[FSPA] Happy 30th Birthday, FSPA!
Sergio Johnson
lostinthezone at gmail.com
Sat May 31 22:24:22 EDT 2025
Wow. It doesn't seem like that long ago that we started but there it is.
Early days of the internet, usenet was king if you were into that sort of
thing. Some of the folks local to the area on rec.games.pinball would talk
about the local pinball scene and what we thought of the arcades and
condition of the games. Sometimes casual meetups would happen. Summer of
'94 I saw that Dave Stewart was coming down to teach at U of M. I knew that
he had been instrumental in getting the Pittsburgh leagues going and
thought Howie's would be a great place to start a local league. I emailed
him to see if he had interest and of course he was. I pulled in Steve Jonke
whom I also knew from RGP and it started from there. Here's the original
post copied from rec.games.pinball (archive) that called for folks
interested in starting the league. (Yeah this was officially Dusty's
account that I used lol.) As I recall, this post netted Keith "Keefer"
Johnson and that was it. Not a particularly auspicious start, but you only
need 4 players, right? I recall Justin being an early player as well soon
after the four of us started getting together, but I don't see him listed
in the first published league stats there, so I may be mistaken on that;
https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.pinball/c/2j8UoEDH_mA/m/wsreEGvqmTUJ
DC/MD/VA League forming
Dusty Hull
Oct 30, 1994, 9:58:45 PM
Dave Stewart, Steve Jonke and I are trying to get a league going in the
MD/DC/VA area. If interested either e-mail or we'll be at Howie's on
Tuesday the 1st around 7:30. (I'll be the one with the Fireball t-shirt
beating up on the new Maverick they just got in). Hope to hear from
you/see you there...
Sergio
--
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Baltimore, MD's internet access * No wagering.
On Fri, May 30, 2025 at 11:49 PM Joe Schober via FSPA <fspa at fspazone.org>
wrote:
> As May comes to a close, and Summer leagues are starting, I just wanted to
> take a moment to say...
>
> *🎂 HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY, FSPA! 🎂*
>
> The first official FSPA season played week #1 exactly 30 years ago today,
> on May 30, 1995. (There was some FSPA play prior to that, but I guess it
> wasn't worthy of being considered an "official" season while the format was
> developed -- I dunno, that was before my time here!) I'm guessing few
> people then would've bet that the FSPA would still be flipping 30 years
> later, never mind imagining the growth and popularity of leagues,
> tournaments, locations, manufacturers, and games that we all enjoy today.
>
> Hope everyone has a great Summer season!
>
> --Joe
>
>
> From: Keith Johnson <keefer at sma.com>
> Subject: FSPA: results: 05/30/95
> Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 23:37:31 -0400 (EDT)
>
> OK, here we go, just in time for week 2. ;)
>
> Player and machine results are lifetime. Overall standings, obviously,
> are for the current season, now 1 week long.
>
> keith
>
> ----------------------------------
>
>
> FSPA UPDATE -- STATS AS OF PLAY DATE 05/30/95
> *********************************************
>
>
> RESULTS
> *******
>
>
> Flintstones Group Player Score Grp Scr Overall
> =========== ----- ------- -------------- ------- -------
> 1 Keith 667,493,000 4 9
> Jay 416,405,000 2 6
> Chris 149,983,000 0 0
> 2 Sergio 680,039,000 3 10
> Lee V 600,480,000 2 8
> Steve K 419,500,000 1 7
> 3 Steve J 1,483,879,000 4 12
> Jessica 295,962,000 2 3
> Bernie 269,877,000 0 2
> 4 George 1,149,295,000 4 11
> Adlai 386,371,000 2 5
> Brad 369,537,000 1 4
> Dave 230,979,000 1 1
>
> Maverick Group Player Score Grp Scr Overall
> ======== ----- ------- -------------- ------- -------
> 1 Keith 721,577,000 3 6
> Jay 562,920,000 2 2
> Chris 274,428,000 1 0
> 2 Steve K 980,811,000 3 10
> Sergio 972,828,000 2 9
> Lee V 654,764,000 1 4
> 3 Steve J 1,490,516,000 4 12
> Bernie 891,882,000 2 8
> Jessica 453,561,000 0 1
> 4 Adlai 1,441,623,000 3 11
> George 822,101,000 2 7
> Dave 674,098,000 2 5
> Brad 567,940,000 1 3
>
> Stargate Group Player Score Grp Scr Overall
> ======== ----- ------- -------------- ------- -------
> 1 Keith 3,337,410,000 4 12
> Chris 232,038,000 2 4
> Jay 201,956,000 0 2
> 2 Sergio 495,843,000 4 9
> Lee V 182,254,000 2 1
> Steve K 114,730,000 0 0
> 3 Steve J 907,947,000 4 11
> Jessica 456,246,000 2 8
> Bernie 349,851,000 0 7
> 4 George 734,381,000 4 10
> Dave 344,767,000 2 6
> Brad 302,764,000 1 5
> Adlai 217,888,000 1 3
>
> STTNG Group Player Score Grp Scr Overall
> ===== ----- ------- -------------- ------- -------
> 1 Keith 3,018,237,000 4 12
> Chris 398,211,000 2 7
> Jay 373,985,000 0 6
> 2 Sergio 517,906,000 4 9
> Steve K 263,824,000 2 3
> Lee V 185,304,000 0 0
> 3 Jessica 354,386,000 3 5
> Bernie 209,429,000 2 2
> Steve J 199,117,000 1 1
> 4 George 1,050,587,000 3 11
> Dave 755,139,000 2 10
> Adlai 512,348,000 2 8
> Brad 310,893,000 1 4
>
>
> Player Group Overall Normal
> ------- ----- ------- -------
> Keith 15 39 0.81250
> George 13 39 0.81250
> Sergio 13 37 0.77083
> Steve J 13 36 0.75000
> Adlai 8 27 0.56250
> Dave 7 22 0.45833
> Jessica 7 17 0.35417
> Steve K 6 20 0.41667
> Lee V 5 13 0.27083
> Chris 5 11 0.22917
> Bernie 4 19 0.39583
> Jay 4 16 0.33333
> Brad 4 16 0.33333
>
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