The Journal Gazette in Fort Wayne, IN published an article on the increased participation of women in competitive pinball at Fort Wayne Pinball Wizards World. Click HERE to read the article.

Re: in New Zealand posted a video interview with the current #1 ranked female player in the world, Danielle Peck. Click HERE to watch the video.

The connected pinball platform is proud to sponsor the premiere competitive pinball organization

August 1, 2019

Scorbit, the connected pinball platform, is excited to announce sponsorship of the International Flipper Pinball Association (IFPA) at the Platinum Sponsor level. This sponsorship marks the beginning of what both Scorbit and the IFPA plan to be a long relationship supporting competitive pinball and helping to benefit pinball tournaments and players around the world.

“The growth of pinball recently can be directly tied to the work the IFPA has done to promote pinball tournaments worldwide and one of the goals of Scorbit is to help continue that growth and make pinball even more fun for more players,” said Scorbit co-founder & CTO and Top 50 IFPA ranked player, Brian O’Neill. “Sponsoring and working with the IFPA opens a lot of doors for Scorbit to help tournaments become more efficient and explore potential new ways of supporting competitive pinball.”

“Time and time again people are putting their real-world technical expertise on display to help advance competitive pinball forward. The team at Scorbit is doing exactly this!” IFPA President Josh Sharpe commented. “The IFPA is super excited to partner with Scorbit on using their technology to help provide a valuable tool for organizers to add to the quality of their events.”

For more information and to sign up for the Scorbit mailing list or reserve an order of a Scorbitron, please visit http://scorbit.io

ABOUT SCORBIT
Scorbit is a connected pinball platform that enables the tracking of scores from a pinball machine to the Internet via a hardware device called the “Scorbitron.” Installing a Scorbitron in a pinball machine ranging from modern pinball machines to DMD machines to solid state machines, enables the ability to track scores, progress and other data points and upload that date to the Scorbit app platform. Scorbit has successfully been deployed in professional pinball tournaments such as the San Francisco City Champ tournament and INDISC.

With the restraining order no longer in effect, IFPA President Josh Sharpe sits down, and stands up, to talk with Jeff Teolis of Pinball Profile. Jeff complains while offering no solutions, while Josh contacted police to reinstate the restraining order. Click HERE to listen . . . download the podcast at Stitcher, Google Play, Anchor, CastBox, Podbean, Podcast Addict, Castro, Pocket Casts, Spotify, Laughable, Breaker, Overcast, Downcast, Himalaya, Luminary . . .

The Washington Post posted an article the resurgence of competitive pinball. Click HERE to read the article.

ABC affiliate KGUN9 in Tucson recently covered the resurgence of competitive pinball through Belles and Chimes in Arizona, with the Phoenix chapter as well as the launch of the Tucson chapter. Click HERE to watch the piece.

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KCUR 89.3 in Kansas City posted an interview with the current Women’s World Pinball Champion Keri Wing. Click HERE to listen to the interview.

In November 2018, Gerald Kirchner out of Lakewood, CA moved himself up 25,721 spots up the World Pinball Player Rankings. This earned him a “Biggest Mover” award and qualified him for the Stern Rewards Program. The rewards program allows qualifiers to purchase a brand new Stern pinball machine at a special IFPA price. Gerald redeemed his reward for a Batman 66 Premium.

Since November 2018, Gerald has played in 32 more IFPA sanctioned events, moving himself up from 8002nd to 1085th in the world.

Congratulations to Gerald, and remember if you’re interested in qualifying for the Stern Rewards Program, check out the rules here. A reminder for anyone with a 2018 reward, you have until 12/31/19 to redeem it before it expires.

Merkur.de in Germany published an article about Johannes Ostermeier and his victory at the IFPA16 World Pinball Championship in Italy. Click HERE to read the article.