Huge thanks to the community for coming out and really showing SFGE some love again this year.
The show doesn't happen without games, so I really have to express our gratitude for hauling your games out and
sharing them with the folks! We had some awesome support from the all over Florida and Jacksonville Expo guys. Steve & Co. brought up Toobin', Road Runner, Joust 2, Tutankham, and many more fun rare games.
We've calculated the number of pins at 130 and vids at 85. That includes Marco's booth and the 15 tournament games.
Last year, I think we had 105 pins ( including Marco & the tourney ) and 65 vids. I made an effort to try and get the number closer to balanced this year, but to be honest, I'm really glad we had a lot of pins at the show.
Bryan and Amanda and their team did an Amazing job with Pinvasion II this year. Under less than perfect conditions, they stepped up and showed how to run a World-Class Pinball Competition -- easily on par with or superior to most events I can think of. Lets vote for Pinvasion to stay a part of the PAPA circuit for next year!
The volunteer staff was excellent again this time around. Many returned for duty even after fulfilling the hours that they signed up for. The load out crew especially kicked butt, and saved Team SFGE from complete exhaustion by helping us load out our games and many others.
Lastly, I have to definitely commend the Game Techs who kept the game room humming. They really showed their skill this year and were incredibly generous with their time. Their efforts really paid off as most of you can attest to. There were Very few games down and those that went down were back up and running quickly. My hat is off to Paul, Big Bob, Bob K., Dan, Mark, Tim, Charlie, Jon, Mica, Joe, Matthew, Steve, Rick, Robby and Ernie. Seriously, THANK YOU guys!
Here are some pics I took as things were winding down on Sunday afternoon. Hope to see everybody next year!
