I have no idea?  I didn't know anyone except for Adam.  There seemed to be a few groups of guys chatting amongst themselves.  I just waited and watched.  I played a Cdn from TO by the name of Michael Hammlinson I believe?  Nice guy.  Hope he does well.

How was the auction?

This was my first time attending a pin event in Toronto. I had a great time and enjoyed meeting Vengeance, mrniceguy, Ricker, Bally Boy, Pinballed, Bish, H5P5, and Eden Stamm. I was able to make it out to either of the Saturday night events but I had a great time at SB. I finished 43. I just couldn't bear having to play NBA and Dale Jr anymore. I spent ALL of Saturday playing those two games since my scores on them are rubbish, and they were not improving. I liked NBA the first time I played it, but the fun of hitting the hoop wears off fast. Plus, I got a ball stuck twice, two games in a row! Normally that sucks, but in a competition?!

I loved playing Shrek and Batman, but since I did well on them on my first play, I couldn't justify paying to play them again. I did so well on Batman I was ranked #3, right behind Eden Stamm at the end of Friday. But by the end of the qualifications I was ranked 28 on it. Boy, competition is TOUGH!

Update: I forgot poolman! Sorry, nice seeing you again. In fairness, I met you at my place last year when you bought my T2, and I was just listing new people I met

Does anyone know who won ?

The tournament is STILL going on.

The final is between Sean O'neil ( A TOPL member - go sean) His high scores initials are "DOH" I'm sure you have seem them if you have played a pin anywhere in the GTA  vs. Cayle George ( ranked #12 in world from the Seatle area.

Quoted from igorsr

How was the auction?

I was disapointed, thier SB's were set too high for some machines. I figure they were thinking with the tourney theyd have more people to buy, so higher staring bids would generate more cash. Auction highlight...the lady putting a Juke in the trunk of her ( i think it was a Toyota). I have a pic , just gotta figure how to get it from the wifes fone to my pooter.

Quoted from briguy

Auction highlight...the lady putting a Juke in the trunk of her ( i think it was a Toyota). I have a pic , just gotta figure how to get it from the wifes fone to my pooter.

Actually, it turns out that was our very own MAACA member John Jones and his wife.. but I'm sure they got it home thanks to B1 helping them out.  Terry, you've gotta stop being so nice to people or it's going to hurt your reputation  

Anybody hear who won yet? Are we keeping it Canadian again this year? Well, it was alot easier to keep it in Canada last year being only open to Canadians!

I left at 7pm right when the finals were about to start. If they chose NBA it should be quick. If they chose Batman, they'll still be playing Monday night. The semi and quarter final games saw some pretty high scores and long Batman games. I wouldn't say the games were too easy based on one game on one machine. Truth be told, some machines always play easier than others, but one game is no pressure. Having three good qualifying scores and one NBA turd score and trying to improve it (although mine was Batman, I saw alot of attempts at NBA by alot of the same players) THATS pressure. Getting back to back 300 million plus in the semi finals and losing! Thats hard. And if you stayed long enough to play NBA, you wouldnt be thinking easy  

Well, did better this year than last year. Last year I was just happy to qualify. This year I saw quite a bit fewer Canadian names in the top 30 so I feel it was a bigger accomplishment this year just to qualify. And I didnt have to spend $95 as some of the dudes who wanted to make sure not only did they qualify, but wanted to bump their positions for the bye's. Which, was probably a smart decision on some part, Some of them qualified guarenteed into the money but then had to play cold against players going through the other rounds and I'll tell you what...I think that made a difference as the some of the higher seeded players lost out in one round. I know I was warming up as the tournament wwent on. I got beat by Trent in the second round but I still had good games. He was better and he was also more familiar with the game than I was, thats for sure. But I still put up a good fight. If I made the 3rd round, at this point I dont think I could have competed with the constant 300 mil point Batman games. So thats about as far as I deserved to get for now. But, like last year, I picked up a few things along the way. Some of the things I picked up from last year helped me improve this years result.

If I was ranked higher and could have chosen the game, I would have chosen NBA. I finally figured out how to score and what to stay away from and its a good leveler of the playfield, so to speak. Scores were not high for NBA and people are just not that familiar with it yet.

All in all I had a good time at the tournament. Played good games, dealt with the pressure and went down swinging. Can't wait for next year!

Stan

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Actually, it turns out that was our very own MAACA member John Jones and his wife.. but I'm sure they got it home thanks to B1 helping them out.  Terry, you've gotta stop being so nice to people or it's going to hurt your reputation  

Ahh Kitchener is on my way to London..well sorta I had to stop in Hamilton first...but its all good, They gave me beer too
I just seriously in good conscience (shocking! I know but, I do have one) I could not let them drive home like that, and my truck was empty anyway. Thanks again to Brock for your help with the Juke, and serioulsy for ensuring my truck was empty...1st time I ever had buyers remorse before buying

Don't worry about my rep... I am sure 99% of people will still think/call me a prick

Sure will.... Prick

lol jk most of us like you .. mostly...

Quoted from b1buwg97

Don't worry about my rep... I am sure 99% of people will still think/call me a prick

Just checked the results...Sean Oneil won.
Nice to keep the champ Canadian!!!!!

the juke in the trunk was classic... gave me a good laugh