blog post courtesy of Levi Nayman

Today is truly a momentous day in Pinball history! From once being banned in our gleaming metropolis, 43 years later pinball is now not only legal, but officially recognized and decorated by the City of New York! Behold, the official Citation issued by City Council Speaker Corey Johnson, celebrating NYCPC 2019! We couldn’t be happier that the greatest city on earth is recognizing one of our greatest pastimes, the silver ball!

Be a Part if it and come play 10 or more awesome free play games – including a Willy Wonka and a gorgeous restored Stargazer – at NYCPC May 17-19.

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Kenny Bell from MyBookie posted an article on the upcoming IFPA16 World Pinball Championship in Italy. Click HERE to read the article.

The Phoenix New Times ran a piece of the resurgence of pinball in Phoenix. Click HERE to read the article.

blog post courtesy of Mike Burgess

Friday May 31, Saturday June 1

Go out and play in one of the Stern Pinball Official Black Knight: Sword of Rage Launch Parties! Over 50 locations to choose from! Click here to see the complete list: http://www.ifpapinball.com/calendar/

Launch parties are hosted in conjunction with the IFPA – International Flipper Pinball Association and the Stern Army. Official launch parties can only be held at established Stern Army locations! For more information on joining the Stern Army please e-mail SternArmy@sternpinball.com.

Here are the March 2019 IFPA winners for Player of the Month and Biggest Movers:

Player of the Month:
Franck Bona (167.18 WPPR’s)

Biggest Movers:
Dimitri Demers (+12,806 spots), Jason Cody (+9,998 spots) and Edmund Nash (+9,624 spots)

These players have now all qualified for the Stern Rewards Program for 2019. Congrats to everyone!

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Stern Pinball, Wade Wilson and the International Flipper Pinball Association are teaming up to sponsor a Stern Army High-Score Tournament on Deadpool Pro, Premium and LE pinball machines.

The tournament is open to players beginning on April 15, 2019 and end on July 31, 2019.

Players can enter by participating in any IFPA-sanctioned Stern Army events that include Deadpool in the tournament:

• Authorized IFPA Stern Army members will organize sanctioned tournament events at the approved Stern Army location.
• The IFPA will establish the tournament settings for the Deadpool Pro, Premium and LE games used in sanctioned tournament events. These settings will be 3 ball play on Factory settings or “harder”.
• Authorized IFPA members will submit high scores from each sanctioned tournament event to the IFPA.
• Authorized IFPA members will email photos of their high scores to ifpapinball@gmail.com. All photos must include a picture of the player’s face, their score on the LCD. Please also include the name, city and country of the location of the event.
• Only scores recorded during the actual Stern Army sanctioned event are eligible for this tournament. Practice games or games played at Stern Army locations outside of the sanctioned tournament itself will not be eligible.
• Players have 72 hours after the IFPA sanctioned event takes place to submit their high score photo into the IFPA.
• The player with the highest score will be “Deadpool” until another player tops the score. Other places will be 2) Lil’ Deadpool, 3) Wolverine, 4) Colossus and 5) Dazzler, and other Deadpool characters.
• The player with the highest score as of midnight Chicago-time on July 31, 2019, will claim the “BOOM” title, playfield, translite and more!
• The top nine runner-ups will receive Deadpool related prizes (signed translites and other suprises)

We’ll be keeping a live leaderboard along with any information on upcoming events HERE.

This Week in Pinball published a piece by Dennis Kriesel with a review on the impact of the endorsement fee started in 2018. Click HERE to read the article.

Apparently winning NIB games at a rapid pace just isn’t enough for World #1 Raymond Davidson. Finishing #1 in 2018 qualified Raymond for the Stern Rewards Program. The rewards program allows qualifiers to purchase a brand new Stern pinball machine at a special IFPA price. Raymond redeemed his reward for a Batman 66 Premium.

So far in 2019, Raymond has participated in 10 IFPA sanctioned events and remains on top of the World Pinball Player Rankings (with a 186.22 WPPR point lead over World #2).

Congratulations to Raymond, and remember if you’re interested in qualifying for the Stern Rewards Program, check out the rules here.

Raymond has also started the Do or Die Pinball Podcast. Click HERE to listen.