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Offline Wotto

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SWPL Finals night - this Saturday 15th.....
« on: June 10, 2013, 06:59:16 PM »
Hey all,

Just a shout out that our inaugural finals will be happening this Saturday night at my home.

It will see all players play their final round in the league ( 2  x 3 ball games per player on Monopoly ).......and those results will give us our final standings for all players for the year. After that is tallied, we will have our 3 finalists and know who came dead last.
The person that comes last in the league for the year and is present on the night will then select a machine title for the 3 finalists to battle it out on for trophies and prizes.

Games list

Metallica
Avengers
Monopoly
T3
Cirqus Voltaire
XMen

and maybe an ACDC



Jonesy seemingly has 1st place in the bag - unless he has a horror couple of games on Monopoly.
2nd & 3rd place is pretty much JUST still up for grabs if RB or myself happens to have a dead set shocker and Bert, Millsy or Stocky can have a blinder - but hey , no pressure guys :lol

I will ensure that we get some decent pics of the winners and their trophies after it is all said and done.
I am sure Rod will do a video as well.

Looking forward to a good night ahead.

Report will be posted up next Sunday
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Re: SWPL Finals night - this Saturday 15th.....
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2013, 07:03:55 PM »
thanks for sharing, great enthusiasm

has the group of guys that compete enjoying the comp at different people's places?
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Re: SWPL Finals night - this Saturday 15th.....
« Reply #2 on: June 10, 2013, 07:17:10 PM »
Yes I think so mate. It's been a pretty good year overall and I think ( well I hope ) that most the participants would agree with that.
 
At it's base it is a Pinball league - but it is also a way of ensuring that the local 15 or so guys , plus any visitors, enjoy 'regular meets'......which is all good for the hobby IMO.

I am hoping our sponsors RTBB and Pinball Shed , whom I am very grateful to ,feel they got something out of it as well, I know a few of the guys have been buying bits and pieces off Greg after being introduced to him or reminded of him via the league.

Nights have been every 8 weeks this year  - I will start the next SWPL league in Jan 2014 ( yes need a break ) and hold them every 6 weeks to finish in September - allowing 3 months until we then, start again.


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Re: SWPL Finals night - this Saturday 15th.....
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2013, 07:26:45 PM »
Reminder of prizes on offer.

1st place
MAJOR Trophy and bragging rights
Winners T shirt - to be made after the event so sizing can be correct
$250.00 parts voucher at RTBB
An SWPL Coffee Cup
A unique SWPL souvenier from Randy Pecks Nu-PIKE Arcade in Long Beach LA
A set of 3 Pinball Compendium Books - 1930-1960 / 1970-1982 / 1982-present

2nd Place
2nd Place Trophy
2nd Place T shirt - to be made after the event so sizing can be correct
$100 dinner voucher at Wollngong Harbourfront Seafood Restaurant ( posh hey ! )
An SWPL Coffee Cup
A unique SWPL souvenir from Randy Pecks Nu-PIKE Arcade in Long Beach LA

3rd Place
3rd Place Trophy
3rd Place T shirt - to be made after the event so sizing can be correct
Sennheisser Cordless Headphones
An SWPL Coffee Cup
A unique SWPL souvenir from Randy Pecks Nu-PIKE Arcade in Long Beach LA


Last place has a small prize coming as well  #@#


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Re: SWPL Finals night - this Saturday 15th.....
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2013, 07:39:14 PM »
Coooooooooooool MONOPOLY, good game for a final. Love mine and has some interesting ways to score( if you know how? )
good luck all involved
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Re: SWPL Finals night - this Saturday 15th.....
« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2013, 07:40:45 PM »
Hats off to Wotto for organising,hosting and running this event and to the other guys & gals for opening up there homes for us Illawarra players.  @@*
Looking forward to Sat night  $#$
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Re: SWPL Finals night - this Saturday 15th.....
« Reply #6 on: June 10, 2013, 07:43:52 PM »
Good stuff Wotto - Make sure you post pictures  ^^^
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Re: SWPL Finals night - this Saturday 15th.....
« Reply #7 on: June 10, 2013, 08:46:44 PM »
Great game line up and prizes mate, all the best for Saturday.

