<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"><head><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml><o:OfficeDocumentSettings><o:AllowPNG/><o:PixelsPerInch>96</o:PixelsPerInch></o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif]--></head><body>
<p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Happy birthday FSPA!</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 22px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">In 1998 I was a junior at UMCP, and even though my family has been in this biz my whole life, I was kind of on a hiatus from pinball. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Was more into consoles/fighters at the time. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>But I was getting the itch to play pins again.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 22px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Diving down the wormhole of procrastination at some computer lab on campus, I found some geocities website describing this beautiful, fun looking game that was coming soon, Cirqus Voltaire. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>WOW! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>This is what they’re doing with pinball now!</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 22px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The next day, I’m walking through the student union after lunch, and I see Bob Barnett’s truck outside (the game vendor), so I peek in the arcade…. And lo and behold, there’s a brand new Cirqus Voltaire!</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 22px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">“Little Gene! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I gotta keep the new stuff in here so you guys don’t snipe my account!” <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He laughs as he shakes my hand. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>“You can have the first game.” <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>He hits the service credit button.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 22px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I was hooked again.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 22px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I go back to my dorm, and look up places to play pinball. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Find this xmission.com website cobbled together by John gantert, with a list of places to play pinball, by county. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Holy shit! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>There’s a place right around the corner that has like 14 pinballs!</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 22px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The next day, after my accounting class in van munching hall (which if you know umcp is all the way on the south side of the campus, so I’m already over that way lol). <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Hit up Marathon deli (still my favorite spot down there) for lunch…. And then I roll north a little into Howies.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 22px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Howies was a place that served the worst food…. But man you could happily kill an afternoon in there. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>All the Williams (now) classics…. AFM, Medieval, Addams, breakshot! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Some really rare vids (trog, rampart!!! Space invaders 2, assault, pigskin)…. the list went on.</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 22px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 22px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Later that day, I get back to my dorm hall. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Ethernet lines had just been installed the year before in ellicott hall, and my hallmate had a 486 hooked into it that was so much faster than my newer pentium 2 at my parents house on dial up (intel inside!) that it blew my mind. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Any way… I get back on the FSPA site, and…. There’s a pinball league? <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>At this place called volleyball house in Columbia. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Hmmm… that’s kinda far. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Columbia Gateway Dr…. Where the fuck in Columbia is that?</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 22px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Oh… season 2 starts tomorrow. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Hmmmm ok nothing going on. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Road trip!</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 22px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I drive over like an hour before to check the place out. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>It’s this steel building echo chamber that smells like astroturf and soft pretzels in a locker room…. with 7 pins in it. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Shadow, World Cup…. Oh look, a standup crazy taxi?</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 22px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I pump 50 cents into baywatch, and start flipping. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I’m playing really well on a game I’ve never played before. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>After a while I feel this guy looking at me in a “who tf is this guy blowing up baywatch” type stare (I put up 1.9 billion lol)</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 22px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 22px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 22px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">“Hi, I’m Bernie”</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 22px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">“Hi I’m Mike. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I’m here to check out this league you guys are having?”</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 22px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">“Oh cool! <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Well we’re just about to get started, come over here”</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 22px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I meet for the first time</span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Deb, Jonke, Serg, Schober, Kim (wow some of these guys work for AOL? <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>wtf?!), Lee Van Doren, Dave Stewart</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 22px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Scott Sidley</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 22px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">And so here we are on our phones 27 years later talking about all the great places we can do this stuff</span></p><p class="p2" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; min-height: 22px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Anyway, Happy 30th <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>birthday FSPA. