Comments on: A word from our sponsor http://www.crazyflipperfingers.com/a-word-from-our-sponsor/ Thu, 23 Oct 2025 02:02:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.39 By: Noah http://www.crazyflipperfingers.com/a-word-from-our-sponsor/comment-page-1/#comment-553 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:27:15 +0000 http://www.crazyflipperfingers.com/?p=461#comment-553 Couldn’t agree more bounceback! I didn’t even sign up for the Ground Kontrol tournament you guys all threw in April because I “would just be throwing my money away”. Hard to believe that was the frame of mind I had about competitive pinball just 7 months ago. All it took was one tuesday tournament where I won one match out of the 3 I played to get me hungry for more. I’ve feel like I was kind of at a plateau in my pinball playing for about 7 years, before playing with you guys. Watching and competing regularly with a bunch of folks who are better than you is the best way to improve.

Funny that this “turning point” seemed to happen for a lot of people right around the same time. . . It’ll be great to see what everyone is capable of this time next year!

]]> By: bounceback http://www.crazyflipperfingers.com/a-word-from-our-sponsor/comment-page-1/#comment-551 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:57:11 +0000 http://www.crazyflipperfingers.com/?p=461#comment-551 oh let’s hope we shame some pinball stars this year. i didn’t make it up there either, am still getting back on the pinball horse.

i was just thinking the other day about how much a lot of folks in portland have improved in just the past single year– we should have a kind of annual recap post– look at all the changes! tournaments, people buying machines, better competition all over town, riccochet’s machines on the scene, and more skillful play in general. in the past year i went from being afraid to dead flip, to doing it all the time, learned how to bangback, tap pass, am working on live catches, and have gotten a lot more confident trapping balls during multiball. from never having been to a serious tournament before last year’s shorty’s, to having expanded all those skills just in 12 months, feels pretty good.

how about others? i can think of a lot of players in town that have had their games escalate exponentially in the past year, and that’s exciting.

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