Trackie!!!! Day
It’s been well over a year since the synchronized flipping of a fleet of tracksuit-clad warriors hit the streets of Portland. We swish-swished from bar to bar, tearing up machines, staying hydrated, stretching before and after, calibrating our stopwatches, and checking our pulses as we simultaneously checked on the pulse of the Portland pinball scene.
And now tomorrow’s the day when we do it all again! So, pump up your shoes and step into a lifestyle of comfort and leisure. (Personally, I think of tracksuits as like stylish pajamas that are acceptable to wear outside…)
The day starts off at Ship Ahoy at 1pm. We’ll play there some, and then move on to the next spot, and after that the next spot, etc. DDT (pictured above) has planned all kinds of cool shit. Such as! Mini-games, like skillshot tests and various other styles of casual tournament play. So bring dollars ($$) to wager against your fellow tracksuiter. There will also be open casual play, if that’s all you’re feeling. But the real fun comes from betting! And trust me, there will be some fun and unusual mini-tournamos.
And there will be prizes!! We’ll have shwag and stuff, plus a load of VISO to fuel us along the way! The good folks at VISO have supplied us with goods to keep us fired up for the whole day. Attentive readers will remember about a year ago when we created a fake VISO logo and put it on this site for a couple months in order to pretend that we were sponsored or something (pictured right). Most of us drink a ton of the stuff, and we wanted to show our support for the local brand. Well, now they’re giving us stuff for real! Thanks, VISO!
If you don’t plan to be at Ship Ahoy at 1pm, but you still want to catch up with the group at some point, I will make a point of twittering our current location on the Portland Pinball tweetertweet. So, check that for the latest loc.
Also, bring cameras!
This is gonna be a rad day. See you tomorrow.
Posted: May 7th, 2010
at 9:20am by ROM
Categories: caravan of comfort,CFF,CFF Friends,Pinball
Comments: 2 comments
Iron Manticide
Just like what happened when the last latest Stern machine erupted onto the scene – which was that operator Quarterworld held a two day “Casual Flow” tournament on it for $100 – that same deal is going down right now to welcome in the even laterest machine, Iron Man.
The tournament is happening at:
Slingshot Lounge
5532 SE Center (right off of Foster)
Portland, OR, 97206
(503) 445-6649
I was at Slingshot last Saturday with DDT, and I ate a Deluxe Garden Burger that was so freaking delicious you don’t even know!
The tournament ends tomorrow (5/6). The winner gets $100. Come check out the new game! And then go see the movie!! Discuss the tournastuff here.
