Our latest limited-run shirt design! This shirt features a distressed-look version of the logo for our Twitch show, “Bro, do you even pinball?” on the front, and a small Buffalo Pinball pop bumper logo centered in the shoulder area on the back. High quality screen printed on American Apparel shirts.
Available in sizes medium to XXXL. Grab one over on our merch page.
We’re showing some support to another location that has recently cropped up with a nice group of games by taking our Selfie League to World Hollywood Entertainment in the McKinley Mall for the month of June.
Location
World Hollywood Entertainment
Inside the McKinley Mall
3701 McKinley Pkwy #830, Buffalo, NY 14219
Hours
Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Sunday: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Games
This month we’ll be playing four games (instead of the usual six): Spider-Man (vault edition), Iron Man, Star Trek (pro) and the Walking Dead (pro)
Prizes
World Hollywood Entertainment has generously donated gift certificates of $30, $20 and $10 to their store as prizes for the month!
How to play
It’s easy and anyone can participate! Here’s how:
After nine months and 53 games of competitive pinball, we finally have our top finishers for the 2015–16 Buffalo Pinball League:
A Division
B Division
This is the league’s third successful sold out season. Twenty six players competed in the league from September 2015 – April 2016, with playoffs in May. The league meets in a mix of some of the best private collections in Buffalo, NY, as well as on location at Pocketeer Billiards.
We livestreamed the finals on Twitch, here’s the archives on YouTube where you can see how it all went down:
A Division Finals
B Division Finals
Consolation Round
Signups will be in June for current league members in good standing who wish to participate in the 2016–17 season, and new players will have the chance to register for any open slots on a first-come, first-served basis in July. Sign up for our newsletter to be updated when signups will go live.
Hope to see you next season!
Bruce Nightingale went back-to-back and successfully defended his title, taking first place for the second consecutive year at the Buffalo Pinball Open on April 30, 2016 in Buffalo, NY. Rounding out the top four were Ryan Zlomek, second; Nick Lane, third; and Dave Urbanek, fourth.
A sold-out field of 26 players played through 5 hours of group match-play qualifying on 11 excellent games courtesy of our hosts, Martha Donovan and Nick Lane.
The playoffs, including semi-finals with Jordan Nittoli and Martha Donovan, were live streamed to our Twitch channel. You can see the archive of the playoff battle, complete with commentary, via the below archive on our YouTube channel.
The full final standings are below and will be posted to the IFPA for World Pinball Player Ranking points soon. Thanks to all who came out and helped make it a great event!
The regular season of the 2015-16 Buffalo Pinball League is complete! The top four finishers in each division are:
A Division
1. Bruce Nightingale
2. Nick Lane
3. Eric Russell
4. Kevin Manne
B Division
1. Doug Heerdt
2. Greg Sisti
3. David Bentivegna
4. Martha Donovan
These eight players will advance to finals, to be held Saturday, May 14. Practice will begin at 5 p.m. and play will begin at 6 p.m. as usual. Location is still to be determined.
During finals, there will be a side tournament for all 2015-16 league members who didn’t make the playoffs. The top finisher of the side tournament will earn FREE ENTRY into next year’s league!
Complete final standings for the season are available on the Standings page. Thanks to everyone for a great season!
Issue #3 of Gameroom Magazine started hitting subscriber’s mailboxes today and features a four page spread highlighting Buffalo Pinball and Pocketeer Billiards and Bar. The story is titled “Pool and Pinball” and documents the resurgence of pinball in Western New York, our many leagues and tournaments, our Twitch stream and the explosion of new pins at Pocketeer.
As of this writing, issue 3 of the magazine is not yet for sale on the Gameroom Magazine site, but should be available soon (UPDATE: The issue is now available). In the meantime you can check out some other photos of the magazine over at Pinball Supernova.
Other stories in the issue include :
UPDATE: Registration is now open! Visit our Buffalo Pinball Summer Open sub-site to register or for tournament details, schedule, travel/hotel/attraction information and more!
The results are in and the PAPA Circuit is coming to Buffalo for the first time ever. More details on the tournament will be coming in the weeks and months ahead, but for now be sure to save the date:
Buffalo Pinball Summer Open
August 12-14, 2016
Pocketeer Billiards and Sports Bar, 2444 Clinton St., Buffalo
Thanks to everyone who voted to help bring the circuit to Buffalo!
Your vote is needed! Help bring a PAPA circuit event to Buffalo this summer. It’s a quick, two click survey and every vote counts!
Click the link: http://bit.ly/votebuffalo
This would be the first ever major tournament in Buffalo and will be held at Pocketeer Billiards and Sports Bar.
Thanks and spread the word!
Registration is now open for the fourth annual Buffalo Pinball Open! Here’s the details:
Saturday, April 30
Doors open at noon, tournament play begins promptly at 1 p.m.
Limited to 26 players
Format: 4.5 hours of match play with playoffs for the top 6. WPPR points will be awarded.
Cost: $20
(80% goes to payout and trophies, 20% goes to machine maintenance costs. No refunds after April 1.)
To register: SOLD OUT!
On a special date and time – Monday, Feb. 22 at 8:30 p.m. Eastern – special guest Ed Robertson of the Barenaked Ladies will head to Buffalo to battle the Bro Crew! We’re gonna find out if he even pinballs.
Follow our channel at http://www.twitch.tv/buffalopinball and turn on “Notify me when the broadcaster goes live” to get a message when we start the broadcast. See you in the chat!
Update 2/23/16: Here’s the replay if you missed it live!
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