PAPA Blog » tournament http://papa.org/blog Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:19:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Pinburgh 2011: The First 10 Groups http://papa.org/blog/2011/02/pinburgh-2011-the-first-10-groups/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=pinburgh-2011-the-first-10-groups http://papa.org/blog/2011/02/pinburgh-2011-the-first-10-groups/#comments Wed, 02 Feb 2011 05:30:27 +0000 bowen http://tiltwarning.com/blog/?p=1766 At Pinburgh 2011, everyone will play 3-game matches against others for two solid days before determining tournament finalists in A, B, and C Division.  We decided to ‘group’ the games together: 1 quick game (‘Speed’), 1 longer-playing game (‘Stamina’), and 1 in between (‘Skill’).  Today, we’re revealing these 10 groups of 3:

  1. Flash Gordon, Family Guy, Funhouse
  2. Mars Trek, Revenge From Mars, Mars God of War
  3. Scuba, Atlantis, Fathom
  4. Jackbot, Pinbot, Taxi
  5. Buck Rogers, Time Fantasy, Doctor Who
  6. Cleopatra, Black Pyramid, Stargate
  7. Stellar Wars, Starship Troopers, Cosmic Gunfight
  8. Grand Prix (EM), NASCAR, Indianapolis 500
  9. Paragon, Last Action Hero, Terminator 3
  10. 4 Million BC, Jurassic Park, Lost World (Bally)

We’re looking to name each group.  What names would you give?  Leave a comment.  Registration for Pinburgh 2011 is still available, and the players list is continuing to grow.  Hope to see you.

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PAPA 13 – the World Pinball Championships

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]]> http://papa.org/blog/2010/08/treasure-this/feed/ 2 New Tokens Are In http://papa.org/blog/2010/08/new-tokens-are-in/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-tokens-are-in http://papa.org/blog/2010/08/new-tokens-are-in/#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 17:51:18 +0000 aro http://tiltwarning.com/blog/?p=1095 12″ tall, smallest of the bunch.



]]> http://papa.org/blog/2010/08/new-tokens-are-in/feed/ 0 Playboy Super Shooter Pinball Tournament 1978 http://papa.org/blog/2010/08/playboy-super-shooter-pinball-tournament-1978/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=playboy-super-shooter-pinball-tournament-1978 http://papa.org/blog/2010/08/playboy-super-shooter-pinball-tournament-1978/#comments Tue, 03 Aug 2010 15:39:53 +0000 aro http://tiltwarning.com/blog/?p=1077 Custom leather jackets, backlit floor, bunnies keeping score… and a Nissan 280zx to the Champ? Take me there, back, WABAC! Ken Lunceford, where you at!??!

Write up from Loose Change magazine from April of 1978. Click on through for a larger, more legible image.

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Through the Backglass – Official PAPA 13 mixtape by Max Terasauro

The Hip Sound – Far Out
The Laurels – Devil’s Well
The Grodeck Whipperjennny – Put Your Thing On Me
The Beaver Patrol – ESP
The Spike Drivers – Strange Mysterious Sounds
Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation – Warning
The Music Machine – Trouble
The Arrows – Cycle-Delic
The Deep – Color Dreams
101 Strings – Trippin’ On Lunar 7
Riders Of The Mark – The Electronic Insides And Metal Complexion That Make Up Herr Doktor Krieg
Dick Hyman – Give It Up Or Turn It Loose
The Electric Latin Love Machine – Windmills Of Your Mind
Tom Dissevelt – Seconds To Eternity
Pink Floyd – Point Me At The Sky

Through the Backglass – Official PAPA 13 mixtape by Max Terasauro


right click, save link as, etc. enjoy.

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]]> http://papa.org/blog/2010/07/pinball-in-1080p/feed/ 4 California Extreme Finals Watchable via TourneyCam http://papa.org/blog/2010/07/california-extreme-finals-watchable-via-tourneycam/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=california-extreme-finals-watchable-via-tourneycam http://papa.org/blog/2010/07/california-extreme-finals-watchable-via-tourneycam/#comments Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:15:27 +0000 aro http://tiltwarning.com/blog/?p=1022 Two time defending World Pinball Champion Keith Elwin at California Extreme earlier this month on Dr. Who versus Jim Belsito. Spark behind TourneyCam is coming courtesy Randy Elwin of Pinball 101 fame.

]]> http://papa.org/blog/2010/07/california-extreme-finals-watchable-via-tourneycam/feed/ 7 Keeping an Eye on Pre-Registrations http://papa.org/blog/2010/07/keeping-an-eye-on-pre-registrations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=keeping-an-eye-on-pre-registrations http://papa.org/blog/2010/07/keeping-an-eye-on-pre-registrations/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:35:08 +0000 aro http://tiltwarning.com/blog/?p=934 This time last year we had 97 pre-registrants signed up, while we’re +13 that with 110 at the moment and little more than word of mouth to thank. Historically speaking though, here are how the numbers look – as per dear sigma’s files:

Tournament Year Pre-Registrations Total Players Registered
Pinburgh 2001 49 171
Pinburgh 2002 68 145
Pinburgh 2003 70 149
PAPA 7 2004 102 218
PAPA 8 2005 123 275
PAPA 9 2006 141 315
PAPA 10 2007 132 272
PAPA 11 2008 155 312
PAPA 12 2009 213 389


As always, general admission is free, gratis, walk on through our doors, everyone is invited to come play, we’re open for over 55 hours, from August 12-15.

PAPA HQ is a 30,000sq ft facility, dedicated vintage arcade gameroom stocked full with over 425 pinball machines, 20some classic arcade games, and room to roam. For the World Pinball Championships we arrange 51 of the collection’s games in the ring on the red carpet for competitive play, the remaining 375+ machines on the purple carpet are set to token play for any and all who so desire. 4 tokens for $1, games are typically 2tokens/1game/3balls.

Over the past few years it’s become more than evident that PAPA is growing, the largest most competitive pinball tournament on the planet has earned itself a reputation, and we honestly have no idea how big things are going to get anymore! In 2009 at PAPA 12 we figure well over 2,000 people made their way through our doors to get their game on.

If you’re coming strictly to compete, help clue us in to how many of you plan on descending in Pittsburgh to get serious for cash and rank by pre-registering. Let us know how much energy we’re going to need to focus on the center of the arena.

PAPA 13

Is that BBQ I smell? Ribs? Vulture’s wing?

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$36,000+ cash pool, 69 payouts deep, $10,000 top prize awarded to the World Pinball Champion. August. 52 days ’til doors open at PAPA 13.


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