Tournament Tuesday: Circuit Endurance Rounds 7 & 8

It’s time again for Tournament Tuesday. This week, we show off Rounds 7 and 8 of the 2012 PAPA Circuit Final. Players you will see include:

Daniele Acciari, Adam Lefkoff, Karl DeAngelo, Jason Werdrick, Brian Shepherd and Jim Belsito

We also begin by introducing a new commentator in the coverage, Mr. Greg Dunlap, and the 2008 Canadian Pinball Champion, Eden Stamm handling some interviews.

If you have an iPhone, iPad, Android, or if you want to download for offline viewing, use the links below.

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Round 7 – Demolition Man

Round 8 – Monster Bash

Direct: 

Round 7 Direct Download:  HD Download | YouTube |

Round 8 Direct Download:  HD Download | YouTube |

RSS Feeds:  HD Video Feed | iTunes HD |

Kids Fight Cancer

The IFPA is pleased to announce after an 18 year hiatus, the Charity Challenge is returning as part of the IFPA World Pinball Championship, starting this year at IFPA10 in Germany. The Charity Challenge was a big part of the original IFPA World Pinball Championships back in the 90′s, raising thousands of dollars for the Midwest Athletes against Childhood Cancer organization.

San Francisco Pinball Department

Some great pictures from the new San Francisco pinball league, recently completing its first season at Free Gold Watch.  Looked like a great time.

http://pinballbayarea.com/2013/05/13/sf-league-finals-pic-dump/

Tournament Tuesday: Circuit Endurance Rounds 5 & 6

It’s time once again for Tournament Tuesday!

This week, we show off Rounds 5 and 6 of the 2012 PAPA Circuit Final!    Players you will see include:

Adam Becker, Daniele Acciari, Adam Lefkoff, Brian Shepherd and Jim Belsito!

If you have an iPhone, iPad, Android, or if you want to download for offline viewing, use the links below.

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Round 5 – Iron Man

Round 6 – Jungle Queen

Direct: 

Round 5 Direct Download:  HD Download | YouTube |

Round 6 Direct Download:  HD Download | YouTube |

RSS Feeds:  HD Video Feed | iTunes HD |

Lyons Spring Classic: the Final 8 go tomorrow

In Lyons, Colorado this weekend, the Lyons Spring Classic is bringing the pinball action.  Some highlights of the weekend:

• On Friday, PAPA’s own Mark Steinman was poised to win the Pingolf tournament.  Colorado local Donavan Stepp fell on Kismet at the final hole.  The event was won by Zach Sharpe, who rolled to victory in the last group of the night.
• On Saturday, players met in three round-robin matches to determine seeding into the playoff bracket, with the top 16 earning byes.  Escher Lefkoff, age 10, earned the #3 seed.  The #1 seed was earned by Zach Sharpe, who rolled to victory in the round robin.
• Players played a double-elimination tournament, with the winners’ bracket playing best 3 out of 5, and the losers’ bracket playing best 2 out of 3.  Fierce competition has left 4 players in the winners’ bracket through Saturday: Dean Grover, Jesse Gregory, Adam Lefkoff, and Zach Sharpe, who rolled to victory in each of his matches today.
• In the losers’ bracket, 4 players survived some difficult matches, while 4 others were eliminated in a tie for 9th place.  Trent Augenstein defeated Kevin Neale, Joshua Henderson survived Kevin McCarthy, Dan Gutchess outlasted Art Dodd, and on Surfer, Nick Zendejas eliminated Keith Elwin.
• The final 8 will start up again tomorrow, and we’ll update you with the final results.  As with other PAPA Circuit events, the winner will earn a spot in the next PAPA Circuit Final, while the top 24 earn points toward the Circuit leaderboard.

Tournament Tuesday: Circuit Endurance Rounds 3 & 4

Good day, everyone!

You can now sign up for the PAPA 16 World Championships, but also every Tuesday, we will post some new pinball action here!

This week, we show off Rounds 3 and 4 of the 2012 PAPA Circuit Final!    Players you will see:

Adam Becker, Daniele Acciari, Sean Grant, Brian Shepherd and Robert Gagno!

