Thanks to Nick for having everyone out to his place this week for pinball and 3d projector demos, and another special thanks to Kev for bringing the Samosas again! I can’t remember the last time we only had 4 groups playing, but with only 16 people, it meant that everyone played the same 4 machines, just like the TOPL of old. Also, welcome to Ross (Russ’ friend) who made it out for his first league night this week. Hope to see you again when you can make it!
Scores and Standings-Week 13
Thanks to Eddie for having us out to his place in Whitby, and for putting out great food. A smaller turnout than the last couple of weeks, but to make up for it there were more games in his place than ever before. What’s next once the garage overflow space fills up?
Scores and Standings-Week 12
Thanks to Luch for hosting everyone for another great TOPL night! Another good turnout this week, as we start into the last few weeks of the season.
Replay: New Wizardry Keeps Pinball Rolling in the Internet Age
Replay: New Wizardry Keeps Pinball Rolling in the Internet Age
Souped-Up Machines, Global Rankings Power a Renaissance; Watch Out for Wax
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Scores and Standings-Week 11
This week we had the debut of a new location for TOPL, which is something that doesn’t come around very often. A big thanks to Chris Frolic for opening up his brand new arcade to everyone, and for keeping everyone well fed. Other than one minor malfunction early on, all the games held up to the sustained play of the evening, and everyone had a great time. Hopefully the first of many league nights at Frolic’s arcade!
The 416 location also brought out some new members to their first league night, so welcome to Ryan and Adam. Hopefully you can continue to make it to TOPL events-the machines are certainly more plentiful and in better repair than most of the ones you’ll find out in the wild.
Scores and standings-Week 10
Thanks to Nick for having us out for another great league night! This was the last week for the summer between PAPA and Labour Day, so we’re back to regular schedule in September. Even given people being on vacation on and off through the summer, we’ve still had great turnouts, so the fall should be even better.
ToPL Members make finals in A/B/C/Classics divisions at PAPA 17
The PAPA 17 World Pinball Championship was held this past weekend in Pittsburgh. Some of our ToPL members who were there went all the way to the finals of their division:
Adam Becker (A Division finals) – finished 21st, 66 Classics I, 94th Classics III.
Jack Tadman (B Division finals) – finished 10th, 64th Classics III.
Eddie D’Orazio (C Division finals) – finished 11th, 70th Classic I, 62nd Classics III.
John Flitton (Classics III) – Finished 17th, 26th A Division
Results for other ToPL Members (if any are missing please reply to this post and we’ll add them):
David Smith – 38th B Division, 64th Classics III
Les Kowal – 41st B Division, 47th Classics I, 9th Classics II, 98th Classics III
Stephane Raymond – 26th C Division, 69th Classics III
Pete Nicholls – 57th C Division, 24th Seniors, 75th Classics III
Simon Brown – 75th C Division, 73rd Classics III
Ann Nicholls – 128th C Division, 129th Classics III
Hilary Hawoth – 140th C Division, 128th Classics III
James DeVuono – 94th Classics II, 87th Classics III
Congratulations to everyone for making us proud!
Classic pinball sees resurgence in popularity
Classic pinball sees resurgence in popularity
Games provide socialization and a break from staring at a screen
These machines are just a fraction of the pinball collection housed in the Strykersville basement of collector John Barsh. Robert Kirkham/Buffalo News
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Scores and Standings-Week 9
Thanks to Adam and Denise for having everyone over again this week and keeping everyone fed for the evening. A great collection of games, with a lot of unique titles we don’t see anywhere else. This week also saw the return of some of the original TOPL members, with Tom and Jennifer dropping by while they were in town. Glad you guys could make it out last night! This was also the last league night before the PAPA world championships, so good luck to those that are heading down to compete! There should be a good sized contingent of TOPL members playing, and live results will be up on papa.org through the weekend. Good luck to the crew making the trip-throw a comment up on topl.ca to let us know if you’re heading down so we know who to look for in the standings!
Scores and Standings-Week 8
Thanks to everyone who made it out this week, and to Jim for having us all out to his home to play his extensive collection of games. It seems like we’ve had new people almost every week this season, which is great to see. This was Jason’s first time out, and Myles brought Michelle for her first league night. Welcome to both of you, and hopefully this isn’t the last time we see you out to a TOPL event.