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pinball tournament - Raffles for great prizes!
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- Vounteer Opportunities
- This show would not be possible without the countless overall hours contributed by our volunteers. For those contributing 3 or more video and/or pinball games to the show receive a special wristband for recognition and good for a weekend pass.
No games to contribute?
You can still help out tremendously by browsing over the Vounteer Opportunities. Anyone pledging 8 hours or more of time also receives the wristband.
Show Hours:
Friday, June 11th - 12pm-12am
Saturday, June 12th - 10am-12am
Sunday, June 13th - 9am-3pm
Saturday, June 12th Speaker Schedule:
11:00-12:00 Steve Ritchie - Pinball & video game designer (Spider-Man, Star
Trek: The Next Generation, High Speed, Flash, Terminator 2)
12:00-1:00 Jim Schelberg - Publisher of PinGame Journal
1:00-2:00 David Thiel - Pinball and video game sound designer (Golden Tee, Capcom Bowling, Mad Planets, Q*bert, Reactor and pins like Indiana Jones, Wheel of Fortune, Spiderman)
2:00-3:30 John Trudeau - Pinball game designer (Rocky, Silver Slugger, The Machine: Bride of Pinbot, Black Rose, Creature From The Black Lagoon, Judge Dredd, Congo)
3:30-4:30 Steve Wiebe - Star of "The King Of Kong" movie
4:30-6:00 George Gomez - Pinball game designer (Tron, Spy Hunter, Monster Bash, Pinball 2000, Sopranos, Lord of the Rings, Revenge from Mars)
6-7:00pm Walter Day - Founder of Twin Galaxies and the Video Game Hall of Fame. Day has been score keeper of the world's gaming records, from '80s arcade games to modern Playstation 3 and XBOX games. He's star of the documentary "Chasing Ghosts" and was the enthusiastic referee in "The King of Kong."
7-9:00pm Clay Harrell (AKA Shaggy) - Star of the hit pinball restoration series "This Old Pinball." Clay will be doing a hands-on, how-to on pinball repair and restoration working on actual games at the show.
Tournament Schedule:
Friday, June. 11th:
Noon to Midnight – Qualifying is open for all Tournaments.
** At the stroke of Midnight, any ball in play must be allowed to drain and the game is considered over. Whatever score the player has will be recorded.
Saturday, June. 12th:
10am to Midnight – Qualifying is open for all Tournaments.
** At the stroke of Midnight, any ball in play must be allowed to drain and the game is considered over. Whatever score the player has will be recorded.
Sunday, June. 13th:
9 am – Players who have qualified for the Novice Finals and Classics Finals are
required to check in. Players who want to sign up for the Wild Card
Playoff are required to do so at this time as well.
9:10 am – Sign-up for the Wild Card Playoff CLOSES and the 4 names of the
players who will compete in the match will be drawn at this time.
9:15 am – The Novice Finals, Classics Finals, and Wild Card Playoff begin.
9:45 am – Women who have qualified for the Women’s Championship are
required to check in. The Women’s Championship will start after the Wild Card Match and Novice Semi-Finals have been completed.
10:15 am – Players who have qualified for the Open Finals are required to check
in. The Open Finals will start after the previous finals matches have
all been completed, and the pre-finals awards have been presented.