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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.32px;">It certainly has been a looooong time. Someone told me that I joined in the second season at the NOVA Annandale college campus location. Competitive pinball was all new to me, and was introduced to the league through Neil S, and met Brian B. Scott S, Paul M, and others. There were only about a dozen of us playing some of the greatest pins every made, the mid-late Bally/Williams games. We had 4 of them there, but too bad there were always multiple problems with each and every one of them that I believe Scott and maybe others would FAX (Yes, FAX!) the operator a list of problems; and with any luck, a week or two later half of the problems would be fixed. That unfortunately was the norm for the past several decades prior to that league starting with regard to commercial operation of pinball, at least before it became a big hobby as a result of the internet. The newbies of the past decade or so have no idea what it was like to play pinball in the wild "back in the day" of early FSPA and prior ...it was not pleasant, lol. If you found a pin that was "somewhat" working, you were lucky and had gratitude. </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.32px;"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.32px;">But while I haven't had the time to play much in the league, the league did entice me to get more pins, and just to show you how dead pinball was in the late 90's, I remember approaching Time Out arcade in Springfield Mall and they reluctantly agreed to sell me their only two remaining mid-90's pins that their tech could not fix. They only agreed with something in writing saying I would not bother them for service or parts once the deal was made. So then I started operating pins in bars/breweries in the area since just before the year 2000, right when every other operator was getting out of the pinball business because of the amount of repairs necessary. The early days of the league, especially when it was smaller, brings back fond memories. Congrats FSPA on being around 3 decades! </div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.32px;"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; letter-spacing: -0.32px;">-Roland</div></div><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Friday, May 30, 2025 at 11:43:13 PM EDT, Joe Schober via FSPA <fspa@fspazone.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp28776dadyiv5596233675"><div>As May comes to a close, and Summer leagues are starting, I just wanted to take a moment to say...<div><br></div><div><b><font size="5">🎂 HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY, FSPA! 🎂</font></b></div><div><br></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></div><div>Hope everyone has a great Summer season!</div><div><br></div><div>--Joe</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><font face="Courier New">From: Keith Johnson <keefer@sma.com></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Subject: FSPA: results: 05/30/95</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Date: Mon, 5 Jun 1995 23:37:31 -0400 (EDT)</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">OK, here we go, just in time for week 2. ;)</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Player and machine results are lifetime. Overall standings, obviously,</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">are for the current season, now 1 week long.</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">keith</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">----------------------------------</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> FSPA UPDATE -- STATS AS OF PLAY DATE 05/30/95</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> *********************************************</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> RESULTS</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> *******</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Flintstones Group Player Score Grp Scr Overall</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">=========== ----- ------- -------------- ------- -------</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> 1 Keith 667,493,000 4 9</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Jay 416,405,000 2 6</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Chris 149,983,000 0 0</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> 2 Sergio 680,039,000 3 10</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Lee V 600,480,000 2 8</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Steve K 419,500,000 1 7</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> 3 Steve J 1,483,879,000 4 12</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Jessica 295,962,000 2 3</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Bernie 269,877,000 0 2</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> 4 George 1,149,295,000 4 11</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Adlai 386,371,000 2 5</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Brad 369,537,000 1 4</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Dave 230,979,000 1 1</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Maverick Group Player Score Grp Scr Overall</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">======== ----- ------- -------------- ------- -------</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> 1 Keith 721,577,000 3 6</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Jay 562,920,000 2 2</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Chris 274,428,000 1 0</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> 2 Steve K 980,811,000 3 10</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Sergio 972,828,000 2 9</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Lee V 654,764,000 1 4</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> 3 Steve J 1,490,516,000 4 12</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Bernie 891,882,000 2 8</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Jessica 453,561,000 0 1</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> 4 Adlai 1,441,623,000 3 11</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> George 822,101,000 2 7</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Dave 674,098,000 2 5</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Brad 567,940,000 1 3</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Stargate Group Player Score Grp Scr Overall</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">======== ----- ------- -------------- ------- -------</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> 1 Keith 3,337,410,000 4 12</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Chris 232,038,000 2 4</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Jay 201,956,000 0 2</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> 2 Sergio 495,843,000 4 9</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Lee V 182,254,000 2 1</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Steve K 114,730,000 0 0</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> 3 Steve J 907,947,000 4 11</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Jessica 456,246,000 2 8</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Bernie 349,851,000 0 7</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> 4 George 734,381,000 4 10</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Dave 344,767,000 2 6</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Brad 302,764,000 1 5</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Adlai 217,888,000 1 3</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">STTNG Group Player Score Grp Scr Overall</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">===== ----- ------- -------------- ------- -------</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> 1 Keith 3,018,237,000 4 12</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Chris 398,211,000 2 7</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Jay 373,985,000 0 6</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> 2 Sergio 517,906,000 4 9</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Steve K 263,824,000 2 3</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Lee V 185,304,000 0 0</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> 3 Jessica 354,386,000 3 5</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Bernie 209,429,000 2 2</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Steve J 199,117,000 1 1</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> 4 George 1,050,587,000 3 11</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Dave 755,139,000 2 10</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Adlai 512,348,000 2 8</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"> Brad 310,893,000 1 4</font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New"><br></font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Player Group Overall Normal </font></div><div><font face="Courier New">------- ----- ------- -------</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Keith 15 39 0.81250</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">George 13 39 0.81250</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Sergio 13 37 0.77083</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Steve J 13 36 0.75000</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Adlai 8 27 0.56250</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Dave 7 22 0.45833</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Jessica 7 17 0.35417</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Steve K 6 20 0.41667</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Lee V 5 13 0.27083</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Chris 5 11 0.22917</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Bernie 4 19 0.39583</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Jay 4 16 0.33333</font></div><div><font face="Courier New">Brad 4 16 0.33333</font></div><div><br></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>FSPA mailing list<br><a href="mailto:FSPA@fspazone.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">FSPA@fspazone.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.fspazone.org/mailman/listinfo/fspa" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://lists.fspazone.org/mailman/listinfo/fspa</a><br></div>
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