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  1. Hi Colin, State Finalists always welcome in Wildball.
  2. Hi Paul, You got a clean bill of health from Zac (@Zac), so welcome aboard.
  3. Greetings Humans, It is that time when we announce the schedule for Wildball League for the 2023 year. And with it some changes. Update - Darren (@Nasco62) will be taking over the Tournament Director. Darren was one of the first Hosts to open his home to the League. He has re-worked the calendar please see the Dates below. In the meantime, you can register your interest in the league by posting to this thread. We welcome new players but we restrict numbers due to Host Games Rooms. Returning players will be given priority. The Dates and Hosts 29/4 Nasco 20/5 Skids 24/6 Gabbo 29/7 Audioenslaved 12/8 Zac 23/9 Nasco 14/10 To be decided. 4/11 Finals Nasco 14/10 Skids 18/11 Final round & Final Gabbo's The usual Horde Audioenslaved Skids Symonz Gabbo BD666 Defender Whitewater JUG23 Nich2Pat Zac Nasco62 Good Times Game Over Dredd Pinlinds Swedish Taxi The Aceman Cardini PKAF68 Colin_M My Annual Announcement Our League is socially driven. We come together to enjoy all aspects of the ‘world under glass’. I want to stress the comp side of Wildball is only part of the fun. The social aspect is equally important to the Wildball Mob. Most of the time we spend free playing, trouble shooting, dividing opinions and just recalling the ‘good old days’! It’s the Wildball camaraderie. Our hosts open homes and their collections. Allowing us to play games from the 60’s through to the modern day – making this League the envy of all others. Our Hosts underpin the League and we are in their debt. They spend many hours getting their beloved machines to tiptop condition for our night. Their rules apply when we visit. No abuse in any form will be tolerated and the offender(s) will be removed immediately. Fees/Subs. We are currently reviewing the Fee Structure and will provide more details shortly. The Comp. We have applied for the event to be IFPA sanctioned. As such there will be a player fee of $1 which is played to IFPA Australia. That fee will be subsidised by a sponsor. Format On the night you will be randomly grouped with 4 others to play together, 6 games of the Hosts choosing. Record (take a picture) your scores and report them to a nominated scorer. The scores over the entire season will be tallied together to provide standing for the final held at the last meet (Dec). The top half, (usually sixteen players) will play off in single elimination best of 3 games. The winner will hold aloft the Wildball Trophy. Details for each meet will be PMs to all players one week prior to the Meet. Any questions please PM or ask in the thread below.
  4. Hi All, Firstly apologies for the delay in posting since our last meet, had a few things on. Thank you to Simon for allowing the Wildball faithful (and I do mean the faithful 😐) to play your wonderful collection. Some amazing machines. below is the link to our 2022 Series. Match Play Events So we move on to Gabbo's. A new Host to Wildball. I will be PMing all players the usual details. pleas sing out if the PM does not get to you. To All interested parties, Wildball is Sydney's Premier Pinball League. We visit Sydney's best collections of Pinball machines, to play, discuss and just socialize around this great pastime. Enjoying pinball machines from all eras. the 1960's classics all the way to 2022 machines. Friends and guests always welcome. please PM me if interested.
  5. Hi All, Just PM'd Wildballers re next Saturday Night. Please let me know if you did not get the message. looking forward to playing some modern Pinball!
  6. Apologies for the delay in posting this (a lot on). Big thanks to @Skids for hosting Saturday Night. Great to play some of the older titles. Pharaoh for example an exotic game that all Pinheads needs to experience. Good to see the return of some old Wildball faces Nasco62, George, Jamie and RGR. Welcome John P. The Results for Saturday Nights Comp are here ---> Match Play Events the 2022 Series is here --> Match Play Events look forward to seeing you at the next Wildball met at Symonz in a couple of weeks.
  7. Hi All, I have just sent a PM to all players re Saturday Night. if you did not get that PM, please let me know.
  8. Thank you to The Wildball faithful that came along to our re-boot of our League. The last time we met as a Wildball playing group was February 2020!! Great to see that the COVID thing has not dented the humour of the playing group! Understand those who were absent - many things on! Can assure you a good time was had by all. Audioenslaved collection is top class. For mine the Alien game was a standout. Great theme for a pinball machine. Our next Meet would be on 29 Oct at another Wildball King Pin Skids. Another great collection of classic and new. I look forward to seeing you all then. please see the results of this the first round of 2022. Match Play Events Recall the format of our League is best game based - qualifying over the course of the Series (the Meets). the top half will move through to a final series at the end of the final Meet for the year. In the final series sees the bottom 4 players (the choice of machine or playing position goes to the top ranked player). the lowest scorer bows out and the next highest ranked player joins the group. this continues until we get down to two. they will then playoff in a best of three.
