse, Theater Of Magic, Addams Family, that sort?

Personally, pinball is late EM/early SS era. Royal Flush, Capt Fantastic and Space Odyssey for EMs, and Eight Ball, Mata Hari, Flash, Meteor, for early SS. The height of the SS era for me was 1980 ... Silverball Mania, Space Invaders, Firepower, Blackout, Big Game, Star Gazer, etc.

Really, that was the Golden Age in Arcade Days, IMHO. New and better pins came and went like the intense art and music of rock bands in those days. Every time I went into my local game room, some tables were gone to make way for the latest and greatest. For instance, Space Invaders took over a long standing spot where Eight Ball had been for almost 4 solid years!

Ahh .. miss those days, for shore.

What were the Glory Days of Pinball for you?

ndiniz:
Yeah, most of the pins I play in the league's tournaments are usually mostly early era DMDs. However, I have had my fair share of playing the old pins that have Alphanumeric displays as well, like Transporter: The Rescue, Black Knight 2000, Time Machine (Data East), Swords of Fury (made in 1988 I believe, and it's one of my favorites), and a few others.


I am actually living in my glory days of pinball. The Swords of Fury pin actually is now at a local comic book store. Dr. Who is also there, as well as a Konami X-Men video game (4 player), and all 3 are owned by my friend Mark, who is on the league. I have to mention that he has some of THE BEST pinball machines you could ever find! He has a house that our league goes to several times within the 10 week time span that we do the tournaments, and I always eat pizza before I head to his house.

GSGregg:
Good luck in your time travels indiniz

May you be Morlock to your opponents' Eloi!

(Grrrrrr).

ndiniz:
Short practice update: Went back to the comic book store, played Dr. Who, which had a replay score of 73 million, and within quite a short amount of time, I was able to beat that replay score thanks to getting the dalek jackpot during multiball! 50 million points! I was already on ball 2 when that happened! I don't know how long it's been since I've played Dr. Who, but man, it felt great to win a free game, especially if I hadn't played that particular table for a while.

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