Quoted from websherpa

I'm so jealous, watching this from the sidelines (via MAACA), coughing my guts out between sleeping and chills/fever.   Good luck to you all, great to see lots of MAACA and TOPL names on the list!  Just wish I could get my T-Shirt for the $25 I plunked down for the entry.

You might want to call them and get your entry fee back. They were easy to deal with. Mind you I called them before the tournament started, I think Wednesday.

Duane

Quoted from necro_nemesis

Yeah. I am sure they will pick it up. They said today they will be posting updates more frequently but it is by no means real time.

https://www.theplaydiumstore.com/TournamentPage.aspx?Topic=Tournament

3 behind still and I am waiting to see if I am taking another trip there tomorrow.  

gorydeath here.
  i really had a blast today.   batman kicked my butt when it counted.  i did ok on it on one round.  but when i had a great Indiana Jones score i didn't get a very good batman score.
  still puts me in A division to get my butt kicked around.  i am so frigging tied.  but not feeling as sick.  hope i didn't make anyone else alittle ill.
   ended up buying things at the auction.  yep.  no room in the shop.  but i am taking out some of the tattoo cabnets.  have a couple cool kids rides going in for eve.  i got a new touch screen and the coin sorter from funland arcade.  i did really try for the old neon sign.  but i knew i had other things i wanted.  

also congrats to others who played excellent today.   sparkys on the board and i know others are as well.  i forget all who i ran into.   i am going off to bed after i find out what time i should be there and such.  
  hope i didn't miss out on too much at the end of the day.  did last till 5:30.

Had a fantastic time, good to meet some new people.  My DarkKNight score seems to have vanished (they gave me an even million in lieu of my real score) but a few more million certainly wouldn't have put me even 1/2 way to a berth.  Got what I came for... my new shirt!  
Good luck tomorrow to all!  
Daniel

I'm in Toronto on an unrelated note, looks like I'm at a hotel just 2 km away so a good opportunity to pop by and wish our members luck tomorrow.  Good luck all!

Whole thing ended about an hour ago. It was really starting to run into overtime in the end. Results should be posted at some point as well as some pics. Eden Stamm took it in the end but there were some interesting moments where it could have gone otherwise.

Well, considering I rarely play, I think I didn't do so bad. I got into the second round and got beat by Necro by a hair. But man was I tired. I had to stop halfway home for a 15min catnap.

First off, my list of thanks:

Adam and Denise, for being the awesome hosts that they were!!!!

Pinball Addict (Mike)... thanks for the help on the pins!!!

Squid Vicious (Dan), for bailing me out BIG TIME!!!!! Man, do I owe you HUGE!!!

Dan and LeeAnn for also being awesome hosts!!!! Had a great time Friday!!!


I had a lot of high points on this weekend...

Meeting Gary Stern... way cool.

Meeting FINALLY the TO gang. It was really awesome to hang out with you guys!

Meeting Eden Stamm... probably the nicest guy I ever met in pinball, and the best player I have ever seen...

Friday night at Dan's ... playing Silverball, Playboy, CF and EK was awesome!!!!

And I could go on and on... but time for bed. I am toast...

yep.  it was great.  
   i never done anything like that before in my life.  
    
  made it to the finals with a great score on IJ yestarday.   it had my hands shaking by the end of it.  
  couldn't do anything with batman...
   wild card paul took me out....

  auction was busy busy busy...   silly people paying way to much for some items.  while other things didn't even get a opening bid.  yes  opening bid.  most things had one.  it did kind of help and speed things up.  something like 200 items.  i did end up with something from FUN LAND arcade.  it was their old coin sorter.  i did try for the arcade neon sign, cashier sign, drop safe and weight scale but didn't win.  did also come back with a new touch screen and two new kids rides.  will post pics later.  big big.  new location is great for loading.  loading docks are great and the guys move everthing for you.  loaded it all right on the truck.  

  did lots of driving back and forth.  missed having the shop really open for a day and missed my little lady going potty for her first time.  by herself even (20months).  she wouldn't do it for me later.  but its a start.  erin and eve were still too sick to make it out.  i got healthy fast being out.  hope i didn't pass anything off (except to paul).    


did great on some of the other machines that were kicking around.  watch another player play WOF and he put up a killer score of 178 000 000 (something something) and got his name up as grand champ.  he was a pro in my books.  i was playing WPT and put up a great score on that(3rd place).  the pro went to another machine and i jumped on WPT.  i put up a 310 000 000 (something something) to get my name on grand champion.  then ask the pro to take a pic of me with the score.  wasn't to be rude.  just so many machines i never played or seen.  was so happy to play well in front of others.  

   good news is my wife said i should get proper i.d. and maybe do one of the others.  and yes she wants me to come back even.  
  
  GORYDEATH

End results aren't there as of yet.

Edem Stamm ended up playing off Michael Higginson the B Division champ for the WPT.

I know the finals were Eden vs Zeus for A and Micheal vs me for B Div. Paul (pinstocker) was 4th in B and I don't know who the rest were off the top of my head.

The playoff for the WPT was best of 5 and on the first round there was almost an upset. When I was chatting with Len Keywood and Gary Stern they were discussing negotiating with Edem and Micheal so it would not have to go another 5 rounder at around 8pm.

It was quickly going from pinball tournament to pinball marathon.

I'm glad Sparky made it home ok, he looked tired!

Popped in on Sunday, was in town due to my daughters modeling course graduation/gala.  What a bonus, me and the daughters boyfriend got to play pins and vids for free while she was doing her course thing.

Playdium:  Cool place!
Gary Stern:  Cool guy and approachable, didn't chat with him but was nice to shake his hand.  Whether or not one likes Stern pins, the fact is he's the only dude making them, so here's hoping he doesn't get sick of the hobby.
Tournament:  Obviously Sunday being the playoffs, it wasn't as busy as I assumed Saturday was.  Still, very cool, really got into one of Sparky's match (was it the Necro match?  if so Necro, that was me standing behind the two of you, GREAT FRIGGIN MATCH!!!).

Just checked. The winnings are up.

https://www.theplaydiumstore.com/TournamentPage.aspx?Topic=Tournament