Pinburgh 2012

[Dropshot]

So if a player is playing at the B level after day one can he play great on Saturday and still make the A finals on Sunday? Or play great on Friday, poor on Saturday and get bumped to B? Given they aren't automatically given an A ranking of course.

Also, given that the PAPA Circuit only awards boints to the top 24 at each event does that mean winning B will give you zero boints towards the tour?

And one final question is about how many players make each division? It says 1/3 but is that of the total amount of players entered or is there a limit to each division and the Consolation tournament keeps getting bigger and bigger with the more entrants that sign up? I see that it can be as many as 90 players per division. Does that mean if there are 210 players that each division will then consist of 70 players or maybe 64 in each to make things simple then the last 12 are consolation?

Thanks Bowen! Just need the hall pass now. No kid and no ring should be an exemption of one shouldn't it?

[Opto]

[Opto]

[videomode]

If I can get a ticket for that price I'm in

[Isaac]

[bkerins]

[TheStandardNate]

It is 3/5, did you buy a ticket Dropshot?

[Dropshot]

Unfortunately I will not be making it this year.

[bkerins]

Boo-urns!

Sorry to hear it. Catch up with you in June in Seattle?

- Bowen
Pinburgh: now serving 203 players, $21,800 in cash prizes

[Raymond]

Bowen, will you be at NW Championships this year?

[bkerins]

Sir yes sir! I'm happy to be able to attend for the first time, and will be there for the week between. See you there if not sooner.

... $21,900 ...

[bkerins]

In case you haven't seen it yet, the list of games is slowly getting posted here:

http://papa.org/blog/2012/03/pinburgh-game-list/

27 groups (108 games) posted so far, 18 more groups to go. All games have video links so you can check out games if you've never heard of 'em. If you have an idea for a name for a group, let me know. There's a few groups where nobody has really figured out the common link, I guess that's okay!

Pinburgh: now serving 214 players, $22,900 in cash prizes.

Thanks!
- Bowen

[JDYeager]

Minor publicity perhaps, but, tipped off by yours truly, The Interrobang, the companion website to Sirius/XM's Ron & Fez Show (XM 105/Sirius 206 M-F 11-3 ET), has listed Pinburgh in the "Do This:" portion of its "Filtered Excellence" section this week. (Genuine old school pinball enthusiasm is a recurring topic on R&F.)

Here's the link:

I'm in PA and hoping to make it out to Pinburgh; unfortunately I can't get there on Friday, so no competition for me. Except, of course, for the inevitable side competition(s) in which I relieve you of all your hard-earned P-Town goldies....

JD

[bkerins]

[PatC]

[bkerins]

Less than a week to go now. We're up to 238 players! Thanks everyone, and good luck to those who are coming.

Last chance to give some ideas for game group names @ papa.org/blog.

Take care!
- Bowen

[Rob]

Does anyone need anything brought from the Motor City?
I should be arriving late on Thursday or at the crack of dawn on Friday.

[Opto]

Rob - yes. Bring me your EBD. Also - please provide a magical contraption that will allow me to take it as a carry on item for the flight home. Thx.

[emma]

I think all who are attending should definitely bring trackies and organize a day to wear them en masse!

[TheStandardNate]

Shit all I have are Indianapolis Colts sweat pants.