GoodFoot Tournament

Great turnout last week so let’s keep it up! This Thursday (7/2) at 7:00 pm down at the Goodfoot. I do believe the current line-up is NBA Fastbreak, Johnny Mnemonic, Indianapolis 500, and Star Wars. Hopefully the center shot on NBA is working and you can hit the ramp on SW…I have this funny feeling inside of me that thinks you can. $5 to enter single game head to head double elimination. I’ve got 3 days to figure out a method to limit repeat games….I’ll have it by then!

Edit by ROM!

Hey dudes, some pictures from the C-Bar tournament:

bounceback’s mind is troubled by bad bounces and unresponsive slingshots. But damnit, he needs this win. Replay’s like, “what’s up guys?”

l-r: revtest, videomode, dropshot, replay. setting up the brackets.

The line-up. pictured: kickback, TILT, etc.

C-Bar Tournament

This Thursday (6/25) at C-Bar. 7:00 pm. The current line-up is 24, Theatre of Magic, Roadshow, Addams Family, Scared Stiff. There will  be a beer special for all that participate ($1 PBR) so drink up and tip your bartender. Also, there will be rubber footings placed under the back legs of TAF so it isn’t as floaty. Heads up single game double elimination will be the format.  $5 to enter with pay-outs to the top 3 finishers. Hope to see you all there!

Pinstrology for the Solstice

http://cafeastrology.com/blog/jupiter-neptune-chiron-conjunction-and-your-love-life/

There you have it: the stars have spoken, big things are moving, and feelings are swelling like blistering beach balls, bobbing in the astral tide. Nowhere are big feelings more acutely felt than in the bowels of big things, and that means the massive belly of CFF is twinging with emotions being manipulated by jupiter and its axis of planetary evil… or benevolence, or clemency, or whatever they axisize about.

The bottom line is that you might expect too much from yourself and others during these weird times; demanding more than is fair, or investing more love than you can really spare. Is that fair to our relationship, gangsters? Is it fair to ourselves? I suggest we all take some deep breaths and curl up in bed with a pint of soy delicious with vegan sprinkles and that scrapbook of Cathy comics we’ve been clipping out of the sunday paper for 14 years, then write in our diary for a while and take a quick meditative nap before the meeting tonight (which is at the Vern, where you can rock AFM, MM, MB, and those NGG’s while swilling $2 micro pints aw yeah.)

Other things that are/were big and might be affecting your inner life: The NW Pinball (and gameroom) Expo. Full of stuff. Deserving of a full write-up of its own that it’s not going to get. Featuring a maxed out tournament of pin-elites and a clutch of rare games to burn through your flipper calluses. It was a fun event all around, the tournament in particular making huge strides over the year before in efficiency, competition, and prize packages, and while there’s room for improvement in some areas of the show (the convention center atmosphere might be a necessity due to size and power requirements, but it would be a nice change of pace to see a show with a little more proper gameroom vibe rather than sterile carpet and overhead fluorescents, no food or drink on premises, children were allowed…) all in all, if you weren’t there, you missed something pretty sweet. Oh, and get this– several return players commented on the conspicuous absence of some of CFF’s best from this year’s show, and even speculated that perhaps these luminaires skipped because they were intimidated by the caliber of the players in attendance this year! Fancy that. So, skippers, you missed your chance to put the likes of the sharpe brothers, eden & cayle, trent augestein, neil shatz, and keith elwin in the CFF chokehold they deserve; but there’s always next year, right! (not to mention CAX, PAPA, and a handful of other greatish shows, if you can find a way to get there.)

Anyway, here’s a few flicks from the show– yeah, ok, it looks like about 3 portland bars crammed into one room but really! it was pretty cool.

Treasured Memories

and tender moments. Recollections of a pinball meeting.

Ducketts recently got a fourth machine, so we piled everyone into the minivan and had ourselves a meeting there.

The first two hours were spent, as usual, going over the agenda, and the previous week’s minutes/scores, and then setting up the bracket system to determine who will play what machine during the meeting.

After passing out our drink tickets, DDT stood back and monitored our activities, determining whether or not the system was “word.” It was.

I put up the first score of the evening. A steady 47million on Family Guy.

Bounceback could not believe it! He was like, “ROM, you’re really good at running modes.” And then, in my modesty, I thanked him.

But what is CFF without friends? Some say it’s just CF. (depends on what you think “CFF” stands for.)

Later on Sauce did a freaking bangback on Indiana Jones. Killer move!

See you all next time!

New Seattle Pinball Destination?

Apparently Add-A-Ball is some new place that has pinball in Seattle.
What’s the story?
I must say if this is their website it pretty much rocks.
http://www.addaball.com/

The site features this graphic.

Sure, I'll take my kids here for thier birthday. What's that magazine you're reading?

NY Meeting Highlights

Last nights meeting at the Satellite Lounge was a pretty great success. The gang is growing, Jim “Slam Tilt” I’m proud to say has given up his initials for CFF.
It was great to also meet some of the locals on the Pinball scene. Shaun from http://www.pinballcrawl.com showed up and brought a crew with him, also it was a pleasure to meet Jory who’s initials seem to be all over town. Alison made the trek to join us and was rocking the tables.
Allen, (http://pinaholicsnyc.com/) the mayor of pinball in NY couldn’t join us last night however without him pinball would pretty much be dead in Brooklyn. We played on his tables that he keeps well maintained and in good condition, a rare thing for NY tables.
It seems that our combined efforts are going to help us promote and grow pinball to the level it should be at in this city.

SlamTilt

Cause DDT loves to see me jumping.

if you are in NY and want to play with us drop be a line at drew at mohdi dot com and I’ll be sure to let you know the next time we play.

CFF New York Meeting!

While pinball has yet to take off in NY the Portland influence is starting to take place. Satellite Lounge opened up about a month ago and features 4 tables. WOW, 4 tables in one bar amazing!
So Sunday May 24th at 10PM come out and join the small New York chapter of CFF as we tear it up on CSI, LOTR, Terminator 2 and Taxi.

View NY Pinball Map in a larger map

BTW this is my somewhat lacking pinball map of the city. For more places check out.
http://www.nycpinball.org/
These guys seem to stay on top of it pretty well.
or
http://www.pinballcrawl.com/

Bring your quarters your passion and skills. We got some balling to do.
Sunday 10PM Satellite Lounge.
I hope to see you there.

Tuesday 19th Goodfoot Tournament

Goodfoot Tournament 7:00 pm.  Just like the others, single game double elimination with no EB’s.  $5 to enter with the top 3 leaving with cash prizes.

5/7 Billy Ray’s Thursday Tourney

All the machines are dialed in, Batman: Dark Knight has replaced Scared Stiff. Soprano’s, Monster Bash, Medieval Madness, and Attack From Mars finish out the line-up. New pay-outs are going to be in place. The top 3 finishers will win their money back and then some. The start time is being changed to 7:00 with not much of a grace period for those running late. Sorry for the inconveniences, LET ME KNOW IF YOU WILL BE 5 MIN LATE. Once again, same set-up, single game double elimination with no extra balls. Hope to see you all there.

P.S. Eric has won the last two events!

4/28 Revenge at the Vern Tourney

That’s right! Remember that bastard that knocked you out? Or maybe he bumped you and made you drain. Hell, he could just be ugly and you don’t like him cuz he was wearing the same shoes you were. Either way Tuesday 28th, $5 buy-in single game double elimination at the Vern (Hannagin’s Tavern) start time will be 8, try to be on time. From here on out I will be running all events on a computer. I have not been there in a while so correct me if I am wrong:

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