If you have an iPhone, iPad, Android, or if you want to download for offline viewing, use the links below.

Posts with Players:

Round 3 – Iron Man

Round 4 – Demolition Man

Direct: 

Round 3 Direct Download:  HD Download | YouTube |

Round 4 Direct Download:  HD Download | YouTube |

RSS Feeds:  HD Video Feed | iTunes HD |

PAPA 16 World Pinball Championships

We’ve been busy with many things, but the PAPA 16 World Pinball Championships are just 94 days away, and it’s time to open online registration!

We will be opening the online pre-registration form at 8am Eastern time Tuesday. Note that player number 101 was already claimed through the PAPA TV Kickstarter, but there is plenty of room for more!

PAPA 16 will be held August 8-11, 2013. You can read more details at http://papa.org/papa16/ – we’ll see you there!

When we’re ready, you will be able to register online here.

Pinburgh 2013 Group Photo

At 395 players, if it’s not the biggest pinball tournament ever, it had to be darn close.

BIGGER!  BIGGER!

(Click on it.)

PAPA TV Kickstarter: Road Show!

Thanks to everyone for helping us reach our third stretch goal at $37,500.  Now, PAPA has all the equipment needed for high-quality recording and streaming of pinball.  What next?

How about a road trip from Pittsburgh to Los Angeles and back, with the newest pinball machine in tow, setting it up for free play there and back again?

$50,000 level IS LIT - There and Back Again! Fund a cross-country trip from PAPA Headquarters to the PAPA Circuit Tournament “It Never Drains in Southern California” in January 2014. We will take along the latest and greatest pinball machine, and turn this trip into a long-distance public relations effort for pinball itself. In addition to livestreaming the Circuit Event in Southern California, content for a monthly show on PAPA TV will be created daily, with stops at arcades and private collections, interviews with pinball personalities, and visits to local leagues. We will be setting up the new machine in as many places as possible to encourage new players to enjoy the game. In addition to the monthly show, we will stream content live during the trip. This level includes the purchase of a PAPA TV van or trailer, which will also be used to haul equipment to future Circuit Events.

Spread the word around, we hope this is something a lot of people will be interested in seeing live as it develops.  The new goal is $50,000.  Additionally, for each $1000 from here to there, we’ll film a pinball tutorial in the next 12 months.  At least half will be different: they’ll be live, taking feedback and questions from the PAPA TV audience.

Thanks again for your generosity: over 500 people have now backed the PAPA TV campaign.  We hear some groups are gathering money for the big-ticket items, such as custom token design or even a full takeover of PAPA HQ for a day.

Chase Nunes of GeekGamer.TV has posted Round 2 of the Circuit Final’s Endurance phase here, with Brian Shepherd, Tim Tournay, Daniele Acciari, and Sean Grant.  The video is also available for direct download.  Look for more videos from Pinburgh 2013 as they become available.

PAPA TV Kickstarter: Week 1

We posted the PAPA TV Kickstarter with the hope of reaching our $20,000 goal within 30 days, raising money to acquire equipment to livestream pinball tournaments around the country.

Thanks to the generosity of the pinball community, we reached the $20,000 goal in 18 hours.

The Kickstarter campaign continues to roll on, and we set forward several stretch goals (don’t worry, we have more).

• At $25,000, we will build a professional-quality broadcast booth at PAPA HQ within sight of the A Division finals.  Done.
• At $32,500, we will add specialty cameras: slow motion and custom-built “tilt cam”.  Done.
• At $37,500, we will upgrade the overhead cameras, acquire more sheets of glare-free playfield glass, and buy wireless microphones for player and game audio.  We’re only $442 away from that goal.
• At $50,000… oh, well, that’ll be next.  The next goals will be about PAPA TV content instead of equipment.  The real fun is coming.

Thank you to all contributors and to those who have passed the word around.  We hope you’ll continue to pass the word around as PAPA TV ramps up, and we’re hopeful we can make some of these show-content stretch goals.  In any case, it’s an honor and PAPA will work hard to make these donations worthwhile to pinball players around the world.

http://papa.tv