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Re: SWPL Finals night - this Saturday 15th.....
« Reply #8 on: June 12, 2013, 12:04:59 AM »
Melbourne guys will need to get something similar up if not already, great to see your efforts have paid off wotto, sure you and the guys have had some fun and lots of laughs
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Re: SWPL Finals night - this Saturday 15th.....
« Reply #9 on: June 12, 2013, 10:34:50 AM »
Best of luck to all SWPL playesr for Sat night  ^^^ . Some good prizes on offer too  ^^^
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Re: SWPL Finals night - this Saturday 15th.....
« Reply #10 on: June 16, 2013, 01:28:10 AM »
Well thats all over.
Who won- what happened?

The machines were checked over, tested and polished up this afternoon.
The prize display was created





These 2 games sit pretty well together !



As do these 2





Ok - so we firstly had to get through our our last (6th ) round and determine our final standings for the year based on those game results.
1st and 2nd final standings for the year were pretty much in the bag for Rollerball and Jonesy.........but 3rd place was open to around 4 or 5 other players. So as usual for our league, each player completed 2 three ball games on the 'machine of the round' - this time being Monopoly.

Here is Jonesy on one of his round games - note the prizes placed right by the game tonight just to keep the pressure on all contenders.



I keep the 'machine of the round' in a separate room to the main games so players can concentrate and the other guys can continue to play the other machines while they wait to play the league game. Obviously Metallica got some lovin tonight  ^^^



So after the final Monopoly games were played out - we determined the final places for the year and had our top 3 players , ready to shoot it out in a 3 ball game on a machine to be selected by our last place getter for they year - Anna, who i must say had some good games on Monopoly tonight in a last ditch effort to come dead stone cold floundering last ( sorry Anna, that sounded bad hey  #@# ) - ONE point ahead of Simon for they year !

Anna selected Metallica , because the guys were so ugly......no not our champs - the Metallica guys ( well I think that's what she meant anyway )
So it came down to Jonesy , Rollerball, and our little mate Millsy.

Here are the guys in their final game - I have to say the respect shown by the crowd at this stage was great , with all spectators VERY quiet, it was like Pot Black!





Did you note dead keen Millsy in the shots above - eyeing out the comp - Captain serious !
Would all the eagle eye , over the shoulder viewing of the other players pay off?
Is this the stance of a champion?




Well as a matter of fact - yes it DID pay off for the one that I called our dark horse in around Round 2 of the comp.
Congrats Millsy :D



Rollerball came in 2nd and will now have to don his best suit and take his Mrs out for a seafood dinner .
Jonesy - out leader for the year and Mr Consistency........crumbled after I made him a coffee and came in third.



Once again , a gracious shout of thanks to our sponsors , The Pinball Shed and RTBB Quality Pinball Parts , and of course all of our players for thier input this year.

Got through the year without ONE machine hang up - which is amazing.
Hope you all had a blast  <..>
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Re: SWPL Finals night - this Saturday 15th.....
« Reply #11 on: June 16, 2013, 08:52:09 AM »
nice collection Wotto and looks like a awesome night, good on you for putting it on

and congrats to the guys for their placings
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Re: SWPL Finals night - this Saturday 15th.....
« Reply #12 on: June 16, 2013, 10:54:59 AM »
Very nice lineup Wotto  ^^^

Congrats to the comp winners and very nice work there Kev  *%*
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Re: SWPL Finals night - this Saturday 15th.....
« Reply #13 on: June 16, 2013, 11:10:40 AM »
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looks like good fun was had by all, nice work
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Re: SWPL Finals night - this Saturday 15th.....
« Reply #14 on: June 16, 2013, 11:19:30 AM »
That lineup of games looks awesome!! A line of bling along the wall  ^^^

Sounds like a fun night and competition.