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Life would have been really boring without you. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Love to the people. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Love to the game.</span></p><br><br><div class="yahoo-signature"><a style="font-size:12px" href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/aol-news-email-weather-video/id646100661">Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS</a><br></div><br><p class="yahoo-quoted-begin" style="font-size: 15px; color: rgb(132, 115, 255); padding-top: 15px; margin-top: 0px;">On Saturday, May 31, 2025, 2:09 AM, Joe P. Said via FSPA <fspa@fspazone.org> wrote:</p><blockquote class="iosymail"><div id="yiv5844311204"><div><div>Amazing ❤️</div><div><br clear="none"><div class="yiv5844311204gmail_quote yiv5844311204gmail_quote_container"><div id="yiv5844311204yqt36565" class="yiv5844311204yqt1017364923"><div dir="ltr" class="yiv5844311204gmail_attr">On Fri, May 30, 2025 at 11:43 PM Joe Schober via FSPA <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:fspa@fspazone.org">fspa@fspazone.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);" class="yiv5844311204gmail_quote"><div style="">As May comes to a close, and Summer leagues are starting, I just wanted to take a moment to say...<div><br clear="none"></div><div><b>🎂 HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY, FSPA! 🎂</b></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>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.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Hope everyone has a great Summer season!</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>--Joe</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><div>From: Keith Johnson <<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:keefer@sma.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:keefer@sma.com" style="">keefer@sma.com</a>></div><div>Subject: FSPA: results: 05/30/95</div><div>Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 23:37:31 -0400 (EDT)</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>OK, here we go, just in time for week 2. ;)</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Player and machine results are lifetime. Overall standings, obviously,</div><div>are for the current season, now 1 week long.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>keith</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>----------------------------------</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div> FSPA UPDATE -- STATS AS OF PLAY DATE 05/30/95</div><div> *********************************************</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div> RESULTS</div><div> *******</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Flintstones Group Player Score Grp Scr Overall</div><div>=========== ----- ------- -------------- ------- -------</div><div> 1 Keith 667,493,000 4 9</div><div> Jay 416,405,000 2 6</div><div> Chris 149,983,000 0 0</div><div> 2 Sergio 680,039,000 3 10</div><div> Lee V 600,480,000 2 8</div><div> Steve K 419,500,000 1 7</div><div> 3 Steve J 1,483,879,000 4 12</div><div> Jessica 295,962,000 2 3</div><div> Bernie 269,877,000 0 2</div><div> 4 George 1,149,295,000 4 11</div><div> Adlai 386,371,000 2 5</div><div> Brad 369,537,000 1 4</div><div> Dave 230,979,000 1 1</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Maverick Group Player Score Grp Scr Overall</div><div>======== ----- ------- -------------- ------- -------</div><div> 1 Keith 721,577,000 3 6</div><div> Jay 562,920,000 2 2</div><div> Chris 274,428,000 1 0</div><div> 2 Steve K 980,811,000 3 10</div><div> Sergio 972,828,000 2 9</div><div> Lee V 654,764,000 1 4</div><div> 3 Steve J 1,490,516,000 4 12</div><div> Bernie 891,882,000 2 8</div><div> Jessica 453,561,000 0 1</div><div> 4 Adlai 1,441,623,000 3 11</div><div> George 822,101,000 2 7</div><div> Dave 674,098,000 2 5</div><div> Brad 567,940,000 1 3</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Stargate Group Player Score Grp Scr Overall</div><div>======== ----- ------- -------------- ------- -------</div><div> 1 Keith 3,337,410,000 4 12</div><div> Chris 232,038,000 2 4</div><div> Jay 201,956,000 0 2</div><div> 2 Sergio 495,843,000 4 9</div><div> Lee V 182,254,000 2 1</div><div> Steve K 114,730,000 0 0</div><div> 3 Steve J 907,947,000 4 11</div><div> Jessica 456,246,000 2 8</div><div> Bernie 349,851,000 0 7</div><div> 4 George 734,381,000 4 10</div><div> Dave 344,767,000 2 6</div><div> Brad 302,764,000 1 5</div><div> Adlai 217,888,000 1 3</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>STTNG Group Player Score Grp Scr Overall</div><div>===== ----- ------- -------------- ------- -------</div><div> 1 Keith 3,018,237,000 4 12</div><div> Chris 398,211,000 2 7</div><div> Jay 373,985,000 0 6</div><div> 2 Sergio 517,906,000 4 9</div><div> Steve K 263,824,000 2 3</div><div> Lee V 185,304,000 0 0</div><div> 3 Jessica 354,386,000 3 5</div><div> Bernie 209,429,000 2 2</div><div> Steve J 199,117,000 1 1</div><div> 4 George 1,050,587,000 3 11</div><div> Dave 755,139,000 2 10</div><div> Adlai 512,348,000 2 8</div><div> Brad 310,893,000 1 4</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Player Group Overall Normal </div><div>------- ----- ------- -------</div><div>Keith 15 39 0.81250</div><div>George 13 39 0.81250</div><div>Sergio 13 37 0.77083</div><div>Steve J 13 36 0.75000</div><div>Adlai 8 27 0.56250</div><div>Dave 7 22 0.45833</div><div>Jessica 7 17 0.35417</div><div>Steve K 6 20 0.41667</div><div>Lee V 5 13 0.27083</div><div>Chris 5 11 0.22917</div><div>Bernie 4 19 0.39583</div><div>Jay 4 16 0.33333</div><div>Brad 4 16 0.33333</div><div><br clear="none"></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br clear="none">
FSPA mailing list<br clear="none">
<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:FSPA@fspazone.org" target="_blank" href="mailto:FSPA@fspazone.org">FSPA@fspazone.org</a><br clear="none">
<a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://lists.fspazone.org/mailman/listinfo/fspa">http://lists.fspazone.org/mailman/listinfo/fspa</a><br clear="none">
</blockquote></div></div></div>
</div></div><div class="yqt1017364923" id="yqt49627">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">FSPA mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:FSPA@fspazone.org" href="mailto:FSPA@fspazone.org">FSPA@fspazone.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://lists.fspazone.org/mailman/listinfo/fspa" target="_blank">http://lists.fspazone.org/mailman/listinfo/fspa</a><br clear="none"></div><blockquote></blockquote></blockquote>
</body></html>