  9. Hi Players, I have just sent a PM to all players registered above. please let me know if you did not receive.
  10. Calling all Wildballers the Storm is Over – return to your League!!!! This year I had been advising all those who contacted me that Wildball would be returning in 2023. Fully respecting the hosts decisions that now was not the time to have large social gatherings, playing machines that each person touches. It meant Wildball was just another social/sporting event crippled by COVID. Just think of the number of new game releases we have missed during that time ( I still have not seen a Led Zeppelin or Avengers in the flesh!)!! Well after a nudge from a couple of the hosts (and a would be host!), the Board, the Critical Response Committee and the Director at Wildball's ‘Centre Par Excellence’ have agreed to a shortened series 2022 starting next month. Over four meets in 2022 the league will be kickstarted with a view to returning to a full calendar in the 2023 year. We will be having a reduced comp and currently seeking IFPA status. Yes, the Wildball Trophy will be up for grabs. In order to scribe your initials on the Shield you will have to defeat some of the most skilled players in the country. This year we will bring back to life the premier Pinball league in Australia. Over 4 meets – three at established Wildball Doyens and one Wildballer opening his games room for the first time. The dates and host 1. 24/9 Audioenslaved 2. 29/10 Skids 3. 26/11 Symonz 4. 17/12 Gabbo The ever-gracious hosts have again allowed us to come and play their extensive collections. The Horde As in the past we will be offering places to the Wildball faithful first. we also encourage significant others to join in at any time. We may have to limit numbers due to conditions. Audioenslaved Skids Symon Gabbo DB666 Defender WhiteWater JUG123 Nich2Pat Zac Nasco62 Good Times Game Over Dredd Pinlinds SwedishTaxi The Aceman Cardini Please PM me or add to this thread to confirm your attendance. My Annual Announcement Our League is socially driven. We come together to enjoy all aspects of the ‘world under glass’. I want to stress the comp side of Wildball is only part of the fun. The social aspect is equally important to the Wildball Mob. Most of the time we spend free playing, trouble shooting, dividing opinions and just recalling the ‘good old days’! It’s the Wildball camaraderie. Our hosts open their collections for us in their homes. Many spend hours getting their beloved machines to tiptop condition for our night. Their rules apply when we visit. No abuse in any form will be tolerated and the offender(s) will be removed immediately. The COVID Thing. As advised in the false start last year, please stay at home if you are feeling sick and/or displaying symptoms. Don’t not attend if you are positive (can’t believe I am saying that!!). Understand that the spread of the virus is not just to those you meet but their family and to friends too. Fees/Subs. The annual subscription is $45 for each Player. As this is a reduced season the fees are $40 and payable at the first meet. All funds collected are returned to the playing group in the form of trophies and prizes. $20 is also paid to the host on the evening. This is to cover the food and soft drink they supply. The Comp We have applied for the event to be IFPA sanctioned. As such there will be a player fee of $1 which is played to IFPA Australia. That fee will be subsidised from a sponsor. Format On the night you will be randomly grouped with 4 others to play together, 6 games of the Hosts choosing. Record (take a picture) your scores and report them to a nominated scorer. The scores over the entire season will be tallied together to provide standing for the final held at the last meet (Dec). The top half, (usually sixteen players) will play off in single elimination best of 3 games. The winner will hold aloft the Wildball Trophy! Details for each meet will be PMs to all players one week prior to the Meet. From what I can recall, I think that is about it. Any questions please PM or ask in the thread below.
  11. HI Wildballers. It has been too long since I posted on this Page. I trust all is well for the Group and extended families as we move toward the Festive season. Wonder how many pinball machines will be under the Christmas Tree this year? Aside from the COVID issue, over the past three or four months, a few things have meant I have had to place Pinball much lower in my priorities, hence the radio silence. Drawing to the end of the year I usually have the honour of heaping praise on this years Champion. Sadly this is the second year we were unable to play and watch a finals season. Obviously, social restrictions have stopped our ability to meet, and whilst they were lifted (and IFPA began to sanction events again). It was decided not to resume due to fears of bringing the virus into our gracious hosts homes. It is one thing to meet in a pub to play, but another to arrange these gatherings in private homes. I do hope we can resume early in 2022. I will be reaching out to our Hosts just after Christmas to gauge their appetite for putting together a season. With the state of affairs being so ‘minute by minute’ on the social gathering front, we will see what the future brings. On a lighter note I recently attended (with other Pinball Luminaries), the grand opening of Wildballs Centre Par Excellence (Read - Roger Zs Barcade in Redfern). The Centre Par Excellence was constructed to developed our most gifted players (read all of you) to achieve high success on the world Pinball Stage. We will be making use of this Wildball facility a few times over the course of next year. And yet another note, this maybe off topic but, I have decided to thin out my collection and will be selling off some of my machines shortly. I would prefer to offer them to interested parties first. The first to go will be Rapid Fire – I know it is not a pinball machine is the true sense, but it works. The cabinet is in good shape. The backglass is sealed with a little lifting at the bottom. It has two 7 digit displays, a squawk n talk and an alltek board. PM me if you are interested. the other machines I will be offloading will come online is I get them out of storage. On behalf of the Wildball Board, I wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy, prosperous and healthy new year.
  12. Hi @Pinoffski Yes the colours are brilliant. Re-sizing now. might post once we get it installed properly.
  13. Its the first time we tried it and it does have other shortcomings, so will iron those out and re-size.
  14. A part of a major restoration on a Gottlieb's The Amazing Spiderman from 1980, one of the final steps was to find a replacement backglass as the original has seen much better days. Whilst repro's are available from overseas, the cost inclusive of shipping was rather restrictive. So in looking for other options, I tracked down a soft copy of the artwork and thought we would find a Printer who could supply the necessary materials to make a replacement. I left him the original for what seemed like months. Received the finished product on Friday. on first blush, pretty happy with the result the colours are brilliant and sharp. After getting a celebratory beer in readiness to have an evening of Pinball Spiderman style, I carefully removed the original and then inserted the repo. then hoping to light it up in all its LED glory. .........................Maybe I am not finished with the original just yet!!! It would appear our replacement needs to grow a bit! :-). After falling at the first hurdle, I had the beer anyway! Take away here is to always measure twice!
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