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Classics Knockout Tournament at The Pinball Capitol

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Classics Knockout Tournament at The Pinball Capitol

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Classics Knockout Tournament at The Pinball Capitol It was Recorded Live on Twitch - Foxcitiespinball channel Thanks to The Pinball Capital for having us out to stream. Many thanks to KingPinGames...

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Highlights

  • The Pinball Capitol venue in Wisconsin is newly opened and is being positioned as a 'Pinball Capital' with plans for future expansions including artwork, soundproofing, and potentially additional floors.
  • Approximately 50-52 players signed up for the Classics Knockout Tournament.
  • The tournament uses a three-strikes knockout format with five rounds of match play, where bottom two players in a three-player group receive a strike.
  • The machine lineup includes only electromechanical (EM) and early solid-state games up to approximately Cyclone (1988), excluding modern games like Taxi.
  • Players from multiple states participated, including Washington state and New York, with Tom noting attendees from Wisconsin and beyond.
  • The venue previously hosted a tournament the night before (Valley event mentioned) where there was a controversial 'final call' on tournament registration that lasted an extra hour.
  • Ryan C. is an experienced classics player with strong performance in EM games, winning rounds on Sunset and other machines.
  • Silverball Rumble event (referenced as 'Silverball Super Social') was formerly held at Antarium and is now being held at The Pinball Capitol, with only a few tickets remaining.
  • Most classic/EM machines in the venue are five-ball games, while early solid-state machines are typically three-ball games.
  • Rounds are approximately 25 minutes long, with about 50 minutes elapsed after two complete rounds.

Notable quotes

“It's not just the pinball. No, it's the people. It's the camaraderie.”
Ryan C.
“Classics is the equalizer, man.”
Host/Ryan C.
“Top eight is in the money again tonight.”
Tournament organizer
“Ain't no basement like a Tom graph basement. Till it till it floods.”
Ryan C.
“You got game after game after game of very enjoyable high wall playable.”
Ryan C.
“Three strikes knockout is rough.”
Commentator
“We all four deserve strikes on that game. We were all terrible.”
Player discussing Melody results
“Your punishment is you get to go play the new game. Follow Dory Rock.”
Tournament organizer
“Francis has done an amazing thing here. He's going to do more than this. There's going to be artwork. There's going to be soundproofing.”
Host/Ryan C.
“Greasy, greasy cabinet buttons will drive you nuts.”
Tom Graph

Entities

  • Silverball Rumble· event
  • Future Spa· game
  • Grand Prix· game
  • Jaws· game
  • Joust· game
  • Jurassic Park· game
  • Mars Trek· game
  • Melody· game
  • Meteor· game
  • Sunset· game
  • Supersonic· game
  • Fox Cities Pinball· organization
  • Match Play Events· organization
  • Andy· person
  • Brendan· person
  • Francis· person
  • Grant· person
  • Ken· person
  • Maddie· person
  • Ryan C.· person
  • Tom Graph· person
  • Tom Mangi· person
  • Trey· person
  • Antarium· venue
  • The Pinball Capitol· venue

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