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Skill Shot Pincast Episodes 3 and 4

Episode 3 of the Skill Shot Pincast features hosts Graham and Kayla discussing local Seattle pinball events happening during the summer as well as a run down on their approach to playing Lord of the Rings. On episode 3 of the Pincast Skill Shot founders Brad and Gordon join Graham and Kayla to discuss our impressions of this years NW Pinball and Arcade Show. Graham also went to some of the seminars about the new Jersey Jack Hobbit game, which made its first NW appearance at the show so that is discussed in lots of detail. (This Pincast was actually recorded on the same day the show ended!)

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Dorky’s Weekly Pinball Tournament – every Tuesday at 9PM. 3 strikes
$5 buy-in, Taco Tuesdays, Ifpa Points! More info on facebook: Dorky’s Weekly Pinball

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Skill Shot presents the July First Sunday @ Shorty’s Tournament with this month’s host Michael Warfield.  More info here. 3pm $5

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Warfield’s Monthly: ROOKIE Pinball Tourney! Sunday June 28, 7pm. 3 Strike Knockout format. $5 Buy-in, CASH PRIZES! Anyone ranked 2,000+ or un-ranked on IFPA are eligible for this tourney! More details on facebook.

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THE BUS TO TACOMA

Do you want to go to the Northwest Pinball and Arcade Show in Tacoma this weekend (June 5 – 7) and you don’t have a car?

It is fairly easy to take public transportation from Seattle to the Tacoma Convention Center. Sound Transit Express Bus (ST) #590/594 begins on Stewart St at DSCF7610Yale/Denny and has stops on 2nd Ave downtown, 4th Ave in the ID, and the bus corridor through SODO. These busses are much nicer than a regular DSCF7648Metro Bus, and the trip takes about an hour and will take you a short block from the Convention Center. Get off at Pacific and 15th in Tacoma and you can see the Convention Center from the bus stop. Fare from Seattle to Tacoma: $3.50/adult $2.50/youth.

Both routes run on the weekdays but only ST #594 runs on the weekend, with busses running every half hour throughout all of the days. DSCF7651Running right in front of the Convention Center on Commerce is the Tacoma Link, which is a free light rail train. Taking the Link train to the end of the line (two stops) will put you a short walk from Dorky’s at the corner of S 9th and Pacific. If you take theDSCF7698 Light Rail to the other end of the line, you’ll get to Frieghthouse Square which offers a very diverse food court and small shops similar to Pike Place market.

DSCF7704Commerce is also the street where you will catch the bus back to Seattle. There are many bus boarding zones on this street and not all busses stop at every one, so it’s a good idea to scope out which boarding zone the ST #594 services just in case you need to run for it (like we did). WARNING: The last bus leaves Tacoma at 10:20 PM.

If you miss the last bus, the only option that we know of is to take a cab to Sea-Tac literailairport’s Light Rail Station and catch the train to Seattle. The last train leaves at 12:10 AM. Consult Sound Transit for more details on times and bus stops: http://www.soundtransit.org/ Note: The Sounder train is often discussed as an option for going to Tacoma from Seattle but the last train is at 6:15 PM on Friday and it doesn’t run at all during the weekend.

The above was originally posted on June 3, 2013. According to the internet all the information is still good but we haven’t taken this bus ourselves since last year. The dates in the article have been changed to this years event. – ed

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Skill Shot Pincast Episode 2 – NWPAS, the Main Match-Play Tournament, Game or Strain?

Episode 2 is here!

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In this edition of the Pincast, Graham and Kayla talk with Aaron McAbee about the Northwest Pinball and Arcade Show, this weekend at the Tacoma Convention Center!

We each picked a game featured in the Main Match-Play Tournament (Graham – Space Station, Kayla – NBA Fastbreak, Aaron – Wizard of Oz) and talked about our best approach for big points in a tournament setting. Then Aaron plays around of Name that Game, then turns the tables and quizzes Graham and Kayla with a hilarious and challenging game of his own!

Other notes:

  • Shout-out again to The (Real) Pills members Adam and Ben for letting use their awesome song (Tilt!) to kick off these episodes! Check out their current band, Fellwoods (link below)!
  • Kayla would like to submit a correction to her Seattle / Wizard of Oz / Emerald City anecdote — Seattle got its Oz-zy nickname after Frank L. Baum published the Wizard of Oz.
  • We’re going to get a little more ambitious right out of the gates and will try to post TWO episodes a month. Stay tuned in the next month for a rundown of the busy tournament calendar and a NWPAS recap!

Check out Fellwoods!

Thanks again to everyone for all the kind words about our first episode. We’re psyched to share these with you!

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The 2015 Northwest Pinball and Arcade Show: June 5-7 at the Tacoma Convention Center. Tournaments, new games and over 400 pinball and arcade machines set on free-play! More details here: http://www.nwpinballshow.com/

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Skill Shot Has a Podcast: The Skill Shot Pincast!

Recently Graham and Kayla talked with Kevin Birrell about getting into pinball and Stern’s latest released game, Wrestlemania. We had fun recording our first attempt at the Pincast, and we hope you like it!

The plan is to release Pincast episodes monthly, but we’re going to play this by ear.

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We’ve submitted the Pincast for review on iTunes, but you can subscribe to it directly with this RSS feed:

http://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:152852382/sounds.rss

If you use iTunes, just go to “File” and select “Subscribe to Podcast…”, then copy-paste the above RSS link!