the "no new blood" comment got me thinking...
in the mini tournaments this year, there were finals on Sunday for the split-flipper thing, top 4 qualifying teams from each division.
http://www.papa.org/papa11/live/mt-pretty.htmlone 4 player game, winning team takes all.
"Experts" played off first, and aside from the scorekeep, they were pretty much the only ones around when it went down.
when the "Novices" stepped up to play, suddenly the crowd was 30 deep, easy. cheering, fanfare, all that.
really illustrated how the elite players have isolated themselves
and how ready we are for an unknown to come in and break their ranks
couldn't be anything but good for pinball