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.
Portland Pinball Map iPhone App
And now, some brain-exploding words from our favorite Portland-based pinball locator service:
Have you ever thought about how in the future you could have a big list of nearby pinball machines… listed on your phone? Good – glad you’ve thought that. It’s a great thought to have. Well, ladies and everyone, that future is technically NOW. Introducing the next step in advanced technology: the Portland Pinball Map iPhone App.
Art by Drew! UI by Isaac!! Consultation fees and extensive kickbacks awarded to ROM and SSW!!! Yea!!!!
Features:
- Tracks 340+ pinball machines in 170+ locations all over Portland (and Vancouver too!)
- Find locations by proximity (an iPhone app exclusive feature!)
- Filter locations by those having four or more machines
- Stay up to date on your favorite spots, or find new favorites
- iPhone and iPod Touch 3.0 compatible
It costs .99 galleons.
Updates will be rolled out. Feedback is encouraged.
GO HERE FOR MORE INFO (INCLUDING SCREENSHOTS), AND TO ACCESS THE APPLE ITUNES STORE.
CFF Meeting
Join us @ RED FLAG featuring a new start time of 8pm come one come all see the amazing CREATURE from the BLACK LAGOON! also a chance to play the esteemed classic MEDIEVAL MADNESS! Finally test your skill and stamina on LORD of the RINGS!
Portland Pinball Map launched, currently in orbit
SSW and I launched the new Portland Pinball Map website last night. The site rules, and everyone should please start using it. The old map is toast, and you won’t be cool anymore if you continue to use it.
This new site has many fantastic search functions! And you can add comments on machines. And you can add and remove machines from locations. And you can put your scores next to machines, so we can track bounties and stuff. And you can do so much more!
I started a thread on it on the message board, so please write stuff on the subject in there or here. I hope you all find the website to be useful, and I hope you all use it a lot.
In also news, last night we inducted three new members: Scoop (long time coming!), Bumpers, and Mystery! That brings our member total to 34. And since Scoop and Bumpers are females, that brings our total in that category to five? I don’t know, but I think so. Progress is progress.It was a fun induction ceremony – beer was swilled and spilled, tiaras were worn, penis-shaped balloons were hoisted to the heavens, and some really weird belts were worn.
Hopefully I’ll get photos of all our most recent adds (dropshot, revtest, videomode, and the three most new, and everyone else still missing) so that I can put their faces onto the profile page.
If anyone has photos from last night, please gimme one or more, and I’ll add them to this post.
CFF Message Board
Announcing a new feature on the website: a message board! It’s been noted that we need more ways to communicate with one another. So we set this up. So sign up and start communicating already.
http://crazyflipperfingers.com/talk
This is a public forum, centering around the gang and also any other pinball-related concerns in Portland. Tell friends, rivals, operators, and anyone else, and then let’s get this thing rolling. The portlandpinball.com message board is mostly dead and pretty impossible to sign up with. Our board has an easy registration, and, if it becomes active enough, we can turn it into the hub for pinball news and discussion in the region.
At the moment there is a “Site Suggestions” subforum. Use this forum to give us feedback, and to suggest additions/changes to the message board and website. This message board is new, so if something glitches, chill out and then tell us, and then we’ll fix it.
Gang members: There is a hidden, private forum intended for internal matters. When you register, Multiball or I will grant you access to this forum (within a reasonable amount of time). If you aren’t given access within a few days, shoot me an email at master.cob at gmail.com, and I’ll get you set up.
Have at it!
New Members and Pinball Business News
Crazy Flipper Fingers is proud to present two recently initiated members:
Slingshot (previously known as Josh Pio) is the youngest member of CFF. Slingshot is always surrounded by beautiful women. He is truly a Pinball Playboy. This factor weighed strongly in our decision to initiate him. Aside from his lovely companions and charming disposition, Slingshot is also one of the most versatile and loyal Pinball players on the Planet. He has earned himself a reputation on the local Pinball circuit as a man who is never satisfied nor satiated. This same reputation applies to beer, too.
If you see Slingshot playing Spiderman till close at Bar of the Gods, offer to buy him a drink. I guarantee that he will beat you to the bartender and return with a pitcher of Pabst Blue Ribbon for everyone. (This factor also weighed strongly in our decision to initiate Slingshot.) Til’ Death!
ROM (previously known as Ryan Gratzer) is an amazing and energetic Pinballer. He has shown constant dedication to the pursuit of new levels of Pinmania. He even practices Pinball in his sleep on the virtual machines that he has mapped out in the ether of the Universe. Not only is he a Grand Champ on Attack from Mars, he is the Grand Champ of the Planet Mars. He could probably cure cancer or be the world’s next young billionaire, but instead he would rather get to BOSS on Sopranos. We thank ROM for making the right decision.
If you see ROM at your local arcade please offer him a towel. He is probably still soaked with beer from CFF’s wettest initiation EVER! Til’ Death!
In other important Pinball news, Crazy Flipper Fingers has filed paperwork with the state of Oregon to become a 501 (c)(3) non-profit corporation. We figured that one scumbag probably can’t save the world, but maybe 20 scumbags that play Pinball can. Our goal is to spread the good word of Art, Life and Pinball to the children of Multnomah county so that they may grow up with the love of Pinball instilled in their hearts. CFF will be holding Pinball fundraisers, tournaments and marathons to raise money to start a CFF Youth Brigade. The children are our future, it is our goal to corrupt them in the present.
Stay tuned in for more details…
Til’ Death!
Family Guy Pinball is coming!
The new Family Guy pinball machine will be in town either in the next couple of days. Rumor has it Phil from BOG and Shanghai is going to get a machine. My Fathers Place tends to get the latest and greatest machines from time to time too. I don’t think it will be long before we start seeing this game around town.
Three new members!
Congradulations to Jeff (Autofire), Brandon (Slam Tilt) and Brian (Bounce Back) on being the latest members to join CFF. We will be getting the whole list of members up soon. Fuck yeah. These boys are good. It’s nice to have a few more gang members to be posting up CFF around town.
Welcome to the CFF blog.
We are just getting this site rolling. If you have some pinball related news or events please email us at info@crazyflipperfingers.com and share it with us. In the near future we hope to share pinball news and events on this site.
