Nope, couldn't quite crack the playoff barrier at PAPA.
Honestly, the tournament format doesn't favor the James style of play, which is to have a couple really great games and then three not-so-great ones. At PAPA, one bad game out of five will kill an individual entry, and with the level of competition present, I just don't have the consistency to score high enough.
The second-highest score on Addams out of 228 plays, however, is more than a moral victory. I'm definitely happy with that. And the one player who beat me, Brian Dominy, is a good friend of mine; we used to meet up every weekend in Atlanta back in the day for pinball. And he's a very good player.
Overall, I had a great time in Pittsburgh. I almost had more fun playing a lot of the games in the practice bank, many of which I hadn't seen in years, if at all. I've got some great pictures of old backglasses (women in bikinis pop up in the strangest of places), as well as from the great Steelers-Raiders game yesterday, which I did manage to score a ticket to.
Hopefully, later this week, once all the Yuengling is out of my system, I can post some of the better photos.
'consistency to score' - Isn't that all we're striving for? Seems so easy.. yet.. not so much.
I've gotta ask. Did you turn your hat backwards?
You go to Pittsburgh and drink Yuengling? That's like going to Philly and drinking Iron City.
I did turn my hat backwards, but was intimidated by this other guy who put his lit cigar in his mouth and chewed it up.
And I did have an Iron City at the Steelers game, but Yuengling's just better.
That's a big intimidating move. I need to learn that. That and smoke more cigars.
Damn it, now I have to watch that movie when I get home tonight.
Yay for Yuengling!!