I am new to this hobby and knew very little of the SS games as I hardly played after high school in the early eighties.  It is a lot of fun but I am anxious to get (or at least try) some of the really good games, especially from the nineties. I now find myself going with my 11 year old to play a couple of newer Stern titles (Batman Dark Knight and Spiderman) on weekends. However as good as so many of the titles sound, I haven had the opportunity to try any and have no idea how/where I will be able to.

And, assuming I do try at my leisure, dont know how I will be able to locate the titles I think I might really want. Did I mention I was impatient? So little time!

I vote that it is as exciting as any new discovery can be...and there is so much to discover...if you can find it.

Quoted from wbradley

However as good as so many of the titles sound, I haven had the opportunity to try any and have no idea how/where I will be able to.

Come out with TOPL on a league night.

Vengeance and I were also discussing holding a local tourney in the near future. I am willing to host.

I recently joined TOPL but the tournament nights conflict with my work schedule frequently. Having a tourney or "event" on a weekend makes things a bit easier if that is something worth exploring. I know that when I get my games room up to 2 more games I would like to hold a "retro" night, 70's EM & SS, no bellbottoms though!

Actually wanted to check out  TOPL if schedule will allow. Their website doesnt appear to have been updated for a long time, so didnt know if it was still active. The Church also sounds interesting, but they too didnt announce their last open evening, which I now know was on Monday.

So where do you get updates? Here??

TOPL is quite active.

Get a hold of Mike the pres (Pinball-Addict on here) to get information about when and where to play.

http://archive.maaca.org/s107351202.onlinehome.us/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?v-memberpanel/a-view/u-425/

Most of the discussions from TOPL are done through Yahoo! Groups and here.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/topl/

Quoted from wbradley

Actually wanted to check out  TOPL if schedule will allow. Their website doesnt appear to have been updated for a long time, so didnt know if it was still active. The Church also sounds interesting, but they too didnt announce their last open evening, which I now know was on Monday.

So where do you get updates? Here??

Actually the TOPL website is being updated more recently that it has been in over the 5 or so years I've been with the league   We've got the scores being updated on a weekly basics now on there.

But anyway, yes the only way to get updates on TOPL locations is through the yahoo group.  We use the yahoo group for all out updates rather then the website is security.  Yahoo allows us to screen every member that tries to join the group so we can make sure they arn't a spam bot or something like that.  Also since we have members address on the list we don't want every Tom, private, and Harry being able to look up address for our locations.  

So jump on the yahoo group and you will be able to be kept aprisied of where the league will be playing next.  Next week we are playing at a new location out in brampton.  Mr Niceguy here on MAACA was nice enough to open his home to the league for the first time and we will be playing there.  

If you need any other information you can contact myself or as Glen mentioned contact PinballAdict here on MAACA as well.  

Quoted from Ricker

I recently joined TOPL but the tournament nights conflict with my work schedule frequently. Having a tourney or "event" on a weekend makes things a bit easier if that is something worth exploring. I know that when I get my games room up to 2 more games I would like to hold a "retro" night, 70's EM & SS, no bellbottoms though!

I guess I haven't put the face to the name with this one, are you Edward or Kevin?

But to answer your question on weekend events, at the end of a season (which is 15 weeks) we hold out playoffs which is always done on a weekend.  Your in luck that the current season is comming to a close in 2 weeks so we currently have our playoffs scheduled for July 12th at a members house out in Carlisle which is right around Hamilton.  This would be a good oppertunity to play BBB if you never have as this member has one in their home alone with I think around 40 - 50 other machines setup and ready to play.  

Also there are cash prizes to be won if you can make it through the double elimination tournament.  The playoffs are inculded in the $30 league fee all members have to pay at the start of the season, if you want to participate in the playoffs you would also have to cover the $30 fee, but with that $30 which includes your participation in the event, it also includes Food and drink for the event.  The event is usualy about 5 - 7 hours long, so lots of fun time just playing some pin.  

Tired ??

Oh NO...... i´m only tired because my day has only 24h

Oh NO....... my head is full with ideas - need a new and larger HD

Oh NO......... that´s such a creative hobby with so many possibilities.......

But YES ......  i´m tired about the high collectors prices!

I started over 8 years ago when i found a star trek , bally '78 , in the garbage . Rough playfield , but else than that , decent and in working condition . Trying to cut down ! Even if i ' m a non smoker , i guess i can use the smoking habit as a comparison . Ended up at one point , not too long ago , with 2 pins in the livingroom and one in the dinningroom . Lucky my wife is patient and likes it too . Managed to sell 4 , but bought 2 others . At least , i ' m down from 8 to 6 games and only one ' s remaining upstairs . Already have plans to hunt for a title i want , but in order to do so , i ' ll have to sell 2 games i own , price wise and space wise . Tough decision since i like 'em all .

I ' m also only good at cleaning and having fun with them . So , it ' s costy when comes an issue and we all know it does , especially that i ' m into the bally SS 1977 / 1985 era . I ' d say in my case , the most damaging part of the hobby , or should i say , the habit , is the fact that i ' m home (mister mom) and the computer ' s on at 7 AM with MAACA as the wall paper and boy , do i ever loose time on polls and all ...   And the answer is ; no i ' m not tired of it !!!

Cheers , Claude

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Depends on the day. I hate it until I finish up a cabinet or playfield, and then I find it frickin sweet.

Yup, this time of year is the worst.  I'd rather be playing in the mud or building something outside.  Soon for sale Starship Troopers, Apollo 13, F14 and Twister or trade me for a BIG JEEP!

Quoted from ancientgames

Yup, this time of year is the worst.  I'd rather be playing in the mud or building something outside.  Soon for sale Starship Troopers, Apollo 13, F14 and Twister or trade me for a BIG JEEP!

For me it's the opposite...kind of....

I'd rather be doing something outside on a nice day, but I find I have more energy in the summer...maybe it's the result of doing real exercise (cycling)...anyhow I tend to work on the pins in the evenings after the sun goes down alot more in the spring, summer and fall. In the winter, I'm in play mode.

Duane