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Pinferno VII

Reciprocal Skateboards, 402 East 11th Street, New York, NY 10009 Slideshow

Jon over at Reciprocal Skateboards is planning another pinball tournament — this time its in his newly expanded space and featuring 10 machines! Here’s what he has to say about the event (edited to include capital letters):

Registration will be announced, and begin in December. a head’s up as to the specific date of the registration’s opening will be also announced on our facebook page. Please follow us on facebook to see upcoming event details: https://www.facebook.com/reciprocalskateboards

For those who aren’t familiar with the Pinferno tournament, it’s an all-day event starting at noon, and continuing until a grand champion is crowned (usually around 10pm). The tournament is broken into 2 rounds. the first round, from noon until 6pm, will have every participant playing in groups of 4, and switching groups after every game. Player’s points are determined by their outcomes in these group matches, and totals are recalculated after every game to determine grouping in the next game.

Round 2 will only involve the top 24 point-holders as of 6pm, going on to playing tournament style brackets in either a best out of 3 or best out of 5 match, depending on the leg of the bracket.

Details of the tournament are still being worked out, and are subject to change between now and the time of the event. Until then, look forward to the following highlights:

• PAPA sponsored = $$ prizes
• 48 players
• online entry
• IFPA sanctioned, WPPR certified
• If you’re confused by the previous item, it simply means that you’ll have to endure all of your non-pinhead friends making fun of you for being ‘ranked’ in pinball
• open entry.. casual and competitive players alike.. first to pay, first to play
• spectators welcome
• skateshop closed for the day
• no skate-rats
• way more chicks than other tourneys
• rad new custom t-shirts from non-other than my good friend Ian Byers, unless he yells at me that he’s too busy with his full-time job and new daughter
• many more, well needed, 2XL’s
• complimentary mini bottles of purell for every participant, and a mandatory ‘wash your hands after using bathroom policy’
• 9 machines, all Sega’s
• more villains
• sexier bellydancers than pinferno ‘li’V’es, but less japanese people
• live performances by 80’s favorites such as oingo boingo, ‘til Tuesday, and haircut one hundred
• 8 security cameras, recording you plunging and draining
• filtered yelp reviews of the event
• registration guarantees citizenship
• Getaway, no tilt
• a certain je ne sais quoi
• L’yman ‘F’uckin’ ‘Sheats
• tons of pizza
• tutorials by Bowen Kerins on geometry and spiritual enlightenment
• swedish dudes
• HBO on demand
• lightning flippers on games they don’t belong on
• Todd Mac on drums, Nicola Pierobon on bass and Francesco La Rocca on vocals, softly crooning their newest hit “this song does not sucks brotha’, and big time !!!”
• a chance to whoop “the storm’s” ass
• wizard of oz???
• several simultaneous geeky conversations about gaming
• a new, more offensive videographer
• b.y.o. whatever (no use of illegal substances in, or around the store please, thank you)
• 21 and over only unless accompanied by an adult
• finalists will face off on ‘double dragon’
• everybody’s getting laid!
• all promises are subject to being broken.

fyi, just a quick recap of the previous grand champions from pinferno’s past:

• “Pinferno I” – Nicola Pierobon
• “Spawn of Pinferno” – Sean Grant
• “Pinferno III: rage against the machines” – Sean Grant
• “Pinferno IV: summer tour” – Sean Grant
• “Pinferno li’V’es” – Steve Bowden
• “Pinferno Freezes Over” – Lyman Sheats Jr.