City Pinball

Apologies in advance for sincere posting. Not a big fan of it but life is full of unexpected surprises...e.g., I never thought I'd be part of an Alesse guerilla marketing campaign but here we are. Some of you may have seen (and donated!) to the Cabin Fever gofundme at https://www.gofundme.com/f/save-cabin-fever. Thanks to Jeremy Wilson for starting the gofundme, because if you know Robyn you know that she would rather shut down than ask for help. Cabin (Robyn) needs our suppo...Continue reading

Yes this is another "Our Response to COVID-19" email. We'll keep this brief since we know that every brand you have ever interacted with has sent you an "Our Response to COVID-19" related email and you are determined to read them all. City Pinball News & Notes 1. City Pinball is postponed until further notice. ... 2. I am once again asking you to check out this week's movie poster. 3. Cabin has been there for us in our time of pinball need, and we are happy to be there for Cabin as it closes for at least a week. This season's league fees $800 will be used to buy $800 worth of Cabin Fever gift certificates. We have a league surplus so this won't affect "A" Division and "B" Division prizes. These gift certificates will be given out by me, City Pinball's benevolent dictator, in my absolute discretion. 4. Updated scores and standings are here: http://city.league.papa.org/meetResults/35/5

Hi all- Hope you are having a Super Tuesday! The first movie collaboration between John "Greek" Zaharatos and Chris Tew has been released and it looks like an instant classic.... Practice starts @6 and league starts @7. John Zaharatos continues to lead the league in points, hugs, and shoulder massages (consensually of course). Updated scores and standings here...and top 5 below: Player Total Points John Zaharatos 1722 Dan Beeson 1605 Duncan McFarlane 1584 Bryce Moore 1571 The Liam Kearney Show 1565 Most Improved: Player Improvement Points Joshua Tomkins 348 Bryce Moore 260 Robyn Harrison 231 Howard Pressburger 193 Joe Ciaravino 193 City Pinball News & Notes: Cheer on City Pinball's Adam Becker as he represents Ontario at the National Pinball Championships this weekend. The tournament will be streamed by Inland Empire Pinball Association (https://www.twitch.tv/iepinball) and the bracket is available at https://challonge.com/2020nacs. "B" Playoffs will be held on Wednesday, April 1, and "A" Playoffs will be held on April 8th. We will also be holding an IFPA Sanctioned (worth 4% TGP) Escape Nublar Tournament that night for some great prizes. See you tomorrow!

It's almost time for your favorite bi-weekly loosely organized competitive socializing event! Sure, you could throw axes or *checks notes* do a Dinner in the Dark -The Blind Ninja Dinner Challenge, so we're happy that you're joining us for some olde fashioned pinball. In City Pinball's quest to become a global lifestyle brand based on the iconic and outrageously fun modern American game of pinball, we are expanding our brand footprint from movies to video games. Presenting: E...xciteBryce (credit to the extremely talented Chris Tew). As as tradition, most recent results are at http://city.league.papa.org/meetResults, and top 5 are below: Standings Player Points John Zaharatos 1254 Jason McKay 1229 Dan Beeson 1227 Duncan McFarlane 1206 (Excite)Bryce Moore 1199 Most Improved Player Improvement Points Josh Tomkins 348 Bryce Moore 219 Jason McKay 218 Joe Ciaravino 193 Howard Pressburger 193 See you tomorrow! How did I screw up this post? Sound off in the comments!

SEE MESSAGE BELOW FROM MYLES ("BIG DOG") CAMERON WITH INFO ON TOPL's FAMILY DAY FLIPPER FRENZY! Subject: Family Day Flipper Frenzy ( START TIME CHANGE ) WE HAVE MOVED THE FLIPPER FRENZY FROM THE AFTERNOON TO THE EVENING... THE NEW START TIME WILL BE 7:30 PM INSTEAD OF 1:00 PM Want to spend some time with your Pinball Family on Family Day? Come out for ToPL's Family Day Flipper Frenzy! This is an IFPA sanctioned event with WPPR points up for grabs! When: Monday, February 17, 2020 Where: Maple Pinball - (245 Matheson Blvd East, Unit #14 in Mississauga) Cost: $20 entry fee for host and food Please send EFT to [email protected] to register early (please make your EFT password ToPLfrenzy2020) Doors open at 7:00 pm. Frenzy starts at 7:30 pm and runs till 10:00 pm (2.5 Hours) Latecomers will be accepted until 8:00 pm Any questions? Please email [email protected]

OK all - practice @6 and league play @7. Johnny Z continues to play great pinball! He put up 740k on Harlem Globetrotters and leads the rest of the City Pinball field by over 100 points! More great movie poster work from Chris Tew...and longtime City Pinball member Andrew Carr finally gets a lead role!... Josh Tomkins is tops in the most improved race with 348 points. Josh put up his first ever top 5 score by getting over 90m on Stranger Things. Way to go Josh! Top 5 Overall Player Total Points John Zaharatos 962 Joe Ciaravino 846 The Liam Kearney Show 845 Dan Beeson 824 David Senior 813 Top 5 Most Improved Player Improvement Points Joshua Tomkins 348 Howard Pressburger 201 Joe Ciaravino 180 John Zaharatos 177 Robyn Harrison 163 City Pinball News & Notes City Pinball lost a tough match in a tiebreaker to Buffalo Pinball. Relive the gory details at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as9Gngc9uB0, and thanks to Adam Josef, Brett, Devra, Duncan, Joe C, Johnny Z and Pete for a great afternoon. Looking for a reason to go to Montreal? The North Star Winter Classic 2020 is being held on March 7th at North Star. Check out this feature (https://www.koin.com//worlds-1st-top-female-pinballer-ben/) on longtime pinballer and former women's world champion Zoë Vrabel. Friend of City Pinball Jeremy Wilson is hosting the Seasonal Affective Discontent and Meat Matchplay tournament on February 15th. It is being held at the East York Spherical Arts Appreciation Society. Check out the details here.